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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:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mahomed Hanif Girach, Leicester, GB;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313493 ; 313483 ;
Abstract
An electrodeless fluorescent lamp includes a glass envelope at least a portion of the outer surface of the glass envelope, being coated with an electrically conductive layer, and a housing made of metal which makes electrical contact with the electrically conductive layer, the bulb and housing being covered at least partially by a one-piece insulating sleeve.