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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:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
A Charles Topel, Boston, MA (US);
Lewis H Palmer, III, Marblehead, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Products Corporation, Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313318 ; 439611 ;
Abstract
A support base for a filament or a lamp capsule in a lamp includes a lamp base and a pair of leads extending from the base to the filament or lamp capsule. The base includes a layer of composite material that substantially surrounds the leads and supports them along parts of their lengths within the base. The composite material preferably includes glass beads covered by a layer of epoxy resin.