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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2006
Applicants:

Gregory M. Gratson, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

James A. Brewer, Scotia, NY (US);

Venkat S. Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Mohamed Rahmane, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Svetlana Selezneva, Schenectady, NY (US);

Sairam Sundaram, Guilderland, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gregory M. Gratson, Ballston Lake, NY (US);

James A. Brewer, Scotia, NY (US);

Venkat S. Venkataramani, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Mohamed Rahmane, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Svetlana Selezneva, Schenectady, NY (US);

Sairam Sundaram, Guilderland, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 17/16 (2006.01); C04B 35/50 (2006.01); C04B 35/51 (2006.01); C04B 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A transparent sintered yttrium aluminum garnet ceramic material formed from a solid-state reaction of a mixture of yttrium oxide powder and aluminum oxide powder during sintering. The ceramic material preferably has an in-line transmission of greater than 75% so it may used to fabricate arc tubes for high intensity discharge lamps used in automotive headlamps.


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