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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120218526 | HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP WITH START-UP ASSIST MEMBER, LAMP UNIT, LAMP SYSTEM, AND PROJECTOR The present invention provides a high pressure discharge lamp with a start-up assist member, a lamp unit, and a lamp system that reduce breakdown voltage and provide high design flexibility by reducing restriction on a position of an adjacent conductor. In a high pressu... | 08/30/2012 |
| 20120074858 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHT-UP DEVICE, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS USING SAME, PROJECTOR USING HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS, AND LIGHT-UP METHOD FOR HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP A high-pressure discharge lamp lighting device that suppresses deterioration and the expansion of inter-electrode distance in a pair of electrodes within a high-pressure discharge lamp, more effectively than conventional technology. The frequency of the AC current suppl... | 03/29/2012 |
| 20120049764 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP DEVICE USING THE SAME, PROJECTOR USING THE HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP DEVICE, AND LIGHTING METHOD FOR HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP From the start lighting until a predetermined time passes, a high-pressure discharge lamp 4 is supplied a constant current Ib until the lamp power reaches a wattage Plow. When the lamp power reaches the wattage Plow, current is supplied to maintain... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120009349 | THIN FILM FORMING DEVICE AND THIN FILM FORMING METHOD In a film forming method using gas cooling, a decrease in a film formation rate and an excessive load on a vacuum pump due to gas introduction are avoided while achieving an adequate cooling effect. A thin film forming device of the present invention includes: a cooling... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110210680 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS USING THIS, PROJECTOR USING THE HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS, AND HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD The high-pressure discharge lamp lighting device and a high-pressure discharge lamp apparatus using this of the present invention are able to suppress the excessive drop in the lamp voltage in a high-pressure discharge lamp. The frequency o... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110121746 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP UTILIZING THE SAME, PROJECTOR UTILIZING SAID HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, AND HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD A first waveform (a rectangular waveform, for example) is applied as the waveform of the alternating current supplied to a high-pressure discharge lamp for a predetermined time from the beginning of lighting of the lamp and a second waveform (a staircase waveform, for e... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110117279 | THIN FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS A thin film forming apparatus (100) includes: a vacuum chamber (1); a substrate transfer mechanism (40) that is provided in the vacuum chamber (1) and feeds an elongated substrate (8) to a predetermined film forming section (4) ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110111121 | THIN FILM FORMING METHOD AND FILM FORMING APPARATUS The present invention relates to a method of forming a thin film by depositing, in a vacuum, particles emitted from a film forming source (27) on a substrate (21). Specifically, the particles are deposited on the substrate (21) in a state where a mo... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110025989 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING DEVICE, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP DEVICE USING SAME, PROJECTOR USING SAID HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP DEVICE, AND HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP LIGHTING METHOD Constant current control is performed after the completion of starting operation of a high-pressure mercury-vapor lamp 4 and then lighting is shifted to constant power lighting. Except during a modulation forbidden period as a certain period from the completion o... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100272887 | THIN FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND THIN FILM FORMING METHOD To provide a thin film forming apparatus capable of uniformly and adequately cooling down a substrate. The thin film forming apparatus of the present invention forms a thin film on an elongated substrate in vacuum and includes: a cooling body 1 provided close to ... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100181926 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR USING THE SAME A high-pressure discharge lamp system has a high-pressure mercury lamp 4 and a lighting circuit 3 that operates the lamp 4. The lamp 4 includes an envelope having a light emitting part 6 having a first and a second electrode 10, 11<... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100027272 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, LAMP UNIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE The present invention provides a high-pressure discharge lamp having a long life. A high-pressure discharge lamp (100) comprises a light emitting part (4); first and second sealing parts (6, 8); first and second electro... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100013399 | LIGHTING METHOD FOR A HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, LIGHTING CIRCUIT FOR A HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS After startup, a lighting method for a high-pressure discharge lamp is to light the lamp at a rated frequency without switching the frequency for 120 seconds (S12, S13), and thereafter to switch from the rated frequency to a more audible frequency in accor... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090296400 | HIGH-PRESSURE MERCURY LAMP, LAMP UNIT, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS A high-pressure mercury lamp including electrode assemblies and a discharge vessel (23) that is composed of: a main tube part (15) having a discharge space (13) inside; and a sealing part (17) connected to the main tube part. The electrode as... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090158447 | TLR ligand and IL-1 Response-Injured Animal Model The present invention provides a TLR ligand/IL-1 response-impaired non-human animal model wherein IL-6 production responding to a TLR ligand/IL-1 is impaired, a method for screening a substance promoting or suppressing a response to a TLR ligand/IL-1 by using the TLR li... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090115974 | HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP OPERATION DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Provided is a method for lighting a high pressure discharge lamp capable of increasing the life thereof. The lighting method is as follows. When the time elapse after lighting up the discharge lamp is within a predetermined condition (e.g. 5 minutes or less), constant c... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20080257014 | PARTIAL PRESSURE MEASURING METHOD AND PARTIAL PRESSURE MEASURING APPARATUS Provided is a partial pressure measuring method and a partial pressure measuring apparatus by which a partial pressure distribution is easily measured in a vacuum chamber. The partial pressure measuring method and the partial pressure measuring apparatus includes: movin... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080116820 | High-Pressure Discharge Lamp Lighting Device The high-pressure discharge lamp lighting device of the invention includes a lighting circuit for supplying an alternating current to a high-pressure discharge lamp to cause lighting, the high-pressure discharge lamp having an arc tube in which a halogen material is enc... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20070143869 | Endotoxin-nonresponsive model animal The present invention is to provide a non-human animal model non-responsive especially to endotoxin being a Gram-negative bacteria cell wall fraction, which is useful to elucidate the function of TIR domain-containing TRIF-related adaptor molecule (TRAM); and a method f... | 06/21/2007 |
