patentgrep
SearchCompaniesTechnologiesAPIPricingDocs
DocsGet an API key
  1. Technology classes
  2. /Y · General tagging of new technological developments
  3. /Y10 · Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  4. /Y10S · Technical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  5. /Y10S 174/00 · Electricity: conductors and insulators
  6. /Y10S 174/02
Y10S 174/02

Ballasts

Y10S174/02 (Ballasts) appears on 48 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

Search patents in Y10S

Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 174/00Electricity: conductors and insulators
  5. Y10S 174/02Ballasts
Granted patents
48
Published applications
1
Assignees
29
Inventors
70
Latest grant
15 Mar 2005

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 174/02: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
197610
197710
197800
197900
198010
198110
198200
198310
198420
198500
198600
198720
198850
198900
199020
199130
199260
199320
199430
199520
199630
199730
199830
199940
200000
200120
200200
200300
200401
200510

1976198619962005

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Double-wall ballast engagement and ballast mounting method15 Mar 2005US 6,867,959 B2Ruud Lighting, Inc.
  • Electrical connecting device30 Jan 2001US 6,179,655 B2Philips Electronics North America Corporation
  • Luminaire assembly16 Jan 2001US 6,175,487 B1NSI Enterprises, Inc.
  • Electrical connecting device19 Oct 1999US 5,967,838 APhilips Electronics North America Corporation
  • Electrical connecting device3 Aug 1999US 5,931,696 APhilips Electronics North America Corporation
  • Double-wall ballast engagement and ballast mounting method29 Apr 2004US 2004/0080951 A1Ruud Lighting, Inc.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Fluorescent light fixture with removable ballast70US 4,674,015 A1987
  • Ballast box for integrated location of ballasts and electrical connections60US 5,600,537 AMusco Corporation · 1997
  • Fluorescent ballast having integral connector41US 4,729,740 AAMP Incorporated · 1988
  • Light fixture39US 4,000,406 AEsquire, Inc. · 1976
  • Repairable fluorescent lamp ballast38US 4,393,435 ABruce Industries, Inc. · 1983

Top assignees

Documents
  • MMagneTek, Inc.4
  • PEPhilips Electronics North America Corporation4
  • Valmont Industries, Inc.4
  • RLRuud Lighting, Inc.3
  • AAMP Incorporated2
  • EEsquire, Inc.2
  • RIRadionic Industries, Inc.2
  • ADAllanson, Division of Jannock Limited1
  • BIBruce Industries, Inc.1
  • DDiversitec Incorporated1

Often classified with

  • H01FMagnets16
  • F21VFunctional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof15
  • H01RElectrically-conductive connections13
  • H05BElectric heating13
  • H05KPrinted circuits6
  • Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification4
  • H02BBoards, substations or switching arrangements for the supply or distribution of electric3
  • Y02BEnergy-efficient buildings3
  • F21WIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to2
  • F21YIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to2

Documents that also carry the other class.

patentgrep

Search every US patent grant since 1976 and every published application since 2001. Updated weekly from USPTO.

Product

  • Search
  • New this week
  • Where the data comes from
  • Pricing

Browse

  • Companies
  • Technology classes

Developers

  • API docs
  • PatentsView-compatible API
  • MCP server
  • Changelog

About

  • Privacy
  • Terms
© 2026 patentgrepData from USPTO bulk files