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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary D Bishop, Marion, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315106 ; 315309 ; 307 31 ; 307116 ;
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp controller for fluorescent lamps, the controller being responsive to the instantaneous power applied to the filaments and further generating a computed temperature signal to drive a filament as a function of the thermal characteristics of time versus temperature of the filament where the controller further controls application of arc power to the fluorescent lamp based upon the computed temperature signal.