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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7446463 | Solder-free contact-making of dielectrically impeded discharge lamps The invention relates to contact-making of dielectrically impeded discharge lamps by means of a mechanical procedure with plastic deformation of a contact surface 17. It is thus possible to dispense with thermal steps such as soldered connections or welded co... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7411349 | UV radiator having a tubular discharge vessel A UV radiator has an essentially tubular discharge vessel designed to produce dielectric barrier discharges at one end and sealed in a gas-tight manner at both ends, and in each case at least one elongate inner and outer electrode which is oriented parallel to the l... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7334916 | Illumination device An electrical illumination device for generating saturated colors with at least two illumination units. The illumination units each have a discharge vessel with a low-pressure discharge and a phosphor coating on the inner wall of the vessel, characterized in that at... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7309455 | Phosphor composition for lamps The invention relates to a phosphor composition for lamps with a lattice of monoclinic crystal structure (monazite) of type (1−g)[((1−c−a)*Ln, c*Ce, a*A)PO4]×g*GeO2, in which Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7298071 | Discharge lamp having at least one external electrode, adhesive layer, and carrier film In a discharge lamp having a discharge vessel and external electrodes, at least one electrode similar to a conductor track is an integral part of a laminate (5) which is adhesively bonded to the outer side of the discharge vessel and includes a carrier film m... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291979 | Dielectric barrier discharge lamp having divided electrodes In the dielectric barrier discharge lamps according to the invention, the elongate, for example strip-like or linear, electrodes are each separated into two electrode elements (14a, 14b; 15a, 15b) by a gap in t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285252 | Apparatus for producing oxidic nanocrystals An apparatus for producing oxidic nanocrystals from metal organic compounds or volatile inorganic compounds comprises an apparatus which includes a first vaporizer which is connected to a first carrier gas stream to produce a first reactant gas stream, a second vapo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278757 | Illumination system having a housing and a flat lamp arranged therein An illumination system for backlighting liquid crystal displays has a flat lamp, which has a front side provided for emitting the light and a rear side opposite the front side, a flat housing having a planar rear wall and four side walls, the flat lamp being arrange... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270793 | Process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids, and phosphate produced thereby A process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids is described. The process is based on a two-jet precipitation, starting from separate reservoirs of a rare earth salt solution and a phosphate solution which are introduced simultaneously by separate feedlines i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267786 | Phosphor and light source comprising such a phosphor A phosphor with a garnet structure is distinguished by the addition of Si. It is suitable in particular for photon excitation by light sources with an emission between 250 and 550 nm. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261610 | Method for producing a gas discharge vessel at superatmospheric pressure The invention relates to a novel method for producing gas discharge devices, in particular discharge lamps or plasma display units, in which discharge vessels are purged in a chamber with the required gas filling at superatmospheric pressure. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259509 | Phosphor coating composition for a mercury low-pressure discharge lamp for illuminating plants The invention relates to a fluorescent lamp for the illumination of plants, having a tubular discharge vessel, two electrodes which are fused in a gastight manner into the ends of the discharge vessel, a fill comprising at least a noble gas and mercury, and a phosph... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7199513 | Discharge lamp having two-band phosphor A discharge lamp (1) having a discharge vessel (2) that surrounds a discharge medium that emits electromagnetic radiation in the VUV region during operation of the lamp, has on the inner side of the discharge vessel wall a yellow phosphor layer facing ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196479 | Electronic ballast having a protective circuit for a switching transistor of a converter The invention relates to an electronic ballast for lamps having a converter, in which a switching transistor is protected against transient disturbances by a detection circuit C1, C2, R1, R2, D1–3, T1. In this case, the ti... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193355 | Reflection layers formed from an aluminum oxide particle mixture An aluminum oxide particle mixture for reflection layers in discharge lamps, and to discharge lamps of this type. The mixture has a first coarse-grained component and a second fine-grained component, with a primary grain size of preferably d50(1) between ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7173384 | Illumination device and control method A description is given of an illumination device which emits mixed-color light containing light of at least two different color channels (R, R1, G, G1, B, B1). The illumination device contains at least one primary light source (1) of a fi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160012 | Lamp A lamp (10) is disclosed with a single or double-sided socket, whereby a bulb element (11) is arranged on the at least one socket (12), which surrounds a volume of space (14) and said lamp is provided with at least one LED element (13 | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144290 | Discharge lamp with stabilized discharge vessel plate The invention relates to a new design of discharge vessel for a discharge lamp, in which dielectrically impeded discharges are to be generated. In this case, a discharge vessel plate 1, 9 is, as it were, of two-fold design, specifically as a first discharge v... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7144288 | Process for producing a discharge lamp by softening a support element outside of a discharge chamber A process for producing a discharge lamp which is designed for dielectric barrier discharges in which, during a filling step, before the discharge chamber is closed, a part of the discharge vessel is held in a raised position by a support element which is then at le... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145292 | Discharge lamp for dielectric barrier discharges, with overhanging discharge electrode sections The present invention relates to novel discharge structures for dielectric barrier discharge lamps, in which discharge electrode sections, which are associated with the individual discharges, of the respective electrode strips overhang adjacent sections of the elect... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7126281 | High-pressure discharge lamp for vehicle headlights The invention relates to a mercury-free high-pressure discharge lamp for use in a vehicle headlight. The ionizable filling of the high-pressure discharge lamp according to the invention comprises exclusively xenon and the halides of the metals sodium, scandium, indi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126265 | Conversion LED having a phosphor component based on an agglomeration of phosphor particles and pores The LED has phosphor particles (2) with a mean phosphor particle size d50 selected from the range of from 0.1 μm, inclusive, to 1.5 μm, inclusive, in particular the phosphor particles having primary particles (4) with a mean particle size ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122951 | Dielectric barrier discharge lamp with improved color reproduction The invention proposes a dielectric barrier discharge lamp having a phosphor mixture and improved color rendering. The phosphor mixture comprises at least the phosphor components A: cerium-activated yttrium aluminate (Y3Al5O12:Ce) an... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119484 | Headlamp capsule with debris protection The invention relates to an illumination unit having an electric lamp and an envelope fixed thereto, the lamp having a base, in particular a G9 base, protruding from said envelope, and the fastening means for the envelope being connected to the lamp vessel such that... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116084 | Step-up converter having power factor correction A step-up converter has a power factor correction, has an input for connection to a supply voltage, in particular a rectified AC voltage; an inductor, a diode and a storage capacitor, which are coupled in a series arrangement between the input and the output, in whi... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7106003 | Dielectric barrier discharge lamp with pinch seal A dielectric barrier discharge lamp with a discharge vessel (1) has at least one inner electrode (5a; 5b) which is covered with a dielectric layer (6a; 6b) and is arranged on the inner side of the discha... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7063807 | Phosphor for light sources and associated light source A phosphor for light sources, the emission from which lies in the short-wave optical spectral region, as a garnet structure A3B5O12. It is activated with Ce, the second component B representing at least one of the elements Al and Ga,... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059753 | Lamp with plastic base having a radiation protective coating The invention relates to a lamp, in particular a motor-vehicle headlight lamp, with a plastic part of which the surface is provided with a coating which contains at least one compound of a metal with oxygen or nitrogen. The coating has the effect of preventing gas e... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061168 | Infrared reflector and infrared radiator having an infrared reflector The invention relates to a reflector for an infrared radiator, having a blackened Eloxal layer, and to an infrared radiator having a halogen incandescent lamp as radiation source and such a reflector. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7025472 | Coupling element for elongate lamps and illumination system having this coupling element A coupling element (2) is proposed for the combining of at least two elongate lamps with in each case two ends. For this purpose, the coupling element (2) has a continuous receptacle area which is provided for receiving an end of each lamp. The recepta... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019466 | Circuit arrangement for driving a high-pressure discharge lamp A circuit arrangement has a first input terminal for a first voltage potential; a second input terminal for a second voltage potential; a third input terminal for feeding a starting voltage; a first electrical connection, which provides at its first end a first outp... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004609 | Headlamp bulb A headlight lamp has at least one lamp vessel in which at least one luminous element is enclosed, and a lamp base, which is provided with the electric terminals of the headlight lamp. The base has an annular metallic holder in which the at least one lamp vessel is f... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995514 | Electrode system for a metal halide lamp, and associated lamp The electrode system for a metal halide lamp with ceramic discharge vessel (4) comprises an electrically conductive leadthrough (9, 10) and an electrode connected thereto, the leadthrough having a fusible region with respect to the electrode, in which ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6984939 | Electrode for a high-pressure discharge lamp The electrode comprises a pin-like shank (7) and a head part (8), the electrode, in the region of its discharge-side end, forming a vessel (9) for an emitter, in which there is a bore (16) which is filled with emitter material (10)... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984932 | Discharge lamp for dielectrically impeded discharges having a corrugated cover plate structure The invention relates to a discharge lamp having a base plate and a cover which is arranged in an essentially parallel manner thereto and which is corrugated in order to enable light to exit in a homogeneous manner. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6984930 | Discharge lamp with ignition aid of a UV/VIS material having high secondary electron emission coefficient A dielectric barrier discharge lamp having electrodes arranged on the wall of the discharge vessel has a VUV/VIS reflection layer (6) made of a material with a high secondary electron emission coefficient on at least a part of the inner wall of the discharge ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6981793 | Headlamp bulb The invention relates to a headlight lamp whose base (9) has a plastic ring (13) in which there are embedded at least two contact lugs (13a–13c) designed as electric terminals. The contact lugs (13a–13 | 01/03/2006 |
| 6976896 | Method for producing a flat gas discharge lamp A process for producing a discharge vessel of a flat gas discharge lamp, in which the discharge vessel has a base plate (1), a frame (3) and a cover plate (2), as well as at least one spacer (6) between base plate (1) and cover pla... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976898 | Method for producing a silent flat radiator by softening a limited number of supports The invention relates to an improved method of production for a flat radiator discharge lamp designed for dielectrically impeded discharges, in which, during a filling step for the discharge vessel, a plate of the discharge vessel is jacked up on parts, later soften... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6972519 | Image display device comprising a plurality of silent gas discharge lamps The invention relates to a preferably large-format image display device that is constructed from a plurality of individual silent gas discharge lamps. ... | 12/06/2005 |
