Patents by Inventor Dane I. Atol

Dane I. Atol 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).

  • Impedance tuning of an electrode-less plasma lamp
    Patent number: 9099291
    Abstract: A method for operating a plasma lamp apparatus. The method includes providing a resonator structure configured with a bulb comprising a fill mixture. The bulb is coupled to an output coupling element. The method applying an RF power source to a resonator structure configured with an input coupling element and coupling the RF power to the output coupling element configured with the input coupling element to cause the fill mixture to discharge electromagnetic radiation. The method includes adjusting a spatial distance or relative configuration between the input coupling element and the output coupling element during output of the electromagnetic radiation and causing a change in an impedance value of the resonator structure to initiate an adjustment of a power transfer from the RF power source to an output of the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Topanga USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane I. Atol, Timothy J. Brockett
  • IMPEDANCE TUNING OF AN ELECTRODE-LESS PLASMA LAMP
    Publication number: 20140354148
    Abstract: A method for operating a plasma lamp apparatus. The method includes providing a resonator structure configured with a bulb comprising a fill mixture. The bulb is coupled to an output coupling element. The method applying an RF power source to a resonator structure configured with an input coupling element and coupling the RF power to the output coupling element configured with the input coupling element to cause the fill mixture to discharge electromagnetic radiation. The method includes adjusting a spatial distance or relative configuration between the input coupling element and the output coupling element during output of the electromagnetic radiation and causing a change in an impedance value of the resonator structure to initiate an adjustment of a power transfer from the RF power source to an output of the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Topanga USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Dane I. Atol, Timothy J. Brockett