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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:
Sep. 25, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip H Peters, Greenwich, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 74 ; 315 71 ; 315119 ; 200 5109 ; 200 5114 ;
Abstract
An incandescent lamp possessing a ballast circuit comprising a resistor and capacitor in parallel further includes means for interrupting the connection between the ballast and external contacts provided on the base of the lamp. This interruption occurs upon removal of the lamp from its matching socket to prevent the occurrence of capacitor voltage across the external lamp contacts. The circuit is again closed upon reinsertion of the lamp in the matching socket to permit normal lamp operation.