Patents by Inventor Martin Zachau

Martin Zachau 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: 7267786
    Abstract: A phosphor with a garnet structure is distinguished by the addition of Si. It is suitable in particular for photon excitation by light sources with an emission between 250 and 550 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Tim Fiedler, Torsten Fries, Frank Jermann, Martin Zachau, Franz Zwaschka
  • Patent number: 7265487
    Abstract: A discharge lamp (1) having a discharge vessel (2) which surrounds a discharge medium which emits electromagnetic radiation in the VUV region when the lamp is operating has, on the inner side of the discharge vessel wall, a first phosphor layer, which faces the discharge medium and comprises a UVA component which can be excited by the VUV radiation and is intended to emit electromagnetic radiation in the UVA region. A second phosphor layer, which can be excited by the UVA radiation and is intended to emit electromagnetic radiation in the visible region either lies beneath the first phosphor layer or is applied to the outer side of the discharge vessel wall. This results in a lower color locus shift compared to a conventional phosphor mixture, which can be excited directly by VUV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventors: Günter Huber, Frank Jermann, Ulrich Müller, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 7259509
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorescent lamp for the illumination of plants, having a tubular discharge vessel, two electrodes which are fused in a gastight manner into the ends of the discharge vessel, a fill comprising at least a noble gas and mercury, and a phosphor coating on the inner wall of the vessel, the phosphor coating at least including a europium-doped barium magnesium aluminate phosphor of the BaMgAl10O17:Eu type and a cerium- and terbium-doped gadolinium zinc magnesium pentaborate phosphor of the Gd(Zn,Mg)B5O10:Ce,Mn type, and, to generate light with as high a light yield as possible and with a color temperature of between 4000 and 5500 K, the phosphor coating additionally includes an antimony- and manganese-doped calcium halophosphate phosphor of the Ca10(PO4)6(F,Cl)2:Sb,Mn type. This novel phosphor coating allows the light yield to be increased by 10% if the proportion by weight of the individual phosphors is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft feur Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Dieter Meiss, Matthias Schiplage, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 7199513
    Abstract: A discharge lamp (1) having a discharge vessel (2) that surrounds a discharge medium that emits electromagnetic radiation in the VUV region during operation of the lamp, has on the inner side of the discharge vessel wall a yellow phosphor layer facing the discharge medium, and a blue phosphor layer lying therebelow. By contrast with a conventional three-band phosphor mixture, a higher luminous flux and a smaller color locus displacement are thereby achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Günter Huber, Frank Jermann, Ulrich Müller, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20070069643
    Abstract: The illumination system makes simultaneous use of the color-mixing principle from blue, green and red (RGB mixing) and the principle of converting of a primary radiation emitted by an LED into light with a longer wavelength by a phosphor which absorbs this radiation, with at least two LEDs being used, of which a first LED emits primarily in the range from 340 to 470 nm (dominant wavelength) and a second LED emits in the red region at 600 to 700 nm (dominant wavelength), wherein the green component is produced by the primary radiation of the first LED being at least partially converted by a green-emitting phosphor, the green-emitting phosphor used being a phosphor from the class of the oxynitridosilicates, having a cation M and the empirical formula M(1?c)Si2O2N2:Dc, M comprising Sr as a constituent and D being doped with divalent europium, where M=Sr or M=Sr(1?x?y)BayCaxwith x+y<0.5 is used, the oxynitridosilicate completely or predominantly comprising the high-temperature-stable modification HT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Herbert Brunner, Tim Fiedler, Frank Jermann, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 7193355
    Abstract: An aluminum oxide particle mixture for reflection layers in discharge lamps, and to discharge lamps of this type. The mixture has a first coarse-grained component and a second fine-grained component, with a primary grain size of preferably d50(1) between 0.3 ?m and 0.5 ?m and d50(2) of at most 0.05 ?m, respectively (with an agglomerated size of the fine particles of less than 0.15 ?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Sylvain Mayer, Ulrich Müller, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20070034885
    Abstract: Phosphor from the class of the oxynitridosilicates, having a cation M which is doped with divalent europium and having the empirical formula M(1-c)Si2O2N2:DC, where M=Sr or M=Sr(1-x-y)BaYCax with x+y<0.5 is used, the oxynitridosilicate completely or predominantly comprising the high-temperature-stable modification HT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Bert Braune, Herbert Brunner, Tim Fiedler, Frank Jermann, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 7160012
    Abstract: A lamp (10) is disclosed with a single or double-sided socket, whereby a bulb element (11) is arranged on the at least one socket (12), which surrounds a volume of space (14) and said lamp is provided with at least one LED element (13). An irradiation of the LED light into the bulb element occurs and, as a result of reflection, in particular total reflection, on the defining surfaces (16,17) of the bulb element a transmission of the LED light within the bulb element occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft für elektrische Glëhlapen mbH
    Inventors: Achim Hilscher, Harald Hofmann, Thomas Noll, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20060289878
    Abstract: LED with a low color temperature up to 3500 K, comprising a blue-emitting LED with two phosphors in front of it, a first phosphor from the class of the oxynitridosilicates, having a cation M, which is doped with divalent Europium, and has the empirical formula M(1-c)Si2O2N2:Dc, with M=Sr, or M=Sr(1-x-y)BayCax with x+y<0.5 being used, the oxynitridosilicate completely or predominantly comprising the high-temperature-stable modification HT, and a second phosphor from the class of the nitridosilicates of formula (Ca,Sr)2Si5N8:Eu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Herbert Brunner, Tim Fiedler, Frank Jermann, Jorg Strauß, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 7126265
    Abstract: The LED has phosphor particles (2) with a mean phosphor particle size d50 selected from the range of from 0.1 ?m, inclusive, to 1.5 ?m, inclusive, in particular the phosphor particles having primary particles (4) with a mean particle size (5) selected from the range of from 0.1 ?m, inclusive, to 1.0 ?m, inclusive. The primary particles, which comprise, for example, an yttrium aluminum garnet (Y3Al5O12) doped with cerium, are agglomerated to form the phosphor particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Frank Jermann, Martin Zachau
  • Patent number: 7122951
    Abstract: The invention proposes a dielectric barrier discharge lamp having a phosphor mixture and improved color rendering. The phosphor mixture comprises at least the phosphor components A: cerium-activated yttrium aluminate (Y3Al5O12:Ce) and B: europium-activated barium magnesium aluminate (BaMgAl10O17:Eu). To further improve the color rendering and to match the emission spectrum to the spectral sensitivity of film, the phosphor mixture optionally also comprises the phosphor component C: cerium- and manganese-activated gadolinium magnesium zinc pentaborate (Gd(Zn,Mg)B5O10:(Ce, Mn)) and/or the phosphor component D: europium-activated strontium aluminate (Sr4Al14O25:Eu).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrisch Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Heider, Renate Hirrle, Regine Krämer, Ulrich Müller, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20060078734
    Abstract: A coated phosphor, formed by a powder of individual grains of a phosphor as base material, the grains being coated with a coating material. The layer comprises a plurality of individual layers and is particulate in form, the individual primary particles of the layer being at least 5 nm in size. The mean layer thickness is at least 20 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Bert Braune, Torsten Fries, Rainer Schirmer, Martin Zachau, Franz Zwaschka
  • Publication number: 20060038162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphor composition for lamps with a lattice of monoclinic crystal structure (monazite) of type (1?g)[((1?c?a)*Ln, c*Ce, a*A)PO4]×g*GeO2, in which Ln is at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum La, gadolinium Gd and/or Yttrium Y and A is at least one activator selected from the group consisting of terbium Tb, praseodymium Pr and/or europium Eu, and 0?a?1.0; 0?c?1.0, and 0<g?0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Tim Fiedler, Gunter Huber, Ulrich Muller, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20060022580
    Abstract: A luminescent powder (1) with luminescent particles (2) having an average luminescent-particle size (3) selected from the range of from 0.1 ?m inclusive to 5.0 ?m inclusive. The luminescent particles comprise primary particles (4) having an average primary-particle size (5) selected from the range of from 0.1 ?m inclusive to 1.0 ?m inclusive. The primary particles which, for example, consist of a cerium-doped yttrium-aluminum garnet (Y3Al5O12), are agglomerated to form the luminescent particles. A method for producing the luminescent powder has the following steps: a) preparing at least one precursor of the primary particles, b) producing the primary particles from the precursor of the primary particles, and c) forming the luminescent particles of the luminescent powder from the primary particles. The precursor for Y3Al5O12 is, for example, a powder mixture of hydroxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicants: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH, Patent-Treuhand-Gesselschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Frank Jermann, Markus Zornik, Wolfgang Rossner, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20050242329
    Abstract: A phosphor with a garnet structure is distinguished by the addition of Si. It is suitable in particular for photon excitation by light sources with an emission between 250 and 550 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft Fur Elektrische Gluhlampen MBH
    Inventors: Tim Fiedler, Torsten Fries, Frank Jermann, Martin Zachau, Franz Zwaschka
  • Publication number: 20050231944
    Abstract: An electrical illumination device for generating saturated colors with at least two illumination units, the illumination units each having a discharge vessel with a low-pressure discharge and a phosphor coating on the inner wall of the vessel, characterized in that at least one illumination unit has a discharge vessel with a xenon fill and a dielectric barrier discharge (R, G, B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Gerhard Doll, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20050206296
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorescent lamp for the illumination of plants, having a tubular discharge vessel, two electrodes which are fused in a gastight manner into the ends of the discharge vessel, a fill comprising at least a noble gas and mercury, and a phosphor coating on the inner wall of the vessel, the phosphor coating at least including a europium-doped barium magnesium aluminate phosphor of the BaMgAl10O17:Eu type and a cerium- and terbium-doped gadolinium zinc magnesium pentaborate phosphor of the Gd(Zn,Mg)B5O10:Ce,Mn type, and, to generate light with as high a light yield as possible and with a color temperature of between 4000 and 5500 K, the phosphor coating additionally includes an antimony- and manganese-doped calcium halophosphate phosphor of the Ca10(PO4)6(F,Cl)2:Sb,Mn type. This novel phosphor coating allows the light yield to be increased by 10% if the proportion by weight of the individual phosphors is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHL
    Inventors: Dieter Meiss, Matthias Schiplage, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20050158224
    Abstract: Process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids, and phosphate produced thereby The process for producing a phosphate of the lanthanoids is based on a two-jet precipitation, starting from separate reservoirs of RE nitrate and phosphate which mix to form an initial charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHLAMPEN MBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Muller, Dieter Schmidt, Martin Zachau, Franz Zwaschka
  • Publication number: 20050105302
    Abstract: A lamp (10) is disclosed with a single or double-sided socket, whereby a bulb element (11) is arranged on the at least one socket (12), which surrounds a volume of space (14) and said lamp is provided with at least one LED element (13). An irradiation of the LED light into the bulb element occurs and, as a result of reflection, in particular total reflection, on the defining surfaces (16,17) of the bulb element a transmission of the LED light within the bulb element occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Harald Hofmann, Achim Hilscher, Thomas Noll, Martin Zachau
  • Publication number: 20050099108
    Abstract: A lamp (10, 10?) which comprises at least one base (11, 11?) for connection to a lamp socket on the lamp and at least one LED element (12). The lamp is provided with a plurality of LED elements (12) that are disposed at a distance to the socket and combined to a constructional unit (13, 13?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Harald Hofmann, Achim Hilscher, Thomas Noll, Martin Zachau