Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162522 | Lamp The invention relates to a lamp (10) comprising at least one base (11) which is joined to a light, comprising a dome-shaped, in particular dish-shaped, essentially rotationally symmetrical reflector (13), wherein a light source is arranged in th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162523 | Vehicle light with LED running light frame structure A vehicle light with LED running light frame structure comprises a light cover frame and at least a soft LED light bar; at least a groove having pluralities of through holes at its bottom is provided at an appropriate position at the interior of the light cover fram... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8113701 | Vehicular lamp A vehicular lamp has an opening portion extending in a left-right direction provided on a side that wraps around toward a rear of a vehicle on an end side of an outer side wall of a mirror housing that supports a side mirror body has a main lamp body. The vehicular ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109664 | Vehicle lighting equipment A vehicle lighting equipment is provided with: a light source in which a light emitting diode is employed; and a transparent lens on which a light emitted from the light source is incident and from which the incident light is emergent. The transparent lens includes:... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8052313 | Combination LED lamp The present invention relates to a combination lamp which combines at least two different lamp components in a unitary configuration, preferably reducing the total amount of space taken up for the same amount of illumination produced. The combination lamps are prefe... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8029177 | Lighting device with at least one illuminant unit for vehicles, preferably motor vehicles A lighting device with at least one lighting unit for vehicles, preferably motor vehicles. The lighting device comprises at least one illuminant unit with one circuit board, and with at least one illuminant attached to the circuit board, connected to the conductive ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8007155 | Camouflaged composite military vehicle lamp A composite lamp assembly for use on a camouflaged military vehicle comprises a lamp housing colored to match the camouflaged scheme of the vehicle. The lamp housing defines an interior space, a first opening and a plurality of second openings in communication with ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7993045 | Vehicular headlamp A vehicular headlamp is provided. The vehicular headlamp includes a headlamp which emits light; an indication lamp comprising semiconductor light-emitting elements as light sources; and an electric circuit which supplies a current to the indication lamp. The indicat... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7988346 | All-LED visible light and IR light headlamp A headlamp for a vehicle (air, land or sea) providing a planar array of infrared (IR) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and visible light LEDs, and arranged and mounted within a housing so as to provide for cooling of the LEDs without forced convection, by conducting hea... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985002 | Illuminant device and manufacturing method thereof An illuminant device and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes the following steps of providing a body with a plurality of connecting members, disposing a plurality of lamps on the connecting members, respectively, dividing the body with ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7972049 | Vehicle lighting device A vehicle lighting device is provided, and includes a mount member, a semiconductor-type light source, a reflector, and screws. Mounting boss portions in which the screws are to be threaded are provided at the mount member. At the reflector, through holes into which... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7963685 | Rear combination lamp A rear combination lamp y for a vehicle includes a rear combination lamp housing with an inboard cavity, an intermediate cavity, and an outboard cavity. First, second, and third light-emitting diodes extend into the inboard cavity, intermediate cavity, and outboard ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954987 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp includes a convex lens and a light emitting device. Light directly reaching a rear surface of the convex lens from the light emitting device is deflected through the convex lens to form a light distribution pattern having a horizontal cutoff line and ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950837 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a plurality of light source modules each having an LED as a light source, and optical systems for distributing light from each of the light source modules frontward toward predetermined areas or predetermined patterns that are different fr... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7946744 | Projector and image pickup apparatus Light generated at a specific wavelength corresponding to a particular color or color range that is distracting or disruptive to a driver during a normal operation is blocked through an inexpensive construction without blocking light in a required range of wavelengt... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942560 | Apparatus and method of using an LED light source to generate an efficient, narrow, high-aspect ratio light pattern An LED light source produces a narrow beam of light having a linear field of illumination, which is substantially uniform across the linear field. The light source comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED) and preferably a plurality of LEDs, an optical eleme... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7922377 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp includes a light emitting diode (LED) unit supported by a metal-made support member. The LED unit is constituted by an integrally formed aluminum diecast product including an LED support portion for supporting an LED, a reflector including a reflectin... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918590 | Composite lens plate A composite lens plate is applied in a light emitting diode (LED) lighting device having a plurality of LEDs. The composite lens plate includes a plurality of refractive elements. The refractive elements are one-to-one corresponding to the LEDs and guide light emitt... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7909494 | Side directional signal for vehicle A side directional signal includes a base and a cover that together define a compartment receiving a circuit board on which first and second groups of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted. Mounted between the LEDs and the cover is a light-guiding plate including... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905643 | Light, especially a rear light for motor vehicles, in addition to a carrier, preferably for said type of light The invention relates to a light comprising a carrier (3) which has at least one lighting means (4) and which is arranged behind a light pane (12). The aim of the invention is to form a light or a carrier which can be produced in a simple and ec... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7862217 | Vehicle lamp unit and vehicle headlamp using the same A vehicle lamp unit includes a reflective surface based on an ellipse; a semiconductor light source of which a light emitting portion is provided at a first focal point of the reflective surface or a vicinity of the first focal point; and a projection lens that proj... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857496 | Lamp A lamp (10) comprising at least one base (11) which is joined to a light, and a dome-shaped, in particular dish-shaped, essentially rotationally symmetrical reflector (13), wherein a light source is arranged in the focal point (32) or foc... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857497 | LED lighting fixture An LED lighting fixture is provided which achieves effective use of light, uniformly illuminates a large area and, has a high degree of freedom in designing light distribution characteristics. Three types of LED optical modules are used each having different light d... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854538 | High intensity tactical vehicle infrared and white headlight system A headlamp for a vehicle or other application, including a circular arrangement of groupings of IR LEDs in a retaining ring, each grouping of IR LED providing a different beam pattern of infrared illumination, and a HID lamp surrounded by the retaining ring, for pro... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850353 | Tail lamp structure To provide a tail lamp structure wherein a height in an upward and downward direction can be reduced to achieve miniaturization thereof. A tail lamp structure is equipped at a rear portion of a motorcycle. A board on which a stop lamp LED and a tail lamp LED are mou... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7810973 | Vehicle light system A vehicle light system includes a light assembly that includes a base having a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a front edge and a rear edge. The base has a centrally positioned raised area along a line from the front edge to the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798691 | Lighting device and method for directing light An LED module is described with a base 10 made out of a heat conducting material. An LED element (32) is arranged in a cavity (11) of the base. A collimator reflector (70) is formed by reflective surfaces (24, 64, 66a). Thre... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794128 | Lamp unit of vehicle headlamp A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices and a reflector for reflecting light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting devices toward a front side of the vehicle lamp. The reflector is formed into a shape whose front area is o... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7762701 | Rear-loaded light emitting diode module for automotive rear combination lamps A rear-loading LED module for a rear combination lamp is disclosed. One or more LEDs are mounted on a printed circuit board that electrically powers and mechanically holds them outside a faceted, parabolic reflector. Light emitted from the LEDs enters a light propag... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7762699 | Motor vehicle headlight A motor vehicle headlight (80) comprises at least two modules (70) for light production, the radiation characteristics of at least one of the modules (70) being adjustable in a reference system associated with the headlight. Preferably, modules ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7762700 | Rear-loaded light emitting diode module for automotive rear combination lamps A rear-loading LED module for a rear combination lamp is disclosed. One or more LEDs are mounted on a printed circuit board that mechanically holds them at the focus of a faceted, parabolic reflector. Light from the LEDs diverges transversely and horizontally, and i... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758221 | Vehicle headlight The present invention relates to a headlight (10) for a vehicle. The headlight comprises a light emitting diode (LED) (12) including at least one LED chip (18) adapted to emit blue light and at least one overlying converter layer (20) for... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753575 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is provided with a plurality of lamp units respectively including light sources, and optical units for emitting light from the light sources ahead of the lamp unit, and a driving unit configured to swivel the plurality of optical units in different st... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7736040 | Vehicle headlamp system and vehicle headlamp for use therein A vehicle headlamp system and a vehicle headlamp are provided. The headlamp system includes a plurality of headlamps, one headlamp disposed on each of the right and left sides of a front end portion of a vehicle. Each of the headlamps includes a lamp body having an ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7731401 | High efficiency automotive LED optical system An exterior automotive lamp may be formed with LED light sources by efficiently using the available light. The LEDs are arranged in an array to illuminate a central lens to produce the horizontal spread from the central portion of the LED beam. Meanwhile a reflector... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7731402 | LED headlamp system A vehicle headlamp includes a first planar array of low and high beam LED light sources; a first primary optical light guide receiving low and high beam light from the LEDs; a first secondary optical light guide receiving and focusing collimated low and high beam li... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7712937 | User-propelled vehicle having a channel to receive an illuminatable means The vehicle, e.g. a scooter, has a footboard 116 with side edge channels 130, each housing a rod or tube 112 forming illumination. The rods or tubes are connected to power means, comprising a battery or dynamo. Each rod or tube can comprise a tr... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7703961 | Lamp, optical module, vehicle headlight including the same, and method for controlling color tone of emitted light A lamp, an optical module, a vehicle headlight, and a method for controlling a color tone of the same can be configured to ensure visibility of the surroundings of a vehicle on a wet road in rainy weather, in dense fog, and on a snowpacked road, for example. The lam... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7699514 | LED vehicular lamp with flat reflector An LED vehicular lamp with reflector can include a plurality of LED modules each having respective appropriate light distributions. The modules can be attached to a housing to form a light distribution characteristic though combination of the light emitted from the ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690826 | Adaptive front light system using LED headlamp Provided is an adaptive front light system (AFLS) for a vehicle. The AFLS comprising one or more light-emitting diode (LED) lamp units and a housing which accommodates the LED lamp units, wherein each of the LED lamp units comprises one or more LEDs as its light sou... | 04/06/2010 |
