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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. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Duve, Washington, NJ (US);
John Edward Mills, Simsbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Area Lighting Research, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ;
Abstract
A photocontrol arrangement for operating an outdoor lighting system includes a stepper relay whose contacts are mechanically held together or apart, and which is electrically energized briefly only during the generation of a pulse, for minimizing electrical energy usage and reducing overheating.