Patents by Inventor Peter Kluetz

Peter Kluetz 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).

  • Method and control circuit for starting a gas-discharge lamp
    Patent number: 9386671
    Abstract: A method operates a gas-discharge lamp (16) in a transition from a “deactivated” state without an electric arc to a stable “light-generating” state. The method comprises steps of discharging a booster capacitor (C2) in an “acquisition” phase following an ignition-voltage impulse via a current path that conducts a current flowing through the gas-discharge lamp (16) and in which an inductor (L1) having at least one switch (S5) lies in series and cyclically discharging the booster capacitor (C2) by a repeated alternating closing and opening of the switch (S5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kluetz, Ruediger Laubenstein, Christian Johann, Bjoern Moosmann, Michael Herrmann, Matthias Roder
  • METHOD AND CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR STARTING A GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP
    Publication number: 20130214694
    Abstract: A method operates a gas-discharge lamp (16) in a transition from a “deactivated” state without an electric arc to a stable “light-generating” state. The method comprises steps of discharging a booster capacitor (C2) in an “acquisition” phase following an ignition-voltage impulse via a current path that conducts a current flowing through the gas-discharge lamp (16) and in which an inductor (L1) having at least one switch (S5) lies in series and cyclically discharging the booster capacitor (C2) by a repeated alternating closing and opening of the switch (S5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Kluetz, Ruediger Laubenstein, Christian Johann, Bjoern Moosmann, Michael Herrmann, Matthias Roder