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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Applicants:
James Michael Kostka, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Jon B. Jansma, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Inventors:
James Michael Kostka, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Jon B. Jansma, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/16 (2006.01); H01J 61/40 (2006.01); H01K 1/26 (2006.01); H01K 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fluorescent lamp having a protective polymeric sleeve to provide impact resistance and contain fragments if the lamp shatters. A UV-blocking layer is coated on the outside of the glass envelope of the lamp or on the inside of the sleeve to help protect the polymeric sleeve from UV degradation. The UV-blocking layer includes a UV-blocking component of AlOor ZnO or SiOor TiOor mixtures thereof.