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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7508134 | Small arc tube and low-pressure mercury discharge lamp A low-pressure mercury discharge lamp includes: an arc tube made by winding a glass tube into double spiral configuration; a holding member that is in a form of a cylinder with a closed bottom and is for holding the arc tube; an electronic ballast for lighting the a... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7423370 | Arc tube with shortened total length, manufacturing method for arc tube, and low-pressure mercury lamp An arc tube is formed by turning a glass tube at a substantially middle thereof and winding the glass tube from the middle to its both ends around an axis to form a double spiral, and sealing electrodes at both ends of the glass tube. The spiral pitch of a spiral pa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411351 | Arc tube formed from a glass tube and having a spirally wound section within one plane An arc tube is composed of an arc tube body that is formed by winding a straight glass tube. Two portions of the straight glass tube are spirally wound around an imaginary conical surface. The spiraled portions of the glass tube are sandwiched between a pair of mova... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7397176 | Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device having the same A surface light source device includes a light source body, first and second electrodes, a light reflecting layer, and a fluorescent layer. The light source body is configured to generate light. The first and second electrodes are each disposed adjacent to a corresp... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394200 | Ceramic automotive high intensity discharge lamp A high intensity discharge lamp, the lamp including a light emitting vessel having a wall made of ceramic material that defines an inner space with a first end portion having a respective first opening formed therein and a second end portion having a respective seco... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381976 | Monochromatic fluid treatment systems Methods, systems and apparatus for photo-processing of fluids, particularly complex fluids, such as blood products, pharmaceuticals, injectables and vaccines, are provided. The disclosed methods and systems employ non-laser light source(s) to generate monochromatic ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382097 | Injection molded ceramic metal halide arc tube having non-tapered end and method of forming same An arc tube for a ceramic metal halide lamp includes a hollow first body member (40) that is tapered along a majority of its length to aid in removing the molded component from a pin during assembly. An open end (46) of the first body member has a cons... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7358666 | System and method for sealing high intensity discharge lamps In accordance with certain embodiments, the present technique includes a system for sealing a lamp including a thermal shield and a thermally susceptible enclosure disposed adjacent the thermal shield. The thermal shield has a first receptacle adapted to receive a f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348730 | Metal halide lamp and luminaire he present invention aims at providing a metal halide lamp having a configuration to achieve the following goals: to prevent the lamp from burning out during the life due to a rise in lamp voltage; and to obtain high luminous efficiency at the same time. The metal h... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348731 | High-pressure gas discharge lamp with an asymmetrical discharge space A high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is in particular free from mercury and suitable for use in automobile technology. The lamp is remarkable in particular for a discharge space (2) which has a volume whi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341469 | Adapter for a recessed lamp An adapter for providing a recessed lamp in a screw-type lampholder. This adapter has an electrical contact-making device, via which an electrical connection is produced between a screw base, which can be introduced into the screw-type lampholder, of the adapter and... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7327074 | Illuminating devices employing titanium dioxide photocatalysts An illuminating device is made from a transparent hollow envelope that encloses a filler gas. The envelope has inner and outer surfaces. The illuminating device has a coating of a fluorescent material deposited on the inner surface of the transparent envelope where ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7304421 | Power supply system for a lamp and lamp having this power supply system The subject matter of the disclosure is a power supply system for a lamp, having foils, which are embedded in a gas-tight manner in a pinch seal of the lamp and on which are arranged, in each case on two opposing narrow sides, an inner power supply line and an outer... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298088 | Arc tube and low-pressure mercury lamp This invention aims at providing a low-pressure mercury lamp having an improved luminous efficiency while maintaining the compactness and long life of the arc tube. This lamp comprises an arc tube formed by bending a glass tube. This arc tube is formed into a double... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297037 | Ceramic discharge chamber for a discharge lamp A ceramic discharge chamber for a lamp, according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, comprises a first member which includes a leg portion and a transition portion, wherein the leg portion and the transition portion are integrally formed as one piece from ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291980 | High-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp with a space A high-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp has an envelope which contains two electrodes made from tungsten and a filling in a discharge space. The filling essentially consists of mercury, rare gas, and a halogen that is free in the operating condition. The envelo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282847 | Electric lamp and manufacturing method The electric lamp has a lamp vessel having a pinch mounted in an outer envelope by means of a clamping member of metal sheet which is present on the pinch. The clamping member has an open loop which extends in a direction transverse to the broad side faces of the pi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276853 | Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp has an at least partly substantially cylindrical discharge vessel (10) with a length Ldv and with an internal diameter Din. The discharge vessel (10) encloses, in a gastight manner, a discharge space (13... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262553 | High efficacy metal halide lamp with configured discharge chamber An arc discharge metal halide lamp for use in selected lighting fixtures comprising a discharge chamber having light permeable walls of a selected shape including therein a pair of end region wall portions through each of which a corresponding one of a pair of elect... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255831 | Tungsten oxide/titanium dioxide photocatalyst for improving indoor air quality A tungsten oxide/titanium dioxide photocatalyst coating oxidizes contaminants in the air that adsorb onto the coating into water, carbon dioxide, and other substances. The tungsten oxide forms a monolayer on the titanium dioxide. When photons of the ultraviolet ligh... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245083 | Incandescent lamp with integral controlling means An incandescent lamp has incorporated a circuit board within a recess in the bulb, wherein the circuit board contains connections and circuitry to control power to the lamp filament while maintaining the attachment of the bulb to the metal base, wherein the complete... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233109 | Gas discharge lamp A metal halide lamp (101) is described, the lamp being designed such that, when the lamp is operative in a vertical orientation, the location of the salt pool is close to the top of the discharge chamber (5). In an embodiment, the coldest spot is close... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230383 | Automotive discharge bulb and automotive headlamp An automotive discharge bulb having a light emitting tube includes a ceramic tube with paired electrodes oppositely placed, and contains a light emitting material and starting rare gas. A transversal section of the ceramic tube is longitudinally elongated. In the ce... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215082 | Electrodeless self-ballasted fluorescent lamp and electrodeless discharge lamp operating apparatus An electrodeless self-ballasted fluorescent lamp includes: a luminous bulb 1 having a cavity portion 15; an induction coil 3 inserted in the cavity portion 15; a ballast 4 electrically connected to the induction coil 3; and ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211953 | Plasma display device having portion where electrical field is concentrated A plasma display device includes a first substrate, an address electrode formed on an upper surface of the fist substrate, a first dielectric layer formed on the upper surface of the first substrate and embedding the address electrode, a second substrate which is tr... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7205712 | Spiral cold cathode fluorescent lamp A light tube for a cold cathode fluorescent lamp includes a light tube body, anode and cathode 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 coating on its inner surfa... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196473 | Dielectric barrier discharge lamp A dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) lamp is disclosed. The DBD lamp comprises a discharge vessel, which encloses a discharge volume filled with discharge gas. The discharge vessel further comprises a phosphor layer within the discharge volume. The discharge vessel ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196462 | Arc tube with shortened total length, manufacturing method for arc tube, and low-pressure mercury lamp An arc tube is formed by turning a glass tube at a substantially middle thereof and winding the glass tube from the middle to its both ends around an axis to form a double spiral, and sealing electrodes at both ends of the glass tube. The spiral pitch of a spiral pa... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170228 | Ceramic arc tube having an integral susceptor A ceramic arc tube having an integral susceptor for RF inductive sealing is described. The integral susceptor in the form of an electrically conductive coating is applied directly to the surface of the arc tube in the seal region. This enables RF heating which is su... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166963 | Electrodeless lamp for emitting ultraviolet and/or vacuum ultraviolet radiation An electrodeless lamp and process for emitting ultraviolet and/or vacuum ultraviolet radiation comprises an envelope formed of an ultra-pure and/or low-defect quartz material and an ultraviolet and/or vacuum ultraviolet emissive material disposed in the interior reg... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157840 | Illuminating devices employing titanium dioxide photocatalysts An illuminating device is made from a transparent hollow envelope that encloses a filler gas. The envelope has inner and outer surfaces. The illuminating device has a coating of a fluorescent material deposited on the inner surface of the transparent envelope where ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141927 | ARC lamp with integrated sapphire rod A pulsed discharge arc lamp can utilize an integrated optical adapter assembly to ease the coupling of an optical fiber to the lamp. An optical rod of the assembly allows for a precise positioning of the output, and acts as an integrating rod whereby the output is t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141922 | Dual spiral fluorescent lamp The present invention discloses a dual spiral fluorescent lamp that is smaller in volume than a conventional one. To provide for a reduced size compact fluorescent lamp, the end portions of the spiral glass tube are anchored into the holes within the cover of a bi-p... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7132799 | Compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp, fluorescent lamp and helical glass tube A diffuser is formed on an inner surface of a globe included in a compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp, and a diffuse transmittance of the diffuser τ is set at 95%. When designing dimensions of the compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp, at the same time, a rat... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119486 | Re-entrant cavity fluorescent lamp system An electrodeless fluorescent lamp (10) having a burner (20), a ballast housing (30) containing a ballast (40) and a screw base (50) for connection to a power supply. A reentrant cavity (60) is formed in the burner (20... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116779 | Network interface device for high speed data lines A network interface device for Ethernet networks using unshielded twisted pair cables comprising an overvoltage protection module and an interconnection module connected to the overvoltage protection module, both modules being connected in series in the Ethernet net... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083309 | Fluorescent lamp tube having integrated electronic ballast A new fluorescent lamp comprises a lamp tube and an electronic ballast, it is characterized in that it is provided with an outer tube, there are respectively an outer plug at both ends of the outer tube, in which inserts a socket for the lamp tube. The electronic ba... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078860 | Metal vapor discharge lamp having configured envelope for stable luminous characteristics A metal vapor discharge lamp, comprises: a translucent ceramic envelope, the envelope comprising a center bulb for defining a discharge space and side tubes, the center bulb and the side tubes being integrally molded; a pair of current suppliers extending through ho... | 07/18/2006 |
