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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Toby Smith, Gilroy, CA (US);
Inventor:
Toby Smith, Gilroy, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic-ballast lamp system comprises a modular lamp ballast in a plug-in housing. A light fixture has matching sockets for the ballast and is pre-wired for the intended lamp tubes. In one instance, an electronic ballast accepts 100-300 VAC and 50-60 Hz power inputs, and provides the correct rapid-start, instant-on, or standard lamp outputs as sensed from the lamps themselves, or as read from a data card embedded in the light fixture. The data card is read optically or electronically, depending on application, or the lamp types may be dialed-in on the ballast itself.