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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134294 | Low pressure discharge lamps with coated inner wires for improved lumen maintenance Disclosed herein is a low pressure discharge lamp having a coating disposed upon at least a portion of inner lead-in wires, wherein the coating comprises refractory nanoparticles. Also disclosed herein, in particular, are fluorescent lamps having a coating disposed ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8022630 | High intensity discharge lamp with corrosion-resistant electrical connector An arc discharge lamp (10) has an envelope (12) including a base (14) containing lead-ins (16, 18). An arc tube (20) is positioned within the envelope (12) and has electrodes (22, 24) sealed therein. The electrodes ha... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7378798 | Electric lamp An electric lamp has a lamp vessel accommodating an electric element. The element is connected to current conductors including molybdenum portions which have a coating of material chosen from the group of chromium-manganese, chromium-cobalt, chromium-iron and chromi... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7358674 | Structure having electrodes with metal core and coating A conductive element comprises a metal core and a coating, wherein the coating comprises at least one layer of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, an aluminide, silicon, a silicon alloy, a silicide, and combinations thereof, and wherein the at least one layer has a predete... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7211955 | Lamp A lamp includes a glass bulb 2 with a concave portion 1, a base 7 attached so as to cover at least part of the concave portion, a lead 11 for supplying electrical power with an end section located in the concave portion 1, and lead... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7176626 | Method of controlling leachable mercury in lamps A method for inhibiting mercury from leaching from a land-filled arc discharge lamp containing a quantity of elemental mercury at least partially convertible to soluble mercury, provides for including within the lamp a quantity of a non-metallic copper-containing co... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7038384 | High pressure discharge lamp, method for producing the same and lamp unit The formation step of a sealing portion 2 includes the substeps of inserting, into the side tube portion 2′, a glass member 70 made of a second glass having a softening point lower than that of a first glass constituting the side tube portion ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034460 | High pressure discharge lamp A high pressure discharge lamp with a trigger wire wound around a side tube portion has the structure in which the side tube portion has a first glass portion extending from a luminous bulb and a second glass portion provided in at least a portion of the inside of t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030559 | Arc discharge lamp containing means for reducing mercury leaching An arc discharge lamp containing a quantity of elemental mercury at least partially convertible to soluble mercury, provides for including within the lamp a quantity of a non-metallic copper-containing compound and an ingredient X, said ingredient X including a nobl... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6936967 | Fluorescent lamp and method of manufacturing same Fluorescent lamp (1) having a glass discharge vessel (2) in which a gas is present, which discharge vessel (2) is provided with a tubular end portion (3) having a longitudinal axis, which end portion (3) includes a glass stem (5... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6903509 | Ultrahigh pressure discharge lamp of the short arc type with improved metal foil to electrode connection arrangement An arrangement with a relatively high pressure tightness in a super-high pressure mercury lamp which is operated with an extremely high mercury vapor pressure is achieved in accordance with the invention in a super-high pressure discharge lamp of the short arc type ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6849993 | Discharge lamp and lamp unit with caulking member A discharge lamp includes a luminous bulb in which a luminous material is enclosed and a pair of electrodes are opposed to each other in the luminous bulb; and a pair of sealing portions for sealing a pair of metal foils electrically connected to the pair of electro... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6831414 | High-pressure gas discharge lamp The high-pressure discharge lamp (1) comprises a lamp vessel (2) having a wall (3) which is exposed to a wall load of at least 30 W/cm2 during operation of the lamp, and a discharge space (4) in which a electrodes (5a... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6796688 | Waterproof Christmas light bulb A waterproof Christmas light bulb includes a connection tube formed on top of the socket and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the socket so that a step is formed at a joint between the socket and the connection tube. A bulb is partially received in the c... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6787996 | Lamp seal using functionally gradient material To provide a lamp seal that avoids cracking of the functionally gradient material in the manufacturing process, that assures adequate mechanical strength of the finished product, and that has improved productivity because of the ease of welding when the light-emitti... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6777875 | Electric lamp The electric lamp (1) has a lamp vessel (2), wherein an electric element (3) is accommodated. Said element is connected to current conductors (4), molybdenum end portions (5) of which extend outside the lamp vessel and have a skin ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6741035 | Short arc discharge lamp A short arc discharge lamp in which the arc tube contains opposed cathode and anode electrodes with upholding parts that are inserted into a respective glass tube holding cylinder, and in which the glass tubes of the holding cylinders are secured in the side tubes a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6661176 | High pressure discharge lamp, high pressure discharge lamp lighting apparatus and luminaire therefor A high pressure discharge lamp includes a light-transmissive ceramic discharge vessel with an envelope having a maximum outer diameter D1 and open ends, a metal pipe having one end, i.e., a top end fused in the open end of the light-transmissive ceramic d... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6639364 | Halogen incandescent capsule having filament leg clamped in press seal A hard-glass halogen gas-filled incandescent capsule with a single-end or a double-end has a tungsten filament with a primary coil extending from the barrel into the legs, and a secondary coil forming the barrel. One of the legs of the tungsten filament o... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6624576 | Sealed-in foil and associated lamp containing the foil A sealed-in foil lamp comprising a metal base member of molybdenum and a coating applied on at least a portion thereof, the coating containing ruthenium alone or a ruthenium alloy.... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6583563 | 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 ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6515421 | Control of leachable mercury in fluorescent lamps A method and apparatus for preventing the formation of leachable mercury in mercury arc vapor discharge lamps which comprises coating at least one of the metallic components of the mercury arc vapor discharge lamps with at least one noble metal coating.... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6411037 | Arc tube for discharge lamp device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an arc tube for a discharge lamp device. The method comprises: inserting a first electrode assembly having an electrode, a molybdenum foil and a molybdenum lead wire connected integrally in series from a first open end of a glass pipe... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6392345 | High pressure discharge lamp having stopper arranged between tubular member and electrode unit A high pressure discharge lamp comprises a vessel made of a non-conductive material which forms an inner space filled with an ionizable light-emitting material and a starting gas. The vessel has an opening portion at one end thereof. A tubular member is a... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6369542 | Trolling motor foot control with fine speed adjustment A trolling motor foot control for use with a trolling motor is disclosed. The trolling motor foot control includes a pad adapted to receive an operator's foot, a first operating interface coupled to the pad and adapted to be coupled to the trolling motor ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6362567 | High pressure discharge lamp having thermal layers manufacturing the same A high pressure discharge lamp comprises a ceramic tube having axial ends and forming a closed inner space which is filled with an ionizable light-emitting material and a starting gas. Non-conductive members are inserted into the respective ends of the ce... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6356018 | Short ARC tube having an intermediate layer between the side tube and the retaining body A short arc lamp with a high lamp sustaining voltage in which there is no crack formation in the corner areas of the faces of shrunken regions of a side tube and of cylindrical retaining bodies for upholding parts of the electrodes, even if the gas pressu... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6342763 | Fluorescent lamp, method for manufacturing the same, and fluorescent lamp device A high frequency operation fluorescent lamp which can reduce a possibility of over-heat damage of a flare stem at the end of its life. In the lamp, a pair of intermediate lead wires are passed through the flare stem at each end of a light emitting envelop... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6313582 | Ceramic lamp A ceramic lamp in which the hermetically sealing bodies of electrically conductive cermet are sealed to hermetically sealed tube portions of the lamp vessel with a sealing material is arranged and provided with material components designed to give the her... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6271627 | Sealing body having a shielding layer for hermetically sealing a tube lamp A sealing body (5) of a tube lamp using a functional gradient material in which proceeding from electrically conductive areas into the vicinity of welds on one side tube (2) and in outer leads (6) oxidation is suppressed, and in which the service life of ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6265817 | Electric lamp having a coated external current conductor The electric lamp comprises a lamp vessel (1) and an electric element (4). The electric element is electrically connected to the exterior via a current feed-through comprising an external current conductor (7). By covering the external current conductor w... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6194832 | Metal halide lamp with aluminum gradated stacked plugs To close off tubular ends (6a, 6b) of a metal-halide discharge vessel, a plug (11) having at least four, and preferably six or more, axially arranged layers or strata (11a-11d; 21a-21f) of a cermet, in which the metal content of the cermet of the respecti... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6107740 | Plugging structure for vessels In sealing body (6) of a tube lamp which seals side tube (3) which is connected to arc tube (2) and which securely holds upholding parts (7) of the electrodes by a shrink seal and which consists of a functional gradient material, in which an electrically ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5942851 | Low-pressure sodium discharge lamp with specific current supply coatings The low pressure sodium discharge lamp has a discharge vessel (1) having pinch seals (2) through which current conductors (4) extend towards electrodes (3) inside the discharge vessel (1). The current conductors (4) each have a first glass coating (5), wh... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5905340 | High intensity discharge lamp with treated electrode A high intensity discharge lamp with a heat treated inner electrode rod has been found to form an advantageous crack pattern. As a result seal failures have been reduced and lamp life increased.... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5838104 | Shield for high pressure discharge lamps An improved compact, white color and pulse operated high pressure sodium vapor arc discharge lamp employing a radiation sensitive getter RF flashed onto the inner surface of the outer lamp envelope has a ceramic radiation shield interposed between the arc... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5757134 | Mica heat shield for high intensity discharge lamp A high intensity discharge lamp has a light transmissive envelope and an arc tube located within the envelope. The arc tube contains an arc generating and sustaining medium as well as electrodes. A flare is sealed to the lamp envelope and the flare includ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754005 | Electric lamps containing electrical leads of a molybdenum and tungsten alloy An inlead for an electric lamp formed of an alloy of tungsten and molybdenum. The inlead has a rate of thermal expansion or contraction approximating that of the glass forming the bulb. This minimizes the expansion/contraction mis-match stress between the... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5742123 | Sealing structure for light-emitting bulb assembly and method of manufacturing same A sealing structure for a light-emitting bulb assembly includes a closure, having a core which serves as an electrode for sealing an open end of a bulb. The closure includes a bulb-side region disposed adjacent to the open end of the bulb and made of a co... | 04/21/1998 |
