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Assignee: Lumination, LLC


Location: Valley View, OH
No. of patents: 32

NumberTitleIssue Date
7456035Flip chip light emitting diode devices having thinned or removed substrates
In a method for fabricating a flip-chip light emitting diode device, epitaxial layers (14, 114) are deposited on a growth substrate (16, 116) to produce an epitaxial wafer. A plurality of light emitting diode devices are fabricated on the epitaxial waf...
11/25/2008
7453195White lamps with enhanced color contrast
A lighting apparatus for emitting white light including a semiconductor light source emitting radiation with a peak at from about 250 nm to about 500 nm; a first phosphor having a peak emission between about 450 and 550 nm; and a second phosphor having a peak emissi...
11/18/2008
7442326Red garnet phosphors for use in LEDs
Phosphor compositions having the formula LlMmAaGgPpQqNnZz:Ce3+, where L is at least one of Li, Na, K, Rb, and/or Cs; M is at least one of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Mn, Sn, P...
10/28/2008
7439668Oxynitride phosphors for use in lighting applications having improved color quality
Disclosed are oxynitride phosphor compositions having the formula (RE1-xCex)3Ala-y-z-wSiyGazScwO12-yNy, where RE is at least one of Lu, Gd, Y, and Tb, 0.001≦x≦0.10...
10/21/2008
7431479LED lighting system with reflective board
A light emitting apparatus (8) includes one or more light emitting chips (10) that are disposed on a printed circuit board (12) and emit light predominantly in a wavelength range between about 400 nanometers and about 470 nanometers. The printed...
10/07/2008
7429186Flexible high-power LED lighting system
An LED light engine includes a flexible electrical cable, a wire-socket assembly attached to the cable, and an LED module selectively attached to the wire-socket assembly. The wire-socket assembly includes at least two IDC terminals. The IDC terminal displaces the i...
09/30/2008
7425798Intelligent light degradation sensing LED traffic signal
The inventive signal incorporates an intelligent diagnosis module inside a light emitting diode (LED) signal, such as an LED traffic signal. The inventive signal can self-extinguish or send a signal through its communication port at the end of its useful life when t...
09/16/2008
7416434IDC splice connector
A connector electrically connects corresponding conductors of at least first and second cables. The connector comprises a connecting portion into which the conductors of the first and second cables are inserted opposing one another to electrically connect correspond...
08/26/2008
7410275Refractive optic for uniform illumination
An apparatus for distributing light from a light source includes a support and an optic supported by the support. The optic includes a truncated axially symmetric body. ...
08/12/2008
7405944Printed circuit board retaining device
A retaining device holds a printed circuit board to a structure that has channels for receiving the retaining device. The retaining device includes a body having portions configured for receipt into the channels of the structure, flexible portions and protuberances ...
07/29/2008
7399105Illuminated signage employing light emitting diodes
An illuminated sign (88) includes a flexible electrical power cord (100) including first and second parallel conductors (112, 114) surroundingly contained within an insulating sheath defining a constant separation distance between the parallel c...
07/15/2008
7385481Method and apparatus for tri-color rail signal system with control
A signaling control device apparatus (10) comprises at least one LED (20) having a light emitting surface (18). A sensor (24) is set to detect an external light load (16) directed to the light emitting surface (18) and gener...
06/10/2008
7385229Flip-chip light emitting diode with a thermally stable multiple layer reflective p-type contact
A p-type contact (30) is disclosed for flip chip bonding and electrically contacting a p-type group III-nitride layer (28) of a group III-nitride flip chip light emitting diode die (10) with a bonding pad (60). A first palladium layer (
06/10/2008
7358542Red emitting phosphor materials for use in LED and LCD applications
Phosphor compositions including those having the formulas A2-xEuxW1-yMoyO6, where A is selected from Y, Gd, Lu, La, and combinations thereof; and where 0.5≦x≦1.0, 0.01≦y≦1.0; MmOnX,...
04/15/2008
7358539Flip-chip light emitting diode with indium-tin-oxide based reflecting contacts
A flip chip light emitting diode die (12) includes a light-transmissive substrate (20) and a plurality of semiconductor layers (22) are disposed on the light-transmissive substrate (20). The semiconductor layers (22) define a light...
04/15/2008
7355856Method and apparatus for increasing natural convection efficiency in long heat sinks
An electrical apparatus that is cooled via natural convection includes an electrical component, a vertical heat dissipation surface in thermal communication with the electrical component, and a diverter extending from the heat dissipation surface. The diverter disru...
04/08/2008
7333027Power supply for LED signal
A power supply for a Light Emitting Diode (LED) traffic signal that controls the light intensity. The light intensity conforms to a predetermined pattern based on the input voltage root mean square value (Vrms). The input voltage is changed by acting on t...
02/19/2008
7329371Red phosphor for LED based lighting
Disclosed are phosphor compositions having the formula (RE1-yCey)Mg2-xLixSi3-xPxO12, where RE is at least one of Sc, Lu, Gd, Y, and Tb, 0.0001
02/12/2008
7327078LED illumination device with layered phosphor pattern
A method of applying at least two phosphors to an LED, wherein a first phosphor material having a lower absorption, shorter luminescence decay time, and/or lower thermal quenching than a second phosphor material is positioned closer to the LED than the second phosph...
02/05/2008
7321191Phosphor blends for green traffic signals
There is provided a blue-green illumination system, including a semiconductor light emitter, and a luminescent material, wherein the system has an emission with CIE color coordinates located within an area of a of a pentagon on a CIE chromaticity diagram, whose corn...
01/22/2008
7319246Luminescent sheet covering for LEDs
A lighting apparatus comprising at least one light emitting diode is disposed on an interconnect board to emit ultraviolet or blue radiation. A polymeric layer including a luminophor is disposed about the lighting apparatus to convert at least a portion of the radia...
01/15/2008
7285801LED with series-connected monolithically integrated mesas
A light emitting semiconductor device die (10, 110, 210, 310) includes an electrically insulating substrate (12, 112). First and second spatially separated electrodes (60, 62, 260, 262, 360, 362) are disposed on the electrically insulating subst...
10/23/2007
7274045Borate phosphor materials for use in lighting applications
Boron containing phosphor compositions having the formulas (1) M3Ln2(BO3)4 doped with at least one activator selected from the group of Eu2+, Mn2+, Pb2+, Ce3+, Eu3+, T...
09/25/2007
7273300Curvilinear LED light source
An LED system that simulates bare or exposed neon in appearance. The curvilinear LED light source comprises a rigid, formable light guide having a generally circular cross-section and a flexible LED light engine. The light guide is made of a material or materials th...
09/25/2007
7262439Charge compensated nitride phosphors for use in lighting applications
Disclosed are phosphor compositions having the formulas Ca1−a−bCeaEubAl1+aSi1−aN3, where 0
08/28/2007
7237925Lighting apparatus for creating a substantially homogenous lit appearance
A lighting apparatus for creating a substantially homogenous lit appearance along the length of the apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes an elongated envelope, an LED mounted in the elongated envelope, and a reflector. The elongated envelope includ...
07/03/2007
7237924LED signal lamp
An LED signal using a novel optical element to control the light distribution of a small LED light source. Light emitted by the LEDs illuminates the optical element. The optical element has a plurality of clusters, shaped along the x-, y- and z-axis to control the l...
07/03/2007
7224000Light emitting diode component
A light emitting package (8, 8′, 8″, 208, 408) includes a printed circuit board (10, 10′, 10″, 210, 410) supporting at least one light emitting die (12, 12″, 14, 16, 212, 412). A light transmissive cover (60, 60′, 60″, 260, 460
05/29/2007
7217012Illuminated signage employing light emitting diodes
An illuminated sign (88) includes a flexible electrical power cord (100) including first and second parallel conductors (112, 114) surroundingly contained within an insulating sheath defining a constant separation distance between the parallel c...
05/15/2007
7210957Flexible high-power LED lighting system
A string light engine includes a flexible power cord, a heat sink, an IDC terminal, a PCB, and an LED. The flexible power cord includes an electrical wire and an insulating material for the wire. The heat sink attaches to the power cord. The IDC terminal is inserted...
05/01/2007
7204615LED light with active cooling
An LED light assembly includes a housing, an LED disposed in the housing, a heat dissipating structure and a fluid current generator. The LED is in thermal communication with the heat dissipating structure and includes a flow path surface. The fluid current generato...
04/17/2007
7201497Led lighting system with reflective board
A light emitting apparatus (8) includes one or more light emitting chips (10) that are disposed on a printed circuit board (12) and emit light predominantly in a wavelength range between about 400 nanometers and about 470 nanometers. The printed...
04/10/2007
 
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