Patents Assigned to Eli Bridge Company
  • Solid state timer-stepper with soft switch-on and switch-off load control
    Patent number: 4037135
    Abstract: A timer-stepper, which is particularly applicable to light chasers for producing a special "ripple" lighting effect and increasing bulb and logic circuit component lives, having photoncoupler phase-shifting networks in the gate circuits of switching triacs for "softness" during switching and for isolating the logic of said timer-stepper from A.C. line or switching transients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1977
    Assignee: Eli Bridge Company
    Inventor: William E. Novey