Patents by Inventor Balazs Torok
Balazs Torok 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).
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Patent number: 8878436Abstract: A fluorescent lighting device includes an arc tube, an exhaust tube extending from the arc tube, and an amalgam. A resistive heater is located adjacent to at least one of the arc tube and the exhaust tube. A power supply circuit is operatively coupled with the resistive heater. When the fluorescent lighting device is switched from an OFF state to an ON state, the power supply circuit temporarily energizes the resistive heater, thereby heating the at least one of the arc tube and the exhaust tube while the resistive heater is energized, and automatically de-energizing the resistive heater after said heating.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Lucz, Gabor Szabo, Balazs Torok, Miklos Budai, Titusz Talalt, Jacint Gergely, Gabor Schmidt
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Patent number: 8633642Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lamp part fixing device and method for lamp components made of shape memory alloy. The device includes a main body that carries, for example, a main or auxiliary amalgam, getter, etc. located at a desired position within a discharge tube of a fluorescent lamp. For example, the amalgam can be advantageously located at preselected axial locations and/or within a diffusion path. The main body is configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first configuration allows the mount to move within the discharge tube when the shape memory alloy is below an alloy transition temperature. The second configuration of the main body allows for controlled placement and immobilization of the device within the discharge tube when the shape memory alloy is raised above the alloy transition temperature. The device is shaped in a generally planar or non-planar configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Ivan Poczik, Peter Mora, Peter Lucz, Balazs Torok
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Publication number: 20130278130Abstract: A fluorescent lamp includes an arc tube comprised of light transmissive material. The arc tube can be for a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). A discharge sustaining fill, which may include mercury and an inert gas, is sealed in the interior of the arc tube. Electrodes are disposed in the sealed interior of the arc tube. An outer envelope is disposed around and spaced apart from the arc tube. The outer envelope can take the form of a conventional incandescent light bulb, candle, globe-shape or reflector shape. The outer envelope includes an opening. The arc tube includes a hollow protrusion that extends adjacent or into the opening. This can provide the arc tube with a lower temperature near the protrusion that can approximate the temperature of the outer envelope (a cold spot). This can regulate the vapor pressure of liquid (e.g., liquid mercury) in the arc tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Lucz, Laszlo Bankuti, Karoly Talosi, Balazs Torok
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Patent number: 8558478Abstract: A hybrid lamp apparatus is presented having a primary lamp circuit with a CFL and an electronic ballast, as well as a Halogen or incandescent secondary lamp circuit with a control circuit that shuts off the secondary lamp a time period after powerup, where the secondary lamp time period varies according to the amount of time the apparatus was previously unpowered.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Qian Ni, Devin Sun, Peter Lucz, Balazs Torok
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Publication number: 20130127342Abstract: A fluorescent lighting device includes an arc tube, an exhaust tube extending from the arc tube, and an amalgam. A resistive heater is located adjacent to at least one of the arc tube and the exhaust tube. A power supply circuit is operatively coupled with the resistive heater. When the fluorescent lighting device is switched from an OFF state to an ON state, the power supply circuit temporarily energizes the resistive heater, thereby heating the at least one of the arc tube and the exhaust tube while the resistive heater is energized, and automatically de-energizing the resistive heater after said heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Lucz, Gabor Szabo, Balazs Torok, Miklos Budai, Titusz Talalt, Jacint Gergely, Gabor Schmidt
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Publication number: 20130119855Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lamp part fixing device and method for lamp components made of shape memory alloy. The device includes a main body that carries, for example, a main or auxiliary amalgam, getter, etc. located at a desired position within a discharge tube of a fluorescent lamp. For example, the amalgam can be advantageously located at preselected axial locations and/or within a diffusion path. The main body is configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first configuration allows the mount to move within the discharge tube when the shape memory alloy is below an alloy transition temperature. The second configuration of the main body allows for controlled placement and immobilization of the device within the discharge tube when the shape memory alloy is raised above the alloy transition temperature. The device is shaped in a generally planar or non-planar configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Inventors: Peter Ivan Poczik, Peter Mora, Peter Lucz, Balazs Torok
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Publication number: 20130113361Abstract: A low-pressure discharge lamp includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a light-transmissive envelope, a fill-gas composition capable of sustaining a discharge sealed inside the light-transmissive envelope, and a phosphor composition at least partially disposed on an interior surface of said light-transmissive envelope forming at least one phosphor layer. The phosphor composition includes at least one phosphor, and at least one amalgam-forming material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ottokar GYULASI, Peter LUCZ, Peter Ivan POCZIK, Balazs Torok
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Publication number: 20130082596Abstract: A lamp assembly provides both instant light through use of an incandescent/halogen lamp source and an energy saving type light provided by a compact fluorescent lamp source. Both light sources are enclosed within a common envelope or outer bulb. The sensor member monitors light output from a central region of the CFL at a region spaced from the first and second ends in order to obtain an accurate representation of full light output from the CFL before shutting off or terminating power to the incandescent lamp source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Peter Lucz, Laszlo Bankuti, Balazs Torok, Peter Vigh
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Patent number: 8378562Abstract: A lamp assembly provides both instant light through use of an incandescent/halogen lamp source and an energy saving type light provided by a compact fluorescent lamp source. Both light sources are fixed within the assembly by a fixing mechanism that spaces the lights sources from each other such that heat from one source does not negatively affect the second light source or any other portion of the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Balazs Torok, Jozsef Fulop, Peter Mora, Peter Lucz
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Publication number: 20120206030Abstract: A lamp assembly provides both instantlight through use of an incandescent/halogen lamp source and an energy saving type light provided by a compact fluorescent lamp source. Both light sources are fixed within the assembly by a fixing mechanism that spaces the lights sources from each other such that heat from one source does not negatively affect the second light source or any other portion of the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Inventors: Balazs Torok, Jozsef Fulop, Peter Mora, Peter Lucz
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Publication number: 20120187834Abstract: A hybrid lamp apparatus is presented having a primary lamp circuit with a CFL and an electronic ballast, as well as a Halogen or incandescent secondary lamp circuit with a control circuit that shuts off the secondary lamp a time period after powerup, where the secondary lamp time period varies according to the amount of time the apparatus was previously unpowered.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2011Publication date: July 26, 2012Inventors: Qian Ni, Devin Sun, Peter Lucz, Balazs Torok