Patents by Inventor Kurt Ribitsch

Kurt Ribitsch 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).

  • Patent number: 5049081
    Abstract: A low-voltage lighting fixture comprises a pair of parallel electrical conductor rails, and an electrical current collector shoe slidingly mounted on the conductor rails. The collector shoe comprises a pair of collector heads slidingly mounted on the rails and a socket carrier electrically conductively connected to the collector heads and comprised of two electrically conductive socket sections electrically insulated from each other by an insulating element positioned between the socket sections. The socket carrier is mounted between the collector heads for rotation about an axis extending perpendicularly to the rails, and there is a socket for a lamp on the socket carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventors: Kurt Ribitsch, Andreas Zoufal