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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:
Jun. 28, 1983
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold L Rothwell, Jr, Rowley, MA (US);
W Calvin Gungle, Danvers, MA (US);
Alan Daignault, Londonderry, NH (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 73 ; 315 74 ; 200 / ;
Abstract
A high intensity discharge lamp includes arc extinguishing means functional when the outer envelope of the lamp fails. The extinguishing means comprises a pressure sensing diaphragm and a terminal which will melt back when an arc is drawn therebetween. The extinguishing means operates within a time interval of several milli-seconds.