Patents by Inventor Makoto Ookahara

Makoto Ookahara 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: 8342899
    Abstract: It is intended to enable accurate positioning of an electrode top end such that the arc length is constant and prevent leakage from sealing portions due to bending or twisting of a molybdenum foil upon sealing an electrode mount by heating the sealing portion. For attaining the object described above, a quartz bulb in which extension tubes each having an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the opening of a body tube is welded the openings of both ends of a body tube formed with light emitting portion and a sealing portion thereby forming to a positioning step is used, and electrode mounts each formed with a positioning engagement portion at a position spaced apart by a predetermined length from the electrode top end are inserted to engage the positioning engagement portion of the electrode mounts to the positioning step and, in this state, the sealing portions are sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ookahara, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20110298369
    Abstract: It is intended to enable accurate positioning of an electrode top end such that the arc length is constant and prevent leakage from sealing portions due to bending or twisting of a molybdenum foil upon sealing an electrode mount by heating the sealing portion. For attaining the object described above, a quartz bulb in which extension tubes each having an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the opening of a body tube is welded the openings of both ends of a body tube formed with light emitting portion and a sealing portion thereby forming to a positioning step is used, and electrode mounts each formed with a positioning engagement portion at a position spaced apart by a predetermined length from the electrode top end are inserted to engage the positioning engagement portion of the electrode mounts to the positioning step and, in this state, the sealing portions are sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Ookahara, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8049424
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light source device having a high-voltage discharge lamp (1) on which a trigger line (10) for triggering the lamp is attached. The high-voltage discharge lamp (1) is formed such that an arc tube (7) having a pair of substantially cylindrical sealing portions (9R, 9L) formed on both sides in the longitudinal direction with a light emitting portion (8) in between is sealed with electrode assemblies (3R, 3L). The trigger line (10) is formed such that its one end (10a) is connected to a power supply lead (6), which is of the electrode assembly (3L) and protruded from the one sealing portion (9L), and its other end (10c) is wound around the outer circumference of the other sealing portion (9R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumio Uehara, Tooru Nagase, Kyouichi Maseki, Kouichi Nakajima, Makoto Ookahara, Yoshiaki Komatsu, Masaki Hirota, Masaki Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20110084587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light source device having a high-voltage discharge lamp (1) on which a trigger line (10) for triggering the lamp is attached. The high-voltage discharge lamp (1) is formed such that an arc tube (7) having a pair of substantially cylindrical sealing portions (9R, 9L) formed on both sides in the longitudinal direction with a light emitting portion (8) in between is sealed with electrode assemblies (3R, 3L). The trigger line (10) is formed such that its one end (10a) is connected to a power supply lead (6), which is of the electrode assembly (3L) and protruded from the one sealing portion (9L), and its other end (10c) is wound around the outer circumference of the other sealing portion (9R).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio Uehara, Tooru Nagase, Kyouichi Maseki, Kouichi Nakajima, Makoto Ookahara, Yoshiaki Komatsu, Masaki Hirota, Masaki Kamimura
  • Patent number: 7644596
    Abstract: A short-arc discharge lamp capable of reducing the likelihood of cracks starting at an end face of a reflection mirror neck unit. Such cracks can be caused by heat generated from the discharge lamp. The short-arc discharge lamp includes a glass reflection mirror having a reflection surface of an even-order function on an inner surface thereof and formed by embossing. The short-arc discharge lamp is arranged with respect to an optical axis of the reflection mirror. A base of the discharge lamp is fixed to an insertion hole in a hollow neck unit formed in a bottom center of the reflection mirror. Furthermore, a base peripheral portion on the inner surface of the insertion hole in the hollow neck unit has a cylindrical shape with a narrow portion formed to extend from the cylindrical shape toward the reflection surface. Finally, an embossed portion extends from the narrow portion toward the reflection surface while diverging to contact the reflection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ookahara, Kyouichi Maseki
  • Publication number: 20060158079
    Abstract: A short-arc discharge lamp capable of reducing the likelihood of cracks starting at an end face of a reflection mirror neck unit. Such cracks can be caused by heat generated from the discharge lamp. The short-arc discharge lamp includes a glass reflection mirror having a reflection surface of an even-order function on an inner surface thereof and formed by embossing. The short-arc discharge lamp is arranged with respect to an optical axis of the reflection mirror. A base of the discharge lamp is fixed to an insertion hole in a hollow neck unit formed in a bottom center of the reflection mirror. Furthermore, a base peripheral portion on the inner surface of the insertion hole in the hollow neck unit has a cylindrical shape with a narrow portion formed to extend from the cylindrical shape toward the reflection surface. Finally, an embossed portion extends from the narrow portion toward the reflection surface while diverging to contact the reflection surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ookahara, Kyouichi Maseki
  • Publication number: 20030184200
    Abstract: To meet the requirements of the miniaturization of an apparatus and the enhancement of the efficiency of optical characteristics of an apparatus as a light source apparatus for a mobile liquid crystal projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Makoto Ookahara, Kyouichi Maseki