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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Qian NI, ShangHai, CN;
Devin Sun, ShangHai, CN;
Peter Lucz, Budapest, HU;
Balazs Torok, Budapest, HU;
Inventors:
Qian Ni, ShangHai, CN;
Devin Sun, ShangHai, CN;
Peter Lucz, Budapest, HU;
Balazs Torok, Budapest, HU;
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid lamp apparatus is presented having a primary lamp circuit with a CFL and an electronic ballast, as well as a Halogen or incandescent secondary lamp circuit with a control circuit that shuts off the secondary lamp a time period after powerup, where the secondary lamp time period varies according to the amount of time the apparatus was previously unpowered.