Patents by Inventor Tamas Panyik
Tamas Panyik 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).
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Patent number: 10488021Abstract: A lighting system including a plurality of lighting elements; a housing with a top surface having an interface portion and an inner surface portion supporting the lighting element; a heat sink mounted onto the interface portion and configured to dissipate heat generated by the lighting elements; and a fixing element configured to secure the heat sink to the interface portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Tamas Panyik, Zoltan Janki, Balazs Nagy
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Publication number: 20180356058Abstract: A street lighting assembly includes an LED lighting device and a printed circuit board disposed within the LED lighting device. The printed circuit board includes an LED light module and an LED driver, the LED driver being electrically coupled to the LED light module. An optical cover is disposed over the LED light module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Andras KUTI, Daniel LORINCZ, Roland BATAI, Norbert KOVACS, Laszlo BALAZS, Andras SINKA, Monika JEHN, Istvan MAROS, Peter SCHWARCZ, Tamas PANYIK
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Publication number: 20170370557Abstract: Provided is a modular heat management apparatus for an out-door lighting system including a plurality of lighting elements, that includes a housing including an interface portion disposed at a top surface of the housing, an attachable heat sink to be disposed and mounted onto the interface portion and configured to dissipate heat generated by the outdoor lighting system, and a fixing element configured to attach the attachable heat sink to the interface portion and to apply contact pressure thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Tamas PANYIK, Zoltan JANKI, Balazs NAGY
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Publication number: 20160053952Abstract: A street lighting assembly includes an LED lighting device and a printed circuit board disposed within the LED lighting device. The printed circuit board includes an LED light module and an LED driver, the LED driver being electrically coupled to the LED light module. An optical cover is disposed over the LED light module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Andras KUTI, Daniel LORINCZ, Roland BATAI, Norbert KOVACS, Laszlo BALAZS, Andras SINKA, Monika JEHN, Istvan MAROS, Peter SCHWARCZ, Tamas PANYIK
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Patent number: 8766518Abstract: A high intensity discharge lamp includes an electrically insulating arc tube. A sealed shroud encloses the arc tube. An electrically conductive frame member is disposed inside the shroud and is electrically connected to an electrical conductor that extends in the arc tube. Electrically conductive foil is fastened to the frame member and forms a closed loop that encircles a leg of the arc tube by an angle in a range of at least 270 degrees to 360 degrees. The foil can be connected to the frame member and to itself. A distance from an outer surface of a flange of the arc tube leg to a proximal edge of the foil can range from 1.5 to 8 mm. A width of the foil can range from 1 mm to 4 mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tamas Panyik, Raghu Ramaiah, Zoltan Janki, Roland Csongvai
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Publication number: 20140117845Abstract: Embodiments of a lamp comprise an arctube and an ignition aid that couples with the arctube to allow discharge to occur at lower breakdown voltages and without the need for radioactive material (e.g., Kr85). The ignition aid has an elongated body that extends in parallel relation to the arctube. One or more extension members extend from the elongated body to contact the arctube. In one example, the extension members include a pair of contacts, which couple with the arctube to provide both electrical connectivity and mechanical support.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: GE HUNGARY KFT.Inventors: Tamas PANYIK, Zoltan JANKI, Gabor TOROS
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Patent number: 8659225Abstract: A high intensity discharge lamp includes an electrically insulating arc tube including a central portion with an interior discharge region and two legs each extending from an end of the central portion. The central portion is a larger size than the legs. Electrical conductors extend through each of the legs and are spaced apart from each other in the discharge region. A light transmitting envelope encloses the arc tube. A frame member is electrically attached to one of the conductors. An ignition aid includes an electrically conductive foil disposed around one of the legs and in electrical contact with the frame member. An electrically conductive crown disposed in electrical contact with the foil is located on or near the central portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tamas Panyik, Zoltan Janki, Janos Kallay, Agoston Boroczki
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Patent number: 8485705Abstract: An improved light collecting efficiency in a projector type automotive headlamp is achieved by including a curved mirror to re-direct light otherwise absorbed by a rear surface of the blocking cut-off shield in “low beam” operating mode of the headlamp. When the shield is moved to a second non-blocking position, a mirror segment conforms to the curved surface of the substantially ellipsoidal reflector to maximize lumen output in “high beam” operating mode of the headlamp. In addition, auxiliary mirror segments may be used to provide a more complete substantially ellipsoidal reflector configuration that maximizes the light collection efficiency. Preferably, the cap holder is purposefully offset in order to position the centerline of the bowed arc of the arc discharge light source in alignment with the optical axis of the optical system in order to maximize light collection efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Agoston Boroczki, Istvan Csanyi, Csaba Horvath, Tamas Panyik
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Publication number: 20130093319Abstract: A high intensity discharge lamp includes an electrically insulating arc tube including a central portion with an interior discharge region and two legs each extending from an end of the central portion. The central portion is a larger size than the legs. Electrical conductors extend through each of the legs and are spaced apart from each other in the discharge region. A light transmitting envelope encloses the arc tube. A frame member is electrically attached to one of the conductors. An ignition aid includes an electrically conductive foil disposed around one of the legs and in electrical contact with the frame member. An electrically conductive crown disposed in electrical contact with the foil is located on or near the central portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Tamas PANYIK, Zoltan JANKI, Janos KALLAY, Agoston BOROCZKI
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Publication number: 20130009532Abstract: A high intensity discharge lamp includes an electrically insulating arc tube. A sealed shroud encloses the arc tube. An electrically conductive frame member is disposed inside the shroud and is electrically connected to an electrical conductor that extends in the arc tube. Electrically conductive foil is fastened to the frame member and forms a closed loop that encircles a leg of the arc tube by an angle in a range of at least 270 degrees to 360 degrees. The foil can be connected to the frame member and to itself. A distance from an outer surface of a flange of the arc tube leg to a proximal edge of the foil can range from 1.5 to 8 mm. A width of the foil can range from 1 mm to 4 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Tamas Panyik, Raghu Ramaiah, Zoltan Janki, Roland Csongvai
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Patent number: 8339044Abstract: Disclosed herein are mercury free ceramic metal halide high intensity discharge lamps of specified arc tube geometry and composition of ionizable fill. Embodiments herein generally employ a discharge vessel formed of a ceramic material having an aspect ratio satisfied by 1<ITL/ID<4.5 where ITL is the inner total length of the discharge vessel and ID is the inner diameter of the discharge vessel. The ionizable fill typically comprises xenon at a cold fill pressure of from about 3 to about 15 bar, and a halide component comprising sodium halide, thallium halide and/or indium halide, and at least one rare earth halide. Disclosed advantages may include betterment in both lumen run-up and color shift upon dimming, as compared to mercury-containing CMH HID lamps.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tamás Panyik, István Csányi, József Gábeli, István Maros
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Patent number: 8253335Abstract: A method of forming a discharge lamp and the resultant discharge lamp include providing an arc tube having first and second ends offset from a central arcuate or curvilinear portion of the discharge chamber formed between the arc tube ends. Electrodes extend from the first and second ends and at least partially into the discharge chamber which is locally substantially rotationally symmetric, i.e., substantially circular cross-section over a length thereof. Preferably, the arc tube and discharge chamber have a curvilinear conformation where the first and second ends are located below the central portion of the arc tube and associated discharge chamber in horizontal orientation during operation. Terminal ends of the electrodes preferably follow a local axis of the curvilinear conformation. The wall thickness of the discharge chamber may be alternatively constant or non-constant along a longitudinal extent thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Agoston Boroczki, Istvan Csanyi, Csaba Horvath, Tamas Panyik
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Patent number: 8247973Abstract: A high intensity discharge light source includes an arc tube having a longitudinal axis and discharge chamber formed therein. The light source includes first and second electrodes having inner terminal ends spaced from one another along the longitudinal axis. Each electrode extends at least partially into the discharge chamber. The discharge chamber is deformed so that its internal geometry is substantially rotationally asymmetric about its longitudinal axis, and is substantially mirror-symmetric relative to a plane spanned by the longitudinal axis and by another transverse axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is vertical in a horizontal arc tube orientation, as well as substantially mirror-symmetric relative to a central plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tamas Panyik, Agoston Boroczki, Istvan Csanyi, Csaba Horvath
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Publication number: 20120182752Abstract: An improved light collecting efficiency in a projector type automotive headlamp is achieved by including a curved mirror to re-direct light otherwise absorbed by a rear surface of the blocking cut-off shield in “low beam” operating mode of the headlamp. When the shield is moved to a second non-blocking position, a mirror segment conforms to the curved surface of the substantially ellipsoidal reflector to maximize lumen output in “high beam” operating mode of the headlamp. In addition, auxiliary mirror segments may be used to provide a more complete substantially ellipsoidal reflector configuration that maximizes the light collection efficiency. Preferably, the cap holder is purposefully offset in order to position the centerline of the bowed arc of the arc discharge light source in alignment with the optical axis of the optical system in order to maximize light collection efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Agoston Boroczki, Istvan Csanyi, Csaba Horvath, Tamas Panyik
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Publication number: 20120161623Abstract: Disclosed herein are mercury free ceramic metal halide high intensity discharge lamps of specified arc tube geometry and composition of ionizable fill. Embodiments herein generally employ a discharge vessel formed of a ceramic material having an aspect ratio satisfied by 1<ITL/ID<4.5 where ITL is the inner total length of the discharge vessel and ID is the inner diameter of the discharge vessel. The ionizable fill typically comprises xenon at a cold fill pressure of from about 3 to about 15 bar, and a halide component comprising sodium halide, thallium halide and/or indium halide, and at least one rare earth halide. Disclosed advantages may include betterment in both lumen run-up and color shift upon dimming, as compared to mercury-containing CMH HID lamps.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventors: Tamás PANYIK, István Csányi, József Gábeli, István Maros
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Patent number: 8203269Abstract: A high intensity discharge light source includes an arc tube having a longitudinal axis and a main central discharge chamber formed therein. The arc tube includes first and second electrodes having inner terminal ends spaced from one another along the longitudinal axis. Each electrode extends at least partially into the main central discharge chamber or reaches the end portions of the main central discharge chamber. The arc tube includes first and second sub-chambers located at opposite ends of a main central discharge chamber. The sub-chambers are located entirely axially outward from the inner terminal ends of the electrodes to form cold spot locations for the dose pool outside the main central discharge chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Agoston Boroczki, Csaba Horvath, Tamas Panyik
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Patent number: 8193689Abstract: A discharge lamp such as a shrouded metal halide lamp is designed to reduce the potential for arcing under hot restart or restrike voltages. A stepped conformation of the pinch seal region limits arcing within the shroud while different dimensions of stems in the base increase the distance between outer lead wires in the base to prevent arcing externally of the shroud.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tamas Panyik, Istvan Maros, Csaba Horvath
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Patent number: 8186862Abstract: A first exemplary embodiment of an automotive discharge lamp assembly includes an integrated high intensity discharge lamp and driver assembly having a high voltage starter/igniter and a ballast unit contained in a common housing with a high intensity discharge lamp burner extending therefrom. A separate automotive headlamp optical assembly is mechanically and electrically joined to the integrated high intensity discharge lamp and driver assembly. The joining assembly includes snap-fit clamps received on one of (i) the headlamp assembly and (ii) the integrated lamp and driver assembly, and received in a recess/groove on the other of (i) the headlamp optical assembly and (ii) the integrated lamp and driver assembly. Another exemplary embodiment includes at least one bayonet pin extending outwardly from one of (i) the integrated lamp and driver assembly and (ii) the headlamp optical assembly for operative receipt in a recess or groove formed in the other component.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Agoston Boroczki, Csaba Horvath, Tamas Panyik
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Publication number: 20120086333Abstract: A discharge lamp such as a shrouded metal halide lamp is designed to reduce the potential for arcing under hot restart or restrike voltages. A stepped conformation of the pinch seal region limits arcing within the shroud while different dimensions of stems in the base increase the distance between outer lead wires in the base to prevent arcing externally of the shroud.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Inventors: Tamas Panyik, Istvan Maros, Csaba Horvath
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Publication number: 20110298365Abstract: A high intensity discharge light source includes an arc tube having a longitudinal axis and a main central discharge chamber formed therein. The arc tube includes first and second electrodes having inner terminal ends spaced from one another along the longitudinal axis. Each electrode extends at least partially into the main central discharge chamber or reaches the end portions of the main central discharge chamber. The arc tube includes first and second sub-chambers located at opposite ends of a main central discharge chamber. The sub-chambers are located entirely axially outward from the inner terminal ends of the electrodes to form cold spot locations for the dose pool outside the main central discharge chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: Agoston Boroczki, Csaba Horvath, Tamas Panyik