| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 313637000 | With particular gas or vapor | 57 |
| 20110260613 | METAL HALIDE LAMP - Disclosed is a metal halide lamp, comprising an airtight tube having a discharge portion with a discharge space therein and a pair of sealing portions formed at both ends of the discharge portion; a discharge medium substantially free from mercury enclosed in the discharge space, the discharge medium including a rare gas and a metal halide, the metal halide including a scandium halide; metal foils sealed in the sealing portions; a pair of electrodes having one ends connected to the metal foils and the other ends arranged to face each other within the discharge space; and coils wound around the electrodes within the sealing portions, wherein the scandium halide has a weight ratio of not less than 30%, and the coils have an outer diameter R of not less than 0.45 mm but not more than 0.60 mm. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110198994 | DISCHARGE LAMP COMPRISING A MONOXIDE RADIATION EMITTING MATERIAL - The invention relates to a discharge lamp comprising a group IIIB or rare earth monoxide radiation emitting material, which allows to greatly improve the features of the lamp due to superior light emitting properties of the monoxide compound. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20090160341 | DISCHARGE LAMP COMPRISING UV-PHOSPHOR - The invention is concerned with a discharge lamp provided with a gas discharge vessel comprising a gas filling with a discharge-maintaining composition, at least part of a wall of the discharge vessel being provided with a luminescent material comprising as a first UV-phosphor a lanthanide-activated lanthanum magnesium aluminate of formula Lai_xMgAlπOic>:Lnx, wherein the lanthanide Ln is selected from the group of Ce(III), Pr(III), Nd(III) and Gd(III), and 0.001:Lnx, wherein the lanthanide Ln is selected from the group of Ce(III), Pr(III), Nd(III) and Gd(III), and 0.001| 06-25-2009 | |
| 20090146570 | LANTHANIDE OXIDE AS AN OXYGEN DISPENSER IN A METAL HALIDE LAMP - A lamp includes a discharge vessel. Tungsten electrodes extend into the discharge vessel. An ionizable fill is sealed within the vessel. The fill includes a buffer gas and a halide component that includes a rare earth halide. A source of oxygen which includes a lanthanide oxide is present in the discharge vessel. The source of oxygen provides oxygen for a regenerative cycle which reduces blackening of the lamp walls by tungsten from the electrodes. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20110095684 | Excimer lamp - An excimer lamp that has an arc tube in which a seal structure is formed using a metal brazing material, which is composed of gold or a gold-nickel alloy, at an end portion of a transparent ceramic pipe that encloses a gas containing rare gas and fluorine atoms and a pair of electrodes arranged outside the arc tube. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20090230867 | Mercury-free metal halide high-pressure discharge lamp - A mercury-free metal halide high pressure discharge lamp having a transparent and gastight sealed discharge vessel and two electrodes which protrude into the discharge vessel and are arranged in the discharge vessel opposite one another, with the discharge vessel being filled with a lamp filling which has: at least one noble gas, at least the elements of iron and zinc, as well as at least one halide, with the halide comprising bromide, and with the percentage of the bromide being at least 14 mole percent of the total halogen quantity and the following relationship applying to the ratio of molar density of zinc D in μmol/cm | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100013390 | Shine-Through Hydrogen Lamp - A shine-through, low pressure discharge, hydrogen lamp has a metallic housing structure shielding the discharge space in a lamp bulb filled with hydrogen. In this lamp a diaphragm ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 313638000 | With metal vapor | 44 |
| 20100117533 | DISCHARGE LAMP COMPRISING A MONOXIDE RADIATION EMITTING MATERIAL - The invention relates to a discharge lamp comprising a group IVB monoxide radiation emitting material, which allows to greatly improve the features of the lamp due to the superior light emitting properties of the monoxide compound. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20120187829 | LAMP | 07-26-2012 |
| 20090045745 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METAL VAPOR DISCHARGE LAMP - An object of the present invention is to provide an illumination apparatus which includes an illumination fixture having an open-type reflector and a metal halide lamp, and can suppress a decrease in intensity and occurrence of glare. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20100219755 | METAL VAPOR DISCHARGE LAMP AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - With regard to a metal vapor discharge lamp with a triple tube structure including a discharge tube, an inner tube, and an outer tube, misalignment of axes of the inner tube and the outer tube is prevented. The metal vapor discharge lamp ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20080278077 | Metal Halide Lamp - A metal halide lamp comprising a discharge vessel surrounded by an outer envelope with clearance and having a ceramic wall which encloses a discharge space filled with a filling comprising an inert gas, such as xenon (Xe), and an ionizable salt, wherein in said discharge space two electrodes are arranged whose tips have discharge path between them, with the special feature that said ionizable salt comprises NaI, TlI, CaI | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090200944 | MERCURY-FREE ARC TUBE FOR DISCHARGE LAMP UNIT - There is provided a mercury-free arc tube for a discharge lamp unit. The mercury-free arc tube includes a plurality of electrodes and a sealed chamber including a metal halide and a starting rare gas enclosed in the sealed chamber. A clearness index value P | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100187995 | MERCURY-FREE ARC TUBE FOR DISCHARGE LAMP UNIT - A mercury-free arc tube for a discharge lamp unit including a closed glass bulb in which main light emitting substances of NaI, ScI | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110025204 | METAL HALIDE LAMP, METAL HALIDE LAMP LIGHTING, AND HEAD LIGHT - [Problems] A mercury-free metal halide lamp improved in light beam maintaining rate by limiting an excessive temperature rise at the upper portion of an arc tube at starting, a metal halide lamp lighting device using this and a head light. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110031879 | STREET LIGHTING LAMP WITH LONG LIFE, HIGH EFFICIENCY, AND HIGH LUMEN MAINTENANCE - A lamp includes a discharge vessel and electrodes extending into the discharge vessel. The lamp further includes an ionizable fill sealed within the vessel. The fill includes an inert gas and a halide component. The halide component includes a sodium halide, a thallium halide, at least one of a calcium halide and a strontium halide, and at least one of a rare earth halide. The rare earth halide is selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, samarium and neodymium, and combinations thereof. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20090001887 | Metal Halide Lamp and Lighting Unit Utilizing the Same - An arc tube ( | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090033227 | MERCURY FREE COMPOSITIONS AND RADIATION SOURCES INCORPORATING SAME - A radiation source is presented, the source comprising an ionizable mercury-free composition that comprises tin halide such that the halide to tin ratio is greater than 2. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20110156582 | DISCHARGE LAMP WITH IMPROVED DISCHARGE VESSEL - A high pressure gas discharge lamp ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110089828 | METAL HALIDE LAMP, AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT EMPLOYING METAL LAMP - Provided is a metal halide lamp that can (i) prevent flicker in an illuminated surface of an arc tube, which is caused by violent movement of an electric arc when the lamp is lit while being tilted, (ii) suppress an early reduction in a luminous flux maintenance factor, and (iii) suppress formation of cracks in an enclosure of the arc tube. The lamp comprises (i) an arc tube | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110181181 | DISCHARGE LAMP - A discharge lamp with excellent arc stability and excellent durability in which the use level of thoriated tungsten is restrained has an anode and a cathode in the interior of a discharge vessel, wherein said cathode is made up from a thoriated tungsten part with a tungsten filling ratio of at least 90 vol.-% and a main body part connected to said thoriated tungsten part and consisting of pure tungsten, wherein a ratio S | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120161623 | MERCURY-FREE CERAMIC METAL HALIDE LAMP WITH IMPROVED LUMEN RUN-UP - Disclosed herein are mercury free ceramic metal halide high intensity discharge lamps of specified arc tube geometry and composition of ionizable fill. Embodiments herein generally employ a discharge vessel formed of a ceramic material having an aspect ratio satisfied by 1| 06-28-2012 | |
| 20100052533 | LAMP AND A METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LAMP - A method includes enhancing an illumination of a lamp including coating an interior surface of a discharge vessel of the lamp with a coating material; and heating the discharge vessel. A lamp includes a discharge vessel having a coating material. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110127910 | High-pressure discharge lamp - In various embodiments, a metal halide discharge lamp is provided, which may include a ceramic discharge vessel containing a metal halide fill, including a tubular central part and two end sections which are configured asymmetrically, in each of which an electrode system is held, wherein a pointed first end section tapers as seen from the central part, while a blunt second end section either remains constant in its dimensions or widens as seen from the central part, a stopper being fitted at least in the blunt end. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120126696 | METAL HALIDE LAMP - A metal halide lamp having a luminous tube formed of translucent alumina as translucent ceramic in which additives of halides are sealingly included to emit at least red, blue and green light components, wherein an energy rate of a red light component is set to 55% to 75% and an energy ratio of a blue light component is set to 15% to 25%. | 05-24-2012 |
| 313639000 | Mercury vapor | 26 |
| 20110298370 | Extra-high pressure mercury lamp and method of manufacturing extra-high pressure mercury lamp of the same - A lighting mode of an extra-high pressure mercury lamp can be switched between a steady lighting mode and a low electric power lighting mode. A temperature maintaining portion that absorbs light emitted from a light emission section is provided in a vicinity of a boundary between a sealing portion and a light emission section in an outer circumference direction of the lamp. The temperature maintaining portion is made of a material having thermal expansion coefficient that is greater than a material that forms the light emission section. The temperature maintaining portion comes in contact with the light emission section in the low electric power lighting mode. In the steady lighting mode, a gap is formed between the temperature maintaining portion and the light emission section so that the temperature maintaining portion is separated from the light emission section. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20090184644 | High-pressure mercury vapor lamp - The invention relates to a high-pressure mercury vapor lamp suitable for sterilization purposes. The high-pressure mercury vapor lamp according to the invention is remarkable in that germanium and oxygen are added in small quantities to the mercury and/or the mercury halides. The addition of germanium monoxide furthermore surprisingly increases the GAC efficiency (GAC: short for Germicidal Action Curve) of a high-pressure mercury vapor lamp, because germanium monoxide emits a strong molecular band system in the range from 250 to 280 nm. The germicidal action of the high-pressure mercury vapor lamp according to the invention is thus increased with respect to that of conventional highpressure mercury vapor lamps. This is apparent from the fact that the GAC-weighted radiant flux is greater than before in the high-pressure mercury vapor lamp according to the invention. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090153054 | ELECTRIC DISCHARGE LAMP - An electric discharge lamp comprising: a light-transmissive ceramic lamp vessel; a first and a second current conductor each supporting an electrode in the lamp vessel; an ionizable filling comprising a noble gas and metal halide in the lamp vessel; at least the first current conductor being halide-resistant characterized in that the first current conductor forms an end wall of the lamp vessel, wherein the difference between the coefficient ai of linear thermal expansion of said end wall and the coefficient a2 of linear thermal expansion of the lamp vessel is equal to or less than 2.10-6 K | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153053 | LOW MERCURY CERAMIC METAL HALIDE LAMP - This disclosure relates to a low mercury content, metal halide lamp having a ceramic arc tube with an aspect ratio ranging from approximately 1.15 up to about 4.75, and having a fill in the arc tube of up to 2 milligrams of mercury per cubic centimeter and up to 10 milligrams of zinc metal and/or zinc/zinc iodide per cubic centimeter. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100007276 | Ultra High Pressure Mercury Discharge Lamp - A highly reliable ultra-high pressure mercury discharge lamp with a low risk of breakage of the quartz tube. The ultra-high pressure mercury discharge lamp includes a light emitting tube | 01-14-2010 |
| 20080303442 | Lamp with Housing Arrangement for the Reduction of Mercury Exposure Towards the Environment in Case of an Explosion of the Burner - The invention relates to a lamp, e.g. a UHP-Lamp, comprising a burner ( | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080265777 | Lamp with Closing Means in Case of an Explosion of the Burner - The invention relates to a lamp, e.g. a UHP-Lamp, comprising a burner with an ionizable filling and an amount of mercury contained therein, having at least one closing means ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100264820 | Laser driven light source - An laser driven light source comprises a bulb that encloses a discharge medium, a laser beam unit for emitting a laser beam, wherein the laser beam is focused in the bulb for generating a discharge, and a beam shield element that is provided in the bulb to shield peripheral devices from the laser beam, which passes through the discharge generated in the bulb. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20090108756 | Metal Halide Fill for an Electric High Pressure Discharge Lamp and Associated Lamp - A metal-halogenide filling for forming an ionisable filling comprises at least one inert gas, mercury and at least one halogen, the filling including at least the components Rb-halogenide and Mn-halogenide. This filling can in particular be contained in the discharge container of a metal-halogenide lamp. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100164380 | LIGHT SOURCE - A light source is provided. The light source includes: a discharge lamp in which a pair of electrodes facing each other is disposed and a discharge medium is enclosed; and an energy beam irradiation unit that emits an energy beam toward a gap between the pair of electrodes. The energy beam irradiation unit emits the energy beam toward a bright spot that is formed near a tip end of the electrode when the discharge lamp is turned on by applying a voltage to the electrodes. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20090021173 | Carrier element on which an Hg containing material for application in a discharge lamp is formed, and discharge lamp with such a carrier element - Carrier element on which an Hg-containing material for application in a discharge lamp is formed, and discharge lamp with such a carrier element | 01-22-2009 |
| 20110273089 | CERAMIC GAS DISCHARGE METAL HALIDE LAMP WITH HIGH COLOR TEMPERATURE - A ceramic gas discharge metal halide (CDM) lamp ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 313640000 | And rare earth metal | 12 |
| 20090146571 | METAL HALIDE LAMP WITH HALOGEN-PROMOTED WALL CLEANING CYCLE - A lamp includes a discharge vessel. Tungsten electrodes extend into the discharge vessel. An ionizable fill is sealed within the vessel. The fill includes a buffer gas, optionally free mercury, a halide component which includes a rare earth halide selected from the group consisting of lanthanum halides, praseodymium halides, neodymium halides, samarium halides, cerium halides, and combinations thereof, a source of available halogen. The discharge vessel optionally includes a source of available oxygen. The source of available halogen and optional source of available oxygen are present in an amount such that the vapor phase solubility of tungsten species in the fill during lamp operation is lower adjacent at least a portion of one of the electrodes than at a wall of the discharge vessel, such that tungsten deposited on the wall during lamp operation is transported back to the electrode. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090278457 | METAL HALIDE LAMP - The invention relates to a metal halide lamp ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100019675 | HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP - A lamp includes a discharge sustaining fill which includes mercury halide, cesium halide, optionally one of indium halide and thallium halide, and a rare earth halide component selected from dysprosium halide, holmium halide, and thulium halide. In operation without a jacket, the lamp may have a color temperature of about 5300K to 6000K, a color rendering index of at least about 92 and an efficacy of at least about 85 LPW. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20120280616 | LOW TII/LOW InI-BASED DOSE FOR DIMMING WITH MINIMAL COLOR SHIFT AND HIGH PERFORMANCE - The present disclosure relates to a discharge lamp able to be operated at less than full rated power without suffering undesirable color shift, loss of lumen maintenance or loss of lamp efficacy. It finds particular application in connection with ceramic metal halide lamps having a low dose level of thallium iodide and optionally indium iodide, e.g. less than 1 mol %, in the dose thereof. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130020936 | CERAMIC METAL HALIDE DISCHARGE LAMP WITH OXYGEN CONTENT AND METALLIC COMPONENT - Disclosed herein are lamps which comprises a discharge vessel comprised of a ceramic material; at least one electrode extending into the discharge vessel; an ionizable fill sealed within the discharge vessel, the fill comprising Hg, a buffer gas component, and a halide component comprising at least an alkali metal halide component and a rare earth halide component; a source of available oxygen; and a metallic component. The discharge vessel defines an interior space which comprises available oxygen during lamp operation conditions. Also disclosed herein are associated methods for making and using such lamps. Disclosed advantages may include mitigating some of the deleterious effects of highly electronegative species, enhanced lumens, and balancing the level of available oxygen for wall cleaning. | 01-24-2013 |
| 313641000 | With rare gas | 7 |
| 20110204776 | Ceramic metal halide lamp having a high color temperature - In various embodiments, a high-pressure discharge lamp is provided. The high-pressure discharge lamp may include a ceramic discharge vessel which encloses a discharge volume, wherein a filling containing sodium halides, rare earth halides, mercury and inert gas is accommodated in the discharge volume, wherein the filling at the same time includes the rare earths Tm and Gd, the relative proportions between Gd and Tm, considered as a molar ratio, lying in the range 0.1 to 1. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20130113372 | DYSPROSIUM-HALIDE-CONTAINING HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP - A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a quartz glass bulb which encloses a discharge volume, and a fill which contains mercury and noble gas as well as metal halides being held in the discharge volume, wherein the fill contains both dysprosium halides and also oxyhalides of at least one of tungsten and mercury based on at least one of the halogens bromine and chlorine. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20090267516 | CERAMIC METAL HALIDE DAYLIGHT LAMP - A ceramic metal halide lamp ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20110279031 | High pressure discharge lamp - In various embodiments, a high pressure discharge lamp may include a ceramic discharge vessel which contains two electrodes and a metal halide filling in a discharge volume V, wherein the filling contains a starting gas that is selected individually or in mixture from the group of the noble gases, wherein the filling moreover contains metal halides that are selected individually or in mixture from the group MXn, M being a representative from the group In, Zn, Mg, Mn, Al, Tl, Sn, Sc, Hg and X being a representative from the group I, Br, Cl, wherein moreover the filling contains a stoichiometric excess of the metallic portion M in relation to MXn, wherein the concentration of the metallic portion is in the range from 0.1 to 20 mg/cm | 11-17-2011 |
| 20080258623 | Low Pressure Discharge Lamp Comprising a Metal Halide - A low-pressure gas discharge lamp provided with a gas discharge vessel comprising a gas filling with a discharge-maintaining composition comprising a discharge maintaining compound selected from the group formed by the compounds of aluminum, gallium, indium and thallium, an additive selected from the group of elemental zinc, cadmium and mercury and a buffer gas, which low-pressure gas discharge lamp is further provided with means for generating and maintaining a low-pressure gas discharge. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20110095685 | Quick-start Type Fluorescent Lamp - A quick-start type fluorescent lamp that includes a discharge envelope, which encloses a discharge space containing a filing of mercury and an inert gas in a gastight manner and includes tubular end portions each having a longitudinal axis, and electrodes being arranged in the discharge space for generating and maintaining a discharge therein, characterized in that: a Bi—In—Sn—Hg compound or Bi—In—Sn—Hg compound in combination with a Bi—In—Sn compound being free of mercury is disposed at one or two positions near the electrode. The quick-start type fluorescent lamp of the present invention has a much shorter starting time. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120056534 | THALLIUM IODIDE-FREE CERAMIC METAL HALIDE LAMP - The present disclosure relates to a discharge lamp able to be operated at less than full rated power without suffering undesirable color shift, loss of lumen maintenance or loss of lamp efficacy. It finds particular application in connection with ceramic metal halide lamps having no thallium iodide in the dose thereof. | 03-08-2012 |
| 313642000 | And rare gas | 2 |
| 20090284154 | Low-Pressure Gas Discharge Lamp With a Reduced Argon Proportion In the Gas Filling - The invention relates to novel gas fillings of low-pressure gas discharge lamps for reducing the starting and arc drop voltages at low Hg vapor pressures. In favor of a mixture consisting of Ne and Kr, the Ar portion of the gas filling is considerably reduced. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090167182 | HIGH INTENSITY LAMP AND LIGHTING SYSTEM - A lighting system that produces a high intensity beam of light in the visible and infrared spectral regions that can be used for non-covert and ultra-covert operations. The lighting system is comprised of a HID lamp, a reflector, and a filter. The lamp is an ultra compact high efficacy lamp that is ideal for tight-beam light applications because it utilizes a short arc gap that produces a highly collimated beam and because the short overall length of the lamp is robust enough to meet the shock requirements of handheld and vehicle mounted applications. The lamp also uses a unique combination of xenon gas, mercury and halides to generate an intense beam of light in the visible and near-infrared regions. The reflector is a uniquely cut or cleaved and coated aluminum alloy that creates a highly reflective surface with minimal diffuse reflection and heat build up. The filter is formed of a red glass substrate with a multi-layer dichroic coating on the inner surface of the filter, which is effective at blocking visible light while allowing a high percentage of infrared light to be transmitted. The combination of the lamp, reflector and filter results in an ultra covert night vision illuminator system that closely matches the radiant sensitivity of Generation III night vision systems. | 07-02-2009 |
| 313643000 | One or more rare gases | 6 |
| 20080278078 | Metal Halide Lamp, Metal Halide Lamp Lighting Device, and Headlight - There are provided a mercury-free metal halide lamp which suppresses occurrence of flickering of light emission, and is improved in light flux rising immediately after starting, and more practical and suitable for a headlight, and a metal halide lamp lighting device and a headlight using this. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090160342 | HOT CATHODE DISCHARGE LAMP, LAMP UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A hot cathode discharge lamp ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090200945 | PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a phosphor having high luminance, a property of low luminance degradation during driving of a light-emitting device, and chromaticity y comparable to that of BAM:Eu. The present invention is a phosphor represented by the general formula aAO.bEuO.DO.cSiO | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090322225 | Starting Aid for HID Lamp - A high-intensity discharge lamp includes a discharge vessel made of an insulator, and a cathode and anode. A V-shaped gap is provided between the anode and a first region of the vessel directly adjacent to where the anode separates from an interior surface of the vessel. A secondary cathode is provided on an exterior surface of the vessel at the first region, where the secondary cathode is positioned so that the V-shaped gap and the first region are between the secondary cathode and the anode. An electric field at the first region produces a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) which generates ultraviolet (UV) and vacuum ultraviolet VUV photons that impinge on the cathode and initiate a breakdown between the cathode and anode. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20110031880 | STREET LIGHTING LAMP WITH LONG LIFE, HIGH EFFICIENCY, AND HIGH LUMEN MAINTENANCE - A lamp includes a discharge vessel and electrodes extending into the discharge vessel. The lamp further includes an ionizable fill sealed within the vessel. The fill includes an inert gas and a halide component. The halide component includes a sodium halide, a thallium halide, at least one of a calcium halide and a strontium halide, and at least one of a rare earth halide. The rare earth (RE) halide is selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, samarium and neodymium, and combinations thereof. The fill establishes a Na/RE ratio of 8≦Na/RE≦48. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110304267 | Noble Gas Short-Arc Discharge Lamp - A noble gas short-arc discharge lamp ( | 12-15-2011 |
