Reflector Patents (Class 313/113)
  • Patent number: 7902766
    Abstract: A plasma lighting system comprises a resonator, a bulb received in the resonator and containing a discharge material therein for emitting light in accordance with the discharge material is exited as a plasma state, and a dielectric mirror disposed at one side of the bulb and formed of a spontaneous reflective material for spontaneously reflecting light generated from the bulb. The dielectric mirror can be included or excluded, and can smoothly reflect light without an additional reflection coating layer. The dielectric mirror is prevented from being damaged even in a high temperature, and thus a lowering of an optical efficiency is prevented when used for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ji-Young Lee, Joon-Sik Choi
  • Publication number: 20110050071
    Abstract: A quasioptical LED package structure for increasing color render index and brightness includes a substrate unit, a light-emitting unit, a frame unit and a package unit. The light-emitting unit has a first light-emitting module for generating a first color temperature and a second light-emitting module for generating a second color temperature. The frame unit has two annular resin frames surroundingly formed on the top surface of the substrate unit by coating. The two annular resin frames respectively surround the first light-emitting module and the second light-emitting module in order to form two resin position limiting spaces above the substrate unit. The package unit has a first translucent package resin body and a second translucent package resin body both disposed on the substrate unit and respective covering the first light-emitting module and the second light-emitting module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Chia-Tin Chung, Fang-Kuei Wu, Shen-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: 7896500
    Abstract: A liquid crystal rear projector device of the present invention includes a lamp unit providing a light source, a cooling fan for cooling the lamp unit, and an optical system for generating color image light with the lamp unit providing a light source, the lamp unit including a light emitting tube providing a light source, and a reflector for reflecting light emitted from the light emitting tube toward the optical system. The reflector has an air introduction hole for introducing air discharged from the cooling fan into the reflector, which is provided near the spherical portion of the light emitting tube, and faces to a vertical top of the spherical portion to blow the air to the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Shiotsu
  • Patent number: 7893612
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode device that includes a first group of sub-pixels each subpixel comprising a reflective electrode and a second electrode formed over a substrate with an unpatterned light-emitting layer formed between the reflective electrode and the second electrode, thus forming a first optical cavity having a first cavity length. Either the reflective or second electrode is patterned to form two or more independently-controllable, light-emitting sub-pixels. A second group of sub-pixels, each comprising a reflective electrode and a second electrode formed over the substrate. An unpatterned light-emitting layer is formed between the reflective electrode and the second electrode to comprise a second optical cavity having a second cavity length different from the first cavity length of the first optical cavity. Either the reflective or second electrode is patterned to form one or more independently-controllable, light-emitting sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 7888860
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device includes a plurality of colored pixels, and a white pixel, wherein the respective pixels include; a first electrode, a second electrode which faces the first electrode, and a light emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the white pixel further includes; a first semi-transparent member disposed on the first electrode to form a microcavity with the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Un-cheol Sung, Jung-Soo Rhee, Beohm-Rock Choi, Jun-Ho Choi, Jae-Kook Ha, Soo-Yeon Lee, Seong-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20110025190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of luminous devices, in particular to a luminous device (1) comprising a light transmissive element (2). The light transmissive element further comprises a semiconductor diode structure (3) for generating light, a reflecting section (22) for reflecting light from the diode structure (3) into the light transmissive element (2) and an output section (21) for outputting light from the diode structure (3). The luminous device (1) further comprises a reflecting structure (4), at least partially enclosing side surfaces of the light transmissive element (2), for reflecting light from the diode structure (3) towards the output section (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Hendrik Johannes Boudewijn Jagt
  • Publication number: 20110025184
    Abstract: To aim to provide a lighting apparatus that is compact yet easy in lamp replacement. A lighting apparatus 1 comprises: a lamp 6 including an outer tube 13 and an arc tube 15 provided inside the outer tube 13; and an opening-type lighting fixture 3 having a mirror part 11 having a concave reflective surface 9 inside which the lamp 6 is disposed. The mirror part 11 reflects light emitted from the lamp 6 at the reflection surface 9 such that the reflected light is emitted through an opening 10 of the mirror part 11. Relational expressions 22?r?28, R?130, and 3.5?R/r are satisfied, with r denoting a maximum outer diameter [mm] of the outer tube 13, and R denoting an opening diameter [mm] of the mirror part 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Shunsuke Kakisaka, Hiroshi Nohara, Makoto Inoue
  • Publication number: 20110018420
    Abstract: A method for designing a length of an electrode of a discharge lamp may include introducing fill materials into a discharge space of a lamp bulb of the discharge lamp; combining at least a first fill material with evaporated electrode material during operation of the discharge lamp; and forming a storage material for the electrode material in the lamp bulb by the combination, the electrode material contained in the storage material being released again as a function of a temperature effect on the storage material and being transported to the tip of the electrode and being deposited there so as to lengthen the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Ulrich Hartwig, Matthias Morkel
  • Publication number: 20110018421
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising the component (A) liquid-crystalline polyester, and the component (B) a titanium oxide filler having a volume average particle diameter of 0.27 to 0.4 ?m, wherein the component (B) is contained in an amount of from 5 to 110 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (A); a reflective plate of the resin composition, and a light-emitting device having the reflective plate. According to the resin composition of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a reflective plate exhibiting high reflectance of a visible light while keeping excellent mechanical strength of the liquid-crystalline polyester. Also, a light-emitting device excellent in characteristics such as brightness can be obtained using the reflective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro Saito, Sadanobu Iwase, Hiroshi Harada
  • Patent number: 7876032
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light unit, comprising a concave reflector (7) with an outlet opening and an axis, whereby the reflector encloses a light source running in the direction of the axis. The light source is enclosed at a separation from an open-ended cylindrical protective tube (16), with a glare shield (19), provided at the open end of the protective tube. The glare shield (19) is a sheet, cupped over the burst-protection tube, whereby the glare shield comprises a semi-circular end piece with a given maximum diameter, on which a straight cylindrical section of greater diameter is mounted which itself is further provided with an offset screen (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Joachim Arndt, Uwe Fidler, Markus Herb
  • Publication number: 20110012496
    Abstract: A thermal sensitive display is disclosed, including a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode perpendicular with each other over the substrate, a electric heat converting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a heat induced color changing layer, heated by the electric heat converting layer to display pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yu-Yang Chang, Chen-Pang Kung, Yu-Han Chien, Chung-I Lee, Cheng-Chung Lee
  • Publication number: 20110012497
    Abstract: There is provided a plating structure obtained by heat-treating a silver-plated structure obtained by forming a tin-plated layer, an indium-plated layer, or a zinc-plated layer, having a thickness of 0.001 to 0.1 ?m, on a surface of the silver-plated layer formed on a surface of a plating base. There is also provided a coating method for obtaining the plating structure which comprises the step of melting a particle deposit spottedly deposited at 2×10?6 to 8×10?6 g/cm2 such that the spot-deposited particles have gaps therebetween as viewed above and the particles each having an average diameter of 20 to 80 nm do not pile up in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the silver layer to obtain a film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: KYOWA ELECTRIC WIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Sumiya, Kinya Sugie
  • Publication number: 20110006660
    Abstract: A UV lamp comprises: a bulb (2) containing a mixture of an inert gas and metallic halides; at least one first electrode (4) and one second (4) electrode associated with the bulb (2); a connector (6), coupled to the bulb (2) and having two thin metal plates (12a) protruding from a portion of said connector (6). Each flat thin plate (12a) is electrically connected to an electrode (4) and is spaced apart from the other thin plate (12a) by at least 20 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: UV4 TAN S.R.L.
    Inventor: LUCA BIZZOZZERO
  • Patent number: 7868538
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device (OLED), which does not include a separate cathode, and a method of fabricating the same, are provided. The OLED includes: a substrate; a reflective layer disposed on the substrate; a charge generation layer disposed on the reflective layer; an organic layer disposed on the charge generation layer and including an emission layer; and an anode disposed on the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Bong Lee, Sok-Won Noh
  • Patent number: 7866824
    Abstract: A sealed lamp device may include a discharge lamp burner; a concave mirror opened to a front direction and reflecting radiation light of the discharge lamp burner to the opened side, an optical axis of the concave mirror being aligned with an optical axis of the discharge lamp burner; a hollow casing structure having an opening section in a front side, to which the concave mirror opened out; and a front plate closing the opening section of the hollow casing structure and emitting the radiation light. The hollow casing structure may be made wider than an opening width of the concave mirror, so as to increase a sealed volume occupied by the discharge lamp burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Yamaoka, Motohisa Haga, Kazuya Terasaki, Katsuhiro Yamashita, Takashi Nasu
  • Patent number: 7868527
    Abstract: A polarizer adapted to improve contrast and visibility of a display device, a method of manufacturing the polarizer, and a flat panel display device including the polarizer. In one embodiment, the polarizer includes a base and a plurality of grids disposed in a stripe pattern on the base. Here, the grids are separated from each other and formed of metal-containing graphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Jong Kim, Yong-Tak Kim, Jin-Baek Choi, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Jae-Heung Ha, Yoon-Hyeung Cho, Byoung-Duk Lee, Sun-Young Lee, So-Young Lee, Min-Ho Oh
  • Patent number: 7862186
    Abstract: This projector comprises a source lamp, a lamp storage portion, storing the source lamp therein, including an air discharge opening for discharging internal air from the lamp storage portion and a netlike member so arranged as to cover the outer side of the air discharge opening of the lamp storage portion for inhibiting fragments of the source lamp from being discharged outward from the lamp storage portion through the air discharge opening when the source lamp is broken. The lamp storage portion further includes a protrusion provided on the outer side surface close to the air discharge opening to protrude in a direction intersecting with the extensional direction of the netlike member with a function of inhibiting the fragments of the source lamp from passing through a clearance between the lamp storage portion and the netlike member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Hamada
  • Publication number: 20100327724
    Abstract: An improved incandescent lamp and incandescent lighting system are disclosed, for projecting a beam of light with substantially improved energy efficiency. The incandescent lamp includes a pair of reflective ceramic filament supports for supporting one or more filaments in prescribed position(s) within an envelope while reflecting back substantially all visible and infrared light for incorporation into the projected beam or for absorption by the filament(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: David W. Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20100327728
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a resin composition comprising a thermoplastic resin and a filler, the method comprising providing an extrusion granulator that comprises (i) a cylinder provided with an outlet, a first feed port and a second feed port located downstream from the first feed port but upstream from the midpoint between the first feed port and the outlet and (ii) at least one screw mounted in the cylinder; feeding the thermoplastic resin and the filler into the cylinder wherein the thermoplastic resin is fed through the first feed port and at least part of the filler is fed through the second feed port; kneading the thermoplastic resin and the filler while transporting them towards the outlet to provide a mixture; and extruding the mixture to produce the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro SAITO, Mitsuo Maeda
  • Publication number: 20100327727
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp (1) having a burner (2), which is provided with a starting aid device (30, 32) for improving the starting behavior. Said device is configured according to the invention as a grid (30) encompassing the burner in the region of a ceramic (6) holding the burner (2) and having contact with a power feed (24). Said grid (30) acts as a starting aid and as protection against fragments in case of a burner explosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Peter Flesch
  • Publication number: 20100327729
    Abstract: Methods for improving the efficiency of infrared (IR) halogen lamps and IR halogen lamps having improved efficiency are disclosed. In a method of aligning a filament in a lamp body, the lamp body having the filament therein is rotated, and tubular end portions are heated and necked down which may assist in positioning the filament within the lamp and reduce end losses. IR halogen lamps formed from glass tubes having an OD less than 5 mm are also disclosed. The reduced diameter of the glass tubing increases the surface area for IR energy reflection and reduces end losses. Spuds or beads may be used to position the filament within the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Abbas Lamouri, Frederic Ahlgren, Juris Sulcs
  • Patent number: 7859176
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp assembly has a discharge lamp (1) and a concave reflector (11) arranged around a longitudinal axis (30). The discharge lamp is closed in a gastight manner and comprises a first and second end portion (3, 4) and an ionizable gas filling, and in which a pair of electrodes (5, 6) is arranged. A first and a second current-supply conductor (7, 8) are connected to the pair of electrodes and issue to the exterior of the discharge lamp (1). The first end portion of the discharge lamp extends through an opening (14) arranged in a center section of the reflector. A conduction member (9) is connected to the second current-supply conductor and extends through the opening in the center section of the reflector. The conduction member is connected to a contact member provided on a surface of the reflector facing away from the discharge lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Patrick Cyriel Van De Voorde
  • Patent number: 7859191
    Abstract: An excimer lamp, including a discharge vessel made of silica glass and having a discharge space; a pair of electrodes disposed on the discharge vessel, wherein the discharge space is filled with xenon gas; and an ultraviolet reflection film made from ultraviolet scattering particles, including silica particles and alumina particles, formed on a surface of the discharge vessel exposed to the discharge space. A thickness Y of the ultraviolet reflection film satisfies the expression Y>4X+5, given that a mean particle diameter of the ultraviolet scattering particles making up the ultraviolet reflection film is X (?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsuzawa, Shigeki Fujisawa, Yukihiro Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7855499
    Abstract: A back light unit may include an electron emitter substrate adapted to emit electrons from a front surface and a rear surface thereof, a first anode substrate arranged opposite to the front surface of the electron emitter substrate, the first anode substrate adapted to receive electrons emitted from the electron emitter substrate, to emit light in response to the electrons, and to output the light from a front surface of the first anode substrate, and a second anode substrate arranged opposite to the rear surface of the electron emitter substrate, the second anode substrate adapted to receive electrons emitted from the electron emitter substrate, to emit light in response to the electrons, and to reflect light to the first anode substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jin-woo Park
  • Patent number: 7855494
    Abstract: An electric connection part between a bulb and a terminal is masked without using a special masking material when a lamp unit is produced through a primary injection step of molding a lamp main body and a lens part while using a movable mold and a fixed mold, a film forming step of covering the lamp main body with a film, and a secondary injection step of uniting the lamp main body and the lens part together with a resinous material. The bulb is incorporated through a step set between the primary injection step and the film forming step. In the state in which the bulb is incorporated in the lamp main body, the surface of the top of the bulb is covered with a film, and a part hidden by the shadow of the film is masked, and hence electric insulation properties are secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsuba Corporation
    Inventor: Takao Umezawa
  • Publication number: 20100315002
    Abstract: A halogen incandescent lamp is provided with a rotationally symmetrical bulb, which has a longitudinal axis and in which at least part of a surface of the bulb is provided with a coating which reflects infrared radiation, a coiled light-emitting element being arranged axially in the bulb, the bulb being provided with an infrared reflective coating layer, wherein the length L and the diameter D of the coiled light-emitting element are at a ratio of at least 6:1 with respect to one another, and wherein the bulb is in the form of an ellipsoid, the ends of the light-emitting element lying substantially at the two foci of the ellipse spanning the ellipsoid in the form of a solid of revolution, with an eccentricity in the range of from 0.5 to 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Hans-Joachim Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20100314999
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lamp device. The lamp device of the present invention comprises a lamp holder, a frame on the lamp holder, and a lamp tube having a height. At least one third of the height of the lamp tube is contacted with the frame to improve mechanical strength of the lamp tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: WELLYPOWER OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin-Yuh Lu, Wei-Yuan Tsou, Shen-Hong Chou, Chun-Hsu Lin, Chun-Chieh Huang, Chin-Chia Chang, Kuan Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 7851989
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a light-emitting device in which, even when a material with high reflectivity such as aluminum is used for an electrode, a layer containing oxygen can be formed over the electrode without increasing contact resistance and a manufacturing method thereof. According to the present invention, a feature thereof is a light-emitting element having an electrode composed of a stacked structure where a conductive film having high reflectivity such as aluminum, silver, and an alloy containing aluminum or an alloy containing silver, and a conductive film composed of a refractory metal material is provided over the conductive film, or a light-emitting device having the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20100301731
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting module includes a module substrate, a reflective layer, conductive layers, a light-emitting element, and a sealing member. A reflective layer is provided on a surface of an insulating layer of the module substrate, and the conductive layers are provided in the vicinity of the reflective layer. Further, the light-emitting element is provided on the reflective layer. Moreover, the translucent sealing member has translucency and bury the reflective layer, the conductive layers, and the light-emitting element. The ratio of the area occupied by the reflective layer and the conductive layers to the sealed region sealed by the sealing member is equal to or greater than 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: KAZUTO MORIKAWA, Masahiro Izumi, Kiyoshi Nishimura, Tomohiro Sanpei, Erika Takenaka, Shuhei Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20100301747
    Abstract: A lamp including a two-sided source plate, a plurality of light sources, a lens, a diffuser plate, and a driver insulator is disclosed. One set of the light sources generates white light and is attached to one side of the source plate. Another set of the light sources generates colored light and is attached to the source plate's other side. The lens encapsulates the white light-generating set, and redirects that white light. The driver insulator and the diffuser plate are each in contact with the source plate's other side. The driver insulator, diffuser plate, and that side of the source plate define a light box region that contains the colored light-generating set of light sources. The driver insulator acts as a reflector, and the diffuser plate acts as a diffuser, such that colored light is dispersed from the light box region through the diffuser plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.
    Inventors: Michelle Kun Huang, Glenn Freeman, Junwon Lee
  • Publication number: 20100283372
    Abstract: A lamp comprising electric contact members (9,10) at the outside of the lamp for making contact with corresponding electric contact elements (21,22) in a lamp holder surrounding the lamp. The light radiation of the lamp is emitted from the front side (2) of the lamp, which front side (2) is substantially located in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lamp. The contact members (9,10) are located near the circumferential edge of said front side of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Oliver Boehme, Peter Meier-Graichen, Markus K. Gollan
  • Patent number: 7830075
    Abstract: A cool light source includes a reflector having a band-reject reflective coating and an underlying absorptive coating. The cool light source also includes a window with a band-pass transmission function that is substantially complimentary to the band-reject reflective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Kuohua Wu
  • Publication number: 20100276611
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing electromagnetic radiation includes a flow generator configured to generate a flow of liquid along an inside surface of an envelope, first and second electrodes configured to generate an electrical arc within the envelope to produce the electromagnetic radiation, and an exhaust chamber extending outwardly beyond one of the electrodes, configured to accommodate a portion of the flow of liquid. In another aspect, the flow generator is electrically insulated. In another aspect, the electrodes are configured to generate an electrical discharge pulse to produce an irradiance flash, and the apparatus includes a removal device configured to remove particulate contamination from the liquid, the particulate contamination being released during the flash and being different than that released by the electrodes during continuous operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Mattson Technology Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: David Malcolm Camm, Chee Chin, Rick Doolan, Tony Hewett, Arne Kjorvel, Tony Komasa, Mike Krasnich, Steve McCoy, Joseph Reyers, Igor Rudic, Ludmila Shepelev, Greg Stuart, Tilman Thrum, Alex Viel
  • Publication number: 20100270906
    Abstract: A light emitting device having a simple structure and high decorating characteristics is provided. The light emitting device comprises an emission source for outputting lights having different colors from different emission parts; and a transmitting resin having a conically shaped reflection surface for reflecting lights output from each of the emission parts, and covering the light emitting source, wherein the emission source is provided so that one or more of the emission parts are located away from a central axis of the conical shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Masami NISHI, Atsushi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7819531
    Abstract: A light source device includes first and second electrodes, an arc tube having a main body section having a discharge space in which the first and second electrodes are disposed with a distance and a sealing section disposed on each of the both ends of the main body section, a primary reflecting mirror disposed on the side of the first electrode, a secondary reflecting mirror disposed on the side of the second electrode, and a current drive device that generates an alternating current for causing the discharge between the first and second electrodes, and power control by controlling the alternating current so that supplying energy in an anodic term of the first electrode becomes smaller than supplying energy in a cathode term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kentaro Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20100264821
    Abstract: A lamp device having first and second ends comprising a glass lens positioned on the first end of the lamp and a socket positioned on the second end of the lamp. The lamp is configured with a parabolic reflecting surface lining the interior side walls of a top portion of the lamp and an array of LEDs or other light emitting device positioned within that the top portion of the lamp. The array of LEDs or other light emitting device are operatively connected to the socket in order to receive power. The lamp may also be configured to facilitate movement of the glass lens closer to and further away from the array of LEDs or other light emitting device in order to shorten or lengthen the focal point of the light beam created by the array of LEDs or other light emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: LedX Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Ronald Lutz, Gavin McCalla
  • Patent number: 7816860
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of pixels constituting a screen, each of the pixels including four subpixels, which are a red subpixel, a green subpixel, a blue subpixel, and a remaining subpixel. The red subpixel has a light-emitting layer made of a white-light-emitting material and extending along the screen, and a color filter provided above the light-emitting layer to transmit red light, the white-light-emitting material emitting two-peak white light having an emission spectrum including a valley between a red peak residing in a wavelength range of red light and a blue peak residing in a wavelength range of blue light. The blue subpixel has a light-emitting layer made of the white-light-emitting material and extending along the screen, and a color filter provided above the light-emitting layer to transmit blue light. The remaining subpixel has a light-emitting layer made of the white-light-emitting material and extending along the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hidekazu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100259152
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to prevent surface discharge even when a high voltage is applied in a dielectric-barrier discharge lamp or a capacitively coupled high frequency discharge lamp with no electrodes in a discharge space. Ribbon foil electrodes 3 are embedded in the wall of a quartz discharge vessel 1. The discharge vessel 1 is disposed such that the foil electrodes 3 face each other on both sides of the axis of the quartz discharge vessel 1. It may be disposed such that the foil electrodes 3 have a truncated V-shaped cross-section. The single tube quartz discharge vessel 1 is filled with discharge gas to form excimer molecules by dielectric barrier discharge or capacitively coupled high-frequency discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: ORC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Yasuda, Go Kobayashi, Sachio Shioya
  • Publication number: 20100253201
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-intensity discharge lamp for a vehicle-light projector system, comprising a base (4) that carries an outer envelope (1) in which a burner (2) is arranged, the burner (2) comprising a discharge chamber (21) into which two electrodes (22, 23) project, the discharge chamber (21) being filled at least with an inert gas, a mixture of metal halides and a salt reservoir, the so-called “salt lake” (25). The outer envelope (1) has a coating (31) in strip form that screens off light and that extends, on the side of the outer envelope (1) adjacent the salt lake (25), for at least 40% of the length of the outer envelope (1) and whose width covers an angle of between 90° and 180° around the outer envelope (1). The invention also relates to a projector system for motor vehicle headlamps comprising at least one high-intensity discharge lamp of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Sven Schellinger, Albrecht Kraus, Lukas Kuepper, Klaus Schoeller
  • Publication number: 20100246188
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus including a reflector having a reflective surface partially enclosing an interior space and defining a focal point within the interior space, and a filament positioned substantially within the interior space. In some examples, the filament is made substantially of tungsten. In some examples, the reflective surface extends along a longitudinal axis and curves around the longitudinal axis. In some examples, the reflective surface defines an elliptical paraboloid. In some examples, the filament may be placed substantially at the focal point of the reflective surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Randal Walton
  • Publication number: 20100237760
    Abstract: A lamp comprises: a thermally conductive body; a plurality of LEDs configured as an array and mounted in thermal communication with the body and a light reflective hood located in front of the plane of light emitting diodes. The hood has at least two frustoconical light reflective surfaces that surround the array of LEDs and are configured such that in operation light emitted by the lamp is within a selected emission angle (beam spread). The hood is configured such that in operation a variation in illuminance (luminous flux per unit area incident on a surface) is 10% or less over approximately a third to one half of the selected emission angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: INTEMATIX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Haitao Yang
  • Patent number: 7800304
    Abstract: A light source having a lead frame, a body, and a plurality of dies, each die having an LED thereon is disclosed. The body includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of side surfaces. The lead frame includes first, second, and third sections, the first section includes a die mounting area having a first protrusion that passes through the body and terminates in a pad on the bottom surface. The second and third sections each include a protrusion that is bent to form first and second leads that run along one of the side surfaces. Each die is bonded to the die mounting area such that a first contact is electrically connected to the die mounting area, and a second contact is connected to one of the second and third sections. The first protrusion of the first section provides improved heat transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Avago Technologies ECBU IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Aizar Abdul Karim Norfidathul, Chiau Jin Lee, Kheng Leng Tan, Keat Chuan Ng, Kiam Soon Ong
  • Publication number: 20100231872
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for manufacturing a high-pressure discharge lamp including: a spherical portion forming a light-emitting portion (1a); sealing portions that are connected with both ends of the spherical portion; an electrode (2a) that is sealed to each of the sealing portions; and a metal foil (3a) that is connected with a rear end of each electrode. A vessel provided with a cylindrical glass tube (8) on both ends of the spherical portion is used, a connection structure of the metal foil and the electrode are disposed in the glass tube such that a front end of the electrode is positioned in the spherical portion, and the glass tube is melted by heat and shrunk for sealing the metal foil and the electrode so as to form the sealing portion. An inner diameter ? of the glass tube before the heat-melt processing and a distance L from an edge of the metal foil to the internal space of the spherical portion are set to satisfy a relationship of L/??1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kitahara, Katsuhiro Ono, Jun Sakaguchi, Ryo Minamihata
  • Patent number: 7791274
    Abstract: An LED lamp 100 includes: an LED chip 10; a phosphor resin portion 12 that covers the LED chip 10; and a light-transmissive member 20 that covers the phosphor resin portion 12. The phosphor resin portion 12 includes: a phosphor for converting the emission of the LED chip 10 into light that has a longer wavelength than the emission; and a resin in which the phosphor is dispersed. The surface of the light-transmissive member 20 includes an upper surface portion 22 located over the LED chip 10 and a side surface portion 24 located around and below the upper surface portion 22. At least a part (low-transmittance part 26) of the side surface portion 24 of the light-transmissive member 20 has lower transmittance than the upper surface portion 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Yano, Masanori Shimizu, Kiyoshi Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100220461
    Abstract: There is provided a LED substrate 12; a light-emitting diode (LED) 21 that is mounted on the LED substrate 12; a cap 50 that is attached to the LED substrate 12 and that covers the light-emitting diode (LED) 21. The cap 50 has a reflector portion 52 of a width from a side of the cap 50, which is attached to the LED substrate 12, and has a lens portion 51 continuous with the reflector portion 52. The reflector portion 52 and the lens portion 51 are formed integrally with each other. By this configuration, a light-reflecting function and a light-refracting function that the cap has are achieved by a simple structure of a backlight device using a solid-state light-emitting element such as a LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Shuichi Naijo
  • Publication number: 20100213811
    Abstract: The package for a light emitting element according to the present invention comprises a base substrate made of ceramic including glass, and a frame body made of ceramic. The frame body is arranged on a top surface of the base substrate and provided therein with a cavity for accommodating the light emitting element. A part of the glass included in the base substrate is precipitated in an area of the top surface of the base substrate, which is a bottom surface of the cavity, and a crystallinity degree of the precipitated glass is greater than 3%. In the manufacturing method of the package according to the present invention, a ceramic body which is to be the package is fired at a temperature of 840 degrees C. or higher and lower than 950 degrees C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., SANYO TUNER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Hitomi, Masanori Hongo, Hideki Ito, Kiyoshi Yamakoshi, Masami Fukuyama, Hideki Takagi
  • Publication number: 20100213835
    Abstract: An article of manufacture, comprising: at least one point source of light which emits a light beam; and at least one reflective means for diffusing the light and/or converting the light to a different color range. The goal of this invention is to greatly increase the energy efficiency of area lighting by the use of highly efficient beams light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Anthony Mo, Michael Palazzi
  • Patent number: 7781962
    Abstract: Light-emitting devices (24) and light-emitting displays (1) for realizing bright display by allowing light emitted from an emissive layer (100) to efficiently contribute to a display. Polarization separators (500) are arranged between the emissive layer (100) and a phase plate (700). In the light of a wavelength range which includes a part or all of a light-emission wavelength range of the emissive layer and is narrower than a visible wavelength range and is directed from the emissive layer side to the polarization separators side, the polarization separators (500) reflect circularly polarized light components which are converted into linearly polarized light that is absorbed by the polarizer (600) due to the operation of the phase plate and transmit the other light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya Adachi, Yoshiyuki Kaneko, Sukekazu Aratani, Shingo Ishihara
  • Patent number: RE41747
    Abstract: The metal film of the present invention is a dense film of a single crystal that has very low surface roughness and very good crystal orientation because an arithmetic mean roughness of the surface is not larger than 2 nm and a (111) peak intensity of X-ray diffraction is not less than 20 times the sum of all other peaks. Also the metal oxide film of the present invention is a dense film that includes less oxygen defects and almost no voids therein because a content of a non-oxidized metal is not higher than 1 mole % of a metal component that constitutes the metal oxide and a packing density is 0.98 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Kyocera Optec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Okura, Kazuya Shimizu, Masakazu Takei
  • Patent number: RE41874
    Abstract: A reflective mirror manufacturing method for manufacturing a reflective mirror used in an illumination device including an arc tube including a light-emitting portion and a reflective mirror including a reflective surface that reflects light from the light-emitting portion in a predetermined direction, includes: a first step of forming a tube by heating a tube including a material of the reflective mirror, thereafter putting the tube in a form block, applying internal pressure with an inert gas to cause a center portion of the tube to expand, so that part of an inner surface of the expanded center portion includes a shape corresponding to the reflective surface of the reflective mirror; a second step of cutting the tube at the center portion to form a reflective mirror member; and a third step of forming a reflective layer on an inner surface of the reflective mirror member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Hashizume