For Filament Patents (Class 313/271)
  • Patent number: 12007078
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of lamp bulb, and discloses a shadowless waterproof light-emitting diode (LED) lamp bulb, including a lamp holder and a lampshade connected to the lamp holder, and further including a lampwick component and a sealing plug; the lampwick component includes a base plate, a first metal support line, and a second metal support line; and the other end of the first metal support line and the other end of the second metal support line are both electrically connected to the lamp holder. The present disclosure has the following advantages: 1. The structure of a luminous element is improved, which effectively solves the technical problem of light shadow generated by the lamp bulb during use; 2. The lamp bulb has a novel structure and higher decorability; and 3. The overall lamp bulb is convenient to assemble and higher in production and assembling efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SICHUAN JAMIE CHARMING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Li, Xin Zhang, Yanhong Gui
  • Patent number: 11404238
    Abstract: There is provided a control method for an electron microscope including a thermionic-emission gun of self-bias type using a fixed bias resistor, an accelerating voltage power supply supplying an accelerating voltage to the thermionic-emission gun, and an optical system for irradiating a specimen with an electron beam. The control method includes: obtaining a value of a load current which is a current passing through an accelerating voltage power supply; determining a filament height of the thermionic-emission gun based on the value of the load current; and setting a condition of the optical system based on the filament height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuru Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11187385
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate, and light emitting elements between the metal plates. The device further includes a wavelength conversion member excited by a first light from the light emitting elements to emit a second light having a wavelength different from the first light, a bulb including a base, a first lead connected to the first metal plate, and a second lead connected to the second metal plate. The base of the bulb includes terminals connected to respective leads. The conversion member covers the light emitting elements entirely, opposite surfaces of the first metal plate partially, and opposite surfaces of the second metal plate partially. The first lead is connected to a portion of the first metal plate exposed from the conversion member, and the second lead is connected to a portion of the second metal plate exposed from the conversion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tanda, Toshio Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11071415
    Abstract: The present disclosure is in one aspect to a dispenser for rolled sheet materials. The dispenser includes a feed roller that is rotatably mounted to a housing of the dispenser housing, and that is configured to feed a predetermined amount of sheet material from the supply of sheet material through a discharge provided along the housing of the dispenser. The dispenser also has a feed roller drive assembly with a drive motor, and a belt transmission assembly. The belt transmission assembly has a drive belt coupled to the drive motor and to the feed roller such that rotation of the feed roller is driven by operation of the drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Charles Agnew Osborne, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10957675
    Abstract: A light emitting device filament includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and extending in one direction, at least one light emitting device chip disposed on the first surface, and an auxiliary pattern disposed on the second surface and disposed at a position corresponding to the light emitting device chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun Park, Seong Jin Lee, Jong Kook Lee
  • Patent number: 10873991
    Abstract: A multilayer photonic stack comprising a lower plurality of alternating layers comprising at least A and B and an upper plurality of alternating layers comprising at least C and D, layer A comprises at least one of Al, Au, W, Ag, Ni, Ti, Pt, and Cr, layer B comprises at least one of Al2O3, AlN, MgO, SiO2, TiO2, Si3N4, MgF2, Ta2O5, SiC, Si, Ge, and Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), and layers C and D comprise at least one of Al2O3, AlN, MgO, SiO2, TiO2, Si3N4, MgF2, Ta2O5, SiC, Si, Ge, and Indium Tin Oxide (ITO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ravi Shankar Prasher, Hao Wang, Justin Palmer Freedman
  • Patent number: 10690293
    Abstract: An LED light bulb includes a bulb shell, a bulb base, a stem, conductive supports, an LED filament, and a supporting arm. The bulb base is connected to the bulb shell. The stem is connected to the bulb base. The conductive supports are connected to the stem. The LED filament includes a filament body and two conductive electrodes. The conductive electrodes are at two ends of the filament body and connected to the conductive supports. The filament body is around the stem. The supporting arm is connected to the stem and the filament body. In a height direction of the LED light bulb, H is a distance from a bottom to a top of the bulb shell. A first height difference is defined between the two conductive electrodes and is from 0 to 1/10H. The filament body is curved to form a highest point and a lowest point. A second height difference is defined between the highest point and the lowest point. The first height difference is less than the second height difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Liqin Li
  • Patent number: 10663119
    Abstract: A LED filament for an omnidirectional lamp comprises two longitudinal filament sections, and each filament section includes a plurality of LEDs. The two filament sections are electrically conductively connected by a flexible connecting section. A lamp using such LED filaments provides a light distribution having an increased homogeneity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Jing Lin, Shijun Nie, Shaozhu Yang
  • Patent number: 10533712
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a base board having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. A plurality of light-emitting diodes is provided on the first surface of the base board. A seal covers the plurality of light-emitting diodes, includes a wavelength conversion material, and covers the second surface of the base board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Yoshitaka Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 10323799
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) filament with a heat-dissipating structure includes multiple LED chips, multiple conductive carriers and a package layer. Each conductive carrier takes the form of a metal sheet and the multiple conductive carriers are spaced apart from each other. Each LED chip is commonly carried by and is electrically connected to two of the multiple conductive carriers adjacent to the LED chip. The package layer covers the multiple LED chips and the multiple conductive carriers with two lateral edge portions of each conductive carrier exposed from the package layer. The LED filament is mounted inside a light bulb. Because the multiple conductive carriers are partially exposed from the package layer, heat generated by the multiple LED chips can be dissipated to an ambient environment without affecting lighting efficiency and light output as a result of accumulated heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Liquidleds Lighting Corp.
    Inventor: David Huang
  • Patent number: 10111311
    Abstract: An emitter that can be lighted even if a line of any part thereof is broken by ensuring an electric pathway. The X-ray tube device includes an electron emission surface P having an electric pathway; electric heating elements 21, 22 that are connected electrically to both ends of said electron emission surface; and two branched terminals that are branched in the middle of the electric pathway of the electron emission surface P between electric heating elements 21 and 22; second electric heating element, in order from the electric heating element 21 as the supporting element 23 and the supporting element 24; and further comprises: a relay 33A that switches the electric heating element 21 and the supporting element 24 to be in a short-circuit/open condition and a relay 33B switches the electric heating element 22 and the supporting element 23 to be in a short-circuit/open condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yusuke Koga
  • Patent number: 9991083
    Abstract: A magnetron cooling fin has a flat plate shape in which one or a plurality of corrugated regions are formed in a body of the magnetron cooling fin to improve cooling efficiency thereof. A magnetron cooling fin in which a corrugated region processed to increase a contact area in contact with air is formed around a through-hole through which an anode unit of a magnetron passes, thereby improving cooling efficiency thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRNOICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Ho Park, Hak-Jae Kim, Myoung Keun Kwon, Eung Ryeol Seo, Seung Chul Yang
  • Patent number: 9916959
    Abstract: A cathode for an X-ray tube, an X-ray tube, a system for X-ray imaging, and a method for an assembly of a cathode for an X-ray tube include a filament, a support structure, a body structure, and a filament frame structure. The filament is provided to emit electrons towards an anode in an electron emitting direction, and the filament at least partially includes a helical structure. Further, the filament is held by the support structure which is fixedly connected to the body structure. The filament frame structure is provided for electron-optical focusing of the emitted electrons, and the filament frame structure is provided adjacent to the outer boundaries of the filament. The filament frame structure includes frame surface portions arranged transverse to the emitting direction, and the filament frame structure is held by the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Walter Foellmer, Zoryana Terletska, Stefan Hauttmann
  • Patent number: 9423107
    Abstract: An electric light strand is disclosed which comprises a cable comprising at least one wire, and a plurality of sockets secured to the cable. Each socket defines an internal cavity for receiving a sleeve portion a light bulb. Each internal cavity defines a central axis. Each socket comprises a plurality of contacts configured to provide electrical communication between the at least one wire and a corresponding one of the sleeve portions. Each central axis extends in an orientation non-perpendicular to a corresponding portion of the cable secured to the corresponding socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Inventor: Joshua Dean Glover
  • Patent number: 9349581
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an incandescent lamp includes: a bulb; a pair of lead sections that have respectively a holding section including nickel or molybdenum as a main component and an introduction section that is joined to one end portion of the holding section and is formed of Dumet wire; a filament section that is held between end portions of a pair of holding sections opposite to a side on which the introduction sections are joined inside the bulb; a fixing member that holds a pair of introduction sections inside the bulb; and a sealing section that seals one end portion of the bulb and holds the pair of introduction sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kanagawa, Atsushi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9290040
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing panels of the type having at least a substrate and a printed decor with a relief provided on the substrate involves printing, whether or not by the intermediary of primer layers, at least a portion of the decor onto the substrate and forming the relief. The relief is formed at least partially after the portion of the decor has been printed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventor: Bart Verhaeghe
  • Patent number: 9057830
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, articles, and methods for discriminating electromagnetic radiation based upon the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation. In some cases, the materials and systems described herein can be capable of inhibiting reflection of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., the materials and systems can be capable of transmitting and/or absorbing electromagnetic radiation) within a given range of angles of incidence at a first incident surface, while substantially reflecting electromagnetic radiation outside the range of angles of incidence at a second incident surface (which can be the same as or different from the first incident surface). A photonic material comprising a plurality of periodically occurring separate domains can be used, in some cases, to selectively transmit and/or selectively absorb one portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation while reflecting another portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation, based upon the angle of incidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rafif E. Hamam, Peter Bermel, Ivan Celanovic, Marin Soljacic, Adrian Y. X. Yeng, Michael Ghebrebrhan, John D. Joannopoulos
  • Patent number: 8823252
    Abstract: An incandescent lamp is provided having first and second attach lead wires and a filament having a coil portion between first and second end portions. The first and second end portions are crimped to the first and second wires, respectively. The first end portion has a bent portion and the second end portion has a second bent portion to prevent migration of the coil portion relative to the first and second lead wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald P. Iacovoni, Frederick Masters
  • Patent number: 8704436
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp having an electrode including an electrode rod, a melted part and a coil part, and satisfying 0 < La L < 0.3 , where La denotes an average value of a length in units of mm of an exposed portion of the coil part in an axial direction of the electrode rod, the exposed portion being not covered with the melted part, and L denotes a maximum value of a length in units of mm between a tip of a head of the electrode rod and an opposite edge of the coil part to the melted part, measured in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Ogawa, Yoshiki Kitahara, Kazunori Ohta, Tamotsu Ishikawa, Jun Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8581492
    Abstract: A filament coil for an incandescent lamp assembly is provided. The filament coil includes a helical winding extending generally along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The filament coil further includes a winding having a first pitch ratio at the first and second ends, and a different, second pitch ratio along an intermediate portion located between the first and second ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Agnes Mezeine Fudala, Zoltan Bako
  • Patent number: 8421328
    Abstract: An infrared heat lamp (200) having a vertical burning position includes an outer tubular member (202) and a heating element (208) having a coiled portion (214) at least partially disposed within the outer tubular member (202). The heating element (208) includes first and second terminal ends (210, 212), wherein the coiled portion (214) is defined therebetween, the coiled portion (214) having a plurality of turns (216) defining a through passage (218). The heat lamp (200) further includes an inner elongate member (222) disposed within the through passage (218) of the coiled portion (214), the inner elongate member (222) having a plurality of support members (224) extending therefrom. Each of the plurality of support members (224) engages at least one of the plurality of turns (216) of the coiled portion (214), whereby the coiled portion (214) is supported by the plurality of support members (224) when the heating element (208) is in a vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo De Santiago, Andres Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8319410
    Abstract: The filament clamp assembly has a pair of bifurcated clamps to hold the connecting leads of a filament within a cavity of a cathode of a separate cathode assembly. The filament clamp assembly is mounted on the insulator block in self-aligning relation. The cathode assembly has a tungsten cathode with an internal cavity to receive the filament that is secured within a retainer shield made of one of tungsten, molybdenum and graphite by a threaded graphite cylindrical collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Ion Technology Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Manuel A. Jerez
  • Patent number: 8174174
    Abstract: An apparatus and method comprising a cathode structure which can be a cylindrical filament coiled in a helix or which can be constructed of a ribbon or other suitable shape. The cathode structure can be heated by passage of an electrical current, or by other means such as bombardment with energetic electrons. Selected portions of the surface of the cathode structure have an altered property with respect to the non-selected portions of the surface. In one embodiment, the altered property is a curvature. In another embodiment, the altered property is a work function. By altering the property of the selected portions of the surface, the electron beam intensity is increased, and the width is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Arnold, Steve Bandy, Gary Virshup
  • Publication number: 20120098407
    Abstract: A filament coil for an incandescent lamp assembly is provided. The filament coil includes a helical winding extending generally along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. The filament coil further includes a winding having a first pitch ratio at the first and second ends, and a different, second pitch ratio along an intermediate portion located between the first and second ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Agnes Mezeine Fudala, Zoltan Bako
  • Patent number: 8072128
    Abstract: To provide the structure of a filament lamp having a plurality of independent power supply pathways, the structure being capable of preventing the power supply pathways from electrically shorting to each other, a filament lamp formed of a straight-tube shaped luminous part having multiple filaments (F1, F2, F3) divided in the axial direction, and sealing parts (20) on each of opposite ends of the luminous part (10) in which are embedded metal foils (31, 32, 33) corresponding to the number of filaments in an aligned manner, and leads for supplying electricity independently to each filament, the luminous part (10) having a first housing space (11) for housing the filaments and a second housing space (12) for housing the leads (51, 52, 53), the housing spaces be connected and extending in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Tanino, Yoichi Mizukawa
  • Publication number: 20110204774
    Abstract: A support for filiform elements containing an active material in form of powders is described, comprising anchoring means of the support and blocking means for the filiform element, a method for manufacturing said support and lamps wherein said supports are employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SAES GETTERS S.p.A
    Inventors: Mauro Riva, Alessio Corazza, Stefano Paolo Giorgi, Werner Juhr
  • Patent number: 7977855
    Abstract: An incandescent lamp that is specially adapted for use in combination with a concave reflector in providing a high-intensity beam of light. The lamp includes an optimized filament shape that consist of a filament arranged in coiled coils having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the reflector longitudinal axis and the larger coils of the coiled coil filament spaced from each other by a distance substantially the same as the filament coil diameter. The filament length, width, and height can be limited to substantially twelve millimeters to optimize the lamp for use with concave reflectors having a focal length of substantially twenty five millimeters, any type curvature, and any size diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Inventor: Randal Lee Wimberly
  • Publication number: 20110156570
    Abstract: The filament clamp assembly has a pair of bifurcated clamps to hold the connecting leads of a filament within a cavity of a cathode of a separate cathode assembly. The filament clamp assembly is mounted on the insulator block in self-aligning relation. The cathode assembly has a tungsten cathode with an internal cavity to receive the filament that is secured within a retainer shield made of one of tungsten, molybdenum and graphite by a threaded graphite cylindrical collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Manuel A. Jerez
  • Patent number: 7965038
    Abstract: Compact fluorescent lamp comprising a fluorescent lamp body (3), a cathode space (9) comprising a screened space (11) around an electrode (5) arranged inside the compact fluorescent lamp (1), and a power supply device (19) so arranged as to provide an electrical connection between the electrode (5) and a contact device (21) positioned next to the contact end (13) of the compact fluorescent lamp. The screened space (11) is formed by the electrode (5) enclosing the internal wall (7) of the fluorescent lamp body (3) and by a neighboring electrode (5) and beyond it a disc-shaped cathode screen (15) in a direction away from the contact end (13) containing a central opening (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Auralight International AB
    Inventors: Folke Axelsson, Mikael Severinsson
  • Patent number: 7932665
    Abstract: A lamp (10), which can be used in rapid thermal processing (RTP), has a lamp envelope (12) arrayed along a longitudinal axis (14) and has a top (16) and a bottom (18). A first coiled-coil filament (20) having a first lead-in (20a) and a second coiled-coil filament (22) having a second lead-in (22a), are parallelly arrayed to each other and to the longitudinal axis (14) within the envelope (12). A serial connector (24) joins the first and second filaments; and an electrically insulating support (26) is positioned near the bottom (18) of the lamp envelope (12). The first lead-in (20a), the second lead-in (22a) and at least a portion (24a) of the serial connector (24) are sealed within the insulating support 26 whereby the first and second lead-ins (20a, 22a) and the at least a portion (24a) of the serial connector (24) provide the only support for the first and second filaments (20, 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventor: Ceferino Garcia
  • Patent number: 7911121
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp (1) which is provided with an illuminant (7) which is inserted in a bulb (2) together with a filling in a vacuum-tight manner, the illuminant (7) comprising a metal carbide that has a melting point above that of tungsten. The bulb also comprises a source and a sink for a material of which the illuminant is depleted during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Axel Bunk, Matthias Damm, Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 7902529
    Abstract: An electron source can selectively provide a first stream of electrons that travels in a direction along an imaginary line to a location remote from the electron source, or a second stream of electrons that travels in the direction along the line to the location. The electron source includes a first electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the first stream, and a second electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the second stream. A different aspect relates to a method for operating an apparatus having an electron source that includes first and second electron emitters. The method includes selectively producing a first stream of electrons that travels from the first electron emitter in a direction along an imaginary line to a location remote from the electron source, or a second stream of electrons that travels from the second electron emitter in the direction along the line to the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Thermo Finnigan LLC
    Inventors: Scott T. Quarmby, George B. Guckenberger
  • Patent number: 7868530
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter includes a filament electrode that can include a filament coil connected with a pair of lead wires with confidence. It is possible for a fluorescent lamp using the filament electrode to emit light with a wider range while located in a thin tube. The filament electrode can include a pair of connecting pipes, a pair of lead wires located parallel to each other, and a filament coil including two connecting parts. Each of the two connecting parts of the filament coil can attach to respective ends of the pair of lead wires via the pair of connecting pipes via pressure bonding so as not to contact the connecting parts of the filament coil with the ends of the pair of lead wires located in the pair of connecting pipes and so as to align the structures. Thus, the filament electrode can be used even in a thin glass or quartz tube and can provide an effective heat-shield operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Nagahara, Koji Kikuchihara, Masayuki Kanechika
  • Patent number: 7795792
    Abstract: An apparatus and method comprising a cathode structure which can be a cylindrical filament coiled in a helix or which can be constructed of a ribbon or other suitable shape. The cathode structure can be heated by passage of an electrical current, or by other means such as bombardment with energetic electrons. Selected portions of the surface of the cathode structure have an altered property with respect to the non-selected portions of the surface. In one embodiment, the altered property is a curvature. In another embodiment, the altered property is a work function. By altering the property of the selected portions of the surface, the electron beam intensity is increased, and the width is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. Arnold, Steve Bandy, Gary Virshup
  • Patent number: 7777403
    Abstract: A photonic-crystal filament is formed by mixing a slurry comprising particles of substantially uniform size and a precursor material for a desired metal, urging the slurry through an orifice to force the particles and precursor material into a combination having a desired crystallographic configuration, drying the combination emerging from the orifice, and sintering the precursor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Champion, Gregory S. Herman, Hubert A. Vander Plas, David M. Schut
  • Publication number: 20100052501
    Abstract: To obtain a brazing material where the major components thereof is Mo and Ru of the rare metal is not used. The brazing material comprised of (1 to 3.5) wt % of C—(1 to 3.5) wt % of B—remainder of Mo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Toshiba Hokuto Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ueda, Tsutomu Morioka
  • Patent number: 7471885
    Abstract: A filament lamp in which the article to be treated can be uniformly heated, and in which the disadvantage of poor sealing or the like does not arise even in the case of inserting a host of metal foils into a hermetically sealed portion is achieved in a filament lamp in the bulb of which there are several filament bodies, in which filaments and leads for supply of power to the filaments are connected to one another, and in which, on an end of the bulb, there is a hermetically sealed portion in which there is a rod-shaped sealing insulator on the periphery of which several electrically conductive components that are connected to the filaments are arranged spaced from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoichi Mizukawa, Norihiro Inaoka, Tetsuya Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 7438742
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing wear of an electrode holder on a discharge electrode frame of an electrostatic precipitator includes an electrically conductive member having a central portion generally contoured to a shape of an electrode holder. The apparatus is fastened to at least one of the electrode holder and an end portion of a discharge electrode such that, when the end portion of the discharge electrode is attached to the electrode holder, the electrically conductive member is disposed between the end portion of the discharge electrode and the electrode holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventor: James Glendon Smith
  • Patent number: 7385338
    Abstract: A lamp (10) comprising an hermetically sealed, cylindrical envelope (12) arrayed about a longitudinal axis (13); two filament supports (14, 16) sealed in the envelop; a filament (18) fixed between the filaments supports; and an internal reflector (20) in the envelope for directing light emitted from the filament outwardly from the envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventor: Ceferino H. Garcia
  • Patent number: 7375458
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to continuous carbon-nanotube filaments of radiation-emitting devices and methods for fabricating them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pavel Kornilovich, James Stasiak, Robert Bicknell
  • Patent number: 7298073
    Abstract: In a fluorescent display tube, a metal spacer is used as a height sustaining member and a fixing member of linear member so that the fixing strength of the linear member in the lengthwise direction is increased. In the fluorescent display tube, both ends of filament and Al wires are bonded onto a cathode electrode formed on a substrate by ultrasonic bonding. The ends of the filament are embedded in a part in the Al wires in the shape of being bent into a letter Z or an inverted letter Z to form fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yonezawa, Yasuhiro Nohara, Hiroaki Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7271530
    Abstract: A filament for an X-ray tube has a varied wire diameter but has a constant coil outside diameter to obtain a good uniformity of the longitudinal temperature distribution of the filament. The filament has a wire diameter d which is gradually reduced from the longitudinal central region to the longitudinal ends while the coil outside diameter D is fixed along the longitudinal direction. The wire is polished at only the inside of the coil to reduce the wire diameter. In order to make the longitudinal temperature distribution uniform as far as possible, the difference ?d between the wire diameter dmax at the longitudinal central region and the wire diameter dmin at the longitudinal ends should satisfy the following limitation: ?d/dmax=0.041 to 0.145.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Rigaku Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Kuribayashi, Masahiro Nonoguchi, Naohisa Osaka, Yoji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7259515
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of lamps. An incandescent electric lamp comprises a bulb (100), current-conducting supply wires (103, 104), a filament (105) having turns (A to H) arranged in spiraling fashion around an axis of revolution (102), one end (105a) of the filament being connected to the conductor wire (103), a metal support (108) of which one end (108a) is connected to the conductor wire (104) and the other end (108b) is connected to the other end (105b) of the filament, and a metal bracket (109) which is in electrical contact with one of the ends or one of the turns of the filament and which comprises a substantially straight portion parallel to the axis of revolution of the filament and situated below the filament when the lamp is in its normal operating position. The metal bracket is, for example, at the potential of the end (105a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Jacky Paul Marchand
  • Patent number: 7230389
    Abstract: A metal halide lamp includes a ceramic arc tube that is composed of a main body and two narrow tube parts provided at respective ends of the main body; a pair of electrodes provided inside the main body; two feeders, each being connected at one end thereof to a different one of the electrodes inside the main body, and extending through a different one of the narrow tube parts, so as to be external to the arc tube at another end; a starting wire that is connected to one of the feeders, and that is in a vicinity of or contacts an outer surface of the arc tube; and a current suppressing unit that is on a current path of the starting wire, and suppresses or cuts off current on the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Takeda, Isao Ota, Kazushige Sakamoto, Yoshiharu Nishiura
  • Patent number: 7180231
    Abstract: A filament for generating electrons for an electron beam emitter where the filament has a cross section and a length. The cross section of the filament is varied along the length for producing a desired electron generation profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Electron Beams, Inc.
    Inventor: Tzvi Avnery
  • Patent number: 7157841
    Abstract: An electron tube includes a vessel, a primary linear member installed in the vessel, an electrode disposed in the vessel, a first auxiliary linear member and a second auxiliary linear member disposed at different heights to interpose the primary linear member therebetween, and a plurality of fixing members. The fixing members are formed at a single substrate for constituting a part of the vessel, for fixing end portions of the first auxiliary and the second auxiliary linear member thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yonezawa, Yasuhiro Nohara, Hiroaki Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 7130380
    Abstract: Methods for connecting electrical potential to an extractor cup at the cathode of a miniature x-ray tube are disclosed. The various connection schemes are designed to form a rugged and conveniently manufacturable connection between the metal extractor cup and one side of the cathode filament, so that the extractor cup shapes the path of electrons as desired en route to the anode of the tube. Some of the disclosed connections involve evaporation of conductive metal or other materials off the filament when the filament is first activated. Others involve applying a paste or paint conductive precursor directly to a base to connect a post and the extractor, the paste being heat-cured after the completion of assembly. Others involve a fine wire or spring strip from one filament post to the walls of the extractor cup. Other schemes include welded or brazed wires or foil, crimping, pinching, swaging and other connections, all made inside the tube enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Xoft, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Lovoi, Petre H. Vatahov, Earl E. Dozier, Peter C. Smith, Leonard Reed, Robert G. Neimeyer
  • Patent number: 7130381
    Abstract: Methods for connecting electrical potential to an extractor cup at the cathode of a miniature x-ray tube are disclosed. The various connection schemes are designed to form a rugged and conveniently manufacturable connection between the metal extractor cup and one side of the cathode filament, so that the extractor cup shapes the path of electrons as desired en route to the anode of the tube. Some of the disclosed connections involve evaporation of conductive metal or other materials off the filament when the filament is first activated. Others involve applying a paste or paint conductive precursor directly to a base to connect a post and the extractor, the paste being heat-cured after the completion of assembly. Others involve a fine wire or spring strip from one filament post to the walls of the extractor cup. Other schemes include welded or brazed wires or foil, crimping, pinching, swaging and other connections, all made inside the tube enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Xoft, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Lovoi, Petre H. Vatahov, Earl E. Dozier, Peter C. Smith, Leonard Reed, Robert G. Neimeyer
  • Patent number: 7064477
    Abstract: A low input power consumption, compact thermal field emitter is suitable for use in electron beam systems, particularly those systems that use an array of electron beams or a miniature electron beam system. The thermal field emitter design reduces heat loss by reducing heat transfer to the base. To achieve reduced loses the design incorporates the use of high electrical resistivity, low thermal conductivity materials for construction of the filament posts and the filaments. Such materials further reduce heat loss and reduce input current requirements. In one embodiment, the base includes counterbores that reduce the heat conduction path between the filament posts and the base, and moves the contact area further from the filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: FEI Company
    Inventors: Gerald G. Magera, Gregory A. Schwind, James B. McGinn, David S. Jun
  • Patent number: RE47157
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems, articles, and methods for discriminating electromagnetic radiation based upon the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation. In some cases, the materials and systems described herein can be capable of inhibiting reflection of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., the materials and systems can be capable of transmitting and/or absorbing electromagnetic radiation) within a given range of angles of incidence at a first incident surface, while substantially reflecting electromagnetic radiation outside the range of angles of incidence at a second incident surface (which can be the same as or different from the first incident surface). A photonic material comprising a plurality of periodically occurring separate domains can be used, in some cases, to selectively transmit and/or selectively absorb one portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation while reflecting another portion of incoming electromagnetic radiation, based upon the angle of incidence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rafif E. Hamam, Peter Bermel, Ivan Celanovic, Marin Soljacic, Adrian Y. X. Yeng, Michael Ghebrebrhan, John D. Joannopoulos