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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096681 | LED lamp An LED lamp includes a lamp frame, a reflector received in the lamp frame, a plurality of LED modules received in the lamp frame and an envelope covering an opening of the lamp frame. The lamp frame is made of a material with a good heat conductivity and thermally c... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092041 | Low profile linear high bay fluorescent luminaire A low profile linear high bay fluorescent luminaire with a downwardly facing and room side accessible ballast channel. The lighting fixture includes a housing assembly having a longitudinal axis with a first reflector located on a first side of the longitudinal axis... | 01/10/2012 |
| 7938557 | Color management system A light source and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The light source includes a light emitter and a controller. The light emitter generates light in response to a control signal coupled thereto. The light emitter is characterized by an age related to t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7850334 | Apparatus and method of using multiple LED light sources to generate a unitized beam An LED package is comprised of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) of similar or differing wavelengths; a corresponding plurality of reflector cavities, a common combining chamber, and an integrating rod coupled to the combining chamber to provide a unitized ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7722211 | Light engine The invention describes a Light engine (1,2,3,4,5) comprising a chamber (6) with at least one aperture (7) and a number of LED elements (13) positioned inside this chamber, where effectively all inner surfaces of the chamber (6) ar... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712917 | Solid state lighting panels with limited color gamut and methods of limiting color gamut in solid state lighting panels Methods of controlling a backlight unit including a plurality of solid state light emitting devices include receiving a request to set a color point of the backlight unit at a requested color point, and determining if the requested color point is within an acceptabl... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7682040 | Optical system for creating an illuminated strip An optical system is usable to form an illuminating strip on a surface of a material. The optical system includes an illuminating device which contains several light sources which are located at a distance from the surface of the material. The illuminating device us... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7674004 | Planar light source device Cold cathode fluorescent tubes of the first group are aligned widthwise in one side of an enclosure which is divided into two areas at a centerline running widthwise. Cold cathode fluorescent tubes of the second group are aligned widthwise in the other side of the e... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7572028 | Methods and apparatus for generating and modulating white light illumination conditions Methods and apparatus for generating and modulating white light illumination conditions. Examples of applications in which such methods and apparatus may be implemented include retail environments (e.g., food, clothing, jewelry, paint, furniture, fabrics, etc.) or s... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7556398 | Lighting unit The invention relates to a lighting unit, comprising a first light element formed as a conventional light source, a second light element formed as a plurality of LEDs and a lamp cap. According to the invention the second light element is formed as a separate LED mod... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7540628 | Illuminated panels and methods therefor A system for illuminating panels such as advertising display panels is provided. Such illuminated panels include at least one row of point light sources located substantially within the at least one illuminated frame member, a diffusion layer have a diffusion edge f... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7520632 | Illuminator and display device using the same An illuminator for a display device is provided on a back side of a display panel, and includes a plurality of rod-shaped light sources each having a length extending in a first direction and having substantially the same length. The plurality of rod-shaped light so... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7506995 | Illumination system for use with display signage The present invention provides a lighting system for use within a display sign, wherein the lighting system comprises a first module having a multi-layer circuit board and an arrangement of components electrically connected to the circuit board. The component arrang... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7434963 | Lighting system and optical projection structure therefore A new lighting system is provided that is particularly useful in projecting light to a deck where pilots use night vision goggles (NVGs). The system comprises a pair of subsystems that project light with different, complementary spatial distributions. One subsystem ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7434955 | Flashlight system An energy efficient flashlight system having multiple lighting display modes and a single operating switch that enables a user to step through the modes. The flashlight illuminates via the use of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that preferably contain at... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431476 | Cold cathode fluorescent lamp A cold cathode fluorescent lamp (10) is configured generally as a trapezium having first (11), second (12), third (13) and fourth (14) sides, the lamp (10) has a first end (15) adapted to be connected to an electric s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427840 | Methods and apparatus for controlling illumination Methods and apparatus for controlling illumination. In one example, one or more multi-color light sources are controlled based on one or more interruptions of power supplied to the light source(s). In another example, a pool or spa is illuminated by one or more mult... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422344 | Full color flashlight with high power LED The present invention discloses a full color flashlight with high power LEDs. The flashlight is primarily composed of a full color LED module having LED chip set of different wavelengths, a control-circuit module, a function switch, batteries, and a barrel body. By ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407303 | Lighting device comprising a plurality of semiconductor light sources A lighting device is disclosed comprising a plurality of semiconductor light sources disposed on a carrier, wherein the light from the light sources is coupled into assigned lightguides at a set angle to the surface normals of the carrier and the lightguides are pro... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401943 | Solid-state light sources for curing and surface modification The systems and methods described herein relate to solid-state light sources capable of generating radiation beams for, but not limited to, the treatment of surfaces, bulk materials, films, and coatings. The solid-state ultraviolet source optically combines the ligh... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396140 | Portable reading lamp A portable reading lamp of the invention comprises a base, a head portion and a pole to connect the base with the head portion. The head portion is provided with the luminant, which is semiconductor LED. A battery box is provided on the base, the head portion or the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387413 | Lighting apparatus, lens and method of making the lens In order to meet the legal requirements regarding color of light from a headlight, especially at the light-dark boundary and how much scattered light can occur in the dark region, a lens (5) is provided, which has a diffractive structure on at least one of it... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385481 | Method 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 |
| 7380960 | Illumination system An illumination system includes a beam splitting unit, a first lamp, a second lamp and a reflective component. The beam splitting unit has a splitting interface. One of the first lamp, the second lamp and the reflective component is disposed at one side of the beam ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377681 | Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a first light-emitting unit having first and second passive light-emitting lamps; a second light-emitting unit having a plurality of self light-emitting lamps; and a light guide disposed between the first... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371145 | Multipurpose souvenir kit Souvenir kits are disclosed, the kits including an assortment of multiple parts including a front member, a rear member, and at least one side member. At least the front member is thematically representative of an aspect of a particular travel destination. At least ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372055 | Night vision infrared illuminator An illuminator assembly is provided for supplying night vision illumination. The assembly includes a support housing and an infrared illumination source. An infrared reflector receives the radiation emitted from the infrared illumination source and reflects the infr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372564 | Light source A light source for an atomizing device, specifically an atom absorption spectrometer comprising one, two, or more lamps, whose ray can be selected by means of at least one two-dimensionally moveable optical selection element, and which can be directed in the directi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370990 | Equipment for a change of rotary gobos For lighting equipment for illumination of theatre and show stages and platforms there is designed an equipment for change of rotary gobos comprising a carrier disc supporting interchangeable segments with the gobos. The individual segments (2) are attached a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367687 | Illumination system An illumination system is for providing a parallel illumination light beam. The illumination system includes two lamps, and each lamp includes a first lampshade, a burner and a reflector. The lampshade has a light outputting section. A first reflector is connected w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367685 | Lighted cabinet assembly A lighted cabinet assembly includes a pair of spaced apart sidewalls and a top wall interconnecting the sidewalls. The sidewalls define an interior space therebetween and at least one shelf is supported between the sidewalls. The cabinet assembly further includes a ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364326 | Multiple light source illumination for image display systems A method for transmitting light in an image display system includes generating a first cone of light from a first light source. The first cone of light includes a plurality of light beams. A first portion of the first cone is projected in an illumination path. A sec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364338 | Systems for providing backlight module with stacked light source A system for providing a backlight module has a light guide plate and at least a light source set positioned adjacent to the incident surface. The light source set contains a plurality of light sources stacking along a direction parallel with the incident surface of... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355523 | Remote controlled intelligent lighting system An addressable lighting device and control system uses a user-actuable infrared or radio frequency operated remote control(s) to selectively or collectively generate an electronic address for the addressable lighting device on which the device will respond to all fu... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350942 | LED matrix display module with high luminance area ratio The invention relates to a display apparatus, particularly to structure of LED display modules. The invention could be implemented through a LED matrix display module with high luminance area ratio comprising an injection molding unit and a printing board fitted the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349133 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus that detects failure in the white LEDs constituting a white LED array. Failure in the white LEDs is detected by comparison between a prescribed current threshold and the current running in the LED array detected by an image reading apparat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347577 | Lighted garments, footwear, backpacks, and other accessories with improved switch A lighting system for clothing, footwear, backpacks, and other accessories incorporates a battery, a switch, a counter circuit, a flasher and lamps or LEDs driven by the flasher. An improved switch has a tubular housing of electrical insulating material, which may b... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344290 | Lamp module A Lamp module, which includes a metal holder frame that defines a longitudinal open chamber and transverse mounting slots across the longitudinal open chamber, LEDs that are respectively mounted in the transverse mounting slots and have a respective top metal frame ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340830 | Method of manufacturing LED light string A method of manufacturing LED light string includes the steps of forming an LED light body from multiple serially connected printed circuit boards, fixing the LED light body to a base, and connecting a light-transmissible shell to the light body to form a cluster la... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341371 | LED light assembly with LED connecting device An LED light assembly includes a backboard having a plurality of insertion ports on a rear end thereof and each insertion port receives an LED assembly. A plurality of holes are defined through the backboard so that the LEDs extend through the hole. Each LED assembl... | 03/11/2008 |
