Patent ID: 6079851
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
A lighting fixture for use with fluorescent lamps comprising:first and second end supports;a ballast subassembly mounted on the first end support, the ballast subassembly including an electrically conductive outer housing having a first compartment containing a ballast circuit and a second compartment separated from the first compartment by an internal wall, conductors for attaching the ballast subassembly to an external source of electrical power emerging from the second compartment, and lamp sockets;lamp sockets mounted on the second end support; anda hood positioned above the lamp sockets and extending between and supported by the first and second end supports, the hood including an inner surface reflecting light emitted by fluorescent lamps positioned in the lighting fixture and extending between lamp sockets at opposite ends of the lighting fixture.