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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100555 | Lighting apparatus It is a lighting apparatus 10 that has a light emitting element 16, a light emitting element housing 15 having a concave portion 28 that accommodates the light emitting element 16, and an optically transparent member 18 that... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7837347 | Reversible light reflector The present invention provides a luminaire comprising a lamp housing having an upper surface and at least one opposed pair of lamp holders extending downwardly from opposing ends of said housing. The housing includes a plurality of apertures in the upper surface the... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7794112 | Lighting apparatus It is a lighting apparatus 10 that has a light emitting element 16, a light emitting element housing 15 having a concave portion 28 that accommodates the light emitting element 16, and an optically transparent member 18 that... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7695159 | Apparatus and method for illuminating articles of jewelry A lighting apparatus (600) for illuminating display items, and particularly articles of jewelry including gemstones such as diamonds, located within a display area. The apparatus (600) includes a plurality of substantially white light sources (604 | 04/13/2010 |
| 7654689 | LED lamp assembly An exemplary LED lamp includes a housing having an opening, a printed circuit board, at least one LED, a light reflective element, at least one light-shielding sheet and a lamp cover. The printed circuit board is positioned on a bottom of the housing. The LED is ele... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7458701 | LED lamp assembly An exemplary LED lamp includes a housing having an opening, a printed circuit board, at least one LED, a light reflective plate, a light reflective module and a lamp cover. The printed circuit board is positioned on a bottom of the housing. The LED is electrically c... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7452103 | Illuminating device for photoshooting An illuminating device which is provided with a plurality of light source units is provided. Each of the plurality of light source units includes a light emitting unit having a light emitting device, a first optical system that adjusts an optical path of light emitt... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7438437 | LED lamp assembly An exemplary LED lamp includes a housing, a printed circuit board, at least one LED, a light reflective module and a lamp cover. The printed circuit board is positioned on a bottom of the housing. The LED electrically connects with the printed circuit board. The lig... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7344274 | Light-mixing module having mask in corner thereof A light-mixing module includes a luminous panel having a plurality of red, green, and blue illuminants arranged alternately, at least one corner being formed in an area defined by the arrangement of the illuminants, a predetermined illuminant being located at the co... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338186 | Assembled structure of large-sized LED lamp An assembled structure of a large-sized LED lamp includes a substrate. One surface of the substrate is provided with a plurality of LED modules. Each LED module comprises a circuit board and a plurality of LEDs fixedly connected to the circuit board. A lamp mask is ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7318664 | Backlight device and liquid crystal display apparatus A light dimming dot pattern is provided for an LCD in which the diameter of dots is changed in a range from approximately 0.16 mm to approximately 0.65 mm depending on the distance of the dots from a fluorescent tube (13) in such a manner that the volume of t... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316494 | Lighting unit for motor vehicles A lighting unit for vehicles has a plurality of semiconductor light sources distributed in a grid. The grid of semiconductor light sources is divided into at least two grid segments, the grid segments being each activatable independently of each other and/or assigne... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7306354 | Light housing and system for providing a glittering light effect A housing for holding one or more light sources. The housing includes an elongate body defining a channel and one or more support elements for positioning the light source in the channel. The body includes an exposed portion having one or more light-transmitting par... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303308 | Lighting apparatus Lighting apparatus for an image-gathering device, includes a light frame supporting a plurality of light emitting diode lamps configured to emit light at a tungsten balanced colour temperature, and a focussing frame comprising a plurality of light focussing lenses c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287896 | Assembly for an illumination device A light access can be integrally formed with a light guide on at least one end of the light guide. A printed circuit board with an LED lamp mounted thereon can be press-fitted in the light access for transient arrangement, and can be fixed by a cover. The position o... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7255454 | Emergency lighting system and method An improved system and method for providing emergency lighting and directional exit indication in the event of power outage and/or smoke/fire events. The system provides a lighted pathway consisting of discrete points of light, some of which strobe or trace toward t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7202607 | Year-round decorative lights with time-multiplexed illumination of interleaved sets of color-controllable LEDS A decorative lighting apparatus provides user-selectable color schemes corresponding to several holidays and other occasions for year-round use. In one illustrative example, the decorative lighting apparatus includes control circuitry which has a plurality of color-... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195362 | Light emitting device and electronic apparatus Provided is an electronic apparatus including: a camera, which picks up an image of a subject, arranged in a main body of the apparatus; a first light source which emits first light in conjunction with a flash of the camera; a second light source which emits second ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7086754 | Light reflector and barrier for light emitting diodes A light barrier and/or light reflector for PCB-mounted LED's has reflective walls defining interior chambers which redirect the light from the LED's in a substantially orthogonal direction and shield each LED from the light emitted by adjacent LED's. The device is p... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7070290 | Input device An input device allowing the user to quickly differentiate between the input states is provided. The input device includes a cap, a first light source, a second light source and a control module. The first light source radiates a first light of a first color and the... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066624 | Reflector structure in a liquid crystal display and its fabrication method A structure of an ultra-micro reflector having abrasive surface with tapered micro bumps and free of resin layer and its fabrication method are provided. The reflector structure comprises mainly a layer of reflector metal, a scattering element with abrasive surface,... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048413 | Light string using a cladding to scatter light from light emitting diodes to present a neon light effect A light string includes a core made of a soft material and having multiple axial holes defined in one side of the core, two connection wires received in the other side of the core to be opposite to positions of the axial holes, multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7030546 | Liquid crystal display device having an electromagnetic-wave shielding member Disclosed is an LCD device including an electromagnetic wave shielding member for shielding the electromagnetic waves generated from electric power applied to lamp of backlight assembly. The shielding member comprising conductive material is coated on surface of a d... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025486 | Outside mirror with blinker light for vehicles A light assembly for a vehicle mirror is provided. The light assembly in one aspect has a light directing arrangement attached to a transparent pane, which directs a light beam into a specified zone, controls a color of the light beam and controls an intensity of th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011430 | LED illumination device An LED illumination device which includes a transparent lamp hood, a light-reflective hood, a first circuit board mounted on the light reflective hood, a transparent base housing engaged with the transparent lamp hood, a second circuit board mounted within the trans... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008083 | Method and apparatus for leveling a shade Some embodiments of the invention significantly increase the safety of shades attached to light fixtures by allowing movement of the shade in all directions relative to a fixed light fixture while at the same time preventing the shade from coming too close to a ligh... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976763 | Luminescent and fluorescent strip door highlights A margin highlighter is fixed to a strip curtain-holding apparatus and positioned adjacent to one of the lateral or upper margins. The margin highlighter including a luminescent agent in sufficient concentration to provide a visible light emission in the event of li... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971766 | Redundant aperture lamp system An aperture lamp system that facilitates improved reliability and performance in a display system is provided. The aperture lamp system provides improved reliability by providing a second lamp coupled to a first lamp through a coupling aperture. When the first lamp ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957906 | LED light source mimicking a filamented lamp A solid-state light source (10) that is compatible with the existing sockets normally reserved for filamented lamps (100). The solid-state light source (10) comprises a hollow base (12) formed to mechanically and electrically adapt to an ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6886962 | Shielded reflective light-emitting diode In a shielded reflective LED, each of light sources can be surface-mounted substantially without being influenced by heat distortion based on the difference in thermal expansion coefficient between resin and metal because the light source is so small-sized that only... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6871980 | Decorative apparatus with multi-layer lighting plates The present invention relates to a decorative apparatus with multi-layer of lighting plates, which includes a first plate having a designed shape and being not transparent and a second plate having a reflecting surface. Several bulbs are provided between the two pla... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6837604 | Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus is configured by disposing an EL element inside a stationary housing including, about its top side, an operating part including a plurality of arranged push buttons as well as inside a movable housing openably mounted to the stationary housing a... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6783257 | Lighting apparatus for inspection of an object A small or size-reduced lighting apparatus for an inspection is disclosed. The lighting apparatus for an inspection comprises a lighting portion 3 having a large number of light emitters 2 provided circularly, and a guide member 5 including a la... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6736524 | Elliptical headlight comprising a secondary light source The invention proposes a headlight producing a principal lighting beam with cutoff, comprising a principal light source which is arranged in the vicinity of a first focus of the reflector, a shield which comprises a cutoff edge arranged in the vicinity of a second f... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6737983 | Display board having illuminated elements and method A display which provides for the display of a printed media message during daylight hours and an LED message during evening hours. The display can be remotely reconfigured to change and monitor the LED message. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6729746 | Light source device A light source device has a light shielding member having an aperture, a light source arranged on one side of the light shielding member, and a converging member arranged relatively with respect to the light source and the light source to thereby converge light emit... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6698912 | Haloed vehicle light The present invention of a haloed vehicle light mainly includes a primary light-emitting socket, a secondary light-emitting socket, an outer reflector, an inner reflector and a light-permeable shield; the inner reflector is disposed inside the outer refle... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6588923 | Light-emitting structure mounted on an exhaust tailpipe of an automobile or motorcycle A light-emitting structure is intended to be mounted on the exhaust tailpipe of a motor vehicle and formed of a tubular connector, an electronic control board, and a light shield. The tubular connector is fastened at the inner end to the exhaust tailpipe ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6572239 | Storage and display apparatus A storage and display apparatus for decorative lighting. The storage and display apparatus includes an elongate housing that has a main channel for holding strings of decorative lighting for the purpose of both displaying during the holiday season, and st... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6520666 | Apparatus for lighting spaces, bodies or surfaces An apparatus for lighting or illuminating spaces, bodies or surfaces, which is formed from a plurality of light emitting diodes (1). The light emitting diodes (1) are radially enclosed by a casing body (14) which is adjoined at the end by a tubular elemen... | 02/18/2003 |
