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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7375456 | Mount for high intensity discharge lamp The HID lamp mount has a discharge tube with two ends. A shroud surrounds the tube. Shroud clips position the shroud ends. The shroud clips have arcuate portions engaging the shroud periphery and transverse portions spanning the shroud diameter and grasping and posi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7331690 | Infrared headlight An infrared headlight useful in a night vision system may be made with an infrared emitter positioned in a reflector. The radiation source is associated with a filter body which has a first filter layer part and a second uncoated part. The two parts are designed so ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7180248 | Inductively coupled ballast circuit A ballast circuit is disclosed for inductively providing power to a load. The ballast circuit includes an oscillator, a driver, a switching circuit, a resonant tank circuit and a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit provides a current feedback signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7112116 | Process for producing an electric lamp with outer bulb The process comprises the provision of a discharge vessel (2) which is closed off on one side, fitting a second tube over part of the discharge vessel and evacuating and filling the volume of the outer bulb via a pumping hole, which remains open in the second... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6924495 | Heat controlled ultraviolet light apparatus and methods of sanitizing objects using said apparatus A heat controlled ultraviolet light apparatus includes a source of ultraviolet light, a cover, and a heating or cooling element that heats/cools the space or gap between the ultraviolet light source and the cover. Accordingly, the ultraviolet light source may be mai... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6924598 | Apparatus for providing a kinetic lightning effect An apparatus for providing a visual lightning effect includes a first chamber and a second chamber, where a passageway connects the first chamber and the second chamber. An inert gas is provided within the first chamber, the second chamber, and the passageway. A fir... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6914383 | Light source device A light source device in which the operating characteristic of the auxiliary light source can be improved, in which the starting property within the main discharge vessel is extremely advantageous and which has high reliability with respect to vibration resistance a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6696788 | Double jacketed high intensity discharge lamp An electric discharge lamp includes a light transmissive inner jacket that defines a sealed inner chamber, a first material in the inner chamber that emits light when activated, and a light transmissive outer jacket around the inner jacket. The outer jack... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6693373 | Colored filter for use in xenon lamp or halogen lamp and method of assembling same A colored filter, capable of emitting stable and bluish white light without causing a pigment to peel off even after use for many hours, and easily mountable in a xenon lamp or a halogen lamp. The colored filter includes a cylindrical body defining a slit... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6667567 | Light source unit A light source unit includes (a) a light source having a main surface through which a light emitted from the light source passes towards an object, (b) a light-permeable substrate located between the main surface of the light source and the object, (c) a ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6661168 | Low voltage incandescent lamp with dual envelope A miniature or subminiature incandescent lamp designed to operate with an energy source of 20 volts or less includes a filament enclosed in a first glass envelope and supported by a pair of metal contact pins. A first glass bead seals the envelope and has... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6624580 | High pressure electric discharge lamp A high pressure electric discharge lamp adapted to utilize dielectric barrier discharges can include an arc tube having a discharge space that contains at least a rare gas and an outer tube airtightly surrounding the arc tube. At least one material select... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6329742 | Metal halide lamp with metal frame supporting a protective sleeve A ceramic metal halide arc tube is surrounded by a protective sleeve supported by a metal frame having current carrying wire frame members brazed into the metal ferrules of a PAR-lamp. Each frame member has an S-shaped bend which engages the lower end of ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6291933 | Metal halide lamp with ARC tube secured to frame by clips passing through protective sleeve Metal halide lamp includes an arc tube and a surrounding tubular quartz sleeve between a pair of parallel wire frame members mounted to a glass stem containing current supply leads. The sleeve is provided with two pairs of diametrically opposed apertures,... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6262534 | Lamp having light source mounted directly to stem A light source(10) includes a bulb (14) having a pair of outer leads (16,17) extending therefrom in parallel and sealed directly in the glass stem (22), whereby the outer leads (16,17) and the input leads in the glass stem (22) are the same. A protective ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6087764 | Liquid-cooled discharge lamp Liquid-cooled discharge lamps of, for example, UV type are employed for sterilising objects, for example, packaging containers for foods. In lamps displaying a U-shaped luminant body and with a surrounding liquid container or envelope, cooling is improved... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6011351 | Uncapped electric luminaire having housing and low-pressure discharge lamp connected via adhesive tape The invention relates to an electric luminaire having a luminaire housing 0, 11) and at least one low-pressure discharge lamp (12) as well as an operating device for operating the at least one low-pressure discharge lamp (12), the operating device having ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6008567 | Power-saving discharge lamp A power-saving discharge lamp 1 wherein gap control material 6 is provided in a clearance between an internal bulb 2 and an external bulb 5, having a smaller thickness than the dimension of the clearance. Nonuniformity of the clearance between the both bu... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5220236 | Geometry enhanced optical output for RF excited fluorescent lights A fluorescent lighting structure having an inner glass envelope and an outer glass envelope surrounding the inner glass envelope, an ionizable gas contained within the volume between the inner and outer glass envelopes, an electrode structure disposed on ... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5128589 | Heat removing means to remove heat from electric discharge lamp Heat transfer means are disclosed to remove heat from a fused quartz arc tube being employed as the light source in an electric discharge lamp. The heat removal is carried out during lamp operation with a fused quartz protuberance that cooperates to remov... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4949003 | Oxygen protected electric lamp A double jacket arc lamp is disclosed. A double jacket arc lamp may be formed with an electric lamp capsule having an inner light transmissive envelope with electrical leads extending from the inner envelope through a first seal, and a second light transm... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4945288 | Double jacket lamp A double jacket arc lamp is disclosed. A double jacket arc lamp may be formed with an electric lamp capsule having an inner light transmissive envelope with electrical lead extending from the inner envelope through a first seal, and a second light transmi... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4935668 | Metal halide lamp having vacuum shroud for improved performance A metal halide lamp having a vacuum shroud is disclosed. The vacuum shroud substantially eliminates the detrimental catephoresis effects of operating a metal halide lamp from a low frequency alternating current (A.C.) source or direct current (D.C.) sourc... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4839565 | High pressure double wall sodium arc tube and methods of operating such A high intensity discharge metal vapor lamp comprising an arc tube having an inner chamber vented to the arc tube and disposed therein is disclosed. The combination of the arc tube and inner chamber being of a double wall construction confines the arc con... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4710679 | Fluorescent light source excited by excimer emission A fluorescent lamp is described in which spontaneous excimer UV emission in an inner tube results from reacting an inert gas molecule with a halide molecule in the excited state. The UV emission travels through the inner tube envelope to an outer tube and... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4443734 | High intensity discharge lamp with arc spreading means A high pressure discharge lamp having cylindrical or elliptical envelope containing a rare gas atmosphere as the starter gas and mercury and other volatile metals. The luminous output of this high intensity discharge lamp is increased by the presence of a... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4410828 | Jacketed lamp having transverse arc tube Transverse mounting of the arc tube within the lamp jacket is effected through a mount featuring a hinged self tube to a support rod extending the length of the jacket and serving also as electrical connector to one electrode. A flexible connector makes ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4401913 | Discharge lamp with mount providing self centering and thermal expansion compensation A high pressure sodium vapor discharge lamp having an arc tube coaxially mounted within an outer glass envelope by means including a coiled spring engaging one end of the arc tube and coaxially disposed in the partially compressed state between that end o... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4338540 | Incandescent lamp Incandescent lamp, in particular a halogen lamp, comprising an inner glass bulb that defines and limits an inner small space containing filament means, and at least one outer glass bulb spaced from and surrounding the inner bulb and defining at least one ... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4296350 | Gaseous fluorescent discharge lamp An arc discharge lamp comprises a source of UV emission and a chamber external thereto. The chamber contains gaseous molecules which absorb the UV emission and are raised to a highly excited state, from which they relax to the ground state through an inte... | 10/20/1981 |