With Filter, Barrier, Screen, Shield, Electric Terminal Or Fuse Patents (Class 313/580)
  • Patent number: 9934955
    Abstract: An incandescent lamp is provided which prevents disconnection of a coupling part between a filament and a lead wire and also which improves impact resistance. A lead wire 4 has, in a standing portion 11 inside of a bulb 2, a first zone 19a to a third zone 19c in order from a top. The third zone 19c further penetrates through a pinch seal part 3 while firmly fixed thereto. The first zone 19a and the second zone 19b are formed of materials consisting primarily of molybdenum and nickel, respectively. The third zone 19c is formed of a Dumet wire 29.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8476848
    Abstract: For providing a lamp lighting device and a filament lamp wherein a wire breakage of the filament lamp can be detected without an excessive consumption of power while the device as a whole is not enlarged, a filament lamp is provided comprising a light emission tube having at least one sealing portion and in the interior of which at least one filament is arranged, internal leads connected to both ends of said filament, metal foils for power supply provided in said at least one sealing portion of the light emission tube and connected to said internal leads, and external leads connected to said metal foils for power supply; wherein a metal foil for detection is provided in said sealing portion and is connected to one of a said internal lead and a said metal foil for power supply, and an external detection lead is provided at said metal foil for detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinji Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 8461754
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a light-transmissive glass halogen filament tube with a filament light source having a coil concentricity ratio of not greater than 20% disposed therein, the filament tube having a multi-layer optical interference coating deposited on the outer surface thereof that transmits visible radiation from about 400-750 nm and reflects infra red radiation from about 800-2500 nm back to the filament for re-absorption, the coated filament tube exhibiting an LPW gain of at least 26%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ashfaqul Islam Chowdhury, Leonard Edward Hoegler, William Robert Wright
  • Patent number: 8436519
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved lamp, and lighting fixture incorporating such a lamp, wherein the lamp's envelope includes a special optical coating system configured to more effectively reflect infrared light back toward the lamp filament, thereby enhancing the lamp's luminous efficacy. Multiple embodiments are disclosed, including coating systems deposited on one or both surfaces of the lamp envelope and including coating systems incorporating either a dielectric coating alone or specific combinations of a dielectric coating and a transparent conductive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventor: David W. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 8217574
    Abstract: Embodiments of a lamp having an internal fuse system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a lamp may include a transparent housing; a filament disposed in the housing, the filament having a main body disposed between a first end and a second end of the filament; a first conductor coupled to the filament at the first end of the filament; a first interceptor bar disposed in the housing and beneath the main body of the filament, wherein the first interceptor bar is coupled to the second end of the filament; a second conductor disposed proximate the first end of the filament and conductively coupled to the second end of the filament via the first interceptor bar, wherein the first interceptor bar is positioned such that an electrical short forms between the first and second conductors when the main body of the filament contacts the first interceptor bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Balasubramanian Ramachandran, Nyi Oo Myo, Joseph M. Ranish, Akio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8188658
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp, particularly for a vehicle headlight, comprising two spiral-wound filaments which are retained by three feeders within a bulb that is inserted into a base. The feeders are arranged on top of one another when the lamp is adequately oriented. A tail of the first spiral-wound filament is connected to a dimming cap, said tail being located at a distance from the base, while a tail of the second spiral-wound filament is connected to the central feeder, said tail being close to the base. The second filament tail that faces away and is located at a distance from the base is connected to the upper feeder. According to the invention, the lower feeder is connected to the dimming cap by means of an end, some sections of which are angled away from a longitudinal axis of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Frank Auer, Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter, Klaus Wittmann, Sascha Zelt
  • Patent number: 8110969
    Abstract: The invention relates to the electrotechnical industry. Said invention makes it possible to reduce the production cost of, and improve the quality of, gas-discharge reflector lamps. The inventive gas-discharge reflector lamp comprises a light bulb and a burner arranged on current leads into the bulb. At least one half of the bulb's internal surface is coated with a reflective layer in such a way that a plane crossing the parallel edges thereof is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the burner. The bulb is embodied in the form of an ellipsoid. In the area delimited by the bulb neck and dome, the transversal edges of the reflecting layer are located on the cross-sections where the bulb neck and dome gradually transform into the ellipsoidal section, The plane passing through the longitudinal edges of the reflecting layer are located from the bulb axis at a distance H and falls in the range of 0.04-0.11 of the bulb maximum diameter D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventors: Victor Ivanovich Tsay, Vlacheslav Anatolevich Ermoshin
  • Patent number: 7965043
    Abstract: The invention relates to a discharge vessel of a quartz glass for discharge lamps with a diffusion barrier inner layer of silicon oxide, which as a single layer is applied and/or is generated on the inner surface as well as to a method for generating and/or applying such a diffusion barrier inner layer and to the use of such a discharge vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Auer Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Küpper, Margareta Hamel, Christoph Mölle, Dietmar Ehrlichmann, Rainer Kronfoth, Klaus Günther
  • Patent number: 7892031
    Abstract: A lamp assembly includes a light source, a contact base, a center contact and an outer contact. The contact base extends from a lower end to an upper end along a center axis. The upper end is interconnected with the light source and the lower end is configured to be received in a socket to mate the contact base with the socket. The center contact is disposed proximate the lower end of the contact base and is electronically coupled with the light source. The outer contact includes a ring body and an elongated contact tine. The ring body encircles the center contact proximate the lower end of the contact base. The center contact and the outer contact are mechanically and electrically coupled with the socket and electrically join the light source with an electric ground reference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
  • Patent number: 7832900
    Abstract: A safety lightbulb includes a base, a glass envelope connected to the base, and electrical contacts extending from the base into the glass envelope and electrically connected to a filament for producing light in the glass envelope when current is supplied to the electrical contacts from a power source to which the base is connected. A safety arrangement in the base automatically electrically disconnects the electrical contacts from the power source when the glass envelope is broken, and includes an electrical contact member in the base and a moving/restraining arrangement in the base for moving the electrical contact members out of electrical contact with the power source and the electrical contacts, when the glass envelope is broken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventor: Simon Avitan
  • Patent number: 7825491
    Abstract: A voltage switchable dielectric material (VSD) material as part of a light-emitting component, including LEDs and OLEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Shocking Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Lex Kosowsky
  • Patent number: 7701139
    Abstract: The present invention includes an electrode having a filament with the end of each lead wire connected to each end of the filament, a cylindrical glass tube in which the electrode is provided, and a thermal fuse which is electrically connected to the lead wires in series, and is provided near the electrode on an outer peripheral surface of the glass tube, wherein, when a position on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube which extends in a radial direction of the glass tube from a connecting portion of the filament and the lead wire, serve as a reference position, in case where the diameter of the glass tube is 8 mm or more, the thermal fuse is arranged at a distance of 1.5 mm or less from the reference position in the longitudinal direction of the glass tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: NEC Lighting, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masafumi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7642716
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting mechanism with an elongated shield made of transparent material, a burner disposed in the center of the shield, sealed-off burner connectors including both a proximal burner connector and a distal burner connector, each of which projects diametrically away from the burner in the longitudinal direction of the shield so as to extend into a proximal and a distal end region of the shield. Supply leads pass into the shield by way of a crimped part thereof and are joined there to the burner connectors. In the region of the crimped part a supplementary space is provided that is open to the interior of the shield and into which at least a certain region of the proximal burner connector extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Flowil Lighting International (Holding) B.V.
    Inventors: James D. Hooker, Gunther Van De Poel, Marc Adolf
  • Patent number: 7568955
    Abstract: A lamp base for a dual-leg lamp is provided with at least one oversized leg mounting hole that permits relative movement of the lamp legs during temperature driven expansion and contraction. In one embodiment, only one leg of the lamp is glued to the lamp base. The absence of glue on one leg permits essentially free movement of the non-glued leg with respect to the base. In those embodiments that include only a single oversized leg mounting hole, the leg disposed within the oversized leg mounting hole is not glued so that the leg is free to move within the oversized hole. In those embodiments in which both leg mounting holes are oversized, it is acceptable for either (or both) of the legs to be non-glued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC
    Inventors: William T. Stoner, Jr., Karlis Vecziedins, Michael K. Greene
  • Patent number: 7554266
    Abstract: A mechanical shunt for use in a socket of a string of lights resides in an otherwise typical lamp of a string of lights. The present shunt is a horizontal spring held in position by a shunt holder between the two conducting terminals on the interior walls of the socket so that the lateral ends of the shunt contact the terminals when the base is removed. When the base is inserted, a depending prong on the bottom of the base presses the shunt into a V-shaped surface formed in the shunt holder to pivot the lateral ends away from the terminals and allow current to flow through the Dumet wires to the filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung-Wei Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 7550925
    Abstract: A gas discharge lamp (1) with a discharge vessel (2), a first electrode (3) projecting into the discharge vessel (2), and a second electrode (4) projecting into the discharge vessel (2) is described. The first electrode (3) is connected to an electrically conductive first conductor surface (5) surrounding the discharge vessel (2). The second electrode (4) is connected to an electrically conductive second conductor surface (6) surrounding the discharge vessel (2) and arranged such that it overlaps the first conductor surface (5) so as to form a capacitance (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Norbert Lesch, Willebrordus Gerardus Traa
  • Publication number: 20090134793
    Abstract: A lamp, such as a halogen lamp, includes a bulb which is sealed to define an interior chamber. An emitter, such as a filament, is disposed within the interior chamber which, during operation of the lamp, emits radiation in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum. An optical grating, generally spaced from the emitter, is positioned to intercept radiation from the emitter. The optical grating reflects infrared radiation and transmits visible radiation therethrough. In this way, the output of the lamp in the visible range can be increased as compared with an otherwise identical lamp formed without the grating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Geza Z. Cseh, Peter L. Nagy, Ferenc Fazekas
  • Patent number: 7521877
    Abstract: There is provided a discharge lamp lighting apparatus including a dimmer circuit which is provided with a control means to dynamically adjust screen brightness according to an input signal, and a control means to adjust screen brightness based on a user's operation. The dimmer circuit includes: an amplitude adjusting circuit to superpose a first dimming control signal composed of a DC voltage onto a second dimming control signal composed of a pulse width modulation signal; an integration circuit to integrate an output of the amplitude adjusting circuit; and a comparison circuit to compare an output of the integration circuit with a triangular wave having a predetermined frequency thereby generating a dimming signal, wherein a burst dimming mode is performed according to the dimming signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Suzuki, Mitsuo Matsushima
  • Patent number: 7518232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma display panel (PDP) that includes a first substrate, an address electrode formed on the first substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the first substrate and covering the address electrode, a barrier rib formed on the dielectric layer, a second substrate, a display electrode formed on the second substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the second substrate and covering the display electrode, and a protection layer formed on the dielectric layer of the second substrate. Discharge cells are defined by barrier ribs, and a phosphor layer is formed in the discharge cells. Barrier ribs contains inorganic adsorbent. When a PDP is operated for a long time, residual carbon or water is generated inside discharge cells, and thereby contaminates a discharge gas contained in the discharge cells. The inorganic adsorbent included in the barrier ribs absorb the residual carbon or water improving efficiency and lifespan of the PDP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Gil Yoo
  • Patent number: 7492081
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display panel module is provided by which production costs are reduced. A method is provided for manufacturing a display panel module that includes a display panel, a functional film and a drive circuit board. The method includes attaching the drive circuit board to the display panel, conducting a lighting test of the display panel using the drive circuit board to confirm that the display panel is an acceptable product, and bonding the functional film to a front face of the display panel. In the bonding process, an adhesive layer having a thickness equal to or more than 200 microns is interposed between the front face of the display panel and the functional film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Hitachi Plasma Display Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Hori, Yoshimi Kawanami
  • Publication number: 20080231184
    Abstract: A metallic photonic crystal (MPC) structure used as a filter with incandescent lighting is presented that significantly improves efficiency, while retaining the desirable color rendering index of incandescent lighting. The resulting efficiency is higher than many existing lighting types. The MPC filter is implemented with only a single layer of square lattice or two layers of woodpile-like lattice has high reflection from the photonic band edge to infinitely long wavelength. The MPC filter can be used in a spherical, cylindrical or flat form depending on the illumination scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Hwang Lee, Yong-Sung Kim, Joong-Mok Park, Kai-Ming Ho, Kristen P. Constant
  • Patent number: 7368870
    Abstract: Radiation emitting structures that include an active radiation emitter and a passive photonic crystal structure surrounding the emitter are disclosed. The passive photonic crystal structure is transparent to wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation within the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Also disclosed are incandescent lamps that include such radiation emitting structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Shih-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 7362049
    Abstract: A blue-enriched incandescent lamp having on the interior surface of its light transmissive glass envelope a coating in accordance with an aspect of the invention. The coating contains a phosphor that is energized by the ultraviolet/violet emission (<420 nm) from the hot filament causing it to emit radiation in the range of 420 to 490 nm. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the coating contains a europium-activated barium magnesium aluminate phosphor and a blue pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Madis Raukas, Kailash C. Mishra
  • Patent number: 7358669
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) which can reduce the cost and time of manufacturing a plasma display device, and which can improve heat transfer efficiency of a plasma display device, comprises: a transparent front substrate; a rear substrate disposed parallel to the front substrate; an electromagnetic wave shielding layer fixed on the front substrate; a plurality of discharge cells defined by barrier ribs disposed between the front substrate and the rear substrate; a plurality of address electrodes extending over the discharge cells and disposed in a given direction; a rear dielectric layer covering the address electrodes; a plurality of fluorescent layers disposed in the discharge cells; a plurality of sustaining electrode pairs extending in a direction which crosses the given direction of the address electrodes; a front dielectric layer covering the sustaining electrode pairs; and a discharge gas filling the discharge cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Ik Kwon, Won-Ju Yi, Kyoung-Doo Kang
  • Publication number: 20080012489
    Abstract: The present invention includes an electrode having a filament with the end of each lead wire connected to each end of the filament, a cylindrical glass tube in which the electrode is provided, and a thermal fuse which is electrically connected to the lead wires in series, and is provided near the electrode on an outer peripheral surface of the glass tube, wherein, when a position on the outer peripheral surface of the glass tube which extends in a radial direction of the glass tube from a connecting portion of the filament and the lead wire, serve as a reference position, in case where the diameter of the glass tube is 8 mm or more, the thermal fuse is arranged at a distance of 1.5 mm or less from the reference position in the longitudinal direction of the glass tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventor: Masafumi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20070228952
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma display panel having flexibility. The plasma display panel includes a panel assembly that displays images and has flexibility, a plurality of base members that are attached to a surface of the panel assembly and support the panel assembly, and connection members that connect the base members to each other and are installed to be bent in the same direction as the panel assembly is bent. The base members that support the panel assembly having flexibility on a rear surface of the panel assembly can be bent or folded in the same direction as the panel assembly by the connection members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Jae-lk Kwon, Won-Ju Yi, Ho-Young Ahn, Kyoung-Doo Kang, Dong-Young Lee, Soo-Ho Park, Seok-Gyun Woo
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20070152591
    Abstract: Provided is a plasma display panel that displays images using visible light emitted from phosphor layers formed in discharge cells as a result of discharges in the discharge cells. The plasma display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a plurality of barrier ribs disposed to define a space into a plurality of discharge cells between the first and second substrates, sustain electrode pairs extending in a direction on the first substrate crossing the discharge cells, address electrodes crossing the sustain electrode pairs, a first dielectric layer covering the sustain electrode pairs, a second dielectric layer covering the address electrodes, phosphor layers formed in the discharge cells, and an adsorption layer formed in the discharge cells to adsorb impurity gasses and moisture in the discharge cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventor: Young-Gil Yoo
  • Patent number: 7205710
    Abstract: An ultraviolet reflecting layer and a fluorescent lamp is described, comprising an envelope having an inner surface, means within the lamp envelope for generating ultraviolet radiation, a light emitting layer of a luminescent material for generating visible light when impinged by ultraviolet radiation, and said ultraviolet reflecting layer, located between the light emitting layer and the inner surface of the lamp envelope, wherein the ultraviolet reflecting layer comprises a metal phosphate and/or a metal borate, with the metal being selected from Sc, Y, La, Gd, Lu and Al, or combinations thereof. The phosphates or borates used in the ultraviolet reflecting layer may optionally be doped by a Tb3+ and/or Dy3+ activator, to further improve the quantum yield of the conversion of UV radiation into visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Jüstel, Walter Mayr, Cornelis Reinder Ronda, Volker Dirk Hildenbrand
  • Patent number: 7132793
    Abstract: A filament assembly for a twinkling bulb has first and second magnesium-plated filaments, a glass bead, a fuse and a tungsten filament. The second magnesium-plated filament is parallel to the first magnesium-plated filament and has a stop section and a flexible metal tongue. The stop section is formed on the second magnesium-plated filament. The flexible metal tongue is mounted on the second magnesium-plated filament above the stop section. When the twinkling bulb is electrified, the flexible metal tongue touches the first magnesium-plated filament intermittently and causes the twinkling bulb to twinkle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventors: Chin-Li Tsai, Ching-Chu Chen
  • Patent number: 7045937
    Abstract: An electric lamp includes a light-transmitting lamp vessel which accommodates a light source. At least a part of the lamp vessel is provided with a light-absorbing coating which has stabilized pigments that are incorporated in a sol-gel matrix. Aminosilane is included in order to stabilize the pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Marcel Rene Boehmer, Theodora Antonia Petra Maria Keursten
  • Patent number: 7005800
    Abstract: An incandescent electric lamp includes a bulb, current-conductor wires, a filament having turns arranged in spiraling fashion around an axis of revolution, one end of the filament being connected to a conductor wire, a metal support connected to the other conductor wire and to the other end of the filament, and a metal bracket which is in electrical contact with one of the ends or one of the turns of the filament and which comprises a 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. At the end of lamp life, the filament sags and comes into contact with the metal bracket, thus causing a short-circuit and a breaking of the filament, which prevents an explosion of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Jacky Paul Marchand
  • Patent number: 6952081
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp with an ultraviolet reflecting barrier layer between the glass envelope and the phosphor layer(s). The barrier layer is a blend of gamma alumina, alpha alumina and theta alumina, such as 5–80 weight percent gamma alumina, 5–80 weight percent alpha alumina, and 5–80 weight percent theta alumina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jon B. Jansma, Colleen M. Griffith
  • Patent number: 6930443
    Abstract: A mounting member (50, 50?, 50?, 50??) for an arc tube/shroud combination comprises an annulus (52). The annulus (52) has at least one mounting tab (54) depending from an outer edge thereof and two spaced apart arc tube-pinch seal-engaging ribs (56, 58) spanning the diameter of the annulus for frictionally engaging the pinch seals. Holding tabs (62) depending from the annulus mount the annulus to a shroud. In a preferred embodiment the ribs (56, 58) have upstanding projections (60) that engage the pinch seals and provide the friction fit necessary for holding the pinch seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Glen P. Williamson, Ebon L. McCullough
  • 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
  • Patent number: 6833675
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for blocking ultraviolet radiation from a arc tube includes a coating placed on at least a portion of the arc tube to block the UV radiation but yet pass visible light from the arc tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventor: Myron K. Gordin
  • Patent number: 6812626
    Abstract: A light source composed of a planar, or substantially level, flat or curved, rigid or flexible, matrix of microfilaments integrated on a single substrate and capable of emitting light by incandescence when supplied by an electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: C.R.F. Societa Consortile per Azioni
    Inventors: Piero Perlo, Mario Repetto, Bartolomeo Pairetti, Cosimo Carvignese, Denis Bollea, Davide Capello
  • Patent number: 6809468
    Abstract: A cathode shield for a gas discharge lamp having a predetermined size hole proportional to the diameter of a cup and the diameter of the glass envelope of the gas discharge lamp. A conductive cup is placed around an electrode or a filament. The cup is covered with an insulator material having a hole therein. The diameter of the hole in the cover has a proportional relationship to the diameter of the envelope of the lamp and the diameter of the cup. The ratio of the diameter of the envelope and the hole in the cover ranges between 3.5 and 4.5. The ratio of the diameter of the cup and the hole in the cover ranges between 2.0 and 3.0. It has been determined that these ratios improve current loads without changing discharge characteristics. Additionally, lower temperature operation and starting is facilitated with increased service life. The cathode shield is particularly applicable to germicidal lamps used in water treatment due to the cooler starting and operating temperatures required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Light Sources, Inc.
    Inventor: Arpad Pirovic
  • Patent number: 6798138
    Abstract: The invention relates to a halogen incandescent lamp for motor vehicles with an elongate bulb which is closed at one end and has a vacuumtight pinch seal at the other end, with at least one incandescent element arranged in the bulb, with a lamp cap connected to the pinch seal, and with current supply leads which are passed through the pinch seal to the incandescent element, with an annular optical filter which is provided at the closed end of the bulb. It is possible with such a halogen incandescent lamp in a simple manner both to change the subjective impression of the generated light and to improve the objective properties through emphasizing of a desired region of the spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Gervelmeyer, Heinz Schloemer, Ralf Schaefer, Leo Wings, Franz-Josef Brueckmann
  • Patent number: 6794818
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp (10) includes a bulb (2) provided with a pair of electrode coils (3) at both ends thereof. Each of the electrode coils (3) is mounted between two lead wires (4a, 4b) held by a bulb-end glass (5). A means for preventing overheating (20) of the bulb-end glass is mounted between the lead wires (4a, 4b) located between the electrode coil (3) and the bulb-end glass (5). The means for preventing overheating (20) includes a glass member (20) and a first and a second metallic pin (22a, 22b) for supporting the glass member (20). One end of each of the metallic pins (22a, 22b) is connected to the lead wires (4a, 4b), respectively. Both metallic pins (22a, 22b) are provided not in contact with each other. Before the electrode coil (3) in the last period of the life, in which an emissive coating has been dissipated, is disconnected, the glass member (20) is heated by a conductive heat, a radiant heat, and intermittent pulse discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Myojo, Kouichi Kitagawa, Takashi Ueda
  • Publication number: 20040160182
    Abstract: A low-pressure discharge lamp is described having a base housing (10), a discharge vessel (2), whose end sections are fixed to an end section of the base housing, and a contact-making system for making electrical contact with the lamp, which is located on the end section of the base housing (10) which is remote from the discharge vessel, a conductive section (5) being provided, which is electrically connected to the contact-making system and is arranged adjacent to the discharge vessel (2) in the base housing (10) in such a way that an electrical short circuit is formed around the discharge vessel (2). This makes it possible to reduce the starting voltage of the lamp. As an alternative, or in addition, to this, the cross section of the web attachments is increased, which also increases the rate of the luminous-flux run-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Inventors: Achim Hilscher, Thomas Noll
  • Patent number: 6759805
    Abstract: A circular filament lamp comprises a filament supported within an envelope which comprises a tube formed as the major part of a circle. The ends of the tube terminate in pinch seals through which extend current carrying assemblies connected to the filament. The pinch seals overlap one another circumferentially of the lamp, and are offset from one another on either side of a plane containing the axis of the filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Francis Gerard de Cort, Derek Peter Hurst
  • Patent number: 6737803
    Abstract: An electric lamp (1) comprising a gastight lamp vessel (2) for the transformation of electrical energy into light, which lamp vessel has two current conductors (3,6; 4,7) which extend to the outside. The lamp further comprises an outer envelope (9) in which the lamp vessel (2) is arranged with a space between the lamp vessel and the outer envelope. The outer envelope (9) has a lamp cap (11) to which the current conductors (6,7) are electrically connected. The lamp (1) further has means (17) for switching off the lamp by short-circuiting the current conductors (6,7) in the case of fracture of the outer envelope (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Steven Thomas Slot, Cornelis Versluijs
  • Patent number: 6720718
    Abstract: An efficient and safe lamp with a tungsten halogen capsule may be formed by using a two stage pyrophoric fuse as part of the electrical path to the capsule. The thin walled lamp with tungsten halogen capsule and two stage pyrophoric fuse yields a more efficient, less expensive and yet still safe tungsten halogen lamp. The thin walled lamp with tungsten halogen capsule and pyrophoric fuse provides a safe, thin walled outer envelope tungsten halogen lamp, provide a lamp with an oxygen sensitive fuse operable in low wattage lamps, provides a method manufacturing a pyrophoric fuse sensitive to moderate temperatures, provides an inexpensive and practical, low wattage, thin walled tungsten halogen lamp with a pyrophoric fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Douglas Trent, Jeffrey Paul Buschmann, Michael R. Kling
  • Patent number: 6709130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a double-filament halogen incandescent lamp for a motor vehicle headlamp. In order to reduce the light shading effects caused by the filament holder, at least one of the power supply wires (8) is provided with a section (8a) that projects out of the common plane of the power supply wires (7, 8, 9) and is guided past the main filament (5), this section (8a) being shaped such that light beams that are emitted by the main filament (5) perpendicular to its filament axis are not obstructed by the power supply wire (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Pätent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Behr, Peter Helbig, Christian Seichter
  • Patent number: 6710520
    Abstract: An optical interference coating for reflecting infra-red radiation and transmitting visible light. The coating comprises alternating layers of high index of refraction material and low index of refraction material. As the total number of layers increases, the ratio of high index of refraction material to low index of refraction material must also increase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter W. Brown, Rajasingh Israel, Carl Gunter
  • Patent number: 6677260
    Abstract: The present invention is directed at a family of glasses capable of absorbing UV radiation and filtering yellow light in the visible region of the spectrum, the family of glasses having a composition consisting essentially, in terms of weight percent on the oxide basis, of: 55-95.7% SiO2, 0-28% B2O3, 0.5-18% Al2O3, 0-4% SrO, 0-13% BaO, 0-13% CaO, 0-8% MgO, 0-7.5% Na2O, 0-9.5% K2O, 0-1.5% Li2O, 0-1.5% Sb2O3, 0.4-4.5% Nd2O3, and 0.1-1% CeO2. Glasses of the present invention are capable of employment as envelopes for tungsten-halogen lamps and other high temperature light sources, as well as sealed-beam incandescent headlights. Also, the glasses can be used as for other applications where high contrast and enhanced visible properties of transmitted or reflected visible light can be a benefit, such as opthalmic glass, computer screens with enhanced contrast properties, or glass hosts for lasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard H. Crane, Laura O. De Angelis, William L. Haynes, Ronald L. Stewart
  • Patent number: 6661164
    Abstract: The invention relates to an incandescent lamp whose lamp vessel (20) has an interference filter (30) with locally differing layer thickness for producing red light. The interference filter (30) has a second absorber layer and additional layers of low optical refraction and high optical refraction for reducing its transmission in the violet, blue and green spectral regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Patent-Treund-Gesellschaft F. Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Juergen Ruemmelin, Reinhard Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20030209981
    Abstract: Generally, improvements are provided to the safety and other characteristics of a miniature lamp including several related to the possible reduction of the occurrence of electrocution, serious electric shock, and/or fire hazards that may be caused by the crushing of the glass envelope surrounding the internal components of the lamp and the related exposure of full-line voltage to the environment. These improvement include the locating of a bypass shunt below an insulator bead, and the use of an enlarged insulator bead that not only provides protection for the bypass shunt but also provides better filament and conductor centering within the envelope of the lamp, which not only provides a safer lamp but also a lamp having a longer lamp life. Furthermore, other embodiments describe other methods of increasing proper shunt action by minimizing the likelihood of a short circuit forming above the insulator bead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventor: James W. Gibboney
  • Publication number: 20030164683
    Abstract: A decoration lamp bulb for Christmas use comprises a lamp bulb body in which a tungsten filament lampwick is mounted within the lamp bulb body, and two poles connecting legs being drawn out from two ends of tungsten filament lampwick, and a vacuum sealing state being maintained within the lamp bulb body by a primary evacuating operation; a outer enclosure within which said lamp bulb body is packaged, and two-poles connecting legs extended from said bulb body, and a vacuum state being maintained within the outer enclosure by a secondary evacuating operation. Thus, the vacuum layer of the outer enclosure can segregate the heat conduction from the tungsten filament lamp surface. Therefore, the brightness can be made higher by the raising of electric current value with better safety and longer service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Hung-Huei Cheng