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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120126694 | MERCURY-FREE HIGH INTENSITY GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP The invention describes a mercury-free high intensity gas-discharge lamp (1) comprising a discharge vessel (5) enclosing a fill gas in a discharge chamber (2) and comprising a pair of electrodes (3, 4) extending into the discharge chamber ( 05/24/2012 | |
| 20120038270 | XENON FLASH LAMP A pulsable light source for a spectroscopy instrument is provided, the light source including a xenon flash lamp having an anode and a cathode within a sealed envelope of pressurized xenon gas, the anode and the cathode being spaced so that an arc can be struck between ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110304266 | HIGH INTENSITY GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP The invention describes a high intensity gas-discharge lamp (1) comprising a discharge vessel (5, 5′) enclosing a fill gas in a discharge chamber (2) and comprising a pair of electrodes (3, 3′, 4, 4′) extending into the discharge chambe... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110248628 | MERCURY-FREE DISCHARGE LAMP A mercury-free discharge lamp with an electrical power consumption of less than 35 Watts may include a translucent discharge vessel which has a discharge space into which electrodes protrude for generating a gas discharge, wherein metal halides and ignition gas are cont... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110031878 | HIGH EFFICIENCY DISCHARGE LAMP A high pressure gas discharge lamp 10 is described with a discharge vessel 20. Electrodes 24 project into a discharge space 22 of a volume of 12-20 mm3. The discharge space has a filling of rare gas and a metal halide composition which is fre... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100315003 | AUTOMOTIVE DISCHARGE LAMP Disclosed is an automotive discharge lamp, comprising an inner tube (1) including a light emitting unit (11) having a first space (15) therein and seal portions formed on the light emitting unit (11), a discharge medium containing a first gas... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100213867 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel, which contains: electrodes, at least one noble gas as a start gas, at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, In, Mg, Tl, Hg, and Zn for arc transfer and discharge vessel wall heating, an... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100164347 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE A light source device that irradiates a discharge vessel with a laser beam to produce radiant light that is reflected by an ellipsoidal reflecting surface efficiently utilizes the light produced by directing the laser beam through an unirradiated region where reflected ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100141137 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT WITH HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel which is sealed in a gas-tight manner and in which electrodes and an ionizable fill for generating a gas discharge are enclosed, the ionizable fill being in the form of a mercury-free fill which includes xeno... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100109522 | MERCURY-FREE HIGH INTENSITY GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP The invention describes a mercury-free high intensity gas-discharge lamp (1) with nominal power in the range of 25 W to 40 W, and in particular with nominal power of 35 W, comprising a quartz glass discharge chamber (2) enclosing a fill gas and comprising ... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100033106 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING SYSTEM AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT Disclosed is a high-pressure discharge lamp includes a translucent ceramics sealed container provided with an enclosed part with a discharge space formed therein, a pair of electrodes disposed inside of both end parts of the translucent sealed container, an ionization m... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090295287 | MERCURY-FREE DISCHARGE BULB There is provided a mercury-free discharge bulb for a vehicle. The mercury-free discharge bulb includes an arc tube. The arc tube includes: a light-emitting portion which is formed of a ceramic tube and includes a light-emitting material and a starting xenon gas filled ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090153048 | HIGH-PRESSURE GAS DISCHARGE LAMP A description is given of a high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID lamp) which comprises an at least essentially mercury-free discharge gas and is suitable and/or intended for use in projection displays, in particular in the form of a short-arc lamp. A lamp voltage and e... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090026947 | Method for Producing a Discharge Tube Arrangement, and One Such Discharge Tube Arrangement A method for producing a discharge tube arrangement (1) for a lamp, and a discharge tube arrangement produced according to one such method. The arrangement has an outer piston (2) into which a discharge tube (6) is inserted, the outer piston being s... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080272695 | Lamp capsule retainer A lamp assembly (10) comprising: a lamp (20) having a glass envelope (22) containing a gaseous fill at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure and a seal (24) comprising a substantially parallelepipedonal structure having two oppositely ... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080191623 | Halogen Lamp A halogen lamp is described that is intended in particular for at least one mode of operation at a lamp voltage substantially below the nominal voltage or a lamp power substantially below the nominal power or that is intended for switching between a first such mode of o... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080174241 | MICRO-DISCHARGE DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS A high pressure gas discharge device and methods of using the device as a UV gas discharge light source are disclosed. The device has a cathode covered partially with a dielectric layer which separates the cathode from an anode. A discharge device utilizes one or more m... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080100214 | Apparatus and Method For Regional Plasma Control An apparatus for controlling a plasma etching process includes plasma control structure that can vary a size of a plasma flow passage, vary a speed of plasma flowing through the plasma flow passage, vary plasma concentration flowing through the plasma flow passage, or a... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20070228993 | High-Pressure Sodium Lamp The invention is related to high pressure sodium lamp having a nominal power Pla. The lamp, which is designed to be operated at a very high frequency (VHF), has a discharge tube with a ceramic wall and an internal vessel diameter Dint, which encloses a discha... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20060226776 | Dimmable metal halide HID lamp with good color consistency Metal halide lighting with good color during dimming may be obtained. An appropriate balance of commonly used metal halides (NaI, DyI3, CeI3, CaI2, TlI) is dosed in the lamp. No mercury is used. A higher than typical xenon fill pressure ... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20050248279 | Metal halide lamp with improved lumen value maintenance An arc discharge metal halide lamp having a discharge chamber having visible light permeable walls bounding a discharge region supported electrodes in a discharge region spaced apart by a distance Le with an average interior diameter equal to D so they have a... | 11/10/2005 |