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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152586 | Shatterproof light tube having after-glow A lamp or light tube that is both shatterproof and produces an after-glow effect. The light tube is comprised of a cylinder sealed by glass and metal end caps on each end of the glass-sealed cylinder, and electrical conducting pins extend from at least one of the me... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8087967 | Image display device and its manufacturing method with particular light-heat-curing resin composition Manufacture a highly reliable image display device capable of proceeding with resin cure even in the case where a protective panel is provided with a light shielding portion. A liquid crystal display unit 2 having a liquid crystal display panel 8 and a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7591702 | Methods of manufacturing semiconductor light emitting devices including patternable films comprising phosphor Semiconductor light emitting devices include a semiconductor light emitting element having a light emitting surface, and a patternable film including transparent silicone and phosphor on at least a portion of the light emitting surface. The patternable film may be a... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7462090 | Method and system for detecting radiation incorporating a hardened photocathode A method for detecting radiation is disclosed that includes forming a detector having a photocathode (22) with a protective layer (22c) of cesium, oxygen and fluorine; a microchannel plate (MCP) (24); and an electron receiver (26).... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7396271 | Method of making a plasma lamp An apparatus and method for achieving desired spectral emission characteristics in plasma lamps is disclosed. The apparatus and method use multi-layer thin film optical interference coatings to selectively reflect a portion of the light such that it can be absorbed ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396270 | Method for producing a frosted envelope for a high-pressure discharge lamp A high-pressure discharge lamp, in particular a mercury-free high-pressure discharge lamp for a vehicle headlight, has a lamp base (1) and an axially symmetrical discharge vessel (30), in whose discharge space (300) an ionizable filling, contain... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7362053 | Ceramic discharge vessel having aluminum oxynitride seal region The present invention is a ceramic discharge vessel for use in high-intensity-discharge (HID) lamps. The discharge vessel has a ceramic body and at least one seal region comprised of an aluminum oxynitride material. The seal region further has a surface layer for co... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7326097 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing image displaying apparatus A method and an apparatus of manufacturing an image displaying apparatus including an electron source substrate and a phosphor substrate. The electron source substrate is provided with an electron emitting element formed by covering with a container and by applying ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309269 | Method of fabricating light-emitting device and apparatus for manufacturing light-emitting device In this embodiment, an interval distance between a desposition source holder 17 and an object on which deposition is performed (substrate 13) is reduced to 30 cm or less, preferably 20 cm or less, more preferably 5 to 15 cm, and a deposition source hol... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303456 | Plasma display panel and method of aging the same In an aging process in which a voltage having an alternate voltage component is applied to at least between a scan electrode and a sustain electrode so as to form a discharge dent (sputter dent) on a protecting layer, the aging discharge dent is formed so as to sati... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7279826 | Reflector lamp with a partially reflective burner A reflector lamp is described which consist essentially of a light source, in particular in the form of a high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp or UHP [ultra high performance] lamp), as well as a main or secondary reflector (12... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279239 | Laminating product including adhesion layer and laminate product including protective film In a laminate product formed by an organic member and/or an inorganic member, high strength adhesion between the organic member and the inorganic member is achieved by providing an adhesion layer which includes amorphous carbon nitride (a-CNx:H) particularly between... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7258768 | Method of fabricating an EL display device, and apparatus for forming a thin film A plurality of processing chambers are connected to a common chamber (103 in FIG. 1), and they comprehend a processing chamber for oxidation (107), a processing chamber for solution application (108), a processing chamber for baking (1... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241426 | Exhaust manifold with catalytic converter shell tube A catalytic converter comprises an exhaust manifold comprising a manifold wall; a catalytic converter shell, wherein a portion of the catalytic converter shell is disposed within the manifold wall; and a catalyst substrate disposed in the catalytic converter shell. | 07/10/2007 |
| 7210979 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing organic EL display device Provided are a producing apparatus and a producing process which make it possible to obtain effectively an organic EL display device capable of suppressing the generation of dark spots for a long time even in a high temperature environment. Therefore, an apparatus f... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211454 | Manufacturing method of a light emitting device including moving the source of the vapor deposition parallel to the substrate The present invention provides an active matrix substrate which can be fabricated at a lower cost and a light emitting device having a large display area fabricated by a vapor deposition system which makes a film with uniform thickness for a large substrate. Accordi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7153179 | Oxidation-protected metallic foil and method An electrical lead assembly for devices such as electrical lamps having a metallic foil for providing an electrically conducting path through a hermetic seal formed by pinch sealing a vitreous material. The metallic foil includes an oxidation-inhibiting coating of s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153180 | Continuous manufacture of flat panel light emitting devices A method of applying patterned materials for manufacture of a flat panel light source includes providing a flexible continuous substrate; providing one or more application stations, each application station having, one or more stationary sources of material, a suppl... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147530 | Electroluminescence display device and method of manufacturing the same An object of the present invention is to provide an EL display device, which has a high operating performance and reliability. A third passivation film 45 is disposed so as to be in contact with an EL element 203 which comprises a pixel electrode (anod... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140941 | Liquid manufacturing processes for panel layer fabrication A method for manufacturing a light-emitting panel sandwiches a plurality of micro-components between two flexible substrates in a web configuration. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplie... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137859 | High-pressure discharge lamp A high-pressure discharge lamp is produced using tungsten wire that is wound as a double coiled winding around an electrode metal rod, leaving a tip end thereof, and the double coiled winding is machined into a melted tip end by a YAG laser beam, with the remaining ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136159 | Excimer laser inspection system A system and method for inspecting a specimen, such as a semiconductor wafer, including illuminating at least a portion of the specimen using an excimer source using at least one relatively intense wavelength from the source, detecting radiation received from the il... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131885 | Method of providing a UV-reflecting layer In an UV-reflecting layer for discharge lamps, the layer comprises at least 0.1% by weight of Al2O3 and at least 0.1% by weight of a material having a higher refractive index than Al2O3, so that as large a proportion of UV... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7074100 | Method of forming metal back-attached fluorescent surface and image display unit A method for forming a metal back-attached phosphor screen comprises the step of dissolving/removing or rendering highly resistant a specified area of a metal film formed on a phosphor screen by using a liquid that dissolves or oxidizes the metal film. After part of... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076478 | Wrapper playlists on streaming media services The following subject matter associates new or different media content with a particular playlist while maintaining the playlist's corresponding reference(s) to content such as streaming media content. A server component receives a request from a client for one or m... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059928 | Light emitting element and method for manufacturing the same In order to provide a light emitting device and an electronic equipment which suppress luminance deterioration, and have long life, the invention does not form an organic compound layer which is composed of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052350 | Field emission device having insulated column lines and method manufacture An FED and a method of manufacture are provided. The FED includes a cathode assembly containing an improved column line structure. The column line structure includes a conductive structure formed on a substrate. A resistive layer is formed on the conductive structur... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7038836 | Self-light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same To provide a process of successively forming from an EL layer, a cathode, a barrier layer and a cover layer in the same multi-chamber. By using a same film deposition method to form the EL layer and the cover layer, as shown in FIG. 1A, the EL layer, the cath... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025648 | Liquid manufacturing processes for panel layer fabrication A method for manufacturing a light-emitting panel sandwiches a plurality of micro-components between two flexible substrates in a web configuration. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplie... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7002294 | Method of protecting organic optoelectronic devices The present invention is directed to an organic optoelectronic device, such as an OLED device, provided with a vacuum deposited conformal composite coating for protecting the device from environmental elements such as moisture and oxygen. The present invention is al... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993934 | Dental glass powders Dental glass powders, methods for producing the powders and dental compositions including the glass powders. The powders preferably have a well-controlled particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the particles b... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6946793 | Plasma reactor design for treating auto emissions—durable and low cost A non-thermal plasma reactor and method for preparing same for conversion of exhaust gas constituents is prepared from an extruded monolith comprising a plurality of conductive and exhaust channels separated by substantially planar dielectric barriers. Conductive ma... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939188 | LED lamp configured to minimize image contrast An LED lamps capable of composing a display panel that is installed at any outdoor place and capable of displaying an image thereon with a high contrast under any working conditions at any place. The LED lamp comprises at least one LED chip for emitting visible ligh... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6913504 | Method for introducing mercury into a fluorescent lamp during manufacture and a mercury carrier body facilitating such method Method for introducing a limited amount of mercury into a fluorescent lamp during manufacture thereof includes the steps of forming the lamp with an exhaust tubulation therein open at an end thereof, exhausting the interior of the lamp through the exhaust tubulation... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905385 | Method for introducing mercury into a fluorescent lamp during manufacture and a mercury carrier body facilitating such method Method for introducing a limited amount of mercury into a fluorescent lamp during manufacture thereof includes the steps of forming the lamp with an exhaust tubulation therein open at an end thereof and provided with a ball retention structure, exhausting the interi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6878030 | Plasma reactor for treating auto emissions—durable and low cost—curved shapes A non-thermal plasma reactor for conversion of exhaust gas constituents is characterized by a reactor element prepared from a curved, swept-shaped substrate specifically designed for fabrication via extrusion. The as-extruded curved substrate comprises a thick outer... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6856080 | Carbonized resin coated anode A vacuum tube having its anode/collector coated with carbonized resin plus pyrocarbon material to reduce out-gassing and secondary electron emission and the method of coating the anode/collector. ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6817920 | Discharge lamp having an electrode with suppression of end portion deformation, discharge lamp electrode and method for producing same A discharge lamp electrode, a discharge lamp for which the electrode is used, and a method for producing a discharge lamp electrode with increased productivity are disclosed. With the disclosed discharge lamp electrode, deformations in its end portion are suppressed... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6764367 | Liquid manufacturing processes for panel layer fabrication A method for manufacturing a light-emitting panel sandwiches a plurality of micro-components between two flexible substrates in a web configuration. Each micro-component contains a gas or gas-mixture capable of ionization when a sufficiently large voltage is supplie... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6712661 | Method for manufacturing electroluminescence device A manufacturing method of an electroluminescence element of is provided, which causes a light emitting layer to emit light by applying a desired voltage between an anode and a cathode, with the light emitting layer in between, and obtains visible rays by wavelength-... | 03/30/2004 |
