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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999452 | Connecting member improved in assemblability with respect to a connection object and a combination thereof A connecting member is adapted to be coupled with a connection object including a pipe portion having a sealed end and a terminal portion protruding outward from the sealed end. The connecting member includes a tubular portion adapted to be fitted over an outer peri... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7750543 | Lamp provided with external electrode section having different configuration than emitter section and backlight incorporating the lamp for use in liquid crystal displays A lamp and a back light unit for improved brightness and efficiency are disclosed. In the lamp, a transparent tube is sealed with a discharge gas. A fluorescent material is formed within the transparent tube in an emitter section that generates light. Electrodes are... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7719175 | External electrode fluorescent lamp and display device including the same A liquid crystal display contains one or more external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFL). Each EEFL has a tube filled with a discharge gas. Opposing first and second electrodes are disposed on an outer surface of the tube. Each of the first and second electrodes in... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7583014 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same A backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same is provided. The backlight assembly includes a plurality of U-type external electrode fluorescent lamps (EEFLs) connected to common electrode parts to reduce the occurrence of short circuits. The... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7538478 | Discharge lamp provided with external electrodes, production method of the discharge lamp, backlight unit provided with the discharge lamp, and liquid crystal display apparatus A discharge lamp includes a glass bulb and a pair of electrodes provided at both ends of the glass bulb. At least one of the electrodes is an external electrode formed on an outer surface of the glass bulb as a thin layer whose maximum thickness is 70 μm or less, a... | 05/26/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7381976 | Monochromatic fluid treatment systems Methods, systems and apparatus for photo-processing of fluids, particularly complex fluids, such as blood products, pharmaceuticals, injectables and vaccines, are provided. The disclosed methods and systems employ non-laser light source(s) to generate monochromatic ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378797 | Fluorescent lamp with conductive coating Fluorescent lamps that comprise a glass envelope with an exterior surface and first and second electrodes located within the glass envelope include a transparent electrically conductive material affixed to the exterior surface of the glass envelope. The transparent ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7362052 | External electrode fluorescent lamp An external electrode fluorescent lamp and its fabrication method are disclosed. The method for fabricating the external electrode fluorescent lamp includes providing a cylindrical glass tube having a phosphor layer coated at its inner circumferential surface, a dis... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355346 | Lighting device using high intensity discharge The lighting device contains a quartz tube and a UV production member. In addition to a main chamber for high intensity discharge, the quartz tube has an auxiliary chamber formed around the conductor in a first end section. The UV production member contains a probe ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339312 | Gas discharge tube and display device having a protrusion having a surface facing towards display surface A gas discharge tube includes a thin tube having a discharge space therein and an electron emissive coating formed within the thin tube. The thin tube has a display surface on which a pair of display electrodes is adapted to be disposed, and has a rear surface on wh... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327093 | External electrode fluorescent lamp, backlight unit using the external electrode fluorescent lamp, LCD backlight equipment using the backlight unit and driving device thereof An external electrode surface emission fluorescent lamp for LCD backlighting includes (a) a serpentine-shaped upper sheet having a section for maximizing brightness uniformity within a predetermined distance from its surface; (b) a plate-shaped lower sheet combined ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7307376 | Reflector assembly with a startup element A reflector assembly for use in a digital projector includes a reflector having a reflector opening defined therein, and a startup element fixedly coupled to the reflector such that the reflector and the startup element are configured to allow the replaceable coupli... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304430 | Fluorescent flat lamp assembly provided with external electrodes and with internal electrodes positioned within spacers inside the flat lamp A flat lamp is provided, including an upper plate and a lower plate arranged to face each other at a predetermined distance; a plurality of spacers installed between the upper plate and the lower plate to form discharge spaces; a first and second electrodes provided... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301281 | Clamp structure of an external electrode lamp A clamp structure of an external electrode lamp includes a first fixing device, a second fixing device, and a metal strip. The first fixing device has a first indentation and the second fixing device has a second indentation for clamping an electrode of the external... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7282861 | Light source device, lighting device and liquid crystal display device A light source device has a bulb, a discharge medium containing rare gas sealed inside the bulb, an internal electrode disposed inside the bulb, and an external electrode disposed outside the bulb. A holder member holds the external electrode so that the external el... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7276851 | Discharge lamp device and backlight having external electrode unit A discharge light having a light emitting tube (1) encapsulates a discharging medium, an inner electrode (2) disposed in the light emitting tube, and an outer electrode unit (4) fixed to the outside of the light emitting tube. The outer electrod... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7259507 | Low pressure discharge lamp having external electrodes provided with heat equalizing members A dielectric barrier discharge type low pressure discharge lamp 11 includes dielectric barrier discharge type external electrodes 21, 22 on external ends of a tubular glass lamp vessel 10, electrically conductive material layers 31, 32 on... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7224111 | Dielectric barrier discharge lamp with a base An elongated dielectric barrier discharge lamp with outer and inner electrodes has a tube that is arranged on the lamp stand end of the discharge vessel and that surrounds the lamp stand. The tube serves to receive a seal in order to install the lamp in a process ch... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218045 | Planar light generating device and display device having the same A light generating device includes a body having discharge spaces generating light in response to a voltage signal, and electrodes providing the voltage signal to the discharge spaces. The discharge spaces are apart from each other and arranged substantially paralle... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215080 | External electrode type discharge lamp and method of manufacturing the same In an external electrode type discharge lamp, a gadolinium oxide film obtained by baking solution containing at least one of gadolinium octate and gadolinium propionate is provided in a portion including at least a portion corresponding to an external electrode.... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211939 | External electrode fluorescent lamp and method for manufacturing the same An external electrode fluorescent lamp and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which indentations are provided in a surface of a glass tube filled with a discharge gas by etching, and external electrodes are formed at both ends of the glass tube, th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7187138 | Excimer lamp apparatus The invention provides an excimer lamp apparatus that has advanced start-up properties, in terms of start-up time and start-up stability, in the presence of voltage variations, without any trigger electrode, by arranging a pair of electrodes along the entire length ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180230 | RF induction lamp with reduced electromagnetic interference An electrodeless fluorescent lamp 10 has an envelope 12 that includes a chamber 14. A core 16 of magnetic material, preferably ferrite, is positioned in the chamber 14 and has a first winding 18 surrounding the core and havi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7148626 | Flat lamp structure with electrodes disposed on outer surface of the substrate A flat lamp structure is disclosed. The flat lamp structure includes a gas discharge chamber, a fluorescence substance, a discharge gas, and a plurality of electrodes. The fluorescence substance is disposed on the inner wall of the gas discharge chamber, and the dis... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141931 | Flat fluorescent lamp and backlight unit using the same Disclosed is a flat fluorescent lamp, including a back substrate, a front substrate made of a transparent material and mounted on the back substrate through a sealing member disposed therebetween, a plurality of partitions disposed between the back and front substra... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7126283 | System and method for generating a discharge in high pressure gases A method of generating an electrical discharge in a high pressure gas contained in a sealed enclosure. The method includes driving a helical coil resonator at an RF frequency to generate an RF electric-magnetic field sufficient to generate an electrical discharge in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122964 | Lamp and method of manufacturing the same In a lamp and method for fabricating the same, an outer surface of the lamp tube is dipped into a conductive transparent solution for forming an electrode by a predetermined depth, and then the lamp tube is pulled out from the solution. Accordingly, an electrode hav... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7102290 | Discharge light-emitting device and contact image sensor utilizing the same A discharge light-emitting device includes a transparent first substrate, at least two first electrodes formed on the first substrate, a transparent second substrate, at least two second electrodes formed on the second substrate, sidewalls configured to form a disch... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7075232 | High-pressure discharge lamp A high pressure discharge lamp according to the present invention is a high pressure discharge lamp in which the top ends of a pair of electrodes opposed in a discharge vessel 2 of an arc tube 1 are formed each into a substantially semispherical shape ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7057189 | Monochromatic fluid treatment systems Methods, systems and apparatus for photo-processing of fluids, particularly complex fluids, such as blood products, pharmaceuticals, injectables and vaccines, are provided. The disclosed methods and systems employ non-laser light source(s) to generate monochromatic ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049748 | DISPLAY DEVICE EMPLOYING GAS DISCHARGE TUBES ARRANGED IN PARALLEL BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR SUBSTRATES TO COMPRISE A DISPLAY SCREEN, EACH TUBE HAVING A LIGHT EMITTING SECTION AS PART OF THE DISPLAY SCREEN AND A CLEANING SECTION CONNECTED TO THE LIGHT EMITTING SECTION BUT DISPLACED FROM THE DISPLAY SCREEN A gas discharge tube has a phosphor layer formed and a discharge gas enclosed within an elongated tube which is to serve as the gas discharge tube. The gas discharge tube includes a light-emitting section and a cleaning section for cleaning the discharge gas. The cl... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6995513 | Coil antenna/protection for ceramic metal halide lamps The invention relates to improvements in high-pressure discharge lamps of the ceramic metal halide type of the Philips MasterColor series having a metal coil wrapped around the discharge vessel and/or at least a portion of the electrode feed through means, and havin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6971939 | Non-oxidizing electrode arrangement for excimer lamps A non-oxidizing electrode arrangement for an excimer lamp that is formed by coating an electrode of the lamp with a layer of protective layer that prevents the electrode from oxidizing. The protective layer is preferably transparent and possesses a low permeability ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960883 | Flash lamp device and flash emitting device A flash lamp device having a flash lamp that includes an arc tube in which a pair of electrodes are disposed in opposition and a high voltage supply proximal conductor which extends parallel to the electrodes, on the exterior of the arc tube of the flash lamp. The h... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6946794 | Light source device and image reader A light source device includes at least one discharge tube, a discharge medium sealed inside the discharge tube, and first and second electrodes for exciting the discharge medium. The first electrode is arranged inside the discharge tube. The second electrode is in ... | 09/20/2005 |
