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7622868 Inductively powered gas discharge lamp  
An inductively powered gas discharge lamp including both a power coil and a heating coils associated with each filament. The heating coils enable the filaments to be preheated before the starting...
7230389 Metal halide lamp having function for suppressing abnormal discharge  
A metal halide lamp includes a ceramic arc tube that is composed of a main body and two narrow tube parts provided at respective ends of the main body; a pair of electrodes provided inside the main...
6858987 Flash lamp unit and flash radiation device  
The object of the present invention is to provide a flash lamp unit with a long service life which allows a high radiant efficiency to be obtained and a flash radiation device demonstrating...
6841936 Fast recovery electron multiplier  
An improved electron multiplier bias network that limits the response of the multiplier when the multiplier is faced with very large input signals, but then permits the multiplier to recover...
6552494 Fluorescent lamp driver circuit  
Herein described is a driver circuit of a fluorescent lamp having a first and a second electrode and igniting when the voltage between the first and second Electrode exceeds a given threshold...
6469447 Fluorescent lamp lighting apparatus  
A fluorescent lamp lighting apparatus includes a fluorescent light emitting tube; and an electronic lighting circuit for applying an electric current to the fluorescent light emitting tube. The...
6285119 Light bulb having increased efficiency  
An electric lightbulb is provided for use with lightbulb sockets in either 110V or 220V screw type or bayonet circuits. The lightbulb includes a lamp portion and a cap portion, with the cap portion...
6211618 Arc discharge lamp with bimetal strip for fast passive lamp failure  
Fluorescent tube type discharge lamp has end sealed in base with terminal pins connected to lead wires passing through stem press and supporting an electrode in the form of a coil having an...
6114809 Planar fluorescent lamp with starter and heater circuit  
A planar fluorescent lamp having a resistive trace and optically transmissive cover electrodes is described. In one embodiment, the lamp includes an insulative lamp body with the transparent cover...
5898275 Fluorescent lamp system including light blocking members to create uniform illumination along a florescent lamp  
A fluorescent light source includes a fluorescent lamp, lamp bases attached to opposite ends of the fluorescent lamp, and an electrically insulating substrate connected to the fluorescent lamp. A...
5834908 Instant-on vapor lamp and operation thereof  
Operation of a vapor lamp light source for instrumentation utilizes a lamp manager controller for instant-on and precise temperature control to enhance and control output at specified wavelengths...
5616989 Fluorescent lamp system including an integrated heater/power harness  
A fluorescent light source includes a fluorescent lamp, lamp bases attached to opposite ends of the fluorescent lamp, and an electrically insulating substrate connected to the fluorescent lamp. A...
5489819 Method of operating a metallic vapor discharge lamp  
The method of conducting a lighting operation of a metallic vapour discharge lamp, to maintain a suitable arc tube temperature, even if the lamp is operated at an input power higher than 160 W/cm...
5406172 Light source intensity control device  
A light source device having a controlled current source that maintains a constant intensity of light from the source during changes in light source temperature, particularly at warm-up. The light...
5051657 Safety filament assembly for double-enveloped arc discharge lamp  
An electric lamp assembly includes a sealed outer envelope, an arc discharge tube mounted within the outer envelope, a safety filament connected in series with the arc discharge tube for...
5051649 Arc discharge lamp with liquid metal and heating means  
A ballastless high pressure discharge lamp includes an arc tube, electrodes disposed in the arc tube, a column of mercury disposed in the arc tube and having a volume less than the volume of the...
5047689 Gas discharge tube, indirectly heated cathode for use therein and drive circuit therefor  
A gas discharge tube comprises an indirectly heated cathode structure including a hot cathode into which a heater is incorporated. During discharging, the heater is supplied with a discharge...
4987342 Self-ballasted glow discharge lamp having indirectly-heated cathode  
A negative glow discharge lamp including an anode and an indirectly-heated cathode disposed within a phosphor-coated envelope. The cathode includes a heater filament surrounded by a metallic...
4857808 Modified impedance rapid start fluorescent lamp system  
A modified impedance rapid start fluorescent lamp system is provided with interrupted cathode heating. This structure includes a circuit in parallel with one of the bimetal switches at each side of...
4709188 Operation of standby filament associated with an AC arc discharge lamp ballast  
An AC polarity-reversing bridge ballast for an arc discharge lamp using an incandescent filament for resistive ballasting and standby illumination powers the filament during hot restart without...
4695768 Bimetal switch for electrode heat cutout within an electrically insulating support  
A fluorescent lamp electrode heat cutout switch is provided for placement within a fluorescent lamp stem and outside the discharge envelope and is configured such that a resistive heater wire is...
4672270 Metal vapor discharge lamp having a starting device of a thermal switch type  
A metal vapor discharge lamp has a burner for sealing xenon gas, mercury and a light-emitting additive in a translucent ceramic tube, a starting device of a thermal switch type which has a series...
4654560 Three (3)-way lamp having a tungsten halogen inner envelope  
A three (3)-way lamp having a tungsten halogen-cycle inner envelope and an operating circuit for the inner envelope is disclosed. The operating circuit comprises a ballast element and two diodes...
4626745 Ballast circuit for lamps with low voltage gas discharge tubes  
A ballast circuit arrangement for providing a predetermined desired A.C. voltage to enhance the operation of the gas discharge tube serving as the main light source in a lighting unit of the type...
4574219 Lighting unit  
A lighting unit having a filament serving as a supplementary light source, an improved gas discharge tube serving as a main light source having improved electrodes and an improved ballast circuit...
4536680 Resistive lamp ballast with re-ignition circuit  
A discharge lamp is provided with a resistive ballast together with means for sensing lamp voltage conditions. If the lamp voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold then a control circuit operates...
4494041 Incandescent ballast assembly  
Apparatus for use with a fluorescent lamp having a longitudinal axis and a filament winding at each end includes a pair of terminals formed for connection to a potential source with means for...
4481446 Metal vapor discharge lamp  
In a metal vapor discharge lamp for operating it by high voltage generated in the actuation of a heat sensitive switch means in an outer bulb, a relatively low pressure of a sealed gas or mercury...
4438369 Unitary light source comprising compact HID lamp and incandescent ballast filament  
Unitary light source comprises compact HID lamp and starting and operating circuit therefor operable from household AC energizing potential. The HID lamp is ballasted by incandescent filament means...
4398130 Arc lamp lighting unit with low and high light levels  
The present invention relates to a lighting unit having low and high light levels and employing an efficient arc lamp as the source of light during the high level setting. The unit employs a...
4382210 Ballast circuit for direct current arc lamp  
A high efficiency controlled direct current source for operating high pressure mercury or metal halide lamps for use as substitutes for ordinary incandescent lamps. The circuit includes a voltage...
4367433 Self ballasted lamp for automotive, aircraft runway, etc. lighting  
A tungsten filament lamp incorporates arc discharge electrodes for an arc discharge in a gas fill enclosed in the lamp envelope. The tungsten filament is utilized as a ballast resistance for the...
4367432 Blended lamp  
In a blended lamp, an incandescent filament and a high-pressure discharge tube are arranged electrically in series. The filament forms part of a halogen incandescent lamp and the discharge tube...
4358708 Light emitting diode assembly  
A lamp assembly includes a lamp and a lamp package. The lamp includes a light-emitting portion with a flange at its base and electrically conducting leads extending from the base. The flange has a...
4350929 Fluorescent lighting device  
A fluorescent lighting device which includes a preheating type fluorescent discharge tube and as the ballast thereof an incandescent bulb. The fluorescent lighting device is ignited by the use of a...
4349764 Low-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp  
The invention relates to a low-pressure metal vapor discharge lamp comprising a discharge tube and an outer bulb enveloping the discharge tube. Provided between the discharge tube and the outer...
4344018 High pressure metal vapor discharge lamp  
A high pressure metal vapor discharge lamp according to the present invention comprises the following first and second starting aid circuits mounted within an outer envelope. The first starting aid...
4340843 Keep-alive circuit for gas discharge lamp  
A circuit for starting and ballasting a compact high intensity arc discharge lamp, and for preventing failure of the arc discharge. A filament connected in series with the arc lamp provides...
4329622 Low pressure gas discharge lamp with increased end illumination  
A low pressure gas discharge lamp is provided with a pair of high power incandescent electrodes to increase output illumination at the lamp ends. In an alternate construction, the electrodes are of...
4316124 Mixed light arrangement  
The invention relates to a mixed light lamp arrangement intended to be connected to an a.c. power supply. The lamp arrangement comprises a rectifier bridge having output terminals interconnected by...
4282461 Television raster centering aid  
A television raster centering aid comprises means for blanking a horizontal scan line located at the center of the vertical deflection field. In an illustrative embodiment, an operational amplifier...
4281274 Discharge lamp having vitreous shield  
A jacketed metal halide discharge lamp combining a miniature arc tube containing sodium iodide and a standby filament within an outer envelope, is provided with a glass sleeve around the arc tube....
4278916 Instant-on light source  
A light source includes a high pressure discharge lamp and incandescent filaments which provide illumination during the warm-up and hot restart periods associated with the discharge lamp. A current...
4268780 Integrated fluorescent-incandescent lamp assembly  
A lamp assembly (10) comprises a base plate (12) having both an incandescent bulb (18) and a fluorescent bulb (16) affixed thereto. The incandescent bulb (18) acts as ballast and light source. A...
4234818 Electric mixed light lamp  
Mixed light lamps require a complicated construction so as to be able to suspend the filament and the discharge lamp. In a mixed light lamp according to the invention a bipartite filament of...
4233542 High-pressure discharge lamp  
High-pressure discharge lamps, having a sealed discharge vessel surrounded by a sealed glass envelope, are known in which an oxidizable metal foil (e.g. of molybdenum) is located, in the space...
4182976 High pressure sodium vapor lamp with voltage rise compensator  
A high pressure sodium vapor lamp having an elongated light-transmitting refractory arc tube with closure members sealing each end of the arc tube. An elongated hollow refractory metal member of...
4013919 Discharge lamp having fuse-switch guard against jacket failure  
The inner arc tube of some jacketed discharge lamps transmits ultraviolet radiation which is normally absorbed without harm by the glass outer envelope but may be released should the outer envelope...
3968396 Self ballasted lamp including a fuseable device  
A filament coil is connected in series with an arc tube to form a self ballasted lamp. An internal starting coil is connected across the arc tube through a bimetal switch, which is normally closed,...
3961222 Sodium vapor lamp configuration  
In a sodium vapor lamp, a means for rapid warm-up and/or maintaining the temperature of the discharge tube in order to quickly achieve and maintain the sodium vapor pressure at a desired level is...
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