Patents by Inventor Norbert Benkö

Norbert Benkö 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).

  • Device and method for retaining mercury source in low-pressure discharge lamps
    Patent number: 6906460
    Abstract: A device for retaining a mercury source in the discharge space of a low-pressure discharge lamp is disclosed. The mercury source retaining device comprises a holder, which has an inner space communicating with the discharge space and a receiver opening for receiving a mercury source. The retaining device further comprises resilient clamping means for clamping the holder in a tubular space segment of the discharge space and resilient retaining means at least partially blocking the receiver opening. The resilient retaining means are adapted for allowing a passage of the mercury source in a direction towards the inner space of the holder, but block the movement of the mercury source through the receiver opening in a direction out of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gyula Busai, Norbert Benkö