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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Myron S Wheeler, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343706 ; 343848 ; 343849 ; 244115 ;
Abstract
Lighting devices for an aerostat tether wherein the tether is used as a communication antenna. The lighting apparatus includes a split core transformer having a plurality of turns of secondary winding with the electrical portion of the tether constituting a single turn primary. The secondary voltage is provided to a voltage limiter which reflects excess energy back into the primary circuit, with the output of the voltage limiter being fullwave rectified and regulated to a predetermined DC value for operating a strobe light.