Patent · US Expired

Glow discharge lamp

US4904900A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
18References
19Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 10, 1989
Grant dateFeb 27, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 10, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J61/64
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A glow discharge lamp that includes a light transmitting envelope containing a noble gas fill material and a pair of electrodes disposed in the envelope. Lead-in wires couple to the electrodes and extend to and are hermetically sealed in the envelope. The anode electrodes is comprised of a refractory metal piece, preferably a molybdenum foil strip, supported from an end of a single lead-in wire that is preferably swagged to the metal strip.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.