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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 |
| 7358656 | Universal cooling points for fluorescent lamps A low-wattage, bi-helically shaped, compact fluorescent lamp, having preferably a wattage rating of preferably 23-watts, to sustain constant luminous output when the lamp is mounted in either in an upright position or mounted lying in the horizontal plane, by the un... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7290899 | Light source device and display device A light source device includes a discharge tube, a reflector for reflecting a light radiated from the discharge tube, and support members for supporting the discharge tube to the reflector. The support member or the discharge tube is formed of a heat insulating stru... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7259964 | Display device A display device includes a main display unit including a casing, a display panel, a light source for emitting light as backlight, and a reflector for reflecting the light toward the display panel; a heat sink for cooling the light source, the heat sink having a plu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7164224 | Backlight having discharge tube, reflector and heat conduction member contacting discharge tube A display device includes a backlight having a discharge tube and a reflector. A heat conduction member is attached to the reflector in contact with the discharge tube, so that a part of the discharge tube is locally cooled by the heat conduction member. Liquid merc... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7088033 | Electrodeless fluorescent lamp with stabilized operation at high and low ambient temperatures An electrodeless lamp includes a bulbous lamp envelope enclosing an inert gas and a vaporizable metal fill, the lamp envelope having a reentrant cavity and an envelope bottom, an electromagnetic coupler positioned within the reentrant cavity, and a thermal shield po... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6727636 | Discharge lamp device having discharge lamp and circuit unit directly connected together A headlight device includes a discharge lamp, a circuit unit and a heat radiating member. The circuit unit is directly connected to the discharge lamp to apply a high voltage to the discharge lamp. The heat radiating member radiates heat generated from the discharge... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6720718 | Thin walled lamp with tungsten halogen capsule and pyrophoric fuse An efficient and safe lamp with a tungsten halogen capsule may be formed by using a two stage pyrophoric fuse as part of the electrical path to the capsule. The thin walled lamp with tungsten halogen capsule and two stage pyrophoric fuse yields a more efficient, les... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6577065 | Electric lamp with light source extinguishing arrangement and method of operating same An electric lamp is provided which includes a sealed thin-walled outer envelope containing a fill gas having a high thermal conductivity. A lamp capsule is contained within the outer envelope and is in series with an oxidizable fuse also contained within ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6433478 | High frequency electrodeless compact fluorescent lamp An electrodeless compact fluorescent lamp operated at a frequency from 50 KHz to 1000 KHz and RF power from 10 W to 40 W is described. The lamp includes a bulbous glass envelope (1) filled with rare gas and metal vapor, reentrant glass cavity (2), an indu... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6242851 | Dimmable metal halide lamp without color temperature change This invention relates to dimmable metal halide lamps using ceramic arc tubes for the application of energy saving, mood control, and constant light output over the life of the lamp. Under dimmed conditions, as low as 50% of rated wattage, the color tempe... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6087775 | Exterior shroud lamp A lamp assembly comprises a incandescent lamp capable of generating light. The incandescent lamp comprises a incandescent lamp tube and at least one filament. The assembly also comprises a shroud separate from the incandescent lamp and mounted in communic... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6057635 | Low-pressure mercury vapor-filled discharge lamp, luminaire and display device A low-pressure mercury vapor-filled discharge lamp has a glass arc tube and a glass outer tube disposed coaxially with the arc tube forming a space therebetween. A gas is disposed in the space. The arc tube contains a gas and is coated with a phosphor. A ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5844364 | Incandescent light-emitting assemblies A display has a matrix array of cells formed in a silicon plate and each containing a tungsten strip filament. The cells are filled with a halogen gas and are sealed by a double-glazed window with an infra-red reflecting filter to reflect heat back into t... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5811933 | High-pressure discharge lamp The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp provided with a discharge vessel which is enclosed with intervening space by an outer bulb with a lamp cap, which lamp also comprises an UV-enhancer having a wall and an internal electrode and arrang... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5701050 | Immersion lamp for a photochemical reactor and its use An immersion lamp for a photochemical reactor with a discharge tube fitted in an outer bulb through which an inert gas flows having a lamp bulb with axially opposite mechanically stable electric terminals is held and contacted in a holder in the outer bul... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5680000 | Reflective metal heat shield for metal halide lamps An arc robe for a discharge lamp comprises a hollow body containing an arc generating and sustaining medium. The body has oppositely disposed ends each containing an electrode sealed therein by a seal associated with the ends. At least one of the ends has... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5471110 | High pressure discharge lamp having filament electrodes A high pressure discharge lamp having a discharge vessel with opposing end chambers includes discharge electrodes each consisting of an open elongate filament of refractory metal wire having a plurality of succesive coil turns extending transverse to the ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5357171 | Gas discharge lamp system with automatic shutoff means A gas discharge lamp has a fill mixture with first radiation-emitting substances which emit predominantly in an ultraviolet spectral range, and a further radiation-emitting substance which has an emission line in a lower-frequency spectral range. The inte... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5334905 | Immersible lamp for a photochemical reactor An immersible lamp for use in a photochemical reactor has an outer bulb (10) surrounding an inner discharge tube (1) which can be cooled by a flow of inert gas such as nitrogen from a supply chamber (23) though hollow guide rods (6, 7) into a remote end (... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5162693 | High-pressure discharge lamp The lamp vessel of a high-pressure discharge lamp locally has a coating, which is a smooth, solitary, metallically reflecting graphite film. The graphite film, which increases the temperature of comparatively cold parts of the lamp vessel, can readily be ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5148085 | Electrodeless low-pressure discharge lamp The electrodeless low-pressure discharge lamp comprises a tube which is closed at one end, which surrounds a body of soft magnetic material with clearance, and which is enclosed with clearance in the cavity in the outer bulb, which cavity enters the cavit... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5066885 | Indirectly heated filamentary cathode An indirectly heated filamentary cathode capable of significantly reducing its resistance, uniformly emitting electrons therefrom and effectively elminating its insulation failure. In the filamentary cathode, a cathode substrate is constituted by a metal ... | 11/19/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4791334 | Metal-halide lamp having heat redistribution means An improved metal-halide arc discharge lamp includes an arc tube having a substantially cylindrical body surrounded laterally by a substantially cylindrical heat-conserving sleeve within an evacuated outer envelope. The ratio of the outer radius of the ar... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4644216 | High-pressure discharge lamp In a high-pressure discharge lamp having a straight tubular intermediate part (10) of quartz, glass or another material of poor thermal conduction arranged between the outer bulb (4) and the lamp base (7), the intermediate part is folded into the shape of... | 02/17/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4360758 | High-intensity-discharge lamp of the mercury-metal halide type which efficiently illuminates objects with excellent color appearance High-intensity-discharge lamp of the mercury-metal halide type efficiently illuminates objects with excellent color appearance. The arc tube filling comprises the usual inert, ionizable starting gas and mercury in predetermined amount as required to provi... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4255663 | Disposable liquid sterilizer unit A disposable liquid sterilizer unit incorporates an ultra-violet tube designed to generate radiation at approximately 2537 Angstroms. The unit comprises an elongated cylindrical plastic jacket opaque to ultra-violet radiation concentrically mounted about ... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4164774 | Electrode for telephone protector modules An improved electrode construction for use in telephone connector modules characterized in at least one of the pair of electrodes having on an operative surface thereof, a plurality of radially extending raised plateau areas separated by grooves which ser... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4147947 | Fluorescent lamp with integral thermal-insulating plastic jacket The light output of a fluorescent lamp is improved under cold temperature operating conditions by enclosing the envelope in a jacket of light-transmitting plastic material that has a plurality of air pockets or bubbles formed therein. The pockets of entra... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4146810 | Radiation heated acceleration In an ion implantation apparatus, a beam defining member such as the acceleration plate is constructed such that the member is maintained at a temperature above the condensation point of the vapor emanating from the source of charged particles, thereby pr... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4074163 | Discharge lamp with heat shield The invention relates to a gas-and/or vapor discharge lamp which is provided with a discharge tube and with a heat shield. The heat shield is connected to a bimetal element of the lamp such that, when the temperature of the discharge tube is raised (or lowered... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4012655 | Refractory metal oxide reflector coating on lamp envelope The adherence of an optically reflective coating of refractory metal oxide particles such as ZrO2 or Al2 O3 on a fused silica discharge tube surface is improved severalfold by an adhesion layer consisting of colloidal alum... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3949258 | Method and means for suppressing ozone generated by arc lamps A method and means for suppressing ozone generated by high pressure xenon arc lamps and similar luminous discharge arc lamps of a type normally generating ozone. The ozone-generating lamp is enclosed in a gas-tight housing having a quartz or sapphire ligh... | 04/06/1976 |