Thermal element for maintaining minimum lamp wall temperature in fluorescent fixtures

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:868529

Siminovitch, Michael J ^[1]

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1. Richmond, CA

In a lighting fixture including a lamp and a housing, an improvement is disclosed for maintaining a lamp envelope area at a cooler, reduced temperature relative to the enclosed housing ambient. The improvement comprises a thermal element in thermal communication with the housing extending to and springably urging thermal communication with a predetermined area of the lamp envelope surface.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• Assignee: Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5161884
• OSTI ID: 868529
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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enclosed
ambient
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extending
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