US Patent 7456585 Optical element driving circuit

Patent 7456585 was granted and assigned to SimplexGrinnell on November, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

SimplexGrinnell

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

74565850

Patent Inventor Names

Kenneth E. Savage, Jr.0

David L. Hendren, Jr.0

Date of Patent

November 25, 2008

Patent Application Number

114321200

Date Filed

May 11, 2006

Patent Primary Examiner

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David Hung Vu

Patent abstract

Optical element driving circuits flexibly configure energy sources to cause a flash tube to produce illumination at one of multiple output intensities. The driving circuits allow a single strobe alarm to take the place of multiple strobe alarms individually dedicated to specific output intensities. The driving circuits may also mitigate or eliminate high voltage arcing within the driving circuit.