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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8011810 | Light integrator for more than one lamp A light integrator is provided, the light integrator comprising a body for integrating light, the body having a length and a light egress end. The light integrator further comprises a first light entrance device for accepting light from a first lamp into the body, t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7993034 | Reflector having inflection point and LED fixture including such reflector A recessed light fixture includes an LED light source and a reflector extending 360 degrees around a center line of light output from the light source. A cross-sectional geometry of the reflector includes a bell-shaped curve with two radii of curvature that join tog... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7922366 | LED light source with light refractor and reflector A light source including a refraction body, a metal cup, a metal reflecting lampshade, an LED lamp body. Light emitted from the LED lamp body is reflected by the metal cup to be vertically incident into the refraction body so that the light is refracted by the refra... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7736028 | Light source apparatus, lighting apparatus and projection display apparatus A light source apparatus comprising a lamp having a light emitting portion of generating light, a first concave mirror having a first opening provided on a light-using side on which the generated light is used and a second opening provided on an opposite side to the... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7670030 | Reflectors, reflector/LED combinations, and lamps having the same A concave reflector can form a more uniform beam of light. The light source can be an LED with a nominally lambertian radiation pattern. LED can be high power requiring heatsink. Light reflected by reflector and light exiting without hitting reflector can form coinc... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665867 | Light source unit, method of manufacturing light source unit, and projector A light source unit including an arc tube having a light emitting section, sealed sections, an elliptic reflector, and a secondary reflecting mirror to cover the front side of the light emitting section and reflect a luminous flux radiated from the light emitting se... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7588352 | Optical apparatus Optical apparatus with a discharge lamp and a concave reflecting mirror, the concave reflecting mirror has a front elliptical reflecting mirror portion, a middle spherical reflecting mirror portion, and a rear elliptical reflecting mirror portion; the relationship b... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7575343 | Faceted par lamp A PAR lamp (10) has a body (12) with an internal reflector surface (14) disposed about a longitudinal axis (16). A cavity (18) is provided at one end (20) of the body (12) and an arc discharge tube (22) that pr... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7441923 | Operating room light fixture and handle with control element An operating room light fixture with a light fixture housing, in which at least one lighting unit with at least one light source is arranged, with a handle, which is arranged on a side of the light fixture housing facing the operating area, wherein the handle compri... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7407307 | Illuminating panel and illuminating device An illuminating panel has disposed thereon a plurality of linear light source units, and the linear light source units each include: a light emitter having a plurality of light emitting diodes linearly installed on a base; a first reflector formed of parabolic surfa... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7401944 | Operating room light fixture having two light sources and a control unit An operating room light fixture having a first lighting unit including a first light source and an external reflector, a second lighting unit including a second light source and an internal reflector, and a control unit. The second lighting unit is positioned in fro... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393122 | Lamp The present invention provides a lamp that includes a reflection case and a light emitting element. A central portion of a lower wall inner face of the reflection case is stepwise lowered to form a lower wall enlarged inner face, and both faces are made continuous w... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390106 | Lighting apparatus The present invention comprises a method of enhancing illumination by a variety of lamp types through the use of reflective technologies, for example, replacement of expensive high intensity density of mercury vapor lamps with low wattage fluorescent tubes having at... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7357550 | LED illumination engine using a reflector An illumination engine for a projection display using light emitting diodes (LEDs) that includes a reflector having a first and second focal points, a source of electro-luminescence located proximate to the first focal point to emit rays of radiation in a first rang... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354178 | Structure of illuminating unit and structure of illuminating light source A structure of illuminating unit includes a point-like light-emitting device, having an optical axis. An initial-stage conoid-like reflective surface has a convergent opening end and a divergent opening end. The point-like light-emitting device is located at the con... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355328 | Short-arc lamp with dual concave reflectors and a transparent arc chamber A short arc lamp with two transparent apertures. The lamp includes a sealed transparent arc chamber with an internal integral light reflector, and an external light reflecting element positioned external to the sealed arc transparent chamber. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350939 | Alignment structure for use with a light source and/or a light gathering reflector Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with a pre-aligned light source for use with a light gathering reflector are disclosed. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341368 | Headlight apparatus with an occulting element having an integral fastening system, and a method of fastening an occulting element in a headlight apparatus The present invention relates to a headlight apparatus in which fastening of an occulter is independent from the fastening of a light source. To this end, the headlight apparatus includes an occulter with an occulting portion which is fitted in a reflector, the occu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7314286 | Flashlight with rotatable lamp head A flashlight with a rotatable lamp head is provided. The lamp head pivots about two cylindrical coaxial electrical connectors. The lamp head also includes reflector having a major parabolic reflective surface and a minor reflective parabolic surface. The reflector i... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7290886 | Illuminating system and method for improving asymmetric projection An illuminating system and method for improving asymmetric projection includes a light source producing a light beam to form a light path, a projection lens disposed in the light path, a light valve inserted in the light path between the light source and the project... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284883 | Free-cavity, double-diffusing indirect lighting luminaire A lighting system and device for providing indirect light using free-cavity, double-diffusing configurations are disclosed. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention, a lighting fixture comprises a cover structure with a diffusion layer and a reflective pl... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281833 | LED vehicle lamp including reflector with paraboloidal sections A vehicle lamp includes a set of alternatively provided first and second reflection surfaces that reflect the light emitted by a first and second respective diodes toward a lamp lens. Each of the first and second reflection surface is a part of a rotational parabolo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270454 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp in which a luminous flux utilization factor is enhanced by a structure of a light-emitting element that is disposed to face forward with respect to a vehicular lamp and covered from its front side with a translucent member. The circumferential regio... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270459 | Method and apparatus for directing light from a light source A light guide is configured to direct light from a light source. The light guide has an outer guide member and an inner guide member located in the outer guide member. A light passage is defined through the light guide between the inner and outer guide members. When... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261440 | Axis symmetric specular reflector A strobe unit includes a light source and a reflector. The reflector incorporates a plurality of reflecting regions arranged symmetrically about the source. Each of the reflecting regions incorporates a partial parabolic section which extends arcuately in a plane pe... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7232241 | Illumination system, projector, and method for manufacturing illumination system The invention provides an illumination system that can include a first reflecting mirror arranged on a rear side of a light-emitting portion of the illumination system including an arc tube, and a second reflecting mirror arranged on the front side of the light-emit... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222988 | Display device for illuminating optical storage disks for visual display and method of using the same A device and method for illuminating optical storage disks are disclosed. The device and method allow such disks to serve decorative and functional purposes, other than simply serving to store and transmit digital data. The display device is ideally suited to serve ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220039 | Backlight device of liquid crystal display device and method fabricating the same A backlight device for a liquid crystal includes a substrate, a light source including a first plurality of green light emitting diodes, a second plurality of blue light emitting diodes, and a third plurality of red light emitting diodes arranged along a first row d... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217009 | Reflector-type light fixture A light fixture has a reflector having a part-elliptical surface and having at least one focal point at which is provided an LED set behind a main shield that prevents light from passing directly out of the light through a light-output plane. The reflector surface i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213947 | Multiple output illumination using reflectors A multiple output illumination system includes a first and second reflectors each having an optical axis and a first and second focal points substantially on the optical axis. In one embodiment, one of the focal points of each reflector are proximate to one another,... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207697 | Illumination apparatus An illumination apparatus is provided that has sufficiently high efficiency irrespective of a size of a light source. The illumination apparatus projecting light forward includes an LED chip, a small-diameter reflecting mirror positioned in front of the LED chip for... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201499 | Vehicle lamp unit A frontal surface of a light transmitting member disposed in such a manner as to cover a light emitting element from a front side thereof is made up of an ellipsoid of revolution which adopts an optical axis as a center axis thereof and a point on the optical axis w... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195374 | Luminaires for artificial lighting A luminaire for distributing light rays from a light source may include a region configured to contain a lamp. The region may extend along a longitudinal axis of the luminaire. The luminaire may include first and second reflector portions disposed along the longitud... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188975 | Light fixture for illuminating building surfaces or parts thereof A light fixture is shown and described is for illuminating building surfaces or portions thereof, comprising a generally cup-shaped arcuate reflector (10) having an interior (21) provided with a lamp emitting light at least partially reflected or dispe... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178958 | Vehicle light A vehicle light includes a light source, a main-reflector, and a sub-reflector. The sub-reflector is arranged around the light source. The main-reflector is arranged around the light source and the sub-reflector. The main-reflector includes a reflection surface that... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7125150 | Projector with transverse light source for automotive vehicle Headlight for a motor vehicle comprising a reflector and a light source (S) running transversely to the optical axis (Y—Y) of the reflector and placed near the focal point of the reflector. The transverse light source (S) is placed near the internal focal point (F... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125147 | Method and apparatus for directing light from a light source A light guide is configured to direct light from a light source. The light guide has an outer guide member and an inner guide member located in the outer guide member. A light passage is defined through the light guide between the inner and outer guide members. When... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111969 | Vehicle lamp An automotive tail light. An LED emits its light laterally. A reflection part surrounding the LED picks up the light and reflects it towards the light dish. A low height light is thus provided. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108394 | Built-in low-glare light fixtures recessed in ceilings and walls A line of recessed low-glare lighting fixtures provides a totally built-in architectural recessed appearance: a special cast mounting unit has a recessed duct portion formed integrally with a flat face flange portion defining a light-exit opening. The face flange po... | 09/19/2006 |
