Patents by Inventor James A. Cinalli

James A. Cinalli 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).

  • High efficiency sealed beam reflector lamp
    Patent number: 5493170
    Abstract: A reflector lamp having a lens of vitreous material fused to a reflector body of vitreous material. An inner reflector surface of the reflector body includes a reflective coating having a first coating portion extending from the rim of the reflector body and a second coating portion extending from a location spaced from the rim towards a basal end of the reflector body. The second coating portion is a layer of silver and the first coating portion is a layer of material other than silver, such as aluminum, having a higher resistance to damage by high heat in the rim area during fusing of the lens to the reflector body. Higher efficacies are achieved with the silver layer spaced from the rim than with silver covering the entire reflector surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Philips Electronics North America Corporation
    Inventors: Jack R. Sheppard, David R. Woodward, James A. Cinalli, Douglas W. Shriver, Walter A. Boyce, Edmund R. Kern
  • Expandable starting aid ring for fluorescent lamp
    Patent number: 4701667
    Abstract: Ring-shaped starting aids of spring steel for fluorescent lamps each include two U-shaped bends. These bends enable expansion of the rings to accommodate varying outside diameters of the lamp bulbs, while insuring firm contact between the rings and the bulb surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: North American Philips Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Cinalli