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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8067893 | Intelligent light fixture facilitating universal light bulb An intelligent light fixture facilitates the use of a ‘universal’ light bulb having a wattage rating. A lamp dimmer circuit disposed within the fixture is in electrical communication between the AC line and a socket. A bulb test circuit within the fixture is ope... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7948183 | Three-dimensional miniaturized power supply A three-dimensional miniaturized power supply is composed of at least two of a first circuit board and a second circuit board which are assembled in a chamber of a container in a three-dimensional spatial form, wherein an insulation spacing, which is in compliance w... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7830093 | System and method for reducing flicker of compact gas discharge lamps at low lamp light output level A method for assembling a lamp fixture incorporates a ballast and a compact gas discharge lamp into the fixture. A comparator circuit, clamp circuit, and control circuit are assembled into the ballast such that the comparator circuit compares a measured value of a l... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7800310 | End-to-end lamp assembly and method of manufacturing same Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a lamp assembly having a novel design for fitting two or more tube-shaped lamps end-to-end. Such an end-to-end structure may be constructed for use inside a single protective sleeve, such as one constructed of transparent... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7633230 | Dimmable fluorescent lamp package A lamp package includes a base for insertion into an electrical socket, a complete dimmable ballast circuit contained within and electrically connected to the base, and a fluorescent lamp, including a CFLP, connected to and dimmed through the ballast circuit. The ba... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7474058 | Inductively powered secondary assembly A lamp assembly configured to inductively receive power from a primary coil. The lamp assembly includes a lamp circuit including a secondary and a lamp connected in series. In a first aspect, the lamp circuit includes a capacitor connected in series with the lamp an... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7417377 | Blended light lamp The invention relates to a blended light lamp (1) having an incandescent lamp (2) and a gas discharge lamp (3), a rectifier (4), an energy storage means (5) and an ignition device (6). The high-pressure discharge has an oper... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7400095 | Portable electric lighting fixture A portable electrical luminaire (1) having a supporting body (2) having an upper support end (2a) and having a lower support end (2b), having a lamp base (3) arranged on the upper support end (2a) for ac... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397204 | Starting circuit for electric discharge lamp A starting circuit for an electric discharge lamp providing an electric current to a lamp having a first and a second filament. The circuit measures a lamp current and a filament temperature and then compares these against a reference voltage. When the lamp current ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7375475 | Lamp containing power controller having current limited RMS regulated output A lamp contains a voltage conversion circuit that converts a line voltage to an RMS load voltage and includes a switch and a microcontroller that operates the switch to define the RMS load voltage. The microcontroller senses a load voltage of the lamp, compares the ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375473 | Variable power control for OLED area illumination An OLED area illumination apparatus, comprising an OLED device, a variable power controller connected to the OLED device for providing variable power to the OLED device and responsive to a control signal, a feedback circuit for measuring the resistance of the OLED d... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7358689 | Phase-control power controller for converting a line voltage to a RMS load voltage A phase-control power controller converts a line voltage to an RMS load voltage and includes a phase-control clipping circuit that clips a load voltage to provide the RMS load voltage. The power controller may be in a base of a lamp and connected to a lamp terminal.... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358677 | Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp having determined probability of failure Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp has a discharge vessel (10) enclosing, in a gastight manner, a discharge space (13) provided with a filling of mercury and an inert gas in a gastight manner. The discharge vessel comprising electrodes (20 | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358679 | Dimmable LED-based MR16 lighting apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for providing controllable power via an A.C. power source to LED-based lighting devices having an MR16 configuration. In one example, LED-based MR16 lighting devices may be coupled to A.C. power circuits that are controlled by conventional dimm... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354174 | Energy efficient festive lamp The present invention relates to a novel energy saving decorative festive lamp that is ideally suited for use in clubs, restaurants, or decorative applications, where specialized lighting, such as rapid flashing or frequent starts, is required. It may be used with h... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342359 | Forward/reverse hybrid switching power supply with time-based pulse triggering control A phase-control power controller that converts a line voltage to an RMS load voltage includes a fixed phase forward/reverse hybrid phase-control clipping circuit that performs phase-control clipping of a load voltage to provide an RMS load voltage. A conduction angl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7301287 | High power light string device A high power light string device comprises a plug with a plug blade set, a tail receptacle, and at least an LED string, wherein a first power adaptor disposed in the plug converts an AC voltage through the plug blade set to a high DC voltage, and a second power adap... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298090 | Light assembly having light changing device A light facility includes one or more batteries disposed in a housing, a processor device includes two power terminals coupled to the batteries and includes a switch terminal and a key terminal and three light terminals, a light device may be energized by the batter... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293889 | LED lamp apparatus An LED lamp apparatus includes an LED and a light diffuser located on a light emission side of the LED. The light diffuser is made of at least one light transmittable material and has a light diffusing member at a peripheral portion of a light passing area of the LE... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287896 | Assembly for an illumination device A light access can be integrally formed with a light guide on at least one end of the light guide. A printed circuit board with an LED lamp mounted thereon can be press-fitted in the light access for transient arrangement, and can be fixed by a cover. The position o... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285758 | Rapid thermal processing lamp and method for manufacturing the same A method and system for inductively coupling energy to a heating filament (7A′, 7B′, 7C′, 7A, 7B, 7C) in a thermal processing environment. By applying AC power to a coil antenna (11) and inductive coupling to a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274148 | Lamp having fixed forward phase switching power supply with time-based triggering A lamp contains a lamp voltage conversion circuit that is entirely within a base for converting a line voltage at a lamp terminal to an RMS load voltage at a light emitting element. The voltage conversion circuit includes a forward clipping circuit with a three-term... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274149 | Lamp with integral pulse width modulated voltage control circuit A lamp has a voltage controller that converts a line voltage to an RMS load voltage suitable for operation of the lamp's light emitting element, where the voltage controller is entirely within a lamp base and uses pulse width modulation to define the RMS load voltag... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265494 | Intelligent user interface with touch sensor technology An electronic circuit including a microchip for use as an intelligent user interface also comprises touch sensor technology that differentiates between proximity and physical contact events to activate and control various loads including light bulbs, products with r... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256548 | Electric circuit for igniting a discharge lamp, and electric component module and discharge lamp incorporating such an electric circuit An electric circuit for igniting a discharge lamp includes a voltage source, and at least one condenser electrically connected to the voltage source. Further, a series chain is provided, electrically connected in parallel with the condenser, of at least one ignition... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252409 | Backlight unit A backlight unit of a hybrid structure is disclosed, to improve heat-sink efficiency, that includes a plurality of fluorescent lamps oriented in one direction inside a cover bottom; a metal PCB attached to an inner surface of the cover bottom; a plurality of LED lam... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245083 | Incandescent lamp with integral controlling means An incandescent lamp has incorporated a circuit board within a recess in the bulb, wherein the circuit board contains connections and circuitry to control power to the lamp filament while maintaining the attachment of the bulb to the metal base, wherein the complete... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238061 | Vehicle lighting source adapter A vehicle lighting source adapter includes a holder, terminals, and cables connected to the terminals. The holder has its front end disposed with an insertion plate. The insertion plate includes an upper surface and a lower surface. Each of the upper and lower surfa... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239655 | Compact high power laser dazzling device A compact high power laser dazzling device includes at least one heat sink, multiple laser resonators and an optical head. Each of the laser resonators extends axially from a first end, fixedly mounted to the heat sink, to a second end emitting an individual laser b... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226189 | Light emitting diode illumination apparatus The present invention describes a light emitting diode illumination apparatus made of a light bulb base, a heat dissipating device, a plastic lid, a drive substrate, a metal substrate, a circular insulated base and a casing, and the heat dissipating device is in con... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224125 | Dimmable fluorescent lamp package A lamp package includes a base for insertion into an electrical socket, a complete dimmable ballast circuit contained within and electrically connected to the base, and a fluorescent lamp, including a CFLP, connected to and dimmed through the ballast circuit. The ba... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221106 | Cordset based appliance controller An apparatus and method for distributed control of an electrical appliance having a plug and a load and two power carrying conductors connecting the plug to the load, comprising locating power control elements completely within the plug, connecting interface element... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210818 | Flexible LED lighting strip A flexible lighting device includes an elongated flexible tube with a translucent tube shell and opposed tube ends and a flexible circuit board set in the tube so that it extends between the tube ends. The flexible circuit board has opposed interior and exterior sur... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7180248 | Inductively coupled ballast circuit A ballast circuit is disclosed for inductively providing power to a load. The ballast circuit includes an oscillator, a driver, a switching circuit, a resonant tank circuit and a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit provides a current feedback signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170231 | Lamp that sets desired RMS load voltage with variable pulse width modulation A lamp includes a voltage controller that converts a line voltage to a desired RMS load voltage. The voltage controller is entirely within a lamp base and uses pulse width modulation to define the RMS load voltage. The voltage controller has a feed-back circuit that... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165866 | Light enhanced and heat dissipating bulb A bulb comprises a seat; a plurality of metal heat sink each having two fixing surfaces, one fixing surface being fixed with an light emitting chip; and one end of each metal heat sink being placed into an insulated frame and then being fixed to a supporting surface... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166964 | Lamp containing pulse width modulated voltage conversion circuit A lamp includes a voltage conversion circuit entirely within a lamp base. The voltage conversion circuit includes a pulse width modulator for modulating a lamp load voltage and provides a load voltage to a light emitting element. A feed-back circuit adjusts the puls... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164232 | Seal for ceramic discharge lamp arc tube An arc discharge metal halide lamp having a discharge chamber with visible light permeable walls bounding a discharge region through which walls a pair of electrode assemblies are supported with interior ends thereof positioned in the discharge region spaced apart f... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7142301 | Method and apparatus for adjusting illumination angle A machine-vision system that provides quick changing and/or automatic adjustment of illumination angle, dispersion, intensity, and/or color of illumination. One such system includes a light source emitting polarized light, a machine-vision imager, an image processor... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121680 | LED lighting assembly with improved heat management A lighting head assembly that incorporates a high intensity LED package into an integral assembly including a heat sink and circuit board for further incorporation into other useful lighting devices. The assembly includes a heat sink member that also serves as a mou... | 10/17/2006 |
