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Granted Patent B2
US 12,725,764 · App. 18/618,264 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Light emitting sealed body, light emitting unit, and light source device

Inventors: Akio Suzuki (Hamamatsu, JP); Toru Fujita (Hamamatsu, JP); Akinori Asai (Hamamatsu, JP); Yusei Nagata (Hamamatsu, JP); Shinichi Ohba (Hamamatsu, JP); Matthew Partlow (Somerville, MA); Ron Collins (Londonderry, NH); Stephen F. Horne (Medford, MA); Laura Owens (Arlington, MA)
Assignees: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.; Energetiq Technology, Inc.
H01J37/32513H01J37/075H01J37/32009H05H1/00H05H1/01C23C16/45544
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Patent No.
US 12,725,764
App. No.
18/618,264
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light emitting sealed body includes a housing which stores a discharge gas and is provided with a first opening to which first light is incident and a second opening from which second light is emitted, a first window portion which includes a first window member allowing the first light to be transmitted therethrough and hermetically seals the first opening, and a second window portion which includes a second window member allowing the second light to be transmitted therethrough and hermetically seals the second opening. Each of the first window member and the second window member is hermetically fixed to the housing by a joining material. A protection layer which covers the joining material is provided at at least one of a first joining position between the first window member and the housing and a second joining position between the second window member and the housing.

Claims (15)

1 . A light emitting sealed body comprising: a housing which stores a discharge gas and is provided with a first opening to which first light is incident and a second opening from which second light is emitted, wherein the first light is from a laser light source configured for maintaining plasma generated in the discharge gas and the second light is light from the plasma; a first window portion which includes a first window member allowing the first light to be transmitted therethrough and hermetically seals the first opening; and a second window portion which includes a second window member allowing the second light to be transmitted therethrough and hermetically seals the second opening, wherein each of the first window member and the second window member is hermetically fixed to the housing by a joining material, and wherein a protection layer which covers the joining material is provided at at least one of a first joining position between the first window member and the housing and a second joining position between the second window member and the housing.

2 . The light emitting sealed body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protection layer includes a metal material.

3 . The light emitting sealed body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the protection layer is a plated layer.

4 . The light emitting sealed body according to claim 2 ,

wherein the protection layer is an ALD layer.

5 . The light emitting sealed body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the protection layer is an ALD layer having the same composition as that of the material forming the first window member when the protection layer is provided at the first joining position and is an ALD layer having the same composition as that of the material forming the second window member when the protection layer is provided at the second joining position.

6 . The light emitting sealed body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first window portion further includes a first frame member hermetically fixed to the housing and the second window portion further includes a second frame member hermetically fixed to the housing, and

wherein the first window member is hermetically joined to the first frame member and is hermetically fixed to the housing via the first frame member and the second window member is hermetically joined to the second frame member and is hermetically fixed to the housing via the second frame member.

7 . A light source device comprising:

the light emitting sealed body according to claim 1 ; and

a light introduction unit which causes the first light to be incident into the first opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: SUZUKI, AKIO; FUJITA, TORU; ASAI, AKINORI; NAGATA, YUSEI; OHBA, SHINICHI; PARTLOW, MATTHEW; COLLINS, RON; HORNE, STEPHEN F.; OWENS, LAURA
To: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.; ENERGETIQ TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Division 17129753 · Dec 21, 2020
Related Publication 20240242941A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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