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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:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Kominami, Osaka, JP;
Kenichiro Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Koji Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Mamoru Takeda, Kyoto, JP;
Masayoshi Gyoten, Shiga, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/702 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses an operating apparatus of discharge lamp comprising an AC/DC converter means for converting an ac voltage into a dc voltage, a DC/AC converter means for converting a dc output voltage of the AC/DC converter means into a high frequency ac voltage, a discharge lamp coupled to an output terminal of the DC/AC converter means, and a controller means by which the output of the DC/AC converter means is made variable according to an integrated value based on a half cycle of the ac voltage.