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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:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph M McGuigan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Durel Corporation, Chandler, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ; G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313512 ; 313505 ; 3151693 ;
Abstract
An EL panel has the material around each lamp removed to form a first rail and a second rail and a plurality of lamps mechanically isolated from each other and located on predetermined centers between the rails. Each lamp is connected to each rail by an arm and each arm includes a hole for locating the panel in a fixture. The arms are collinear and intersect the rails at an angle of 45.degree.. The panel is located in a fixture by pins through the holes in the arms and laminated to a backing plate or other device, also located in the fixture.