Illumination inventions 07/07

20070171624 - Optical beam steering and sampling apparatus and method: In a light (optical) beam steering/sampling system, a matrix inversion control technique is used to decouple the operation of the actuators which drive the steering mirrors. The control technique uses two virtual variables, each having an associated independent feedback loop operating in a non-cross-coupled manner, each variable being associated with... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070171626 - Direct type backlight module: A direct type backlight module includes a diffusion plate, at least a lamp-fixing unit, at least a light source and a reflective plate. The lamp-fixing unit is disposed under one edge of the diffusion plate. The lamp-fixing unit includes an inner surface facing the inner area underneath the diffusion plate,... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070171623 - Night vision compatible display backlight: A system and method of backlighting a display using LEDs is night vision viewing compatible and requires no filters. The backlight includes an array of LEDs and a controller configured to selectively illuminate the LEDs in the array. The array of LEDs includes orange LEDs that are illuminated during a... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070171625 - Switchplate area light: A light emitting diode (LED) and associated driver circuit wherein the LED is mounted on the front of a switchplate and the driver circuit on the back of the switchplate. The LED is mounted at a downward angle on the outside of the switchplate so as to light a pathway... Agent: Gregory F. Glazner

20070171627 - Luminous container with magnetic charger: A luminous container with magnetic charger is designed for energizing LEDs to light with induced electromagnetic electricity. Which is free from replacing batteries, when holding the container through a gathering among the guests to talk with amusements. Power supply for lighting 1˜2 hours LEDs is available per charging once on... Agent: Wan-chang Hsu

20070171628 - Baseball style cap with amplified stereo speakers: The present invention is described as a baseball style cap, having a crown, a brim, an internal sweatband, and two amplified stereo speakers mounted on each side of the brim. The speakers are mounted with the diaphragm pointed downwards. Behind the front of the crown are located battery holder and... Agent: Howard A Kenyon -- Patent Agent

20070171629 - Buckle-mounted light: A belt buckle with an embedded power source, such as battery(s), and an attached or embedded light source (such as light emitting diodes) for illuminating an area in front of a user (such as a hiker, climber, or trail-runner). The buckle is typically a side-release plastic buckle, and is typically... Agent: Keith Allan Langenwalter Unit D

20070171630 - Dual purpose light assembly: This invention is directed to an automatic tape measure having a housing, a tape assembly, and a light assembly. The tape assembly is supported in the housing and contains a reel having a tape adapted to extend and retract from the front wall of the housing. The light assembly is... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070171631 - Led cove lighting for exterior fascia: This invention is a lighting fixture to project even illumination onto flat panels. The fixture is a formed specular aluminum reflector with LEDs mounted to provide even and directed light, with modular connectors and power sources, allowing for variable lengths when combined with field adjustable housings and supports; or when... Agent: Lsi Graphic Solutions Plus

20070171632 - Half-level light signaling device: Half-level light signaling device is formed by a casing, including a lower part, which houses electrical and/or electronic circuits and at least one light source, and a cap protruding from the ground and removably fastened to the lower part. The cap has at least one aperture, to which a prism... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20070171633 - Portable lighting device: A portable lighting device includes a main unit, rechargeable battery cells housed in the main unit, and a lighting unit including a light source and a solar panel. The lighting unit is attached to the main unit and is supported by the main unit for movement between a first position... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070171634 - Outdoor solar energy lamp with luminescence efficiency: An outdoor solar energy lamp has at least one lighting unit and a solar energy battery unit electrically connected to the at least one lighting unit. Each lighting unit has a base, at least one light emitting diode (LED) on the base and a transparent cover mounted on the base... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070171635 - Lighting device: A lighting device includes a light emitting part and a holding part. One side of the holding part includes at least a through jack and at least a catch. The size of the through jack is corresponding to the size of the catch.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070171636 - Lamp-fixing device and backlight module using the same: A lamp-fixing device includes a base and at least one receiving unit. The receiving unit is formed on the base. The receiving unit includes two opposite protruding walls extending perpendicular out from the base. The two protruding walls and the base cooperatively define a receiving space used to receive one... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070171637 - Organic light emitting display device and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed is a manufacturing method of an organic light emitting display device, which allows a frit to be sufficiently fused by illuminating a laser beam such that a width of the laser beam may be above a width of the frit by adjusting power of the laser beam. The manufacturing... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070171639 - 360 degree viewable light emitting apparatus: A light emitting apparatus and method of manufacturing thereof are disclosed. The light emitting apparatus includes a plurality of printed circuit boards connected to one another, a light emitting element disposed on and electrically connected to each printed circuit board, and at least one connector disposed between the printed circuit... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070171638 - Apparatus and methods for transmitting light over optical fibers: An apparatus for providing a light of at least two colors to an optical fiber is disclosed. The apparatus includes a source for the at least two colors and a controller that controls the source to generate lights having selected duty cycles.... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070171640 - Flexible perimeter lighting apparatus: An elongated flexible lighting system according to the present invention comprises an array of light sources that are illuminated by electric power. It further comprises an elongated translucent extrusion of flexible material. The array of light sources is integral to the extrusion with said extrusion transmitting and dispersing the light... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070171641 - Lens for led lamps: The present invention relates to a lens for use with a lamp having at least one LED light source. The lens preferably includes a plurality of projections each having a substantially flat top surface and a plurality of sloping side surfaces, preferably suitable for dispersing the emitted light. Such a... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20070171642 - Led indicator lamp: An LED indication lamp has desired luminous intensity distribution characteristics without need for any light-emitting diode of a special shape. The LED indication lamp comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes and having specified luminous intensity distribution characteristics is further provided with a condenser lens. The light-emitting diodes are arranged in... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070171643 - Method and apparatus for providing light: An apparatus and method according to which light is provided.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171644 - Apparatus for decorating support columns in changing environments: Strong, fire-retardant material is constructed in such a way as to wrap around metal and non-metal, round or square support columns making them more attractive and environmentally pleasing. The material is especially made to wrap around vertical or horizontal poles such as deck poles and house pilings but is not... Agent: Robert R. Seibel

20070171645 - Light valve: The present invention relates to a light valve (40) for reflecting and diffracting incident light, comprising an electrostatically operable foil (42) provided with a reflective surface (60), a reflective grating structure (52) provided on one side of the foil (42), and means (48, 56, 60) for inducing electrostatic forces on... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070171646 - Illumination device, image display device, and projector: An illumination device to increase or decrease a quantity of light, while maintaining a uniform illumination intensity distribution, an image display device that displays high-quality images with a wide dynamic range, and a projector are provided. The illumination device includes a light source including a lamp and a concave mirror... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070171647 - Control system for illuminated display case: A control system for an illuminated display case. The display case includes a sensor that may be used as a switch or as a controller to adjust the power being provided to the light sources in the display case. The sensor may sense motion, or temperature, or ambient light. A... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20070171648 - Method and apparatus for coupling a louver member to a lighting device chassis: An apparatus and method according to which a louver member is coupled to a lighting device chassis.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171649 - Signage using a diffusion chamber: A signage system to provide advertising and the like. In a first example, the sign includes a cavity in a housing with a diffusely reflective interior surface at the back of the housing and a sign panel at the front of the housing with an aperture for allowing emission of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070171650 - Vehicle lamp: A lamp unit as a vehicle lamp is structured by a compact constitution including a lens arranged on an optical axis extending in a front and rear direction of the lamp, and a light emitting element arranged rearward from the lens. The light emitting element is arranged at a vicinity... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070171651 - Backlight assembly that increases color uniformity and display device having the same: A backlight assembly that improves color uniformity is presented. The backlight assembly includes a plurality of point light sources, an optical member on the point light sources, and a reflecting plate that is positioned to receive light that is reflected by the optical member. The point light sources includes a... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070171653 - Method and apparatus for positioning a light in a reflector: An apparatus and method according to which a light is positioned in a reflector.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171652 - Method and apparatus for reflecting light: An apparatus and method according to which light is reflected.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171654 - Light control film and backlight unit using the same: A light control film 10 having a rough surface is constituted so that, for an arbitrary cross section perpendicular to a base plane of the film, a condition that average (θave, degree) of absolute values of slope with respect to the base plane of a curve along the edge of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070171656 - Christmas decoration assembly: A Christmas decoration assembly includes a plurality of parts overlapped to each other and each part is composed of rods. The parts have first connection devices on lower edges thereof and a second connection device on an upper edge thereof. The first and second connection devices connect the parts to... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070171658 - Method and apparatus for coupling a door to a lighting device chassis: An apparatus and method according to which a door is coupled to a lighting device chassis.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171655 - Lamp structure: A lamp structure is constructed to include a transparent opencell housing with a predetermined wall thickness. The housing includes an inner mirror layer and an outer mirror layer respectively coated on the inner and outer surfaces thereof. A light admitting face in the outside peripheral rim thereof neighbors the mirror... Agent: Hdsl

20070171657 - Method and apparatus for securing a door to a lighting device chassis: An apparatus and method according to which a door is secured to a lighting device chassis.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171659 - Method and apparatus for preventing rotation of a lighting device chassis: An apparatus and method according to which rotation of a lighting device chassis is prevented.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171660 - Method and apparatus for coupling a lens to a lighting apparatus: An apparatus and method according to which a lens is coupled to a lighting apparatus.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070171661 - Striplight and system with high-power light-emitting diodes for an automatic fault detection system: Process for lighting in cold light of a scrolling product for the acquisition of images by linear digital cameras for a fault detection system, by a device comprising a light source constituted by high-power light-emitting diodes. According to this process, the light-emitting diodes are arranged in at least one row,... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070171662 - Light source module: A light source module includes a circuit board on which a predetermined conductive pattern is formed, a semiconductor light emitting element mounted on the circuit board, and a plurality of power supplying terminals to which power cords for supplying electric power to the semiconductor light emitting element are connected. An... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070171663 - Vehicle mirror system with light piping element: A vehicle rearview mirror system includes a rearview mirror assembly comprising an electro-optic reflective element and, preferably, at least a first and a second photo-sensor, both facing generally in a common direction. A light piping element pipes light to the first photo-sensor from a light environment different from the light... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070171664 - Rotary wheel with a rowed-lights displaying device: A rotary wheel with a rowed-lights displaying device includes a rotary wheel, a set of rowed-lights, a detecting member and a controller. The set of rowed-lights set on the rotary wheel is provided with a row of lights controlled by the controller to turn on once while rotating for a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070171665 - High-intensity zone led projector: A headlamp assembly is provided having a horizontal longitudinal optical axis that runs generally the length of a vehicle utilizing the headlamp assembly. The headlamp assembly may include a top reflector that extends in the half-space situated above a horizontal axial plane that passes through the longitudinal optical axis. The... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20070171666 - Vehicle headlamp: Vehicle headlamp provided with a metal halide lamp comprising a discharge vessel surrounded by an outer envelope with clearance and having a ceramic or quartz wall which encloses a discharge space containing Xenon (Xe) and a filling of ionizable particles, wherein in said discharge space two electrodes are arranged whose... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070171667 - Vehicular lamp: A vehicular lamp including power supply connectors 20, attached to a bracket 10, and LED modules 30, attached detachably to the power supply connectors 20, respectively. The LED module includes an LED circuit board 31, an LED 32 mounted on the LED circuit board, and conduction portions 33 disposed on... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070171669 - Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device having the same: A backlight assembly includes an optical cluster a light-receiving structure, a light sensor and a circuit board. The optical cluster includes a plurality of point-light sources that emit different light beams. The light-receiving structure is disposed within an emitting area of the optical cluster, and receives the light beams emitted... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070171668 - Backlight structure: A backlight structure comprises a light-guide plate and a light source module. There is a light-entering surface, which is a burnished surface, on one side of the light-guide plate. Besides, there is an effective light-emitting area on the light source module, and there is a distance between the centerline of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070171670 - Solid-state, color-balanced backlight with wide illumination range: A color balanced solid-state backlight provides feedback control of each color using a single photodetector by imposing a modulation pattern on the solid-state lamps revealing individual colors to the photodetector. The photodetector signal provides feedback controlling color balance over a small range of instantaneous brightness less than larger range of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070171671 - Light diffusing sheet and backlight unit using the light diffusing sheet: The invention is composed of a light diffusing sheet 10 comprising a light-transmitting resin, characterized by having fine recesses formed in at least one of the surfaces 2 thereof, the fine recesses 3 having a shape which is any of the shape of an inverted polyangular pyramid, the shape of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070171672 - Computerized electronic device with bill validating module: A computerized electronic device includes a base, a display pivoted to the base, a sending module fixed to the display for emitting a light beam, a receiving module fixed to the base for receiving the light beam emitted by the sending module passing through a bill to be detected, and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070171674 - Lighted multiple panel display: A lighted multiple panel display unit capable of providing a variety of visual effects has layered panels made of light transmitting materials. At least two of the layered panels are spaced apart such that there is a gap between them. Each of the panels comprising a relief. Multiple light sources... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070171673 - Side view led package and backlight unit using the same: The invention relates to a side-emission type LED package capable of minimizing light loss to achieve high luminance and to a backlight unit using the same. The LED package includes a lead frame with an electrode formed thereon and a light emitting diode chip disposed on the lead frame. The... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070171676 - Backlight module: A backlight module includes a housing, at least two light sources, and a light diffusion plate. The housing includes a base, a plurality of sidewalls extending from the peripheral of the base to define an opening, and a protrusion extending out from the base toward the opening. The protrusion defines... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070171675 - Back light and liquid crystal display employing it: When viewed from the end face side of a light guide plate, all linear lamps in a backlight may be arranged to be able to be viewed directly without being intercepted by other lamps and supported by a spacer. A lamp reflector may have a back surface facing the plurality... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070171677 - Backlight device for liquid crystal dislay and method for manufacturing the same: A cover layer 21 made of a first transparent resin is formed on outer peripheries of bulbs 25 of plural fluorescent lamps 20 of a backlight 10 for liquid crystal display. The fluorescent lamps 20 are enclosed in the holder member 22 made of a second transparent resin so as... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070171678 - Light guiding unit and backlight assembly having the same: A light guiding unit that is capable of reducing the thickness of a backlight assembly and operating with fewer light sources is presented. The light guiding unit includes a first surface, a second surface and a light incident surface. The first surface includes a light exiting surface and an upper... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070165395 - Diffusing plate having a plurality of domains and backlight assembly having the same: A diffusing plate includes a body, a plurality of partitions and a diffusing member. The body has a lower face through which light enters the body and an upper face through which the light exits from the body. The body includes a plurality of domains having horizontal polygonal cross-sections. The... Agent: David W. Heid Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070165394 - Optical sheet and backlight module using the same: An optical sheet (21) includes a main body (210). The main body has a light incident surface (211) and a light emitting surface (212) positioned opposite to the light incident surface. A number of first valleys (213) and second valleys (214) are formed on the light emitting surface, and the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070165393 - Closing mechanism comprising an illuminant, and method for producing one such closing mechanism: The invention relates to a closing mechanism (1; 101; 201; 301) comprising a plurality of closing elements (2; 102; 202; 302, 302a) such as hooks, mushroom heads or loops. Said closing mechanism (1; 101; 201; 301) comprises a flat carrier (3; 103; 203; 303) and the closing elements (2; 102;... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070165396 - Corner mount light fixture: A corner mount light fixture has an extruded housing base with two mutually perpendicular housing walls and a wire channel coextruded with the housing base. A lamp holder snap mounts to the wire channel and pierces the insulation of a conductor pair press fitted in the channel. The conductor pair... Agent: Law Offices Of Natan Epstein

20070165397 - Seasonal yard decoration: A seasonal yard decoration having a front surface, a back surface, and a bottom surface where each surface is a light-blocking material, the front surface has an ornamental display, the bottom surface has a first cut for receiving a light-generating device and a first via for receiving a steak, and... Agent: Steven Thrasher

20070165398 - Directional adjustable swivel lighting-fixture: A directional lighting fixture can receive an elongated lamp. The fixture has a spaced pair of connective devices each having a barrel with an electrical contact adapted to connect to opposite ends of the lamp. A tubular lamp cover has a light transmissive section and a light reflective section. Each... Agent: The Law Offices Of Thomas L. Adams

20070165399 - Light fixture and assembly: A housing support assembly for supporting a linear light fixture, said light fixture having an elongate linear housing for accommodating one or more than one lamp, the support assembly comprising a first planar support member and a second support member, said first planar support member being arranged to be releasably... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20070165401 - Assembled flash display module: An assembled flash display module comprising a shell body, a flash lamp set and a control unit is disclosed. The shell body is disposed with an accommodation space therein. The flash lamp set is arranged in said accommodation space and consists of at least two flash lamps that emit different... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070165400 - Light unit and method for generating light rays: A light unit for generating light rays with differing wavelengths is disclosed. The light unit has a light source unit (34), a mirror unit (80), a carrier unit (30), an output window (50) comprising an opening (60) and a pressure generation unit (12). The light source unit (34) and the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070165402 - Led lighting system with reflective board: A light emitting apparatus (8) includes one or more light emitting chips (10) that are disposed on a printed circuit board (12) and emit light predominantly in a wavelength range between about 400 nanometers and about 470 nanometers. The printed circuit board includes: (i) an electrically insulating board (14); (ii)... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070165403 - Led surface light source and projection system using the same: An LED surface light source is provided. The LED surface light source includes: an upper plate having a light emitting part for emitting an LED light and a reflector; a plurality of LEDs regularly arranged in horizontal and vertical directions; and a lower plate on which the plurality of LED... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070165406 - Display with an illuminating light: A display has a housing with an illuminating light on the front frame of the housing. A control unit switches the operating mode of the illuminating light. The illuminating light is capable of emitting light for illuminating a specific area near the display, so that the user can operate a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070165404 - Curing light source device: A curing light source device comprises a curing light source module, a drive unit and a current sensor. The curing light source module has at least a series-connected group with at least an LED for emitting light of a specific wavelength. The drive unit is used to drive the curing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070165405 - Water-resistant illumination apparatus: A water-resistant illumination apparatus includes a lighting device disposed in a transparent barrel and between a positioning seat and a positioning sleeve that are mounted in the barrel and that are disposed respectively adjacent to opposite first and second open ends of the barrel. The lighting device includes a circuit... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070165407 - Lcd billboard: The invention relates to a large-surface billboard for outdoors advertising. In order to generate a luminosity of the LCD elements of the billboard, extraneous light is required. In times of insufficient sun light, an artificial lighting device activates the luminosity. The aim of the invention is to prevent the lighting... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070165408 - High-power led package structure: A high-power LED package structure applied to spot lights, torch lights, structures that provide ultraviolet or infrared or white lights. The high-power LED package structure comprises at least one light emitting diode chip attached to an outer surface of a metallic heat sink of high heat conductivity. The structure further... Agent: Chia-mao Li

20070165409 - Projection display and image display method: A projection display apparatus of good portability capable of realizing brightness equivalent to that of a conventional display apparatus and displaying a bright projected image upon supply of power has an extra high pressure mercury lamp, a lamp unit for thereby generating first light and light-emitting diodes, and includes a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070165410 - Sectored lights: A sectored light primarily for use in the marine industry incorporating LED's as a light source. The light includes a novel light dispensing lens (16) in conjunction with positively curved (convex) reflective elements (15) to provide a superior “arc of visibility” with low light scatter and sharp cut off transition.... Agent: Ronald R Santucci Frommer Lawrence And Haug

20070165411 - Luminaire reflector having improved prism transition: A reflector (14) for a luminaire comprises a generally parabolic wall (28) having series of main right-angled prisms (16) and an interleaved series of transition prisms (18). The main and transition prisms have essentially the same shapes and follow the same overall curvature to control the illumination. The transition prisms... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070165414 - Light-emitting diode package structure: A light-emitting diode package structure is provided. The light-emitting diode package comprises an insulating sub-mount, a first patterned conductive-reflective film, a second patterned conductive-reflective film and a light-emitting diode chip. The insulating sub-mount has a first surface and a cavity therein. The first and the second patterned conductive-reflective film are... Agent: J.c. Patents Suite 250

20070165412 - Light-emitting-diode light holder assembly: An LED light holder assembly enabling easy mounting of an LED light on a lighting fixture includes an LED light holder and two elastic terminals serving as two power outputs. The light holder has two curve-profiled terminals fixedly provided at two opposite sides of the light holder. Each of the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070165413 - Low profile lighting system: A low profile lighting system and method for illuminating objects for enhanced visual perception and for providing an energy-efficient and effective lighting system. The low profile lighting system comprises a first housing unit for housing an electronic unit, a second housing unit for housing at least one light source unit... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070165415 - Electrical light fixture, particularly for a kitchen appliance: An electrical light has a tubular sheet-metal housing centered generally on an axis and formed with a plurality of angularly spaced, radially inwardly projecting, and radially elastically deflectable spring tongues. A socket in the housing holds a light bulb. A cup-shaped glass lens has a dome formed with a generally... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070165416 - Vehicular headlamp: In a headlamp providing a predetermined light distribution pattern by combining illumination light beams that are respectively emitted from a plurality of light source units LU1 to LU4 each of which using a light emitting element as the light source, at least one of the plurality of light source units... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070165417 - Light-emitting diode backlight module: An LED backlight module includes a substrate. An LED array, composed of a plurality of red, blue and green lamp LEDs, is mounted on the substrate. A light-mixing chamber is mounted on the substrate and is used to seal the LED array inside. A diffusion sheet is secured inside the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070165418 - Backlight module: A backlight module for use in a planar display panel is disclosed. The backlight module comprises a lamp tube set, a light guide plate and a positioning body. The lamp tube set comprises a lamp housing and at least a lamp tube. An optical film is disposed on the light... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070165419 - Spread illuminating apparatus having light reflecting sheet with light diffusing portions: A spread illuminating apparatus is provided which includes: a light conductive plate having a light entrance surface and a light exit surface; a plurality of LEDs disposed at the light entrance surface of the light conductive plate; a light reflecting sheet disposed at the light exit surface so as to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070165420 - Backlight module: A backlight module including a light source, a light guide plate, a lamp reflector and a frame is provided. The light source is disposed at a first side of the light guide plate, and surrounded by the lamp reflector and the light guide plate. The lamp reflector includes a metal... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20070165421 - Planar light source device: A planar light source device includes: a plurality of point light sources, each of which emits a light; a light guide plate that includes a first surface, and a second surface perpendicular to the first surface, and that is configured to guide the emitted lights incident from the first surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070165422 - Light guide plate, and planar lighting device and liquid crystal display device using the same: The transparent light guide plate includes a rectangular light exit surface, a thick portion positioned at substantially a central portion of the surface, thin edge portions formed in parallel on both sides of the thick portion, a parallel groove accommodating a bar-like light source and being formed at substantially a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070165423 - Light guide panel and display device employing the same: Provided are a light guide panel and a display device employing the same. The light guide panel includes: an incidence surface facing a plurality of light sources separated apart a predetermined distance; at least one dark portion reducing unit that is formed on the incidence surface between adjacent pairs of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070165425 - Light source device and liquid display device: A light source unit includes: a light source board mounted with a light source; a case that houses the light source board; and a holding member that is disposed integrally with an inner wall of the case, and hold the light source board with the case.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070165424 - Planar light source unit and image display apparatus using the same: A planar light source unit includes: a light source; an upper case having an opening through which the light is emitted from the light source; a lower case fitted with the upper case and including a hole; a light guide plate disposed inside the upper case and the lower case;... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070159805 - Illumination change instrument cluster: An instrument cluster assembly includes a dial face having a pointer assembly for indicating a specific measured perimeter. The pointer assembly includes an inner portion and an outer portion that are selectively and independently illuminated.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070159806 - Light-guide plate, area light source apparatus, and image reading apparatus: An LED module is mounted on a case frame by fitting three pins formed at a concave portion of the case frame, into holes in the LED module corresponding to the pins. A light-guide plate is fitted into the case frame formed integrally with a bottom cover in a descending... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070159807 - Cap-light: The “cap-light” is designed to give a person a small flashlight built into the hat they are wearing. The cap-light will give a person extra, and at times, much needed light infront of them, when working on projects, or just needing more light infront of them. This will be the... Agent: J.r. Pereira

20070159809 - Clothing attachable light: A light adapted for attachment to an article of clothing such as a strap of an assault or MOLLE vest. A preferred light embodiment includes a clip for removable attachment to the strap, and a light body removably securable to a docking base pivotally secured to the clip.... Agent: David Weiss

20070159808 - Lighted backpack: A backpack with compartments are accessible by fasteners and includes a front panel having padded areas, a middle panel extending in parallel with the front panel and having top and side extensions for joining with the front panel via a first reclosable fastener, a side panel joined with the middle... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070159810 - Headgear light: A headgear light comprising a light body removably securable to a headgear. The preferred embodiment of the light includes a mount assembly including a docking base that is removably attachable to a side of a helmet or other headgear, and provides visible light, invisible light, and friend-or-foe light signals. The... Agent: David Weiss

20070159811 - Lighting device for keyhole: A lighting device is provided herein to provide auxiliary lighting in locating keyholes. The device mainly contains a key holding member and a casing member. The bow of a key is fixedly housed inside the key holding member with the blade of the key sticking out in the front. The... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070159812 - Power tool: A power tool includes a motor as a drive power source, a body housing the motor and having an end output unit for chucking an end tool, a handle grip connected to the body; and a light unit disposed to one of the handle grip and the body, and having... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070159813 - Illuminated artificial flowers and manufacturing and assembly methods thereof: An artificial flower assembly and manufacturing and assembly methods are disclosed including a stem made of a flexible tubular shaft, an electrical socket, and a collar surrounding the socket and connected to the upper end of the shaft; a removable blossom with an opening; and a bulb threaded through the... Agent: Cahn & Samuels LLP

20070159814 - Floor light: The present invention relates to a floor panel and a flooring with a preferably continuous and unbroken front face, which is at least partially light transmitting and which has a light pattern/sign at the front face.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070159815 - Combination task lamp and flash light: A single combination task lamp and flashlight instrument, providing separate flood and spot light beams, independently controlled in a three-state sequence by simple push button switches. The two kinds of light beams are produced by separate arrays of compact light emitting devices. both arrays are driven by a single, rechargeable... Agent: Stephen S. Mosher Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20070159816 - Combination task lamp and flash light: A single combination task lamp and flashlight, providing separate flood and spot light beams, independently controlled in a three-state sequence by simple push button switches. The two kinds of light beams are produced by separate arrays of compact light emitting devices. both arrays are driven by a single, rechargeable battery... Agent: Stephen S. Mosher Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20070159817 - Yard sign illuminating device and system: The present invention is directed to a device for illuminating a yard sign that uses an efficient beam of light and is adapted to cycle on and off. The illuminating device includes a main body portion, a switch, a control circuit, a power source, at least one arm adjustably attached... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070159818 - Use of integrating sphere technology to provide uniform, high-intensity light, and wavelength mixing from light emitting diodes: An illumination device including an integrating sphere and at least one light source. The integrating sphere is hollow and houses the at least one light source in it. The light source can be manipulated between a first configuration and a second configuration. The illumination device emits a first spectrum of... Agent: Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, P.C.

20070159819 - Lighting module assembly and method for a compact lighting device: A plurality of compact light emitting assemblies is mounted on a frame configured as a heat sink that provides a structural platform and a thermal management component. The frame further ensures proper alignment of the light emitting devices to aim the individual light emitting assemblies in a direction that provides... Agent: Stephen S. Mosher Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20070159820 - Light emitting diode lighting assembly: A light emitting diode lighting assembly includes a display unit and lighting assemblies. The display unit includes a left vertical support on a left side, a right vertical support on a right side, and a front portion. The first lighting assembly is operatively connected to the left vertical support proximate... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20070159821 - Decorative lighting unit for a string-lights: A decorative lighting unit for a string-lights, especially for a LED string-lights, comprises: a LED-lamp and a plurality of connection leads. Said decorative lighting unit further comprises a leg-locating block, a LED-lamp holder and a transparent plate with decorative patterns formed therein. Said LED-lamp, transparent plate and leg-locating block are... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20070159822 - Lamp string: A lamp string includes bulb mounting units arranged electrically in series with each other, and light-emitting units, each provided with two conductive leads. Each bulb mounting unit includes: a receptacle formed with angularly displaced first and second inner shoulders, the first inner shoulder having a shorter depth than the second... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070159823 - A spontaneous electric energy storage hand tweak torch: The present invention provides a spontaneous electric energy storage hand tweak torch, comprising a lamp cap and a cylindrical casing. The casing comprises a front casing and a rear casing capable of being bi-directionally tweaked about an axis. The lamp cap is fixed on the front casing. The interior of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070159824 - Bulb assembly with a decorative cover: The invention relates to a bulb assembly with a decorative cover. The bulb assembly includes a shell, a holder, and a bulb, and the decorative cover can be connected with the bulb assembly by special positioning structure. The decorative cover has several branches with different surface planes and is transparent.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070159826 - Adapter set for fluorescent tubes: The present invention discloses an adapter set for fluorescent tubes, which comprises a holder to match the length of T8/T10 fluorescent tubes, two sockets mounted on both ends of said holder, wherein each of the two sockets further comprises a adaptor respectively, each adaptor is adapted to connect with a... Agent: Michael L. Diaz, P.C.

20070159825 - Photocatalytic apparatus: An apparatus is provided, which has photocatalytic material coated on a surface thereof. The apparatus includes a member adapted to receive irradiation from a light source and a layer of photocatalytic material is formed on a surface of the member. The member having photocatalytic properties is adapted to be disposed... Agent: Walter T. Kim Suite 1300

20070159829 - Apparatus for emitting linear light: The present invention relates to an apparatus for emitting light, comprising linearly arranged devices for radiating light. According to the invention, modular elements are provided which carry the devices for radiating light. The modular elements each carry one device for radiating light and can each be installed and replaced separately... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070159827 - Lighting device with a multiple layer cooling structure: A lighting device with a multiple cooling layer structure has at least one mounting heat conductive block, at least one light assembly and multiple heatsinks. The mounting heat conductive block has a front end, a rear end, a side and at least one shoulder. Each shoulder is formed at the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070159828 - Vertical led lamp with a 360-degree radiation and a high cooling efficiency: A vertical LED lamp with a 360-degree radiation and a high cooling efficiency includes a lampshade, a lamp base and a LED module. The LED module is contained in a chamber surrounded by the lampshade and the lamp base. The lamp base is able to provide DC for the LED... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070159830 - Light guiding apparatus with shielding member of a computer: A light guiding apparatus for a computer bezel includes a panel (14), a guiding member (30), and a shielding member (50). The panel has a light-pervious member (144). The guiding member is attached to the panel for guiding light therein. The guiding member has a light-reflecting cavity with a mouth... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070159831 - Illumination device: An illumination device, comprising a light emitting diode (11) fixed on a circuit board (12). The illumination device furthermore has an optical element (10) disposed downstream of the light emitting diode (11) in a main emission direction (15), the optical element (10) being configured for directing a first portion (6a)... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070159832 - Backlight unit and light source for use in same: A backlight unit includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed at corners of a polygon or arranged side by side on the substrate, and a plurality of lenses coupled to the light emitting diodes for directing the lights emitted from the light emitting diodes in a predetermined... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070159833 - Led pool and spa light: A lighting fixture includes a heat sink having a first mounting portion attached to a housing. A first circuit board containing LEDs is mounted to a first side of a second mounting portion of the heat sink. A second circuit board include an LED control circuit is mounted to a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070159834 - Touch-control floor lamp: A touch-control floor lamp includes a hollow supporting post extended from a seat, and a secondary light base and a main light base at an upper end of the supporting post. The invention is characterized that, the secondary light base and the main light base are both controlled by a... Agent: Wisam Enterprises Co., Ltd.

20070159835 - Floor lamp having low light level replaceable bulb: A lamp having at least a portion of a body formed of translucent material defining a hollow chamber within which a low light level light bulb is housed. A portion of the body is removable to provide easy access to the light bulb for removal and changing when required.... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20070159836 - Solar photo-voltaic panel and light structure: A solar photo-voltaic panel light structure includes a sectioned pole including a lamp formed on a upper end thereof and a foot formed on a lower end thereof to facilitate erecting the pole in the ground, a solar photo-voltaic panel battery adjustably connected to the pole and a control box... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070159837 - Illuminable information unit: The invention relates to the production of an information unit for technical devices and machines, in particular for vehicle accessories which is readable day and night independently of the angle of view. For this purpose, the visible display elements (6) of the information unit comprises at least one light-diffusing plastic... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070159838 - Multi-filament auto head lamp illumination apparatus: There is provided an non-automobile multi-filament auto head lamp illumination assembly for use with a conventional multi-filament automobile head lamp in which at least one filament of the head lamp is unspent. An assembly lamp receptacle accommodates the automobile head lamp. A power converter converts single phase one hundred and... Agent: David Giglio, Esq

20070159839 - Vehicular headlamp: A vehicular headlamp 1 including a projection lens 16 installed on the optical axis Ax extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle a light source 12a provided behind the rear side focal point F of the projection lens 16, and a reflector 14 that reflects direct light from the... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20070159840 - Vehicle headlight bulb: The invention relates to a vehicle headlight bulb comprising a bulb socket, an illuminant (2) arranged inside the bulb socket (1), and a base comprising a metallic sleeve (3) in which a sealed end (11) of the socket (1) is fixed. According to the invention, at least one of the... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20070159842 - Fiber optic led decoration lights: A plurality of light units are connected to a common electrical conductor, spaced apart along a length of the conductor. Each light unit includes an enclosure comprising a housing containing a light emitting diode therein and a cap fitting over an open end of the housing. A plurality of optical... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070159841 - Led fiber decorative lamp structure: A LED fiber decorative lamp structure has a base and a plurality of transparence devices mounted on the base to form the whole shape of the LED fiber decorative lamp structure. A plurality of LED luminous sections is fixed on the base, and each LED luminous section has a plurality... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070159843 - Backlight unit with an oxide compound-laminated optical layer: A backlight unit includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources arranged on the substrate in a spaced-apart relationship with one another for irradiating lights, a total reflection layer for upwardly reflecting the lights irradiated from the light sources, and an optical layer disposed above the light sources and having... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070159844 - Candle-like lamp: A candle-like lamp having a light-transmitted body is disclosed. The light-transmitted body comprises a heat isolation seat body, a light-emitting source and a candle-like lamp shade, characterized in that the heat isolation seat body has an upper end which is a protruded mounting edge and has a tapered axle hole;... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070159845 - Surface light source device and apparatus using the same: A surface light source device for preventing the coloring phenomenon in the proximity of a spot light source of a light guide plate making up the surface light source device is disclosed. A spot light source of LED or the like is arranged at an edge of the light guide... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070159846 - Surface emitting device: A surface emitting device is provided. The surface emitting device includes a light guide and a light source. The light guide includes a circular portion that curves light, and a light entrance portion that protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the circular portion. The light source emits light toward... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070159847 - Collimating lens for led lamp: A collimating lens includes a first end face with an LED accommodation hole for accommodating an LED lamp, a second end face, which is disposed opposite to the first end face and has an area greater than the first end face, and a sidewall, which is connected between the first... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070159848 - Light guiding plate and backlight module employing the same: A light guiding plate (120) includes a light incident surface (121), a light emitting surface (122) adjacent to the light incident surface, and a bottom surface (123) opposite to the light emitting surface. The light incident surface includes at least one row of first grooves (1211) and at least one... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070159849 - Surface light source and electrically illuminated signboard: LEDs (7) are arranged on at least opposite two corners of a bottom surface of a box body (11) of a tray shape whose bottom surface is quadrilateral, whose upper side is open, on an inner surface of which a light reflection member (11b) is provided, and whose side walls... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070159850 - Color blend structure for improving the display of a backlight module of a liquid crystal display panel: A color blend structure for improving the display of a backlight module of an LCD panel includes a reflective sheet stacked with a light guide panel and at least two LEDs of different colors buried in a side of the light guide panel. The light guide panel includes a depressed... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070159851 - Surface light source using light emitting diode and liquid crystal display backlight unit employing the same: A surface light source capable of reducing color stains with reduced number of light emitting diodes and manufactured at low costs, and a liquid crystal display backlight unit employing the same. The surface light source includes a plurality of light source clusters arrayed along first and second directions, each of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070159852 - Light guide plate, and backlight module and liquid crystal display comprising the same: A light guide plate structure, for use with a back light module of a liquid crystal display, has a top surface, a bottom surface, a first end portion, a second end portion which is opposite the first end portion, and a plurality of substantially paralleled V-shape grooves formed on the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070159853 - Backlight module: A backlight module includes a frame, a light guide plate, a FPCB and a plurality of point light sources. The light guide plate has a light incident surface. The point light sources are electrically connected with one surface of the FPCB, each point light source having an emitting surface. The... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070159854 - Light emitting apparatus: It is a light emitting apparatus having a light source, and also having a light guide element into which light from the light source is guided. The light source is accommodated in an accommodating portion formed a top-surface side of the light emitting element. In the bottom surface of the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070153496 - Direct type backlight module: A direct type backlight module (30) includes a base (21), at least two lamp-fixing units (22) and at least one lamp tube (20). Each lamp-fixing unit is disposed on each corresponding opposite ends of the base. Each lamp-fixing unit includes a bottom board (222) and at least one clip element... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070153494 - Emergency luminaire: An emergency luminaire comprises a lower housing, an upper frame and a lighting apparatus. The lower housing has a charging socket mounted therein. The upper frame is correspondingly detachably attached to the lower housing. The lower housing can be coupled with a switch box, which is previously embedded in an... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070153495 - Illumination mechanism for mobile digital imaging: An electronic device (100) with an image capture device (160) includes an illumination mechanism (170). The illumination mechanism (170) includes a light source with a light shaping mechanism adapted and constructed to shape light emitted from the light source into a generally ‘V’ shaped illumination pattern (300).... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070153497 - Lighting ornament: A lighting ornament includes an ornament body and a lighting device. The ornament body includes a front side and a rear side. The front side includes a light-transmittable section, and the rear side includes a compartment. The lighting device is mounted in the compartment of the rear side of the... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070153498 - User-wearable illumination assembly: A user-wearable illumination assembly comprises a mounting fixture that is adapted to be coupled to a user-wearable device, such as eyeglasses, goggles, face masks, helmets, or other devices. A light guide has a first end that can be coupled to a light source, and a second end coupled to a... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070153499 - Illuminating jewelry piece: An illuminating jewelry piece utilizing a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and translucent stones to provide a bright, generally even patterned light display. Embodiments accomplish this by generally locating the light source (LEDs) equidistant from (between) the light reflecting structures (stones).... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20070153501 - Hands free magnification eyewear: A hands free magnification device is provided that is capable of illuminating an area adjacent the user. A method of use of the device is also provided.... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070153500 - Lighting device: A lighting device is provided having a light source and a blinder device to block incident light from the light source. In one form, the lighted device is a light module including a housing having an LED at one end with a blinder extension extending adjacent to the LED. The... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070153502 - System for signalling and/or decorative lighting on technical floors: System for signalling and/or decorative lighting on technical floors, on the type of floors comprising a number of height-adjustable legs connected by means of girders forming a horizontal network structure which may be levelled, on which a number of floor-creating plates are set and comprises a number of luminous or... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070153503 - Backpack light-emitting device: This invention relates to a backpack light-emitting device, comprising a lighting panel having a LED in three primary colors and a control circuit fixed on one lateral side thereof. The lighting panel has a sheer logo pasted on the rear side thereof; the sheer logo is able to be fixed... Agent: Chi-feng Feng

20070153504 - Floating water activated flashlight: A flashlight that includes contacts that close a circuit when the flashlight is in water. The closed circuit provides a connection between batteries and a lamp, lighting the lamp. The flashlight is sealed so that it floats when dropped in the water.... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (seattle Office)

20070153505 - Light-emitting unit and illumination device and image reading device using light-emitting unit: A light-emitting unit 20 has a light-emitting unit board 21 made of resin provided with a lead frame 22. The light-emitting unit board 21 is also provided with an open window 21a for mounting a light-emitting device. The lead frame 22 comprises a lead terminal section 22a, an inner lead... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070153506 - Flashlight: A flashlight has a switch housing in between the battery compartment and reflector. The neck of the switch housing holds a lamp support at a central position within a reflector. An o-ring on the rear of the switch housing seals the battery compartment. The switch housing partially floats within the... Agent: Jones Day

20070153507 - Personal floatation device with water activated light: A personal floatation device that includes contacts that close a circuit when the personal floatation device is in water. The closed circuit provides a connection between batteries and a lamp, lighting the lamp. The personal floatation device is buoyant so that it floats when dropped in the water.... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (seattle Office)

20070153509 - Lighting system and method: Lighting systems and methods are described, including track lighting systems and methods.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070153508 - Lighting strips with improved manufacturability: In a lighting strip (8, 80, 380), a flexible electrically insulated cable (10, 110, 410) includes spaced apart parallel electrical conductors (12, 14, 112, 114, 118, 412, 414, 4181, 4182, 4183, 4184) bound together by electrical insulation (16, 116, 416) as a cable. The electrical conductors include power conductors (12,... Agent: Scott A. Mccollister, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070153510 - Light and liquid crystal display device having the same: A light for a liquid crystal device comprises a side supporter, a lamp fixing portion installed at a front surface of the side supporter, and a U-shaped lamp insertingly fixed into the lamp fixing portion.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070153511 - Light source assembly: A light source assembly is provided. The light source assembly comprises a circuit board, a plurality of spot light sources disposed on the circuit board, and a reflector sheet disposed on the circuit board having a plurality of first holes and at least one slit extending from the periphery of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070153513 - Signal lantern: A signal lantern has an emitting assembly and a handle. The emitting assembly has multiple light emitting diodes that may generate lights in different colors. The handle has a front end, side and multiple buttons. The emitting assembly is mounted on the front end of the handle has. The buttons... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070153514 - Methods and systems for illuminating environments: Provided herein are methods and systems for illuminating environments, including aircraft environments. The methods and systems include facilities for providing both white and non-white illumination, with color and color temperature control, in programmed response to inputs. Methods and systems are also provided for improving the addressing of light systems in... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070153512 - Multi-function illumination device and related method: A multi-function illumination device including a light emitting diode (LED) module. The light emitting diode (LED) module includes a control circuit having a first control output and a second control output. A first light emitting diode (LED) bank is coupled to the first control output. The first LED bank includes... Agent: Daniel G. Nguyen Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20070153515 - Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display module using the same: A backlight assembly includes at least one backlight sub-unit, the backlight sub-unit including a light emitting diode (LED) unit that includes at least one LED that emit a predetermined color arranged in a predetermined pattern and a sidewall surrounding the LED unit.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070153516 - Lighting system and method: Lighting systems and methods are described, including track lighting systems and methods.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070153517 - Bent perimeter lighting and method for fabricating: A method for bending a perimeter light and a perimeter light for illuminating curved surfaces. One embodiment of a bending method according to the present invention comprises heating a perimeter light to make it pliable. A radius tool is then provided having a curved surface with a shape and radius... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20070153518 - Led bulb: An LED bulb includes a hollow enclosure and a lower cover assembly. The lower cover assembly includes a circuit which permits the connecting pins to be inserted into a two hole socket in either direction. The LEDs are mounted to expose their leads to ambient air to assist in cooling.... Agent: David G. Moore Strasburger & Price, LLP

20070153519 - Apparatus and method for providing a reverse hand-painted decorative fragrance lamp: An apparatus and method is disclosed for providing a reverse hand-painted decorative fragrance lamp. The decorative fragrance lamp comprises at least one glass vessel, at least one access port associated with an interior portion of the at least one glass vessel, a protective barrier disposed within the at least one... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20070153520 - Method and apparatus for providing an led light for use in hazardous locations: A lighting source that can be deployed in a hazardous environment is disclosed. For example, the lighting source comprises at least one light emitting diode and a power supply for providing power to the at least one light emitting diode. The lighting source also comprises an enclosure for housing the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20070153521 - Illumination optical system, illumination unit and image projection apparatus employing the same: An illumination optical system, an illumination unit, and an image projection apparatus employing the same are provided. The illumination optical system includes a light source irradiating a diverging light, a reflection optical system condensing the diverging light from the light source, and a lens optical system projecting the light condensed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070153523 - Floating water activated light: A flashlight that includes contacts that close a circuit when the flashlight is in water. The closed circuit provides a connection between batteries and a lamp, lighting the lamp. The flashlight is sealed so that it floats when dropped in the water.... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (seattle Office)

20070153522 - Identification and/or trail light: An efficient, long lasting identification and trail light that is suitable for marking trails and objects for nighttime identification includes a housing with an internal cavity. A folding tack is mounted on the housing and is movable from a folded away storage position to an extended position for temporarily tacking... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070153525 - Identification and/or trail light: An efficient, long lasting identification and trail light that is suitable for marking trails and objects for nighttime identification includes a translucent housing with an internal cavity. A folding tack is mounted on the housing and is movable from a folded away storage position to an extended position for temporarily... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070153524 - Lighting control with season detect: An outdoor lighting control method and apparatus for use with an outdoor lighting fixture that automatically detects the changing length of the day and provides for automatically turning off the light after a shorter period of illumination during shorter summer nights and after a longer period of illumination during longer... Agent: Elliot B. Aronson

20070153526 - Led housing:

20070153527 - Light: A decorative light and a method for making a decorative light having layers of distinct flexible materials on a bulb are disclosed.... Agent: Rathe Patent &IPLaw

20070153528 - Front panel of computer system with light-reflecting member: A panel assembly includes a front panel (10), and a light-reflecting member (40) attached to the front panel. A light-pervious mechanism (144) is disposed on the front panel. The light-reflecting member has a hollow body. A light source (30) is accommodated in the hollow body. A through opening (48) is... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070153530 - Light assembly: A light assembly is disclosed which can include one or more light emitting diodes and a reflector. The reflector includes a reflective surface and is positioned to reflect at least a portion of the light emitted by the light emitting diode. The reflector further includes a pair of flanking planar... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070153529 - Light-reflecting and light-shielding apparatus of computer panel: A panel assembly for reflecting and shielding rays of a light source, includes a panel, a light-reflecting member attached to the panel, and a light-shielding board received in the light-reflecting member. The panel includes a base and a bent plate perpendicular to the base. A light-pervious board is disposed on... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070153531 - Decorative lighting device: A decorative lighting device includes: a light-emitting unit; a holding unit which includes an inner surrounding wall that has an outer wall surface, an outer surrounding wall that has a surrounding engaging surface spaced apart from the outer wall surface with a surrounding clearance, and an annular connecting wall that... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070153532 - Light line generating device: A device that generates a light line on a work surface such as a wall is disclosed. The device includes a housing containing a self-leveling pendulum assembly and a light source that directs a light beam along a pathway. A redirection assembly, also contained in the housing, is capable of... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070153533 - Method and apparatus for lighting involving reflectors: A variety of lighting apparatuses are described that utilize reflection as a basis for lighting a desired area.... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz

20070153534 - Selectively adjustable light fixtures and furniture: A selectively adjustable lighting device is provided that includes an automobile component that may include a plurality of selectively adjustable components operably interconnected thereto. In addition, electrical wires associated with a light fixture interconnected to the automobile component may be concealed, thereby enhancing the aesthetics of the lighting device.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070153535 - Back light of steering wheel: A steering wheel comprises a rim connected to spokes. A covering material is provided to enclose at least a portion of the rim and/or the spokes. The covering material includes an outer cover and a light element positioned under the outer cover. The light element is configured to emit light... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070153536 - Signaling assembly: A signaling assembly is described and which includes a semitransparent mirror; a reflector housing, defining a cavity, and which is juxtaposed relative to the semitransparent mirror; and an electromagnetic radiation emitter positioned in the reflector housing and which, when energized, predominantly emits visibly discernable electromagnetic radiation which travels substantially, laterally,... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070153537 - Air actuated decoration system and device: The invention is a system that provides a means to using passing air to turn on an electronically powered device that is removably attached to an exterior portion of a vehicle as the vehicle travels betweens two locations. The invention is also embodied as a device that provides a means... Agent: Attn: Bryan A. Scott Resetone, LLC

20070153538 - Soft projected lighting device using multiple par lamps: A lighting box has a housing with an open front and open rear and a bar such as a standard schedule 40 pipe or 1½″ or 1⅝″ pipe extending horizontally across the housing. Multiple lights are mounted on the bar and positioned to send light out the front of the... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070153539 - Light source device and liquid crystal display device using the same: Color non-uniformity due to LED light sources of a liquid crystal display (LCD) device is improved. A light quantity control film is arranged between an LED source and the entrance surface of a mixing light guide plate. This light quantity control film is arranged in the part which reduces the... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070153540 - Decorative lampshade: A decorative lampshade includes a frame defining an inner space and including a plurality of interconnected ribs surrounding the inner space; and a plurality of transparent filaments disposed around the inner space and attached randomly to the ribs. Each of the transparent filaments bridges at least two adjacent ones of... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20070153542 - Endoscope apparatus: In an endoscope apparatus of the present invention, while observing a body cavity tissue under narrowband light via a second filter group of a rotating filter, a G2 filter section, B2 filter section, and shading filter section change illumination light to narrowband surface-sequential light of two bands of discrete spectral... Agent: Thomas Spinelli Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070153541 - Led endoscope illuminator with thermally conductive handle: The present invention is directed to methods of mounting a light source, such as, for example a high-efficiency, high-power solid state light source (e.g., a LED) within a handle of an endoscope. One of the methods of the present invention includes removing a portion of a package surrounding the light... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070153543 - Flat panel displays with primary viewing envelopes away from displyay panel normal: We disclose a flat panel display suitable for viewing primarily from viewing angles or envelopes that are away from the direction that is perpendicular to the display panel (display normal). We disclose a way of increase the brightness of the display at large viewing angles. It is desirable to have... Agent: Ming Xu

20070153544 - Optical sheet and backlight unit using the same: An optical sheet and a backlight unit using the same are disclosed, in which deviation of a viewing angle is minimized to improve picture quality. The optical sheet includes a diffusion sheet provided with a plurality of diffusion patterns diffusing incident light in at least two directions to allow the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070153545 - Luminescent diode, fabrication method thereof, and backlight assembly having the same: A luminescent diode (LED) that improves brightness uniformity, a fabrication method thereof, and a backlight assembly having the same are disclosed. The LED includes an LED chip that emits light in a side surface of an LCD device; and an optical guide element on the LED chip that enlarges a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070153546 - Light-emitting device and back light unit with light emitting diodes: A light-emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged in a matrix manner and a light guide panel. The light guide panel includes a light-exit surface and an incident surface. The incident surface includes a plurality of incident blocks arranged in a matrix manner correspondingly positioned beside the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070153547 - Light source module and optical projection apparatus: A light source module includes a first and a second light source sets, and a light guide element (LGE) having a light exit end, a light incident end, and reflection planes connected between thereof. A first and a second filter films are disposed between the edge of the light exit... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070153548 - Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device having the same: A backlight unit has a light source, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, an air space, and a diffuser, wherein the reflection sheet, the light guide plate, the air space, and the diffuser are overlaid in this order. The light source is configured to arrange individual light sources having... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070153549 - Light emitting panel assemblies: Light emitting panel assemblies include an optical panel member having a pattern of light extracting deformities on or in one or both sides to cause light to be emitted in a predetermined output distribution. The pattern of light extracting deformities on or in one side may have two or more... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070153550 - Lighting system and method: Lighting systems and methods are described, including track lighting systems and methods.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070153551 - Conductive fixed structure of track light: A conductive fixed structure of track light includes a track, an insulation strip, two conductive strips and a lamp. Wherein the track includes two lateral sidewalls opposing each other, a receiving groove is formed between the two lateral sidewalls. An insulation strip is disposed in the receiving groove. The insulation... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070153552 - Fan frame: A fan frame, which embodies a blade assembly and a motor therein, has at least one LED socket mounted on a side thereof and having a hole and at least one set of snapping retention extended from both sides of the hole, and at least one light emitting diode mounted... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property