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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7490961 | System of, and method for, indirect lighting A light fixture is configured to provide indirect lighting from a light source through use of a light shield. The light shield blocks a percentage of the light emitted from the light source at a center of the light shield. The light shield decreasing blocks light em... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7350947 | Lens optics used to reduce part deformation due to heat A light assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a lens holder that supports an internal lens. The light assembly includes a light source powered by the vehicle. The internal lens includes an undulating surface facing the light source. A reflective metallic layer... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7303312 | Light shades and lighting systems Light shades and lighting systems that create a spectral effect when a lighting element is illuminated within the shade, and features that reflect light originating within the shade. Embodiments of the invention incorporate hollow body having a diffraction grating t... | 12/04/2007 |
| RE39900 | Light fixture having a plurality of light reflecting fins A light fixture having a base for housing a light producing source and a flat plate disposed within the base. The plate has a well formed in it, the well having light reflecting walls. A lamp socket is located in a light reflecting bottom wall of the well. A plurali... | 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 |
| 7222988 | Display device for illuminating optical storage disks for visual display and method of using the same A device and method for illuminating optical storage disks are disclosed. The device and method allow such disks to serve decorative and functional purposes, other than simply serving to store and transmit digital data. The display device is ideally suited to serve ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7198391 | Collar for a light fixture A collar for attachment to a recessed or high hat light fixture including an upper, annular flange at the attachment flange of the light fixture, a bottom annular flange spaced below the upper flange and a cylindrical collar between the flanges. Attachment clips sup... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175323 | Projector lamp headlight with chromatic aberration correction A reduced glare projector style headlight assembly (10) comprises a light source (14), a reflector (12) and an optical lens (18). An opaque mask (16) is positioned between the lens (18) and the reflector (12) for crea... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7144133 | Transflective color recovery Embodiments of the present invention include an apparatus, method and system for an illumination arrangement including a color recycling subsystem to receive reflected light from a transflective color filter along a reflectance axis that is non-coincident with an in... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7073928 | Vehicle headlight A vehicle headlight includes a body case fixed to a vehicle body, a lens provided in front of the body case, a lamp bulb facing an inner space formed by the body case and the lens and an intermediate member interposed between the body case and the lens so as to be e... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066636 | Ornamental lamp strings assembly An ornamental lamp strings assembly is disclosed. It comprises a plurality of lamp strings each unit in one string being composed of an electric conductor, a lamp socket, a lamp holder and a lighting element, and the lamp socket is provided with a slanted support; a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7025265 | Information card system A data distribution system (10) including an information card (12) and a reader (14). The information card (12) includes visible indicia (20) on its front and stripe zones (34) and a ring zone (36) on its back. The zo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011419 | Method and system for changing the cross-sectional profile of a beam of light A technique for changing the cross-sectional profile of a beam of light from, for example, circular or elliptical to thin involves dividing the beam of light into cross-sectional portions, rotating the cross-sectional portions, and then concatenating the rotated cro... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971765 | Function controllable decorative lighting equipment A function controllable decorative lighting equipment is disclosed. The light source is a tungsten incandescent lamp or a LED. A heat sensitive, a light sensitive or a combination of IC and other electronic elements are employed as function controllable device for t... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6913375 | Lamp masking method and apparatus A motor vehicle lamp assembly having a light source for emitting light and a source enclosure having a light transmissive portion for transmitting light from the light source to an illumination zone. The enclosure is affixed with a material which covers a selected r... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6905219 | Display device A display device having an indicator interposed between two light controlling elements. The light controlling elements act in cooperation to restrict the viewing angle of the display in at least two directions. Only one of the light collimating elements restricts th... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899440 | Polarized light source system with mirror and polarization converter A polarized light source for a display system includes an optical system to image light from a light source onto a display along a first optical path, a reflective polarizer to receive the light from the optical system along a first optical path, direct light of a f... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6854863 | Multi-directional reflection decorative lighting equipment A multi-directional decorative lighting equipment is disclosed. The lighting equipment is composed of a lighting unit and a reflector plate. The lighting unit further includes conductors, a lamp holder, and a lighting element, wherein the lighting element is install... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6817746 | Optical distribution components An efficient redundant light distribution system includes redundant light generation enclosures providing light to a collector array 10, coupled to an ultraviolet to red converter 20, a combination array 30, a distribution array 40 and mu... | 11/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6585389 | Luminaire, particularly of the ceiling-mounted type or of the type for recessed fitting in ceilings and walls A luminaire, of the ceiling-mounted type or of the type for recessed fitting in ceilings and walls for interior lighting, comprising a hollow body which is shaped like a paraboloid and forms a back on an upper part and an opening on a lower part, the body... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6527422 | Solid state light with solar shielded heatsink A solid state light apparatus with a solar shielded heatsink ideally suited for traffic controls. The current state of the art solid state traffic signals utilize LED arrays encased in the existing plastic or metal traffic signal cases which were original... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6443592 | Luminaire having annular inner housing with detachable annular louver support element A luminaire has an inner annular housing separating an interior cavity of an outer annular housing of the luminaire into a central portion and an outer annular portion. The luminaire also has an annular support element detachably mounted to a bottom end o... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6416205 | Lamp protecting device A lighting fixture mounting device comprises a U shape channel having a bottom plate, side walls, extruding portions extruding sideward from both sides of the bottom plate and a wiring hole bored through the bottom plate. The lighting fixture is attached ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6301770 | Method for forming lighting sheet Coated articles having optically useful reflective properties suitable for manufacture of components of lighting fixtures and the like including parabolic louvers utilized as primary elements of fluorescent parabolic troffer lighting fixtures, the inventi... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6273596 | Illuminating lens designed by extrinsic differential geometry A grid defining illumination cells having areas to pass light from a source for use in generation of a lines, wherein the grid is defined by first lines extending about one axis defined by the source, and second lines emanating from the axis to intersect ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6220718 | Floating candles An artificial floating candle that mimics real burning candles. The floating candle comprises two parts, a floating candle-like device and an electrical circuit that controls the amount of power supplied to each floating candle. The floating candle-like d... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6168295 | Light fixture having a plurality of light reflecting fins A light fixture having a base for housing a light producing source and a flat plate disposed within the base. The plate has a well formed in it, the well having light reflecting walls. A lamp socket is located in a light reflecting bottom wall of the well... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6164800 | Reflective materials for manufacture of reflective lighting elements including parabolic louvers and the like Coated articles having optically useful reflective properties suitable for manufacture of components of lighting fixtures and the like including parabolic louvers utilized as primary elements of fluorescent parabolic troffer lighting fixtures, the inventi... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5921662 | Adapter for general-diffuse miniature reflectors A one-piece attachment for a general-diffuse miniature reflector has either the lamellae resting upon the rim of the reflector and engaging behind it with formations on the lamellae, or a support ring with handle like elements engaging the rim form behind... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5749647 | Matrix array display panel The invention relates to a display panel presenting a matrix array constituted by a plurality of light emitting elements. A mask composed of a vertical wall presents a plurality of openings opposite the light emitting elements and a plurality of fins dire... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5662403 | Luminaire for interior lighting A luminaire used in a room is provided with a brightness effect to avoid giving glare directly to people in the room, to give a desired illuminance on a working surface, and to give a high brightness sensation in the overall room. One or more sparkling re... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5651609 | Convection venting lensed reflector-type compact fluorescent lamp system Disclosed herein is a fluorescent lamp housing assembly capable of providing convection cooling to the lamp and the ballast. The lens of the present invention includes two distinct portions, a central portion and an apertured portion. The housing assembly... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5647152 | Displaying apparatus with light-shielding grating A displaying apparatus includes a display screen, and a light-shielding grating member having a plurality of light-shielding plates which are assembled in a matrix form in vertical and horizontal directions, the light-shielding grating member being dispos... | 07/15/1997 |
