Patent ID: 6773284
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: F21V,F21Y,H01R

Abstract:
A kit for converting a tube lamp fixture from a first to a second size of lamp tube, said kit comprising:a conversion apparatus comprising a bar in which one or more lamp plugs is disposed in slidable arrangement on a first side of said bar, and in which one or more lamp sockets is disposed in slidable arrangement on a second side of said bar, each of said one or more sockets disposed in a position independent of the position of said one or more lamp plugs; a master-slave ballast conversion assembly, said assembly comprising a master circuit board having a cable attached to it, said cable having a free end with a first connector, said assembly further comprising one or more slave circuit boards, said one or more circuit boards being connected together through cables between them and connectors securing each cable to the next with at least one of said slave circuit boards being connected to the cable attached to the master circuit board through the first connector; one or more enclosures for said master-slave ballast conversion assembly, said enclosure being attached to said fixture and enclosing one or more of the ballast conversion circuit boards.