Patents by Inventor Catherine Mers

Catherine Mers 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).

  • Reflector and lamp combination
    Patent number: 4918353
    Abstract: This invention relates to a glass reflector and tungsten-halogen lamp combination wherein the lamp is cemented into the glass reflector with an aluminum phosphate cement composition which comprise a mixture of aluminum phosphate containing excess phosphoric acid, relatively small particle size alumina and a mixture of relatively medium and coarse particle size inert filler materials and wherein the lamp contains a hermetic seal between quartz and a molybdenum foil with that portion of the foil in the seal area which is exposed to an oxidizing environment coated with alkali metal silicate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Clark D. Nelson, Richard Malinowski, Catherine Mers, Diana Essock, Vito Arsena, Mary Jaffe
  • Aluminum phosphate cement compositions and lamp assemblies containing same
    Patent number: 4833576
    Abstract: This invention relates to aluminum phosphate refractory cement compositions which comprise a mixture of aluminum phosphate containing excess phosphoric acid, relatively small particle size alumina and a mixture of relatively medium and coarse particle size inert filler materials. This cement is useful for cementing tungsten-halogen lamps into glass reflectors. The aluminum phosphate is formed with an excess of phosphoric acid which reacts with the alumina when the cement is baked at elevated temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Catherine Mers, Clark D. Nelson, Vito J. Arsena, Mary S. Jaffe