...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20130120981 | Organic Light Emitting Display Panel and Method of Manufacturing the Same An organic light emitting display panel with improved efficiency and lifespan and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The organic light emitting display panel according to the present invention includes a substrate having red, green, blue, and white sub-pi... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130120980 | ILLUMINATION DEVICES USING NATURAL LIGHT LEDS A method and apparatus are disclosed for a LED used in a medical device emitting a wavelength from about 200 nanometers to about 440 nanometers along a path. A composition of phosphors coats the LED to broaden the electromagnetic spectrum from about 200 nanometers to ab... | 05/16/2013 |
| 20130114049 | Light source device and projection display method The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for a projection system using a solid-state light source and a color wheel. A set of primary light sources (such as RGB light source) with a light source controller is utilized to replace the UHP lamp. The color whe... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130113911 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION SYSTEM An illumination device and an observation system capable of outputting light having a continuous spectrum and high color rendering properties are provided. Employed is an illumination device including a first light source that emits first-wavelength-band light having a ... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130114250 | LED INTEGRATED PACKAGING LIGHT SOURCE MODULE An LED integrated packaging light source module is provided, which includes a substrate, a plurality of bowl-shaped reflective cups is disposed on the substrate, a blue light LED chip or a red-light LED chip is disposed inside each reflective cup, the ratio between the ... | 05/09/2013 |
| 20130107226 | PROJECTION SYSTEM COMPRISING A SOLID STATE LIGHT SOURCE AND A LUMINSECENT MATERIAL The invention provides a projection system (100) comprising a projection light source (110) and a color wheel (120), wherein the projection light source (110) comprises a solid state light source (115), configured to generate a solid s... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130107514 | FLEXIBLE TROUBLE LIGHT A lighting device comprising a sealed transparent flexible outer tube having a handle at a first end. The handle includes a power source. Inside the tube is a flexible wire extending from and attached to the handle. The wire extending the length of the outer tube. Also ... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130107515 | Apparatus and Methods for Combining Light Emitters Provided are methods and apparatus for combining light emitters and devices including the same. Embodiments include methods of selecting combinations of multiple light emitters that are grouped into multiple bins. The multiple bins correspond to multiple emitter group r... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130107512 | LED PLANT LIGHT A LED plant light includes an optical reflector having at least one incident hole at the top and at least one emitting hole at the bottom thereof, a LED illuminant placed at the end of the incident hole, and a diffuser assembled to the bottom of the optical reflector an... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130107513 | MULTIPLE MODE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Methods and systems of emitting different light from a multiple mode light emitting device are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment has a LED portion with a plurality of first LEDs and a plurality of second LEDs arranged in a first ring centered about a central axis, and ... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130107221 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE A light emitting module and a display device comprising the light emitting module are provided. The light emitting module comprises an excitation light source, a phosphor wheel and a driving circuit. The excitation light source is configured to generate an excitation li... | 05/02/2013 |
| 20130100659 | SCATTERED-PHOTON EXTRACTION-BASED LIGHT FIXTURES A scattered photon extraction light fixture includes an optic element having a first surface; a light source for emitting short wavelength radiation, the light source disposed opposite, perpendicular, or tangential to the first surface of the optic element; a wavelength... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130100660 | MULTIPLE EXCITING LIGHT SYSTEM A multiple exciting light system for a test of a biological sample labeled with fluorochrome includes a case, in which a sample table, a first light source module, a second light source module, and filter unit are provided. The sample table is provided in the case to pu... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130097773 | LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR A STEAMHEAD The light assembly is designed for use with an integral steam emitter or as an add-on with a steamhead in a pre-existing steambath installation. The assembly includes a part for engaging the end of the steam outlet pipe of a steam generator. A ring-shaped fixture carryi... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130100639 | HIGH LUMINANCE MULTICOLOR ILLUMINATION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS AND PROJECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME An illumination device and a projection system using the same. The illumination device includes two or more color channels each including one or more light sources for generating a color light. At least one of the color channels includes light sources of a first type fo... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130100421 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR A projector includes a projection lens set, a digital micro-mirror device (DMD), a prism unit, a light merging unit, a light guide unit, and a light source device. The light source device includes a laser light source and a color wheel. The laser light source is positio... | 04/25/2013 |
| 20130094205 | ILLUMINATED DISPLAY FOR REPRESENTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT An illuminated display for representing a three-dimensional object includes a display element containing the object, wherein information becomes visible when light is coupled into the display element. The display element is transparent. The three-dimensional object is m... | 04/18/2013 |
| 20130094206 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR HIGHLY CONTROLLED LIGHT DISTRIBUTION FROM LIGHT FIXTURE USING MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES (LEDS) An apparatus, method, or system of lighting units comprising a plurality of lighting elements, such as one or more LEDs, each element having an associated optic which is individually positionable. In embodiments of the present invention, one or more optics are developed... | 04/18/2013 |
| 20130088689 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUS A light source module including a first light-emitting device, a light emitting wheel, a second light-emitting device, and a light combination device is provided. The first light-emitting device provides an exciting beam. The light emitting wheel is disposed on a transm... | 04/11/2013 |
| 20130083325 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE This light source device includes one light emission unit from which light is emitted, plural light source units, a photo coupler, and a control unit. The plural light source units output outgoing lights with mutually differing wavelengths. The photo coupler connects th... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130083519 | Display Apparatus, Electrical Appliance and Display Method A display apparatus for an electric hob may have a colored, such as reddish-brown, hob plate, which may be composed of glass ceramic and have an inhomogeneous transmission profile for light with high transmission in the region of wavelengths of greater than 700 nm and w... | 04/04/2013 |
| 20130077299 | HIGH VOLTAGE ARRAY LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (LED) DEVICES, FIXTURES AND METHODS High voltage array light emitting devices, fixtures and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment a light emitting device can include a submount, a light emission area disposed over the submount and a retention material adapted to be dispensed about the light emission ar... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130077288 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS A light source apparatus having a plurality of light-emitting members, according to the present invention, comprises: a light source substrate provided with a plurality of light source groups each of which is configured by first to fourth light-emitting members; and a r... | 03/28/2013 |
| 20130070450 | LED LIGHT BULB WITH CONTROLLED COLOR DISTRIBUTION USING QUANTUM DOTS A liquid-cooled LED bulb including a base and a shell connected to the base forming an enclosed volume. The liquid-cooled LED bulb also includes a plurality of LEDs attached to the base and disposed within the shell. The LED bulb also includes a thermally-conductive liq... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130070453 | DISPLAY DEVICE A display device is provided with a plurality of solid-state light sources (101-103) and a coolant-circulating means (100) that is equipped with a flow path (100a) formed to pass through each of the solid-state light sources (101 | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130070451 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A GLASS-CERAMIC PLATE Display assembly 1 comprising, on the one hand, a glass-ceramic plate 2 of the lithium aluminosilicate type, the optical transmission of which for a thickness of 4 mm is between 0.2% and 4% for at least one wavelength between 400 and 500 nm and, on the oth... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130070002 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE The present invention is to provide a display panel and a display device in each of which the white luminance and/or the color reproduction range are/is sufficiently improved by changing the sub-pixel area for each color, so that unevenness of luminance is sufficiently ... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130070452 | LEAD FRAME, WIRING BOARD, LIGHT EMITTING UNIT, AND ILLUMINATING APPARATUS Provided is lead frame in which a wiring pattern supported by a support piece inside of a one-pitch outer frame section comprises a plurality of base units, each of which comprises a die pad on which a solid-state light emitting element is mounted, a heat sink extending... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130070449 | HIGH RECYCLING EFFICIENCY SOLID STATE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE A light source device includes a LED light source or a wavelength conversion material having a near Lambertian light emitting surface. The light source device includes a light recycling system to reflect small-angle lights (lights closer to the normal direction of the l... | 03/21/2013 |
| 20130063669 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION RECEPTION DEVICE In the disclosed direct-lighting illumination device and liquid crystal display device provided with said illumination device, in order to obtain an illumination device of which, image unevenness stemming from connector sections of the light-source-mounting substrates i... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130063935 | SOLID STATE LIGHTING DEVICE A solid state lighting device includes a relatively rigid, thermal dissipation plate with opposite sides, a printed circuit in intimate thermal contact with one side of the plate, at least one LED positioned against and electrically connected to the printed circuit and ... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130063963 | LED TRACK LIGHTING HAVING AN ILLUMINATED TRACK An LED track-lighting system includes an LED for emitting light. A light-transmitting element captures light emitted by the LED light and emits it over at least a portion of the track.... | 03/14/2013 |
| 20130058072 | LIGHT-SOURCE DEVICE Disclosed is a light-source device that allows for the color recognition and can prevent a UV (ultraviolet)-sensitive illuminated object from becoming exposed. A user can freely select the wavelength of said light-source device in accordance with the intended use. The l... | 03/07/2013 |
| 20130058080 | LED LIGHT BULB AND LED LIGHT-EMITTING STRIP BEING CAPABLE OF EMITTING 4TT LIGHT The present invention discloses a LED light bulb, comprising: a LED light bulb shell; a core column with an exhaust tube and a bracket; at least one LED light emitting strip with LED chips therein emitting 4π light; a driver; and an electrical connector, wherein the LE... | 03/07/2013 |
| 20130057593 | LIGHTING APPARATUS A lighting apparatus according to the present invention is configured from a plurality of blocks controllable individually for brightness or color, wherein each of the blocks comprises a plurality of light emitting devices including a plurality of white light emitting d... | 03/07/2013 |
| 20130058081 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODES AND MOVABLE LIGHT ADJUSTMENT MEMBER A light emitting device is produced using one or more light emitting diodes within a light mixing cavity formed by surrounding sidewalls. The light emitting device includes a light adjustment member that is movable to alter the shape or color of the light produced by th... | 03/07/2013 |
| 20130051003 | LED Lighting Device with Efficient Heat Removal A solid-state light emitting diode (LED) lighting device is disclosed for use in general lighting. In the preferred embodiment, the LED lighting device comprises a heat sink having at least one opening, an output globe having at least one opening, and at least one venti... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130050285 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE An illumination device includes: a light source section including a laser light source; an optical element disposed on an optical path of a laser light beam emitted from the laser light source, branching an optical path of an incident light beam incident thereon into a ... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130051004 | LIGHTING MODULE A lighting module is provided. The lighting module comprises a circuit board, a first light source array, a second light source array, and a plurality of first light guides. The first light source array is disposed on the circuit board and comprises a plurality of first... | 02/28/2013 |
| 20130051002 | HIGH EFFICIENCY LED LAMP A high-efficiency LED lamp is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a high-efficiency, high output solid-state lamp. The lamp includes an LED assembly, an optical element disposed to receive light from the LED assembly, and an optical overlay. The optical elem... | 02/28/2013 |