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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2002
Pedro A. Lezcano, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jonathan D. Barry, Frederick, MD (US);
Jeffrey K. Okamitsu, Westminster, MD (US);
Miodrag Cekic, Bethesda, MD (US);
Fusion UV Systems Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
A lamp assembly in accordance with the invention includes an electrodeless bulb ( ) which is symmetrical about an axis ( ) and which contains a light emissive fill which emits light when the bulb is excited by a RF electrical field coupled to the fill; an electrically conductive coupler ( ) comprising a plurality of turns ( ) which are symmetrical about an axis of the electrically conductive coupler, the turns defining a volume ( ) that at least partially contains the bulb; and a conductor ( ) connected to a center portion of the electrically conductive coupler with connection of the conductor to the electrically conductive coupler providing a fixing of the coupler relative to the bulb which, when the conductor is connected to a source of RF electrical potential, conducts a RF current producing a RF electrical potential on the electrically conductive coupler that produces the RF electrical field coupled to the light emissive fill.