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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:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter W Shackle, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola Lighting, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315247 ; 3152 / ; 315278 ; 315219 ; 315D / ;
Abstract
A parallel resonant circuit for powering a gas discharge lamp achieves power factor correction by using a floating power supply having adjustable voltage and impedance level. The floating power supply is powered by a transformer and placed in series with the rectified AC power line.