Patents by Inventor Thomas Dörner

Thomas Dörner 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).

  • Apparatus for accommodating and making electrical contact with a luminous means in a spotlight
    Patent number: 7867018
    Abstract: An apparatus for accommodating and making electrical contact with a luminous means, which contains a glass vessel, a luminous means base and contact pins for supplying power, in a spotlight, which contains a luminous means holder for accommodating the luminous means base with plug-type sockets for accommodating the contact pins of the luminous means, is provided. The luminous means holder has a device for monitoring the connection between the luminous means base and the luminous means holder. The monitoring device comprises a device for detecting the relative position of at least one part of the luminous means base in relation to the luminous means holder when the luminous means base is inserted into the luminous holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Harald Krieg, Erwin Melzner, Kerstin Schlegel, Thomas Dörner, Anton Hundhammer
  • Lamphead
    Patent number: D563035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Kerstin Schlegel, Thomas Dörner, Erwin Melzner
  • Lamphead
    Patent number: D568527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Kerstin Schlegel, Thomas Dörner, Erwin Melzner