Patents by Inventor Louis B. Pickvet

Louis B. Pickvet 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).

  • Gas discharge lamp power supply
    Patent number: 7876543
    Abstract: A gas discharge lamp power supply having a base, a pair of opposed side walls extending from the base, and opposed first and second end walls extending from the base between the opposed side walls. The first end wall has a sloped wall extending angularly between the side walls, and two input terminals are mounted on the sloped wall. In another embodiment, the power supply has a control with a nonvolatile memory for storing an error code in response to a detected fault condition, thereby permitting the error code to be displayed upon power being removed from and then, subsequently reapplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: FRANCE/ A Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: William T. Hopkins, Anthony W. Banks, Alan M. Smith, Louis B. Pickvet, Robert L. Towe, Charles A. Schlemm
  • Gas discharge lamp power supply
    Patent number: 7283351
    Abstract: A gas discharge lamp power supply having a base, a pair of opposed side walls extending from the base, and opposed first and second end walls extending from the base between the opposed side walls. The first end wall has a sloped wall extending angularly between the side walls, and two input terminals are mounted on the sloped wall. In another embodiment, the power supply has a control with a nonvolatile memory for storing an error code in response to a detected fault condition, thereby permitting the error code to be displayed upon power being removed from and then, subsequently reapplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: France/A Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: William T. Hopkins, Anthony W. Banks, Alan M. Smith, Louis B. Pickvet, Robert L. Towe, Charles A. Schlemm
  • Transformer power supply for a gas discharge lamp
    Patent number: D538742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: France/A Scott Fetzer Company
    Inventors: Louis B. Pickvet, Robert L. Towe, Charles A. Schlemm