Patents by Inventor Melanie Maria Jeanne Anna Michon

Melanie Maria Jeanne Anna Michon 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).

  • Switching device
    Patent number: 6411044
    Abstract: An electronic ballast for operating a lamp with a high-frequency current is equipped with a load branch comprising two LC combinations. The LC combinations are dimensioned such that the shape of the high-frequency current is in between a sine shape and a square-wave shape. The efficacy of a lamp operated by means of the electronic ballast is high, while the RFI generated by the lamp is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrik Wessels, Melanie Maria Jeanne Anna Michon, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix
  • Switching device
    Publication number: 20010033141
    Abstract: An electronic ballast for operating a lamp with a high-frequency current is equipped with a load branch comprising two LC combinations. The LC combinations are dimensioned such that the shape of the high-frequency current is in between a sine shape and a square-wave shape. The efficacy of a lamp operated by means of the electronic ballast is high, while the RFI generated by the lamp is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Johannes Hendrik Wessels, Melanie Maria Jeanne Anna Michon, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix