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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6326721 | HID lamp having arc tube mounting frame which relieves thermal stress An HID lamp utilizes a wire frame member having an integral coil with spaces between windings to relieve thermal stress and provide shock absorption in a ceramic metal halide discharge lamp mounted concentrically in an elliptical-dimple (ED-type) glass en... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6251304 | Luminescent material A luminescent material includes erbium, gadolinium and an activator chosen from the rare earth elements and/or the transition metals. Upon excitation with radiation having a short enough wavelength, the luminescent material acts as a quantum cutter and ha... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6224242 | Luminaire The luminaire has a housing (1), a mounting bracket (3) and a coupling (4) to connect the housing adjustably with the bracket (3). The coupling (4) has a first part (10) secured to the housing (1), a second part (20) fixed to the bracket (3) and a blockin... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6222312 | Fluorescent lamp having wide bandwidth blue-green phosphor A fluorescent lamp includes a discharge tube with an ionizable filling which emits ultraviolet light when a discharge occurs, and an inside surface coated with a mixture of three phosphors which emit light in blue-green, green, and red wavelength ranges w... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6218201 | Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display module capable of performing a self-test Method of manufacturing the quality of contacts e.g. in an LCD module in which an IC is so placed on the surface of a substrate that the external connections of the IC electrically contact the desired interconnections on the substrate. The quality of the ... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6214457 | Display window having reduced glare Method for manufacturing a glass substrate with reduced glare wherein a suspension comprising sub-micron transparent oxide particles and a binder is coated on the substrate to form a film, whereafter the film is dried in such manner that in situ flocculat... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6204598 | Electric incandescent lamp with sintered glass plate The electric incandescent lamp has a sintered glass plate (1) through which current conductors (2) and a metal tube (3) extend. An incandescent body (4) is connected to said current conductors (2) aligned with respect to the sintered plate (1). A glass bu... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6201347 | Low-pressure discharge lamp The lamp is provided with a metal holder (21) having an opening (21a) and resilient body (20) which fastens the holder in a tube (15) which is in communication with the discharge space. A first portion (20a) of the resilient body (20) is clamped in the op... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6200002 | Luminaire having a reflector for mixing light from a multi-color array of leds A light source includes an array of LEDs in each of a plurality colors such as red, green, and blue in the entrance aperture of a tubular reflector which preferably has convex walls facing the optic axis and flares outward toward the exit aperture, and pr... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6199991 | Mirror projection system for a scanning lithographic projection apparatus, and lithographic apparatus comprising such a system A mask pattern is repetitively scan-imaged on a number of areas of a substrate by means of a beam of EUV radiation having a circular segment-shaped cross-section. This system, which is easier to manufacture at lower cost than a projection system with six ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196699 | Dual lamp illumination system and projection system incorporating same A dual lamp illumination system, in which the output beams of two lamps with collimating reflectors are directed into one another to produce a combined beam, and in which plane mirrors set at 90 degrees to one another are inserted half way into the combin... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6193937 | Apparatus for manufacturing a broadband cholesteric polarizer The Application describes a method and devices for manufacturing a broadband cholesteric polarizer having a well-defined bandwidth and edge position. To this end, a liquid-crystalline cholesterically ordered layer comprising reactive chiral monomers and r... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6184618 | Luminescent material The invention relates to a luminescent material of general formula (Bax Sr1-x-y Pby)2 Mg(BO3)2 wherein 0ࣘxࣘ0.999, 0.0005 | 02/06/2001 |
| 6170495 | Apparatus for treating substrates using the marangoni effect Apparatus for treating substrates, such as silicon wafers (1), wherein the substrates are immersed for some time in a bath (2) containing a liquid (3) and are taken therefrom so slowly that practically all of the liquid remains in the bath (2). The substr... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6172462 | Ceramic metal halide lamp with integral UV-enhancer Discharge lamp includes a ceramic metal halide lamp having a central barrel enclosing a discharge space containing a fill gas and opposed end plugs which receive electrode lead-ins therethrough. A conductive ring is provided around each end plug, which is... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6169835 | Optical fiber cable with lateral light diffusion An inner layer of strands comprises at least one strand; each strand consists of three or four twisted elementary fibers without any central elementary fiber. The ratio of the twist pitch of the strand to its diameter is between 7 and 19. The inner layer ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168040 | Double-wall insulated container A double-wall insulated container has an internal wall and an external wall enclosing an intermediate space which is under partial vacuum. A foam glass granulate fills the intermediate space and supports the walls. The walls may be metal or plastic and se... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6169365 | High-pressure metal halide lamp having three part electrode rods A high-pressure metal halide discharge lamp has opposed tungsten electrodes carried by electrode rods. These rods have a first portion of tungsten adjacent the electrodes and a second portion made of at least 25% by weight of rhenium. Their common boundar... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6157131 | Metal halide lamp with frame members A quartz protective sleeve surrounding a ceramic metal halide arc tube is supported by a pair of frame members received inside the sleeve. A short frame member extends only partially into the sleeve, while a long frame member extends through the sleeve an... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6157129 | Discharge lamp The discharge lamp comprises a piezotransformer and at least one of the lamp electrodes comprises a secondary side of the piezotransformer. Since the piezotransformer functions as a lamp electrode, as a ballast choke and as a transformer, the discharge la... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6153968 | Metal halide lamp with stem mounted support frame for arc tube shield A protective sleeve of quartz surrounding a metal halide arc tube is fixed to upright portions of a frame by means of retaining rings. The frame has lower ends formed with coils fitted over the glass stem in an interference fit, thereby insulating the fra... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6151162 | Rear projection screen A rear projection screen (1) comprising a lenticular structure (5) and a Fresnel structure (4). The Fresnel structure (4) has riser edges (9) and Fresnel facets (7). The Fresnel facets (7) are divided into two parts. The first part (11) encloses an angle ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147801 | Rear projection screen with reduced speckle A rear projection screen which includes a front lenticular surface, a diffusion region behind the lenticular surface, a non-diffusion region behind the diffusion region, and a rear phase grating surface, when used with high magnification projection system... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6144442 | Pneumatic support device with a controlled gas supply, and lithographic device provided with such a support device Support device (53) provided with a first part (69) and a second part (71) which is supported relative to the first part by means of a gas spring (73) having a pressure chamber (75). A gas supply (117), which compensates for gas leakage from the pressure ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6144152 | Luminescent screen for low pressure mercury discharge lamp with specific emission range Color rendering indices Ra,8 between 80 and 90 and R9 greater than 20, and a color point on or near the Planckian curve, are achieved with a lamp vessel provided with a luminescent screen including a first luminescent substance which emits predominantly b... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6139166 | Luminaire having beam splitters for mixing light from different color ' LEDs Apparatus for mixing light from discrete LED light sources utilizes beam splitters which each have a semi-reflective layer which partially transmits and partially reflects light of any wavelength incident thereon. Each semi-reflective layer is situated in... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6140769 | Electric incandescent lamp with sintered body glass plate The electric incandescent lamp has a sintered glass plate through which current conductors and a metal tube extend. An incandescent body is connected to the current conductors aligned with respect to the plate. A glass bulb is present over the incandescen... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6137393 | Power cord provided with a power cord transformer A power cord transformer includes a core of ferromagnetic material, a primary coil and a secondary coil both provided around the core. The core and coils have such a shape that the distance between two points on the primary coil and also the distance betw... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137236 | Low-pressure discharge lamp and method of manufacturing a low-pressure discharge lamp A light-transmissive discharge vessel (1) encloses a discharge space (10) which contains an ionizable filling comprising an evaporable component. The low-pressure discharge lamp is also provided with coil for maintaining an electric discharge in the disch... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137225 | Low-pressure discharge lamp with filament having protective coating At least one of the electrodes (6a) has a coil (60a) of a refractory metal which is electrically connected to current supply conductors (7a, 7a') which extend to outside the discharge vessel. The coil (60a) has a central portion (61a) which is coated with... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6137230 | Metal halide lamp A discharge vessel with a ceramic wall encloses a discharge space in which besides a rare gas also an ionizable filling comprising at least NaI is present. Two electrodes having tips with a mutual distance EA are arranged in the discharge space which disc... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6133688 | Luminescent material A luminescent material of general formula Lny/3 Nax-y (Alx Si192-x O384)(MO3)z wherein 0 | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133677 | Discharge lamp with wire frame having dual cantilever resilient end Discharge lamp utilizes a current carrying frame member which supports an arc tube and positions it centrally in a glass envelope having a closed end with an inside surface. The frame member has a first end fixed to a lead in the stem and a second end for... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6127783 | LED luminaire with electronically adjusted color balance A white light emitting luminaire includes a plurality of LEDs in each of the colors red, green, and blue with a separate power supply for each color and a photodiode arranged to measure the light output of all the LEDs. The light output of each color is m... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6127778 | Lampholder and lighting unit comprising a lampholder A lampholder in accordance with the invention can suitably be used for a low-pressure discharge lamp (a) which operates at a high frequency and which comprises an elongated, tubular discharge vessel (b), said lamp being provided with a pair of electrodes ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6121717 | Driving device for at least two rotation elements, which device comprises at least one piezoelectric driving element The invention relates to a driving device for at least two rotation elements, which device comprises at least one piezoelectric driving element. The object of the invention is to provide such a driving device having a high efficiency and allowing a more f... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118651 | Flat electrolytic capacitor Anodized aluminum anode and cathode foils are interleaved in a stack separated by spacers saturated with electrolyte in an enclosure. The anode foils and cathode foils have tabs which protrude from the housing and are cold welded to leads outside the hous... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6094015 | Illumination unit and liquid crystal display device An illumination unit comprises a high-frequency supply (1) and a low-pressure discharge lamp (2). The high-frequency supply (1) is provided with a first and a second output (13a, 13b). The outputs each deliver a HF-varying voltage with respect to ground. ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6092909 | Road marking unit and road marking system capable of switching from reflective state to light absorbing state A road marking unit (1) according to the invention comprises a house (10) with a light transmissive window (20). In the house (10) is arranged an electro-optic switch (30). In an activated state of the road marking unit (1) the electro-optic switch (30) a... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6087721 | Semiconductor device with a high-frequency bipolar transistor on an insulating substrate A bipolar transistor (3) is provided with a first main surface (4) in contact with a conductive mounting surface (2), and with an opposed second main surface (12) having connection pads (5, 6, 40) for an emitter, base, and collector. The lateral dimension... | 07/11/2000 |
