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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120049748 | SOLAR LIGHT BAR A solar light bar includes a battery isolator adapted to be connected between a bus and a vehicle charging system for isolating a vehicle battery from the bus and for selectively connecting the bus to the charging system. A light source switch connects the light source ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110285297 | DRIVING CIRCUIT USED FOR CURRENT-DRIVEN DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE A driving circuit is adapted to drive a current-driven device. The driving circuit includes a first power supply circuit and a second power supply circuit. The first power supply circuit is for supplying a first positive voltage to a first terminal of the current-driven... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110260630 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY An OLED display includes an OLED panel, two conducting wires and a power supply. A display region of the OLED panel is divided into two sub-display regions. The two conducting wires are both disposed on the panel and out of the display region, and first terminals of the... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110193850 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME There is provided an organic light emitting display device for providing a compensation period of a threshold voltage. The organic light emitting display device includes: a scan driver configured to supply a plurality of scan signals to a plurality of scan lines, each o... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110157125 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE There are provided a pixel capable of displaying images with a desired luminance and an organic light emitting display device using the same. In one embodiment, a pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor for controlling an amount of current fl... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110133655 | AUTONOMOUS GRID SHIFTING LIGHTING DEVICE In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for autonomous shifting of at least a portion of a lighting load off an energy distribution grid, comprising electrically connecting a lighting device to the energy distribution grid; causing th... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110057864 | Emission control driver and organic light emitting display using the same An emission control driver including a plurality of stages, each including a first unit adapted to generate a first output signal at a first node thereof based on an input signal, a clock signal, a inverted input signal, first and second power source voltages, a second ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110012518 | LANTERN WITH REMOVABLE LIGHTS A lantern having a plurality of removable area lights. Each area light includes a separate power source capable of powering the area light. Each area light is separately selectively illuminable by activating a switch on the area light. The lantern includes a docking sta... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100283395 | MULTI-FEED RF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Improved power distribution architectures for the uniform delivery of single frequency RF power to plasma chambers are disclosed. The architectures include feeding into multiple points across a single large-area electrode, multiple electrodes driving a common plasma dis... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100270934 | CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HIGH PRESSURE DISCHARGE LAMP A circuit arrangement for operating a high-pressure discharge lamp with an operating circuit for the high-pressure discharge lamp with an input for receiving a switch-on/switch-off signal for the high-pressure discharge lamp and at least one output for providing an oper... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100264832 | Improvements in or Relating to Lighting Control Systems A system for controlling solid state lighting comprises a source (1) to supply any one of a range of AC or DC voltages to a plurality of light strings (3, 4, 5). The source (1) includes a power factor correction circuit 14 for controlling the... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100253232 | DIMMABLE LIGHT GENERATING DEVICE A compact gas discharge lamp (301) comprising four (or more) interconnected tube segments (11, 12, 13, 14) is provided with an external electrode (310) that extends at least throughout the length of the tube segments and that is in contact with all ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100194287 | ELECTRONIC BALLAST FOR A HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP An electronic ballast for an HID lamp is described, comprising: a rectifier circuit; a PFC power factor correction circuit increasing the direct current (DC) voltage coming out from the rectifier circuit; a current converter receiving the high voltage DC and converts it... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100172385 | Circuit and method for controlling light-emitting components Circuit arrangement or circuit, in particular driver circuit, and a method for controlling at least one light-emitting component, such as an electro-optical transducer, a light-emitting diode (LED), an electroluminescent diode, a laser, or a semiconductor laser, by swit... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100102731 | Current regulator and method for efficiency improvement of a LED display system For efficiency improvement of a LED display system including a charge pump and a LED connected to either the voltage input terminal or the voltage output terminal of the charge pump, either one or both of two current regulators are enabled according to a voltage detecte... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100084981 | Intrinsically Safe Flashlight A lighting device (100) includes a housing (100), a battery receiving region (108), an active electrical circuit (202), and a light source (118). The active electrical circuit (202) uses energy from batteries (110) receiv... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20090309502 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LEDs A control circuit for control of light-emitting diodes has a first LED string (50) with at least one LED (51, 52, 53) and a first supply device (1) for supply of current to the first LED string (50). The supply device (1) has a control... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090289558 | DRIVE CIRCUIT OF FLUORESCENT DISPLAY A drive circuit for a fluorescent display that can prevent generation of reactive power in a Zener diode used to generate a cutoff bias voltage. In one embodiment, the drive circuit operates as a single ended primary inductor converter (SEPIC) circuit and includes an in... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090174333 | Display Device and Electronic Device A display device where the influence of variations in current of the light emitting element due to changes in ambient temperature and changes with time can be suppressed. The display device of the invention has a light emitting element, a driving transistor connected in... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090160345 | UV LAMP SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD WITH IMPROVED MAGNETRON CONTROL An ultraviolet lamp system for irradiating a substrate includes a magnetron and a memory physically attached to the magnetron. An electrodeless lamp is configured to emit ultraviolet light when excited by microwave energy generated from the magnetron. Main control circu... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090141497 | INTEGRALLY EMBEDDED AC/DC DOUBLE-HEADED LAMP In an integrally embedded AC/DC double-headed lamp, at least one illuminative element is disposed on a lamp board, two sides of the light board are respectively disposed with a conductive terminal used for letting in a lamp seat to electrically connect to the lamp seat ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090102388 | PROJECTOR AND LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY EMPLOYED IN SAME A light source assembly employed in a projector includes a light source, a power device, a light energy storage device, and a selection switch. The light source is configured for providing light beams for the projector. The selection switch is electrically connected to ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090058308 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIGHTING DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE LAMP A pair of internal electrodes are disposed at both ends of a lamp. A first voltage including a positive DC voltage superimposed on a substantial rectangular waveform voltage is applied to one of the internal electrodes. A second voltage including a negative DC voltage s... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080297027 | LAMP WITH ADJUSTABLE COLOR A white-light electro-luminescent lamp having an adjustable spectral power distribution, including a first light-emitting element which emits light within each of three wavelength bands, 1) between 440 and 520 nm, 2) between 520 and 600 nm, and 3) between 600 and 680 nm... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080266856 | LED light with changeable LED position with preferable power source The light device with changeable function which At least one of any conventional available light means install within housing-unit or joint-means and the said housing-unit and joint-means can be change the orientation, or position, or viewing angle, or others light prop... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080238330 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING CIRCUIT A light emitting element driving circuit, which can achieve accurate/high-speed operation even at low voltage supply voltage, comprises: driving current supply, connected to light emitting element in series between first and second power supplies, to supply driving curr... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080224619 | AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY FOR LIGHTING BALLASTS Auxiliary power is provided on a lighting ballast by a charge pump circuit. A direct current power supply circuit in the ballast outputs auxiliary power for operation of loads other than the lighting load of the ballast.... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080174248 | Lighting module power-saving control method A lighting module power-saving control method in which a switching control loop is installed in a lamp for outputting a high-frequency current output signal and a low-frequency current output signal, the length of a unit time is divided into multiple equal parts for ena... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080084166 | Layout configuration of flat display device The present invention relates to a layout configuration of a flat display device. The flat display device receives an AC power and comprises a display panel and a backlight unit. The layout configuration of the flat displace device comprises a video unit, a backlight dr... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080030139 | Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element 12 and a wiring substrate 11 having a substrate body 17 having a protruding portion 25 at a position where the light-emitting device 12 is disposed and wiring patterns 21 | 02/07/2008 |
| 20080007183 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS To provide an image display apparatus having: an electron source; a light-emitting member for emitting a light by irradiation with electrons emitted from the electron source; an anode electrode, which is arranged being opposed to the electron source; a high-voltage gene... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070024202 | Power supply and plasma display including the power supply A power supply and a plasma display including the power supply includes: a switch electrically coupled to an input terminal; and a Pulse Width Modulation Integrated Circuit (PWM IC) adapted to control a duty cycle ratio of the switch, and to output a predetermined volta... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20060284488 | Uninterruptible power supply and method of manufacturing same An uninterruptible power supply comprises a power source (250) and a housing (110) to contain the power source. The housing comprises an outer surface (111) in which are located a recess (121) and a flat region (231). An electrical out... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060132048 | Light emitting device and associated methods of manufacture A light emitting device has an enclosure with a face portion, a cold cathode within the enclosure, a phosphor layer disposed on an interior surface of the face portion, an extracting grid between the cold cathode and the phosphor layer and a defocusing grid between the ... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060087246 | Connector apparatus, and associated method, for powering a set of consumer electronic devices Connector apparatus, and an associated method, by which to apply electrical power to a set of consumer electronic devices, such as a laptop computer and a mobile phone, or other portable device. The connector includes an input port to which a source of input power is ap... | 04/27/2006 |
| 20050264221 | Image forming apparatus and method for driving and controlling the same An image forming apparatus comprising: a cathode; a gate; an anode; an electron emitting element arranged on the cathode; an image forming member that is arranged opposite to the electron emitting element; a deflection electrode that deflects the orbit of the electron e... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050264225 | Deriving power for an external device from a fluorescent light power source Systems and methods are provided for deriving power for an external device from a circuit of a fluorescent light. A first circuit supplies power from a fluorescent light power source to a fluorescent lamp. The power converter of an external device can be electrically co... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050264224 | Fluorescent light power source for supplying power to an external device Systems and methods are provided for deriving power for an external device from the power source of a fluorescent light. The power source includes a fluorescent ballast electrically connected to the connectors of a light fixture for receiving an input voltage and for co... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050264223 | Method of driving electron emission device with decreased signal delay A method of driving an EED device can prevent the luminance from being degraded due to the delay of the display data signals applied to the electrode lines. In an EED device in which display data signals having pulse widths according to gray scales are applied to data e... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050264222 | Electron emission display (EED) with decreased signal distortion and method of driving EED An Electron Emission Display (EED) with decreased signal distortion has a data driver to convert data driving signals into display data signals having predetermined data voltage levels and to output the display data signals to data electrode lines. A method of driving t... | 12/01/2005 |
