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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2005
Applicants:

Gary Robert Allen, Chesterland, OH (US);

William W. Beers, Chesterland, OH (US);

Matthew Pierce, Cleveland Hts., OH (US);

Evan Karrs, Gibsonia, PA (US);

Edward Eugene Hammer, Mayfield Village, OH (US);

Inventors:

Gary Robert Allen, Chesterland, OH (US);

William W. Beers, Chesterland, OH (US);

Matthew Pierce, Cleveland Hts., OH (US);

Evan Karrs, Gibsonia, PA (US);

Edward Eugene Hammer, Mayfield Village, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 11/00 (2006.01); H01J 17/44 (2006.01); H01J 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A discharge lamp having a starting assembly is provided for use with existing high frequency electronic ballasts. The lamp comprises a light-transmissive envelope and has a discharge sustaining fill of an inert gas mixture of krypton and argon. The starting assembly comprises at least one conductive path attached to the outside or inside surface of the envelope or embedded in the envelope.


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