Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7686482 | Lamp with sail-like overhead element, preferably for improving acoustics, room formation, and indirect lighting of workplaces A light fixture shining light upward has a mast with a base or is attached to room or furniture systems. In order to improve the acoustics or a room, structure of a room, and/or for the indirect lighting of workplaces, a canopy element including a textile canopy and... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7497601 | Lighting system and method and reflector for use in same Systems, methods and devices for lighting are provided with a reflector with paraboloidal segments. One lighting system includes a reflector having one or more reflector segments. Each reflector segment is substantially paraboloidal and has a central axis of symmetr... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7367686 | Position lamp for use with watercraft and ashore and having multiple light sources A position lamp for watercraft or for placing ashore, in particular a multicolored lamp, having light to be emitted in at least two different directions and at least one light source per direction, the light passing optically refractive elements, and in which a dedi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354177 | Light fixture with composite reflector system A light fixture having first and second housing members movable between closed-fixture and open-fixture positions for lamp-changing purposes, in which a first reflector member is secured to the first housing member and includes a first connection-edge, a separate se... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7287878 | LED sign cover and method of manufacture A cover for a LED sign is manufactured from a stainless steel sheet that is dimensionally larger than the array of light emitting diodes comprising the LED sign. The stainless steel sheet is laser cut and then bent to simultaneously form a plurality of apertures and... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270449 | Lighting system and method and reflector for use in same Systems, methods and devices for lighting are provided with a reflector with paraboloidal segments. One lighting system includes a reflector having one or more reflector segments. Each reflector segment is substantially paraboloidal and has a central axis of syrmetr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255461 | Lamp reflector having a plurality of reflecting elements A lamp comprising a light source (18) and a reflector (26), wherein the reflector is of non-circular cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the lamp and comprises several panels (20). Each panel has an undulating surface (22 | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241033 | Reflector lamp A reflective lamp in which the light source is connected to the reflector through a stirrup and in which either or both the reflector and the light source can be axially adjusted but the light source lies externally of the reflector shell. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201509 | Lighting unit with light source and optical waveguide The invention relates to a lighting unit with at least one light source and at least one optical waveguide following the light source, said waveguide having at least one light transmitting surface. To this end, the lighting unit has at least one reflector. In additi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7188975 | Light fixture for illuminating building surfaces or parts thereof A light fixture is shown and described is for illuminating building surfaces or portions thereof, comprising a generally cup-shaped arcuate reflector (10) having an interior (21) provided with a lamp emitting light at least partially reflected or dispe... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7140739 | Light source device and projector A light source device (411) has a lamp body (411A) including a light source lamp, a reflector (417) and an anti-explosion glass (418), and a lamp housing (411B) for accommodating the lamp body (411A). A plurality of projecti... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7083307 | Light directing assembly for preventing light pollution A light-directing assembly is coupled to a light-emitting lamp. The assembly includes an opaque light shield having a top wall with a first opening. The light shield further includes a side wall coupled to the top wall and defines a second opening at a bottom edge. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066608 | Lamp reflector assembly A lamp assembly having a reflector (102) holding a lamp element, or burner (104). The reflector (102) typically is an ellipse, with the burner arc positioned at one foci of the ellipse. A reflector extension (108) is designed to mate to t... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7040782 | Off-axis parabolic reflector A lamp (8, 108, 208) includes a reflector (10, 110, 210) with a plurality of off-axis reflector segments (20, 22, 24, 120a, 120b, 220). Each off-axis reflector segment has a focus at a perimeter (12, 112, 112 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025476 | Prismatic reflectors with a plurality of curved surfaces A substantially bell-shaped light fixture component for use with a lighting fixture, the light fixture component having upper and lower openings and curved or undulating segments on the light fixture component body that diffuse light from the light source used in co... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021796 | Light engine apparatus and method A light engine includes a light source disposed at a focus of four ellipsoidal reflectors, where the reflectors are arranged at 90 degrees relative to one another. A condensing lens is used with each reflector to focus forwardly directed, low angle light rays onto a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7014061 | Glass receptacle for household use A household-use receptacle has a one-piece glass body having a side wall forming an annular upper edge defining an upwardly open mouth and having an inner surface and an outer surface and a floor unitarily joined to a lower edge of the side wall and forming with the... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001041 | Flashlight A flashlight in accordance with the present invention includes a chamber, end cap, head assembly and lamp holder assembly. The end cap includes a bowed tripod portion to facilitate standing the flashlight on a flat surface. The head assembly includes a reflector and... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6905226 | Compact fluorescent light fixture A high efficiency heat-dissipating dome lamp utilizes convex centralized optics and tiered venting to house concurrently inwardly canted compact fluorescent lights, ballast for the lights, and an emergency ballast system. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6893145 | Light system An X-ray localizer light system comprises: a long life X-ray localizer light source; an optical concentrator, the light source being situated at a first focal spot, the optical concentrator being configured for concentrating X-ray localizer light from the light sour... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6886965 | Light fixture with translucent shade A light fixture has an electrical light-emitting lamp, a hollow and at least partially light-transparent shade spacedly surrounding the lamp and formed with a throughgoing hole having an inner edge, and a transparent prismatic jewel generally filling the hole and ha... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6874914 | Adjustable lighting system An adjustable lighting system which is particularly applicable for efficiently and effectively lighting areas of limited ceiling height such as parking garages and the like. A lamp base is supported within a housing in a manner so that it may be vertically adjustabl... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6840633 | Lamp reflector assembly A lamp assembly having a reflector holding a lamp element, or burner. A reflector extension is designed to mate to the reflector. The reflector extension has a first open end toward the reflector. The first open end typically is in contact with the reflector to form... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6799871 | Lamp mounting structure Disclosed is a mounting structure for a lamp comprising a lamp having a funnel, a frame attached to a front end of the funnel and a connecting bolt provided at a rear portion of the funnel a lamp holder, which is adapted to hold the lamp therein while maintaining a ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6799869 | Outdoor light fixture A light fixture for use in low voltage outdoor lighting systems that comprises a cowl, a lamp, a socket positioned within the cowl for holding the lamp and a collar positioned within the cowl. The collar comprises an inner aperture having a diameter large enough to ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6793377 | Lampshade with reducible package volume A lampshade with reducible package volume according to the present invention relates to the improvement in the support structure of the lampshade, including a lampshade enclosure with a supporting ring arranged on the upper and lower sides thereof, on said supportin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6793368 | Luminaire having a plurality of pot reflectors A luminaire (1) has means for holding and for electrically connecting a tube-like lamp (2) and a back reflector (4), extending over the length of the lamp (2), which is provided for the purpose of reflecting a part of the light emitted fr... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6739739 | Flash tube reflector A flash tube reflector able to distribute light of the flash tube evenly is disclosed. The reflector is a vertical portion of an elliptic cylinder extending along an Y-axis. A cross section of the reflector along the XY plane is a portion of an ellipse. A zenith E a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6705740 | Tracking mirror An apparatus that appears to actively track the position of a viewer by producing a red circle about the viewer's image, seen in a security mirror. The red circle appears to translate and rotate to track the viewer's position. Rotational tracking operates independen... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698908 | Lighting fixture optical assembly including relector/refractor and collar for enhanced directional illumination control An improved optical assembly includes a reflector/refractor device and a reflector collar provided for enhanced directional illumination control. The reflector/refractor has a predefined shape and has a plurality of reflector/refractor prisms on an exteri... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6688757 | HID lamp with collapsible reflector A high lumen output illumination device includes a light source secured on a ballast housing and a reflector. At least one reflective element redirects light emanating from the source along a direction of interest. At least one support element gives the r... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6672741 | Light emitting diode reflector The present invention relates to a light emitting diode reflector which is installed in portable lighting equipment such as electric torches. The light emitting diode reflector comprises a reflector which is a one piece parabolic mirror, a front cover whi... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6641287 | Reflective type light-emitting diode In a light source of a reflective type LED, a light-emitting element is mounted on the bottom surface of a concave reflecting mirror. Accordingly, light emitted horizontally from the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element is also reflected b... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634778 | Vehicular headlamp for controlling light distribution of vehicular headlamp having improved synthesized light distribution pattern A vehicular headlamp capable of moving an auxiliary light distribution pattern in the horizontal direction by pivoting an auxiliary lamp fixture unit in which degradation in the visibility of the road surface ahead of the vehicle caused by movement of an ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626561 | Lamp structure, having elliptical reflectors, for uniformly irradiating surfaces of optical fiber and method of use thereof A lamp for more uniformly irradiating surfaces of fibers (including ribbon-shaped fibers), such as optical fibers, and methods of using such lamp, are provided. The lamp has primary and secondary elliptical-shaped reflectors, forming an elliptical space t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623145 | Light source device A light source device includes a discharge lamp having a tubular transparent bulb with sealed opposite ends for generating discharged light near a light emission center thereof, and a reflecting mirror having a reflecting surface which has a curved surfac... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619821 | High efficiency asymmetrical optical assembly A parabolic reflector with an asymmetrical light distribution is disclosed. The inside surface of the reflector is divided into four quadrants, and two of the four opposing quadrants are coated with a reflective material. The two remaining quadrants are u... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6598994 | Multi-angle inspection of manufactured products An illumination system for inspection of devices is disclosed. The system includes a frame for positioning over an image area. A plurality of light source groups are coupled with the frame and are each configured to produce one or more wavelengths of ligh... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6578998 | Light source arrangement A light source arrangement includes a cell body having a concave light projecting surface and a semi-spherical reflective cavity surrounded by the light projecting surface, a light source unit including at least two terminal electrodes extended therefrom ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575601 | Lighting fixture optical assembly including relector/refractor and shroud An optical assembly enables improved optical control of an uplight illumination component and a downward illumination component. The optical assembly includes a reflector/refractor and a shroud carried by the reflector/refractor. The reflector/refractor h... | 06/10/2003 |
