Patents by Inventor Kurt Marcel Frieda Van Bylen

Kurt Marcel Frieda Van Bylen 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).

  • Method of manufacturing an electrode for a gas discharge lamp
    Patent number: 9053922
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of manufacturing an electrode (1) for a gas-discharge lamp, which method comprises forming an electrode shaft (10); forming a coil (2) over a winding length (L W); arranging the coil (2) on the electrode shaft (10); and melting material of the coil (2) such that, when the melted coil material has re-solidified, the solidified material (30,31) comprises a one-piece shell (3), which one-piece shell (3) comprises a fused portion (30) over a fraction (L T) of the winding length (L W) and a mantle portion (31) over a remainder (L B) of the winding length (L W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Stijn Poortmans, Benny Van Daele, Kurt Marcel Frieda Van Bylen
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FOR A GAS DISCHARGE LAMP
    Publication number: 20130257269
    Abstract: The invention describes a method of manufacturing an electrode (1) for a gas-discharge lamp, which method comprises forming an electrode shaft (10); forming a coil (2) over a winding length (L W); arranging the coil (2) on the electrode shaft (10); and melting material of the coil (2) such that, when the melted coil material has re-solidified, the solidified material (30,31) comprises a one-piece shell (3), which one-piece shell (3) comprises a fused portion (30) over a fraction (L T) of the winding length (L W) and a mantle portion (31) over a remainder (L B) of the winding length (L W).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Stijn Poortmans, Benny Van Daele, Kurt Marcel Frieda Van Bylen