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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7986078 | Lamp with heat sink configuration and method of manufacturing same A lamp including a plurality of light emitting devices and heat sinks can be configured to dissipate heat generated by the plurality of light emitting devices. The heat sinks can be branched into a generally Y-shaped configuration as viewed in a section that include... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982378 | Lighting device and lighting system for stimulating plant growth The invention relates to a lighting device for stimulating plant growth. The lighting device has a solid state light source, suitable for emitting light of at least one wavelength within a predetermined wavelength range. Furthermore, the solid state light source is ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7868526 | Light source device The present invention relates to a light source apparatus with a structure that enables the brightness of a gas discharge tube to be stabilized and facilitates gas discharge tube maintenance work. The light source apparatus has a gas discharge tube, a lamp container... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7759850 | Discharge tube and lamp with cooling chambers and improved luminance A discharge tube arrangement for a compact fluorescent lamp is provided. The tube forms a continuous arc path and has electrodes disposed at each end of the arc path. The discharge tube arrangement comprises a first cold chamber in order to control and maintain a re... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7656078 | Light emission device including a heat dissipation plate and a thermal diffuser plate A light emission device and a display device using the light emission device as a light source are provided. The light emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other, an electron emission unit located on an inner surface of the first substrat... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7411346 | Plasma display panel having multiple substrate parts A plasma display panel including a front substrate and a rear substrate facing each other, a plurality of barrier ribs formed between the front substrate and the rear substrate, a discharge generation unit that causes a plasma discharge in a discharge space, and a f... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7372699 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus includes a Plasma Display Panel (PDP). A thermal conductive sheet is attached to one side of the PDP, and a chassis base is connected to the side of the PDP on which the thermal conductive sheet has been attached. The chassis base can be a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358665 | Organic electronic device provided with a metallic heat sink structure An aspect of the present invention provides an organic electronic device includes a heat sink having a side with a roughened surface and/or a black surface and a process for forming devices having such heat sinks including forming a patterned electrically conductive... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336361 | Spectroscopic ellipsometer and polarimeter systems A spectroscopic ellipsometer or polarimeter system having a source of a polychromatic beam of electromagnetic radiation, a polarizer, a stage for supporting a material system, an analyzer, a dispersive optics and a detector system which comprises a multiplicity of d... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327086 | Gas-discharge lamp with a colour-compensating filter A gas-discharge lamp includes a discharge vessel, two electrodes, a cap, an outer envelope, and a filling of a metal halide. To improve the quality of the beam color, the outer envelope of the gas-discharge lamp is partially coated with an optical compensating filte... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325946 | Fluorescent lamp fixture and heater A lamp fixture includes a housing with a high voltage end lamp socket therein. A fluorescent lamp extends from the socket. A heater is at the fluorescent lamp at the high voltage end lamp socket and is adjacent to. The heater includes a plate radiator which is attac... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323808 | Plasma display panel assembly including heat absorption layer A plasma display panel assembly includes a panel assembly, a chassis base affixed to a rear surface of the panel assembly by an adhesive member, a printed circuit board mounted on a rear surface of the chassis base, a case for containing the panel assembly, the chas... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304737 | Rotating or rotatable compensator system providing aberation corrected electromagnetic raadiation to a spot on a sample at multiple angles of a incidence Spectroscopic ellipsometer systems which include polarizer and analyzer elements which remain fixed in position during data acquisition while at least one continuously rotating or step-wise rotatable compensator imposes a continuously variable or plurality of sequen... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293897 | Integrated fluorescent lamp device An integrated fluorescent lamp device for use with a lamp fixture including a lamp socket configured to removably receive a portion of the integrated fluorescent lamp device therein to selectively support the integrated fluorescent lamp device thereon, the integrate... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291981 | Short arc lamp with improved manufacturability A short arc lamp incorporates a cylindrical reflector body having a reflector cavity opening to a first end and an anode aperture through a base surface at a second end. The body has a step at the second end. A front sleeve with a step for positional engagement of a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284878 | Lumen regulating apparatus and process The present invention is a fluorescent light lumen regulating apparatus. More specifically, in one aspect, the present invention is a fluorescent lighting assembly for mounting at least one fluorescent lamp. In this aspect, the lighting assembly comprises a lamp hou... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279840 | Electrodeless fluorescent lamp with controlled cold spot temperature An electrodeless lamp includes a bulbous lamp envelope enclosing an inert gas and a vaporizable metal fill, the lamp envelope having a reentrant cavity; an electromagnetic coupler positioned within the reentrant cavity; and a cold spot structure configured for low t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7245376 | Combined spatial filter and relay systems in rotating compensator ellipsometer/polarimeter Low aberration relay systems modified to perform as spatial filters in rotating compensator ellipsometer, polarimeter and the like systems. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235922 | Plasma display panel with porous pad A plasma display panel adapted to minimize noise/vibration as well as a heat generated therefrom. In the plasma display panel, a display panel displays a picture while a porous pad is provided behind the display panel to prevent the transfer of noise/vibration to an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226334 | Apparatus for making high buffer gas pressure ceramic arc tube An apparatus for making a ceramic arc tube for high intensity discharge (HID) lighting applications is provided wherein the arc tube contains a high buffer gas pressure and RF induction heating is used to melt a frit material to form a hermetic seal. ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225859 | Heat exchanger element and heat exchanger member for a stirling cycle refrigerator and method of manufacturing such a heat exchanger member A heat exchanger element for a Stirling cycle refrigerator is produced by integrally forming an annular corrugate fin that is produced by forming a sheet material, corrugated so as to have a large number of grooves, into a cylindrical shape with the grooves parallel... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218042 | Plasma display panel Provided is a plasma display panel (PDP) including a rear substrate and a front substrate, which are spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other to face each other and between which a plurality of discharge cells are formed. A heating portion is disposed i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7189131 | High buffer gas pressure ceramic arc tube and method and apparatus for making same A ceramic arc tube for high intensity discharge (HID) lighting applications is provided wherein the arc tube contains a high buffer gas pressure. A method and apparatus for making the arc tube are also provided wherein RF induction heating is used to melt a frit mat... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176605 | Plasma display device having anisotropic thermal conduction medium A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel. A chassis base is disposed substantially parallel to the plasma display panel, and a thermal conduction medium is interposed between and closely contacting the plasma display panel and the chassis base. The th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176633 | Arc lamp with an internally mounted filter An arc lamp with a filter mounted internally has been disclosed. The arc lamp includes an anode, a cathode, a body defining a cavity, wherein the anode and the cathode are inside the cavity, and a filter mounted within the cavity. Other embodiments are claimed and d... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172320 | Low profile module and frame assembly for arc lamps A low profile module and frame assembly for arc lamps has been disclosed. In one embodiment, the arc lamp assembly includes an arc lamp, a first cooling fan coupled to a back of the arc lamp closer to a first side of the arc lamp, and a second cooling fan coupled la... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167365 | Back plate structure and plasma display apparatus A back plate structure comprises a back plate body, at least a supporting beam and a plurality of heat dissipation members, wherein the supporting beam is fixed on a back of the back plate body and the heat dissipation members are disposed on the supporting beam. Th... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158231 | Spectroscopic ellipsometer and polarimeter systems A spectroscopic ellipsometer or polarimeter system having a source of a polychromatic beam of electromagnetic radiation, a polarizer, a stage for supporting a material system, an analyzer, a dispersive optics and a detector system which comprises a multiplicity of d... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150804 | Method for disassembling image display apparatus, method for producing image display apparatus, method for producing support member, method for producing image display unit, method for producing working material, and image display apparatus A method for disassembling an image display apparatus in which an image display unit including an internal space and a support member for supporting the image display unit are adhered by an adhesive member includes the step of separating the image display unit and t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7133281 | Display device and heat dissipating chassis therefor A display device heat dissipating panel. A chassis is provided that has improved heat transferring characteristics as well as sufficient structural integrity, thereby decreasing the temperature in a front portion of the PDP. A plasma display panel that is attached t... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129625 | Protected lamp device A protected lamp assembly includes a tubular lamp enclosed within a tubular protective housing. The lamp is supported by grommets or bushings of a resilient material that are retained within the housing. An end cap assembly may include the bushing for the lamp and a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122946 | Light source device having high limit-emitting efficiency There is provided a light source device, used in a display device and the like, having a high light emitting efficiency. The light source device has an electric discharge tube containing mercury and electrodes at both ends. A heat conducting member is attached to an... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122952 | UV-emitting phosphor blend and tanning lamp containing same A UV-emitting phosphor blend is provided which comprises a mixture of at least two UVA-emitting phosphors selected from SrB4O7:Eu, YPO4:Ce, and BaSi2O5:Pb wherein the sum of the weight percentages of the phospho... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122815 | Infrared radiation emitter An emitting source capable of radiating substantial energy in the near infrared spectrum and suitable for use in non-dispersive infrared gas analyzers or other devices is described. Operation can be steady state (DC) or pulsed at high frequency with excellent modula... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7084568 | Plasma display device A plasma display device includes a plasma display panel having a front substrate and a rear substrate spaced apart from the front substrate to form a plurality of discharge spaces, and a chassis base facing the plasma display panel. The plasma display device include... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7067967 | Arc lamp having window flange with slots An arc lamp having window flange with slots has been disclosed. The arc lamp may include a reflector body having a circular rim at one end to define an opening, the circular rim having an outer diameter and an inner diameter and a window flange including a surface h... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7045959 | Spiral cold electrode fluorescent lamp A light tube for a cold electrode fluorescent lamp includes a light tube body, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in the light tube body and an activated gas absorber. The light tube body contains inert gas, mercury substance and a layer of phosphor c... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026748 | Lighting unit for flat panel display device A lighting unit (1) preferably providing backlighting for a flat display device (2) and operating substantially in a vertical working position. The lighting unit (1) includes lamps (3), which are in thermal contact with a heat-conducting ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7009329 | Thermally optimized cold cathode heater Systems and methods for providing a thermally optimized cold cathode heater in which a heater wire is disposed in a plurality of turns are shown. Turns of the plurality of turns are closely spaced to concentrate heat in an area of a host cathode device corresponding... | 03/07/2006 |
