Envelope Layer Or Coating Patents (Class 313/635)
  • Patent number: 11962296
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flexible sensing interface, comprising: a sensor, comprising: a core; an inner electrode in the form of a conductive material in contact with the core; an inner dielectric material substantially encasing the inner electrode; an outer electrode in the form of a conductive material in contact with the inner dielectric material and in electrical communication with the inner electrode; and an outer dielectric material substantially encasing the outer electrode; wherein the inner dielectric material and the outer dielectric material comprise an elastic material. Also disclosed herein are systems and methods for making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Seyedeh Fereshteh Shahmiri, Chaoyu Chen, Gregory D. Abowd, Shivan Mittal, Thad Eugene Starner, Yi-Cheng Wang, Zhong Lin Wang, Dingtian Zhang, Steven L. Zhang, Anandghan Waghmare
  • Patent number: 11929248
    Abstract: A Far-UVC excimer light source contains a first electrode adapted to be energized, a second electrode adapted to be energized, a body defining a cavity that is filled with an excited molecule complex between the first and second electrodes; and a Far-UVC optical dielectric coating filter which is a Far-UVC filter attached to the interior side of the first electrode and adapted to filter a Far-UVC light excited in the cavity of the body. The Far-UVC dielectric coating is located inside the light source, between the cavity with the excited molecules and the first electrode. The Far-UVC filter attached to the interior side of the first electrode is a transmissive Far-UVC optical filtering dielectric coating or coated glass which is integrated, placed on, or near the interior side of the first electrode inside the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung, Wai Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 10663145
    Abstract: A lighting assembly includes a lighting fixture. The lighting fixture comprises a housing defining a cavity having an open end and a light source positioned within the cavity of the housing and configured to emit a light from the housing. The lighting assembly further includes a self-adhering, pigmented gel configured to modify the hue of the light from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Inventor: Gary M. Urban
  • Patent number: 10494307
    Abstract: Provided is a transparent rare earth aluminum garnet ceramic that has a high light transmission rate and can be mass produced. The transparent rare earth aluminum garnet ceramic is represented by general formula R3Al5O12 (R is an element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements having an atomic number of 65 to 71) and comprises Si and Y as sintering aids, or is represented by general formula R3Al5O12 (R is an element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements having an atomic number of 65 to 70) and comprises Si and Lu as sintering aids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Konoshima Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takagimi Yanagitani, Hoshiteru Nozawa, Hideki Yagi
  • Patent number: 10031262
    Abstract: A transparent substrate with a multilayer anti-glare coating includes a transparent substrate; a first coating layer formed on the transparent substrate and being formed of a first dielectric layer having a refractive index of n1; a second coating layer formed on the first coating layer and being formed of a metal oxide layer having a refractive index of n2; a third coating layer formed on the second coating layer and being formed of a second dielectric layer having a refractive index of n3; and a fourth coating layer formed on the third coating layer and being formed of a third dielectric layer having a refractive index of n4. The refractive indexes of the coating layers satisfy: n1=n3>n2>n4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KCC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Young Kim, Kyoung Hwan Bae, Jung Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 9778605
    Abstract: A heater lamp for fixation and a method of producing the heater lamp are provided. The heater lamp includes a heat generator and a protective casing to cover the heat generator, in which an amount of carbon in an external surface of the protective casing as detected by an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic method is equal to or less than 12 atomic %. The method of producing a heater lamp for fixation includes preparing a heat generator; preparing a protective casing to cover the heat generator; and heating the heat generator in an atmosphere containing oxygen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kabata, Hideyuki Yasufuku, Hiroyuki Shimada, Kazumi Kuwata, Takeshi Shibuya
  • Patent number: 9693026
    Abstract: In a projection type display apparatus, a lighting device includes two reflection type cutoff filters (first cutoff filter and reflective second cutoff filter) which block out ultraviolet range light on an output optical path from a light source. A cut on wavelength of the second cutoff filter on the front side is longer than that of the first cutoff filter on the rear side. The two cutoff filters are formed on planar-shaped first faces of a first integrator lens and a second integrator lens. For this reason, both input faces of the two cutoff filters are orthogonal to an apparatus optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Tomikawa, Takenori Hirota, Ryuichi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 9642358
    Abstract: Provided is a system enhancing control of bacterial growth by combining antimicrobial additives and surface micro-structure patterns on outer surfaces of a device, such as a lighting fixture. The system physically decreases bio-adhesion between microbes and substrates applied to the outer surfaces. The system combines a surface micro-structured component with an antimicrobial component to generate a single component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Dengke Cai, Matthew A Bugenske, Sebastien Magnan, Francois Turgeon, Jean-Francois Richard, Angela Wong
  • Patent number: 9591732
    Abstract: A method for lighting a high-pressure discharge lamp that is configured to change a power to be supplied to the high-pressure discharge lamp in accordance with a luminance parameter of an image content is disclosed. In the method, halogen is encapsulated in an internal space of an arc tube part of the high-pressure discharge lamp with an excessive volume with respect to a capacity of the internal space such that a halogen cycle is established when part of mercury deposits without vaporizing, and the internal space is configured to be kept at a higher temperature than a blackening temperature that is lower than a deposition temperature of the mercury and causes remarkable blackening on an inner wall of the arc tube part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: PHOENIX ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Gouda, Shinichi Ushijima
  • Patent number: 9018830
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp is provided including a phosphor blend comprising less than about 10% by weight rare earth phosphor, based on the total weight of the phosphor composition. This phosphor blend, when coated on a lamp, provides a lamp that exhibits high color rendering index (CRI), of at least 87, while simultaneously achieving low CCT, of less than about 4500K, i.e. of between about 3000K and 4500K. The phosphor system provided includes a non-rare earth strontium red broad band phosphor, a non-rare earth blue broad band halophosphor, and a rare earth-doped green-blue emitting phosphor, more specifically, a combination of SAR and blue-halo non-rare earth phosphors, and less than 20 wt % BAMn phosphor, based on the total weight of the phosphor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fangming Du, William Winder Beers, Jon Bennett Jansma, William Erwin Cohen
  • 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: 8795019
    Abstract: To prevent bending of an electrode shaft portion by a method which requires minimum increase in production cost, in an electrode mount for a high pressure discharge lamp. A manufacturing method of an electrode mount for the high pressure discharge lamp includes: a process of subjecting the electrode mount to a heat treatment, the electrode mount including an electrode and a metal foil which are welded to each other; and an oxidation process of producing an oxide on a surface of the electrode shaft portion of the electrode by laser irradiation to form an oxidation portion on the surface, wherein a laser irradiation position is determined such that a whole or part of the oxidation portion is included in a sealing portion of the high pressure discharge lamp when the electrode mount is embedded in the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Iwasaki Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Atsushi Ohno, Kazushi Tominaga, Shinichi Takemasa
  • 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: 8729801
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metal halogen lamp comprising an elongated arc tube enclosed in a transparent casing, wherein the arc tube is made up of a hollow glass body comprising two end portions and a middle portion, and electrode is arranged on the respective end portion, which electrodes, each having an electrode end, upon connection to a power source and during operation of the metal halogen lamp, generate an arc between them; and the glass body encloses halogens (h) and metal atoms (m) and has a wall thickness which is thicker on the end portions than on the middle portion. The thicker end portions each have a length (L1) of at least one-third of the total length (L) of the arc tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Auralight International AB
    Inventor: Martin Fransson
  • Patent number: 8659225
    Abstract: A high intensity discharge lamp includes an electrically insulating arc tube including a central portion with an interior discharge region and two legs each extending from an end of the central portion. The central portion is a larger size than the legs. Electrical conductors extend through each of the legs and are spaced apart from each other in the discharge region. A light transmitting envelope encloses the arc tube. A frame member is electrically attached to one of the conductors. An ignition aid includes an electrically conductive foil disposed around one of the legs and in electrical contact with the frame member. An electrically conductive crown disposed in electrical contact with the foil is located on or near the central portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tamas Panyik, Zoltan Janki, Janos Kallay, Agoston Boroczki
  • Patent number: 8648532
    Abstract: A High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamp includes a discharge chamber disposed within an anti-oxidation envelope and protected by a shroud. The shroud encloses the anti-oxidation envelope and thereby the discharge chamber to prevent the emission of fragments in the event that the discharge chamber fails. The shroud is positioned around the anti-oxidation envelope by a compressed spring at one end of the envelope tensioned against a collar attaching the other end of the envelope to a base of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Ronald Johannes Gelten, Alexander Dunaevsky, Kathleen Bernard
  • Patent number: 8643264
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the illuminating device of the embodiment has a base part and multiple light emitting elements; the illuminating device includes a supporting part, which is arranged on one end of the base part, and which at least partially encloses an internal space. The supporting part also has an outer surface exposed to the ambient atmosphere. The multiple light emitting elements are disposed on the inner surface side of the supporting part so that at least light emitting surfaces of the light emitting elements are in contact with the supporting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hideo Nishiuchi, Izuru Komatsu, Daigo Suzuki, Kazuki Tateyama
  • Patent number: 8629608
    Abstract: The inner surfaces of fluorescent lamp tubing are provided with a phosphor coating. The phosphor coating defines an inward-facing surface. A protective coating is deposited on the inward-facing surface of the phosphor coating. The protective coating defines an innermost surface and makes effective recombination of Hg ions possible on the innermost surface of the second coating before the Hg ions collide with the phosphor particles in the phosphor coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: István Károly Deme, Miklós Budai, Zoltán Hórvölgyi, Márta Kabai Jánosné
  • Patent number: 8624493
    Abstract: An integrated gas discharge lamp (5) with ignition electronics integrated into the base, comprising an ignition transformer (TIP), an ignition capacitor (CIP), and a controlled switching element (SIP), wherein the integrated ignition electronics are configured to generate an asymmetrical ignition pulse, and wherein the voltage ratio between the first lamp electrode near the base and the second lamp electrode distant from the base ranges from 22:1 to 5:4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Knut Asmussen, Bernhard Siessegger
  • Patent number: 8587016
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device package and a lighting system comprising the same. The light emitting device package comprises a package body having an inclined side surface and a light emitting device on the inclined side surface of the package body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Seon Song
  • Publication number: 20130293101
    Abstract: A discharge lamp having a mercury-filled discharge vessel, a shatterproofing layer on the outside of the discharge vessel, and a contamination protection material applied to the inner face of the shatterproofing layer is disclosed. In case of breakage, discharge vessel shards are held together by the shatterproofing layer, and the mercury is bonded to the contamination protection material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Appel, Armin Konrad
  • Patent number: 8461753
    Abstract: A low-pressure discharge lamp includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a light-transmissive envelope, a fill-gas composition capable of sustaining a discharge sealed inside the light-transmissive envelope, and a phosphor composition at least partially disposed on an interior surface of the light-transmissive envelope. The phosphor composition is disposed on an interior surface of the light-transmissive envelope in a plurality of layers that include at least a basecoat phosphor layer and a topcoat phosphor layer. The basecoat phosphor layer includes at least one halophosphor and the topcoat phosphor layer includes a blend of at least two rare earth phosphors. The basecoat phosphor layer has a greater Color Rendering Index (CRI) value than the topcoat phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Fangming Du, William Winder Beers, Jon Bennett Jansma
  • Patent number: 8449343
    Abstract: A discharge lamp includes an arc tube and a boron oxide film formed on an inner surface of the arc tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Nishiyama, Noboru Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8450932
    Abstract: A high pressure sodium lamp includes a lamp base, a light admissible housing and a sodium vapor illumination arrangement, which includes a light core extended from the lamp base into the light admissible housing; a supporting frame, and an arc tube. The supporting frame longitudinally extends in the light admissible housing, and has an upper end portion supported by an upper portion of the light admissible housing, and a lower end portion supported by the light core. The arc tube has a first and a second electrode formed at two ends thereof and electrically connected with the upper end portion of the supporting frame and the light core respectively, wherein sodium vapor in the arc tube is electrically excited to discharge light having an intensity equivalent to that generated by more than 1000 W power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Inventors: Fuqing Qian, Song Qian
  • Patent number: 8441190
    Abstract: A vehicular discharge lamp that emits light by a DC lighting system, the vehicular discharge lamp includes: an outer tube; a light emitting tube disposed in the outer tube and including a light emitting portion and fine tube portions connected to the light emitting portion; cathode-side and anode-side electrodes disposed in the light emitting tube; two lead wires connected to the electrodes; and a metal film or a metal oxide applied on an outer peripheral surface of the fine tube portion on an anode side of the light emitting tube, or the metal wire being wound on the outer peripheral surface. Inert gas having negative pressure is filled in a space outside the light emitting tube in the outer tube, and a negative high-voltage pulse is applied to the anode-side electrode at a time of start-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaya Shido
  • Patent number: 8415868
    Abstract: A lamp (10) for an automotive headlamp and a method for manufacturing such kind of a lamp (10) is provided, wherein the lamp (10) comprises a burner (12) for emitting light, a metal holder (20) connected to the burner (12) for supporting the burner (12), a first socket part (32) made from a heat-resistant plastic material, which is connected to the burner (12), and a second socket part (34), through which a part of the burner (12), which is connected to a first electrical pole (14), is led for connecting the burner (12) to a voltage source, wherein the second socket part (34) is arranged adjacent to the first socket part (32) such, that at least one insulating gap (42) for providing voltage resistance in mainly radial and/or axial direction is provided. Due to the first socket part (32) it is possible to receive the hot burner (12) by the socket without impairing the heat resistance, wherein the second socket part (34) may be made from a cheaper material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Markus Gerhard, Herbert Schartmann, Manfred Westemeyer, Ralf Muckel, Wilfried Emunds
  • Patent number: 8415865
    Abstract: A light-guide type illumination device includes a heat-dissipating unit, a conductive unit, a light-emitting unit and a light-guiding unit. The heat-dissipating unit includes a heat-dissipating body. The conductive unit and the light-emitting unit are respectively disposed on a first side and a second side of the heat-dissipating body. The light-emitting unit includes at least one light-emitting element electrically connected to the conductive unit for generating light beams. The light-guiding unit includes at least one light-guiding element disposed above the light-emitting unit. The light-guiding element has a light input surface formed on a bottom side thereof for receiving the light beams and an optical surface-treated layer formed on at least one lateral surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Silitek Electronic (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Liang, Chung-En Lee
  • Patent number: 8358069
    Abstract: A method of lighting a light source apparatus that has a discharge lamp, a reflection mirror for reflecting light emitted from the discharge lamp, a light emission optical system for irradiating a work piece with light, one or more laser oscillator for emitting a laser beam to the discharge lamp, and a discharge starting unit for starting discharge. The method includes removing deposits adhering to an inner face of the discharge lamp by irradiating a discharge vessel with the laser beam from the first laser oscillator, starting discharge in the discharge vessel by the discharge starting unit, and condensing the laser beam from a second laser oscillator, into the discharge vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Engergetiq Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Taku Sumitomo, Toshio Yokota
  • Patent number: 8299710
    Abstract: A lamp and methods of forming are shown. In one example, a dielectric layer is formed over a gap between conductors in a plasma lamp. Electric arcing is reduced or eliminated, thus allowing tighter gaps and/or higher voltages. In one example a glass frit method is used to apply the dielectric layer. A lamp is shown with a barrier layer that prevents tarnish such as tarnish from sulfur exposure. The barrier layer reduces or prevents degradation of the lamp due to conversion of a conductor material to non-conductive tarnish material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Luxim Corporation
    Inventors: Abdeslam Hafidi, Sandeep Mudunuri
  • Patent number: 8294353
    Abstract: Embodiments of a lighting apparatus comprise a barrier coating with multiple layers. Each layer comprises metal oxide particles such as gamma alumina particles and alpha alumina particles. In one embodiment, the barrier coating comprises a first layer that reduces mercury depletion and a second layer that improves opacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gábor Sajó, István Károly Deme, Ottokár Gyulasi, Gabriella Révész, Géza István Szeghy
  • Patent number: 8288949
    Abstract: A fluorescent lamp having a protective polymeric sleeve to provide impact resistance and contain fragments if the lamp shatters. The sleeve comprises an inner layer of a UV-blocking polymeric material and an adjacent layer of a polymeric material, preferably polycarbonate. The inner layer is preferably a co-polymer comprised of a polycarbonate block and a block comprised of isophthalic acid, terephthalic acid, and resorcinol. The inner layer helps protect the rest of the sleeve from UV degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James Michael Kostka
  • Patent number: 8278825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp for motor vehicle headlamps, and in particular a high intensity discharge lamp, comprising at least one envelope which is arranged on a base and which is provided with two coatings arranged diametrically opposite one another, wherein the coatings (3) are identical in form and project at least 0.5 millimeters upwards beyond a horizontal plane in which, when the lamp is in the burnt-in position, the reference axis (R) which passes through the center of the base (4) lies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Andre Michel, Adam Lind, Klaus Schoeller, Hans-Alo Dohmen
  • Patent number: 8269406
    Abstract: A mercury-free high-pressure gas discharge lamp (HID [high intensity discharge] lamp) is described which is provided for use in automotive technology. To achieve improved lamp characteristics, in particular a substantially equal luminous efficacy in comparison with lamps of the same power and a mercury-free gas filling, as well as a highest possible burning voltage, the discharge vessel (1) is provided in its wall regions (10) which are lowermost in the operational position with a coating (15) which reflects at least a portion of the infrared radiation generated during operation, such that the temperature of the coldest spots, and in particular of the light-generating substances collected there, is raised, with the result that the light-generating substances can enter the gas phase in sufficient quantities also without mercury, and in particular with the use of a metal halide as a voltage-gradient generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Haacke, Marc F. R. Janssen
  • Patent number: 8269420
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes a fluorescent lamp including a blue phosphor and a red phosphor applied on an inner surface, the fluorescent lamp emitting blue light and red light from the blue phosphor and the red phosphor, respectively; and a green phosphor layer disposed outside the fluorescent lamp, the green phosphor layer containing a green phosphor containing Eu2+ or Ce3+ as a luminescent center. Green light emitted from the green phosphor excited by the blue light is mixed with the red light and the blue light so that white light is emitted from the illuminating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Morizawa, Sung-kil Lee, Takahiro Igarashi, Tsuneo Kusunoki
  • Patent number: 8247974
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a small-sized high-efficiency high pressure discharge lamp that exhibits favorable light intensity distribution properties and is less likely to cause breakage of an arc tube. The present invention is a high pressure discharge lamp 101 comprising: an arc tube 110 that includes; a light-emitting part 111 having a substantially spherical shape and having mercury enclosed therein; and a pair of sealing parts 112 extending from opposite sides of the light-emitting part 111; and a pair of electrodes 130 that are arranged in the arc tube 110 such that an end of each electrode is sealed by a respective sealing part and the other ends of the electrodes oppose each other in the light-emitting part. The enclosed mercury has a density of 0.2 to 0.4 [mg/mm3] inclusive. A distance W from a contact point S to a center O is 3.0 to 5.0 [mm] inclusive. A distance CO from a contact point TO to the center O is 1.5 to 3.0 [mm] inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunori Ohta, Kouhei Gamada, Masayuki Suizu, Shuji Tamaru
  • Patent number: 8241604
    Abstract: A method for making a metal-titania pulp and photocatalyst is provided, including firstly acidically hydrolyzing a titanium alkoxide solution in presence of an alcohol solvent to get a colloidal solution; then, adding at least one metal salt solution into the colloidal solution to produce a nano-porous metal/titania photocatalyst under appropriate conditions by appropriate reaction. The nano-porous metal/titania photocatalyst thus prepared has excellent optical activity and is applicable in research of water decomposition with light to improve production efficiency of hydrogen energy. In addition, the photocatalyst is further processed in the form of powder or film to facilitate industrial application in wastewater treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Institute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan
    Inventors: Jen-Chieh Chung, Yu-Zhen Zeng, Yu-Chang Liu, Yun-Fang Lu
  • Publication number: 20120194788
    Abstract: A discharge lamp includes a pair of electrodes for discharge and a discharge container having an inner space formed by quartz glass for separately placing the pair of electrodes and enclosing a discharge medium therein, a bulging part that surrounds the inner space, a pair of sealing parts that extend from ends of the bulging part and respectively support the pair of electrodes, an inner protective layer provided from a top portion opposed to a center of the pair of electrodes to a peripheral portion located at sides of the pair of sealing parts on an inner surface of the bulging part and having a thickness of the peripheral portion thinner than that of the top portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihide NISHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120194092
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for starting a discharge lamp are disclosed. In some embodiments, a lamp has an outer envelope connected at one end to a base and enclosing multiple double-ended arc tubes. Each arc tube is electrically connected at one end to an electrical lead positioned proximate the base of the lamp and at the other end to an electrical lead positioned proximate the distal end of the envelope. A voltage pulse is applied to the electrical lead positioned proximate the distal end of the envelope. Random starting of the arc tubes may thus be effected so that each arc tube is about equally likely to start, promoting uniformity of arc tube usage and long lamp life. Multiple arc tubes may be bulbous and staggered in axial displacement for space efficiency, and a diffusing shroud may improve optical characteristics. A heat barrier may facilitate fast restrikes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ajaypal S. Naruka, Mark J. Duda
  • Patent number: 8212480
    Abstract: A ceramic discharge lamp in which an electric discharge gas is enclosed in an arc tube which is made up of a ceramic member and a metal member. The ceramic discharge lamp includes a first brazing material, which is formed so as to be fixed on a surface of the ceramic member without being covered with the metal member; a titanium layer, which is formed between the first brazing material and the ceramic member; and a second brazing material, which is continuously formed from the first brazing member, that covers part of the metal member so that the ceramic member and the metal member are airtightly joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kengo Moriyasu, Yukihiro Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8198814
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a high pressure sodium lamp comprising an evacuated cover including a base part, an arc tube comprising a first and a second electrode each being connected to the base part via conductor members. At least one conductor member is arranged isolated by a shielding member for preventing, during operation of the high pressure sodium lamp, the photo electronic stream from the at least one conductor member to the arc tube. The lamp comprises a second arc tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Auralight International AB
    Inventors: Björn Werner, Mikael Severinsson
  • Patent number: 8164239
    Abstract: To avoid a decline in the reflectivity of an ultraviolet reflection film caused by lighting for an extended period of time and providing a uniform illuminance an excimer lamp has a silica glass discharge vessel with electrodes on opposite sides of the discharge vessel, wherein excimer discharge is generated in the discharge space of the discharge vessel, wherein an ultraviolet reflection film made of silica particles and alumina particles is formed on a surface exposed to the discharge space and wherein the mean particle diameter of silica particles is at least 0.67 times as large as the mean particle diameter of the alumina particles. The alumina particles in the ultraviolet reflection film preferably constitute at least 5 wt % and more preferably at least 10 wt % of the sum of silica particles and alumina particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Ushiodenki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeki Fujisawa, Yukihiro Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8115374
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an illumination system comprising radiation source that when operational emits radiation in wave length range below 280 nm to an emission element that comprises an assembly of oligo atomic metal clusters confined in molecular sieve for converting invisible radiation emitted by a radiation source at room temperature or an higher temperature to visible light and further a transparent envelope said illumination system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Gert De Cremer, Dirk De Vos, Johan Hofkens, Maarten Roeffaers, Bert Sels, Tom Vosch
  • Patent number: 8110972
    Abstract: A composite High Intensity Discharge (“HID”) arc tube includes a discharge tube and two outwardly extending tubes. The discharge tube is a composite two-layer shell with an outer of fused quartz glass or Vycor quartz glass, and a layer of translucent polycrystalline alumina (“PCA”). The outwardly extending tubes are made of fused quartz glass or Vycor quartz glass, and a layer of polycrystalline alumina is applied at ends of the outwardly extending tubes close to an arc chamber. After the arc tube is sintered at a high temperature, the electrode is sealed by being separated into two segments. The first segment of the outward extending tube applied with PCA is sealed by glass solders, and the second segment of quartz glass is sealed by a molybdenum foil under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Yancheng Haomai Lighting Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zonglie Chen
  • Publication number: 20110291557
    Abstract: A high pressure discharge lamp may include a ceramic discharge vessel and a longitudinal axis, wherein at least one electrode is led out of the discharge vessel by means of a metal-containing feed-through, wherein the feed-through is connected to one end of the discharge vessel by way of a ceramic-containing adjustment part, wherein the adjustment part is tubular and consists of individual layers with different compositions, at least two materials A and B forming a plurality of layers of the adjustment part, these materials being chosen such that their coefficient of thermal expansion is between that of the feed-through and that of the end of the discharge vessel or at most is just outside, the layer thickness of each layer being so low that no shearing forces can occur, and the layer thickness of each layer of the same material being different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Roland Huettinger, Stefan Juengst, Stefan Kotter, Steffen Walter
  • Publication number: 20110285282
    Abstract: A deuterium lamp is provided having a lamp base (1) including electrode feedthroughs (2, 3, 4), having a bulb (10) made of glass and having a housing assembly (11) including an anode (12), cathode (14), and aperture (15), wherein at least one part of the bulb forms a beam discharge surface, and wherein the lamp base and bulb enclose a gas compartment (9). The bulb has a gas diffusion barrier layer (13) on the surface facing the gas compartment at least at the beam discharge surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: Heraeus Noblelight GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Jenek
  • Patent number: 8063565
    Abstract: A lamp and methods of forming are shown. In one example, a dielectric layer is formed over a gap between conductors in a plasma lamp. Electric arcing is reduced or eliminated, thus allowing tighter gaps and/or higher voltages. In one example a glass frit method is used to apply the dielectric layer. A lamp is shown with a barrier layer that prevents tarnish such as tarnish from sulfur exposure. The barrier layer reduces or prevents degradation of the lamp due to conversion of a conductor material to non-conductive tarnish material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Luxim Corporation
    Inventors: Abdeslam Hafidi, Sandeep Mudunuri
  • Publication number: 20110266955
    Abstract: A discharge lamp and a method for forming the lamp, the lamp including a ceramic discharge vessel defining at least part of a cavity containing a metal halide (MH) chemical filling having a power factor of between about 0.75 and 0.85 located within the cavity; and one or more feedthroughs having first and second ends, the first end located in the cavity. The cavity may have an internal length LINT and an internal diameter DINT that are proportional to each other, such that an aspect ratio defined as LINT/DINT is less than or equal to two. The lamp may be started and operated with a probe-start ballast without an internal igniter circuit or without a starting electrode (or internal igniter).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Ray Gibson, Tom Steere, Junming Tu
  • Patent number: 8049425
    Abstract: A lamp is provided having an arctube having a light-transmitting envelope. The arctube is surrounded by a gaseous medium confined by a containment envelope such as a hermetic shroud. The gaseous medium is preferably He or H2 or Ne or another gas whose thermal conductivity is greater than that of N2 at 800° C., or a mixture thereof, to help cool the arctube. The inside and/or outside of the shroud may be coated with a diffusion barrier. To help cool the hot spot of the arctube the gap between the shroud and the envelope can be made small, the portion of the shroud wall near the arc can be thickened, the arctube can be offset above the longitudinal axis of the shroud, and the return lead of the arctube can be located between the shroud and the arctube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary Robert Allen, David C. Dudik, Viktor K. Varga, Robert Baranyi, Agoston Boroczki, Elizabeth A. Guzowski, Jianwu Li, Rocco T. Giordano, Svetlana Selezneva, Amol S. Mulay
  • Publication number: 20110260612
    Abstract: In order to optimally implement functions of a glass filter and reduce manufacturing costs by reducing a defective rate of a plasma display device, the present invention provides a plasma display device comprising: a plasma display module; a frame supporting the plasma display module; a glass filter on whose rear the frame is fixed; and a rear housing protecting the plasma display module in the rear thereof, wherein the glass filter comprises: a substrate: a functional film layer on whose external surface a black frame layer defining an effective screen is formed; a pressure sensitive adhesive layer adhering the functional film layer to the substrate; and an electromagnetic waves shielding layer provided in the rear of the substrate and blocking electromagnetic waves generated from the plasma display module to transfer it to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Gol-Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 8043653
    Abstract: In method of forming a dielectric film and a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) using the dielectric film, a paste is coated on a substrate and forms a dielectric film, and a lateral surface of a terminal portion of the dielectric film has a contact angle in a range of 30 to 80° with respect to a surface of the substrate. The PDP preferably includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other and forming a discharge space; a plurality of pairs of sustain electrodes arranged on the first substrate; and a plurality of address electrodes arranged on the second substrate. At least one dielectric film is preferably arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a lateral surface of a terminal portion of the dielectric film preferably has a contact angle in a range of 30 to 80° with respect to a surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Joung Kweon