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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, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald P Dattilo, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael S Knippert, Grants Pass, OR (US);
Assignee:
Energy Technologies Corp., Grants Pass, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315283 ; 315106 ; 315284 ; 315290 ;
Abstract
A ballast and control circuit for use with fluorescent lights. The circuit aids energy efficiency by removing heater current flow once the lamp has ignited. The circuit also uses time delayed inductive storage to allow delivery to the lamps of increased operating current without a concurrent increase in power utilization.