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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7834531 | Lamp with radial arm electrical contacts A lamp may be formed with radial arm electrical contacts from a ceramic body insulating body supporting a lamp capsule. A press sealed tubular lamp is held in an end of the ceramic body. The radial arms extend sideways from the ceramic body and support electrical co... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7750545 | Double-sided sealed electric lamp and method for production thereof The oblong bulb (1) of the lamp is sealed at opposing ends by sealing pieces (6; 32), with application of a holder to each end, whereby said holder comprises an electrical contact element (13; 25), electrically connected to a power supply (15... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7443091 | Hermetical lamp sealing techniques and lamp having uniquely sealed components A hermetically sealed lamp having at least one seal-material-free bond. The seal material-free bond may be a material diffusion bond, a mechanically deformed bond such as a cold weld or crimp, a focused heat bond such as a laser bond, or any other such bond. For exa... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439662 | Lamp with single-sided socket Electric lamp with a base at one end, having an inner vessel surrounded by an outer jacket, a base with electric connections supporting the inner vessel and the outer jacket, having the following features: a) the base has a base insulator with a central... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7253556 | Light string socket with mechanical shunt A lamp for a light string has a mechanical shunt to allow current to pass to the next light in the event of a missing bulb. A resilient shunt is held in a generally lateral orientation by a shunt holder within the socket. When the hollow base with its bottom opening... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7210833 | Method of fixing a power light-emitting diode on a radiator, and a signalling device comprising such a diode Method of fixing a power light-emitting diode (1) having a metallic base (2) to a metallic heat-radiating element (3), according to which the base (2) of the light-emitting diode is fixed to the radiating element (3) by laser spot ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7002285 | Discharge lamp with bulb fixture arrangement and method for manufacturing the same A discharge lamp is disclosed, which comprises a discharge vessel sealed in a tubular envelope. The lamp has a lamp base covering an end part of the envelope, and fixing means for providing a substantially rigid fixing of the envelope to the lamp base. The fixing me... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6963161 | Light bulb assembly having a light bulb with the ability to change color A light bulb assembly having a light bulb with the ability to change color. The light bulb assembly comprises a light bulb, a socket for containment of the light bulb, and a light switch assembly for selectively providing current to the socket and attached light bul... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6922009 | Electric lamp The electric lamp comprises a lamp vessel (1) having an end portion (3) which is surrounded by a shell portion (22) of a lamp cap (20) having screw thread. The end portion (3) has transversal indents (6). A plastic coupling ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917152 | 2nd anode button for cathode ray tube A connecting pin (10) for an anode contact (11) (shown more completely in FIG. 2). The pin (10) has a body (12) with a longitudinal axis (14). A contact head (16) is formed at a proximal portion of the body (12... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913491 | Lamp socket There is disclosed a porcelain lamp socket for use in a humid environment where the socket has a body, a screw shell, a center contact and two terminals; one for the line and the other for the neutral wire connection. The screw shell and the line and neutral termina... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6717338 | Frame mount for high intensity discharge lamp A high intensity discharge lamp (10) has an outer envelope (12) having a cup-shaped top (14), a hollow center section (16) and a bottom (18) all aligned along a longitudinal axis (20), the bottom (18) including a flar... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6710526 | Headlight lamp having base flange with three clips The headlight bulb includes at least one lamp body (1), at least one luminous element (3) enclosed within the at least one lamp body (1), a lamp base (2) in which the at least one lamp body (1) is fixed and power connectors (4, ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6634777 | Molded retention features for internal movable reflector lamps A movable reflector with integrally molded bulb assembly retention features. The movable reflector comprises a bore at the center of the reflector for receiving a bulb assembly and retention features integrally molded on the rear side of the reflector to ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6583540 | Incandescent multi-filament light bulb A multi-filament light bulb which is lightable one filament at a time includes a sealed glass envelope, a base fixed to the envelope and a plurality of filaments supported within the glass envelope. The bulb also includes a ring-shaped insulator having on... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6577046 | Electric discharge lamp with forked contacts The electric discharge lamp comprises a shell (1) having an axis (2), which shell accommodates a starter (3) and pin-shaped contacts (4) extending in an axial direction. A cover (27), which is coupled to a discharge vessel (20), is attached to the shell (... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6528932 | CRT socket with insulating interfit between focus and signal contacts A CRT socket has a partition wall for partitioning a focus contact storing chamber and a base insertion hole which has sufficient strength, while maintaining a creepage distance between a focus contact and a signal contact sufficient to avoid arcing. The ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6525454 | Electric lamp The electric lamp has a light source (20) in an envelope (21). The light source (20) is secured in a body (1) by means of an insulator body (40) in which current connectors (43) are integrated and which is present in a socket (10) of the reflector lamp. T... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6285119 | Light bulb having increased efficiency An electric lightbulb is provided for use with lightbulb sockets in either 110V or 220V screw type or bayonet circuits. The lightbulb includes a lamp portion and a cap portion, with the cap portion preferably containing circuitry. When the switch is on a ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6259192 | Electric lamp The invention relates to an electric lamp for a motor vehicle headlight. The lamp is equipped with an adjustment ring (4) which has at least three bearing points (4a) which are arranged in a common plane oriented perpendicularly with respect to the axis o... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6163102 | Reflector-type lamp assembly having a multi-purpose closure member A new reflector lamp assembly exhibits an increased resistance to mechanical shock and vibration. A closure member that receives the lead wires of the light source therethrough is modified to include support legs that extend along a press seal region of t... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6033248 | Light bulb socket structure A new POP-IN BULB for INSERTING AND REMOVING A LIGHT BULB WITHOUT NEED OF TWISTING AND SCREWING. The inventive device includes a cylindrical casing having an open upper end, a closed lower end and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. A pair of vertically... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6005336 | Electric vehicle lamp with inserted insulation plug An electric lamp may be formed with a lamp bulb, with lead wires leading out from the lamp bulb and with a base which incorporates a connection region made of electrically insulating material and provided with electrical connections. The connection region... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5945776 | Motor vehicle headlamp having lamp aligned in reflector The illumination device has a capped electric lamp (1), a reflector (10) and retention means (20) for keeping the lamp (1) fixed to the reflector (10), an electric element (4) of the lamp (1) being aligned with respect to the reflector (10). The cap (5) o... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5814927 | Socket for automotive discharge lamps In a socket for discharge lamps 10, having a tubular enclosure 22, a female terminal 23 is located in the center of the socket. A circular elastic sleeve 24 is mounted to the outside surface of the tubular enclosure. On the inside surface of the elastic s... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5760537 | Capped electric lamp A capped electric lamp is disclosed having a cap of insulating material. The cap has a base provided with concentric contact faces which are separated by a circumferential channel. The shell of the cap has a first axial portion near the base, which has a ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5731656 | Double-based lamp and socket therefor, and lamp base construction To insure that lamps which have a non-rotation symmetrical feature or strure with respect to aligned bases (e.g., a tipped-off exhaust or pumping stub) are placed in a predetermined preferred operating position when inserted into socket terminals (2a, 2b... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5575459 | Light emitting diode lamp A light emitting diode array mounted on a printed circuit board is provided with capacitive means to reduce voltage, mounted in a glass tube and provided with a standard candelabra or other base for insertion into a light socket in a slim line exit or oth... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5568009 | Electric lamp having a lamp cap with solder-free connections An electric lamp includes a lamp cap having an insulative body of synthetic material with a bore therein. A lamp cap contact includes a rigid shank received in the bore of the insulative body. The diameters of the bore and shank and the elasticity of the ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5565728 | Neon lamp with flexible connectors A neon lamp including a transparent outer tube, a neon bulb fitted in the transparent outer tube, a first sleeve fitted over one end of the transparent outer tube, a second sleeve fitted over another end of the transparent outer tube, a male electrical co... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5550722 | Electric lamp An electric lamp including a light source, a lamp cap having a shell and a base, a housing connected to the light source and to the lamp cap, and a ballast which is electrically connected to the light source for operating the light source and which is arr... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545944 | Base for single pin elongated lamp A fluorescent lamp includes: an elongated, hermetically sealed transluscent glass envelope containing an electrode at each end thereof, each of said electrodes including an electron emitting portion and two lead-in wires. The lead-in wires extend outside ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5463270 | Insulating base for discharge lamp device An insulating base for a discharge lamp device which provides good insulation between a lead support connected to a front end lead of an arc tube and a lead disposed on the rear side of the arc tube. The insulating base includes a base main body formed of... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5428515 | Electric lighting assembly An electric lighting assembly including; a protective holder formed on the top with two holes and at two opposite sides with depending lugs, said lugs having a hook portion at the lower end, a ring contact secured on the top of said protective holder, sai... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5378958 | Capped electric lamp and connector for this lamp The capped electric lamp has a lamp cap with a central cavity which provides access to a first contact member, a first portion of the lamp vessel being fixed in this cavity. A second conductor is connected to a second contact member separate opening. The ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5345142 | Single-ended low-pressure discharge lamp A single-ended low pressure discharge lamp having an Edison base includes at least one U-shaped fluorescent tube having electrode leads which are connected to a ballast arrangement disposed in a housing base. The housing base has an upper part on which th... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5216318 | Capped high-pressure discharge lamp and lampholder for same The capped high-pressure discharge lamp has a lamp cap of insulating material provided with a centrally disposed contact member and with a metal sleeve concentrical thereto. A first end of a discharge vessel is mounted within said metal sleeve and a curre... | 06/01/1993 |
