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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104931 | Anti-glare indoor lamp An exemplary anti-glare indoor lamp includes a shade, light source, and an optical sheet. The shade defines a receiving cavity therein and an opening at the bottom of the receiving cavity. The light source is received in the receiving cavity and positioned to emit l... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7980734 | Bulk light diffuser composition The present invention is a bulk light diffuser material based upon a hydrogenated block copolymer, but including a particulate light diffusing component. The material may be in the form of a film, a sheet or a molded article. When present as a sheet having a thickne... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7837361 | Light control devices implemented with diffusers having controllable diffusion characteristics Light control devices (76, 80, 82) implemented with diffusers exhibiting controllable diffusion characteristics provide anisotropic luminous intensity distributions and glare control at high viewing angles while maintaining high luminaire efficiency or daylig... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824079 | Light tower diffuser The invention provides a diffuser for a portable light tower that has an envelope of fire resistant material designed to diffuse light situated on a frame forming a generally spherical structure that can be opened and closed by use of a pulley and cable system. ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7748875 | Photographic light diffuser A photographic light diffusing device is provided. A flexible, transparent cowl is adapted to be mounted on a photographic light source, the cowl including a plurality of ribs and an opening through which the photographic light source is visible when the cowl is mou... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7661851 | Decorative lamp and method of manufacture The present invention relates to a decorative lamp comprising a source of light and a shade of a translucent or semi-opaque porcelain material and its manufacturing method. The lamp further includes at least one decorative element of a material of greater opaqueness... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7597461 | Tensioned optical element and display An optical element comprises at least one optical film wherein at least a portion of the optical film is maintained dimensionally stable by the presence of a mechanism for application of a controlled tensile force to the film wherein the tensile force is applied thr... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7497603 | Lighting unit with integrated device for attaching softboxes of various sizes A lighting unit includes a device for an attachment of a softbox, wherein the device for the attachment of the softbox has at least three hollow cylinders serving as receptacles of one softbox rod, wherein each of the at least three hollow cylinders is slidable in a... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7407305 | Fixing apparatus for reducing noise of backlit unit A fixing apparatus, applied to a diffuser plate of a backlight unit (BLU), comprises a receiving portion and a positioning portion. The receiving portion is symmetrically formed at a first centrosymmetric line of the diffuser plate, a first pair of edges of the rece... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7399097 | Modular filtering and reflective system for photographic use A modular filtering and reflective system for photographic use is herein disclosed which provides for the precise modification of virtually any type of light pattern. The system is particularly adapted for use with conventional soft boxes, or a bendable panel frame ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396147 | Back-illuminated panel with ultraviolet protection An automotive vehicle component such as a side mirror comprising a panel having an obverse side and a reverse side, wherein, in use, when viewed from the obverse side the panel has a first appearance when not illuminated from the reverse side, but has a second appea... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393123 | Diffuser shield and lighting system for uniform illumination An apparatus for uniform illumination includes a light source and one diffuser shield maintained in proximity with the light source to uniformly disperse light from the light source. The diffuser shield is formed at least by an outer filter having a concave and perf... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7380966 | Photographic light diffuser A photographic light diffusing device is provided. A flexible, transparent cowl is adapted to be mounted on a photographic light source, the cowl including a plurality of ribs and an opening through which the photographic light source is visible when the cowl is mou... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373273 | Light extractor for a light guide lamp There is described a light extractor (8) for a light guide lamp (1) whose useful surface, that is to say, the surface that, in use, faces the emission surface (5) of the light guide lamp (1), comprises a predetermined distribution of diff... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369192 | Methods of making and using optical film, light-diffusing film An embodiment of a method of making an optical film comprises heating the optical film comprising greater than or equal to 80 wt. % polycarbonate to a sufficient temperature to stretch the optical film, wherein the weight percent is based on a total weight of the op... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7338184 | Direct-type back light module, diffuser plate and method of fabricating the same A direct-type back light module, a diffuser plate and a method fabricating the same are provided. The direct-type back light module includes a lamp box, a plurality of light sources and a diffuser plate. The light sources are arranged in the lamp box to serve as a s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339660 | Illumination device for product examination An illumination device for use with a product inspection machine inspecting products according to at least one characteristic. The invention also pertains to an illumination device for use in sorting machines that optically sort or separate nonstandard fungible obje... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334931 | Backlight unit and method of manufacturing diffuser employed in the backlight unit A luminous backlight unit designed to compensate for a difference in distribution of light output on an output surface of a light guiding panel, and a method of manufacturing a diffuser employed in the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes: one or more light s... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331681 | Lighting apparatus with adjustable lenses or filters A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. Lenses and/or filters are adjusted in distance from the light elements, by for example moving the lenses/filters into diffe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318652 | Versatile stand-mounted wide area lighting apparatus A lighting effects system comprises an arrangement of lamp elements, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light elements, on a panel or frame. The panel or frame may be relatively lightweight, and may include one or more circuit boards for direct mounting o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314292 | Lighting device A lighting device (1) comprising at least one light source (3) as well as a light reflector disposed beside the light source (3) for reflection of at least part of the light radiated from the light source (3), a special feature being the ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309143 | Optical material, optical element, illuminator and display device An optical material of the present invention includes a resin having a luminous transmittance of about 70% or more and a filler mixed therein having a thermal conductivity of about 3 W/m·K or more. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303305 | Acoustic light emitting module A ceiling tile system comprises modular acoustic light-emitting modules which can be of a standard size to be fitted into a hung ceiling or other ceiling system in conjunction with similar acoustic light-emitting modules or conventional ceiling tiles. Each acoustic ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293889 | LED lamp apparatus An LED lamp apparatus includes an LED and a light diffuser located on a light emission side of the LED. The light diffuser is made of at least one light transmittable material and has a light diffusing member at a peripheral portion of a light passing area of the LE... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280170 | Optical film, light-diffusing film, and methods of making and using the same A method of making an optical film comprises heating the optical film comprising greater than or equal to 80 wt. % polycarbonate to a sufficient temperature to stretch the optical film, wherein the weight percent is based on a total weight of the optical film; and s... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273312 | Night light display hanger A night light has an hook for interchangeably receiving artistic stained glass ornaments to be displayed in front of a light source. The night light improves the aesthetic benefits of stained glass using night lights. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270447 | Uniform luminance and color mixing lens for LED device A lens for an LED having a lens body providing total internal reflection of light emitted by the LED from a first emission point disposed proximate a first junction of the lens body and centerplane. The lens includes an arcuate light-diffusing edge for diffusing lig... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267461 | Directly viewable luminaire A luminaire comprising a housing having thermally separate compartments for an electronics portion and a lighting portion. These thermally separate compartments can provide thermal isolation between the electronics portion and the lighting portion. The lighting port... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264380 | Light pollution shield A lighting system producing a light pattern that is customized in the field by the end user to minimize light pollution. A housing supports a light source that is connected to a power supply. The housing defines an interior chamber. An opaque or low visible light tr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249878 | Multi-layer illuminated package A sheet of material and package made using the sheet of material. The sheet of material having an having an outer diffuse layer and an inner light piping layer adjacent the diffuse layer. The sheet transmits light to the outer surface of the outer diffuse layer. The... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246925 | Light modifier and lamp assembly This light modifier assembly is a continuous light source for still and video imagemakers. More specifically, the continuous light source provides a constant light source for still, digital, video or high definition image capture. In a preferred embodiment, the ligh... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246931 | LED light source A tube type light emitting diode light source including a light source generator, a light guide and a diffuser is provided. The light source generator includes LEDs arranging in a line. The light guide has a grooved light incident surface and a grooved light-guiding... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222994 | Illumination system An illumination system comprising, a) a light source; b) a light-directing assembly (1) in close proximity to the light source and comprising a plurality of microprisms (6), each microprism comprising an input surface (7) that admits light radia... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220025 | Illumination device having optical particles for diffusing light An illumination device comprising: a body member; one or more sources of light aligned on a longitudinal axis of, and lying within, the body member; one or more transparent regions of the body member through which light from the or each source passes when the source... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218450 | Light diffusing film A light diffusing film which is excellent in luminance uniformity and which exhibits no partial deterioration in light transmittance, thereby eliminating the formation of black spots. The light diffusing film, which has a monodisperse light diffuser and a light diff... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210835 | Diffusion sheet and manufacturing method thereof A diffusion sheet structure in the direct type backlight module with anti-UV rays function and its manufacturing method discloses a diffusion sheet in the backlight module applied to TFT-LCD TV, and plural layer of the diffusion sheet made by a method of a multi-lay... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207699 | System of light units A system composed of a plurality of light units with each light unit having different light emission properties. The component parts of each of the light units, such as optically effective components that influence the beam path of the light emitted by the lamp, and... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201351 | Holder comprising a movable arch A holder for elongated objects comprises a half-shell including an inner shell of elastic material, forming a spring structure, and an outer shell of a less elastic material. The inner shell comprises a bridge-like arch spanning an interior and freely movable outwar... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
