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).

  • Patent number: 8525410
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Akihiro Shimizu, Tomoyoshi Arimoto
  • Patent number: 8497632
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Akihiro Shimizu, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Patent number: 8400060
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Akihiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8390198
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Shimizu, Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Publication number: 20120181925
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Akihiro Shimizu, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Publication number: 20120081002
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO, Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Akihiro SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20120001541
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120001542
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Akihiro SHIMIZU, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20110181181
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro SHIMIZU, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO, Mitsuru IKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20100156294
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuru IKEUCHI, Tomoyoshi ARIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100045185
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Ushio Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kitagawa, Shunichi Morimoto, Tomoyoshi Arimoto, Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Patent number: 7569994
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Publication number: 20060220559
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Patent number: 6936956
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Katsumi Shojo, Yoichi Kono
  • Publication number: 20050134180
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Ushiodenki Kabshiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Patent number: 6683413
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keisuke Okubo, Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Shoji Miyanaga
  • Patent number: 6677600
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Publication number: 20030201719
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ikeuchi, Katsumi Shojo, Yoichi Kono
  • Publication number: 20030183787
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Mitsuru Ikeuchi
  • Patent number: 6621195
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fuji, Mitsuru Ikeuchi