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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1980
Filed:
May. 24, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Armand P Ferro, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 70 ; 315248 ;
Abstract
Efficient starting of solenoidal electric field discharge lamps is effected with a start winding disposed on the same core with the ballast reactance. This placement of the start winding possesses certain advantages over other methods of lamp starting, and in particular it facilitates hot restart of the lamp.