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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 15, 2008
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2012
Assignee:
e-Ressource Österreich GmbH
Inventors:
Carsten Reuter, Matthias Weise, Peter Schäfer
Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter set for fluorescent lamps with electronic ballast (7) for converting to a fluorescent tube (8) having a smaller diameter by way of two adapters (6, 7), which are produced by the electronic ballast (7) and by an end cap adapter (6), characterized in that the electronic ballast (7) and the end cap adapter (6) each on one axial front thereof comprise contact pins (1a, 6a) having dimensions of fluorescent tubes with greater diameters, such as T8, and on the opposite axial front have contact sockets for receiving two contact pins of the fluorescent tube (8) having a smaller diameter, such as T5. It is preferred that the electronic components of the ballast (7) are located on at least two spatially separated partial circuit boards (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d), however which are electrically connected to each other by flexible contact strips (7e).
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 15, 2008
Publication date:
May 19, 2011
Applicant:
E-RESSOURCE ÖSTERREICH GMBH
Inventors:
Carsten Reuter, Matthias Weise, Peter Schäfer