ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,166, issued on July 15.
"Cathode-ray tube ultraviolet light source" was invented by Eric C. Bretschneider (Flower Mound, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode-ray tube ultraviolet light source includes a metal housing provided with a light-transmissive window, a heatsink disposed within the metal housing, a phosphor having a first surface and an opposing second surface, wherein the second surface of the phosphor is in thermal contact with the heatsink, and an electron gun capable of developing an electron beam to impinge upon the first surface of the phosphor, whereby light emitted from the second surface of the phosphor is ...