Patents by Inventor Knut Asmussen

Knut Asmussen 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-pressure discharge lamp
    Patent number: 8946979
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a lamp base (3), a discharge vessel, and components of an ignition device for igniting the gas discharge in the discharge vessel of the high-pressure discharge lamp (1), wherein the lamp base (3) comprises an interior in which the components of the ignition device are disposed, wherein at least the high-voltage components (500, 510, 520) of the ignition device form an assembly (5) disposed in the interior of the lamp base and having a dedicated housing (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Knut Asmussen, Karsten Pietsch, Matthias Protsch
  • Integrated gas discharge lamp with an ignition electronics integrated into the base for generating asymmetrical ignition pulses
    Patent number: 8624493
    Abstract: An integrated gas discharge lamp (5) with ignition electronics integrated into the base, comprising an ignition transformer (TIP), an ignition capacitor (CIP), and a controlled switching element (SIP), wherein the integrated ignition electronics are configured to generate an asymmetrical ignition pulse, and wherein the voltage ratio between the first lamp electrode near the base and the second lamp electrode distant from the base ranges from 22:1 to 5:4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Knut Asmussen, Bernhard Siessegger
  • Integrated gas discharge lamp
    Patent number: 8314554
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an integrated gas discharge lamp including a lamp base, a gas discharge lamp burner and an ignition electronics, wherein the integrated gas discharge lamp includes an operation electronics for operating the gas discharge lamp burner, and the gas discharge lamp burner, the ignition electronics, and the operation electronics are unseparably coupled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Knut Asmussen, Guenther Hirschmann, Lars Kolbe, Manfred Roehl, Bernhard Siessegger
  • High-Pressure Discharge Lamp
    Publication number: 20120256545
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a lamp base (3), a discharge vessel, and components of an ignition device for igniting the gas discharge in the discharge vessel of the high-pressure discharge lamp (1), wherein the lamp base (3) comprises an interior in which the components of the ignition device are disposed, wherein at least the high-voltage components (500, 510, 520) of the ignition device form an assembly (5) disposed in the interior of the lamp base and having a dedicated housing (50)
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Knut Asmussen, Karsten Pietsch, Matthias Protsch
  • Integrated Gas Discharge Lamp with an Ignition Electronics Integrated Into the Base for Generating Asymmetrical Ignition Pulses
    Publication number: 20110234096
    Abstract: An integrated gas discharge lamp (5) with ignition electronics integrated into the base, comprising an ignition transformer (TIP), an ignition capacitor (CIP), and a controlled switching element (SIP), wherein the integrated ignition electronics are configured to generate an asymmetrical ignition pulse, and wherein the voltage ratio between the first lamp electrode near the base and the second lamp electrode distant from the base ranges from 22:1 to 5:4
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Knut Asmussen, Bernhard Siessegger
  • INTEGRATED GAS DISCHARGE LAMP
    Publication number: 20100134010
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an integrated gas discharge lamp including a lamp base, a gas discharge lamp burner and an ignition electronics, wherein the integrated gas discharge lamp includes an operation electronics for operating the gas discharge lamp burner, and the gas discharge lamp burner, the ignition electronics, and the operation electronics are unseparably coupled with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Knut Asmussen, Guenther Hirschmann, Lars Kolbe, Manfred Roehl, Bernhard Siessegger