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Patent No.:

US 8167676 B1

PDFFull Text
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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2009

Fluorescent lighting system

Applicants:

John T. Martin, Riverside, CA (US);

Lucien Tournie, Rowland Heights, CA (US);

Douglas Gene Lockie, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Inventors:

John T. Martin, Riverside, CA (US);

Lucien Tournie, Rowland Heights, CA (US);

Douglas Gene Lockie, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

VAXO Technologies, LLC, Walnut, CA (US);

Attorney:

Thomas N. Giaccherini

Primary Examiner:

Douglas W Owens

Assistant Examiner:

Dedei K Hammond

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 9/00 (2006.01); H05B 33/10 (2006.01); H01J 1/62 (2006.01); H01J 63/04 (2006.01); H01J 11/04 (2011.01); H01J 13/48 (2006.01); H01J 15/04 (2006.01); H01J 17/36 (2006.01); H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 39/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing a Fluorescent Lighting System are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present invention may be used as a fluorescent lamp ballast which is controlled using a non-resonant circuit that allows the ballast to lower to fifty percent the light output of the lamp while providing a corresponding fifty percent reduction in energy used.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Martin, John. (2012). Fluorescent lighting system (U.S. Patent No. 8167676). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8167676

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