Patents by Inventor Mitsuru Ikeuchi
Mitsuru Ikeuchi 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: 8525410Abstract: A short arc type discharge lamp wherein a cathode and an anode are arranged opposite to each other in an interior of a light emitting tube and said cathode comprises a main part made from tungsten and a tip end part made from thoriated tungsten, wherein thorium oxide particles having been peripherally coated with thorium are contained in the tip end part of said cathode.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Akihiro Shimizu, Tomoyoshi Arimoto
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Patent number: 8497632Abstract: A short arc type discharge lamp includes a cathode and an anode arranged inside an arc tube to face each other. The cathode comprises a main body portion made of tungsten and an emitter portion made of thoriated tungsten that is joined at the tip of the main body portion, where a metal oxide other than thorium (Th) is contained in the main body portion of the cathode, and a tungsten carbide layer is formed on the metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Akihiro Shimizu, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 8400060Abstract: A short arc type discharge lamp wherein a cathode and an anode are arranged opposite to each other in an interior of a light emitting tube and said cathode consists of a main body part with tungsten as the main constituent and an emitter part comprised of thoriated tungsten, wherein an oxygen content of the main body part of said cathode is lower than that of the emitter part, and band-shaped tungsten carbide is formed at the tip end face of the emitter part of said cathode.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Akihiro Shimizu
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Patent number: 8390198Abstract: A discharge lamp with excellent arc stability and excellent durability in which the use level of thoriated tungsten is restrained has an anode and a cathode in the interior of a discharge vessel, wherein said cathode is made up from a thoriated tungsten part with a tungsten filling ratio of at least 90 vol.-% and a main body part connected to said thoriated tungsten part and consisting of pure tungsten, wherein a ratio ST/S of a side surface area ST of said thoriated tungsten part and a side surface area S of said cathode is in a range of from 0.005 to 0.15, with the proviso that, in case the cathode has a length in the direction of the cathode axis which exceeds twice the maximum diameter of the cathode, a side surface area S is used for calculating the ratio ST/S which corresponds to the side surface area where the distance along the cathode axis from a tip end adjacent to the anode is twice the maximum diameter of the cathode.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihiro Shimizu, Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Publication number: 20120181925Abstract: A short arc type discharge lamp includes a cathode and an anode arranged inside an arc tube to face each other. The cathode comprises a main body portion made of tungsten and an emitter portion made of thoriated tungsten that is joined at the tip of the main body portion, where a metal oxide other than thorium (Th) is contained in the main body portion of the cathode, and a tungsten carbide layer is formed on the metal oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Akihiro Shimizu, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Publication number: 20120081002Abstract: A short arc type discharge lamp wherein a cathode and an anode are arranged opposite to each other in an interior of a light emitting tube and said cathode consists of a main body part with tungsten as the main constituent and an emitter part comprised of thoriated tungsten, wherein an oxygen content of the main body part of said cathode is lower than that of the emitter part, and band-shaped tungsten carbide is formed at the tip end face of the emitter part of said cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2011Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO, Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Akihiro SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20120001541Abstract: A short arc type discharge lamp wherein a cathode and an anode are arranged opposite to each other in an interior of a light emitting tube and said cathode comprises a main part made from tungsten and a tip end part made from thoriated tungsten, wherein thorium oxide particles having been peripherally coated with thorium are contained in the tip end part of said cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO
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Publication number: 20120001542Abstract: A short arc type discharge lamp wherein a cathode and an anode are arranged opposite to each other in an interior of a light emitting tube and said cathode comprises a main part made from tungsten and an emitter part made from thoriated tungsten, and said emitter part having been diffusion bonded to the main part via a joint face, wherein gaps are formed locally at said joint face of said main part and the emitter part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO
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Publication number: 20110181181Abstract: A discharge lamp with excellent arc stability and excellent durability in which the use level of thoriated tungsten is restrained has an anode and a cathode in the interior of a discharge vessel, wherein said cathode is made up from a thoriated tungsten part with a tungsten filling ratio of at least 90 vol.-% and a main body part connected to said thoriated tungsten part and consisting of pure tungsten, wherein a ratio ST/S of a side surface area ST of said thoriated tungsten part and a side surface area S of said cathode is in a range of from 0.005 to 0.15, with the proviso that, in case the cathode has a length in the direction of the cathode axis which exceeds twice the maximum diameter of the cathode, a side surface area S is used for calculating the ratio ST/S which corresponds to the side surface area where the distance along the cathode axis from a tip end adjacent to the anode is twice the maximum diameter of the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akihiro SHIMIZU, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO, Mitsuru IKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20100156294Abstract: A discharge lamp having a cathode containing lanthanum oxide (La2O3) as an electron emission material, to provide a discharge lamp where reduction of lanthanum oxide (La2O3) is accelerated; a supply amount of lanthanum (La); and its lifespan is long has an anode (4) and a cathode (5) arranged within a discharge vessel (1) so as to face toward each other in a tube axis direction of the discharge vessel (1), and the cathode (5) is made from a material containing a metal oxide of lanthanum (La2O3) and a metal oxide of zirconium (ZrO2) in a tungsten metal (W) substrate with carbon present as a solid solution in the tungsten metal (W) substrate forming the cathode (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO
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Publication number: 20100045185Abstract: A cathode for a discharge lamp contains emitter material, wherein a carbide layer is formed on an outer surface of the cathode, the carbide layer is formed on an area extending from a tip portion of the cathode, and two or more grooves extending toward the tip portion of the cathode are formed on the area where the carbide layer is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: Ushio Inc.Inventors: Tetsuya Kitagawa, Shunichi Morimoto, Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 7569994Abstract: The present high-load and high-intensity discharge lamp includes a cathode made of a material which does not (substantially) include thorium but can be used as a cathode material of high heat load, so that a long lifetime and high stability corresponding to those of thoriated-tungsten can be realized. Specifically, the cathode is made of a metal base having a high melting point which mainly consists of tungsten and includes a coexisting substance in which an oxide of at least one kind of metal selected from lanthanum, cerium, yttrium, scandium, and gadolinium and an oxide of at least one kind of metal selected from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, and tantalum are coexistent. The conversion grain size of the coexisting substance is 15 ?m or greater, and the plurality of coexisting substances are present in the metal base with a high melting point.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Publication number: 20060220559Abstract: The present high-load and high-intensity discharge lamp includes a cathode made of a material which does not (substantially) include thorium but can be used as a cathode material of high heat load, so that a long lifetime and high stability corresponding to those of thoriated-tungsten can be realized. Specifically, the cathode is made of a metal base having a high melting point which mainly consists of tungsten and includes a coexisting substance in which an oxide of at least one kind of metal selected from lanthanum, cerium, yttrium, scandium, and gadolinium and an oxide of at least one kind of metal selected from titanium, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, and tantalum are coexistent. The conversion grain size of the coexisting substance is 15 ?m or greater, and the plurality of coexisting substances are present in the metal base with a high melting point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: October 5, 2006Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 6936956Abstract: A discharge lamp with a high output power in which an increase of the current to be supplied to the discharge lamp can be enabled without the need to enlarge the discharge lamp and the surrounding system. The discharge lamp includes an arc tube having a pair of opposed electrodes, at least one of the electrodes having an electrode body in which a hermetically sealed interior space is formed, and a heat conductor partially filling the hermetically sealed interior space. This heat conductor consists of metal that has a higher thermal conductivity or a lower melting point than the metal comprising the electrode body.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Katsumi Shojo, Yoichi Kono
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Publication number: 20050134180Abstract: A discharge lamp with high radiance in which constant feed of the emitter to the electrode tip is achieved, in which a good electron emission characteristic is maintained, and which has electrodes by which stable operation over a long time is maintained is obtained in a discharge lamp which has a translucent vessel which is hermetically closed and contains a pair of opposite electrodes that are electrically connected via hermetically sealed areas by at least one of the electrodes being made of a metal with a high melting point that has a hermetically sealed chamber that contains an emitter and a space which is not filled with the emitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2004Publication date: June 23, 2005Applicant: Ushiodenki Kabshiki KaishaInventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 6683413Abstract: The object of the invention is to improve the thermal radiation characteristic of the electrodes in a high pressure discharge lamp of the short arc type in which the input power has been increased in order to increase the amount of radiant light, and to reduce the electrode temperature with high efficiency. The object is achieved as claimed in the invention in a high pressure discharge lamp of the short arc type in the emission tube of which there is a pair of electrodes, in that at least part of the sides of the above described electrodes is provided with a groove area, that the depth D of this groove area is within 12% of the electrode diameter and that the relation D/P is between the depth D of the groove area and the pitch P between the grooves is greater than or equal to 2.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keisuke Okubo, Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Shoji Miyanaga
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Patent number: 6677600Abstract: An EUV radiation source comprises a first electrode having a first through hole, a second electrode having a second through hole, a movable insulator, having a plurality of third through holes, provided between the first and second electrodes, wherein actuating gas is introduced in the first, second through holes and one of the plurality of third through holes, and voltage is impressed between the first and second electrodes when the first, second and plural through holes are located on a common axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Publication number: 20030201719Abstract: A discharge lamp with a high output power in which an increase of the current to be supplied to the discharge lamp can be enabled without the need to enlarge the discharge lamp and the surrounding system. The discharge lamp includes an arc tube having a pair of opposed electrodes, at least one of the electrodes having an electrode body in which a hermetically sealed interior space is formed, and a heat conductor partially filling the hermetically sealed interior space. This heat conductor consists of metal that has a higher thermal conductivity or a lower melting point than the metal comprising the electrode body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: Ushiodenki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Katsumi Shojo, Yoichi Kono
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Publication number: 20030183787Abstract: An EUV radiation source comprises a first electrode having a first through hole, a second electrode having a second through hole, a movable insulator, having a plurality of third through holes, provided between the first and second electrodes, wherein actuating gas is introduced in the first, second through holes and one of the plurality of third through holes, and voltage is impressed between the first and second electrodes when the first, second and plural through holes are located on a common axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 6621195Abstract: To provide a spot light-source device whose discharge envelope has high pressure resistance and that emits high brightness as a spot light source, a spot light-source device excited by electromagnetic energy has a lamp that with a discharge envelope made of translucent non-conducting material, an expansion part forming a discharge space, and a tube connected thereto, and a discharge concentrator having a front tip part which is supported by the tube without protruding from the discharge envelope and faces the interior of the discharge space of the expansion part, that intensifies concentration of the electric field in the discharge space and that concentrates discharge, an electromagnetic energy provision source that excites discharge in the discharge concentrator from outside of the lamp, a concave reflection mirror that reflects light from the lamp, and a container with a resonance window that creates electromagnetic energy resonance.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Fuji, Mitsuru Ikeuchi