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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7566148 | Side light-emitting device, backlight unit having the side light-emitting device, and liquid crystal display apparatus employing the backlight unit A side light-emitting device including a light-emitting device to generate light and a side emitter to emit the light incident from the light-emitting device in a lateral direction. The side emitter includes a first reflecting surface to reflect the light emitted fr... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7357550 | LED illumination engine using a reflector An illumination engine for a projection display using light emitting diodes (LEDs) that includes a reflector having a first and second focal points, a source of electro-luminescence located proximate to the first focal point to emit rays of radiation in a first rang... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355328 | Short-arc lamp with dual concave reflectors and a transparent arc chamber A short arc lamp with two transparent apertures. The lamp includes a sealed transparent arc chamber with an internal integral light reflector, and an external light reflecting element positioned external to the sealed arc transparent chamber. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7293902 | Vehicle headlamp A vehicle headlamp is provided with: a projection lens; a light source; a reflector for reflecting light, which has been directly emitted by the light source, to a front side along an optical axis; and a shade arranged between the projection lens and the reflector, ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7244050 | Full cutoff area light fixture A full cutoff luminaire having a housing with an open bottom, a vertically mounted lamp centrally located within the housing, a radial reflector surrounding a portion of the lamp and a downwardly extending optic lens having an open top enshrouding a lower portion of... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7217010 | Reflector with negative focal length A luminaire with reflector of negative focal length is disclosed, which comprises a light source and a luminaire screen having a reflector of negative focal length, a side screen and a plate; wherein the reflector of negative focal length is capable of reflecting th... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213948 | Optical reflector Disclosed is a reflector for a lighting assembly comprised of a series of discrete facets connected to form an optical reflector. Each facet includes subdivisions that extend uninterrupted along substantially the length of the facet and serve to multiply the image o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201499 | Vehicle lamp unit A frontal surface of a light transmitting member disposed in such a manner as to cover a light emitting element from a front side thereof is made up of an ellipsoid of revolution which adopts an optical axis as a center axis thereof and a point on the optical axis w... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7153002 | Lens for LED light sources A lens for light emitting diode (LED) light sources which allows light emitted from an LED light source to exit the lens in a direction perpendicular to a vertical center axis of the lens. The lens of the present invention includes an inner space which is defined in... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131749 | Heat distributing hybrid reflector lamp or illumination system A reflector lamp or illumination system comprising a concave reflector having a parabolic or ellipsoidal front section and a spherical rear section with it's focal point just ahead of the focal point of the front section, and a finite light source located at the foc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111958 | Portable radial projection light source arrangement A portable radial projection light source arrangement includes a shelter housing and an illumination unit. The shelter housing includes a protection base having a light source cavity therein, and a supporting frame mounted on the protection base. The illumination un... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7021806 | Illuminated displays An illuminated display includes a light source positioned within an optical chamber defined by a first optical element having a first reflective surface with an image thereon. A second optical element is positioned within the chamber and is spaced from the first opt... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6986594 | Lighting device for motor vehicles A lighting device for motor vehicles comprises a light source and an end cover having at least a first section and a second section. The lighting device further comprises a first reflector, which directs light emitted by the light source on to the end cover. A first... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6971772 | Luminaire globes having internal light control elements Luminaire optical assemblies intended for pole-mounted and similar applications and capable of effective I.E.S. cutoff performance while exhibiting desirable light distributions even with vertically oriented lamping, the invention contemplates in primary embodiments... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957902 | Vehicle lamp with a shield having a double directional illumination structure The present invention pertains to a vehicle lamp, comprising: a lamp body in which a first illuminating direction and a second illuminating direction perpendicular to the first illuminating direction are open; an illumination lens for forming a lamp by closing the l... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953261 | Reflector apparatus for a tubular light source A tubular reflector for reflecting light emanating from a tubular light source. The tubular reflector may be semi-circular or elliptical in shape and positioned around the tubular light source. Furthermore, the inner reflective surface of the tubular reflector may b... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6926435 | Led illumination engine using a reflector An illumination engine for a projection display using light emitting diodes (LEDs) that includes a reflector having a first and second focal points, a source of electro-luminescence located proximate to the first focal point to emit rays of radiation in a first rang... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910791 | Headlight A headlight having an ellipse group reflecting surface as a main reflecting surface and a projection lens further includes a second reflecting surface, a third reflecting surface, and a ring-shaped lens. Direct light from a light source reaching to a space between t... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908207 | Apparatus for a motor vehicle, for lighting bends negotiated by the vehicle A motor vehicle has at its front end, a pair of passing or dipped beam headlights and a separate pair of cruising or main beam headlights. The passing headlights and cruising headlights produce, respectively, a regulation, short range, dipped passing beam and a regu... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6899451 | Optical system for a fresnel lens light, especially for a spotlight or floodlight The optical system for the Fresnel lens light has an ellipsoidal reflector (1), a light source (2) and a Fresnel lens (3). The distance (a) between the Fresnel lens (3) and the reflector (1) is changeable but is related to the chan... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6854864 | Light pipe light source with flux condensing light pipe An optical device for increasing the brightness of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source by folding the electromagnetic radiation back on itself. The source of electromagnetic radiation has a first width, a first input end of a first light pipe has a second ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6851835 | Large area shallow-depth full-fill LED light assembly A light assembly is configured to produce a large area of light emission from an LED light source. The LED light source is mounted within a concave reflector and oriented to face the rear of the reflector. A compound reflecting surface diverts axial light from the L... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6834984 | Curved reflective surface for redirecting light to bypass a light source coupled with a hot mirror A UV curing lamp is provided which includes a curved and reflective surface which may be a cold mirror and may redirect incident UV light toward a band-pass filter. The UV light may be reflected by the curved, reflective surface and transmitted through the band-pass... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6758582 | LED lighting device 9A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes a concave mirror and a convex mirror having a diameter less than a diameter of the concave mirror. The convex mirror is positioned to face the concave mirror and is fixed to the concave mirror. An LED array is f... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6736533 | Vehicular headlamp A projector-type vehicular headlamp including a shade partially blocking light reflected by a reflector and a visor-like shield plate attached on the back of the shade. The shade has an opening near the upper edge so as to allow a light distribution pattern to be fo... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6619827 | Vehicle headlamp A headlamp arrangement designed and configured to slow light-and-shade changes in a light-and-shade boundary portion of a light distribution. A vehicle headlamp 1 includes a reflector 2 having a substantially spheroidal reflective surface 2a, a light sour... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6619820 | Light condensing and collecting systems using lensed light pipes An optical coupling element for use in large numerical aperture collecting and condensing systems. The optical coupling element includes a lens having a curved surface and a tapered light pipe. The curved surface reduces the angle of incidence of the ligh... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6585397 | Reflector for a projection light source The object of the present invention is to effectively utilize the light rays emitted from a light source lamp 1, and, for accomplishing this object, a reflector 2 is made up of a first parabolic reflector 3 designed for reflecting light rays coming from t... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6572246 | Lighting device In order to develop a lighting apparatus having a light source unit which has at least one light source and a first reflector, and having at least one optical element, with the light which is emitted from the light source being focused by the first reflec... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6565235 | Folding an arc into itself to increase the brightness of an arc lamp An optical device for increasing the brightness of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source by folding the electromagnetic radiation back on itself. The source of electromagnetic radiation has a first width, a first input end of a first light pipe ha... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6558032 | LED lighting equipment for vehicle In the conventional lighting equipment for vehicle using LED lamp, as the LED lamp irradiation angle is narrow, an optical irregularity making the luminescent surface spotted is generated, resulting in a feeling of wrongness of the viewer. Means to Solve ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6547422 | Illuminating module for a display apparatus An illuminating module includes a first reflector having a curved first reflector surface, a reflector opening and a first focal point, and a light source disposed in the first reflector at the first focal point. A second reflector is mounted on a surroun... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6513956 | Lamp housing assembly A lamp housing assembly as provided which includes a lamp housing and a shield. The shield includes a first portion which extends into the cavity of the lamp housing and a second portion which extends out of the lamp housing. The first portion extends to ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6402355 | Vehicular headlamp having improved low-beam illumination A vehicular headlamp for low-beam illumination with a light distribution pattern having a horizontal cutoff line and a diagonal cutoff line so as to improve long distance visibility on the road on which the vehicle is traveling. An upward deflecting refle... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6364514 | Vehicular indicator lamp A vehicular lamp fixture, such as an indicator lamp, having an improved external appearance and originality. Diffusion lens elements are arranged at predetermined positions offset from a lamp fixture optical axis of an inner lens. The lens element optical... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6334699 | Systems and methods for diffuse illumination A light pattern controller provides a pattern of light to a collimator. The light pattern controller includes a beam deflector that sweeps a circular pattern with a radius that is directly proportional to the rotational speed of the beam deflector. Altern... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6332701 | Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is disclosed that includes plural light sources located on a printed wiring board. A first reflection structure reflects light from the light sources to a light emitting surface, and a second reflection structure reflects light reflected fr... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6318885 | Method and apparatus for coupling light and producing magnified images using an asymmetrical ellipsoid reflective surface A method and system for condensing and collecting electromagnetic radiation comprised generally of a radiation source, a reflector and a target is disclosed. The reflector has a reflecting surface for reflecting the radiation from the source which is in t... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6286979 | Constructive occlusion lighting system with ported cavity and fan structure An optical integrating cavity supplies light or other radiant energy through a port to a deflector. The deflector coupled to the port may form a "fan" extending along one side or around all or part of the circumference of the cavity. Preferred embodiments... | 09/11/2001 |
| 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 |
