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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus-Dieter Stegmaier, Viechtach, DE;
Wilfried Brauckmann, Wendeburg, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/346 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/346 ;
Abstract
A lighting device comprises a discharge lamp ( ) which is connected to a ballast and starting device ( ) either directly or via an electric cable ( ). Alternatively said discharge lamp ( ) can be mechanically and electrically coupled to an external starting device ( ) and electrically connected to the ballast and starting device ( ) via a connecting cable ( ).