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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021022 | Lighting structure A lighting structure adapted to be disposed at an electronic apparatus is provided. The lighting structure includes a lighting module, a first elastic element, a latch, and a second elastic element. The lighting module has a light source and a stopper element. The f... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7794113 | Electronic device with lighting apparatus An electronic device includes a base with a through hole defined therein, and a lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes a bracket mounted to the base, a pivoting member pivotably attached to the bracket, a light fixed to the pivoting member, at least a r... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7434962 | Low-profile, aimable lighting assembly A lighting assembly includes a bezel, a housing coupled to the bezel, the housing having a pivot point provided on a first surface, a lamp provided between the housing and the bezel, and a biasing member configured to bias the lamp against the bezel. The biasing mem... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7367863 | Toy vehicle having rotatable light display A toy vehicle with a rotatable light display. The toy vehicle includes a housing defined by outer walls surrounding a hollow interior and at least substantially forming a toy vehicle body. The housing has a plurality of openings through the outer walls. At least tra... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7325947 | High intensity discharge lighting fixture A lamp fixture for mounting a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp. The lamp fixture integrates components needed to operate the HID lamp, including a lamp socket and a ballast, into a compact assembly covered by an enclosure. The fixture facilitates dissipation of h... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7267460 | Adjustable beams night light A night light appliance that when plugged into a standard wall electrical outlet provides a means to direct many beams of light to specific places in the room. Extending from the appliance body are bendable arms with bright light emitting diodes mounted at the end o... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7097332 | Light fixture with fins A housing for a light fixture comprising a body having a sidewall with a plurality of fin-engaging elements and at least one fin removably engaged with at least one of the fin-engaging elements, thereby providing great design adaptability at modest cost. Preferably,... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6837603 | Emergency taillight for vehicles, especially for motor vehicles An emergency taillight for a vehicle includes a reflective housing with a transparent cover and a light source resiliently suspended in the focal center thereof. In the first embodiment, the light source is energized by a periodic source of electrical power to provi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6799878 | Recessed indexing rotary multiple port turret for single or multiple port medical fiber-optic illuminator The present invention is a fiber-optic illuminator with a single or multiple internal turret used for connecting the illuminator with different fiber-optic cables. The internal turret may be incrementally rotated by a handle to present a customized predetermined por... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6575606 | Light source mounting apparatus for liquid crystal projector A light source mounting apparatus for liquid crystal projector comprises a lamp base (for holding the light generator) and a casing (for shielding light scattering). The lamp base has a board shape holding unit. The casing has a front positioning plane an... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6247835 | Vehicle headlight A vehicle headlight includes a driving unit capable of repeatedly switching the headlight's light distribution pattern between a by-passing mode and a traveling mode by moving an element committed to the formation of the light distribution patterns. The d... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6086232 | Device for adjusting the range of headlamps The device has a drive motor (30), which via a gear drives a gear wheel (33), which is connected to a sleeve (40) through which an adjusting bolt (44) is inserted. The adjusting bolt (44) can be coupled to the sleeve (40) via a set of teeth (43, 48) in th... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5584569 | Semiconductor laser module A semiconductor laser module including a barrel screwed up with a screw cap and a semiconductor laser beam generating device mounted inside the barrel and triggered to emit a laser beam out of a laser beam firing hole on the screw cap, wherein the semicon... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5564815 | Adjustable light fixture A lamp assembly for supporting at least one elongated lamp is pivotally attached to a mounting structure so that the lamp assembly is rotatable with respect to the mounting structure about an axis generally aligned with a longitudinal axis of the lamp. An... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5513085 | Retractable light and motion detector An in-ground light, motion detector, or other active element is housed in a telescopically mounted housing so that it can be retracted to ground level when not in use and positioned above the ground when in use. A motor that extends and retracts the teles... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5337223 | Aiming mechanism for vehicle lamps An aimable vehicle headlamp is disclosed which has a lamp unit rigidly held by a mounting ring which is of rectangular, horizontally elongated shape as seen in a front view and which is to be mounted to a vehicle for rotary motion in every direction withi... | 08/09/1994 |
| 4717991 | Airport beacon light An airport beacon light for producing a bright, color coded signal as a visual aid for airplane pilots. The light includes a metal halide lamp, a housing having a primary color coding lens, a lamp holder for accurately holding the lamp within the housing ... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4580202 | Adjustable support for optical unit of the headlight of an automotive vehicle The support comprises dismountable fixing means for mounting the optical unit on an annular member, which are provided as members made of rigid and resilient wire, each one comprising a linear portion forming a rotation axis, engaged within a correspondin... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4473868 | Light support assembly for tow trucks A light mounting assembly for mounting safety lights on a towing vehicle includes a light carrying portion pivotably mounted to an attaching portion for pivoting the light carrying portion from a disposition normally on the top of the winching frame of th... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4229781 | Beam-rotary lamp In a beam-rotary lamp which has a reflector revolving around an electric lamp, an improvement is presented herein which is characterized by that a lamp unit is set together with a power unit comprising a reflector driving motor inside a closed helmet-shap... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4195327 | Device for regulating the angle of elevation of the headlamps of a vehicle The device comprises a bar pivoted to a swing-bar whose ends are each connected to a piston rod of a jack having two positions. The travel of one of the jacks is equal to double the travel of the other. The front end of the bar is connected to the upper p... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4186427 | Wire length adjusting device of wire for adjusting headlight beam A wire length adjusting device comprises an adjust screw threadedly engaging a nut fixed to one end of a headlight mounting frame, the other end of which is hingedly mounted to a vehicle body. The adjust screw has a head disposed within an area on outside... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4186428 | Device for adjusting the inclination of automobile headlights The invention relates to a device for the joint control of the inclination of the headlights of an automobile, of the type comprising an electric motor-reduction gear mechanically coupled to each headlight to adjust the inclination thereof, each motor-red... | 01/29/1980 |
