Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
315056000 | Discharge device load | 47 |
20080309240 | INTEGRAL BALLAST-IGNITER-LAMP UNIT FOR A HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP - A high-intensity discharge lamp bulb with an attached housing for ballast and ignition electronics, forming an integral bulb and electronics unit. The electronics housing forms a removable closure for an access opening in a lamp enclosure. The electronics housing isolates the electronics from heat inside the lamp enclosure. A heat sink and radiator on the back of the housing provides heat transfer to a surrounding environment behind the lamp enclosure to cool the electronics. The electronics may be sealed in the housing for protection against entry of foreign substances. The electronics housing is fixed to the access opening of the lamp enclosure and to a boss or reflector mounted in the lamp enclosure, thus providing stable two-point fixation for the unit, reducing vibration. | 12-18-2008 |
20090045747 | Fluorescent lamp - Disclosed herein is a fluorescent lamp. The fluorescent lamp is constituted by main tubes, subsidiary tubes having electrodes, and connection tubes each connecting the main tube to the subsidiary tube. Specifically, the fluorescent lamp includes a first stage main tube part having a first main tube, a second stage main tube part communicating with the first stage main tube part and having second and third main tubes, and a third stage subsidiary tube part communicating with the second stage main tube part and having first and second subsidiary tubes each having an electrode. | 02-19-2009 |
20090167184 | COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH MECHANICAL SUPPORT MEANS AND STARTING AID - The compact fluorescent lamp comprises a bulb shaped outer envelope enclosing a discharge tube having a coiled configuration and a ballast unit for controlling the current in the tube. The lamp further comprises at least one joint mechanical support and starting aid means for positioning the discharge tube and the ballast unit and reducing a breakdown voltage path of the discharge tube. The at least one mechanical support and starting aid means is made of an electrically conducting material and connected electrically to at least one of the electrodes. The neck portion has a retaining member, and the mechanical support and starting aid means is supported by the retaining member and clamped on the discharge tube at least at a location in a vicinity of a middle section of the arc path. The mechanical support means further comprises at least one support section to provide support against an apex of the outer envelope, and at least one fixing section for fixing of the discharge tube. | 07-02-2009 |
20090167185 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICE AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A mobile electronic device ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090261730 | High-Pressure Discharge Lamp With Improved Ignitability and High-Voltage Pulse Generator - High pressure discharge lamp ( | 10-22-2009 |
20090289552 | ULTRAVIOLET LAMP SYSTEM WITH COOLING AIR FILTER - A microwave-excited ultraviolet lamp system includes a microwave chamber cooled with air drawn through the chamber by a negative pressure source. A filter provided at an inlet of the lamp system prevents particulate material from entering the microwave chamber. | 11-26-2009 |
20090289553 | INTEGRATED CERAMIC METAL HALIDE HIGH FREQUENCY BALLAST ASSEMBLY - A ballast assembly for use with an HID lamp comprising a circuit board, a first electrically conductive heat sink in the form of a first shell positioned on a first side the circuit board and a second electrically conductive heat sink in the form of a second shell positioned on a second side of the circuit board. The first and second shells define an enclosure within which the circuit board and substantially all components on the circuit board are located to dissipate heat and reduce EMI. | 11-26-2009 |
20090289554 | Discharge lamp with ignition assisting element - Disclosed is a discharge lamp, in particular a high pressure discharge lamp, with at least one discharge vessel and at least one ignition assisting element, preferably an ignition assisting wire or an electrically conducting coating of the discharge vessel, which element can be electrically connected to a power feed to the discharge lamp and which extends at least in some sections along the discharge vessel, wherein a device is provided for interrupting the electrical connection between at least one partial section of the ignition assisting element and the power feed in the operating state of the discharge lamp. Additionally disclosed are an ignition assisting device and a method for operating a discharge lamp of this kind. | 11-26-2009 |
20090322226 | High-pressure discharge lamp - High-pressure discharge lamp, with an outer bulb ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100060168 | High-Pressure Discharge Lamp with an Improved Starting Capability, as Well as a High-Voltage Pulse Generator - A spiral pulse generator is used to start the high-pressure discharge lamp, and is accommodated directly in the outer bulb of the lamp. The spiral pulse generator uses a material with a matched ∈ and μ. | 03-11-2010 |
20100102726 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An illumination apparatus includes a base and a C/U-shaped spiral fluorescence tube. The C/U-shaped spiral fluorescence tube is disposed on the base and has a first spiral part, a second spiral part and a C/U-shaped bending part. One end of the first spiral part connects to one end of the C/U-shaped bending part, and the other end of the first spiral part is disposed with an electrode. One end of the second spiral part connects to the other end of the C/U-shaped bending part, and the other end of the second spiral part is disposed with another electrode. | 04-29-2010 |
20100171426 | HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR AND HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP HAVING SUCH A GENERATOR - A high-voltage pulse generator is provided. The high-voltage pulse generator may include a spiral pulse generator, the spiral pulse generator being configured as an LTCC component and being wound from at least two ceramic sheets and at least two metal layers, wherein the two ceramic sheets are joined to form a multilayer structure including at least one first layer of a capacitively acting ceramic sheet including a high permittivity of at least ∈ | 07-08-2010 |
20100176727 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CERAMIC SPIRAL PULSE GENERATOR AND CERAMIC SPIRAL PULSE GENERATOR - A method for producing a ceramic spiral pulse generator is provided. The method may include providing a film composite comprising at least one ceramic green film and at least one metal layer; winding the film composite to form a spirally wound winding; laminating the winding; and sintering the laminated winding so as to create a spiral pulse generator. | 07-15-2010 |
20100176728 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP COMPRISING A HIGH-VOLTAGE IMPULSE GENERATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HIGH-VOLTAGE IMPULSE GENERATOR - A coating method for coating a spiral pulse generator with a ferritic layer, wherein the spiral pulse generator is surrounded by a ferritic compound that is cured by heat or UV radiation. | 07-15-2010 |
20100181912 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISCHARGE LAMP AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - At an initial stage of a discharge start, a shield electrode is connected to a ground potential via a bidirectional voltage trigger switch. Thereafter, when an electrical charge within the shield electrode flows to the ground potential, by being triggered with this potential, both terminals of the bidirectional voltage trigger switch are disconnected therebetween. Thus, at an initial stage of discharge, charging of the shield electrode is suppressed to suppress a decline in discharge, and in a sustained discharge, destabilization due to an unwanted discharge from the shield electrode to the anode can be suppressed, and using such an electrode automatically allows improving the lighting performance of a discharge lamp. | 07-22-2010 |
20100187996 | DISCHARGE LAMP UNIT - A discharge lamp unit has a supporting member supporting a discharge lamp, a circuit substrate supplying electric power to the discharge lamp, a housing case member, a separation wall, and a hollow part. The housing case member supports the circuit substrate in an inside space thereof and the supporting member. The supporting member is exposed to an outside of the housing case member. The separation wall separates the supporting member from the circuit substrate in the inside space of the housing case member. The hollow part is formed between the separation wall and the circuit substrate. When the supporting member is heated by heat energy of the discharge lamp, the separation wall shields the heat conduction from the supporting member to the circuit substrate. The presence of the hollow part between the separation wall and the circuit substrate prevents heat conduction from the discharge lamp side to the circuit substrate. | 07-29-2010 |
20100308728 | Discharge lamp unit having heat dissipation structure - A discharge lamp unit constitutes circuit components including self-heating components that radiate the heat, i.e., a circuit board and a DC/DC transformer, and a heat radiation member. The heat radiation member made of metal is arranged in a portion between the self-heating components and the other components, so as to cover at least a portion of the heat radiation member. In the discharge lamp unit, the heat produced by the self-heating components can be absorbed by the heat radiation member before the conducting heat reaches the circuit components other than the self-heat components. As a result, the heat produced by the self-heating components can be effectively radiated away. | 12-09-2010 |
20110089832 | SEALED OUTER ENVELOPE THAT HOUSES A COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP TO PREVENT MERCURY VAPOR RELEASE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN CASE OF DAMAGE TO THE COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP - A sealing structure that hermetically seals an open end of an outer envelope to a lamp base of a compact fluorescent bulb to prevent release of mercury to the environment. The sealing structure may be a tightened band, snapped together structures or an adhesive. The outer envelope is resistant to tearing from shards of glass in the event of breakage of the bulb and resistant to heat given off by the bulb during illumination so as to maintain and integrity of the outer envelope throughout exposure to the heat. The sealing structure and outer envelope may be packaged together as a kit. | 04-21-2011 |
20110140603 | STARTER FOR ELECTRODELESS DISCHARGE LAMP - A starter for electrodeless discharge lamp comprises a printed circuit sheet, at least one printed circuit trace, and at least one electrode. The printed circuit trace and the electrode are provided on the printed circuit sheet and are electrically connected to each other. The printed circuit sheet is arranged on a magnetic core of an electrodeless discharge lamp, such that the printed circuit trace surrounds the magnetic core and the electrode is located close to a discharge gas inside the electrodeless discharge lamp. The starter has simple structure and is easy to mount, and allows a ballast to start the electrodeless discharge lamp at a low voltage. | 06-16-2011 |
20110273093 | ENCAPSULATED COMPACT FLUORESCENT BULBS AND ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - There is described a compact fluorescent lamp and articles that are coated with a shatterproof silicone overmold. The coated compact fluorescent lamp provides safety and containment and peace of mind to the general public while eliminating worries of broken glass and mercury exposure. The coated bulb provides shock resistance to prevent breakage in many typical drops, or total glass containment with the silicone overmold if the bulb does break. The shatterproof silicone coated compact fluorescent lamp with containment system will prevent the bulb from shattering or exploding if dropped. The silicone overmold is adhered directly to the glass gas filled tube and base allowing for containment of mercury and as a catalyst for recycling. Methods of manufacturing silicone coated compact fluorescent lamps by dipping a bulb in a solvent dispersion of uncured silicone rubber to provide one or more layers is also provided. | 11-10-2011 |
20110291563 | SAFETY PROTECTION SOLUTION FOR COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS - A compact fluorescent lamp which includes a compact fluorescent light source and a ballast operatively connected to and controlling operation of the light source. An outer light transmissive envelope surrounds the light source and an elastic protective shield surrounds the ballast. | 12-01-2011 |
20120104948 | COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMP WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND SIZE - A compact fluorescent lamp includes a discharge tube forming a continuous arc path with electrodes disposed at each end of the path. The lamp includes a fill gas disposed within the discharge tube. The lamp further includes a ballast circuit for controlling current in the discharge tube and operatively connected to the electrodes. The discharge tube is spirally wound around the longitudinal axis of the lamp to form a partially closed cavity and in a preferred arrangement the ballast is positioned within cavity formed by the spirally wound discharge tube. A gap between adjacent turns of the spirally wound discharge tube is less than about 0.5 mm, and preferably about 0.0009 mm. | 05-03-2012 |
20120313521 | Heat shield on a compact fluorescent lamp - The inventive concept is directed to a heat shield on a Compact Fluorescent Lamp CFL. When a CFL is installed in an upside down position, that is, the screw-in section is up and the lighted section is down, the heat created by the lighted section rises and impacts on the ballast section right above it. The ballast section may malfunction and may fail altogether. The heat shield is of a conical configuration and the smaller diameter end is slipped over the threaded section but will stop just above the wider diameter of the ballast section. This way, the heat cannot reach the ballast section to greatly prolong the life span of the CFL. On an upper section of the heat shield there are provided spring retainers which will provide a snug fit of the heat shield on the top of the ballast. The heat shield may be adjusted into somewhat different directions to enhance the direction of the light emanating from under the heat shield. This light may be enhanced by providing a reflective surface on the inside of the heat shield. | 12-13-2012 |
20130057146 | CONCENTRATED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A concentrated light emitting device includes a transparent casing, a printed circuit board in the transparent casing, a drive module and a light emitting element, which is a single element, plural elements arranged alternately or a module, on the printed circuit board. The drive module and the light emitting element are on one or two sides of the printed circuit board, the drive module includes a regulator circuit without electrolytic capacitors and the light emitting element is an LED or an organic LED. The light emitting device is used in a fluorescent lamp of a smaller diameter, like a T5 fluorescent lamp (i.e., a fluorescent lamp of a diameter of ⅝″ or 16 mm). The present invention is capable of matching with an external drive module and providing a dedicated bracket for the external drive module, which can reduce production cost and can be installed more conveniently. | 03-07-2013 |
20140117849 | Driving IC-incorporated Fluorescent Display Device - In a driving IC-incorporated fluorescent display device, a filament end-supporting member including a structure which has a short distance between a filament and an anode substrate and is not compromised to shielding effect of the driving IC is provided. An end portion of the filament is sandwiched between a tabular support which is attached to a tabular portion of a retainer plate and a ribbon, and the ribbon is fixed to the support by spot welding. The support consists of a slit. The filament is opposed to the slit and extends to longitudinal direction of the slit. The opposite side of the filament of the slit is closed by the retainer plate. | 05-01-2014 |
315057000 | Discharge device and transformer | 4 |
20090230869 | Transformer - To provide a transformer in which costs of a backlight device are reduced by lighting a lamp without requiring an additional member for connecting the lamp to an inverter. A transformer according to the present invention includes terminal bases and in which terminal pins are implanted, a bobbin formed by winding a primary winding and secondary windings and around the outer circumference of a winding core, and a core. A lamp connecting terminal is arranged to the terminal bases and, and an electrode of a lamp is directly connected to the lamp connecting terminal, thereby attaching the lamp to the terminal bases and. The transformer is integrated into an inverter for a backlight device of a liquid crystal display apparatus, thereby lighting the lamp without using an additional member for connecting the lamp to the inverter. | 09-17-2009 |
20100066247 | INTEGRATED IGNITER BASE FOR CERAMIC METAL HALIDE LIGHT SOURCE - A PAR38 light source assembly for use with a fixture having socket connected to a ballast circuit for generating a ballast voltage. An electrically insulating housing supports a PAR38 screw base and encloses a CMH lamp and a circuit board providing a high voltage to ignite or re-ignite the lamp. The housing supports a reflector a lens wherein the lens, the reflector and the housing form an electrically insulating enclosure so that the PAR38 screw base is the only electrically conductive portion. | 03-18-2010 |
20100141145 | BASE FOR A HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP, AND HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP. - The invention relates to a base for a high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a transformer ( | 06-10-2010 |
20110115374 | TRANSFORMER AND LAMP BASE ELEMENT, LAMP BASE, AND DISCHARGE LAMP HAVING SUCH A LAMP BASE - 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. | 05-19-2011 |
315058000 | Discharge device and circuit impedance | 15 |
20080309241 | Method for Igniting, Intensifying the Combustion or Reforming of Air-Fuel and Oxygen-Fuel Mixtures - This invention relates to power engineering industry and engine-building and is designed for intensification of chemical processes in the combustible mixture using pulsed periodic nanosecond high-voltage discharge in internal combustion engines of any kind, including (but not limited to) afterburners, combustors of detonation engines, jet engines and gas turbine engines, in power burners and reformers. For reduction of combustible mixtures ignition temperature, increase of intensity of chemical reactions in combustion and reforming processes and material reduction of release of harmful substances into the atmosphere combustible mixture in the combustion chamber is excited by means of pulsed periodic nanosecond high-voltage discharge, at that discharge amplitude is set so as to provide maximization of the discharge energy deposition in electronic degrees of freedom and gas dissociation and to prevent plasma electrons transfer into the whistler mode at the basic stage of discharge, besides, high-voltage pulse leading edge rise time limited by the constraint allowing to attain uniformity of filling the discharge gap with plasma and effectiveness of pulse energy transfer to plasma, high-voltage pulse duration being limited by the constraint providing attainment of strong non-equilibrium character of pulse discharge plasma and reduction of the discharge gap resistance, its better interface with the generator and effective electric energy deposition into plasma. | 12-18-2008 |
20090206756 | High Intensity and Low Power Signaling Device with Heat Dissipation System - A luminous signaling device with a heat dissipation system is provided. The heat dissipation system is configured to set up a natural convection current flow to remove air heated by the LED emitter and enable cooler ambient air to flow towards the LED emitter. The signaling device includes a generally tubular element having a hollow inner cavity and a first slot through the tubular element. An LED emitter is operatively connected to the tubular element, with the LED emitter being operable to emit light in response to power. The signaling device includes an electronic driver circuit configured to provide an adjustable current to the LED emitter. Wires connecting the circuit and the LED emitter run through the first slot and the inner cavity of the tubular element. | 08-20-2009 |
20110074293 | SYMMETRIC FIELD EMISSION DEVICES USING DISTRIBUTED CAPACITIVE BALLASTING WITH MULTIPLE EMITTERS TO OBTAIN LARGE EMITTED CURRENTS AT HIGH FREQUENCIES - Field emission devices utilizing capacitive ballasting are described with possible uses in industry. The preferred device utilizes opposing electrodes, each with a dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive islands which serve to exchange electrons, generating an oscillatory current. Ideally these islands are dome-shaped and made of a refractory metal such as tungsten of molybdenum. Through proper use and selection of materials, electrical fields with densities of 10 | 03-31-2011 |
20120229026 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP WITH IMPROVED IGNITABILITY AND HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR - High pressure discharge lamp ( | 09-13-2012 |
20130175922 | SPARK PLUG AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - A spark plug having excellent load life performance, and a method of manufacturing the same, the spark plug having a connecting portion which electrically connects a center electrode and a metallic terminal within the axial hole of an insulator, the connecting portion including a resistor whose porosity is 5.0% or less. | 07-11-2013 |
20130241409 | NON AXIS SYMMETRIC SPARK PLUG WITH OFFSET BORE - A spark plug is provided including an outer shell and an insulator having a bore extending therethrough, the bore having a first bore section and a second bore section. The first bore section and the outer shell extend along a common longitudinal axis. The second bore section extends along a second longitudinal axis offset from the common longitudinal axis. The spark plug further includes a center electrode and a ground electrode. | 09-19-2013 |
20130264939 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug having a connecting portion that electrically connects a center electrode with a metal terminal within an axial bore in an insulator. The connecting portion of the spark plug includes a resistor. A center electrode-side resistance, which is the resistance of a portion of the resistor that extends from the center thereof toward the center electrode in the axial direction, is larger than a metal terminal-side resistance, which is the resistance of a portion of the resistor that extends from the center thereof toward the metal terminal. | 10-10-2013 |
20140091707 | IGNITION PLUG - An ignition plug, wherein, when a relative density of a portion of an insulator, which is positioned between a radial virtual plane including a front end of the insulator and a radial virtual plane including a front end of a portion of the insulator which is in contact with a metal shell or the plate packing, is referred to as A (%), and a relative density of a portion of the insulator, which is positioned between the radial virtual plane including the front end of the portion of the insulator which is in contact with the metal shell or the plate packing and a radial virtual plane including a center of a resistor in an axial direction, is referred to as B (%), the following equations are satisfied: 93.90≦A, and 0.10≦A−B≦0.90. | 04-03-2014 |
20160064904 | Spark Plug With Interference-Suppression Element - A spark plug having a spark plug body and an insulator arranged therein, in which insulator a passage is provided in which a center electrode, an ignitor and a glass seal connecting the center electrode to the ignitor and acting as an interference-suppression resistor are arranged. At least one additional interference-suppression element is arranged in the passage of the insulator. | 03-03-2016 |
20160099551 | SPARK PLUG FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A spark plug includes a tubular housing, a tubular insulator, a center electrode, a ground electrode, a resistor, and a stem. The insulator is supported inside the housing. The center electrode is supported inside the insulator so as a distal end portion thereof protrudes. The ground electrode forms a spark discharge gap G between the ground electrode and the center electrode. The resistor is supported inside the insulator at a proximal side of the central electrode. The stem is supported inside of the insulator at a proximal side of the resistor. Of an outer peripheral surface of the insulator, and closer to a distal end side than a proximal portion of the resistor is, there is formed a high emissivity surface of which thermal emissivity is at least 0.7 on at least a part of a portion facing an inner circumferential surface of the housing. | 04-07-2016 |
20190148920 | SERIES CLEARANCE MULTI-POINT DISCHARGING SPARKING PLUG | 05-16-2019 |
315059000 | Impedance connected between two electrodes | 2 |
20100084977 | COLD CATHODE TUBE LAMP - Disclosed is a cold cathode lamp composed of discharge tube having a glass tube and an internal electrode, and a ballast capacitor integrally mounted to the discharge tube. The ballast capacitor is composed of a first electrode formed on the outer surface of the discharge tube, a dielectric layer covering the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the dielectric layer. The internal electrode and the first electrode are electrically connected with each other. At least one of the internal electrode and the first electrode has a portion exposed to the outside. The capacitance of the ballast capacitor can be measured by connecting the exposed portion and the second electrode to a measuring device. Consequently, variations in capacitance of the ballast capacitor, which cause variations in luminance of the cold cathode lamp, can be easily examined. | 04-08-2010 |
315061000 | Discharge control discharge device | 1 |
20110080091 | Registering a replaceable RF-enabled fluorescent lamp starter unit to a master unit - A replaceable fluorescent lamp starter unit of a fluorescent light fixture has a built-in RF transceiver, and communicates wirelessly with a motion-detecting master unit. The starter unit can be controlled to turn off and turn on the fluorescent lamp of the fixture. The starter unit is registered to the master unit so that the starter unit will not respond to wireless communications from other sources. During registration, registration information is loaded into the starter unit and stored in non-volatile memory. The stored registration information is later usable to determine whether subsequently received wireless communications are for the starter unit. Systems of existing light fixtures are retrofitted with such wireless starter units, and thereby made controllable by a master unit so that the master unit can turn off the lights to conserve energy if room occupancy is not detected. The master unit can control lamp fixtures individually or as a group. | 04-07-2011 |
315062000 | Inductive impedance | 2 |
20110148300 | High-Voltage Pulse Generator and High-Pressure Discharge Lamp having a High-Voltage Pulse Generator - A high-voltage pulse generator based on a spiral pulse generator, wherein the spiral pulse generator is implemented as an LTCC component and is wound from at least two ceramic and at least two metal-containing layers, and the high-voltage pulse generator can be introduced into a cylindrical volume V=d | 06-23-2011 |
20140320010 | SPARK PLUG - A spark plug for an internal combustion engine, including: a center electrode having a first noble metal pin of a first diameter mounted thereon, and a ground electrode having a second noble metal pin of a second diameter mounted thereon, the noble metal pins of the center electrode and of the ground electrode being mutually opposed at the end faces thereof; and the first diameter of the first noble metal pin of the center electrode being larger than the second diameter of the second noble metal pin of the ground electrode. | 10-30-2014 |
315063000 | Discharge control discharge load | 3 |
20090066254 | SELF-BALLASTED FLUORESCENT LAMP AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A self-ballasted fluorescent lamp capable of achieving a similar appearance to that of an electric light bulb for general illumination includes a base that is attached to a bottom end of a cover and a luminous tube that is supported at a top end of the cover. Electronic components forming a lighting circuit are mounted on a substrate. The substrate is formed to have such a width dimension that allows the substrate to be inserted into the base. The substrate is vertically disposed along a center axis of the base at a position offset from the center axis. Large electronic components are disposed on a first face of the substrate, which faces a large component area in the base formed by the offset substrate. | 03-12-2009 |
20140239806 | LOW PRESSURE LAMP USING NON-MERCURY MATERIALS - A mercury-free low-pressure lamp having a bulb is provided. The bulb includes an emissive material and one or more phosphors. The emissive material includes at least one of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, wherein when the bulb is in a non-operational state, the emissive material condenses into a liquid or solid, and when the bulb is in an operational state the emissive material forms an emitter, the emitter in combination with one or more gases generate photons when excited by an electrical discharge. The one or more phosphors are configured to convert at least a portion of the photons to other visible wavelengths. | 08-28-2014 |
20150061491 | LOW PRESSURE LAMP USING NON-MERCURY MATERIALS - A mercury-free low-pressure lamp having a bulb is provided. The bulb includes an emissive material and one or more phosphors. The emissive material includes at least one of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal, wherein when the bulb is in a non-operational state, the emissive material condenses into a liquid or solid, and when the bulb is in an operational state the emissive material forms an emitter, the emitter in combination with one or more gases generate photons when excited by an electrical discharge. The one or more phosphors are configured to convert at least a portion of the photons to other visible wavelengths. | 03-05-2015 |