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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152332 | LED cyclorama light A cyclorama light includes a generally enclosed housing forming an interior compartment having a normally horizontal housing axis and an open front defining a window generally arranged within a plane parallel to said axis. A reflector substantially covers the window... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8136960 | Light emitting diode display An LED display with a reduced thickness is described. In one embodiment, the LED display includes a second support plate between a front support plate and a back support plate. The second support plate enables the front support plate to be thinner than if the second... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132935 | Light emitting module There is provided a light emitting module including: a printed circuit board; a plurality of light emitting diode chips disposed at a distance from one another on a conductive pattern formed on a top of the printed circuit board; and a connector formed on a bottom o... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128256 | Lighting device Disclosed is a lighting device. The lighting device includes: a housing; a coupling member; at least one reflector; and a light source unit, including a second connection terminal being electrically connected to a first connection terminal, wherein the first connect... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8118448 | Reflector component for a LED lamp A reflector component is provided for a light emitting diode (LED) lamp that includes a plurality of spaced-apart LED light sources. The reflector component includes a bottom wall having two side edges extending along a longitudinal direction. The bottom wall is for... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118447 | LED lighting apparatus with swivel connection Disclosed is a LED lighting apparatus with one or more swivel connections. The LED lighting apparatus includes a housing with at least one end, at least one light emitting diode extending along the housing and at least one end cap. The end cap has an opening with a ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104921 | Daylight deflection system with integrated artificial light source The present invention relates to a daylight deflection system including an arrangement of louvers (5) which are aligned and formed to block daylight impinging from an outer side (3) at higher angles of incidence with respect to a horizontal direction (... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104922 | Solid state illumination device A solid state illumination device includes a semiconductor light emitter mounted on a base and surrounded by sidewalls, e.g., in a circular, elliptical, triangular, rectangular or other appropriate arrangement, to define a chamber. A top element, which may be reflec... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087799 | Illumination means and inspection means having an illumination means An illumination mean for the inspection of flat substrates is disclosed. The flat substrate includes an upper edge area, a lower edge area and a front area. The illumination means is formed as an annular segment and comprises an opening into which at least the edge ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079729 | Lighting device and lighting method A lighting device comprising one or more solid state light emitters which emit near ultraviolet light or ultraviolet light, one or more other emitters which emit light in the range of 480 nm to about 490 nm and one or more other emitters which emit light in the rang... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075151 | Surface light source device and image display device A surface light source device includes a diffusing member which diffuses light, a reflective member which reflects light, plural light sources provided aligned in a flat manner between the diffusing member and the reflective member, and a light control member provid... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070316 | Lighting apparatus with LEDs A lighting apparatus with LED includes a metal-made main body 90; a plurality of LED chip units 1 each including an LED chip and a pair of lead terminals 42, 43 electrically connected to electrodes of the LED chip; and a dielectric layer 80 | 12/06/2011 |
| 8042968 | Modular light reflectors and assemblies for luminaire A reflector assembly for a lighting apparatus, the reflector assembly comprising two or more reflector modules configured for associating with one or more light sources, each reflector module comprising one or more reflectors for being located adjacent to a light so... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038318 | Door frame mounted reflector system for fluorescent troffer A door frame mounted reflector system for a fluorescent troffer is depicted. The fluorescent troffer incorporates the utilization of a troffer housing and hingedly affixed to the troffer housing is a door frame which has attached thereto optical reflectors, the opti... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8033684 | Starry sky lighting panels A lighting panel capable of producing a “Starry Sky” lighting effect and which is easily retrofitted into existing aircraft includes a first substrate, a plurality of microminiature light sources, such as LEDs, mounted on an upper surface of the first substrate,... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7997758 | Light-guiding module and LED light source using the same An LED light source includes an LED module and a light-guiding module fixed on the LED module. The LED module includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of LEDs. The light-guiding module includes a frame placed on the LED module and a plurality of light guidin... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988327 | LED luminaire A LED luminaire comprises a heat sink disposed above an LED array and in thermal communication with the LED array, the LED array having at least one red LED and a plurality of cool white LEDs, the at least one red LED providing a warmer correlated color temperature ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7988326 | Elective lighting fixture visors to reduce off-target glare and spill light A method, apparatus and system for illuminating a large area with plural high power lighting fixtures. The method includes identifying fixtures having a likelihood of affecting playability or glare or spill light relative to a point of view on or off the large area.... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985001 | LED light fixture and method for manufacturing the same An LED light fixture includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a plurality of LED chips. The first substrate, on one side thereof, includes a plurality of spaced first electrodes, a first inner terminal electrically connected to the first electrodes, and a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980729 | Illumination device Disclosed is an illumination device for projecting a substantially uniform light at a remote distance. The illumination device comprises a mounting assembly divided into a plurality of sections, each section comprising a plurality of light emitting sources arranged ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976184 | System and method for providing a uniform backlight An illumination system includes an illumination source such as an array of LED's over which is provided a diffuser. The illumination source provides light which, because of light refraction, radiates generally uniformly from edge to edge of the diffuser. The diffuse... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7959322 | Optical system for LED array An optical system for an LED array includes a trough reflector in combination with an elongated lens. The reflector and lens include distinct regions dedicated to particular zones of light emanating from the LED array. The reflector includes lower, upper and end por... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954969 | Illuminating device for liquid crystal panel Light which tries to enter a diffuser plate 3 at an angle which exceeds an angle at which a percentage of reflected light increases rapidly (that is, the incidence angle θ=70 degrees) is all reflected by a reflecting surface 21 and then enters the dif... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7926976 | Deformable illumination module Deformable illumination module with a plurality of circuit boards that have at least one optical emitter arranged thereon and that are connected into forming a chain by way of two electrical power supply wires. The electrical power supply wires run without interrupt... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922354 | Solid-state lighting fixtures A high performance, high efficiency solid state electronic lighting device, having a sealed fixture body for use outdoors or in environments requiring IP rated sealed fixtures, uses light emitting diodes for producing light from AC current that operates on an as nee... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7901108 | LED light source device An LED light source device using light from luminescent elements at a high level of uniformity and efficiency, and to conduct irradiation with a high level of design freedom an LED light source device is equipped with luminescent elements and a translucent light-gui... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896522 | Frontal illumination of a surface using LED lighting A plurality of lamp arrays (30A-30N) provide uniform lighting across the copy area of a billboard sign. The arrays (30) are arranged end-to-end horizontally along the length of the copy area. Each array (30) comprises a plurality of LEDs ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7850341 | Elongated LED illumination device An illumination device (10) for simulating neon lighting comprises an elongated light guide (14) and a light engine (12), operatively connected the elongated light guide (14). The light engine includes a plurality of LEDs (18). The... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850338 | Methods for directing light Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise controlling illumination of a set of illumination sources. The set of illumination sources can comprise a first subset of illumination sources and a second subset of illumination sources. Light ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841738 | Luminaire having light emitting diodes (leds) directed to a reflector A luminaire is described having a pot-shaped housing for the reception of electrical components and for the releasable mounting of a functional unit having at least one main lighting surface and whose special features consist of the facts that the preferably planar ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832895 | Light emitting device The device includes a blue light emitting region having a first light emitting part and a yellow light emitting region having a second light emitting part and a wavelength converting member arranged to absorb light from the second light emitting part and to convert ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7806556 | Reflection lamp A metal base has a mounting hole made in the wall for housing a light unit, and a reflection surface opposite to the hole for reflecting the light from the light unit to form a reflection lamp with high heat dissipation ability. ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7780312 | Backlight assembly for liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device using the same A backlight assembly for a liquid crystal display device includes a bottom frame having an inner surface, printed circuit boards on the inner surface, and a plurality of light emitting diodes in rectangular-shaped clusters on each of the printed circuit boards, each... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771081 | LED package and backlight unit using the same The invention relates to an LED package having a large beam angle of light emitted from an LED, simplifying a shape of a lens and an assembly process, and to a backlight unit using the same. The LED package includes a housing with a seating recess formed therein and... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766506 | Light influencing element In the case of a light influencing element (6) for directing the light emitted from a light source (4) to a predetermined angular region, which has a plurality of rib-like raster elements (7, 12), which have reflecting side walls and are arrange... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7744248 | Lighting fixture A compact lighting fixture having various functions can be achieved at low cost. The lighting fixture can provide a high degree of freedom for space utilization, can provide a comfortable illumination space with designed light distribution, can be configured to requ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740373 | LED module for illumination The present invention relates to an LED module for illumination, and more particularly, to an LED module for illumination capable of enhancing light emitting efficiency by having a light emitting structure, in which the thickness of an insulation substrate with an e... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7731391 | System and method for providing a uniform backlight An illumination system includes an illumination source such as an array of LED's over which is provided a diffuser. The illumination source provides light which, because of light refraction, radiates generally uniformly from edge to edge of the diffuser. The diffuse... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7726835 | LED array In an LED array comprising a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips each of which has a radiation outcoupling surface, the radiation emitted by the semiconductor chips being outcoupled substantially through said radiation outcoupling surface, and a cove... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7677760 | Efficient and uniformly distributed illumination from multiple source luminaires Light projecting devices for integrating the light output from multiple light emitting quasi point sources into unified predetermined light patterns. The multiple light emitting quasi point sources (such as LEDs [Light Emitting Diodes]) are generally stacked with a ... | 03/16/2010 |
