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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Applicant:
James Dominic Mieskoski, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventor:
James Dominic Mieskoski, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 41/298 (2006.01); H05B 37/03 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 41/2985 (2013.01); H05B 37/03 (2013.01); H05B 33/0803 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of controlling a lighting system is provided. Lamp insertion detectors are coupled to a ballast and detect when relamping occurs. The outputs of the lamp insertion detectors are coupled together to provide a single input of a timing circuit. The timing circuit generates an output having a predetermined duration. This timing circuit output is received by a ballast driver circuit, which causes the ballast to provide a high voltage to a lamp socket for a predetermined duration of the timing circuit output to ignite the new lamp.