Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Kempfert
Wolfgang Kempfert 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).
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Patent number: 8815120Abstract: The present invention relates to alkaline earth metal silicate luminophores having improved long-term stability and to a corresponding method for improving the long-term stability of alkaline earth metal silicate luminophores. The luminophore according to the invention is a luminophore comprising a base lattice according to the general chemical formula EAxSiyOz, where x, y, z>0. The component EA is formed by one or more alkaline earth metals. An activator, for example Eu2+ or Mn2+, is doped into the base lattice. The luminophore has the fundamental property to absorb radiation in a first wavelength range and emit radiation in a second wavelength range that is different from the first wavelength range. The luminophore is designed in the form of crystals. According to the invention, the surfaces of the crystals of the luminophore are chemically modified such that at least portions of the surfaces thereof are formed by a chemical compound of the general formula EauZ2.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Kempfert, Sylke Rosler, Sven Rosler, Cheng-Jun Duan, Rudolf Dennstedt
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Publication number: 20120193579Abstract: The present invention relates to alkaline earth metal silicate luminophores having improved long-term stability and to a corresponding method for improving the long-term stability of alkaline earth metal silicate luminophores. The luminophore according to the invention is a luminophore comprising a base lattice according to the general chemical formula EAxSiyOz, where x, y, z>0. The component EA is formed by one or more alkaline earth metals. An activator, for example Eu2? or Mn2?, is doped into the base lattice. The luminophore has the fundamental property to absorb radiation in a first wavelength range and emit radiation in a second wavelength range that is different from the first wavelength range. The luminophore is designed in the form of crystals. According to the invention, the surfaces of the crystals of the luminophore are chemically modified such that at least portions of the surfaces thereof are formed by a chemical compound of the general formula EauZ2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: LEUCHTSTOFFWERK BREITUNGEN GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Kempfert, Sylke Rosler, Sven Rosler, Cheng-Jun Duan, Rudolf Dennstedt
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Patent number: 7855393Abstract: The invention relates to a light emitting device having a radiation emitting element, for example a light emitting diode, and a luminescent material which is able to absorb a part of the radiation sent out by the radiation emitting element and to send out light with a wavelength which is different from the wavelength of the absorbed radiation. The device further has diffusing particles which are able to scatter a part of the radiation sent out by the radiation emitting element, and/or to scatter a part of the light sent out by the luminescent material. The diffusing particles are of non-activated luminescent material, through which production is simplified.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Tridonic Optoelectronics GmbHInventors: Sven Rösler, Sylke Rösler, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick, Peter Pachler, Stefan Tasch, Paul Hartmann, Hans Hoschopf
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Patent number: 7679101Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Tridonic Optoelectronics GmbH, Litec GBR, Leuchstoffwerk Breitungen GmbHInventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20090294788Abstract: The invention relates to a light emitting device having a radiation emitting element, for example a light emitting diode, and a luminescent material which is able to absorb a part of the radiation sent out by the radiation emitting element and to send out light with a wavelength which is different from the wavelength of the absorbed radiation. The device further has diffusing particles which are able to scatter a part of the radiation sent out by the radiation emitting element, and/or to scatter a part of the light sent out by the luminescent material. The diffusing particles are of non-activated luminescent material, through which production is simplified.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: TRIDONIC OPTOELECTRONICS GMBHInventors: Sven Rosler, Sylke Rosler, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick, Peter Pachler, Stefan Tasch, Paul Hartmann, Hans Hoschopf
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Patent number: 7259396Abstract: The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light source and emits light in another spectral region. According to the invention, the luminophore is an alkaline-earth orthosilicate, which is activated with bivalent europium and whose composition consists of: (2-x-y)SrOx(Ba, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2: y Eu2+ and/or (2-x-y)BaOx((Sr, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2: y Eu2+. The desired color (color temperature) can be easily adjusted by using a luminophore of the aforementioned type.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20070090383Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Applicants: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Tridonic Optoelectronics GMBH, Litec GBR, Leuchstoffwerk Breitungen GMBHInventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Patent number: 7187011Abstract: The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light source and emits light in another spectral region. According to the invention, the luminophore is an alkaline-earth orthosilicate, which is activated with bivalent europium and whose composition consists of: (2-x-y)SrOx(Ba, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2 aP2O5 bAl2O3 cB2O3 dGeO2: y Eu2+ and/or (2-x-y)BaO x((Sr, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2 aP2O5 bAl2O3 cB2O3 dGeO2: y Eu2+. The desired color (color temperature) can be easily adjusted by using a luminophore of the aforementioned type.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Patent number: 7157746Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2004Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Tridonic Optoelectronics GmbH, Litec GBR, Leuchstoffwerk Breitungen GmbHInventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20060267031Abstract: The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light source and emits light in another spectral region. According to the invention, the luminophore is an alkaline-earth orthosilicate, which is activated with bivalent europium and whose composition consists of: (2-x-y)SrOx(Ba, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2: y Eu2+ and/or (2-x-y)BaOx((Sr, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2: y Eu2+. The desired color (color temperature) can be easily adjusted by using a luminophore of the aforementioned type.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Inventors: Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Patent number: 7138660Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Tridonic Optoelectronics GmbH, Litec GBR, Leuchstoffwerk Breitungen GmbHInventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Patent number: 6943380Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2001Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Tridonic Optoelectronics GmbH, Litec GBR, Leuchstoffwerk Breitungen GmbHInventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20050162069Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2005Publication date: July 28, 2005Applicants: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Tridonic Optoelectronics GMBH, Litec GBR, Leuchstoffwerk Breitungen GMBHInventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20050082574Abstract: The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light source and emits light in another spectral region. According to the invention, the luminophore is an alkaline-earth orthosilicate, which is activated with bivalent europium and whose composition consists of: (2-x-y)SrOx(Ba, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2 aP2O5 bAl2O3 cB2O3 dGeO2: y Eu2+ and/or (2-x-y)BaO x((Sr, Ca)O (1-a-b-c-d)SiO2 aP2O5 bAl2O3 cB2O3 dGeO2: y Eu2+. The desired color (color temperature) can be easily adjusted by using a luminophore of the aforementioned type.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2004Publication date: April 21, 2005Inventors: Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20050077532Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2004Publication date: April 14, 2005Applicants: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Tridonic Optoelectronics GMBH, Litec GBR, Leuchstoffwerk Breitungen GMBHInventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Patent number: 6841092Abstract: The present invention provides a secured document including a composition capable of anti-Stokes fluorescence containing an ion capable of absorption of electromagnetic radiation, an ion capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation, and a matrix composition comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lanthanum, and lutetium, wherein the wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic radiation is shorter than the wavelength of the absorbed electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the concentrations of the absorbing and emitting ions are adjusted to achieve concentration quenching of anti-Stokes luminescence.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2002Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignees: Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Fa. Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbHInventors: Manfred Paeschke, Benedikt Ahlers, Anett Bailleu, Oliver Muth, Arnim Franz-Burgholtz, Wolfgang Schmidt, Detlef Starick, Wolfgang Kempfert
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Patent number: 6809347Abstract: The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light source and emits light in another spectral region. According to the invention, the luminophore is an alkaline-earth orthosilicate, which is activated with bivalent europium and whose composition consists of: (2-x-y)SrOx(Ba, Ca)O(1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2:yEu2+ and/or (2-x-y)BaOx((Sr, Ca)O(1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2:yEu2+. The desired color (color temperature) can be easily adjusted by using a luminophore of the aforementioned type.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignees: Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbH, Tridonic Optoelectronics GmbH, Bitec GbR, Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20040090174Abstract: The invention relates to a light source comprising a light-emitting element, which emits light in a first spectral region, and comprising a luminophore, which comes from the group of alkaline-earth orthosilicates and which absorbs a portion of the light emitted by the light source and emits light in another spectral region. According to the invention, the luminophore is an alkaline-earth orthosilicate, which is activated with bivalent europium and whose composition consists of: (2-x-y)SrOx(Ba, Ca)O(1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2:yEu2+ and/or (2-x-y)BaOx((Sr, Ca)O(1-a-b-c-d)SiO2aP2O5bAl2O3cB2O3dGeO2:yEu2+. The desired color (color temperature) can be easily adjusted by using a luminophore of the aforementioned type.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20040051111Abstract: The light emitting device has a light emitting diode which is made of a nitride semiconductor and a phosphor which absorbs a part of lights emitted from the light emitting diode and emits different lights with wavelengths other than those of the absorbed lights. The phosphor is made of alkaline earth metal silicate fluorescent material activated with europium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Koichi Ota, Atsuo Hirano, Akihito Ota, Stefan Tasch, Peter Pachler, Gundula Roth, Walter Tews, Wolfgang Kempfert, Detlef Starick
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Publication number: 20020130304Abstract: The present invention provides a secured document including a composition capable of anti-Stokes fluorescence containing an ion capable of absorption of electromagnetic radiation, an ion capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation, and a matrix composition comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lanthanum, and lutetium, wherein the wavelength of the emitted electromagnetic radiation is shorter than the wavelength of the absorbed electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the concentrations of the absorbing and emitting ions are adjusted to achieve concentration quenching of anti-Stokes luminescence.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2002Publication date: September 19, 2002Applicant: Bundesdruckerei GmbH and Fa. Leuchtstoffwerk Breitungen GmbHInventors: Manfred Paeschke, Benedikt Ahlers, Anett Bailleu, Oliver Muth, Arnim Franz-Burgholtz, Wolfgang Schmidt, Detlef Starick, Wolfgang Kempfert