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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7023217 | Method and apparatus for determining wear of resistive and conductive elements According to one embodiment, the present invention provides a system for determining wear of an electrical element. The system includes a current source, a voltmeter and a control unit. The control unit is operable to couple the current source and the voltmeter to a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6966811 | Method of fabricating an incandescent halogen lamp having flattened filament support leads An incandescent halogen lamp used in connection with a vehicle headlamp system in which stray light attributable to reflection off of internal lamp components is reduced while the structural integrity of the lamp is maintained. The halogen lamp includes two filament... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6717339 | Light bulb provided with a device for preventing short-circuits The invention relates to a light bulb comprising a base BA to which a filament FIL is connected, which filament is intended to emit a luminous radiation and has turns arranged in spiraling fashion around an axis of revolution AX. According to the invention, the ligh... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6659829 | Single-ended halogen lamp with IR coating and method of making the same A single-ended tungsten halogen lamp having a spherical or ellipsoidal envelope and an infrared reflective coating is manufactured using a mandrel alignment tool that radially centers an axially-oriented tungsten filament within the envelope. The manufact... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6607416 | Method and apparatus for setting X-ray tube filaments An apparatus (20) for setting a filament (22) on an electrode (24) comprises a body (52) having a central member (54) with a longitudinal axis (A--A), a first end member (56) and a second end member (58). The first and second end members (56, 58) are loca... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6017258 | Filament attaching method A method of attaching an extra fine filament of a halogen lamp. A support is fixed on an inner wall of an envelope. A mount having a filament is inserted into the envelope so that the filament is held by the support. The end of the envelope is heated and ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5680009 | Method of making an electric incandescent lamp, and electric lamp made in accordance with the method To permit easy assembly of a filament for a halogen incandescent lamp hav a filament holder frame (4) to retain an essentially planar filament (11) in position, the frame is made of two pre-manufactured identical frame halves (4a, 4b). Both frame halves ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5542867 | Process for connection of a molybdenum foil to a molybdenum lead portion and method of producing a hermetically enclosed part of a lamp using the process A process for connecting a molybdenum foil to a lead portion with sufficient strength and reliability in which an expensive binder, such as platinum, platinum clad molybdenum, or the like, is not used. According to the invention, a carbon containing or ca... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5380230 | Method of manufacturing a single-ended incandescent lamp An incandescent lamp having a filament with an integral support portion between its ends which bears against the lamp envelope for supporting the filament therein is produced. The integral support portion includes a length of electrically conductive suppo... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5209689 | Methods for mounting filaments in tubular incandescent lamp capsules A method for mounting a filament in a double ended incandescent lamp capsule. A filament assembly, including a filament, filament supports attached to each end of the filament and an external lead connected to each filament support, is located in a tubula... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5159235 | Hollow lamp bridge A lamp bridge may be formed from a siliceous hollow tube positioned between and melted to bridge supports. The hollow tube melts more quickly, and more completely, and therefore bonds stress free and more durable to the bridge supports.... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5127864 | Method of making a double ended lamp A method of making a double ended lamp having a tubular envelope, a filament, and button contacts at opposite ends of the lamp is disclosed. By first forming a metallurgical bond between the button contacts, and a lead rods, a high quality bond may be for... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5008592 | Halogen incandescent lamp and method of manufacturing a halogen incandescent lamp The halogen incandescent lamp has a tipless lamp vessel (1) having a first seal (3), in which a current supply conductor (7) with a foil-shaped part (9) of small width (w1) is accommodated, and a second seal (4), in which a current supply condu... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5006088 | Method of making a pinch-sealed, gas-filled incandescent lamp A method of manufacturing an incandescent lamp which has a tube extending through the pinch seal of the glass envelope both for evacuating the same and for subsequently introducing a halogen gas therein. An envelope blank has its open end portion heated p... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4973878 | Filament structure and method of making such structure A method of making an axial filament structure for a lamp in which the filament is concentric with the axis of the envelope, wherein a hook-like shape (131) is formed in a support member (117) which stretches the filament to its final turns-per-inch ratio... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4959585 | Electric incandescent lamp and method of manufacture therefor An electric incandescent lamp having an improved coiled refractory metal filament construction is disclosed which enables the lamp to provide a more precise light source. Various lamp and coiled filament configurations are disclosed to include employment ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4918356 | Electric incandescent lamp and method of manufacture therefor An electric incandescent lamp having improved means for both physically positioning and controlling the light output from a filament light source is disclosed. The lamp construction can further employ a reflective film for improved efficiency of lamp oper... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4895540 | Filament support structure mounting method A method of making an axial filament structure for a lamp in which the filament is concentric with the axis of the envelope, wherein a hook-like shape (131) is formed in a support member (117) which stretches the filament to its final turns-per-inch ratio... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4893050 | Lamp with a captured reflector and method of manufacture A lamp with an internal reflector is disclosed. The reflector includes an extension captured in the inner surface of the envelope to security position, and maintain the reflector position, without having extraneous support, bridge, or other internal fixtu... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4868451 | Lamp filament support construction A method of constructing a filament support member from a single-piece preformed refractory metal wire having at least one loop protrusion formed in the wire and positioned between the ends of the wire. A section of glass tubing is positioned over and sup... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4864184 | Lamp construction and method of manufacture An improved lamp construction and associated method of manufacture of a lamp that includes a sealed capsule with lead-in wires and a ceramic base. A pair of sleeves each defining a lamp contact pin at one end thereof are swaged at the other end thereof to... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4839559 | Radiant energy incandescent lamp An electric incandescent lamp for selective radiant energy distribution is disclosed which employs a reflective film for improved efficiency of the lamp operation. Said lamp further employs a tungsten filament extending the length of its elongated lamp en... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4823461 | Method of manufacturing fluidic angular rate sensor A method of manufacturing a fluidic angular rate sensor of the type wherein fine wires, such as tungsten wires, are mounted in tension over the heads of two pairs of spaced apart metal supports which are mounted on a ceramic disc having fluid passage aper... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4812710 | Halogen incandescent lamp with high reliability filament connection, and method of manufacture To permit easy attachment of a coiled filament, and especially a coiled-c or double-twist filament, to the current supply leads within a lamp bulb, in which the current supply leads are made of tungsten, each current supply lead is flattened to form a pl... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4613787 | Lamps filament supports for tungsten halogen incandescent A linear filament assembly for a halogen cycle or other incandescent lamp comprises a generally linear filament usually a coil or coiled coil, supported at opposite ends by substantially rigid conductive leads. A rigid insulating rod, preferably of quartz... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4548589 | Arc tube and plastic reflector assembly method A halogen bulb lamp assembly manufactured by mounting a previously aligned halogen bulb unit in a one-piece molded plastic rectangular reflector with a mirrorized paraboloidal inner surface. The halogen bulb unit has a pair of spaced connector pins that a... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4084871 | Method for manufacture of lamp bulbs A method for manufacture of lamp bulbs wherein four wires are arranged in parallel with and spaced apart by a suitable distance from each other and supported by a plurality of glass beads which are melted when the wires are attached. Two inner wires of th... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4027363 | Methods of making incandescent lamps Axial-geometry incandescent lamps with accurately aligned, self-centering helical filaments are disclosed, the filaments having heavy end sections which are mechanically deformed to grip a helical center section. Tubular lamp envelopes have a glass center... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3988630 | Lead wire forming apparatus for incandescent filaments An improved lead wire forming apparatus is described comprising wire flattening apparatus, a three jaw hook former, and clamping dies for fastening the lead wire about a filament. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the manufacture of incande... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3956808 | Method of manufacturing a tube assembly for electric lamps In a method of manufacturing a tube assembly for electric lamps in which a central supporting wire is supplied for the helical filament wire, according to the invention the supply of the supporting wire takes place via the exhaust tube.... | 05/18/1976 |
