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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Charles McCartney, Newark, OH (US);
Jack Leighton Ries, Granville, OH (US);
Mark Frederick Keller, Granville, OH (US);
Assignee:
NSI Enterprises, Inc., Newark, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02B 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02B 1/04 ;
Abstract
An electrical assembly adapted for use with a luminaire includes a housing formed of metal and having an interior surface defining a cavity therein. The electrical assembly further includes an unimpregnated ballast which is oriented within the cavity and which has coil leads projecting therefrom, the ballast encapsulated within a thickened mixture of curable thermoset polymer resin and finely divided inorganic particulate. the finely divided inorganic particulate and the thermosettable polymer resin is preferably provided in, respectively, a 3:1 ratio by weight.