Patents by Inventor Paul E. Gates

Paul E. Gates 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).

  • Ruggedized mount structure for tungsten halogen lamp
    Patent number: 4673840
    Abstract: A tungsten-halogen lamp has a ruggedized mount structure employing tri-partite lead-in wires sealed in a soft glass stem and a hard glass capsule. Heavier intermediate sections provide support while the proximal and distal portions are different materials selected to form hermetic seals with the hard glass and soft glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventor: Paul E. Gates
  • Incandescent lamp having embedded support means
    Patent number: 4149103
    Abstract: In a press-sealed single-ended tubular incandescent lamp, the support means thereof is embedded in the press seal and protrudes from the edge thereof, substantially orthogonal to the axis of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1979
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul E. Gates, Stephen F. Kimball
  • Incandescent lamp having embedded support wires
    Patent number: 4088918
    Abstract: The support means for a press-sealed single-ended tubular incandescent lamp comprises support wires which are embedded in the press seal and protrude from the edge thereof, substantially orthogonal to the axis of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1978
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul E. Gates, Stephen F. Kimball
  • Thermal switch having movable insulative member therein
    Patent number: 4080586
    Abstract: A thermally responsive electric switch which has an insulative member movably oriented within the switch's housing. A conductive element is positioned within the movable member to electrically interconnect the spaced end portions of two lead-in wires also positioned within the housing. A thin layer of fusible material (e.g. gallium) is positioned on the ends of the lead-in wires and in contact with the conductive element when the movable member occupies a first position within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1978
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Warren H. Hay, deceased, Carl V. Joslin, executor, Paul E. Gates
  • Circuit breaker with parallel shorting element
    Patent number: 4052687
    Abstract: A circuit breaker has a thermally sensitive bimetal connected across two lead-in wires in a glass envelope. An electrically conductive bypass element is in parallel with the bimetal and shorts it out. The bypass element can be removed from the circuit by melting it by means of a short duration pulse of high electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen F. Kimball, Paul E. Gates
  • Electric lamp with insulating base
    Patent number: 4028577
    Abstract: An electric lamp having a light-transmitting envelope, such as a glass bulb, secured to a plastic base having a symmetrical wedge-lock portion. Lead-in wires from the glass bulb are threaded through channels in the plastic base and extend alongside the wedge-lock portion to form contacts without soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul E. Gates, Stephen F. Kimball, Stephen J. Leadvaro
  • Soft glass flashtube
    Patent number: 4001624
    Abstract: A xenon flashtube having an envelope formed of soft glass tubing with a pair of electrodes disposed at each end of the envelope for providing a wall-stabilized discharge. The use of soft glass permits a match seal to dumet lead-in wires and results in a lower cost unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert J. Cosco, Roger T. Hebert, Paul E. Gates
  • Electric lamp with insulating base
    Patent number: 3979627
    Abstract: An electric lamp having a light-transmitting envelope, such as a glass bulb, secured to a plastic base having a symmetrical wedge-lock portion. Lead-in wires from the glass bulb are threaded through channels in the plastic base and are bent around the wedge-lock portion to form contacts without soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1976
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen J. Leadvaro, Paul E. Gates, Stephen F. Kimball