Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164239 | Excimer lamps To avoid a decline in the reflectivity of an ultraviolet reflection film caused by lighting for an extended period of time and providing a uniform illuminance an excimer lamp has a silica glass discharge vessel with electrodes on opposite sides of the discharge vess... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8145045 | Filament lamp and light irradiation heat treatment device A filament lamp has a bulb comprised of a straight light emitting tube from which a pair of flat hermetically sealed portions extend, a plurality of coiled filaments arranged within the light emitting tube, in the tube axis direction a pair of internal leads are con... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143787 | Xenon lamp A xenon lamp having a lamp tube made of silica glass containing titanium oxide and having a discharge chamber with a light emitting part containing xenon and in which a cathode and an anode are arranged in opposition to each other, the cathode and anode being mounte... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143632 | Light emitting device and method for producing the light emitting device To provide a light emitting device that does not experience a decline in radiant efficiency in use, enables luminous flux from LED elements to be increased, and white light of good color rendering to be produced, and heat generated by the LED elements to be smoothly... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134166 | Light emitting device and method for producing the light emitting device A light emitting device that has a radiant efficiency that does not decline in use, enables luminous flux to be increased by a high electric current, and produces white light with good color rendering and a method for producing a light emitting device capable of smo... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8110780 | Photoirradiation type heat treatment apparatus To provide a photo-irradiation type heat treatment apparatus that eliminates the adverse influence of a light transmitting window on the temperature distribution of an article to be treated without losing the original function of a reflecting mirror a photo-irradiat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8076659 | Foil trap and extreme ultraviolet light source device using the foil trap An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source device and foil trap, the device including a vessel; an EUV radiating species supply means that feeds an extreme ultraviolet radiating species into the vessel; a discharge part with discharge electrodes that heat and excite ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072128 | Filament lamp To provide the structure of a filament lamp having a plurality of independent power supply pathways, the structure being capable of preventing the power supply pathways from electrically shorting to each other, a filament lamp formed of a straight-tube shaped lumino... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8044559 | Discharge lamp of the short arc type and a light source device having the discharge lamp of the short arc type A discharge lamp of the short arc type has a bulb with an arc tube and sealing tubes extending at opposite sides of the arc tube and which contains a discharge gas and a pair of opposed electrodes supported on lead pins which protrude from the outer end of the seali... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8014652 | Filament lamp and light-irradiation-type heat treatment device A filament lamp includes multiple filament assemblies having filaments connected to paired leads, arrayed in order within a light emitting tube and following a tube axis thereof. Each lead is electrically connected in a seal area. Each filament is powered independen... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7963647 | Light irradiation apparatus and injet printer A light irradiation apparatus in which high peak irradiance is obtained and the heat influence on the article being irradiated with light is reduced, and also an inkjet printer which has such a light irradiation apparatus in which pictures with high image quality ca... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7944133 | Light source device Light source device, including an alternating current high-pressure mercury lamp having a pair of opposed electrodes within a spherical light-emitting part containing at least 0.15 mg/mm3 of mercury and 10−6 μmol/mm3 to 10−... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934802 | Light irradiation device and inkjet printer A light irradiation device that is capable of good irradiance uniformity in the lengthwise direction and that is applicable to an inkjet printer. A light-emitting portion of a short-arc type discharge lamp is positioned at the first focal point of a reflector that h... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7912359 | Heating device of the light irradiation type A heating device of the light irradiation type having an article to be heated, a guard ring located on the periphery of that article, multiple lamps located above the article to be heated and the guard ring, and a reflecting mirror located above the lamps, in which ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7901631 | Unit for measuring absorbance A unit for measurement of absorbance using a microchip has a microchip with a continuous cavity, a sample chamber, a reagent chamber, a reagent mixing chamber and a chamber for measuring absorbance, which is arranged in a straight line in the area of the continuous ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901108 | LED light source device An LED light source device using light from luminescent elements at a high level of uniformity and efficiency, and to conduct irradiation with a high level of design freedom an LED light source device is equipped with luminescent elements and a translucent light-gui... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898180 | High pressure discharge lamp A high pressure discharge lamp having a hermetically sealed portion on opposite sides of an arc tube made of quartz glass and in which a pair of opposed electrodes is located is improved so that electrode rod warping is prevented even when the lamp is repeatedly lit... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7873265 | Filament lamp and light irradiation type heat treatment apparatus A filament lamp comprising a bulb which has a hermetically sealed portion on at least one end and multiple filament assemblies, each filament assembly comprising a coiled filament and connected leads to supply power to that filament, the filament assemblies being se... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7859191 | Excimer lamps An excimer lamp, including a discharge vessel made of silica glass and having a discharge space; a pair of electrodes disposed on the discharge vessel, wherein the discharge space is filled with xenon gas; and an ultraviolet reflection film made from ultraviolet sca... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7808620 | Microchip testing device A testing device equipped with: a microchip having a receiver for a test fluid, a discharge lamp which emits light into the microchip test fluid receiver, a light source housing in which the discharge lamp is located, and an arithmetic calculation mechanism, which c... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7781951 | Filament lamp To provide a filament lamp having a plurality of filaments disposed in sequence in the axial direction of a light-emitting lamp tube which is configured so as not to shield emitted light from a center filament, internal leads for two filaments disposed proximate her... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7759872 | Discharge lamp A discharge lamp in which fluctuation of the arc when the lamp starts and in which devitrification and damage of the arc tube are prevented, so that light intensity can be kept uniform over a long time is achieved by the cathode having a tapering part with a diamete... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758213 | Light source unit A light source unit which has a concave reflector and a discharge lamp with bilateral hermetically sealing parts of which a first of the hermetically sealing parts is mounted in a base component that is mounted in an opening of a neck of the concave reflector. An ou... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756403 | Heating process of the light irradiation type A light irradiation heating process in which, even in the case of an asymmetrical physical property of an article to be treated, uniform heating is possible, or in which heating can be performed such that the article acquires a desired physical property after heat t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7733001 | Light source device To devise a light source device with a low price and from which a sufficient amount of light can be obtained, in a light source device having a reflector and a discharge lamp, a hermetically sealed portion of the lamp is directly joined to a part of a neck region of... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7714511 | Excimer lamp having UV-reflecting film An excimer lamp which can emit UV radiation with a high degree of efficiency and high degree of uniformity, has a UV-reflecting film that does not peel. The excimer lamp is fitted with a silica glass discharge vessel that encloses a discharge gas which forms excimer... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7714336 | LED device and method by which it is produced A LED device formed of LED chips bonded to an exoergic member by the LED chips being bonded to an Au—Sn alloy layer formed on an upper surface of the exoergic member with columnar crystals being formed within the Au—Sn alloy layer extending in a direction perpen... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7700899 | Heating device of the light irradiation type To devise a heating device of the light irradiation type in which costs can reduced by reducing the number of filament lamps and current source parts without adversely affecting the illuminance distribution with respect to a wafer, in a heating device of the light i... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7688449 | Microchip testing device An absorptiometry microchip testing device with which, after one-time startup, test results of blood analyses are automatically obtained without a special tester. The microchip testing device has a rotary drive source which can be stopped at a prescribed angle; a ce... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7656093 | Discharge lamp and metal foil for a discharge lamp An ultra high pressure mercury lamp having a light emitting part, a pair of electrodes; hermetically sealed portions; part of the electrodes and metal foils installed in the hermetically sealed portions and connected to the base parts of the electrodes; and outer le... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656079 | Heater and heating device with heaters with lamps having an independently powered multiple part filament A heating device in which uniform heating of an article to be processed is possible even in the case a temperature change which leads to a loss of the uniformity of the temperature distribution in a narrowly delineated area, and in which a reduction in the size of t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649319 | Ultra-high pressure mercury lamp An ultra-high pressure mercury lamp in which the tungsten comprising the electrodes is prevented from spraying during starting and operation, and blackening on the inside wall of the arc tube is prevented is achieved in that at least one of the electrodes has an axi... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7649186 | Extreme UV radiation focusing mirror and extreme UV radiation source device In an EUV focusing mirror in which there are several thin concave nested high precision mirrors in the form of an ellipsoid of revolution, a paraboloid of revolution, a Wolter type or the like, the sides which do not constitute the reflection surfaces are made in th... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7639930 | Filament lamp and light-irradiation-type heat treatment device A filament lamp that allows independent control of the state of luminescence of multiple filaments and that reliably prevents the occurrence of unwanted discharge between adjacent portions of neighboring filaments, even when a high voltage is injected into the filam... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7636162 | Microchip testing device Microchip testing device having a chip holder that can be exactly positioned and from which adhered sample liquid can be removed easily. The microchip testing device has a chip holder, with a cover and a box area, mounted on a measurement stage, a microchip that has... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7628511 | Light source device A light source device, including an alternating current high-pressure mercury lamp having a pair of electrodes opposite each other with a spherical light-emitting part having at least 0.15 mg/mm3 of mercury and halogen at 10−6 μmol/mm3 ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7626188 | Light source device for producing extreme ultraviolet radiation and method of generating extreme ultraviolet radiation Electrode ablation is controlled in EUV light source device that gasifies a raw material by irradiation with an energy beam and produces a high-temperature plasma using electrodes a raw material for plasma is dripped in a space in the vicinity of, but other than, th... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7622727 | Extreme UV radiation source device An EUV radiation source device with a chamber that is divided into a discharge space and a collector mirror space provided with EUV collector optics. Between them, an aperture component with an opening which is cooled is provided. First and second discharge electrod... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7602126 | Flash discharge lamp Flash discharge lamp having an arc tube in which there is a pair of opposed electrodes, a rod-shaped trigger electrode which runs along the outside surface of the arc tube in its lengthwise direction; and a sealed tubular body which jackets the trigger electrode and... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7588352 | Optical apparatus Optical apparatus with a discharge lamp and a concave reflecting mirror, the concave reflecting mirror has a front elliptical reflecting mirror portion, a middle spherical reflecting mirror portion, and a rear elliptical reflecting mirror portion; the relationship b... | 09/15/2009 |
