Patents by Inventor Albert L. Suster

Albert L. Suster has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Corrosion resistant sockets for electric lamps
    Patent number: 4990820
    Abstract: Sockets for receiving metal lamp bases of electric lamps which contain metal parts fabricated from certain relatively high copper and low zinc content copper alloys are resistant to corrosion and to corrosion cracking in corrosive environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Albert L. Suster, Rolf S. Bergman
  • Corrosion resistant base for electric lamps
    Patent number: 4914345
    Abstract: Metal lamp bases for electric lamps fabricated from certain relatively high copper and low zinc content copper alloys and lamps employing same are resistant to cracking in corrosive environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Albert L. Suster, Winston T. Bachmann, Edward M. Beesley, John Gritti, Clifford W. Paugh, William H. Sullivan, Gene I. Thomasson
  • Rapid restrike metal halide lamp and a method of operating such
    Patent number: 4853597
    Abstract: A rapid restrike metal halide lamp and method of operating such a lamp are disclosed which are particularly suitable for sports stadium lighting applications. The rapid restrike metal halide lamp has an arc tube containing constituents which require a waveform having a relatively high voltage and at a relatively high current in order to rapidly restrike the arc tube after the lamp has experienced a power interruption so as to initiate a sustaining arc condition of the arc tube. The relatively high waveform in the form of a series of pulse trains is routed to the arc tube by means of a two path arrangement comprising a conductive base at the bottom of the lamp and a insulative cap at the top of the lamp. This two-way path substantially reduces and even eliminates any arcing condition within the confines of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raymond A. Heindl, Gilbert H. Reiling, Albert L. Suster
  • Rapid restrike metal halide lamp and a method of operating such
    Patent number: 4723097
    Abstract: A rapid restrike metal halide lamp and method of operating such a lamp are disclosed which are particularly suitable for sports stadium lighting applications. The rapid restrike metal halide lamp has an arc tube containing constituents which require a waveform having a relatively high voltage and at a relatively high current in order to rapidly restrike the arc tube after the lamp has experienced a power interruption so as to initiate a sustaining arc condition of the arc tube. The relatively high waveform in the form of a series of pulse trains is routed to the arc tube by means of a two path arrangement comprising a conductive base at the bottom of the lamp and a insulative cap at the top of the lamp. This two-way path substantially reduces and even eliminates any arcing condition within the confines of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raymond A. Heindl, Gilbert H. Reiling, Albert L. Suster