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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7179432 | Corona generator structure An improved corona generator structure includes a ground tube body sheathed within an insulating sleeve. One end of the ground tube body is provided with a sealing lid for being firmly coupled to the end portion of the ground tube body. At least one piece of high vo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6922016 | Lamp assembly for liquid crystal display device A lamp assembly for a liquid crystal display device includes a lamp tube for generating light, and electrodes each having a suitable shape for receiving end portions of the lamp tube. The lamp tube and the electrodes are combined to generate the light by applying el... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6856086 | Hybrid display device A display includes a front panel and a back panel with a light control material in between. One of the panels includes a rigid substrate, for example made of glass or rigid plastic. The other of the panels includes a flexible substrate, for example made of a flexibl... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6843698 | Arc tube and method of producing the same Before an electrode assembly is inserted into a quartz glass tube, a reinforcement bending process is applied to a metal foil. Even when a vibration load acts on the electrode assembly during the insertion of the electrode assembly into the quartz glass tube, the me... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6741034 | Starting aid for high intensity discharge lamp A lamp assembly that comprises a hollow arc discharge light source having a center arc chamber containing an arc generating and sustaining medium and first and second ends with an electrode receiving capillary extending from each end and arrayed along a longitudinal... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6097140 | Display panels using fibrous field emitters Display panels having at least one suspended fibrous cathode containing an electron field emitter are disclosed. The fibrous cathode is supported by a substrate (10) containing two sets of parallel rows of crests and valleys. The first set of parallel cre... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5502346 | Apparatus to generate corona discharges An apparatus to generate corona discharges that consists of (a) a ground electrode tube, (b) a single-opening insulating tube inserted into the ground electrode tube, (c) a high-voltage electrode tube inserted into the insulating tube, and (d) two insulat... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5371433 | Flat electron display device with spacer and method of making In a flat display device, for example, a luminescent display a spacer structure (5) is provided between two substrates (1, 3). To this end a mask (9, 15) consisting, if necessary, of a plurality of layers is incorporated in a photosensitive material (8, 1... | 12/06/1994 |
| 4827370 | Enclosure for electric device, in particular for surge arrester, including a molded, electrically insulating envelope An enclosure for electric device, in particular for surge arrester, comprises an outer, cylindrical envelope and an inner wall both made of electrically non conducting materials. One of the ends of the envelope is closed while the other is open. An electr... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4745338 | Electromagnetically sustained plasma reactor An improved plasma arc reactor is provided with variably positionable electrodes, including a cylindrical anode electrode having an inner, frustoconical cavity providing a reaction chamber and a spherical cathode ball electrode mounted therein. Between th... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4724352 | Short-arc lamp with alternating current drive A short-arc lamp of the type having an internally integral reflector including electrodes mounted to extend along a central axis of symmetry of the lamp and having distal ends of similar shape which are spaced apart to define a short-arc gap such that the... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4673840 | Ruggedized mount structure for tungsten halogen lamp A tungsten-halogen lamp has a ruggedized mount structure employing tri-partite lead-in wires sealed in a soft glass stem and a hard glass capsule. Heavier intermediate sections provide support while the proximal and distal portions are different materials... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4420301 | Miniature multilamp photoflash array A miniaturized multilamp photoflash array includes a housing member having a back portion with a printed electrical circuit on one surface thereof and a light transmittable front portion affixed to the back portion with a plurality of flashlamps affixed t... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4400644 | Self-indexing insulating support rods for an electron gun assembly A novel electron gun assembly having at least one generally longitudinally-extending electron beam path includes a plurality of electrodes attached to at least two electrically-insulating support rods. Each of the support rods has a surface having at leas... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4377766 | Frame for unit module of a vacuum-fluorescent display A self-supporting frame member mounts a cathode and a control grid in mutual electrical contact to form a unit module that can be secured to other similar unit modules to construct a multi-character vacuum fluorescent display.... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4206382 | Glass-to-glass sealing method with conductive layer A glass-to-glass seal with an intervening layer of metal oxide is made using a frit containing a high lead content and a metallic nucleating agent. The metal oxide may optionally be used to provide conductive paths through the seal without embedded metall... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4092560 | Vapor discharge lamp cermet electrode-closure and method of making A cermet seal for high pressure gas discharge lamps which also serves as an electrode, is made from a metallic component suitable for use as an electrode, and a ceramic component which is a metal oxide, by mixing the ingredients in a powdered form, then m... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4084208 | Gas-filled surge arrestors A surge arrestor is provided having two electrodes attached at opposite ends of an insulator tube. Portions of the respective electrodes extend toward each other to define a gap therebetween. At least one conductor is attached to the inner surface of the ... | 04/11/1978 |
| 3970961 | Thermionic cathode transverse-discharge gas laser tube An improved transverse-discharge gas laser tube is provided by positioning thermionic cathodes diametrically opposite each other across the plasma location with anodes positioned at 90° to the cathodes all contained within an electron repelling envelope.... | 07/20/1976 |
