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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128255 | Structure for securing conductive strip of flashlight A structure for securing a conductive strip of a flashlight includes a flashlight main body formed therein with a receiving space for receiving batteries. The receiving space has a lateral surface formed with a groove whose cross-section tapers toward the center of ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7810946 | Portable lighting lamp equipped with a printed circuit card housed in a tightly sealed environment, and method for assembling the lamp A lighting lamp having an enclosure housing a DC power source and contact parts for connection to a printed circuit card connected with a light-emitting diode. The contact parts comprise first contact elements electrically connected with the power source and second ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7549765 | Flashlight with multistage switch and ARC lamp operation sensor A flashlight has a body containing control circuitry, with a lamp connected to the body and to the control circuitry. A photodetector is connected to the body and the control circuitry, and faces the lamp to sense an operating condition of the lamp. The control circ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7351497 | Reducing battery terminal contact resistance stemming from insulating contaminant layer on same A battery arrangement that minimize battery-to-battery and battery-to-device contact resistance by rupturing or removing an insulating contaminant layer on portions of battery terminals that contact each other or that contact contacts in a battery compartment. Gener... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347583 | Automatically activated flashlight and holster A flashlight and holder cooperate to automatically turn the flashlight on when the flashlight is removed from the holder and turn the flashlight off when the flashlight is returned to the holder. The flashlight includes a bottom cap with a magnetically actuated swit... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334914 | Apparatus and method for aligning a substantial point source of light with a reflector feature A combination for use in aligning a substantial point source of light with respect to an axis of a reflector is provided. The combination includes a reflector, a lamp bulb having a substantial point source of light, and a movable lamp bulb holder. The movable holder... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7293894 | Flashlight A switch device of a flashlight includes a tubular switch housing disposed in a barrel, abutting against a coupling ring mounted fixedly in the barrel, and having an outer circumferential surface formed with an engaging groove corresponding to a positioning groove i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281814 | Car flashlight structure A car flashlight structure, which can be plugged into a car charger, consisting of a cylindrical body, a cap disposed on a front end of the cylindrical body, a casing cover socket joined to the cap and an illumination assembly disposed within the cylindrical body. T... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278764 | Object-attaching clip A clip enables an object, such as a flashlight, to be held onto a support, such as a belt. The object body, such as a flashlight barrel, has an extended surface along which an elongated portion of the clip extends. A body-holding portion holds the clip to the body a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264372 | Apparatus and method for aligning a substantial point source of light with a reflector feature A combination for use in aligning a substantial point source of light with respect to an axis of a reflector is provided. The combination includes a reflector, a lamp bulb having a substantial point source of light, and a movable lamp bulb holder. The movable holder... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7186002 | Flashlight with selectable output level switching A flashlight having a lamp, a power storage element, a switch, and an electronic controller. The controller has a switch input connected to the switch and operates in response to the input to deliver power from the power storage element to the lamp. The controller m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178939 | Electronic simulation candle An electronic simulation candle includes a housing, a lamp shade, a battery box, a circuit board, and a bottom cover. Thus, the electronic simulation candle is operated lively and safely so as to replace the traditional candle. In addition, the lamp shade has a cand... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7125140 | Flashlight and flashlight electrical connectors A flashlight with unique flashlight electrical connections, including a switch structure featuring a switch requiring a small amount of force, and a short stroke distance to actuate, attached to a member on which a circuit adding additional functions to the flashlig... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7090374 | Switch for portable light An electrical switch comprising a helical spring, progressively compressed onto concentric annular contacts, provides a mechanism for operating a portable light or other devices, and for engaging multiple modes of operation of said device(s), for example a portable ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7066619 | LED picture light apparatus and method A LED picture light. The housing is positionable adjacent to a picture in order to illuminate the picture. In some embodiments, the LED's can illuminate the picture without emitting substantial amounts of heat and without emitting substantial amounts of ultraviolet ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7040778 | Image unlocking jewelry device An image locking jewelry device designed to hide a customized image from view until the wearer reveals the image. The image unlocking jewelry device includes a lens mated to a casing and housing a liquid crystal display; a light emitting diode; circuitry placed insi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7021784 | Archers flame illuminated arrow nock An archery arrow including conventional components such as a tubular shaft, a pointed head attached to the forward end of the shaft, fletching on the rearward portion of the shaft and a nock at the rear end of the shaft. The arrow structure also includes an illumina... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7001041 | Flashlight A flashlight in accordance with the present invention includes a chamber, end cap, head assembly and lamp holder assembly. The end cap includes a bowed tripod portion to facilitate standing the flashlight on a flat surface. The head assembly includes a reflector and... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994446 | Light emitting rotary double refill pen A light emitting rotary double refill pen comprises an upper tube and a lower tube. The lower tube is installed with a refill switching unit for switching two refills. A light emitting set is installed at and secured to a lower end of an inner wall of the positionin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971761 | Protective flashlight case A protective flashlight case includes left and right pieces with front and rear ends. The rear ends of the two case pieces are formed in a closed loop shape so as to enclose a key ring clip of a flashlight. A hollow space defined by the walls of the loop permits the... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6945667 | LED flashlight with medallion in panel A flashlight having a light-emitting diode light source with first and second leads extending therefrom, a power source, a power source frame enclosing at least a portion of the power source; a housing containing the light source and power source, a switch located a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942359 | Flashlight that can operate with alternative size batteries Various embodiments of a flashlight are provided. In one representative embodiment a flashlight includes a light source, a housing and at least two battery locations inside the housing. Each battery location inside the housing can accommodate at least one of at leas... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926421 | Light emitting pen actuated by pivotally rotating a clip A light emitting pen actuated by pivotally rotating a clip includes an upper pen tube and a lower pen tube. A base at an upper end of the upper pen tube has a slot. The clip is buckled into the slot. The clip is an eccentric block. The eccentric block is pivotally i... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6905223 | Flashlight A portable, battery-operated flashlight having improved pivoting, switching and focusing features is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the flashlight takes the form of an attachment to a head gear for hands free use. In another aspect of the invention, the ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6854861 | Telescopic universal flashlight A pleated bellows universal flashlight comprises a handle, a post and an illuminator. A battery and a power switch is installed in the handle; an upper side of the handle is extended with the post. An interior of the post is received with a conductive wire; the cond... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6840650 | Miniature flashlight having replaceable battery pack A miniature flashlight includes a high intensity light source supported on a non-conductive battery frame that defines a recess opening outwardly of the battery frame and adapted to receive a replaceable modular self-contained power source, such as a modular battery... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6808290 | LED flashlight assembly An LED flashlight assembly includes a body, a battery seat mounted in the body and provided with a plurality of LEDs, and a lamp seat mounted on the body and formed with a plurality of through holes for passage of the LEDs of the battery seat. The lamp seat is forme... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6796675 | Miniature flashlight A miniature flashlight consists of a housing, a light emitting diode (LED), a pair of batteries, and a flexible cover and a contact device that acts as both a momentary contact and a conventional switch. The LED is received in a seat formed in the housing with the h... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6788201 | Motion sensitive switch and circuitry A motion sensitive device for causing an electronic signal to be sent to one or more output devices, comprising a printed circuit board, a battery connected to the printed circuit board, electrical circuitry connected to the printed circuit board, a motion sensitive... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6679616 | Miniature flashlight and key chain Flashlight activated by external pressure on one end of its casing to energize the lamp. The flashlight includes a casing for holding a battery and the contact portion a lamp, a front cap positioned on the front of the casing to secure the lamp protruding... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6644825 | Nail-driving tool with an illumination device A nail-driving tool includes a body and an illumination device detachably mounted to the body. The body includes a plurality of engaging members formed thereon, and the illumination device includes a casing having an engaging groove for releasably engagin... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6623135 | Writing instrument for persons having hypotonia and method of use thereof An illuminating writing instrument useful for persons afflicted with hypotonia comprises: (a) a housing having a lower end and an upper end; (b) a writing core located within the housing, wherein the writing core has a first end which extends beyond th... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6612715 | Flashlight with a connecting device for connecting lamp terminals of a lamp unit to a barrel and a battery unit A flashlight includes a conductive barrel, a lamp unit and a tail cap switch. The tail cap switch includes a tail cap member, a push button member movable relative to the tail cap member, a conductive biasing member, and a contact blocking member to contr... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6585391 | Flashlight and flashlight electrical connectors A flashlight with unique flashlight electrical connections, including a switch structure featuring a switch requiring a small amount of force, and a short stroke distance to actuate, attached to a member on which a circuit adding additional functions to t... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6585388 | Ball pen having light emitting device A ball pen including a light emitting device is provided. In the ball pen, a light emitting diode (LED) is enclosed in a figurine attached to the end of the ball pen and two electric wires are connected to the LED. One of the wires is connected to one ele... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6547414 | Focusing waterproof flashlight An underwater flashlight has an adjustable focusing beam and a waterproof battery pack which can be removably changed underwater. The flashlight includes a watertight housing having a slidably mounted lamp therein slidable by an external sliding focus mem... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6530672 | Miniature flashlight A miniature flashlight consists of a housing, a light emitting diode (LED), a pair of batteries, and a flexible cover and a contact device that acts as both a momentary contact and a conventional switch. The LED is received in a seat formed in the housing... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6520660 | Flashlight having mechanism for preventing electrical contact members thereof from rusting A flashlight having a mechanism for preventing electrical contact members thereof from rusting comprises a battery frame including a plurality of slanted flexible bifurcation members for receiving one or more batteries, each bifurcation member having a re... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6471366 | Depth-compensated underwater light An underwater light includes a sealed housing defined by a rigid portion and a flexible portion. The rigid portion incorporates a light transmission window. A light source is mounted in the housing to direct its light through the housing's window. Also mo... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6386732 | Flashlight with a lamp base module mounted fixedly in a barrel thereof A flashlight includes a lamp base module disposed in a conductive barrel for seating a lamp thereon. The lamp base module includes a first insulator base member having first and second terminal receiving holes. First and second conductors are mounted in t... | 05/14/2002 |
