Florentinus L Bens

Title: Florentinus L. Bens and His Lamp Innovations.

Introduction

Florentinus L. Bens is an inventor associated with Turnhout, Belgium, and U.S. Philips Corporation. His work includes patented improvements to the safety and assembly of electric gas-discharge lamps. He is credited with 2 patents.

Latest Patents

**High Pressure Discharge Lamp Having Improved Containment Structure.** This invention describes a containment structure inside a lamp’s outer envelope, surrounding the discharge vessel. A glass cylindrical sleeve and metal end plates form a subassembly, with tongues on the plates bearing against the sleeve and outer envelope. A flexible conductor also bears against the outer envelope. Together, these features are designed to help prevent the outer envelope from failing if the discharge vessel ruptures explosively.

**Electric Gas Discharge Lamp Including an Outer Envelope and Supporting Structure.** This patent describes a discharge vessel and supporting frame housed within an outer envelope. Bent-wire resilient elements secure the assembly, while their curved portions engage the envelope’s inner surface. This arrangement is intended to reduce scratching during lamp assembly.

Career Highlights

Bens’s patents address two practical challenges in discharge-lamp design: containing the effects of a discharge-vessel failure and protecting the outer envelope during assembly. Both inventions focus on structural features that support lamp safety and manufacturing.

Collaborations

Bens’s listed coworkers include Tjitte De Jong and Robert R. Delen. His work is associated with U.S. Philips Corporation.

Conclusion

Florentinus L. Bens’s patented lamp designs demonstrate a focus on containment, support, and protection of lamp components, contributing practical engineering solutions to electric gas-discharge lighting.