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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
Applicants:
Bijan Bayat, Dallas, TX (US);
James Newton, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert Lee Ellis, Midlothian, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bayco Products, Ltd., Wylie, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); F21K 27/00 (2006.01); H01J 5/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic ballast circuit for a handheld fluorescent task lamp, comprising a self-starting electronic driver circuit operated by a power supply and operable to start and run at least first and second compact fluorescent bulbs from a single output; first and second receptacles for connecting the first and second bulbs to the single output; and a bulb accommodation circuit in the electronic driver circuit that enables operation of the electronic ballast circuit with either starter or non-starter type fluorescent bulbs and with either one or both bulbs.