Patents by Inventor Harold David Myers, Jr.

Harold David Myers, Jr. 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).

  • SEMI-ACTIVE ANTENNA STARTING AID FOR HID ARC TUBES
    Publication number: 20180261444
    Abstract: A starting aid for discharge lamp arc tubes is characterized by an arc tube having a tubular body wall that longitudinally extends between first and second ends and surrounding an internal arc cavity with first and second electrodes that have conductive feedthroughs to electrically connect to corresponding first and second external arctube leads; an antenna conductor extending longitudinally on an outside surface of the arc tube wall between first and second antenna ends that are located radially outward of corresponding first and second electrodes; and an antenna coupling member comprising a conductive coupling connector that is electrically connected to the first arctube lead, and extends to a coupling end located on the body wall near to the first antenna end and separated from it by a coupling gap of predetermined, non-zero gap dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Harold David Myers, JR.
  • Semi-active antenna starting aid for HID arc tubes
    Patent number: 10074532
    Abstract: A starting aid for discharge lamp arc tubes is characterized by an arc tube having a tubular body wall that longitudinally extends between first and second ends and surrounding an internal arc cavity with first and second electrodes that have conductive feedthroughs to electrically connect to corresponding first and second external arctube leads; an antenna conductor extending longitudinally on an outside surface of the arc tube wall between first and second antenna ends that are located radially outward of corresponding first and second electrodes; and an antenna coupling member comprising a conductive coupling connector that is electrically connected to the first arctube lead, and extends to a coupling end located on the body wall near to the first antenna end and separated from it by a coupling gap of predetermined, non-zero gap dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Eye Lighting International of North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Harold David Myers, Jr.