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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348721 | Display device A display device is disclosed for providing improved brightness and definition. The device includes a substrate which has anodes and phosphors formed on an inner surface thereof and a plurality of cathode lines that extend in one direction and include electron sourc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7315115 | Light-emitting and electron-emitting devices having getter regions A light-emitting device contains getter material (58) typically distributed in a relatively uniform manner across the device's active light-emitting portion. An electron-emitting device similarly contains getter material (112, 110/112, 128, 132, and | 01/01/2008 |
| 7288882 | Lamp electrode and method for delivering mercury A lamp electrode adapted to deliver mercury during an assembly process has a supporting electrical lead attached to the proximal end of a metallic shell. The proximal and a distal ends of the metallic shell each lie along a central axis. A container with a vitreous ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7221098 | Electric lamp with outer bulb and associated support body The lamp comprises a discharge vessel (2) which is closed off in a vacuum-tight manner and is arranged in an outer bulb (12), a getter material being held on a support body inside the outer bulb (12). The support body is a support strip (31 | 05/22/2007 |
| 7129630 | Display device In a display device which includes a back substrate, a face substrate, a support body which is interposed between both substrates and surrounds a display region, thus forming an inner space, and a sealing material is provided which hermetically seals the support bod... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7045958 | Vacuum device having a getter A vacuum device, including a substrate and a support structure having a support perimeter, where the support structure is disposed over the substrate. In addition, the vacuum device also includes a non-evaporable getter layer having an exposed surface area. The non-... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6963165 | Field emission display having integrated getter arrangement A field emission display (FED) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The FED includes a getter portion isolated outwardly from an active display region. This getter portion includes a non-evaporable getter layer for absorbing gas and an electron emission ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958260 | Hydrogen gettering system A method, system and materials for use in hydrogen gettering in conjunction with microelectronic and microwave components that are generally hermetically sealed in an enclosure typically referred to as a “package”. Gettering materials that can be used include ti... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6935917 | Discharge surface treating electrode and production method thereof In an electrode for electric discharge surface treatment used in electric discharge surface treatment for forming a hard coating on the surface of a treated material through the energy by generating electric discharge between the electrode and the treated material, ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6838822 | Electron tube with a ring-less getter In a method for manufacturing an electron tube including a front substrate and a back substrate, a wiring and an electrode are formed on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A component is mounted on the front substrate and/or the back substrate. A ring-le... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6724139 | Cathode ray tube having improved indirectly heated cathode A cathode ray tube has a cathode and plural grid electrodes fixed by insulating support rods. The cathode is supported within an eyelet disposed within and bonded to a cup-shaped support by a crystallized glass. The cup-shaped support is fixed by the insulating supp... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6472818 | Light bulb Providing a light bulb having a long life by preventing filament coil breakage. A glass bulb (1) has a sealing portion (4) at one end thereof and contains a filament coil (5). The filament coil (5) is suspended between lead-in wires (7, 8) extended extern... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6452322 | Cathode-ray tube and its getter supporter A getter supporter of a cathode-ray tube according to the present invention comprises a mounting portion to be fixed to an inside of the cathode-ray tube at one end thereof, a getter holder for holding a getter at the other end thereof, and a spring porti... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6429582 | Display device with grille having getter material A field emission display has an anode with a grille made at least in part of a getter material. The grille defines regions that are coated with phosphor to form pixels, and also getters free molecules within a sealed display. The getter material can alter... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422824 | Getting assembly for vacuum display panels A getter assembly for use in a vacuum display panel is described. The novel getter assembly can be provided including both a non-evaporative getter and an evaporative getter which are uniquely positioned juxtaposed to each other such that ions emitted by ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6356015 | Getter flash shield The invention is directed to an improved hollow cathode lamp (15). In the preferred embodiment, the lamp is comprised of a stem (23), a cathode lead (18) which passes through the stem, and a getter (26). The improvement includes a flash shield (28) positi... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6147440 | Low wattage lamp having formed arc tube in aluminosilicate outer jacket A reflector lamp 10 has a vitreous outer envelope 12 formed of a concave reflector 14 and a light-transmitting 16 cover peripherally sealed thereto. The concave reflector and cover are symmetrically arrayed about a longitudinal axis 18 and a substantially... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6127777 | Field emission display with non-evaporable getter material The present invention provides an FED with a getter material deposited and activated on the substrates of the faceplate and the baseplate of the FED. In one embodiment of the invention, a large FED includes a faceplate, a baseplate, and an unactivated non... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6121729 | Metal halide lamp A metal halide lamp and a method for making the same, in which one end of each electrode projects into a discharge chamber to form a light-emitting portion and the other end thereof is supported by a pinch-sealed portion. A coil is wound around at least t... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6107737 | Device for dispensing mercury, sorbing reactive gases, shielding electrodes in fluorescent lamps and a process for making such device A mercury dispensing support strip capable of dispensing mercury and sorbing reactive gases. In one embodiment, the support strip of the invention includes at least one track of mercury releasing material deposited on one face of the support strip. At lea... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6100627 | Method for creating and maintaining a reducing atmosphere in a field emitter device A Field Emitter Device (FED) having a substantially reducing atmosphere is described. The atmosphere in a FED can be maintained substantially free of oxidizing gases and includes a partial pressure of hydrogen between about 1×10-7 millibar (mb... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6054808 | Display device with grille having getter material A field emission display has an anode with a grille made at least in part of a getter material. The grille defines regions that are coated with phosphor to form pixels, and also getters free molecules within a sealed display. The getter material can alter... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5923121 | Fluorescent lamp having an attachment therein for reduction of soluble mercury in the lamp and to act as a fail-safe at the end of lamp life A fluorescent lamp having an attachment mounted therein for reduction of soluble mercury contained in the lamp, and to act as a fail-safe at the end of lamp life, comprises a collar of iron mesh providing an iron surface area sufficiently large to reduce ... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5894193 | Field emission display with getter frame and spacer-frame assembly A field emission display (400) includes a cathode plate (410), an anode plate (430), and a mechanical support/getter assembly (300) being disposed between the cathode plate (410) and the anode plate (430). The mechanical support/getter assembly (300) incl... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5844356 | Vacuum tube provided with a line-shaped getter A vacuum tube is provided with a line-shaped getter, which includes a holder (2) with a longitudinal axis, which holder (2) contains a getter material (3) over at least a part of its length, said getter being provided with clamping means to clamp the hold... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5825127 | Method for producing a cap band for discharge lamps The invention relates to a method for producing a cap band for discharge lamps, in which a substrate band (1) is coated with at least one material to be introduced into the discharge lamp, in particular a mercury alloy (2) and/or getter material (3). Acco... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5789859 | Field emission display with non-evaporable getter material The present invention provides an FED with a getter material deposited and activated on the substrates of the faceplate and the baseplate of the FED. In one embodiment of the invention, a large FED includes a faceplate, a baseplate, and an unactivated non... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5731662 | Metal halide lamp with getter A metal halide discharge lamp includes an outer evacuated sealed glass envelope having a domed end and a socket end spaced from the domed end along a longitudinal axis. The socket end is subject to high temperature sealing fires during the lamp manufactur... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5656889 | Getter, getter device and fluorescent display device A getter device capable of being re-activated as required and arranged in a narrow space in an envelope. The getter is arranged in a layer-like manner in an envelope of an electronic element to provide, in the envelope, a film-like getter for keeping an i... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5614785 | Anode plate for flat panel display having silicon getter An anode plate (10) for use in a field emission flat panel display device (8) includes a transparent substrate (26) having a plurality of spaced-apart, electrically conductive regions (28) are covered by a luminescent material (24) and from the anode elec... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5541474 | Getter spring assembly for a color cathode-ray tube The present invention relates to a color CRT 10 having an evacuated envelope 11 includes a funnel 15 sealed at one end to a faceplate panel 12. A luminescent screen 22 is provided on an interior surface of the panel. A color selection electrode assembly 2... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5430350 | Electron gun support and positioning arrangement in a CRT In a cathode ray tube (CRT) having a glass envelope with a neck portion, a funnel portion and a display screen, or front panel, an electron gun disposed in the CRT's neck portion has a plurality of aligned electrodes, including a charged shield cup. The s... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5394056 | Opening of capsule inside sealed lamp A capsule containing a precise amount of a substance such as mercury is mounted in an electrode mount assembly on a temperature sensitive member. At elevated temperatures the capsule is moved away from lamp components by the temperature sensitive member t... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5327042 | Metal halide lamp A halide discharge lamp has a an evacuated outer envelope including a getter comprising from about 60 to about 85 percent zirconium, from about 10 to about 20 percent vanadium, and from about 2 to about 10 percent manganese having an activation temperatur... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5325017 | High-pressure discharge lamp having solid state getter mounted on bimetallic element The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp (2) provided with a discharge vessel (3) with a ceramic wall (3a) and provided with a bimetal element (11) which rests against the discharge vessel wall in the cold state of the lamp, and which is re... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5223766 | Image display device with cathode panel and gas absorbing getters A thin type image display device for displaying an image by emitting light from a fluorescer with irradiation of electron beams thereto. The device has a cathode panel between a front panel and a back panel in such a manner that a space is existent betwee... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5023512 | Getter means and lamp including same A lamp including an evacuated outer jacket, a light source capsule mounted within an evacuated outer jacket, and getter assembly disposed within the outer jacket is disclosed. the getter assembly includes a getter and protection device for protecting lamp... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4940300 | Cathode ray tube with an electrophoretic getter A cathode ray tube with an electrophoretic getter device incorporated therein is described. The electrophoretic deposition, in the form of a porous coating, of at least one getter material and simultaneously an antisintering agent on any form of getter su... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4906887 | High pressure metal vapor lamp with outer protective envelope and getters therein A high pressure metal vapor lamp including an outer protective envelope having a lens and a reflector member having a base for connecting the lamp to a source of electrical power. An elongaated arc tube is provided extending cross-axially relative to the ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4857804 | Tungsten-halogen lamp with metal additive A tungsten-halogen lamp achieves long life in any burning orientation by the inclusion within the lamp of copper, which reduces filament sag and filament corrosion.... | 08/15/1989 |
