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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:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Curtis E Scott, Mentor, OH (US);
Charles I McVey, Auburn Township, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
313 25 ; 313489 ; 313634 ; 313635 ;
Abstract
High pressure sodium arc vapor discharge lamps employing an alumina arc tube exhibit less voltage rise and better lumen maintenance over the life of the lamp when the arc tube is coated with an oxide of a metal selected from the group consisting essentially of yttrium, zirconium, hafnium, lanthanum, dysprosium, scandium and mixture thereof.