| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 313625000 | End plug seal | 17 |
| 20080203916 | Ceramic Discharge Vessel Having a Sealing Composition - A sealing composition for ceramic discharge vessels is described. The sealing composition contains about 20 to about 40 mole percent MgO, about 20 to about 45 mole percent Y | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080203917 | Electrodes with cermets for ceramic metal halide lamps - This invention is about a CMH lamp arc tube seal construction where the feedthrough electrode contains a cermet in such a manner that the said cermet is either not exposed outside the ceramic capillary (which in most cases is polycrystalline alumina, PCA) or if it is exposed to the outside of the arc tube, the part that is exposed has no current carrying function. The invention provides safe ways of assembling the cermet so as to avoid breakage of the said cermet due to mechanical stresses in the electrical connections. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080211410 | HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP HAVING COMPLIANT SEAL - In certain embodiments, a lamp is provided with an arc envelope including a ceramic, an end member including a material different from the ceramic, and a compliant seal disposed between the end member and the arc envelope. The compliant seal includes a plurality of layers having different thermal expansion characteristics in an order of gradual change between the arc envelope and the end member. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080224614 | Looped Frame Arc Tube Mounting Assembly for Metal Halide Lamp - An arc tube mounting assembly ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080284337 | Ceramic Metal Halide Discharge Lamp - The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp comprising a ceramic discharge vessel which encloses a discharge space, which is provided with an ionizable filling comprising one or more metal halides, in which a first and a second electrode are arranged, and which comprises a first and a second closing construction at respective sides of the discharge space, which closing constructions are connected to the discharge vessel and comprise a respective first and second current feed-through, at least the second feed-through comprising a capillary tube having a sintered bond to the second closing construction and an electrically conductive pin located within the capillary tube, leaving a crevice between the capillary tube and the pin, said pin and capillary tube being welded together at an end portion remote from the discharge space, wherein the capillary tube has an outer diameter of at most 1 mm, the crevice is at most 10 μm wide and the pin and the capillary tube consist of a metal chosen from Mo, Re, W, Ir, their alloys, optionally also comprising V and/or Ti. The invention further relates to an automotive lamp comprising the lamp of the invention. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080297051 | Electric Discharge Lamp - An electric discharge lamp comprising: a light-transmissive ceramic lamp vessel; a first and a second current conductor entering the lamp vessel and each supporting an electrode in the lamp vessel; a sealing compound sealing the lamp vessel around the current conductors in a gastight manner, said sealing compound at least substantially comprising a noble metal; an ionizable filling comprising a rare gas and metal halide in the lamp vessel; at least the first current conductor comprising niobium, characterized in that said first current conductor is coated with a material | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090015162 | Electric Lamp Having Strapless Support Mount for Mh Arc Tubes - A medium wattage (>175 W to 400 W) metal halide electric lamp is provided having a strapless mount structure for the light source capsule while reliably passing standard drop tests. The strapless mount structure reduces photoelectron emission and thus retards sodium diffusion through the light source capsule. Elimination of electrically conductive metal straps conventionally used to mount the light source is the main contributor to the improved | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090058300 | Short metal vapor ceramic lamp - A high intensity arc discharge lamp having a short metal seal plug running hotter than typical of capillary seals, enables a lamp with a metal fill to achieve a vapor pressure higher than the one set by the cold spot temperature typically of a capillary seal lamp. Corrosive fill materials, such as halogens are excluded. Zinc may be used to in starting the lamp. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090160339 | Ceramic Discharge Vessel Having Molybdenum Alloy Feedthrough - A ceramic discharge vessel is described that is provided a feedthrough comprised of a molybdenum alloy containing at least 75 weight percent molybdenum and greater than 5 weight percent of nickel and at least one other alloying metal selected from copper and iron, wherein the weight ratio of the amount of nickel to the combined amount of copper and iron, Ni:(Fe,Cu), in the alloy is in the range of 1:1 to 9:1. The thermal expansion coefficient of the alloy is sufficiently matched to that of the ceramic so that the feedthrough may be sealed to the discharge vessel without causing cracking. Preferably, the feedthrough is directly sealed to the ceramic discharge vessel without the use of an intermediate frit material. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090218946 | Lamp and method for manufacturing same | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090243486 | Discharge Lamp - Disclosed is a discharge lamp, particularly a high-pressure xenon or mercury discharge lamp, comprising a bulb that is provided with two diametrically arranged bulb shafts, each of which supports one electrode with an electrode holding rod and an electrode head. The electrode holding rods are gas-tightly fixed in final sections of the bulb shafts by means of a sealing process. According to the invention, the bulb shafts encompass at least two knobs for supporting the electrodes, which are in contact with the electrode holding rods in at least some sections. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090267513 | High-Pressure Discharge Lamp With Ceramic Discharge Vessel - At least on one end ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20120013250 | ULTRA-HIGH-PRESSURE MERCURY LAMP - An ultra-high-pressure mercury lamp according to various embodiments is an ultra-high-pressure mercury lamp in which a luminous tube employing a quartz bulb is attached to a neck part of a reflector by injecting first cement, and a metal base is attached to the neck-part end of the luminous tube by injecting second cement, wherein, if a is the outer diameter of the first cement and second cement after injection, b is the total axial depth of the first cement and second cement after injection, and c is the outer diameter of the quartz bulb in the vicinity of the luminous tube where the metal base is attached, the following relationships are satisfied: 1.3 | 01-19-2012 |
| 20140070695 | VOIDLESS CERAMIC METAL HALIDE LAMPS - A voidless CMH lamp and a method of making such a lamp are provided. The CMH lamp includes a lamp body that receives at least one end plug. The end plug is constructed from a core of cermet material received within an outer layer of a ceramic material. An electrode is placed into the cermet material. The application of heat causes the cermet material to contract and eliminate voids between the lamp and cermet material. Co-sintering of the lamp, core, and outer layer provides a hermetic seal without necessarily using e.g., a sealing frit. Sintering of the ceramic material surrounding the cermet can be also used to improve light output and photometric performance of the lamp. The creation of one or more openings or recesses in the end plug can also provide performance improvements. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140175976 | HIGH-PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP - A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a discharge vessel, which encloses a discharge volume, wherein a filler is housed in the discharge volume, wherein the discharge vessel is equipped with an end which is tubular and in which a two-part feedthrough is sealed by means of glass solder, wherein an electrode is attached to the feedthrough, which protrudes into the discharge volume, wherein the feedthrough is composed of a front part and a rear part, wherein the rear part is manufactured from niobium material and the front part is manufactured from iridium. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20150008821 | HERMETICALLY SEALED CERAMIC DISCHARGE LAMPS - A discharge lamp including an arc envelope defining a chamber and a first opening. A plug is positioned in the first opening through a first seal. The lamp further includes a dosing tube extending away from the chamber, and having a passageway extending into the chamber through a second opening in the arc envelope. The dosing tube is coupled to the arc envelope via a second seal. The first seal, the second seal, or both seals include a braze material having an active metal element in an amount ranging from about | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150084501 | ELECTRODE DESIGN IN A CERAMIC METAL HALIDE (CMH) LAMP - Provided is an electrode assembly for a CMH lamp containing: primary mandrel surrounded by a secondary mandrel, which is nested inside of a coil overwind. The assembly of the primary mandrel, secondary mandrel, and coil overwind are connect to an electrode on one end and a lead wire on the other end and housed in ceramic housing. This assembly is efficient for increased thermal resistance of a CMH electrode while at the same time allowing seal glass to penetrate seal voids within the ceramic assembly. | 03-26-2015 |
