Patents by Inventor Kevin Como

Kevin Como 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).

  • Tubulation-free gas filled electrode or lamp
    Patent number: 8092270
    Abstract: A method of making a tubulation-free gas filled electrode or lamp having the steps of providing a glass or quartz tube having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; inserting a cathode into the first end; crimping the first end thereby securing the cathode and making the first end airtight; securing a solid plug inside the tube second end but leaving a gap between the plug and tube through which gas can pass; evacuating air from inside the tube by drawing it through the second end past the plug; charging the tube with a gas; and sealing the plug gap to make the second end airtight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Powerspan Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Sterndale, Kevin Como
  • Electrode cap for electrical discharge reactor
    Patent number: 8071043
    Abstract: An electrode cap having a horseshoe-shaped conductor clip that has an opening at a closed end for receiving an electrode, the conductor clip fitted over a tube crimp; a cylindrical base cap having an elongated bump at one end of the base cap parallel to the axis of the base cap; and a cylindrical top cap closed on one end, having an inside diameter larger than the outside diameter of the base cap; and a spring for pressing a plate against the base cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Powerspan Corp.
    Inventors: Kevin Como, Robert Sterndale, Keith Croto, Giovanni Paradiso
  • TUBULATION-FREE GAS FILLED ELECTRODE OR LAMP
    Publication number: 20090253335
    Abstract: A method of making a tubulation-free gas filled electrode or lamp having the steps of providing a glass or quartz tube having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; inserting a cathode into the first end; crimping the first end thereby securing the cathode and making the first end airtight; securing a solid plug inside the tube second end but leaving a gap between the plug and tube through which gas can pass; evacuating air from inside the tube by drawing it through the second end past the plug; charging the tube with a gas; and sealing the plug gap to make the second end airtight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: POWERSPAN CORP.
    Inventors: Robert Sterndale, Kevin Como
  • ELECTRODE CAP FOR ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE REACTOR
    Publication number: 20090184620
    Abstract: An electrode cap having a horseshoe-shaped conductor clip that has an opening at a closed end for receiving an electrode, the conductor clip fitted over a tube crimp; a cylindrical base cap having an elongated bump at one end of the base cap parallel to the axis of the base cap; and a cylindrical top cap closed on one end, having an inside diameter larger than the outside diameter of the base cap; and a spring for pressing a plate against the base cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: POWERSPAN CORP.
    Inventors: Kevin Como, Robert Sterndale, Keith Croto, Giovanni Paradiso