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Adapter set for fluorescent lamps converting to luminescent tubes having smaller diameters equipped with electronic ballast

US8206167B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

e-Ressource Österreich GmbH · AT

Inventors

Carsten Reuter · Taunusstein, DE
Matthias Weise · Berlin, DE
Peter Schafer · Pfungstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2008
Grant date	Jun 26, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 15, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R31/065
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adapter set for fluorescent lamps with electronic ballast for converting to a fluorescent tube having a smaller diameter. The electronic ballast and the end cap adapter each on one axial front thereof comprise contact pins having dimensions of fluorescent tubes of larger diameters, and on the opposite axial front have contact sockets for receiving two contact pins of the fluorescent tube having a smaller diameter. Preferably, the electronic components of the ballast are located on at least two spatially separated partial circuit boards which may be connected to each other by a flexible contact strip. A jacket tube has at least one cable channel that extends axially relative thereto to house the wiring connecting the contact pins of the end cap adapter and the electric ballast.

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