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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157413 | Light fixture and associated LED board and monolithic optic An embodiment of the invention is directed to a light fixture useful for area lighting. The light fixture includes a housing having a base and a top, and a light emitting diode (LED) light emission module disposed within the housing. The light emission module includ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8109658 | Illuminating lens, and lighting device, surface light source, and liquid-crystal display apparatus each using the same An illuminating lens includes: a light entrance surface through which light emitted from a light source enters the lens; and a light exit surface through which the light that has entered the lens exits the lens. The light exit surface has: a concave portion intersec... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100549 | Illuminating lens, and lighting device, surface light source, and liquid-crystal display apparatus each using the same An illuminating lens includes: a light entrance surface through which light emitted from a light source enters the lens; and a light exit surface through which the light that has entered the lens exits the lens. The light exit surface has: a concave portion intersec... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8066406 | Optic positioning device A device for holding and positioning an optic, such as a refractive lens, over a light source such as a light emitting diode. The refractive lens is frustum-shaped with an upper light-exiting end having an upper rim, a lower light-entering end, and a conical sidewal... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8011802 | Optical film, lighting device and display unit A display unit capable of reducing luminance irregularity when using a point light source is provided. The display unit includes: a panel driven based on an image signal; a plurality of point light sources arranged in a region facing the panel; and an optical sheet ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011803 | LED automotive fog lamp A fog lamp may include a Lambertian LED, a collimating lens encompassing the Lambertian LED, a collimating surface including a total internal reflective surface and encompassing the collimating lens, and a corrugated surface attached to the collimating surface at an... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7963668 | Street lamp emitting filtered light A street lamp includes a lampshade, a light-emitting diode array, a lens array, and a filter film. The lampshade includes a bottom wall and a sidewall extending around the bottom wall, the lampshade defines a receiving space with an opening opposite to the bottom wa... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7942548 | Light-source lamp and projector An object is to provide a light-source lamp capable of reducing consumption power while ensuring a certain luminance level and a projector using the light-source lamp. This light-source lamp 1 gathers light from a light source at a lens for emission. The ligh... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7896521 | Adjustable light distribution system A lighting assembly having a plurality of light sources and a lens matrix having a plurality of lenses. The lens matrix may be positioned relative to the light sources so that each light source resides in a first orientation within one of the lenses and emits a ligh... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7866844 | Emission device, surface light source device and display A light flux control member has a back face provided with a first recess portion and ventilation grooves. Output light of the light emitting element arranged as to correspond to the first recess portion enters into the light flux control member via the first recess ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862192 | Lighting device A lighting device includes a housing, a plurality of LEDs arranged on a base of the housing, and a first optical plate positioned above the LEDs. The first optical plate includes a light input surface, a light output surface opposite to the light input surface, and ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862203 | Lighting assembly A lighting assembly is adapted to be connected to at least one conductive connection hole of an illumination device. The lighting assembly comprises at least one lighting cell and connection mechanism, wherein the lighting cell comprises a base, at least one electri... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7837349 | Near field lens A lens has a main body for use with at least one light source. The main body has a light-emitting face, a light-collecting face disposed opposite the light-emitting face, and a plurality of focal points, the latter of which form a focal ring. A central axis extends ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824049 | Illumination device and display device incorporating the same An illumination device has a plurality of sealing structures each including a light-emitting diode, sealed by a high refractive index transparent material member which is further sealed by a low refractive index transparent material member. To increase a divergence ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7794100 | Planar light source apparatus, display apparatus and planar illumination method There is provided a planar light source apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit light in a spot-like pattern or a bar-like pattern; a reflective plate configured to reflect the light from said light source; a light guide plate disposed on the opposit... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7775680 | LED lamp assembly An exemplary LED lamp assembly includes a housing (21), a printed circuit board (22), a LED (23), a light reflective member (24) and a lamp cover (25). The housing includes a top cover (211), a base board (213), a plu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7762683 | Optical device with tilt and power microlenses A microlens array includes plural powered microlenses or microlens elements for tilting different light-emitting elements or portions of a light-emitting device. Each microlens or microlens element both has optical power, and adjusts the tilt of the wavefront so tha... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7744245 | Prism sheet and backlight module using the same An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of conical frustum micro-depressions and a plurality of triangular pyramidal micro-depressions. The first surface and the second surfa... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7736019 | Lighting system The lighting system according to the present invention includes an electrical wiring substrate in which a connector to a power source is formed, a plurality of LED chips mounted in a predetermined array pattern on the electrical wiring substrate, a deflection lens a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7674008 | Light emitting device and panel A back-light source comprises a plurality of light-emitting devices, each light-emitting device having a light-emitting package and a lens surface. In at least some of the light emitting devices, the radius of curvature in one direction of the lens surface is differ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7661843 | Apparatus for emitting linear light The present invention relates to an apparatus for emitting light, comprising linearly arranged devices for radiating light. According to the invention, modular elements are provided which carry the devices for radiating light. The modular elements each carry one dev... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7645054 | Illuminating unit comprising an optical element An illuminating unit comprising a luminous means (5) and an optical element (1) that has a radiation entrance surface (2) facing the luminous means (5) and a radiation exit surface (3) averted from the luminous means (5). Th... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7635200 | Planar light source device and display using the same A planar light source device having excellent in-plane uniformity of brightness includes an illuminator having an array of light sources, a light transmission plate in an optical path of light output by the illuminator, and a plurality of refractive diffusing elemen... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7600894 | Luminaires and optics for control and distribution of multiple quasi point source light sources such as LEDs A light projection device of a stack of at least 2 LED light projection modules. Each module shares a common optical axis and each includes an LED at least partially surrounded by an off-axis collimating optic and each projects a radially collimated canted beam towa... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7585091 | Light shades and lighting systems Light shades and lighting systems that create a spectral effect when a lighting element is illuminated within the shade, and features that reflect light originating within the shade. Embodiments of the invention incorporate hollow body having a diffraction grating t... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7566144 | Broad beam light A high efficiency, broad beam lighting device 30 having a converging lens 1 having a curved focal line 26. A source of light comprising a plurality 9 of ceramic LED lamps disposed in an equiangular array having their apparent emission lin... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7559672 | Linear illumination lens with Fresnel facets A linear Fresnel lens for LED illumination is configured initially by using a meridional flux-assignment method and is then corrected by assessing the three-dimensional flux distribution of individual facets. The facet angles are slightly altered as required to prod... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7547115 | Package structure for light emitting diode and applications of the same A light emitting diode (LED) package structure. In one embodiment, the LED package structure includes at least three lenses, each lens having a body portion with at least a first surface, a second surface, a third surface and a fourth surface, and at least three LED... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7467876 | Surface light source device A surface light source device 1 includes a base member 3 provided with a plurality of point-source lines, each of which has a plurality of point sources 11 arranged in a line, and a plurality of diffuse transmission members 14 for coverin... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7461948 | Multiple light emitting diodes with different secondary optics A plurality of light emitting diode dies (LED) with associated secondary optics, which produce different light distribution patterns, are combined to produce an efficient light source having a desired illumination pattern. By way of example, a first LED may include ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7425078 | Rotating LED beacon A rotating beacon including a plurality of light emitting diodes and a plurality of reflectors is disclosed. The light emitting diodes are attached to one or more printed circuit boards mounted on a base. The reflectors gather light from the light emitting diodes in... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416312 | Multi-color light A multi-color lighting device 30 capable of emitting light of at least two colors. A group 9 of LED lamps comprising a variety of colors each color having a plurality of LED lamps disposed in an equiangular array. The color of the emitted light selecte... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413327 | Vehicle lighting fixture A programmable and alternately configurable lighting fixture including a light emitting diode array adapted to affixed within a fixture housing. The lighting fixture includes a controller that is adapted to selectively power the plurality of light emitting diodes to... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7390107 | LED signaling device for road traffic signals The invention describes an optical signal transmitter device, in which a specific, predetermined emission characteristic or light density distribution is achieved solely by the arrangement of two or more light elements on a base plate. This means that there is no lo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7370988 | In-grade light fixture housing and hydrological barrier plate for use therein A hydrological barrier plate for in-grade light fixture housings and a housing for use with light fixtures to prevent water entry into the water sensitive compartments of the light fixture. The barrier plate has a plate body with an opening in which is sealably disp... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365991 | Dual LED board layout for lighting systems Circuit boards for lighting systems have identical LED landing zones printed on the board. Each zone includes at least two sets of LED contact pads. One pad set is configured to mate with contacts of an LED of a first structural type, e.g. from a first product line ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357533 | Light-emitting diode lighting device A lighting device having one or more pair of side-emitting light-emitting diodes arranged end-to-end, one “flipped” relative to the other, such that the beam spreads of the LEDs complement one another and increase the overall beam spread of the device, or instea... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350915 | Lens having at least one lens centration mark and methods of making and using same A lens having at least one lens centration mark formed on a major surface of the lens is disclosed. The lens centration mark may be located at the intersection of a first axis and the major surface, where the major surface is symmetrical about the first axis such th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347589 | LED and LED lamp This invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) and a LED lamp consisted of LEDs. The LED comprises at least one LED chip. The LED is mounted on a high heat conductivity base and is connected to an applied power supply through a circuit board. The LED chip al... | 03/25/2008 |
