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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106585 | Manufacturing method of high-pressure discharge lamp, high-pressure discharge lamp, lamp unit using high-pressure discharge lamp, and image display apparatus using high-pressure discharge lamp A manufacturing method of a high-pressure mercury lamp includes an electric field application step in which an electric field is applied to at least a light emission part (4) with the high-pressure mercury lamp being kept at a high temperature. This can reduc... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7402952 | Incandescent lamp with a carbon cycle and a halogen cycle The incandescent lamp, which uses a carbon cycle process, is equipped with a luminous body which, together with a fill, is introduced in a vacuum-tight manner into a bulb, the luminous body including a metal carbide, the melting point of which is above that of tungs... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7391146 | Halogen incandescent lamp A halogen incandescent lamp has a transparent sealed bulb, a gas filling comprising an inert gas and a halogen additive, a luminous element which is attached to a current supply system extending in a pinched portion of the bulb, and a mount extending from at least a... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385338 | Cylindrical lamp employing internal reflector A lamp (10) comprising an hermetically sealed, cylindrical envelope (12) arrayed about a longitudinal axis (13); two filament supports (14, 16) sealed in the envelop; a filament (18) fixed between the filaments supports; and an int... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382092 | Electric lamp which is closed at one end The bulb (1) of the lamp which defines a longitudinal axis (A) is closed at one end by a seal (3), contact elements being fitted to the one end which are each electrically conductively connected to a power supply line (2) leading to a luminous e... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7362049 | Blue-enriched incandescent lamp A blue-enriched incandescent lamp having on the interior surface of its light transmissive glass envelope a coating in accordance with an aspect of the invention. The coating contains a phosphor that is energized by the ultraviolet/violet emission ( | 04/22/2008 |
| 7329993 | Lamp with inner lamp-stem assembly and method for manufacture A lamp includes a lamp base with a stem having two leads. Free portions of the leads extend from the stem substantially parallel to each other and define a first plane. The lamp further includes a translucent outer envelope and a halogen inner lamp light source havi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329992 | Discharge lamp, method for fabricating the same and lamp unit A discharge lamp 50 comprises a luminous bulb 10 in which a luminous material 18 is encapsulated and a pair of electrodes 12 are arranged to be opposed to each other, and sealing parts (11a, 11b) that are forme... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321188 | Light filament formed from carbon nanotubes A light filament (206) formed from carbon nanotubes is characterized by high mechanical strength and durability at elevated temperatures, a high surface area to volume ratio, and high emissivity. Additionally, electrical resistance of the light filament does ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7286764 | Reconfigurable modulator-based optical add-and-drop multiplexer An optical add and drop multiplexer system comprising a first module for providing a first signal; a second module for providing a second signal; and a modulator for receiving a channel of the first signal at a first location, the first location configured to actuat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276846 | Energy converter and light source An energy converter according to the present invention includes a filament 11 for converting given energy into electromagnetic waves and radiating the waves, and a radiation suppressing portion for suppressing some of the electromagnetic waves (e.g., infrared... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7253852 | Polarizer removal in a microdisplay system A display module includes a display, a first polarizer and a second polarizer. The polarizers can be located at a distance from the image plane of the display to remove the visibility of optical defects located within the polarizer or between the polarizer and displ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7215879 | Defrosting heater with concentric glass tubes separated by end plugs A defrost heater, in which the strength of an insertion force needed for inserting a second glass tube in a plug is specified to be smaller than that needed for inserting a first glass tube in a plug. Thereby, dispersion in the insertion force needed for attaching t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7190117 | Incandescent lamp having a carbide-containing luminous element The incandescent lamp is equipped with a luminous element which is hermetically inserted in a bulb together with a filling, the luminous element having a metal carbide whose melting point is above that of tungsten. The supply lead is fabricated integrally with the l... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187131 | Discharge lamp with internal starting electrode An arc discharge light source (10) for automotive headlight applications comprises an arc tube (12) having a hollow body (14) arrayed along a longitudinal axis (16) and provided with first and second ends (18, 20). The first and se... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183633 | Optical cross-connect system An optical cross-connect switch comprises a base (216), a flap (211) and one or more electrically conductive landing pads (222) connected to the flap (211). The flap (211) has a bottom portion that is movably coupled to the base ( | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177081 | High contrast grating light valve type device A grating light valve has with a plurality of spaced reflective ribbons are spatially arranged over a substrate with reflective surfaces. The grating light valve is configured to optimized the conditions for constructive and destructive interference with an incident... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7141762 | System and method for information handling system peripheral heating element thermal failsafe Information handling system peripherals that use a heating element are protected from catastrophic failure due to overheating by a thermal failsafe associated with the heating element that fails the heating element if excessive temperatures are reached. For instance... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7132793 | Filament assembly for a twinkling bulb A filament assembly for a twinkling bulb has first and second magnesium-plated filaments, a glass bead, a fuse and a tungsten filament. The second magnesium-plated filament is parallel to the first magnesium-plated filament and has a stop section and a flexible meta... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132800 | High-pressure discharge lamp A high-pressure discharge lamp has a discharge vessel that is enclosed, with an interspace, by an outer bulb. The end of the outer bulb is provided with a lamp cap. The lamp has an ignition circuit including a series connection of a glow starter and an ohmic impedan... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122960 | Emission device for an ultra-high pressure mercury lamp An emission device for an ultra-high pressure mercury lamp which maintains an electrode tip shape by which a stable discharge can always be carried out is achieved for a short arc ultra-high pressure mercury lamp with silica glass arc tube containing a pair of oppos... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106505 | High dynamic range display devices A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen.... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106002 | Light bulb with glass envelope having light transmission of a wavelength only up to 700 nm A light bulb that is with glass envelope having light transmission of a wavelength only up to 700 nm has an incandescent filament enclosed in a glass envelope that transmits substantially no detectable amount of light of a wave length greater than 700 nanometers. | 09/12/2006 |
| 7068372 | MEMS interferometer-based reconfigurable optical add-and-drop multiplexor The interferometer comprises a beam splitter, a mirror and a phase modulator. The beam splitter splits a signal into a first portion and a second portion. The mirror reflects the first portion. The first portion includes an optical path length, which is fixed. The p... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7057819 | High contrast tilting ribbon blazed grating The light modulator includes elongated elements and a support structure coupled to the elongated elements. Each element includes one or more lengthwise slits within an active optical area, and a light reflective planar surface with the light reflective planar surfac... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054305 | Combining narrowband applications with broadband transport ATM is used as a transport and switching mechanism in a hybrid STM/ATM network while the signaling remains normal narrowband signaling. The narrowband signaling is transported on permanent paths over ATM connections, and the narrowband speech channels are transporte... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054515 | Diffractive light modulator-based dynamic equalizer with integrated spectral monitor An integrated device of the present invention comprises free-space optics, a bi-directional multiplexor/de-multiplexor, a diffractive light modulator, a beam splitter, an optical performance monitor, and a controller. The free-space optics collimate, transform and i... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049164 | Microelectronic mechanical system and methods The current invention provides for encapsulated release structures, intermediates thereof and methods for their fabrication. The multi-layer structure has a capping layer, that preferably comprises silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride, and which is formed over an et... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7049735 | Incandescent bulb and incandescent bulb filament An incandescent bulb filament having a flat Light-emitting surface and high Lamp efficiency and an incandescent bulb using this filament are provided. This incandescent bulb filament is characterized in that it is a filament of ribbon shape placed on one plane, and ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042611 | Pre-deflected bias ribbons A modulator for and a method of modulating an incident beam of light including means for supporting a plurality of active elements and a plurality of bias elements, each active and bias element including a light reflective planar surface with the light reflective pl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038381 | Halogen lamp and method of its manufacture A halogen lamp includes a pair of lead members, a filament bonded to and between the pair of lead members and a glass bulb encasing and sealing the filament and at least portions of the pair of lead members. The lamp further includes a support member made of non-con... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038380 | Three phase light bulb A light bulb includes a seat having a first engaging point and a first contact point respectively formed on a bottom face of the seat to correspond to a second engaging point and a second contact point of a light bulb socket. A first end of the first wire engages wi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026760 | Source of light and method for regenerating a source of light A light source with a heatable filament (1) or an electrode, with the filament or the electrode being arranged in a bulb (2) or in a tube, is provided with an improved service life by the provision of a depot (3) with at least one chemical eleme... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027202 | Silicon substrate as a light modulator sacrificial layer An optical MEM device is fabricated with a patterned device layer formed on a silicon wafer. Preferably, the patterned device layer is patterned with plurality of ribbons and/or access trenches. The central portion of the ribbon is released from the silicon wafer us... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012369 | System for attaching a filament to a current lead-in A filament assembly employs one set of primary filament coils (200) disposed in a spiral around one axis of revolution (220) is connected to one set of secondary filament coils (202) by a spacer (205) including at least two coils (205 | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008812 | Manufacture of MEMS structures in sealed cavity using dry-release MEMS device encapsulation The disclosed fabrication methodology addresses the problem of creating low-cost micro-electro-mechanical devices and systems, and, in particular, addresses the problem of delicate microstructures being damaged by the surface tension created as a wet etchant evapora... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995502 | Solid state vacuum devices and method for making the same A solid-state vacuum device (SSVD) and method for making the same. In one embodiment, the SSVD forms a triode device comprising a substrate having a cavity formed therein. The SSVD further comprises cathode positioned near the opening of the cavity, wherein the cath... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6967697 | Display housing with a display alignment device Alignment of an imaging area of a display with a user's eye provides optimum image quality for the user. Typically, a display is formed of a display panel encased within a carrier. The carrier is used to mechanically align the display panel within a device housing. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967308 | System and method for information handling system peripheral heating element thermal failsafe Information handling system peripherals that use a heating element are protected from catastrophic failure due to overheating by a thermal failsafe associated with the heating element that fails the heating element if excessive temperatures are reached. For instance... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6956878 | Method and apparatus for reducing laser speckle using polarization averaging A method and apparatus for reducing speckle uses polarization averaging. A polarizing beam splitter divides a first polarized laser output into a second polarized laser output and a third polarized laser output. A plurality of mirrors creates an optical path differe... | 10/18/2005 |
