Industry Patents

Patent: 7977855

Incandescent Lamp and Illumination System with Optimized Filament Shape and Size

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Patent Number: 7977855 
Title: Incandescent Lamp and Illumination System with Optimized Filament Shape and Size 
Abstract: An incandescent lamp that is specially adapted for use in combination with a concave reflector in providing a high-intensity beam of light. The lamp includes an optimized filament shape that consist of a filament arranged in coiled coils having a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the reflector longitudinal axis and the larger coils of the coiled coil filament spaced from each other by a distance substantially the same as the filament coil diameter. The filament length, width, and height can be limited to substantially twelve millimeters to optimize the lamp for use with concave reflectors having a focal length of substantially twenty five millimeters, any type curvature, and any size diameter.  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Wimberly 
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International Classification: H01K 1/26 
US Classification: 313/113 
Issue Date: 07-12-2011 
Filing Date: 12-22-2005 
Application : 11/316782 
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Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 7977855 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 7977855 at Google Patents 

 

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