Tungsten-halogen Cycle Lamp Patents (Class 313/579)
  • Patent number: 6913503
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp includes a quartz glass bulb and a pair of electrodes. Each electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed so as to be opposite the other in the quartz glass bulb. The quartz glass bulb of the high pressure discharge lamp contains at least mercury and a halogen gas which are airtightly sealed in the quartz glass bulb. The partial pressure of oxygen (O) in the quartz glass bulb is about 2.5×10?3 Pa or less and the partial pressure of the halogen gas in the quartz glass bulb is in the range between about 1×10?6 ?mol/mm3 and 1×10?8 ?mol/mm3. The pair of electrodes contain potassium oxide in the range between about 20 ppm and 40 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: NEC Microwave Tube, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Nishida, Toshimoto Makino
  • Patent number: 6879102
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp for motor vehicle headlights, having at least one incandescent filament (2) arranged inside the lamp vessel, and a shading device (4). A coil exit (2a) of the incandescent filament (2) is joined to an edge section (41) of the shading device (4) running substantially parallel to the coil axis, in order to ensure an improved suspension of the incandescent filament (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Behr, Manfred Bühler, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20040239244
    Abstract: A 3-way halogen light bulb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Brian Brandes
  • Publication number: 20040232836
    Abstract: A halogen lamp of a 12V type including: a glass part, a portion of which is a light emitting portion having a space therein and the rest of which is a sealing portion, both portions being made of quartz glass; an infrared reflective coating formed to cover an outer surface of the glass part; a filament which, supported by the sealing portion, is provided in the inner space of the light emitting portion; a molybdenum foil which is embedded in the sealing portion and is electrically connected to the filament; and a power supply line, one end of which is connected to the molybdenum foil, the other end exposed to outside. The halogen lamp satisfies 450 mm2≦Sb<650 mm2 and Se≧−0.35Sb+520, where Sb and Se designate outer surface areas of the light emitting portion and the sealing portion, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Naotaka Hashimoto, Taku Ikeda, Ichiro Shibagaki, Ichiro Takeuchi
  • Publication number: 20040201352
    Abstract: In a foil sealed lamp, a lamp container made of transparent material, has at least one sealing portion made of molybdenum wherein a metallic foil is buried, a light emitting section which is connected to one end of the metallic foil and a lead rod extending outward and connected to other end of the metallic foil, and wherein, in the sealing portion, a gap formed around a circumference portion of the lead rod is filled with sealing agent made of rubidium oxide or cesium oxide, and glass having boron oxide and bismuth oxide as principal components is coated on an outer end surface of the sealing portion so as to close the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Okamoto, Yukiharu Tagawa
  • Patent number: 6803721
    Abstract: The invention relates to a halogen incandescent lamp for operating on line voltage, at least comprising a hermetically sealed, cylindrical bulb (2) made from transparent material, a filling made from inert gas and a halogen additive, a luminous element (4), a current supply system, and a mount (5), which is formed from a single-piece support wire, one end region of which is bent away transversely to the lamp axis, and which retains the luminous element (4) in the vicinity of the end of the bulb (2) remote from the pinch, wherein a luminous element (4) bent virtually into a U-shape is arranged symmetrically relative to the lamp axis, the luminous element (4) is held twice by the mount (5) in the region of the portion of the luminous element (4) which is arranged transverse to the lamp axis, and one end of the mount (5) is fixed in a pinch (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Hofmann, Andreas Wever, Heinz-Josef Offermanns, Dieter Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 6784605
    Abstract: A halogen incandescent lamp comprises a light-transmitting envelope filled with a gas including a halogen gas and an inert gas. A pair of inner conductive wires is arranged in the envelope. A triple-coiled filament, which has a first coiling, a second coiling, and a third coiling having about 1.5 to about 4 turns, is re-crystallized, is arranged in the envelope, and is connected between ends of the inner conductive wires. The triple-coiled filament is held by a support member. The halogen incandescent lamp may be utilized to a lighting apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Sakai, Hideto Mochizuki, Makoto Bessho, Kazuhiro Ikejiri, Masayuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6717339
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light bulb comprising a base BA to which a filament FIL is connected, which filament is intended to emit a luminous radiation and has turns arranged in spiraling fashion around an axis of revolution AX. According to the invention, the light bulb in addition comprises a plurality of hooks H1, H2, and H3, each being in contact with one of the turns of the filament, and being connected to the base BA by means of a support SUP. The invention enables to keep the filament FIL securely in position, which reduces the risk that several turns of said filament will come into contact with the support SUP, thus creating a destructive short-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Jacky Paul Marchand
  • Patent number: 6690102
    Abstract: The electric lamp has a light source (3) having a first (31) and a second light-generating portion (32) in a concave reflector (2). The reflector has an axis of symmetry (20) and a first (21) and a second reflector portion (22), each having an optical axis (23 and 24, respectively) which is parallel to the axis of symmetry (20). Each reflector portion (21, 22) surrounds its optical axis (23, 24) for the greater part. The light source portions (31, 32) each coincide with a respective one of the optical axes (23, 24). The lamp produces a light beam which has only one maximum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Egbertus Johannes Petrus Maassen, Raoul Meerten, Cornelis Versluijs
  • Patent number: 6686694
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for marking quartz glass lamps having at least one fusible metal foil 10, 12, which is surrounded by quartz glass, for supplying electric voltage to luminous means 15 arranged in the interior chamber of a lamp vessel, in which method the fusible metal foil 10, 12 is marked through the quartz glass by means of a laser. The invention also relates to a quartz glass lamp having at least one fusible metal foil 10, 12 which is surrounded by quartz glass, for supplying electric voltage to luminous means 15 arranged in the interior chamber of a lamp vessel, in which lamp the fusible metal foil 10, 12 forms a marking area 16, the marking of the marking area 16 taking place through the quartz glass by means of a laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Patent Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer e{overscore (l)}ektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Johann Rechermann, Xaver Brems, Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 6667573
    Abstract: A halogen incandescent lamp, in particular a miniature halogen incandescent lamp with an electrical power consumption of at most 10 W, that is suitable for use in a pocket lamp. The outside diameter of the lamp bulb is 3.0 mm to 6.2 mm, and the sections (4a, 5a) arranged in the interior (3) of the lamp bulb (1), of the supply leads (4, 5) for the incandescent filament (2) are constructed as flattened wires in order to minimize shading effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Axel Bunk, Walter Ciupke, Guenter Kreis, Thomas Kass, Joachim Koziol, Rolf Minder
  • Patent number: 6661177
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a discharge vessel which is enclosed, with clearance, by an outer bulb. The outer bulb is closed at one end by a lamp cap. The lamp is provided with an ignition circuit including at least a series arrangement of a glow starter and an ohmic impedance. According to the invention, the ohmic impedance is formed by a halogen incandescent lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus Marinus Josephus Franciscus Luijks, Johan Leopold Victorina Hendrix
  • Patent number: 6650042
    Abstract: A low-wattage fluorescent lamp is provided. The lamp has at least one mercury cold spot region effective to maintain the mercury in the lamp at less than 30° C., preferably 25° C., in an enclosed lamp fixture. The lamp also features a reduced distance between electrodes resulting in less power being required to sustain an electric arc discharge during operation of the lamp. The lower power electric arc generates less heat to raise the temperature of mercury vapor within the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Edward E. Hammer
  • Patent number: 6630770
    Abstract: A light source bulb in an automotive headlamp having a lamp chamber defined by a lamp housing and a lens, where the lamp chamber includes a reflector and the light source bulb arranged therein. The reflector includes a reflecting surface constituted by a complex reflecting surface. The light source bulb includes a high-beam filament arranged obliquely below and behind with respect to a low-beam filament. When lit, high and low beam distribution patterns are formed by entire-surface reflection light distribution control of the reflecting surface. The light source bulb is used for right traffic and for left traffic. A second support wire is, in a side view of said light source bulb, bent to rearward of the rear end of said high-beam filament and positioned above the lower end of said low-beam filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Okubo
  • Patent number: 6624577
    Abstract: A tungsten-rhenium filament for an operation temperature between 2900 and 3200° K is disclosed. The filament comprises an aluminum-potassium-silicon (AKS) additive. The filament has a grain microstructure comprising substantially exclusively elongated interlocking grains with a Grain Aspect Ratio (GAR) not less than 12. The rhenium content of the filament is between 0.2-0.4% by weight. A method for manufacturing a rhenium-tungsten filament is also disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. An AKS doped tungsten-rhenium alloy powder is prepared with a rhenium content of 0.2-0.4% by weight. The alloy powder is pressed and presintered, and thereafter sintered with direct current. A rhenium-tungsten filament is formed, which has a metastable crystal structure. The filament is annealed below the recrystallisation temperature, and recrystallised above the crystallization temperature. There is also provided a halogen incandescent lamp with a glass envelope enclosing a tungsten-rhenium filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: István Mészáros, Tamás Gál, György Nagy, Béla Szeles
  • Patent number: 6611102
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tungsten-halogen light bulb having an arc tube with a seal portion at one end. A filament is provided in the interior of the arc tube, and a basic gas mainly comprising at least either gaseous xenon or gaseous krypton is filled in the arc tube. When V (V) denotes a rated voltage of the tungsten-halogen light bulb, P(MPa) denotes a filling pressure of the basic gas at a room temperature, and Xe vol. % and Kr vol. % respectively denote composition ratios of the gaseous xenon and of the gaseous krypton, the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied simultaneously, in which ‘%’ means ‘volume %’. V≧100 (Volt)  (1) P≧0.7+{0.1×(Kr%/(Kr%+Xe%))}  (2) In these formulas, Kr %+Xe %=100(%), 0≦Kr %≦100, and 0≦Xe %≦100. Accordingly, a crack at the seal portion of the arc tube is prevented and the lifetime is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mituhiko Kimoto, Taku Ikeda, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Takeshi Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 6608440
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp includes a quartz glass bulb and a pair of electrodes. Each electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed so as to be opposite the other in the quartz glass bulb. The quartz glass bulb of the high pressure discharge lamp contains at least mercury and a halogen gas which are airtightly sealed in the quartz glass bulb. The partial pressure of oxygen (O) in the quartz glass bulb is about 2.5×10−3 Pa or less and the partial pressure of the halogen gas in the quartz glass bulb is in the range between about 1×10−6 &mgr;mol/mm3 and 1×10−8 &mgr;mol/mm3. The pair of electrodes contain potassium oxide in the range between about 20 ppm and 40 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: NEC Microwave Tube, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhisa Nishida, Toshimoto Makino
  • Publication number: 20030127980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a halogen incandescent lamp for operating on line voltage, at least comprising a hermetically sealed, cylindrical bulb (2) made from transparent material, a filling made from inert gas and a halogen additive, a luminous element (4), a current supply system, and a mount (5), which is formed from a single-piece support wire, one end region of which is bent away transversely to the lamp axis, and which retains the luminous element (4) in the vicinity of the end of the bulb (2) remote from the pinch, wherein a luminous element (4) bent virtually into a U-shape is arranged symmetrically relative to the lamp axis, the luminous element (4) is held twice by the mount (5) in the region of the portion of the luminous element (4) which is arranged transverse to the lamp axis, and one end of the mount (5) is fixed in a pinch (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Bernd Hofmann, Andreas Wever, Heinz-Josef Offermanns, Dieter Rosenbaum
  • Publication number: 20030127979
    Abstract: A single-ended tungsten halogen lamp having a spherical or ellipsoidal envelope and an infrared reflective coating is manufactured using a mandrel alignment tool that radially centers an axially-oriented tungsten filament within the envelope. The manufacturing method includes forming the envelope in a glass tube. A filament assembly having an axially-oriented coiled tungsten filament is then placed into the interior of the envelope and the mandrel alignment tool is utilized to center the filament radially within the spherical or ellipsoidal envelope. The tool includes a tip that is inserted into the center of the tungsten coil to maintain the radial position of the filament during sealing of the glass tube around the filament assembly. After removing the tool, the glass tube is necked down and an inert halogen gas is placed within the envelope. The tube is then tipped off and the infrared reflective coating applied to form a completed bulb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL WORLD WIDE, INC.
    Inventor: Ernest C. Weyhrauch
  • Patent number: 6577065
    Abstract: An electric lamp is provided which includes a sealed thin-walled outer envelope containing a fill gas having a high thermal conductivity. A lamp capsule is contained within the outer envelope and is in series with an oxidizable fuse also contained within the outer envelope. The fill gas serves to reduce the temperature of the fuse during normal operation of the lamp thereby reducing the power loss in the fuse, increasing overall lamp efficacy and eliminating glow of the fuse. The lamp capsule is quickly extinguished if the outer envelope is broken and the fuse exposed to air. In one embodiment, an incandescent lamp is provided wherein the lamp capsule is a tungsten halogen capsule, the fuse is a tungsten coil wire and the fill gas is helium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventor: Michael R. Kling
  • Patent number: 6559597
    Abstract: An incandescent light, which uses a rotating, liquefied filament. The rotating filament consists of a thin layer of filament metal deposited on the interior convex surface of a refractory filament mount, which is inside the torus. The filament device is designed to rotate at a speed sufficient to prevent the metal from boiling off from, or breaking away from, the refractory surface of the filament mount as it rotates. The rotational speed of the torus will create a centrifugal force greater than the thermal forces, which would otherwise destroy the molecular integrity of the filament metal. The temperature of the deposited filament metal will exceed its normal melting point as it rotates. As it becomes hotter it will luminesce more in exponential proportion to the current applied to the rotating torus filament assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Jerome D. Friedman
  • Publication number: 20020171360
    Abstract: The compact high-voltage incandescent lamp according to the invention has as a luminous element a threefold winding in the form of a double helix (4) which is formed, for its part, from a coiled-coil filament (4a-4c). It is possible in this way to implement high-voltage incandescent lamps with compact dimensions and high luminances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Helmut Davideit, Sigbert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20020163303
    Abstract: A halogen incandescent lamp, in particular a miniature halogen incandescent lamp with an electrical power consumption of at most 10 W, that is suitable for use in a pocket lamp. The outside diameter of the lamp bulb is 3.0 mm to 6.2 mm, and the sections (4a, 5a) arranged in the interior (3) of the lamp bulb (1), of the supply leads (4, 5) for the incandescent filament (2) are constructed as flattened wires in order to minimize shading effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Axel Bunk, Walter Ciupke, Guenter Kreis, Thomas Kass, Joachim Koziol, Rolf Minder
  • Patent number: 6472641
    Abstract: There is provided a lamp unit for light radiating type heating device which allows efficient cooling of the lamps, and the temperature increase of a semiconductor wafer irradiated with the lamp unit is faster than in the prior art without the need of a complicated and large cooling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6462472
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a fixing structure for the safety fuse of a Christmas lamp. The Christmas lamp of the present invention has two conductive filaments installed at two sides in a lamp casing. A fixing block is installed in the casing to fix the positions of the two conductive filaments. A tungsten filament is connected between the top ends of the two conductive filaments. The potion of the two conductive filaments between the tungsten filament and the fixing block is bent to form a fixing structure. A small section of safety fuse is exactly fixed on the two conductive filaments through the help of the fixing structure. Thereby good conductivity can be maintained, and material of safety fuse can be saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventors: Chen Hsien Huang, Kuo Chih Tseng
  • Publication number: 20020135302
    Abstract: A halogen incandescent lamp comprises a light-transmitting envelope filled with a gas including a halogen gas and an inert gas. A pair of inner conductive wires is arranged in the envelope. A triple-coiled filament, which has a first coiling, a second coiling, and a third coiling having about 1.5 to about 4 turns, is re-crystallized, is arranged in the envelope, and is connected between ends of the inner conductive wires. The triple-coiled filament is held by a support member. The halogen incandescent lamp may be utilized to a lighting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Makoto Sakai, Hideto Mochizuki, Makoto Bessho, Kazuhiro Ikejiri, Masayuki Tahakashi
  • Patent number: 6384530
    Abstract: Tungsten-halogen lamps capable of satisfactory operation at relatively high temperatures exceeding 250° C. which comprise a high temperature glass or quartz envelope enclosing a tungsten filament and molybdenum, contain a fill comprising a mixture of noble gas, hydrogen, phosphorus, chlorine, and bromine. In a preferred embodiment the chlorine and bromine will be supplied by a single carbon atom hydrocarbon compound containing both halogens such as CHCl2Br and CH2BrCl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas H. Yu, Richard H. Holcomb
  • Patent number: 6373193
    Abstract: A long life, halogen cycle, incandescent lamp (30) for operation in excess of 85 volts. The lamp comprises a transparent glass envelope (34) having sealed therewithin a tungsten filament (45); a pair of electrical lead-ins (42, 44) connecting the filament and extending exteriorly of the envelope for connection to a supply voltage greater than 100 V; and a fill gas within the envelope, including a halogen, at a pressure of at least three atmospheres. The envelope is constructed of a five component alkaline earth aluminosilicate glass having a composition consisting essentially of, in weight percent from >58 to about 64% SiO2, from about 14 to about 17% Al2O3; from 0 to about 1% B2O3, from 1 to about 6% MgO, from about 6 to about 12% CaO, from about 7 to about 17% BaO and from 0 to about 1.5% ZrO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignees: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Marlor, Karin Naumann, Franz Ott, Ottmar Becker
  • Patent number: 6356016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure metal-halide lamp comprising a discharge vessel with an ionizable filling containing Hg, a halide and a rare gas, which vessel includes electrodes with a rod containing substantially W. The lamp, when in operation, maintains a W-halide cycle in the discharge vessel. According to the invention, the discharge vessel contains an oxygen dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph L. G. Suijker, Marinus C. Raas
  • Patent number: 6280061
    Abstract: A halogen lamp with reflector which allows a pinch seal portion to be fitted onto a lamp mount portion of a reflector simply by inserting a lamp body with a pinch seal support and a lead rod support into the lamp mount portion, thrashes the cost and prevents an inorganic adhesive from contaminating a concave reflecting section of the reflector, and is suitable for achieving high wattage. An insulating lead rod support (5) is mounted to lead rods (1b), and a pinch seal support (4) is mounted to the pinch seal portion (1a). The lead rod support (5) is inserted into a bottom aperture (3b) of the lamp mount portion (3). The pinch seal support (4) includes an insertion hole (4d) for passing the pinch seal portion (1b) therethrough, pinch seal abutting pieces (4b), reflector abutting pieces (4a), and an opening closing portion (4c) closing the front opening (6). An adhesive (8) is injected into a gap between the pinch seal portion (1b) and the lamp mount portion (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Phoenix Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruo Kokado
  • Patent number: 6239550
    Abstract: A tungsten halogen lamp comprises an arc tube of fused quartz having a sealing portion at one end with a halogen element and a rare gas enclosed and a filament coil held within the arc tube, and an infrared reflecting film is formed on the surface of the arc tube. The sealing portion seals metal foils connected to the filament coil and outer leads having one end connected to the metal foils and the other end led out of the sealing portion. The infrared reflecting film is formed on the surfaces of the outer leads and the surfaces of the metal foils, and at least a part of the surface of the sealing portion has a portion where the infrared reflecting film is not formed or a portion where at least a part of the infrared reflecting film is removed. Therefore, the oxidation of the metal foils is prevented, and a tungsten halogen lamp that has a long life and a high efficiency and is inexpensive and a method for manufacturing the same are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuo Maeda
  • Patent number: 6133676
    Abstract: A halogen bulb is composed essentially of a tubular halogen bulb having two conductive ends, a thick hollow glass envelope and a socket for holding securely the tubular halogen bulb in the thick hollow glass envelope. The thick glass envelope has a thickness ranging between about 2 mm and about 8 mm, which is made integrally or made of two component parts joined together. The thick hollow glass envelope may be provided with protuberances perpendicular to an outer surface opposite to the socket, and/or ventilation holes to reduce the temperature of the double-enveloped halogen bulb at work. The socket may be provided with one or more ventilation holes at the closed end thereof. A bracket is used inside the thick hollow glass envelope for holding the tubular halogen bulb such that the tubular halogen bulb is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventor: Chun Tsun Chen
  • Patent number: 5949181
    Abstract: An automotive lamp bulb is provided that is easy to assemble. A glass bulb has a tip with a short projection at its upper end. A common lead wire is secured in a neck portion of the glass bulb with the aid of a bead. The bead makes it possible to shorten the upper end of the glass bulb. The use of the bead also makes it easier to align the common lead wire with the neck portion. Because the bead is interposed therebetween, the common lead wire is allowed to slide in relation to the glass bulb, thus making it possible to use inexpensive hard glass. Consequently, an inexpensive and compact automotive lamp bulb can be easily manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hajime Tabata, Toru Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 5910707
    Abstract: A glass halogen lamp which exhibits improved short wavelength light transmission and emission having a glass envelope which is made of a glass composition of the aluminosilicate system in which the iron content of the composition is between 10 and 100 ppm. The glass envelope of the lamp may optionally contain an area of reduced wall thickness which further enhances short wavelength light transmission and emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventor: Dean A. Bell
  • Patent number: 5896007
    Abstract: An incandescent halogen lamp is operated under convection-free conditions. In this way, light yields of about 15 to 20 lm/W with service lives of about 2000 hours can be attained. The important parameters are the bulb dimensions, luminous element dimensions, and fill gas properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Patent Treuhand Gesellschaft Fur Elektrische Gluehlampen MBH
    Inventors: Peter Dobiasch, Rolf Minder, Karlheinz Vogl
  • Patent number: 5886466
    Abstract: A miniature two-pin, tungsten-halogen lamp in the shape of a cylindrical envelope formed of high temperature glass having a sealed chamber capable of withstanding internal pressures of between 5 and 20 atmospheres. The diameter of the cylindrical envelope is in the range of 0.250 to 0.313 inches and contains at least one refractory metal filament mounted within the sealed chamber. The metal filament is electrically connected to a pair of leads passing out of the envelope. A fill gas is contained within the sealed chamber and contains an inert gas major constituent and a halide gas minor constituent. The lamp produces an efficacy of up to 26 lumens per watt when operating within a range of from 1.25 to 18 watts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean A. Bell, Raymond Alan Dean
  • Patent number: 5883469
    Abstract: Halogen bulb without additional safety device for high-volt/intermediate-t operation with a bulb pinched on one side produces an inherent safety effect by producing a current lead segment that is pinched from an uncoiled wire with a diameter of 130 .mu.m at most and the distance between the two current leads is suitably selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Thomas Noll, Roland Stark, Josef Bauer
  • Patent number: 5883468
    Abstract: A long life, two filament tungsten halogen lamp having light transmissive envelope, a first filament with a first lead, second lead, filament coil; a second similar filament, and a fill material is disclosed. The filament coil has an increased wire weight, increased over what is commonly used. The fill material comprises a halogen for the tungsten halogen cycle, a getter, and the remainder is approximately equal portions of krypton and xenon. The basic life improvement comes from the heavier tungsten wire weight, combined with the heavier molecular weight of xenon and krypton. The new filament and fill gives a two filament tungsten halogen lamp yielding substantially longer lamp life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Bonnie J. Hobbs, Paul A. Young, Stuart K. Denham
  • Patent number: 5821678
    Abstract: An electric incandescent lamp has a filament having two incandescent portions interconnected by an intermediate non-lightemitting conductor. The filament is accommodated in a single ended, pinchsealed tubular glass envelope and is supported therein in that the intermediate conductor is embedded in an inner portion of a second pinch seal. The lamp has means to lower the temperature of the intermediate conductor and thereby of the second pinch, if the maximum permissible temperature of the latter would otherwise be exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: U. S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Jean-Pierre A. Michel
  • Patent number: 5811934
    Abstract: An electric incandescent lamp (4), in particular an incandescent halogen p, has a bulb or envelope (5), which is shaped as an ellipsoid or optionally ellipsoidlike (barrel-shaped body) and provided with an IR layer (8). Located inside the bulb (5) axially is a compact filament (2') of circular-cylindrical outer contour; the focal lines of the ellipsoid-like barrel-shaped body each coincide approximately with the last luminous winding on the two ends of the filament. This improves lamp efficiency. The compact filament is preferably in the form of a helical coil (2'), whose power supply lead (10b) remote from the seal is returned to inside the helical coil (2'), or is shaped like a double helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Axel Bunk, Andreas Hollstein, Ulrich Binder
  • Patent number: 5760543
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electrical incandescent lamp with a mount for hing a filament coil (4), whereby the coil is suspended by at least one hook-shaped holder (7) provided with a free end, in which filament coil (4) is suspended. Free end (7a) of hook-shaped holder (7) is bent in such a way that it (7a) constricts the suspension opening of hook-shaped holder (7). In this way, an unhooking of the coil is avoided when vibrations occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventor: Hermann Gmeiner
  • Patent number: 5719468
    Abstract: An incandescent lamp has an envelope including a cylindrical portion and two hemispherical portions. Each hemispherical portion includes a second order curve which has a focus and is connected at one end of the cylindrical portion, respectively. A filament is provided along the central axis of the envelope and is located within and extends beyond a space surrounded by the cylindrical portion. An optical interference layer is arranged on a surface of the envelope to reflect infrared rays and transmit visible rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Takanishi, Kazunari Fukue, Tsutomu Watanabe, Hiroshi Kamata, Akira Kawakatsu
  • Patent number: 5686794
    Abstract: To positively locate a filament (5, 22) in position within a bulb (2) of a halogen incandescent lamp, the walls of the bulb are deformed at selected points along the length of the filament within the bulb to define at least three inwardly projecting dimples which just barely engage, or engage, the filament. Preferably, the filament is formed with a connecting portion (7) in the region of engagement, which connecting portion is either straight, coiled with a very steep pitch, or, if the filament is double-coiled, only single-coiled. The connecting portion (7) may be electrically short-circuited by a core pin (39). If the bulb is single-ended (FIG. 3), a return lead (29) along the wall of the bulb, can be pinched between adjacent walls (45) of adjacent dimples. The dimples, looked at from the outside of the lamp, are essentially funnel-shaped and, in cross section, may be circular, or if space between adjacent dimples is insufficient, may be elliptical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft F. Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Streppel, Hans Liermann, Juergen Eder
  • Patent number: 5680003
    Abstract: An improved coiled-coil filament for use in an incandescent lamp has a primary coil winding with a substantially uniform spacing between successive coil turns. The primary coil winding is wound around a second mandrel in a manner to provide a main coil body and leg portions extending therefrom. A helical bend is formed between the main coil body and the leg portions thereby allowing that the leg portions extend toward a seal region of the lamp envelope in a substantially parallel relation to each other. Once the main coil body has been set in shape, the first and second mandrels are removed such that the leg portions are disposed in the seal region of the lamp envelope in a spaceless, and optional spudless manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Hartwick, Robert J. Kellner, Joseph P. Lagermasini, III, Bernard W. Rachel
  • Patent number: 5565734
    Abstract: The electric incandescent lamp has a filament (2) centrically supported in a tubular envelope (1) by constrictions (6) in the envelope at areas where a refractory metal member (7) short-circuits turns (3') of the filament. The refractory metal member (7) is a sleeve around the filament (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Gervais Pinot
  • Patent number: 5473226
    Abstract: An incandescent lamp having an envelope of hardglass. The envelope encloses a tungsten filament and contains a fill material including an inert fill gas and a halogen additive. A coating of silicon dioxide (i.e., silica) is disposed on a substantial portion of the internal surface of the envelope. The silicon dioxide coating prevents the halogen additive from combining with alkaline ions of the hardglass envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Mark D. Beschle, Erich J. Bockley, Peter R. Gagnon, Robert M. Griffin
  • Patent number: 5359262
    Abstract: A low wattage sub-miniature, tungsten-halogen lamp having high efficacy and long life. The lamp has a cylindrical envelope in the T-1 to T-11/4 range containing a fill gas having a halogen minor constituent and an inert gas major constituent. The lamp operates at high fill gas pressures, and lower halogen gas content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: Welch Allyn, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean A. Bell, John W. Harkins
  • Patent number: 5336969
    Abstract: To reduce the transmissivity of glass, and particularly quartz glass, espally highly thermally loaded quartz glass of discharge lamps or halogen incandescent lamps, a coating or glaze is applied to the bulb and adjacent regions which includes, as an ultraviolet light absorption, a glaze of a mixture of cerium fluoride (CeF.sub.3) and aluminum trioxide (Al.sub.2 O.sub.3) and silicon dioxide (SiO.sub.2), in a relationship, by weight, of about 3:1, preferably about 2:1. The weight relationship of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 to SiO.sub.2 in the mixture is about 1.7:1. The mixture can be applied in form of an alcohol or alcohol-like suspension, after grinding to a grain size of less than 300 mesh, by spraying, dripping on, painting or the like, subsequent drying for 10 seconds, and firing in a hydrogen/oxygen flame or in an ordinary gas flame for about 2 seconds, while axially rotating the lamp bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1994
    Assignee: patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft Fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Werner Weiss, Manfred Deisenhofer
  • Patent number: 5239231
    Abstract: A connector for connecting the filaments of a dual filament halogen lamp to a common ground lead includes two provisions for clamping the connector to ends of the first and second filament and a central portion for connection to the common ground in a dual filament halogen lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1993
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Grunder
  • Patent number: 5218261
    Abstract: To reliably secure a sealed light source bulb element (1a), for example a logen incandescent lamp, to a standard screw-in base, for example an Edison E14 base, while surrounding the sealed bulb element (1a) with an outer bulb, a support carrier (8, 8'), for example of nickel-plated steel wire, is bent into essentially ring shape and seated on a ring seating surface (9) formed on a base sleeve which carries the Edison thread. The outer bulb (2) is formed with an extending neck (2a) cemented into a cylindrical extension from the base, leaving a small gap from the seating surface to define a groove within which the ring-shaped portion of the support carrier is located. The support carrier ends in a bent-away portion, bent out of the major plane of the ring-shaped portion of the support carrier, into engaging position with one (5) of two current supply leads (4, 5) which extend from the sealed light source bulb element, and is spot-welded to that lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft F. Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventor: Roland Stark