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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. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert L. Robinson, Potomac, MD (US);
Robert C. Smallwood, Leesburg, VA (US);
David E. Bachschmid, Leesburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Logic Laboratories, Inc., , VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/300 ;
Abstract
A lamp socket is provided which contains a ballast, or lamp driver which remains in the socket when the tube is replaced and supports the gas discharge tube. The lamp socket includes connectors for attachment to the gas discharge tube, lamp driver circuitry including an oscillator, power semiconductors, and protective and filter circuitry, and a housing containing the lamp driver circuitry including an oscillator, power semiconductors, and protective and filter circuitry.