Patents by Inventor Jacobus P. K. M. Van As

Jacobus P. K. M. Van As 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).

  • A resiliently deformable container for mercury, and lamp and method of its manufacture using such a container
    Patent number: 4907998
    Abstract: Mercury is dosed into a fluorescent or similar lamp from a container shaped mostly as an elongated flat plate, inserted lengthwise into the exhaust tube and held in place by a rib in the tube engaging depressions in the center of the plate. To permit easy insertion, the end of the plate opposite the mercury container has a relatively large through hole, leaving a thin resilient wall on each side of the hole so that insertion force is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Kuijer, Jacobus P. K. M. Van As, Frans J. Traksel