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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. 04, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph A Crawford, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
North American Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315 97 ; 3151 / ;
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp system including a relay whose coil is connected across the secondary of the transformer of the system and whose contacts interrupt the connection of the electrodes of the lamp system to their associated heater windings after lamp turn on.