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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157423 | Plate for inscription A plate is disclosed for inscription for a control unit in automation technology contains a plate-shaped lower part. In at least one embodiment, the lower part has a front flat side, and an inscription element is provided on the front flat side. In at lease one embo... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7959340 | Device for backlighting a liquid-crystal display facility for a display and/or control unit, in particular in a household appliance The aim is to provide backlighting in a liquid-crystal display unit for a display and/or operator control unit, in particular on a domestic appliance. To achieve this, a backlighting layer, to which at least one backlighting source can be coupled, is located beneath... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7654718 | Electronic device with diffused backlit display An electronic device comprises a housing having a panel with an opening extending therethrough, a light source disposed within the electronic device and configured to transmit light through the opening, an optically-transmissive layer located on a side of the panel ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7387397 | Vehicle backlit panel A vehicle backlit panel includes a base substrate, an electroluminescent element and an outer substrate. The electroluminescent element is disposed on one side of the base substrate. The outer substrate overlies the electroluminescent element. The outer substrate in... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384178 | Illumination device for flat-panel display and light-emitting lamp An illumination device for a flat panel display may include a light-guiding member for guiding light from a light-emitting lamp, wherein the light-emitting lamp has a light-emitting device incorporated in a lamp body, wherein the lamp body has a reflection surface t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366393 | Light enhancing structures with three or more arrays of elongate features Various embodiments comprise light recycling films comprising an array of parallel ridges and grooves that form prisms that selectively reflect or transmit light. In some embodiments, the light recycling film may be used in displays that include spatial light modula... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359012 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device efficiently uses light from light sources by positioning the light sources with respect to a light-guiding member for back lighting with minimized air gap therebetween. The light-guiding member provided on a backside of a liquid cryst... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7280172 | Light guide plate, liquid crystal display device having the same, and method for displaying an image using the liquid crystal display device Disclosed are a light guide plate, a front illumination type liquid crystal display device using the same, and a method for displaying an image therein. A light reflection pattern is formed on a light reflection surface of the light guide plate so as to change an op... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7253853 | Liquid crystal display and lighting unit having parabolic surface A lighting unit is incorporated in an LC display. The lighting unit includes a light guide and a light source adjacent to the light guide. The light guide includes a rear surface facing an LC panel, a front surface opposite to the rear surface, a first side surface ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248310 | Flat panel energized by blue LED for generating white light A color, transmissive LCD uses a backlight that supplies a uniform blue light to the back of the liquid crystal layer in an LCD. The blue light, after being modulated by the liquid crystal layer, is then incident on the back surface of phosphor material located abov... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248764 | Light guide plate, backlight unit, liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the light guide plate A light guide plate that eliminates haze while obtaining a desired uniformity of luminance to enhance light efficiency. The light guide plate can be used with a backlight unit using the light guide plate and an LCD using the backlight unit. The light guide plate inc... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7223006 | Surface-emitting device and liquid crystal display apparatus A front light including a light-guiding plate for receiving light from a light-entering surface and emitting the light from a light-emitting surface, an intermediate light-guiding body disposed along the light-entering surface, light-emitting elements disposed at lo... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217025 | Backlight unit A backlight unit is provided including a light guide panel (LGP), a point light source emitting light at an edge of the LGP; and a refraction member being positioned between the point light source and the LGP and refracting the light emitted from the point light sou... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198379 | Lens for electronic device and disk device having same An electric device includes flat acrylic lens, and a blue light emitting diode. The lens includes bottom face upon which light is incident from the diode; front face from which light is emergent; pair of side portions opposed to each other and inclined by a predeter... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190425 | Liquid crystal display module A liquid crystal display module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lamp to generate light; a light guide panel to convert an incident light from the lamp into a surface light, having a first refractive index; a low refractive index layer ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186013 | Large size backlight apparatus reduced in thickness In a backlight apparatus used in an LCD, in which upper and lower reflective plates are installed under upper and lower transparent plates, respectively. The lower transparent plates and the lower reflective plates introduce light generated by lower light sources in... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182492 | License plate system having enhanced illumination A license plate system for motorcycle, car, truck or boat including a row of lights supported along an edge of a clear plastic channel so that light from the row enters the interior of the pane through an edge surface of the panel. The front surface of the panel has... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172328 | Compact lighting system and display device A compact backlight system has a light-emitting panel (1) with a front wall (2), a rear wall (3) situated opposite thereto, and furthermore, between the front and the rear wall (2, 3), a translucent input edge surface (4) for coupl... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172327 | Light-guide-plate structure A light-guide-plate structure has a light guide plate, an LED module disposed on at least one side of the light guide plate, and a reflection member disposed between the LED module and the light guide plate. The LED module includes a circuit board and a plurality of... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163330 | Front light, reflective type of display, and light controlling method According to a front light comprising an optical waveguide 25 and a light source 24 arranged on the side of the optical waveguide 25, the optical waveguide 25 comprises a light input surface and light emission surface 28, and a plu... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160016 | Light guide plate with convergence concavities and method for manufacturing the light guide plate A light guide plate (300) for transmitting light beams from a light source to an LCD (liquid crystal display) includes: an incident surface (301) for introducing light beams into the light guide plate; an emitting surface (303) for uniformly tra... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7108414 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting panel assemblies include one or more light emitting panel members each having at least one pattern of optical deformities that may be varied in size, shape, density, placement, angle, rotation and/or type to obtain at least one light output distributi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102162 | Plane light source structure for planar display A plane light source structure for planar display includes a light guide plate and a light source. Material of the light guide plate is transparent plastic. The light guide plate is regarded as the lower plate of LCD panel when it is used as back light. On the other... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7090388 | Light guide, light source device, display device and information terminal equipped therewith A light source device which is uniform in the intensity of distribution of an emitted light and high in the optical utilization efficiency, a display device which is high in recognability and is energy-saving, and an information terminal are provided. A reflecting p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086771 | Lighting unit and liquid crystal display device including the lighting unit A lighting unit includes a reflector, a plurality of light-emitting elements and a controller. The light-emitting elements are respectively provided on the reflector for a plurality of light-emitting regions. The controller supplies a periodic drive signal to each o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086773 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same The backlight assembly includes a first lamp unit and a second lamp unit. The first lamp unit generates light. The light guide plate has a light exiting surface, a light reflecting surface and side surfaces. The light reflecting surface surfaces the light exiting su... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7077554 | Light guide plate with stepped edge and display device having the same A light guide plate includes a first surface having a light incident surface and a light reflect surface, a second surface facing the first surface, through which the reflected light exits, a first edge surface connected between edges of the light reflect surface an... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7046317 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel having front and rear surfaces, a printed circuit board for driving the liquid crystal panel, and an optical waveguide for illuminating the front surface of the liquid crystal panel, the optical wave... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040796 | Illumination device and liquid crystal display device In a front light, an intermediate light guide protrudes from a light guide plate toward a light emitting element in the direction along a light incident face of the light guide plate. A side face of the intermediate light guide opposing the light incident face serve... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7004612 | Planar light source device and liquid-crystal display device Provided is a planar light source device, which comprises a light guide having at least one side end serving as a light incident side and having one surface serving as a light-emitting side, a light source disposed in the vicinity of the side end of the light guide,... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001048 | Reflection-diffusion structure adopted for a light guide plate A reflection-diffusion structure adopted for a light guide plate has a left wall, a right wall, and a bottom wall, which all are made of reflection materials. A top wall connects to the bottom wall, the left wall and the right wall, and a receiving cavity is formed ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001060 | Front light having a plurality of prism-shaped lenses A front light includes: a light source, a light guide plate, and a plurality of prism-shaped lenses, each being in contact with a lower surface of the light guide plate. A cross-section of each of the prism-shaped lenses, in a plane perpendicular to the side surface... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991357 | Lamp A lamp, in particular a motor vehicle lamp, comprises a light distribution device (14, 14′) into which the light of at least one light source (6) is fed in such a way as to produce a light flux which is firstly propagated through the light distributi... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6969187 | Light guiding plate for front light A light guiding plate guides light from a light source and irradiates the light onto a display portion. The light guiding plate has an exit plate facing the display portion, and a reflection-exit plane opposite to the exit plane. The reflection-exit plane has a firs... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6692134 | Surface-emitting device precisely positioned in the front of liquid crystal display unit, and liquid crystal display device having the surface-emitting device A front light includes a bar-shaped light source, and a light guide panel that introduces light from the light source through an end face and emits the light from an emergent surface. The light source is supported at an end of the light guide panel by a c... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6657683 | Front illuminator for a liquid crystal display and method of making same A front illumination device for illuminating a reflective liquid crystal display cell (42) having a light source (12), a light guide (20), and a light coupling element (22). The light guide (20) has a thin plate element configured to receive light along a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 4453200 | Apparatus for lighting a passive display Apparatus for front lighting a display includes a light distributing wedge, spaced from the front of the display to be lighted, through which the display can be viewed. A light source is provided aside the wedge to direct light to an inter space between t... | 06/05/1984 |
