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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7556396 | Lamp assembly A lamp assembly includes at least one electrical socket and a tube. The electrical socket includes an insulating body and two connectors set in the insulating body. The insulating body has an insertion hole. The two connectors have a contact plate exposed in the ins... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7506993 | Fluorescent bulb retaining spring A fluorescent bulb retaining spring (6) comprises a one piece, sheet-metal stamped and bent part, entirely and seamlessly comprised of one material. The retaining spring (6) can be produced especially simply from one rectangular piece of sheet metal of... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7419278 | Lamp guide holder, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display module including the same A lamp guide holder includes a horizontal part that has a front surface and a rear surface, a fixing part that extends from the rear surface, and at least one lamp holding part on the front surface and having a ring shape. The lamp holding part has at least one prot... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7401942 | Female electric connector plug apparatus for and method of attachment to flourescent tube luminaire fixture assembly This invention is for electric power line attachment apparatus to hanging luminaire including fluorescent tube luminaire assembly, and includes a female connector attached to the luminaire and a power line connector cord male segment plugged into the female segment ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401940 | Underhood work light A underhood work light has a light tube and a pole-type base, the light tube is installed on the said base, the base is a hollow tube; a claw is installed at each end of the base by holding the stem of the said claw into the base tube, the claw stem which can slide ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7377668 | Accent light An accent light is provided that easily mounts directly to a linear luminaire across its light-emitting opening and in front of the luminaire's lamp(s). The accent light has one or more mounting devices that easily engage the luminaire. The accent light can be advan... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370986 | Lamp body for a fluorescent lamp A lamp body for a fluorescent lamp has multiple sections arranged on an inner surface of the lamp body. The sections include at least one coated section coated with fluorescent powders and at least one non-coated section being naked and kept free from fluorescent po... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372054 | Radiator module Radiation module for thermal or UV irradiation processing procedures with a large number of radiation sources essentially adjacent and parallel to one another for electromagnetic radiation whose main effective range is in the UV spectrum, visible spectrum, and/or ne... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372520 | Liquid crystal display device with plural linear light sources having different lengths In a liquid crystal display device, a reduction in thickness with high luminance is achieved by laterally arranging two cold cathode fluorescent tubes in parallel to a main surface of the light guide plate along one side thereof and, at the same time, mutual interfe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367700 | Safety whip mast At least one embodiment of the invention pertains to a whip mast including a rod, a flag at one end of the rod and a luminescent element wound or spiraled around the rod. The luminescent element may be coupled to the rod to provide illumination, light, and/or glow t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364321 | Backlight module and lamp holder thereof A backlight module and a lamp holder thereof. The backlight module includes a plurality of lamps and a lamp holder. The lamp holder includes a plurality of supporting portions and a plurality of holding portions. Each lamp is disposed on the corresponding supporting... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364322 | Appliance convenience light A lighting apparatus includes multiple point light sources housed in a reflector housing. The reflector housing diffuses the light produced by the point light sources to emulate a linear light source. Power supplies are provided to energize the light sources, to con... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360922 | Combination of light tube with stabilizer A light tube assembly includes a light tube and a stabilizer which includes a tubular body with copper members that are slidably engaged with curved slots in a base. A core with terminal plates is received in the tubular body and two locking pin 51s extend th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350935 | Backlight assembly A backlight assembly includes at least two light sources. Each of the at least two light sources includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portions of the at least two light sources are adjacent to each other. The second end portions of th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347584 | Light emitting diode lamp assembly A Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamp assembly comprises a base, a plurality of linear-extended LED lighting sources, a reflecting and heat-dissipating module, and a thermal module. The linear-extended LED lighting sources are distributed and connected to the base for o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348536 | Light grid with housing A light grid which has a housing made from an extruded profile. An electronic component plate is movably insertable into the interior of the housing and carries the optical components of an emitter unit or a receiver unit, respectively. The housing has a support pla... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347606 | Rope light track system A rope light track system houses a tubular flexible rope light string and can be mounted on or in various interior and exterior structures to protect the light string from damage and provide utilitarian and decorative lighting. The system includes a plurality of elo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344271 | Valve island having the expansion PC board secured in the expansion station A valve island that has the PC board captured in the expansion station is disclosed. The PC board is held into the expansion station by a feature on the PC board that interferes with the inside of the wire-way of the expansion station sub-base. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341359 | Lighting device using cold cathode fluorescent lamp Disclosed herein is a lighting device using a cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL), which has reduced size and volume and concentrates light from the CCFL, thus enhancing its luminance. The lighting device includes a casing which is open on a surface thereof, thus h... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336403 | Optical element and illumination apparatus having same An object of the present invention is to efficiently shape a light flux emitted from a light source into a linear shape and so as to provide an optical element having high versatility that can be widely used irrespective of the original sizes and to provide an illum... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336486 | Synthetic jet-based heat dissipation device A synthetic jet array in a computing device, such as a mobile computing device, to dissipate heat generated by a heat generating component of the mobile computer is described. In one embodiment, a microscale synthetic jet array is integrated within a heat generating... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331687 | Fluorescent lamp The present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp including: a body (110) having fixtures (120 and 120a) mounted at both end portions thereof so as to detachably mount a fluorescent light bulb (105) thereon; and a connecting mean... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329030 | Assembling structure for LED road lamp and heat dissipating module In an assembling structure for LED road lamp and heat dissipating module, the LED road lamp includes a partition board, an upper casing, a light transmitting lens and an LED lamp set. The upper casing and the light transmitting lens are set separately on upper and l... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329022 | Small profile hanger system for ceiling suspended lighting fixtures An improved small profile hanger system for ceiling suspended lighting fixtures comprises a plurality of hanger assemblies having a support stem and a downwardly arced crossbar. The support stem and crossbar have a relatively small elliptical profile have two sets o... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322136 | Electric fireplace having a fire simulating assembly An electric fireplace having a fire simulating assembly is provided. The fire simulating assembly includes a semitransparent light filter screen, a mirror glass wall and a dynamic light source. The dynamic light source includes fixed light source and a photic cover ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314294 | High intensity lamp with an insulated housing A light according to the present invention includes a high intensity lamp electrically connected to a power source located in a lamp connector body portion. The lamp is positioned to extend outside the lamp connector body portion and is received by a lamp housing po... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311419 | Illumination apparatus for a fluorescent task lamp An illumination assembly for a handheld fluorescent task lamp, comprising first and second elongated compact fluorescent bulbs positioned in an upright orientation side by side; a self starting electronic driver circuit operable to start and run the at least first a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309142 | Fluorescent tubes in orthogonal array backlight module An orthogonal array backlight module includes multiple fluorescent tubes paved on both inner sides of a light box, and a display panel comprised of diffuser plate, optical film and liquid crystal panel being provide on the top of the light box; and each fluorescent ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7296910 | Light fixture and lens assembly for same A light fixture or troffer for directing light emitted from a light source toward an area to be illuminated, including a reflector assembly within which the light source is positioned; a housing defining at least one selectively enclosable ballast enclosure; and a b... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293895 | Modular lighting system and method of installation A modular lighting system is formed of tubular fluorescent lamps mounted within adjustable fixtures. The fixtures are composed of rigid and flexible elements and can conform to the shape of almost any size or shape of lamp. The lamps may be of any variety of pre-det... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291029 | T-8 to T-5 adapter lampholder An adapter for fluorescent lamp fixtures that retrofits a T-8 lamp fixture for a T-5 fluorescent lamp that is simple and inexpensive is disclosed herein. The lampholder adapter includes a rotatable locking disk member set in a base assembly for receiving the end-pro... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290899 | Light source device and display device A light source device includes a discharge tube, a reflector for reflecting a light radiated from the discharge tube, and support members for supporting the discharge tube to the reflector. The support member or the discharge tube is formed of a heat insulating stru... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288796 | Light emitting diode light source A light source that utilizes light emitting diodes that emit white light is disclosed. The diodes are mounted on an elongate member having at least two surfaces upon which the light emitting diodes are mounted. The elongate member is thermally conductive and is util... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284879 | HID lighting fixture with quick-disconnect light source mount A luminaire assembly (10) using a double-ended, unshielded high intensity discharge (HID) light source (100). In one aspect, the assembly (10) includes a light source mount (22) adapted to manually, without tools, mount and remove the HID... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282840 | Modular ballasts of aquarium Modular ballasts of an aquarium comprise a lampshade and a plurality of ballast modules, wherein a reflection plate and a plurality of lamps are mounted inside the lampshade. At least a socket locates on the backside or the top of the lampshade for holding the balla... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275838 | Fireplace lighting system The present invention provides a lighting system for illuminating an interior of a fireplace. The lighting system comprises a rod for securing the lighting system to an inner surface of such fireplace. A bracket member is engageable with the rod. There is a first me... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275854 | Lamp and lampholder with peripheral locking means The invention relates to a lamp comprising a lamp bulb (2) and a lamp base (3), which lamp base (3) comprises a projection (4) located in a substantially central position of the lamp base (3) and extending in a direction away from ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273295 | Lighting module and backlight module A lighting module comprises a bezel, a lamp and a fixing component. The lamp includes two straight portions and one bending portion therebetween. The two straight portions substantially being parallel to each other. A fixing component includes a main body fixed with... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273296 | Back-to-back lampholder A lampholder assembly in which lampholders are supported on a bracket in a back-to-back configuration with no gap therebetween is formed of a pair of insulative lampholders, each having a generally planar back surface and an opposite front face including a lamp rece... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274153 | Portable fluorescent drop-light A hand-held fluorescent lamp assembly powered by typical line supply of 120 VAC, 60 Hz via an attached power cord and employing multiple commonly available fluorescent lamps. The assembly includes switches to independently control the multiple fluorescent lamps. The... | 09/25/2007 |
