Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7223145 | Fluorescent lamp having meandering discharge path and manufacturing method of the same An object of the present invention is to provide, without increasing the costs or decreasing the quantity of light, a fluorescent lamp that is less likely to have the bridge and the constituent tubes damaged while being handled and has improved handleability, as wel... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7115012 | Method for manufacturing discharge tube using heat for oxidation of adhension area of electrode lead In a discharge tube manufacture line, electrode clamps are attached to both sides of an electrode lead except on a predetermined adhesion area to fix a glass bead. Then, a power section is driven to energize the area between the electrode clamps. The surface of the ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6956327 | Compact fluorescent lamp, self-ballasted fluorescent lamp and luminaire A compact self-ballasted fluorescent lamp (10) which is equivalent to a typical light bulb is provided. The self-ballasted fluorescent lamp (10) includes a cover (14), a lighting circuit (16), an arc tube (18), a base (12... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6324870 | Method and device for integrating a glass part and metal part Metal collar device of the type used for integrating a glass part and a metal part of different coefficients of expansion. The collar is circular and comprises a first portion intended to be in contact with the metal part, a second portion intended to be ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6148638 | Method for manufacturing a fluorescent lamp In a method for manufacturing a fluorescent lamp, four dual tubes that are previously manufactured are held at a distance in such a manner that the dual tubes can move horizontally. Four portions for connection are simultaneously heated, and two of the du... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5979187 | Lamp construction and method for forming In a method of forming a glass to metal seal between one end of a glass lamp tube (for, for example, a flash lamp or laser lamp), a metal rod which is terminated by the electrode is heated, and has molten glass sealing material applied thereto to form a b... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5855637 | Method of manufacturing image display apparatus using bonding agents A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus, which has a first substrate on which an electron emission element is arranged, a second substrate on which a phosphor that forms an image upon irradiation of an electron emitted by the electron emissio... | 01/05/1999 |
| 4959587 | Arc tube assembly The present invention relates to an improved arc tube assembly for a high intensity metal halide lamp. The invention provides improved sealing structure for the electrode assembly using a foil to glass seal.... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4888037 | Glass to metal sealing process A single-step process is disclosed for hermetically sealing a glass to a metal having similar coefficients of thermal expansion without carrying out the conventional pretreatment steps of decarburization and oxidization by heating to at least the melting ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4676816 | Method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed component housing, in particular for quartz resonators The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed component housing having a tray-like upper portion and a tray-like lower portion of an insulating material, which portions are hermetically sealed to each other, the lead-in conducto... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4622433 | Ceramic package system using low temperature sealing glasses In accordance with the preferred embodiments of the invention, provided is a hermetic ceramic/glass enclosure for encapsulating semiconductor components which reduces the internal cavity moisture and contamination levels, has a stronger package seal and a... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4279633 | Method of producing magnetic head A gapped bar is formed of a pair of rectangular parallelopiped magnetic core block having coil-winding grooves jointed to each other through a medium of a non-magnetic thickness. The gapped bar is provided with a plurality of non-magnetic glass mold parts... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4155736 | Method of making a non-shorting photoflash lamp A glass support bead through which lead-in wires extend within a miniature type of flash lamp is shaped to have a raised narrow ridge extending between the lead-in wires so that when the lamp flashes the lead-in wires will melt back at the sides of the ra... | 05/22/1979 |
