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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167465 | LED illumination module The present invention relates to an LED illumination module. The LED illumination module comprises an upper housing configured to have an accommodation unit upwardly protruding at a central portion of the upper housing and to have two or more LEDs mounted in an oute... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8152340 | Compact loupe light A loupe light that is compact and lightweight is described. The loupe light includes an adhesive that is electrically insulating and thermally conducting to help secure a wire supplying power to a light source. The loupe light also includes an end piece configured t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8132943 | Adjustable recessed lighting fixture An adjustable recessed lighting fixture includes a housing which is adapted to be recessedly mounted in a wall. A base is fixedly mounted in the housing. The base has a substantially semi-spherical cavity defined therein. A casing is pivotally and receivably dispose... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8087806 | Electronic device An electronic device includes a main body, an illuminator received within the main body, a transparent rear cover attaches to the main body, a color tape, a key and a reflective film. The main body and the rear cover cooperatively define a compartment for receiving ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8066412 | Luminaire quick mount universal bracket system and method A luminaire system provides for mounting and accessing a light fixture housing without tools. A universal bracket is coupled to the junction box along the ceiling and engages with a top mounting plate affixed to the housing. One or more slide hooks appended to the u... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7976189 | Skylight LED lighting system A skylight LED lighting system is described. The system utilizes LED lights attached to or near a skylight in order to provide a user with the ability to increase the amount of light being directed into an area. The system can utilize a LED controller to allow the u... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967480 | Lighting fixture A lighting fixture comprises a mounting assembly and two rails. At least one of the rails is slidable relative to the mounting assembly. The rails are each extruded, and have profiles which are substantially similar to each other. Each rail has a male component whic... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7934859 | Light emitting diode module A light emitting diode module which includes a hollow enclosed body having a transparent or translucent portion. A power source is disposed within the body. At least one light emitting diode is disposed within the body. The at least one light emitting diode is visib... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7914181 | Display with lighting device The present invention discloses a display with a lighting device comprising a display body having a housing and a power supply panel. The lighting device mounted at the bottom of the housing comprises a transparent base having a receiving cavity and a light source b... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7905637 | Transformer assembly and light fixture assembly using same A potted transformer assembly comprises a housing portion to form an exterior transformer housing, a transformer unit dimensioned to fit within the housing portion, the housing portion including a first passage to receive the transformer unit in an operative positio... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7883244 | Illuminating device with drying agent An exemplary illuminating device includes a light source container, a light source and a drying chamber. The light source container includes a receiving room. The light source is received in the receiving room. The drying chamber has desiccant received therein and c... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7854531 | Bridge seal for a warning light assembly The disclosed bridge seal includes a substantially rigid bridge component and flexible gutter seal arranged to span the openings between adjacent housing modules of a modular warning light assembly such as a lightbar. The bridge seal physically connects the adjacent... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850346 | Artificial candles with realistic flames An artificial candle has a delicate glowing shroud or sock that can flutter like a candle flame, and the sock may surround a “wick” that can be seen through the sock to glow. Such a diaphanous sock can be actuated by a fan, air pump, solenoid or conductor, which... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841751 | Pediatric adapter for transillumination A transillumination device can use an adapter to make it more appropriate for neonatal and pediatric application. The adapter attaches to the bottom of the transillumination device and covers the illumination source. An aperture in the adapter allows part of the lig... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7794121 | Two-dimensional luminaire A surface luminaire with a luminous chamber in the form of a hollow fiberoptic conductor is provided. The luminous chamber comprising a peripheral frame, an emission opening and a base plate which is populated at least partially with light-emitting diodes and on whi... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7766517 | Active enclosure for computing device A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light device disposed inside the housing. The light device is configured to illuminate the illuminable portion. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7744256 | LED array wafer lighting fixture Presented is a lighting fixture that incorporates a LED wafer, having an array of a plurality of light-emitting LEDs, as a light source. The fixture includes a holding plate having an aperture surrounded by a flange. A heat sink includes a lamp support surface facin... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7736030 | Solid-state illumination lamp structure A solid-state illumination lamp structure includes a sleeve, a first electrode, a second electrode and a light-emitting assembly. The first electrode is mounted on one end of the sleeve and the second electrode is mounted on the other end of the sleeve. The light em... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7722226 | Light source device, lighting device, monitoring device, and projector A light source device includes: a light source unit which supplies light; a support unit which supports the light source unit; a covering unit which covers the light source unit; a wiring unit which connects a current supply section for supplying current to the ligh... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7661852 | Integrated LED bulb Disclosed is an integrated LED bulb that utilizes LEDs and can be used as a standard replacement bulb for incandescent lights that operate on standard household current. One or more LEDs are disposed in a lens 102 that is capable of high optical transmission ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654704 | Display with lighting device The present invention discloses a display with a lighting device comprising a display body having a housing and a power supply panel. The lighting device mounted at the bottom of the housing comprises a transparent base having a receiving cavity and a light source b... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7654703 | Directly viewable luminaire A luminaire comprising a housing having thermally separate compartments for an electronics portion and a lighting portion. These thermally separate compartments can provide thermal isolation between the electronics portion and the lighting portion. The lighting port... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7618165 | LED lamp unit There is provided an LED lamp unit comprising an LED lamp, a protective component for an LED lighting circuit, a circuit section and a case part, characterized in that the circuit section has a metal plate which is embedded in the case part with its surface partiall... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7559674 | Mounting arrangement for LED lamps A LED lighting arrangement includes a support body having mounted thereon one or more LED lighting sources and a driver or feeding the LED lighting sources. The support body includes a high-voltage section carrying the driver and a low-voltage section carrying, moun... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7549776 | Scuff plate A scuff plate of the invention is a scuff plate which has a luminous unit of which a side surface of side surfaces forms a luminous surface, a light source unit which emits light to the luminous unit, and a light guiding unit which is disposed in such a manner that ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7527400 | Light emitting device A light emitting device, comprises: a light emitting element; a plurality of lead frames electrically connected to the light emitting element; and a package that extends in the lengthwise direction, has an opening in its front face for taking out light from the ligh... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7488095 | Prism sheet of back light unit for LCD Disclosed is a prism sheet structure that can control optical coupling between contact surfaces of two prism sheets in a backlight unit. The prism sheet includes: a structural surface (14) having non-planar peaks (11) with maximum height and minimum he... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7458705 | LED illumination device An LED illumination device includes LED lamp modules 34 coupled in a vertical direction. Each of said LED lamp modules 34 includes a base 12, a bus bar circuit 35 formed on the base 12, and a cover 25 connected to the base | 12/02/2008 |
| 7427154 | Backlight assembly including inverter for liquid crystal display device A backlight assembly for a display device includes a plurality of lamps supplying light to the display device, each lamp having first and second electrodes, and an inverter including a plurality of transformers electrically connected to each of the plurality of lamp... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425081 | LED lamp assembly with conductive epoxy LED interconnections A lamp assembly including at least two light emitting diodes (LEDs) attached to an electrically non-conductive housing by at least two beads of electrically conductive epoxy. The electrically conductive epoxy beads are disposed in at least two grooves formed in the ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422350 | Pendent style luminaire split design The pendent style luminaire split design incorporates generally a housing split into sections, a first section of the housing is attached to the top member located at the mounting arm while the second section of the housing is attached to the lens frame. The second ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407308 | Lamp A luminaire (1) comprises a luminaire housing (2) having at least one light exit opening (3), and further comprises an explosion-proof illuminant (4) consisting of at least a lamp (5), a base (6) and a lamp envelope (7 | 08/05/2008 |
| 7394398 | LED warning signal light and light support having at least one sector A light emitting diode (LED) warning signal light, the warning signal light comprising an array of light sources configured on a light support and in electrical communication with a controller and a power supply, battery, or other electrical source. The warning sign... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7380964 | Recessed luminaire having a moisture barrier A recessed luminaire having a moisture barrier is disclosed. The recessed luminiare has a socket cup which receives a removable and deformable moisture barrier gasket, the moisture barrier gasket forming a seal along an inner diameter of an aperture which receives a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370989 | Impact resistant housing system for a fluorescent task lamp An impact resistant assembly for a handheld fluorescent task lamp, comprising a housing configured as a hollow tubular handle; a generally tubular lens body molded of a substantially clear plastic material, seated in a recess within a first end of the housing and en... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364488 | Methods and apparatus for enhancing inflatable devices Methods and apparatus for enhancing an inflatable device. In one example, a first component adapted to generate at least one of light and sound is coupled to a second component that is adapted to facilitate insertion into an inflatable device. The first component ma... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356951 | Inflatable dancing toy with music An inflatable toy may include a housing, a balloon-like structure, a blower mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a motor. The balloon-like structure may include a base, an inflatable portion, and an inlet. The base and the inflatable portion may define an air storage a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354175 | Environmentally resistant germicidal system Apparatus and methods for an environmentally resistant germicidal lamp are disclosed. A cover may have a material resistant to at least one of dripping, light splashing, light spraying of liquid and condensation. The cover may have a first section having an opening ... | 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 |
| 7350943 | Floor lamp having low light replaceable bulb A lamp having at least a portion of a body formed of translucent material defining a hollow chamber within which a low light level light bulb is housed. A portion of the body is removable to provide easy access to the light bulb for removal and changing when require... | 04/01/2008 |
