IP Library Granted Patent US 10,527,247
Granted Patent B2
US 10,527,247 · App. 16/385,722 · Granted Jan 7, 2020

Efficient white lamp for vehicle headlight

Inventors: Jacek Kowalski (Łódź, PL); Jean-Sebastien Straetmans (Aachen, DE); Lukas Kuepper (Aachen, DE); Maciej Dawid Pakulski (Aachen, DE)
Assignee: LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
F21S41/162F21S41/12F21V3/00H01J9/205
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Patent No.
US 10,527,247
App. No.
16/385,722
Granted
Jan 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An incandescent lamp for a vehicle headlight comprising a transparent vessel that encloses at least one filament and the vessel is at least partly covered with a coating. The coating comprises at least one pigment, which is arranged such that light emitted by the at least one filament and traversing the coating is transformed to transformed light. The transformed light is characterized by a chromaticity according to the CIE 1931 xy-chromaticity with y being in between the Planckian locus and y=0.5*x+0.205 and 0.36<x<0.42, and wherein the at least one pigment comprises a mixture of Co—Al oxide and Co—Al—Cr oxide, the mixture being characterized by a ratio of a concentration in mass percentage Cm(Co—Al oxide) of Co—Al oxide and a concentration in mass percentage Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide) of Co—Al—Cr oxide in the coating of 90/10≥Cm(Co—Al oxide)/Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide)≥30/70.

Claims (22)

1. An incandescent lamp comprising:

a transparent vessel,

wherein the transparent vessel encloses at least one filament,

wherein the transparent vessel is at least partly covered with a coating,

wherein the coating comprises at least one pigment, wherein the at least one pigment is arranged such that light emitted by the at least one filament and traversing the coating is transformed to transformed light,

wherein the transformed light is characterized by a chromaticity according to the CIE 1931 xy-chromaticity with y being in between the Planckian locus and y=0.5*x+0.205 and 0.36<x<0.42, and

wherein the at least one pigment comprises a mixture of Co—Al oxide and Co—Al—Cr oxide, the mixture being characterized by a ratio of a concentration in mass percentage Cm(Co—Al oxide) of Co—Al oxide and a concentration in mass percentage Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide) of Co—Al—Cr oxide in the coating of 90/10≥Cm(Co—Al oxide)/Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide)≥30/70.

2. The incandescent lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio Cm(Co—Al oxide)/Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide) is between 80/20 and 40/60.

3. The incandescent lamp according to claim 2 , wherein the ratio Cm(Co—Al oxide)/Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide) is between 75/25 and 45/55.

4. The incandescent lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the coating is characterized by a layer thickness perpendicular to a surface of the vessel between 200 nm and 1000 nm, and wherein the coating comprises silicon oxide.

5. The incandescent lamp according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum particle size of particles comprised by the at least one pigment is smaller than 200 nm.

6. The incandescent lamp according to claim 1 wherein y>0.6*x+0.15.

7. The incandescent lamp according to claim 1 , wherein the incandescent lamp is at least one of H1, H4, H7, and H11 halogen lamp.

8. The incandescent lamp according to claim 7 , wherein the incandescent lamp is at least one of H1 and H4 halogen lamp, and wherein the ratio Cm(Co—Al oxide)/Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide) is between 75/25 and 65/35.

9. The incandescent lamp according to claim 7 , wherein the incandescent lamp is at least one of H7 and H11 halogen lamp, and wherein the ratio Cm(Co—Al oxide)/Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide) is between 55/45 and 45/55.

10. A vehicle headlight comprising:

an incandescent lamp including a transparent vessel,

wherein the transparent vessel encloses at least one filament,

wherein the transparent vessel is at least partly covered with a coating,

wherein the coating comprises at least one pigment, wherein the at least one pigment is arranged such that light emitted by the at least one filament and traversing the coating is transformed to transformed light,

wherein the transformed light is characterized by a chromaticity according to the CIE 1931 xy-chromaticity with y being in between the Planckian locus and y=0.5*x+0.205 and 0.36<x<0.42, and

wherein the at least one pigment comprises a mixture of Co—Al oxide and Co—Al—Cr oxide, the mixture being characterized by a ratio of a concentration in mass percentage Cm(Co—Al oxide) of Co—Al oxide and a concentration in mass percentage Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide) of Co—Al—Cr oxide in the coating of 90/10≥Cm(Co—Al oxide)/Cm(Co—Al—Cr oxide)≥30/70.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2025
From: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
To: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 070046/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2023
From: LUMILEDS LLC; LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
To: SOUND POINT AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 062299/0338 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
To: LUMILEDS LLC
Reel/Frame 052898/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2019
From: KOWALSKI, JACEK; STRAETMANS, JEAN-SEBASTIEN; KUEPPER, LUKAS; PAKULSKI, MACIEJ
To: LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 051122/0606 →