Patents by Inventor Frank Latassa

Frank Latassa 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).

  • Fluorescent lamp, and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 6522068
    Abstract: Fluorescent lamp (1) comprising a glass discharge vessel (2) in which a gas is present, which discharge vessel (2) is on two sides provided with a tubular end portion (3) having a longitudinal axis, which end portion (3) includes a glass stem (5), wherein an exhaust tube (6) extends axially outwardly from said stem (5) for supplying and/or discharging gases during the production of the lamp (1), wherein an electrode (8) extends axially inwardly through the stem (5) for generating and maintaining a discharge in the discharge vessel (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Suzanne Van Egmond, Jan Willem Frederik Dorleijn, Stephen Charles Fancher, Tommy Lee Harmon, Frank Latassa, Josephus Theodorus Van Der Eyden
  • Fluorescent lamp, and method of manufacturing same
    Publication number: 20020135300
    Abstract: Fluorescent lamp (1) comprising a glass discharge vessel (2) in which a gas is present, which discharge vessel (2) is on two sides provided with a tubular end portion (3) having a longitudinal axis, which end portion (3) includes a glass stem (5), wherein an exhaust tube (6) extends axially outwardly from said stem (5) for supplying and/or discharging gases during the production of the lamp (1), wherein an electrode (8) extends axially inwardly through the stem (5) for generating and maintaining a discharge in the discharge vessel (2). The fluorescent lamp (1) is characterised in that it meets at least one of the following equations: 1 ξ = R 1 R 2 + 1 R 3 R 4 + 1 < 0.4 ⁢   ⁢ or α = R 1 R 2 < 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Suzanne Van Egmond, Jan Willem Frederik Dorleijn, Stephen Charles Fancher, Tommy Lee Harmon, Frank Latassa, Josephus Theodorus Van Der Eyden