Patents by Inventor Norihiro Inaoka

Norihiro Inaoka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7586263
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp, in which an anode and a cathode are disposed opposite each other in a bulb, achieves a long service life due to thorium (Th) being stably supplied to the cathode tip for a long time after lamp operation has been commence since the formation of the flicker phenomenon is suppressed over a long time due to the cathode being made of tungsten which contains thorium oxide on a surface space from the cathode tip, a carbide layer of tungsten carbide is formed and the cathode being bordered by an emitter containing body of tungsten which contains thorium dioxide, and a carbide layer of tungsten carbide being formed at least in a region bordering the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunichi Morimoto, Norihiro Inaoka, Yasuro Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7471885
    Abstract: A filament lamp in which the article to be treated can be uniformly heated, and in which the disadvantage of poor sealing or the like does not arise even in the case of inserting a host of metal foils into a hermetically sealed portion is achieved in a filament lamp in the bulb of which there are several filament bodies, in which filaments and leads for supply of power to the filaments are connected to one another, and in which, on an end of the bulb, there is a hermetically sealed portion in which there is a rod-shaped sealing insulator on the periphery of which several electrically conductive components that are connected to the filaments are arranged spaced from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichi Mizukawa, Norihiro Inaoka, Tetsuya Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7397191
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp in which the cathode has a cylindrical body part and a conical part which is doped with thorium dioxide (ThO2), and with a diameter which decreases in a direction from the body part toward the tip area of the conical part by at least one light receiving surface area being formed between the body part and the tip area of the cone in a base part of the conical part. The light receiving area lies at an angle with respect to the center axis of the conical part and the body part, said angle which is measured from the side of the body part being greater than the angle of inclination which is formed between the outer periphery of the conical part in the tip area of the cone and the center axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuro Kikuchi, Norihiro Inaoka, Kyosuke Fujina
  • Publication number: 20070228982
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp, in which an anode and a cathode are disposed opposite each other in a bulb, achieves a long service life due to thorium (Th) being stably supplied to the cathode tip for a long time after lamp operation has been commence since the formation of the flicker phenomenon is suppressed over a long time due to the cathode being made of tungsten which contains thorium oxide on a surface space from the cathode tip, a carbide layer of tungsten carbide is formed and the cathode being bordered by an emitter containing body of tungsten which contains thorium dioxide, and a carbide layer of tungsten carbide being formed at least in a region bordering the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: USHIODENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunichi MORIMOTO, Norihiro INAOKA, Yasuro KIKUCHI
  • Publication number: 20070120454
    Abstract: A filament lamp in which the article to be treated can be uniformly heated, and in which the disadvantage of poor sealing or the like does not arise even in the case of inserting a host of metal foils into a hermetically sealed portion is achieved in a filament lamp in the bulb of which there are several filament bodies, in which filaments and leads for supply of power to the filaments are connected to one another, and in which, on an end of the bulb, there is a hermetically sealed portion in which there is a rod-shaped sealing insulator on the periphery of which several electrically conductive components that are connected to the filaments are arranged spaced from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: USHIODENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoichi MIZUKAWA, Norihiro INAOKA, Tetsuya KITAGAWA
  • Patent number: 7098597
    Abstract: A xenon lamp in which fluctuation of the arc can be suppressed and the time until formation of the flicker phenomenon delayed by having an anode with a flattened or rounded anode tip, a rounded or flattened back end; a portion with a diameter that gradually increases from the anode tip toward the back end of the anode; a portion with a decreasing diameter located behind the portion with the increasing diameter of an axial length which is greater than the length in the axial direction of the portion with an increasing diameter; and a portion with a maximum outside diameter formed in a transition area between the portion with the increasing diameter and the portion with a decreasing diameter, and that the transition area between the portion with the increasing diameter and the portion with the decreasing diameter is formed to be continuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiro Inaoka, Katsuoki Miyasu, Kyosuke Fujina
  • Publication number: 20060170318
    Abstract: A discharge lamp of the short arc type in which the temperature rise of the sealing components of graded glass within the sealing part can be suppressed and in which the sealing components are not damaged is achieved, in a such lamp that has sealing parts which border the arc tube on opposite sides, and lead pins which each support a electrode in the arc tube, and are sealed within the respective sealing part by graded glass, by a component for cooling the sealing part being provided on the outside of at least one of the sealing parts, and by a component for cooling the lead pin being provided on at least one of the lead pins, in the area in which it projects outward from the graded glass within the sealing part which is provided with the component for cooling the sealing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunichi Morimoto, Norihiro Inaoka, Kyosuke Fujina
  • Patent number: 6949881
    Abstract: A discharge lamp of the short arc type in which a lead pin, located within a hermetically sealed tube, is prevented from being irradiated with light. Such a construction prevents the lead pin from undergoing a temperature rise thereby preventing the destruction of the hermetically sealed tube. The discharge lamp of the short arc type includes an arc tube adjoined laterally by hermetically sealed tubes through which a lead pin, which supports an electrode, is routed. The hermetically sealed tubes are sealed by graded glass on the lead pins, and the lead pin is prevented from being irradiated with light by providing the outside surface of the hermetically sealed tube, at least in part, with a high emissivity material and then providing a reflectivity material on the exterior surface of the emissivity material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiro Inaoka, Takafumi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20050099121
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp in which the cathode has a cylindrical body part and a conical part which is doped with thorium dioxide (ThO2), and with a diameter which decreases in a direction from the body part toward the tip area of the conical part by at least one light receiving surface area being formed between the body part and the tip area of the cone in a base part of the conical part. The light receiving area lies at an angle with respect to the center axis of the conical part and the body part, said angle which is measured from the side of the body part being greater than the angle of inclination which is formed between the outer periphery of the conical part in the tip area of the cone and the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicant: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuro Kikuchi, Norihiro Inaoka, Kyosuke Fujina
  • Publication number: 20040189206
    Abstract: A xenon lamp in which fluctuation of the arc can be suppressed and the time until formation of the flicker phenomenon delayed by having an anode with a flattened or rounded anode tip, a rounded or flattened back end; a portion with a diameter that gradually increases from the anode tip toward the back end of the anode; a portion with a decreasing diameter located behind the portion with the increasing diameter of an axial length which is greater than the length in the axial direction of the portion with an increasing diameter; and a portion with a maximum outside diameter formed in a transition area between the portion with the increasing diameter and the portion with a decreasing diameter, and that the transition area between the portion with the increasing diameter and the portion with the decreasing diameter is formed to be continuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norihiro Inaoka, Katsuoki Miyasu, Kyosuke Fujina
  • Publication number: 20030234615
    Abstract: A discharge lamp of the short arc type in which a lead pin, located within a hermetically sealed tube, is prevented from being irradiated with light. Such a construction prevents the lead pin from undergoing a temperature rise thereby preventing the destruction of the hermetically sealed tube. The discharge lamp of the short arc type includes an arc tube adjoined laterally by hermetically sealed tubes through which a lead pin, which supports an electrode, is routed. The hermetically sealed tubes are sealed by graded glass on the lead pins, and the lead pin is prevented from being irradiated with light by providing the outside surface of the hermetically sealed tube, at least in part, with a high emissivity material and then providing a reflectivity material on the exterior surface of the emissivity material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Applicant: USHIODENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norihiro Inaoka, Takafumi Kimura