Envelope With Particular Structure Patents (Class 313/634)
  • Patent number: 11892128
    Abstract: An illumination device having a housing extending in the longitudinal direction and a light engine with a leadframe and a plurality of semiconductor lighting elements is arranged on the leadframe. The housing has a clamping device and that the light engine is retained in the clamping device. The housing and the clamping device may be integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Georg Rosenbauer, Christoph Krieglmeyer, Dominik Tiefel
  • Patent number: 11872104
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an implant surface modification treatment device including an internal electrode having a barrel-shaped structure and a surface on which a plurality of transmission parts are formed, an ultraviolet (UV) discharge vessel having a barrel-shaped structure that accommodates the internal electrode and has a gas-filled area filled with a discharge gas that serves as a UV light source, and an external electrode accommodating the UV discharge vessel inside thereof, wherein an implant fixture is placed inside the internal electrode to perform surface modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: WONIK QNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoon Gwan Ju, Byung No Choi, Geon Rae Kim, Jae Hee Jung
  • Patent number: 11703192
    Abstract: A method of lamp assembly that etching a glass tube body to increase a texture of the surface of the sidewall of the glass tube body, the sidewall of the glass tube body enclosing a hollow interior; and positioning a circuit board including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) within the hollow interior of the glass tube, wherein the increase in the texture of the surface increases the light diffusivity of the glass tube body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LEDVANCE LLC
    Inventors: Philip Rioux, Shiyong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11492285
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body including, providing a silicon dioxide granulate obtainable from a silicon dioxide powder, wherein the silicon dioxide granulate has a larger particle size than the silicon dioxide powder, making a 5 glass melt out of silicon dioxide granulate and making a quartz glass body out of at least part of the glass melt. The melting crucible has at least one inlet and at least one outlet. A least part of the glass melt is removed via the melting crucible outlet. One aspect further relates to a quartz glass body which is obtainable by this process. One aspect further relates to a light guide, an illuminant and a formed body, which are each obtainable by further processing 10 of the quartz glass body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Walter Lehmann, Michael Hünermann, Nils Christian Nielsen, Mirko Wittrin, Markus Wilde
  • Patent number: 11435114
    Abstract: Selective receiver coatings provide high performance for concentrated solar power applications. The solar selective coating provides high solar absorptivity (90% or greater) with low IR emissivity (0.1 or less) while maintaining stability at temperatures greater than 700° C. The coating comprises a composite of a mesoporous photonic matrix with a conformal optical coating. One example composite coating includes a mesoporous photonic coating comprising a plurality of particles having sizes between 100 nm and 2000 nm, and a conformal optical coating formed by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) that infiltrates the mesoporous structure of the photonic coating and comprises metal nanoparticles and an amorphous dielectric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Elam, Anil U. Mane, Angel Yanguas-Gil, Joseph A. Libera
  • Patent number: 11339076
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a process for the preparation of a quartz glass body. The process includes providing a silicon dioxide granulate I prepared from a pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder, treating the silicon dioxide granulate I with a reactant at a temperature in a range from 1000 to 1300° C., and making a glass melt out of the silicon dioxide granulate. A quartz glass body is made out of at least a part of the glass melt. Furthermore, one aspect relates to a quartz glass body obtainable by this process. Furthermore, one aspect relates to a light guide, an illuminant, and a formed body, each of which is obtainable by further processing of the quartz glass body. One aspect additionally relates to a process for the preparation of a silicon dioxide granulate II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Otter, Thomas Kayser, Mirko Wittrin
  • Patent number: 11125393
    Abstract: An LED light bulb, comprising:a lamp housing, doped with a golden yellow material or coated with a yellow film on its surface,a bulb base, connected with the lamp housing, a stem with a stand extending to the center of the lamp housing, disposed in the lamp housing, a LED filament disposed in the lamp housing, at least a half of the LED filament is around a center axle of the LED light bulb, where the center axle of the LED light bulb is coaxial with the axle of the stand, two conductive supports, connected with the stem and the LED filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Wei-Hong Xu, Yukihiro Saito, Hayato Unagiike, Ai-Ming Xiong, Jun-Feng Xu, Yi-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11121292
    Abstract: An LED light bulb, consisting of: a lamp housing doped with a golden yellow material or its surface coated with a yellow film; a bulb base connected to the lamp housing; a stem connected to the bulb base and located in the lamp housing, the stem comprises a stand extending to the center of the lamp housing; and a single LED filament, disposed in the lamp housing, the LED filament comprising: a light conversion layer, coated on at least two sides of the LED chip and the conductive electrodes, and a portion of each of the conductive electrodes is not coated with the light conversion layer, the light conversion layer has at least one top layer and one base layer, the top layer and the base layer are disposed on the opposing surface of the LED chip, wherein the top layer of the light conversion layer in the conductive section comprises a wavy concave structure with groove, the two adjacent grooves of the wavy concave structure have different width at the positions aligned in the axial direction of the LED filamen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Weihong Xu, Yukihiro Saito, Hayato Unagike, Aiming Xiong, Junfeng Xu, Yiching Chen
  • Patent number: 10941053
    Abstract: A substance treatment apparatus includes an RF signal source, power detection circuitry, a controller, and a transmission path between the RF signal source and a first electrode that radiates electromagnetic energy into a chamber. The RF signal source includes a solid-state amplifier that generates an RF signal. The power detection circuitry detects reflected signal power along the transmission path. Based on the reflected signal power, the controller modifies values of variable components within an impedance matching network electrically coupled along the transmission path to adjust a magnitude of the reflected signal power. The impedance matching network may have a double-ended input connected to a balun, and a double-ended output connected to the first electrode and to a second electrode. Alternatively, the impedance matching network may have a single-ended input connected to the RF signal source, and a single-ended output connected to the first electrode. The second electrode may be grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Y. Do, Lionel Mongin
  • Patent number: 10908083
    Abstract: A multicolor fluorescence analysis device is provided. The device includes a first fiberoptic plate for guiding light including fluorescence emitted from a sample as a result of irradiation of excitation light and emitting the same from a first emission part. The device includes a second fiberoptic plate for receiving light emitted from the first emission part at a second incidence part, guiding the same, and emitting the same from a second emission part. The device includes a single multilayer dielectric interference film filter that is provided on an end surface of the second emission part, transmits at least a portion of the fluorescence, and transmits light of a plurality of transmission wavelength bands that do not include the excitation wavelength bands. The device includes a two-dimensional detection unit that is disposed so as to be adhered to the multilayer dielectric interference film filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Kato, Tomohiro Shoji, Satoshi Takahashi, Akira Maekawa
  • Patent number: 10784428
    Abstract: An LED filament and an LED light bulb applying the same are provided. The LED filament includes a conductive section including a conductor; two or more LED sections connected to each other by the conductive section, and each of the LED sections includes two or more LED chips electrically connected to each other through a wire; two electrodes, electrically connected to the LED section; and a light conversion layer with a top layer and a base layer, covering the LED sections, the conductive section and the two electrodes, and a part of each of the two electrodes is exposed respectively. The LED filament is supplied with electric power no more than 8 W, when the LED filament is lit, at least 4 lm of white light is emitted per millimeter of filament length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Zhichao Zhang, Yukihiro Saito, Hayato Unagiike
  • Patent number: 10711951
    Abstract: An LED light bulb includes a bulb shell, a bulb base, two conductive supports, a stem, and an LED filament. The bulb base is connected with the bulb shell. The two conductive supports are disposed in the bulb shell. The stem extends from the bulb base to inside of the bulb shell. The LED filament includes a plurality of LED chips and two conductive electrodes. The LED chips are arranged in an array along an elongated direction of the LED filament. The two conductive electrodes are respectively disposed at two ends of the LED filament and connected to the LED chips. The two conductive electrodes are respectively connected to the two conductive supports. The LED filament is curled to satisfy symmetry characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Yi-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 10354856
    Abstract: A discharge lamp includes a discharge vessel. A xenon gas is sealed within the discharge vessel so as to serve as a light emitting gas, the discharge vessel is made from quartz glass, a pair of electrodes are arranged so as to face each other in the discharge vessel, and the discharge vessel has a chip portion. The chip portion is made from a glass member that has a composition different from that of the discharge vessel, and the glass member has a transmittance of 50% or more over a wavelength range from 170 nm to 300 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichi Sasaki, Takumi Yamane
  • Patent number: 10305090
    Abstract: A composite electrode active material including: a core, which is capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium; and a surface treatment layer disposed on the core, wherein the surface treatment layer comprises a lithium-free oxide that has a spinel structure and includes a dopant, wherein the dopant includes at least one selected from fluorine, sulfur, nitrogen, boron, and phosphorous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guesung Kim
  • Patent number: 10211577
    Abstract: A cable connector with improved performance and ease of use. The connector has staggered ports to reduce crosstalk and to prevent incorrect insertion of a plug into a receptacle. The plug may be constructed with subassemblies, each of which has a lossy central portion. Conductive members embedded within an insulative housing of the subassemblies may be used to electrically connect ground conductors within the subassemblies. Further, the connector may have a quick connect locking screw that can be engaged by pressing on the screw, but requires rotation of the screw to remove. Additionally, a ferrule may be used in making a mechanical connection between a cable bundle and a plug and making an electrical connection between a braid of the cable bundle and a conductive shell of the plug. The ferrule may be in multiple pieces for easy attachment while precluding deformation of the cable, which disrupts electrical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Donald W. Milbrand, Jr., Prescott B. Atkinson, Brian Kirk
  • Patent number: 10082255
    Abstract: A high efficiency LED module includes a circuit board having a plurality of LEDs spaced apart from each other and arranged in a cluster on the circuit board so that a first LED and a second LED are located along a single plane and a third LED is located outside of the single plane. Further included is a lens assembly fixed to the circuit board and having a single, continuous body with a cluster of lenses arranged so as to correspond with the arrangement of LEDs. Each lens includes an upper dome surface having a centrally located dimple, a substantially planar bottom surface in alignment with the other bottom surfaces of the lenses and an indention that is recessed from the bottom surface of the lens so that the indention surrounds one of the LEDs on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: Shenzhen Lingbenyang Technical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Sussman, Wen XiaoGui, Zheng DengGang
  • Patent number: 10080634
    Abstract: A dental curing light for curing a light-cure synthetic composite material used in dentistry is described. The dental curing light includes a hand-held curing light instrument having a curing light source, and a light conducting tip detachably mounted to the hand-held curing light instrument. The light conducting tip has an input end, removably engaged to the hand-held curing light instrument and receiving light from the curing light source, and a remote output end, emitting the curing light therefrom. The light conducting tip has a flexible tubular body extending between the input and output ends, and includes at least a light conducting inner core and a radially outer metallic body surrounding the light conducting inner core. The light conducting inner core forms a flexible optical waveguide. The outer metallic body is flexible and plastically deformable such that the outer metallic body, and therefore the light conducting tip, retains a given curved shape until repositioned by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: S.A.T. INVESTMENT INC.
    Inventor: Shahrokh Esfandiari
  • Patent number: 9966283
    Abstract: A pressurizing-type lamp annealing device which can easily handle a substrate to be treated having a large surface area. An embodiment of the pressurizing-type lamp annealing device includes: a treatment chamber (25); a holding part (23) disposed in the treatment chamber to hold a substrate to be treated; a gas-introduction mechanism for introducing a pressurized gas into the treatment chamber; a gas-discharge mechanism for discharging the gas in the treatment chamber; a transparent tube (20) disposed in the treatment chamber; and a lamp heater (19) placed in the treatment chamber to irradiate the substrate with a lamp light through the transparent tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: YOUTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Suzuki, Takeshi Kijima, Yuuji Honda
  • Patent number: 9732913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filament (100) comprising a light transmissive tubular member (110), a light emitting assembly (106) arranged within the tubular member (110), a wavelength converter (112) arranged at a surface of the tubular member (110) and configured to convert light from a first wavelength range to a second wavelength range. The light emitting assembly (106) comprises a plurality of solid state light sources (102) and interconnecting elements (104) being arranged in an alternating manner to form a string (106) of connected solid state light sources (102) and interconnecting elements (104). The interconnecting elements are portions of a lead frame (104) and at least a part of the plurality of solid state light sources (102) are arranged on opposite sides of the lead frame (104) in an alternating manner. The inventive filament (100) is simple, easy and cheap to manufacture, thus providing a good replacement and approximation for an incandescent wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp
  • Patent number: 9552976
    Abstract: The geometry of a High Intensity Discharge (HID) arc tube is controlled to improve lamp color control and temperature distribution. In some embodiments, conical sections located at the transition zones near the electrodes are included to provide funnel-like body-leg interface portions. The body-leg interface portions are shaped so as to advantageously control the temperature distribution along the internal surface of the discharge chamber wall so that it monotonically decreases resulting in a stable local cold spot location at the body-leg interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Agoston Boroczki, Peter Horváth
  • Patent number: 9530636
    Abstract: A laser-sustained plasma light source includes a plasma cell configured to contain a volume of gas. The plasma cell is configured to receive illumination from a pump laser in order to generate plasma within the volume of gas. The plasma emits broadband radiation. The plasma cell includes one or more transparent portions being at least partially transparent to at least a portion of illumination from the pump laser and at least a portion of the broadband radiation emitted by the plasma. The plasma cell also includes one or more nanostructured layers disposed on one or more surfaces of the one or more transparent portions of the plasma cell. The one or more nanostructure layers form a region of refractive index control across an interface between the one or more transparent portions of the plasma cell and an atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: KLA-Tencor Corporation
    Inventors: Sebaek Oh, Anant Chimmalgi, Rahul Yadav, Matthew Derstine, Ilya Bezel
  • Patent number: 9470830
    Abstract: A light-guiding cover includes a light input surface defining a central axis and a light output surface. The light-guiding cover has a reflecting portion formed therein and substantially symmetrical about the central axis. The reflecting portion surrounding the central axis has an outer reflecting surface and an inner reflecting surface. The light input surface is defined into two regions, an inner region and an outer region, by the reflecting portion. The outer reflecting surface of the reflecting portion is arranged away from the central axis, the inner reflecting surface of the reflecting portion is arranged near to the central axis. Thus, the light-guiding cover of the instant disclosure can guide the light beams emanated from a LED to travel in certain optical paths and provide uniformly distributed lighting. Moreover, the instant disclosure also provides an illumination device having the light-guiding cover that can omni-directionally illuminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Liang, Wei-Chung Cheng
  • Patent number: 9384958
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a bulb, which surrounds a discharge volume, wherein a fill which contains mercury and a noble gas from the group consisting of neon, argon, krypton, xenon on its own or in a mixture is accommodated in the discharge volume, wherein the fill contains Gd in halide form in order to produce a color temperature of at least 7500 K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Genz
  • Patent number: 9368339
    Abstract: A discharge lamp comprises a discharge vessel 20 defining a sealed inner discharge space 22 with two electrodes 24. A filling consists of a rare gas and a metal halide composition and is free of mercury. The discharge vessel 20 comprises outer grooves 36 where the electrodes 24 are embedded, arranged at a groove distance Ra between them. The discharge vessel 20 further comprises an inner diameter ID. In operation of the lamp, an arc discharge is formed between the electrodes and the metal halide composition is partly evaporated. After operation of the lamp, the metal halide composition forms a film on the inner wall of the discharge vessel 20. This film has a surface area AS measured in mm2. The metal halide composition is provided in such an amount within the discharge space 22, that a matching quotient Q, calculated as Q=Ra×ID/AS has a value of 2 or more, such that a high color temperature is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Haacke, Bernd Prokesch
  • Patent number: 9245729
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a discharge lamp includes a light-emitting part including a discharge space therein in which a metal halide and a gas are sealed, and a pair of electrodes which protrude toward an inside of the discharge space and are arranged to face each other while separated by a specified distance. Power consumption at a time of stable lighting is 20 W or more and 30 W or less. When a pressure of the gas sealed in the discharge space is X (atm), and a distance between a center axis of the electrodes and a surface of the metal halide is m (mm), a following expression is satisfied: 0.085?m/X?0.12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Nakazato
  • Patent number: 9234635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device and a method of manufacturing such a lighting device. The lighting device (1) comprises a first light emitting element (101) being optically coupled to a light guide (110) having an out-coupling surface (111) for illumination via the light guide. Further, the lighting device comprises a second light emitting element (102) dedicated for direct illumination from the lighting device. The invention is advantageous in that the lighting device provides both a decorative look and a functional illumination, and is still energy-efficient since the light emitted from the second light emitting element is directly emitted from the light emitting element without unnecessary energy-loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Cornelis Wilhelmus Kwisthout
  • Patent number: 9224568
    Abstract: A plasma lamp apparatus. The apparatus has an arc tube structure having an inner region and an outer region in one or more embodiments. The arc tube structure has a first end comprising an associated first end diameter and a second end comprising a second end diameter according to a specific embodiment. The apparatus also has a center region provided between the first end and the second end in one or more embodiments. The center region has a center diameter, which is less than a first end diameter and/or a second end diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TOPANGA USA
    Inventor: Douglas A. Doughty
  • Patent number: 9153427
    Abstract: A vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photon source includes a body, a VUV window, electrodes disposed on the body outside an interior thereof, and a dielectric barrier between the electrodes. A method for generating VUV photons includes generating a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in an interior of a photon source by applying a periodic voltage between a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric barrier, wherein the DBD produces excimers from a gas in a gap between the electrodes, and transmitting VUV photons through a window of the photon source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Goldberg, Gershon Perelman, Stuart C. Hansen
  • Patent number: 9129793
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp with auxiliary lamp comprises: a high pressure discharge lamp having an arc tube and at least one sealing portion, a pair of main electrodes, and a pair of feeders supplying power to the main electrodes; an auxiliary lamp having an airtight case, an inner electrode, and an outer electrode, wherein the inner electrode is arranged at a position so as to part the inner space to large and small spaces, the outer electrode is arranged at a position so as to face the large space, the auxiliary lamp as arranged as the large space faces the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: PHOENIX ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomihiko Ikeda, Hiroshi Takahashi, Shinichi Ushijima, Tetsuya Gouda, Kei Shimada
  • Patent number: 9111744
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp having an ignition aid, mounted in an outer bulb, wherein the discharge vessel comprises two ends having seals in which electrodes are mounted and wherein a frame having a clip wire retains the discharge vessel in the outer bulb. The clip wire is bent toward the seal of the opposite pole electrode until the bent part formed thereby acts as an ignition aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Brauner, Johannes Buttstaedt, Sascha Piltz
  • Patent number: 9030099
    Abstract: A long life high pressure arc discharge lamp configuration is disclosed. In some embodiments, the lamp includes a first non-cycling high pressure arc tube having a first ignition aid and a second arc tube electrically connected in parallel to the first arc tube. A lamp envelope is provided about the first and second arc tubes. In some cases, each of the first and second arc tubes is a non-cycling high pressure sodium arc tube, and each is configured with an ignition aid strip running lengthwise down the corresponding arc tube. In some cases, the first and second arc tubes are oriented such that their respective ignition aid strips are effectively 180 degrees+/?90 degrees away from each other, or so that their respective ignition aid strips are effectively 180 degrees+/?5 degrees away from each other. In some such, the second arc tube is a low-pressure arc tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Domenic Checca, David Hrubowchak
  • Patent number: 9018838
    Abstract: The invention describes a high intensity gas-discharge lamp (1) comprising a discharge vessel (5, 5?) enclosing a fill gas in a discharge chamber (2) and comprising a pair of electrodes (3, 3?, 4, 4?) extending into the discharge chamber (2), and wherein the fill gas includes a halide composition comprising a halide of sodium and, optionally, scandium iodide to a total proportion of at least 30 wt %, and a halide of terbium and/or gadolinium to a proportion of at least 5 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Klaus Schoeller
  • Patent number: 8981644
    Abstract: A Lucent Waveguide Electromagnetic wave Plasma Light Source has a fabrication of fused quartz sheet and drawn tube. An inner closed void enclosure is formed of 8 mm outside diameter, 4 mm inside diameter drawn tube. Electromagnetic wave excitable plasma material is sealed inside the enclosure. The end plate is circular and has the enclosure sealed in a central bore in it, the bore not being numbered as such. A similar plate is positioned to leave a small gap between the inner end of the enclosure and itself. The two tubes are concentric with the two plates extending at right angles to their central axis. The outer tube extends back from the back surface of the inner plate as a skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ceravision Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Neate, Barry Preston
  • Patent number: 8957593
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to devices and methods for generating light with electrode-less plasma lamps. More particularly, the present invention provides plasma lamps driven by a radio-frequency source without the use of electrodes inside the bulb, and a pulse-width modulation device that provides RF power regulation, and related methods. The bulb comprises gaseous material with metal halides and/or light emitters that, when powered, substantially stays in an arc shape state. The switching pulse-width modulation device is operable at specific modulation frequencies, duty cycles, and durations to stabilize or control the arc state/mode, which enables consistent and high efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: TOPANGA USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Brockett, David Schmelzer, Aric Dorschner, Jacob Portukalian, Mehran Matloubian
  • Patent number: 8912720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal halogen lamp comprising, inside an outer casing (7), first (3) and second (5) arc tube members, which are electrically parallel-connected and are connected via conductive members (9) to a base part (11), each arc tube member having a first end (15), facing toward the top part (17) of the outer casing (7) opposite the base part (11), and a second end (19), facing toward the base part (11). The first arc tube member (3) is arranged closer to the top part (17) than the second arc tube member (5), and the second end (19) of the first arc tube member (3) and the first end (15) of the second arc tube member (5) adjoin an imaginary plane (P) defined substantially transversely to the center line (CL) of the outer casing (7), which center line extends from the top part (17) to the base part (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Auralight International AB
    Inventors: Martin Fransson, Mikael Severinsson
  • Publication number: 20140362351
    Abstract: Alight source device including an arc tube having a light emission portion containing electrodes, a cooling channel having a downstream part branched into first and second channels to guide air toward the light emission portion via one of the channels, a rotational member disposed within the cooling channel and rotatable around a rotation shaft by gravity, and configured to switch cooling to the first or second channel depending on a position of the light source device, and a duct that forms apart of the cooling channel. The width of the rotational member decreases from a remote end toward the rotation shaft. The rotation shaft is disposed on one end of the rotational member corresponding to a side opposite a light emission side of the duct. The duct is shaped such that the cooling channel width decreases toward the side opposite the light emission side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiro Saito, Keisuke Sakagami, Takahiro Miyata
  • Patent number: 8901817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal halide lamp with a ceramic discharge tube, which includes a ceramic discharge tube and two electrodes. The ceramic discharge tube includes a main discharge tube and two ceramic capillary tubes respectively located at two ends of the main discharge tube, the main discharge tube has a central protuberant part located in the middle thereof and two cylindrical parts respectively connected to two ends of the central protuberant part, the two cylindrical parts are respectively connected to the two ceramic capillary tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Shanghai Yaming Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Yao, Feng Li
  • Patent number: 8896206
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) lamp tube includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal formed at both ends of the 3D lamp tube respectively, and a plurality of straight tube sections disposed between the first and second electrode terminals, and a bent section is disposed between two straight tube sections, and the first electrode terminal is extended upwardly from one of the straight tube sections and through the plurality of bent sections, and bent along an external periphery of the first electrode terminal to produce an arc 3D structure, and finally extended downwardly from another straight tube section to the second electrode terminal, so that the space and volume occupied by the 3D lamp tube can be concentrated to improve the drawback of the conventional lamp tube that can only be applied to a large planar lamp socket and to replace the conventional light bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Cai Cheng Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuei-Liang Fan
  • Publication number: 20140333200
    Abstract: The geometry of a High Intensity Discharge (HID) arc tube is controlled to improve lamp color control and temperature distribution. In some embodiments, conical sections located at the transition zones near the electrodes are included to provide tunnel-like body-leg interface portions. The body-leg interface portions are shaped so as to advantageously control the temperature distribution along the internal surface of the discharge chamber wall so that it monotonically decreases resulting in a stable local cold spot location at the body-leg interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Agoston BOROCZKI, Peter HORVÁTH
  • Patent number: 8829793
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a high pressure discharge lamp is provided. The high pressure discharge lamp may include a lamp axis, and a two-ended discharge vessel that surrounds a discharge volume, electrodes extending into the discharge volume enveloped by the discharge vessel, and a fill that includes metal halides being accommodated in the discharge volume, the discharge vessel being surrounded by an outer bulb with a base at one end and being held therein by a frame, wherein the frame comprises a short supply lead and a long supply lead, the long supply lead comprising two straight conductors with a winding part therebetween, the winding part executing at most 1.25 turns about the discharge vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Michael Beau, Yan Ming Li, Thomas Schroeder
  • Patent number: 8823264
    Abstract: A lamp has microwave resonant body (11) of transparent quartz. The body has a central bore (16), having a sealed plasma enclosing bulb (17) inserted in it. The bulb is of quartz also and has an external diameter which is a close fit in the bore. The bulb itself is of drawn quartz tube (18) and as such has a smooth internal bore (19). End caps (20) are fused to the tube and encapsulate a charge of a material excitable to form a light emitting plasma in the bulb when microwaves are fed into the body via an antenna (7) in a bore (21) in the body. The body is sized to establish resonance within the Faraday cage in the body (11), bulb (17) and fill containing void (22) within the bulb. There is negligible gap between the bulb and body, whereby they can be regarded as one for resonance purposes. The bulb is fixed in the body by welds (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventor: Barry Preston
  • Patent number: 8814620
    Abstract: Operation to produce an intermediate product for a crucible for a LUWPL is as follows: a) a body 2 is preheated and placed on a support, with its bore concentric with a tube 4 supported in a chuck and connected to a inflation means; b) the tube is heated with the chuck being rotated for evenness of heating; c) when the temperature of the tube is detected to be the softening point of the quartz of the tube, its rotation is stopped and it is advanced into a bore 3 in the body 2; d) advance is stopped when the distal, sealed end is detected to have reached a determined protrusion 18; e) simultaneously with the advance being stopped, inflation gas is admitted into the tube, to inflate it albeit it marginally, and bring its outer surface 5 into intimate contact with the surface 6 of the bore 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Ceravision Limited
    Inventors: Floyd R. Pothoven, Andrew Simon Neate, Martyn Roscoe, Barry Preston
  • Publication number: 20140232261
    Abstract: A ceramic discharge vessel for discharge lamps is provided, with a central main part which extends between the tips of two electrodes and which is essentially tubular and with two ends for fixing and sealing an electrode system, wherein the ceramic discharge vessel has a longitudinal axis and wherein the main part consists of two halves which are connected in the middle of the main part wherein the two halves are frustoconically shaped with a draft angle p of 0.5°?p?7.0°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Chad Coughlin, Thomas Wichmann
  • Patent number: 8791636
    Abstract: A flashtube of the present invention includes a glass tube, an anode-side electrode disposed at one end of the glass tube, and a cathode-side electrode disposed at the other end of the glass tube. The glass tube includes a first glass tube, and second glass tubes coupled to respective ends of the first glass tube via stage joint glass tubes. Each of the stage joint glass tube has a thermal expansion coefficient between the thermal expansion coefficient of the first glass tube and that of each of the second glass tube. A ratio of the outer diameter of the anode-side electrode to the inner diameter of the glass tube is 43.5% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Tadao Mori
  • Patent number: 8786187
    Abstract: A bushing for a high-pressure discharge lamp, which is suitable for connecting an electrode in the interior of a ceramic discharge vessel to a supply lead in a gastight manner on the exterior of the discharge vessel, wherein the bushing is an electrically conductive ceramic composite consisting of a mixture of LaB6 and at least one second material from the group Al2O3, Dy2Al5O12, AlN, AlON and Dy2O3 is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Buttstaedt, Stefan Dunkel, Andreas Genz, Maik Hegewald
  • Patent number: 8777417
    Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp comprising an arc tube, the arc tube including: a light-emitting part which is substantially ellipsoidal; and sealing parts which extend from either end of the light-emitting part and in which bases of electrodes are sealed, the arc tube enclosing 0.2 mg/mm3 to 0.4 mg/mm3 of mercury, the high-pressure discharge lamp having a power rating greater than 355 W and not greater than 600 W, wherein 5.4?D?5.8 and 3.1?X?D?2.3 when 355<P?380, 5.8?D?6.2 and 3.1?X?D?2.7 when 380<P?450, and 6.2?D?6.6 and 3.1?X?D?3.3 when 450<P?600, where P denotes the power rating in watts of the high-pressure discharge lamp, D denotes an inside diameter in millimeters of the light-emitting part 104 with reference to a midpoint between the electrodes 101, and X denotes a wall thickness in millimeters of the light-emitting part 104 with reference to the midpoint between the electrodes 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Ogawa, Jun Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 8766537
    Abstract: Methods for improving the efficiency of infrared (IR) halogen lamps and IR halogen lamps having improved efficiency are disclosed. In a method of aligning a filament in a lamp body, the lamp body having the filament therein is rotated, and tubular end portions are heated and necked down which may assist in positioning the filament within the lamp and reduce end losses. IR halogen lamps formed from glass tubes having an OD less than 5 mm are also disclosed. The reduced diameter of the glass tubing increases the surface area for IR energy reflection and reduces end losses. Spuds or beads may be used to position the filament within the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Abbas Lamouri, Frederic Ahlgren, Juris Sulcs
  • Patent number: 8749139
    Abstract: A lucent crucible of a Lucent Waveguide Microwave Plasma Light Source (LWMPLS) comprising a Light Emitting Resonator (LER) in form of a crucible (1) of fused quartz which has a central void (2) having microwave excitable material (3) within it. In one example, the void is 4 mm in diameter and has a length (L) of 21 mm. The LWMPLS is operated at a power (P) of 280 W and thus with a plasma loading P/L of 133 w/cm and a wall loading of 106 w/cm2. The lamp is thus operated with a high efficiency—in terms of lumens per watt—while having a reasonable lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew Simon Neate, Barry Preston
  • Patent number: 8742663
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a lamp base element for holding a transformer is provided. The lamp base element may include a transformer chamber which holds the transformer, wherein the transformer is held completely in the transformer chamber, and wherein the contact pins of the transformer are passed through a contact-making face of the transformer chamber, which contact-making face is opposite an opening face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Frank Sroka
  • Patent number: RE45342
    Abstract: In order to achieve a discharge lamp suited to operate under reduced nominal power of e.g. 20-30 W, a lamp is proposed with two electrodes (24) arranged at a distance in a discharge vessel (20, 120) for generating an arc discharge. The discharge vessel (20,120) has a filling with a substantially free of mercury and comprises a metal halide and a rare gas. The lamp (10, 110) further comprises an outer bulb (18) arranged around the discharge vessel at a distance (d2). The outer bulb (18) is sealed and has a gas filling of a thermal conductivity (?). The inner diameter (d1) of the discharge vessel is preferably in a range from 2-2.7 mm. The wall thickness (w1) is in a range from 1.4-2 mm. A heat transition coefficient (?/d2) is calculated as thermal conductivity (?) at 800° C. of the outer bulb filling divided by the distance (d2). The so-defined heat 10 transition coefficient is below 150 W/(m2K).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Haacke, Martin Stroesser