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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:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert F Quinn, West Elmira, NY (US);
Jose Mario Quintal, Campbell, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315246 ; 315 58 ; 315363 ; 65 66 ; 313493 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a glass envelope for an illuminating device, the glass envelope comprising a gas channel, a pair of electrodes in communication with the gas channel and a glow-discharge lamp as a source of free electrons coupled to the glass envelope to assist the starting of the illuminating device in dark conditions, for example at night. Preferably, the glass envelope has a front and back surface laminated and integrated together to form a unitary body essentially free of any sealing materials.