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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057064 | Lighting fixture for lamp tube A lighting fixture for improving the luminance of a lamp tube includes a curved reflecting plate and a lampshade. The lampshade has partition plates with arc surfaces, side plates with inclined planes and end plates with curved surfaces. The lamp tube is disposed at... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7372055 | Night vision infrared illuminator An illuminator assembly is provided for supplying night vision illumination. The assembly includes a support housing and an infrared illumination source. An infrared reflector receives the radiation emitted from the infrared illumination source and reflects the infr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7325998 | Bollard lamp A bollard includes a bollard post having a lamp which includes a louver stack. The louver stack includes louvers spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the bollard post. The bollard post is rectangular in cross section and the louver stack extends outwardly b... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7287881 | Light deflector and rear-projection screen The presented invention relates to a light deflector. The light deflector defining a light-incident side and a light-exiting side, the deflector comprising a plurality of reflector(42) arranged side-by-side in a predetermined orientation, each reflector havin... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7246924 | High performance lighting louvers and luminaires Lighting louvers formed by transverse and longitudinal blades improve the performance of indirect ambient light luminaires by increasing light output, widening the output of the luminaire's maximum intensity light, or both. These lighting louvers include at least on... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7220023 | Indirect illumination system used as ventilation path for elevator An illuminator is disposed in an air path of a ventilation blower disposed above the ceiling of an elevator cage. An illumination shielding device is disposed below the illuminator and also in the air path. The illumination shielding device includes a plurality of s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201496 | Luminaire and lamellae louver therefor A luminaire has side reflectors having edges defining the width W of a light-emission window, and a plurality of lamellae, which have a concave outer edge in the light-emission window and an inner face remote from that window. In the centers of the lamellae, the lam... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200905 | Casket having lighted corners The present invention is an ornamental light assembly for a casket. The casket has a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls. The light assembly comprises a back plate adapted to be mounted to at least one of the walls of the casket shell. A base ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195374 | Luminaires for artificial lighting A luminaire for distributing light rays from a light source may include a region configured to contain a lamp. The region may extend along a longitudinal axis of the luminaire. The luminaire may include first and second reflector portions disposed along the longitud... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182547 | Bollard lamp A bollard includes a bollard post having a lamp which includes a louver stack. The louver stack includes louvers spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the bollard post. The bollard post is rectangular in cross section and the louver stack extends outwardly b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178947 | Lighting device with elliptical fresnel mirror A lighting device has a Fresnel mirror with a reflective surface for reflecting light emitted by a light source onto a target. The reflective surface is defined by an elliptical curve. The light source is disposed at approximately the first focal point of an ellipse... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7153001 | Auto lift ceiling lighting system An auto lift ceiling lighting system in which the width of left and right rotary drums is formed as wide as the width of the flat cable and the flat cable is wound stably and vertically on the outer surface of the winding core in the left and right rotary drums so a... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7134804 | Bollard and accessories for use therewith A bollard having a plurality of parallel, vertical legs spaced apart from each other on the perimeter of a regular geometric shape. The minimum number and/or cross-section of the legs is governed by the need to avoid creating an entrapment area between adjacent legs... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118253 | Evenly distributed illumination from radial light producing luminaires and their components A lighting assembly includes a quasi-point lamp, a ring lens at least partially surrounding the source to provide a radial beam of light shaped in the form of a disk of sectionally diverging light, and at least one refracting ring to redirect and/or change the beam ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108398 | Luminaire and lamellae grid A luminaire has a plurality of reflecting lamellae between side reflectors. The lamellae each have an outer edge, an inner surface facing away from the outer edge, and a plane of symmetry through the outer edge and the inner surface. The lamellae have a resin body a... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101067 | Dual beam high intensity discharge reflector A headlamp assembly for producing high and low beam patterns includes a housing having a reflector. The reflector includes high and low beam reflector surfaces. A light source is disposed within the housing for producing light rays projecting towards the high and lo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090379 | Bi-material anti-dazzle raster for tubular light sources A bi-material, anti-dazzle raster for tubular light sources includes, for example, at least two side pieces and a plurality of transverse partitions that extend between the pieces. The side pieces are made of a relatively rigid and resistant material and the partiti... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7040781 | Luminaire The invention is related to a luminaire for housing a tubular lamp. According to the invention the luminaire has a housing with a light emission window, means for accommodating a tubular lamp in it along the window and in a plane P perpendicular to said window, side... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036957 | Systems of parabolic reflectors and base of a luminaire with fluorescent lamps System of reflectors and base of parabolic fluorescent luminary for concentrating and guiding light, with improved light output and reduction in construction cost. On the support base of the electrical components of the luminary, two of the four side walls are made ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036960 | Light louver post A light fixture for mounting a light and one or more electrical devices to either the ground or a structural surface. The light fixture includes an integral rectangular base assembly with a plurality of vertical framing members. A light transmitting tube is slidingl... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6969181 | Fully recessed unit equipment luminaire A fully recessed unit equipment luminaire for providing emergency lighting to a path of egress. The luminaire has batteries, a battery box, a housing, a charger/emergency switching circuit mounted on a chassis, lamps, reflector assemblies, and a cover. The luminaire... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966673 | Light distribution control device, blind, partition, curtain, tent and illuminator A light distribution control device including a substantially plate-like or film-like light diffusion structure which transmits or reflects light and at least one surface of which has a number of ridges arranged parallel to each other. The section of each ridge take... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964506 | Light reflector A light reflector having a row of light reflecting segments separated by fold lines, wherein one segment is located at a top of the row and another segment is located at a bottom of the row. A pair of wings is connected at the sides of the row, each one of the wings... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6808287 | Method and apparatus for a pulsed L.E.D. illumination source Improved method and apparatus for hand-held portable illumination. A flashlight and corresponding method are described. The flashlight includes a housing, a plurality of LEDs, and an electrical circuit that selectively applies power from the DC voltage source to the... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6705747 | Circular lighting louver A curvilinear lighting louver is described in which first and second reflectors are formed in curvilinear configurations with respect to an axis, with parabolic reflector surfaces facing toward and away from the axis. Baffles connect the first and second reflectors ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6705746 | Controlled-luminance lighting device A controlled-luminance lighting device comprising a fluorescent light source of a linear type (5), which extends longitudinally between a reflector (1) that is formed by an elongated body having a curved surface, and a set of transverse fins (3)... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6626560 | Lighting louver A lighting louver and process steps for forming at least portions of a louver are described in which the louver may include a "V" shaped louver body with opposed sides that diverge from a narrow end that include a vertex of the "V" shape, to a wide end. A... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6582099 | Luminaire for elongate lamp A luminaire for an elongate lamp has longitudinal reflectors running parallel to the lamp and a multiplicity of spaced-apart transverse lamellae. The lamellae have a bottom, tapering region with a bottom edge that is curved. The cross-section of the botto... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6582098 | Parabolic louver and side light seal A parabolic louver and side light seal are disclosed for use in an overhead lighting system. The parabolic louver comprises a series of ultra-thin, lightweight stringers and baffles arranged perpendicular to one another and securely connected via "snap-fi... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6561677 | Night light A night light having a base unit with a central cavity designed to house a light sensor, a printed circuit board, a light bulb, and a pair of electrical prongs. Attached to the front surface of the base unit is a fixed half-spherical lens. Disposed over t... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6502964 | Devices and methods for distributing radially collected and collimated light A luminaire for creating a uniform light pattern on an architectural surface, in the form of uniformly diminishing light with the distance from the light source. The luminaire includes a quasi point light source arranged vertically in the vicinity of an a... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6457844 | Light distributor for a lighting device and lighting device and use of a lighting device A lighting device has a light source and a light distributor arranged under it. Said light distributor has a distributor element which preferably consists of sheet metal and has an extensive main section with an incidence side facing the light source and ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6402345 | Louver assembly with translucent louver baffles A translucent louver assembly is provided with one or more translucent louver baffles and a plurality of opaque baffles. The baffles are mounted in a lighting fixture housing such that the assembly defines a plurality of discrete light-directing cells. Th... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6341877 | Bollard light A bollard light with enhanced function of diffusing lamp light with a special light colour effect. A transparent coloured diffuser rim is retrofitted onto a clear diffuser lens. The transparent coloured diffuser rim serves to diffuse lamp light with a spe... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6305824 | Luminaire with lamellae having a gradual change in their profiles The luminaire comprises several flat, light-diffusing lamellae (10) between reflectors (1) which each comprise an edge (2) in a light emission window (3). Each lamella has lateral edges (100), an outer edge (12), an inner edge (11), and a relief (101). Th... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6288408 | Multipulse infrared countermeasures system An infrared countermeasures system is provided by ganging a plurality of modulators each of which modulates the output of a radiant source to generate at least one collimated beam of radiation. The modulators are so disposed with respect to each other tha... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6280064 | Vehicle signal lamp The reflective surface of a reflector 16 is divided through steps into a plurality of vertically elongated reflective surface elements. In each of those reflective surface elements, the light incidence section to which the output light of a light source b... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6250772 | Luminaire with transversely movable lamp support The luminaire has an elongate concave reflector (1) defining a light-emission window (2), supports 3) for positioning electrical fluorescent tubes (4, 5) and a row of lamellae (6) in the light-emission window (2). A prismatic reflector element (7) extends... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6234643 | Lay-in/recessed lighting fixture having direct/indirect reflectors A lighting fixture for reducing glare and darkspots on ceilings and walls. The lighting fixture includes a louver housing for supporting a plurality of fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamps. The lighting fixture further includes a first set of elo... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6231212 | Fluorescent lamp baffle A baffle mountable on the tube of a fluorescent lamp which in the absence of the baffle yields a harsh and glaring light. The baffle is formed of a long strip of fabric material having a row of holes therein through which the tube is threaded to cause the... | 05/15/2001 |
