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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:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
May. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald A Lesea, Redwood City, CA (US);
John B Sampson, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315244 ; 3152 / ; 315D / ; 315D / ;
Abstract
For coupling one, or more, gaseous discharge lamps to a high-frequency AC power-source a ballasting (current-limiting) network employs a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a transformer having a primary winding coupled to the high-frequency AC power-source by the first capacitor and a secondary winding coupled to the gaseous discharge lamp by the second capacitor.