Illumination inventions 03/08

20080074872 - Led lighting unit: A lighting unit having a light generation section, a light analysis section, a controller, and a first communication interface is disclosed. The light generation section and the light analysis section are housed in a housing having a transparent window. The light generating section includes a plurality of groups of LEDs,... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080074873 - Wall lamp: A wall lamp includes a conical refractor having a plurality of radial wave surfaces and is fixed in a space between a front cover and a rear cover so that outer edge of a bottom surface of the conical refractor is covered by the rear cover while a conical surface... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080074874 - Lighting systems: A lighting system, and method for using same, including a light source with one or more LEDs and a controller in communication with and adapted to control power flow to the light source. The LEDs may be overdriven by the controller in a flash setting so as to achieve a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080074875 - Imitation candle with simulated lighted wick: A decorative, imitation candle includes a simulated wick which generates the appearance of an open flame in a darkened environment. A light pipe is located at the expected location of the wick. The exposed end of the light pipe has a tip which produces a point like a light source... Agent: O'malley And Firestone

20080074876 - Lighting installation: A lighting installation has two light fixtures which each have an illuminant in a horizontal burning position and a box reflector surrounding the illuminant. The box reflectors of the two light fixtures are each designed to produce half bat wing light distributions. The two light fixtures are positioned parallel to... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080074877 - Light emitting unit and back plate thereof: A back plate of a light emitting unit includes a bottom plate, a plurality of first extruding elements, a plurality of second extruding elements and a plurality of connecting elements. The first extruding elements are respectively disposed on two opposite edges of the bottom plate, and the second extruding elements... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080074879 - Illumination device: An illumination device includes a light source generating initial light beams, a lens assembly disposed on an axis, and a reflector comprising a reflecting surface. The initial light beams include a first and second reference light beams traveling along a first and second positions, respectively. The first reference light beam... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080074880 - Apparatus and method for removing heat from plant growth light bulbs: Water or air is directed through a hood for providing cooling to one or more light bulbs used in growing plants in greenhouses and hydroponic applications so that the plants are not damaged by excessive heat. A water recirculation system with a reservoir and a pump which provides a flow... Agent: Rick B. Yeager, Attorney

20080074881 - Backlight module: A backlight module is composed of a light module, a heat dissipation plate, and heat pipes, wherein the heat dissipation plate is embedded with one or more than one cavity which is corresponding to a point of light source, and the cavities are installed with the heat pipes. A space... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080074884 - Compact high-intensty led-based light source and method for making the same: A LED based light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a plurality of LEDs, an LED carrier, and a cover. The LED carrier includes a metallic core having a top surface bonded to a circuit layer having mounting pads for each of the... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080074886 - Optical lens and light emitting device using the same: An exemplary optical lens (300) includes a top surface (301), a base portion (304) opposite to the top surface, and a peripheral side surface defining a first refractive portion (302). The top surface is a generally funnel-shaped top surface. The first refractive portion is corrugated with a plurality of protruding... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080074887 - Light irradiation device and inkjet printer: A light irradiation device that is capable of good irradiance uniformity in the lengthwise direction and that is applicable to an inkjet printer. A light-emitting portion of a short-arc type discharge lamp is positioned at the first focal point of a reflector that has a reflecting surface in the shape... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080074888 - Light emitting diode having reflective member and method for making the same: An exemplary light emitting diode includes a light output unit, an optical lens, and a reflective resin member. The optical lens is mounted on the light output unit. The optical lens includes a light input surface facing the light output unit, a top interface distal from the light input surface,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080074889 - Led dome light: A lighting fixture for providing illumination comprising a housing, a printed circuit board, and a plurality LEDs connected to the printed circuit board. Optionally an emergency LED may also be included. A heat sink is connected to the housing and printed circuit board. Each of the plurality of the LEDs... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080068820 - Lighting stick and method of providing a special effect to a traditional dance: A light stick for use in a traditional dance comprising an elongated impact resistant body having an striking surface and at least one light source imbedded in the body. An electronic circuit for controlling the light source and a power source for powering the electronic circuit and the light source... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080068821 - Light emitting apparatus and image monitor: A light emitting apparatus includes at least including a light emitting device structure, a connecting wire structure, and a space-occupation body. The light emitting device structure is disposed in the space-occupation body, electrically coupled with the connecting wire structure, and emits a first-frequency-range light under a suitable driving voltage. A... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080068822 - Light device: A light device includes a body having a light source and electrical contacts that plug into a first electrical outlet of a duplex receptacle and receive power therefrom. An outlet cover mounted for pivotal motion with respect to the body about at a pivot axis, which is substantially proximate to... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080068819 - Light integrating system: The invention provides a light integrating system, which includes a first light source, a second light source, and an integrating rod thereon defining an axial direction. The integrating rod includes a transmitting surface and a reflecting surface disposed beside the transmitting surface. There is an angle between the normal direction... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20080068823 - Safety warning light emitter and safety umbrella using the same: A safety warning light emitter (6) according to the present invention includes a button cover (12) tightly attached to a housing (8) at the bottom of an upper opening of the housing (8), a printed circuit board (20) located on the upper surface of a fixing member (30), the printed... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080068824 - Eyeglasses with lighting device: A pair of eyeglasses with a lighting device is provided. The lighting device is disposed across a temple pivotally connected to an eyeglass frame and consists of a clip and a light apparatus. A fasterning button of the light apparatus is tightly fastened to a socket of the clip. The... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080068825 - Electrical power system for crash helmets: An electrical power system for crash helmets is described, including a connector being disposed at an end of a visor, where the connector is configured to conduct electrical current, a switching system configured to control activation of the electrical power system, the switching system being coupled to the connector, and... Agent: Kokka & Backus, PC

20080068826 - Lip pen assembly with light bulbs: A lip pen assembly includes a container and a lip pen is removably inserted into the container. The lip pen has a base and a handle, the base is mounted to a neck extending from an end of the container and two light bulbs are connected to the base. A... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080068827 - Hand tool with an illumination device: A hand tool with an illumination device comprises a handle; a driving head extending from one end of the handle; an illumination device; a switch for controlling the actuation of the illumination device; an optical fiber tube being connected to the illumination device for transferring light from the illumination device... Agent: Ming-chi Chang

20080068828 - Decorative picture mirror: A decorative picture mirror is provided. The picture mirror includes a smooth mirror surface. A coating layer is provided on a back portion of the mirror surface, wherein the coating layer covers a select local part of the backside of the mirror surface leaving an uncovered portion of the backside... Agent: Dovas Law P.C.

20080068829 - Picture lighting master/museum frame providing near isotropic illumination of the artwork: A master/museum picture frame containing integral lighting and a light director (1) in accordance with Snell's law of Total Internal Reflection and Refraction By a Prism. Said lights, wired in series with a resistance wire parallel to the filament on the lights dumet, in accordance with the Shunt Theory, such... Agent: Stephen H. Silder

20080068831 - Lighting for detention facility: A detention facility lighting fixture includes an elongate unibody housing having a flat back wall, four sidewalls including symmetrically sloped and opposed lengthwise sidewalls and trapezoidally shaped end sidewalls, at least one top wall, and welded seams at each of four corners, a door having a lens frame, a lens,... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080068830 - Wall, headboard or ceiling mounted cordless illuminating device: An illumination device that can mount to a surface that includes a track for movement in one plane, and is powered by conventional or rechargeable batteries, that can be mounted to a surface such as a wall, headboard or ceiling. The features of the device allow for the elimination of... Agent: Murari Sharma

20080068832 - Intrinsically safe flashlight: An intrinsically safe flashlight (100) includes a housing (100), a battery receiving region (108), an active electrical circuit (202), and a light source (118). The active electrical circuit (202) uses energy from batteries (110) received in the batter receiving region (110) of the flashlight (100) to power the light source... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080068833 - Focus-adjustable led flashlight: A focus-adjustable LED flashlight includes: a tubular housing; an LED light-emitting unit coupled to the tubular housing; a sleeve unit coupled movably to the tubular housing; and a positive lens mounted in the sleeve unit and spaced apart from and aligned with the LED light-emitting unit along an axis of... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080068834 - Lighting fixtures and lighting mounts: A lighting mount for use with battery and lighting source. Lighting mount having cavity to retain lighting source, battery holder to receive battery; mounting surface; and opening from cavity through which light from lighting source projects. Opening opens away from mounting surface and battery holder, and battery and cavity are... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080068835 - Lamp fixing member, backlight assembly having the same, and display apparatus having the backlight assembly: Provided are a lamp fixing member, a backlight assembly having the same, and a display apparatus having the backlight assembly. The lamp fixing member includes a body that has a shape corresponding to a shape of the outer surface of the lamp, wherein a portion of the body is opened... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080068836 - Illuminating device and backlight device employing the illuminating device: Disclosed is an illuminating device which, as a light source for a backlight device, mixes the colors of light rays of three prime colors radiated by light emitting diodes to emit white light. The illuminating device includes a first light source (22R) radiating light rays of the first prime color,... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20080068837 - Led lamp: A LED lamp is disclosed to include two LEDs arranged opposite to each other on a bracket and electrically connected to an electric connector connectable to an external power source, and a lens shell covering the LEDs. The lens shell has vertical prism ribs spaced around the inside wall and... Agent: Idealite Optoelectronics, Inc.

20080068838 - Lighting system: A lighting system comprises a housing, suitable for mounting to a structural unit, the housing including a plurality of enclosure panels. At least one light-bearing member is moveable relative to each of the enclosure panels. An actuator is in operable communication with the at least one light-bearing member, the actuator... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080068839 - Luminaire comprising adjustable light modules: The invention provides a general illumination luminaire comprising one or more adjustable light modules. In particular, the luminaire generally comprises one or more light modules, each one of which comprising one or more light-emitting elements, and optionally comprising a heat sink in thermal contact therewith and output optics for managing... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (formerly Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham)

20080068840 - Adjusting structure of a laser indicator of a sawing machine: A laser indicator is secured on a rotating shaft of a sawing machine, on which rotating shaft a saw is fitted; the laser indicator consists of a base, an upper cover, a laser module, and a threaded adjusting element passed through a screw hole of the upper cover; the laser... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080068841 - Lighting fixture with a retractable sensor module and methods of operating the same: In a second embodiment, the lighting fixture with a sensor module can be further fitted with a plug-in transmitter module. The transmitter module receives and re-directs a signal from the sensor module to activate a receiver product, including a chime or a lighting fixture, in a separate part of a... Agent: Botkin & Hall, LLP

20080068842 - Semiconductor light-emitting device with improved heatsinking: The present invention relates to a light-emitting device comprising a substrate, a circuitry, a LED in electrical connection with said circuitry, and a heat sink arranged to transport heat away from the LED, wherein the LED is in thermal contact with said heat sink through an opening in said substrate.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080068843 - Light fixture for producing an oblong luminous surface: The invention relates to a light fixture for producing an oblong luminous surface with a horizontal illuminant and a box reflector which has a curved reflector surface and planar reflector surfaces to the side enclosing the curved reflector surface, the horizontal illuminant being disposed at right angles to the planar... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080068844 - Illuminated push button unit: An illuminated push button unit includes a light-guide lens, a lens holder and a push-down control. The light-guide lens is configured to guide light from a light source to a light emission face disposed at a front end of the light-guide lens and emit the light from the light emission... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080068845 - Optical device and method for making the same: An optical device has a substrate, an optical element mounted on the substrate, a first glass member sealing the optical element and the substrate, and a second glass member formed on the first glass member and having a mold separation property higher than the first glass member.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080068846 - Surface light source, method of driving the same, and backlight unit having the same: A surface light source includes a plate type light source body having a sealed discharging space formed therein, a plate type electrode unit having a plurality of regions adjacent to at least one major surface of the light source body, and a multiple voltage applying unit operable to apply voltages... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080068847 - Recessed light fixture: A recessed light fixture mountable to a panel. The panel defines a panel aperture extending therethrough. The recessed light fixture includes a housing, the housing defining an end wall and a side wall extending from the end wall. The side wall defines a side wall edge substantially opposed to the... Agent: Invention Quebec Inc.

20080068848 - Display unit for vehicles equipped with rear seat entertainment system: A display unit for vehicles equipped with a rear seat entertainment (RSE) system includes: a monitor foldably mounted to an upper portion of a console box and configured to pivot about a hinge shaft; a monitor base having a fixing button mounted thereon so as to allow the monitor to... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080068849 - Atv worklight: Devices for providing working light for off-road vehicles and methods using those devices. The present invention includes worklights on off-road vehicles such as all terrain vehicles, off-road utility vehicles, and snowmobiles. Such worklights can be located on the rear or side of the off-road vehicles and may be controllable from... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080068850 - Sliding vanity door with integral lens: A sun visor includes a vanity assembly attached to a sun visor blade assembly. The vanity assembly includes a mirror subassembly, a light subassembly, and a door subassembly. The door subassembly is reversibly movable from an open to a closed position relative to mirror subassembly and light subassembly such that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080068851 - Exterior rear-view mirror for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles: The invention relates exterior rearview mirrors, wherein lighting units (8) in the form of a repeating direction indicator lamp are housed in the mirror head (1). In order for the diffuser panel (14) to be substantially invisible when not illuminated, the diffuser panel is configured on its exterior in such... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080068852 - Illuminating unit comprising an optical element: An illuminating unit comprising a luminous means (5) and an optical element (1) that has a radiation entrance surface (2) facing the luminous means (5) and a radiation exit surface (3) averted from the luminous means (5). The optical element (1) has at least one holographic element (4) that is... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080068853 - Headlamp having led light sources: Provided is a lamp unit using light-emitting-diode (LED) light sources, more particularly, a lamp unit using LED light sources which can generate a low beam and a high beam using LED light sources. The lamp unit includes a first LED light source unit which includes a first row of LED... Agent: Kongsik Kim Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080068854 - Projection-type vehicle headlamp: A projection-type vehicle headlamp includes a lamp body, a front cover forming a lamp housing together with the lamp body, a light projection unit accommodated inside the lamp body, and a cover extending in a forward direction from the light projection unit. A louver is formed on a portion of... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080068855 - Method for identifying critical circuits utilizing black light: The present invention provides a communication facility that includes a plurality of communication circuits. At least one of the communication circuits is a critical communication circuit. The critical communication circuit includes a phosphor-enabled indication that becomes visible to the human eye when exposed to black light.... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator

20080068856 - Led light system: The invention relates to an LED light system (1) for generating directed illumination radiation. The system comprises a plurality of LED lamp elements (2), each comprising a collimator (10) with an LED element (9). The LED lamp elements (2) are arranged in a defined array for generating a specified luminance... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080068857 - Trim component with concealed indicium: A vehicular trim component comprises a substrate having external and internal surfaces and a finish on at least one of the external and internal surfaces. An illumination source actuatable between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state is positioned behind the substrate to direct light through the finish with the... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20080068858 - Surface light source apparatus: A surface light source apparatus including a point light source, a light guide plate which spreads light introduced from the point light source into a planar shape to output the light from a light outgoing plane, and a light blocking member which covers parts of the point light source and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080068860 - Backlight module: A backlight module comprises a housing, a first emitting unit, a second emitting unit and a light stopper. The housing comprises a reflective surface. The first emitting unit is disposed on the reflective surface, providing a first light beam, wherein an angle between the first light beam and the reflective... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080068859 - Efficient solid state light source for generating light in a limited region of the color space: A light source having first and second component light sources, a mixing device, and a controller is disclosed. The first component light source generates light having a perceived color that can be varied within a predetermined two-dimensional region of the CIE 1976 color space in response to a set of... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080068861 - Led backlight device with deviated led pitch: A backlight unit usable in a liquid crystal display. In one embodiment, the backlight unit includes a substrate, a first plurality of light emitting elements positioned on the substrate, and a second plurality of light emitting elements positioned on the substrate, where the first plurality of light emitting elements positioned... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080068862 - Light guide plate, method of manufacturing light guide plate and backlight with the light guide plate: An edge-light type light guide plate 30 is provided and has a first surface 31 and a second surface 32 that are opposed to each other, and a peripheral edge surface extending between the peripheral edges of the first and second surfaces. A part of the peripheral edge surface is... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080068863 - Light guide plate with high-density differently sized diffusing dots and backlight module using the same: An exemplary light guide plate includes a light input surface, a bottom surface, a light output surface opposite to the bottom surface, and a plurality of dots. The dots are arranged on the bottom surface in series of adjacent columns parallel to the light input surface. Each dot column defines... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080068864 - Backlight module: A backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light guide plate has a side surface adjacent the light source for entry of light beams from the light source, a bottom surface perpendicular to the side surface, a plurality of identical protrusions formed on the bottom... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080062669 - Gravity dial level indicator for line generator: A line generator includes a housing carrying a light source for emitting a light beam and a mounting surface for removably mounting the generator on a surface. The line generator includes a gravity dial having at least one indicator, wherein when the mounting surface is substantially vertical, the gravity dial... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080062670 - Key assembly and mobile terminal having the same: A key assembly and a mobile terminal having the same. The key assembly includes a plurality of key buttons, a light guiding sheet arranged below at least one of the plurality of key buttons, a light emitter to generate light into an edge of the light guiding sheet, the light... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080062671 - Luminous key mechanism: A luminous key mechanism. A keycap moves with respect to a base plate and includes a transparent window. A light-emitting element is disposed under the keycap. A condenser is connected to the transparent window and opposes the light-emitting element. Light output from the light-emitting element is condensed by the condenser... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080062673 - Control panel assembly for laundry machine: The present invention relates to a control panel assembly in which a light emitted from a single lamp is prevented from being dispersed nearby. A control panel assembly for a laundry machine, the control panel assembly includes a lamp supporter in which a plurality of lamps are installed to display... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080062672 - Light emitting device: A light emitting device is disclosed herein. An embodiment of the light emitting device includes a cavity and at least one light emitter located within the cavity. A first transparent material fills at least a portion of the cavity and encapsulates the light emitter. A substantially rigid optical modifying element... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080062674 - Stain and odor detection and cleanup system: A method and apparatus for detecting stains, urine, odor and feces, and more particularly, the combination of a black light detector and a liquid reservoir and/or trigger pump dispensing vehicle for containing stain removing chemicals is provided. The black light is selectively and removably mounted or positioned in the body... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080062675 - Illuminating device for tent: A tent includes a plurality of posts and an illuminating device mounted to one of the posts. The post to which the illuminating device is mounted includes an outer circumference and a circular cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the post. The illuminating device includes a light seat... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080062677 - Electroluminescent communication system between articles of apparel and the like: An article of apparel, or household fabric, having a power source, a switch and at least one electroluminescent or fabric strip for illuminating the article of apparel, or household article. In addition, the present invention can be used in a peer to peer network. The article may have a communication... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20080062676 - Hand lighting tool: A hand lighting tool 1 includes: a thumb wrapper 10 to be wrapped around a thumb so that it can be attached to or detached from the thumb; an index finger wrapper 20 to be wrapped around an index finger so that it can be attached to or detached from... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080062678 - Make-up applicator with led light source: A device is provided to apply make-up (10) in low-light situations. The device has a body tube (14), with a first and a second and a intermediate portion therebetween. The first end has a radial cross-section with an inner portion and an annular outer portion. Mounted in the inner portion... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080062679 - Lamp and illuminated hardscape: A lamp and a hardscape structure illuminated by the lamp are disclosed. The lamp is formed from a plate to which a light fixture is attached. The plate may have a flange, a decorative face plate and side panels attached to direct light from the fixture along the hardscape on... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20080062680 - Lighting device with leds: The present invention provides a light tube for illumination by a power supply circuit including a bulb portion and a pair of end caps disposed at opposite ends of the bulb portion. A plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed inside the bulb portion and in electrical communication with the... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080062684 - Theatre light apparatus incorporating independently controlled color flags: A multiparameter light is disclosed, which incorporates an LED (light emitting diode) tracking ring surrounding a main output lens. The LED tracking ring is capable of additive color mixing and in turn can simulate the color of the main projected light projecting from the main output aperture or output lens... Agent: Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20080062681 - Theatre light apparatus incorporating led tracking system: A multiparameter light is disclosed, which incorporates an LED (light emitting diode) tracking ring surrounding a main output lens. The LED tracking ring is capable of additive color mixing and in turn can simulate the color of the main projected light projecting from the main output aperture or output lens... Agent: Mr. Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20080062683 - Theatre light apparatus incorporating led tracking system: A multiparameter light is disclosed, which incorporates an LED (light emitting diode) tracking ring surrounding a main output lens. The LED tracking ring is capable of additive color mixing and in turn can simulate the color of the main projected light projecting from the main output aperture or output lens... Agent: Mr. Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20080062682 - Illumination system: The illumination system has a light source (1) with a plurality of light emitters (R, G, B). The light emitters comprise at least a first light-emitting diode of a first primary color and at least a second light-emitting diode of a second primary color, the first and the second primary... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080062685 - Theatre light apparatus incorporating led tracking system: A multiparameter light is disclosed, which incorporates an LED (light emitting diode) tracking ring surrounding a main output lens. The LED tracking ring is capable of additive color mixing and in turn can simulate the color of the main projected light projecting from the main output aperture or output lens... Agent: Mr. Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20080062686 - Illumination system: An illumination system has a plurality of light emitters (R, G, B), at least one light-collimating section (12, 12′, 12″) for collimating the light emitted by the light emitters arranged along a longitudinal axis (25) of the illumination system. The at least one lightcollimating sections merge into a light-mixing section... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080062687 - Lamp: An assembly for use with a lamp including the lights, structures for dissipating heat, and controls for controlling the intensity and light temperature emitted by the assembly. Included are structures which allow the lamp to adjust the assembly to a desired position and a small compact configuration. The assembly can... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080062688 - Illumination devices and methods for making the same: The present disclosure is generally directed to illumination devices, and methods for making the same. The device, in particular, includes a first conductor layer, a first insulator layer disposed on the first conductor layer and having at least one first aperture defined therein through the first insulator layer, a second... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080062689 - Led lighting fixture: A light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture for achieving a desired illumination pattern includes a support plate and a plurality of panels connected to the support plate. Each panel has an array of LEDs mounted to a planar surface thereof, and each of the panels is rotatable in at least... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080062690 - Lighting device with protective cover: A light device includes a base portion, a light portion attached to the base portion, at least one light emitting element, a power supply electrically connected to the at least one light emitting element, and a protective cover coupled to the base portion. The protective cover defines an interior region... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20080062691 - Led lighting fixture: A light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture for achieving a desired illumination pattern includes a panel and one or more LEDs attached to a surface of the panel. One or more of the LEDs may be mounted at an angle to the surface.... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080062692 - Silent moving head projector: The present invention relates to moving head projectors comprising a base, to which base a yoke is rotationally connected, which yoke is rotationally connected to a head, which head comprises a light source placed partly inside reflective means, which reflective means forms a light beam, which light beam passes through... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080062693 - Rotatable lamp with braking mechanism: A recessed light fixture having a rotation ring allowing rotation of a lamp mounted over the fixture frame aperture, the rotation ring easily rotatable on the frame and held in place by a ring clamp. The recessed light fixture rotation ring has a mechanical brake for locking the ring in... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080062694 - Heat dissipation device for light emitting diode module: A heat dissipation device for a light emitting diode (LED) module includes a liquid cooling system. The liquid cooling system includes a heat-absorbing member, which includes an inlet, an outlet and at least one pipe extending between the inlet and the outlet. The inlet and the outlet are provided for... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080062697 - Illuminated sign and light source for use with said sign: An illuminable sign (20) has a base (22); a trough (24) having a configuration C formed in the base (22); a light dispensing medium (26) having the configuration C fitted in the trough (24) and including a pair of light-entering ports (28, 30); a light generator (32) fixed in operative... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080062698 - Led module: A LED module includes a heat sink, which is partially covered with an insulative layer and has a groove in a top recess thereof, and a plurality of mounting through holes cut through the top and bottom sides, a LED mounted in the groove of the heat sink, metal conduction... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080062695 - Lens assembly apparatus and method: A thermal barrier apparatus includes a lens cell with a vacuum chamber, the lens cell having opposing lenses, and a one-way gas valve coupled to the lens cell to allow venting of the vacuum chamber in response to thermal expansion of gas in the vacuum chamber.... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080062696 - Light engine: A light engine (10) has a light engine subassembly (12) comprising: a housing (14) having a longitudinal axis (16), a tubular portion (18) with a surrounding wall (20) and a closed end (22). A slot (24) is formed in the surrounding wall (20) and terminates at the closed end (22).... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080062700 - Backlight having discharge tube, reflector and heat conduction member contacting discharge tube: A display device includes a backlight having a discharge tube and a reflector. A heat conduction member is attached to the reflector in contact with the discharge tube, so that a part of the discharge tube is locally cooled by the heat conduction member. Liquid mercury is collected at a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080062699 - Mounting arrangement for light emitting diodes: A modular light emitting diode (LED) mounting configuration is provided including a light source module having a plurality of pre-packaged LEDs arranged in a serial array. The module includes a heat conductive body portion adapted to conduct heat generated by the LEDs to an adjacent heat sink. As a result,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080062701 - Light efficient led assembly including a shaped reflective cavity and method for making same: A method for making an efficient light emitting diode (LED) assembly by providing a thermally conductive base having a surface cavity, disposing a reflective paste in the surface cavity, and shaping the reflective paste to form a reflective cavity. The reflective cavity is shaped such that there is a mounting... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080062702 - Apparatus and method as well as equipment for testing image sensors: An apparatus for testing image sensors is provided. The light beam emanating from a light source is transformed into a diffused light beam by a beam diffuser and then cast on the sensing area of a tested image sensor. In this manner, although the test light beam coming from a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080062703 - Light bulb utilizing a replaceable led light source: The present invention is a light bulb featuring a removable LED light source. The preferred source being a lighting source with a three dimensional lead frame as disclosed in the parent applications to this application. Control circuitry is included to convert electrical power into power usable by the LEDs.... Agent: Geoffrey E. Dobbin, Patent Attorney

20080062704 - High uniformity diffuser lens structure: A high uniformity diffuser is provided, wherein a light emission surface of the diffuser is added with prismatic lenses, such that a passage of light is changed through refraction or reflection caused when the light of lamps passes through the lens, in order to achieve an effect of scattering the... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080062705 - Hinged doors for recessed light fixture: A recessed light fixture having a rotation ring allowing rotation of a lamp mounted over the fixture frame aperture, the rotation ring easily rotatable on the frame and held in place by a ring clamp. The recessed light fixture rotation ring has a mechanical brake for locking the ring in... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080062706 - Systems, devices, components and methods for controllably configuring the brightness and color of light emitted by an automotive led illumination system: Disclosed are various embodiments of system, devices, components and methods for controllably configuring the brightness and color of light emitted by an automotive LED illumination system. The brightness and color of light emitted by LEDs, or clusters or groups of LEDs, may be varied smoothly or in step-wise fashion to... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080062707 - Led illuminator collimation module and its holder: The present invention provides an LED illuminator collimation module that can be installed in the optical engine of a projector. The LED illuminator collimation module comprises an LED base, a collimator, and a holder. The holder further comprises a first clamping holder and a second clamping holder. The collimator can... Agent: Raymond Sun

20080062708 - Anti-theft vehicle mini lamp: A vehicle lamp assembly includes a housing having a top end, a body portion with an interior portion, and a lens portion covering the top end. The lamp assembly also includes an attachment member having a sleeve portion with an open top end and an open bottom end. The sleeve... Agent: The Bilicki Law Firm, PC

20080062709 - Vehicular lamp: A vehicular lamp with a light source unit that includes a main reflector for reflecting light irradiated from a first light source, a projection lens that condenses and radiates light reflected by the main reflector, and a shade that blocks a part of the light reflected by the main reflector,... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Koda & Androlia

20080062710 - Vehicle light: The invention relates to a vehicle light, in particular a brake light a brake light, comprising at least one light source and a light guiding device wherein the light emitted by the light source can be injected and which comprises decoupling means for decoupling the light or a part thereof.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080062711 - Electrical device having boardless electrical component mounting arrangement: An electrical device such as an LED light assembly includes a conductive circuit and one or more electrical components connected to the circuit. The electrical components and the circuit are at least partially overmolded with a thermoplastic polymer material to encapsulate the components. The material utilized to cover the circuit... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080062712 - Sparsely spaced array led headlamp: A headlamp comprising at least one array of illumination light sources, the light sources positioned substantially corresponding to a desired illumination beam pattern for the headlight, the light from the light source of the array being provided to a lens which projects the light in the illumination beam pattern. Preferably,... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080062713 - Illumination system: Disclosed is an illumination device. The device includes a light engine in an acoustic tile that introduces light into a plurality of optical fibers using an LED. In between the LED and the fiber ends, an LCD is used to modify the light introduced. To do this, the LCD is... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080062714 - Backlight assembly and display apparatus having the same: A backlight assembly includes a light source unit, a reflective element, a receiving container and a diffusion plate. The light source unit has at least one point light source, and the point light source emits light toward a side surface direction. The reflective element has a reflective surface, and the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080062715 - Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same: A backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display having the same are provided. The backlight assembly includes a plurality of LED packages mounted on a substrate, and a lens unit that seals the LED packages. The lens unit includes a plurality of convex lenses arranged to partially overlap with each... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080062716 - Light structure for attachment to input/output device: A new and useful illumination device, designed especially for input/output panels that are often operated in less than favorable ambient lighting conditions, is provided. The illumination device is designed to be integrally connected with an input/output panel and is selectively actuatable to a condition in which it directs light over... Agent: Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C.

20080062717 - Backlight assembly removing dark areas and display device provided with the same: A backlight assembly removing dark areas and a display device including the backlight assembly are provided. The backlight assembly includes a light source to emit light, and a light guiding plate which receives and guides the light emitted from the light source. A light diffusing area is formed in a... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080062718 - Light guide plate with high-density diffusing dots and backlight module using the same: An exemplary light guide plate includes a light input surface, a bottom surface, a light output surface opposite to the bottom surface, and a plurality of dots. The dots are arranged on the bottom surface in series of adjacent columns parallel to the light input surface. A distance between two... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080062719 - Optical multilayer film and a backlight module utilizing the same: An optical multilayer film includes first and second optical layers, and a refracting layer. The first optical layer has a light-exit surface. The second optical layer has a light-incoming surface facing the light-exit surface of the first optical layer, and a light-outgoing surface opposite to the light-incoming surface and formed... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080062720 - Backlight assembly and display apparatus having the same: A backlight assembly includes a light generating unit, a light guide plate guiding light supplied from the light generating unit, at least one optical sheet disposed over the light guide plate, and a protection sheet disposed over the optical sheet. The protection sheet includes a diffusion layer formed on a... Agent: Frank Chau, Esq. F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080062722 - Backlight module and flat panel display: The backlight module in the flat panel display (FPD) includes a frame that resides between the backlight module and the cover of FPD display, and has an inclined plane with an angle between the optical film. The inclined plane causes the touching area broader than the parallel plane does, thus... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080062721 - Liquid crystal display and back light module thereof: A back light module includes a frame, multiple light sources and an optical film. The frame has a bottom and several laterals. The bottom having multiple holes is connected with the laterals. The light sources correspond to the holes, respectively, and are fixed inside the frame. The optical film is... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080055881 - Direct-lit backlight with angle-dependent birefringent diffuser: A direct-lit backlight includes a diffuse reflector disposed in front of a light source. The diffuse reflector has a continuous phase material and a disperse phase material, at least one of which is birefringent, and the disperse phase material is formed into particles having a transverse dimension less than 1... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080055882 - Lighting device: A lighting device including an LED, which is located immediately below a first illumination window, for illuminating not only the first illumination window but also a second illumination window. The lighting device includes a light guide plate for transmitting light from the LED. The light guide plate includes first and... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080055883 - Surface-treated surface light source, method of fabricating the same, and backlight unit having the same: A surface treatment layer containing alkali metal oxide is formed on at least one of substrates to form a body of a surface light source. The surface treatment layer may be formed of oxide by coating at least one of cesium, potassium, rubidium, and compound thereof on the surface of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080055884 - Device and method for illuminating a fluid: A device and method for illuminating a fluid is disclosed. The device includes a closed, collapsible container for holding a fluid and having an outlet, a light source for illuminating the fluid being dispensed through the outlet, and a switching mechanism for activating the light source in response to an... Agent: Peter J. Rashid

20080055880 - Imaging apparatus for providing background separated images: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for producing background separated product images for print and on-line display. An image formation system provides controllable background and foreground lighting of an item to facilitate acquiring images that appear to have no background, a platform for supporting items, cameras... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080055885 - Display device: A multi-functional decorative display device as shown and described.... Agent: Jeffrey S. Marks

20080055886 - Functional umbrella hub: A functional umbrella hub for an outdoor umbrella having a plurality of awning arms and a connector head electrically extended from a power source, wherein the functional umbrella hub includes a functional appliance, a hub body, and a functional hub. The hub body has a plurality of hinges for respectively... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20080055887 - Helmet visor: A detachable visor for a helmet incorporates an integrated light unit. The light unit may be detachable. A smooth design is facilitated, and which is particularly suitable for cycle helmets.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080055888 - Flashlight mounting arrangement: A flashlight mounting arrangement may comprise a flashlight body having a source of light therein, and a mounting saddle for detachably affixing the flashlight body on an object, the mounting saddle detachably engaging the flashlight body. Optionally, the flashlight may have a rotatable lamp head, and the lamp head may... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080055889 - Utility device with multiple, pivotal non-coplanar tools: A tool assembly primarily for illuminating a work space having a plurality of tools each of which having both a proximal and distal end for providing rotational movement of each of the tools for extension to at least one functional position and a distal end for use of the tool... Agent: Mitchell A. Stein, Esq. Stein Law, P.C.

20080055890 - Decorative shining belt for patterned skeletons: The invention relates to an improved decorative shining belt for a patterned skeleton, which includes a patterned skeleton with a light string. A shining belt having many reflective pieces is also winded on the skeleton and is interlaced with the light string. Hence, the bulbs and the reflective pieces can... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080055891 - Dual switch handheld flashlight: A handheld flashlight includes a main body with a first and second end which also includes a power source within the main body. A light emitting source is attached to the main body proximate the first end. The main body includes a first switch operably attached to the main body... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080055892 - Utility light: A portable utility light comprises a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a light-emitting source disposed in the second housing portion. The first housing portion has a first end rotatively coupled by a joint to a first end of the second housing portion. The first housing portion is... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080055893 - Flashlight: A portable lighting device, such as a flashlight, having a rotatable band disposed around the exterior of the flashlight is disclosed. Rotational movement of the band is converted to lateral movement of the light emitting element within the flashlight. The structural integrity of the flashlight is not compromised when the... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20080055894 - Lamp bar: A lamp bar may include and/or involve multiple LED light sources linearly arranged along a length of the lamp bar.... Agent: Fsp LLC

20080055895 - Backlight module: A backlight module is provided. The backlight module comprises a light source and a back bezel. The light source includes at least one high voltage electrode terminal. The back bezel is positioned at a rear portion of the light source. The back bezel is formed with at least an opening... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080055896 - Systems, devices, components and methods for controllably configuring the color of light emitted by an automotive led illumination system: Disclosed are various embodiments of system, devices, components and methods for controllably configuring the color of light emitted by an automotive LED illumination system. The colors of light emitted by LEDs, or clusters or groups of LEDs, may be varied smoothly or in step-wise fashion to produce virtually any desired... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080055898 - Led lamp: A light source may include and/or involve multiple LEDs arranged at positions in a first vertical plane, and multiple LEDs arranged at positions in a second vertical plane, the positions in the second vertical plane being non-overlapping with the positions in the first vertical plane.... Agent: Fsp LLC

20080055897 - Lighting apparatus: In a lighting apparatus for conducting product inspection by irradiation of LED light at an improved inspection accuracy, an LED light source device for scattering lights of a plurality types of LEDs of different emission wavelengths by a light guiding member and irradiating them from a light emitting surface in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080055899 - Image display apparatus: An image display apparatus including an image display unit, a light source unit, an illumination optical system configured to guide light from the light source unit to the image display unit, and a display optical system configured to guide light from the image display unit to a viewer is disclosed.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080055901 - Illumination apparatus having a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices: An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, a reflective layer, a plurality of conductor parts and a translucent adhesive layer. Each of the semiconductor light-emitting devices has a translucent substrate, and a semiconductor light-emitting layer formed on the substrate. The reflective layer has a size on which... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080055900 - Led light pod with modular optics and heat dissipation structure: Disclosed is a modular light emitting diode (LED) light pod having heat dissipation structures. A reflective optic plate, which may be made in various modular sizes and designs, having a plurality of recesses is seated on an LED board having a plurality of LEDs, such that the plurality of LEDs... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080055902 - Light source, backlight assembly and display apparatus capable of reducing infrared signal interference: A light source that reduces or even prevents signal interference with an infrared remote control unit is presented. The light source includes a lamp body filled with discharge gas and having an inner wall that is coated with a fluorescent layer to generate light. A barrier layer provided at the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080055903 - Illuminating device and projector: An illuminating device includes a first light source unit emitting illumination beams with a first optical axis; a second light source unit; and two reflecting elements arranged on both sides of an optical path of the first light source unit. The reflecting element arranged on the side of the second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080055904 - Patterned decorations with shining structures: The invention relates to an improved patterned decoration with shining structures, which includes a lot of bulbs on the decoration. A lot of shining sets including reflective pieces are also provided on the decoration. Hence, the bulbs and the swinging reflective pieces can emit rays outward at the same time... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080055906 - Light-emitting device for bathroom containers: A light-emitting device for bathroom containers is disclosed. Two contiguous and separated rooms are arranged in a main body of bathroom containers. A first room can be see-through from outside and has a plurality of irregular refraction surfaces while the second room is arranged with electronic components including a LED(light-emitting... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080055905 - Ship-borne searchlight: A ship-borne searchlight comprising a lamp housing, a reversible motor installed on the lamp housing, a movable cover pivotally connected to the lamp housing and a lamp mounted on back side of the movable cover, wherein the movable cover has a sector block formed on its back side and a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080055907 - Grid screen for illumination devices: In a grid screen for illumination devices, the honeycomb grid disc (5) is provided in the component (4) and is provided with a punched-out aperture (9). Fastening the grid screen is made possible by means of spring clips (10) which are in each case fixedly connected on both sides to... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20080055908 - Assembled structure of large-sized led lamp: An assembled structure of a large-sized LED lamp includes a substrate. One surface of the substrate is provided with a plurality of LED modules. Each LED module comprises a circuit board and a plurality of LEDs fixedly connected to the circuit board. A lamp mask is locked onto the substrate... Agent: Hdsl

20080055911 - Light source device for a projector: A light source device for a projector includes a light source unit and a heat dissipation unit. The light source unit includes a circuit board, and a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on and in front of the circuit board and arranged in an array. The heat dissipation unit... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080055909 - Method for combining led lamp and heat dissipator and combination structure thereof: A method for combining a LED lamp and a heat dissipator and a combination structure thereof A heat-conducting plate is mounted on the LED lamp. The heat-conducting plate is used for being detachably assembled with a heat dissipator. Elements such as screws, bolts, locking tools or rivets can be used... Agent: Hdsl

20080055910 - Lighting device comprising a lamp unit a reflector: A lighting device (1) comprises a lamp unit (10) for emitting light, a reflector (20) for reflecting the emitted light, and a housing (30) for accommodating both the lamp unit (10) and the reflector (20). Much heat is generated by the lamp unit (10) during operation of the device (1)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080055912 - Reflector for gas discharge lamps: The invention relates to a reflector, in particular for discharge luminaires, in the case of which at least two facets direct the light from an upper and a lower region of the discharge lamp in the same direction.... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080055913 - Booster optic: A booster optic is provided in an LED light assembly that includes a primary reflective surface to redirect light towards a desired location to form an illuminance pattern that when combined with a first illuminance pattern, which is formed by only the primary reflector, provides a combined illuminance pattern having... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080055914 - Temporary lighting fixture: A temporary lighting fixture comprising of a housing, a light-bulb socket positioned in the housing, a male electrical plug in electrical communication with the light-bulb socket, and a fastener operatively connected to the housing. The fastener is adapted to secure the housing to an extension cord.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080055915 - Lighting apparatus: A lighting apparatus is provided including an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed on a base. The base is configured to move heat away from the array of LEDs to other portions of the base and further to the atmosphere or an adjacent housing. In one embodiment, a native... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080055916 - Lamp fixing structure and backlight module: A lamp fixing structure is arranged with a lamp which has an electrode and a wire electrically connected to the electrode. The lamp fixing structure includes a lamp holder and at least one lamp protecting member. The lamp holder has at least one pressing part. The lamp protecting member has... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080055917 - Lamp holder and lamp holder attachment structure: A lamp holder including a supporting base; holding units to hold a light source, which are provided on one surface of the supporting base; and locking units to lock the supporting base in a predetermined position, which are provided on the other surface of the supporting base; and the holding... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080055918 - Vehicular lamp assembly having multiple moveable reflectors: A vehicular lamp assembly, such as a headlight, can be configured for attachment to a vehicle for providing illumination about the exterior of a vehicle. The lamp assembly can include a light source configured to emit light during use, a lens, first and second reflectors, and an actuator assembly. The... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP

20080055919 - Vehicle headlamp: A headlamp includes a light source, a first auxiliary reflector disposed below a reflector, and a plurality of second auxiliary reflectors disposed on a front side of the first auxiliary reflector at a predetermined interval along a vertical direction. The light source is a line light source extending in a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080055920 - Vehicle headlamp: A projector-type vehicle headlamp includes a light source which is a line light source extending in a width direction of a vehicle, a reflector, a first auxiliary reflector disposed below the reflector, and a second auxiliary reflector disposed on a front side of the first auxiliary reflector. A sectional shape... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080055921 - Vehicle headlamp: A reflector reflects a light from a light source. A projector lens projects a reflected light from the reflector ahead of a vehicle. A shade is used to switch the reflected light into a plurality of beams in a plurality of light distribution patterns. A spring member and a drive... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080055922 - Fiber bundle and light-source equipment: A fiber bundle is provided which has various advantages: limitation in terms of heat-resistant temperature is less; its manufacturing is easy and low-cost; and it will not degrade the optical fiber properties. The fiber bundle 10, which transmits through element fibers 11 light incident from light sources and emits the... Agent: Venable LLP

20080055923 - High efficiency light projector: The light projector of the invention includes a lamp, a full-ellipsoidal reflector and an elongated glass rod on an optical axis, with the light source at the primary focus and the proximal end of the glass rod at the conjugate focus. A transverse, infrared-reflecting, visible light transmitting mirror is disposed... Agent: Jack V. Miller

20080055924 - Illumination system for producing light and for launching the light into a proximal end of an optical cable of an observation apparatus for endoscopy or microscopy: An illumination system for producing light and for launching the light into a proximal end of an optical cable of an observation apparatus for endoscopy or microscopy has a light source having at least one LED. In addition, the illumination system has an optical light guiding element between the light... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080055925 - Light emitting device and liquid crystal device: A light emitting device includes a light source and a light guide body having a light guiding surface from which light emitted from the light source is received and having a light emitting surface from which the received light is emitted. A plurality of rows of light source allays each... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080055926 - Light deflector and light source device: A planar light source device has a primary light source (1), a light guide (3) having a light incident surface (31) on which light emitted from the primary light source (1) is incident and a light emitting surface (33) for emitting light guided in the light guide, and a light... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080055927 - Light source efficiency upgrading installation: An installation to upgrade light source efficiency includes a dimmer disposed to the backlight module at where in relation to the route the light from light source travels; and the dimmer is related to an optical structure that is totally permeable and/or reflects light to upgrade light source efficiency and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080055928 - Backlight device, light source device, lens, electronic apparatus and light guide plate: Disclosed herein is a backlight device. The device includes: a light emitting element; a lens having an incident surface on which light emitted by the light emitting element is incident, and an outgoing surface which has an ability to converge the light and from which the light incident on the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080055929 - Optical sheet, and backlight unit and display using the same: In an optical sheet which is used for light control illumination in a backlight unit for a display, in order from an incident side of an illuminating light, there are provided at least a light scattering layer which scatters the illuminating light toward an outgoing surface side, an adhesion layer... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080055930 - Backlight module: A backlight module includes multiple light sources and optical films; those optical films being disposed over those light sources to allow streams of light emitted from each light source radiate through those optical films to reach the expected performance of light source; those light sources being arranged in proper spacing;... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080055931 - Method and systems for illuminating: Methods and systems are described for illumination in different applications. Real thin illumination systems (200) with good luminance uniformity, good efficiency and good colour mixing uniformity are obtained, even if different light sources emitting different colours are used. A plurality of light sources (102), emitting light from different colours, couple... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080055932 - Optical diffusion module: An optical diffusion structure includes an optical diffusion structure comprising a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions. Each convex portion is adjacent to a plurality of concave portions and each concave portion is adjacent to a plurality of convex portions. The convex portions, the concave portions... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080055934 - Optical sheet and illumination device and flat panel display utilizing the same: An optical sheet allowing light which has entered the sheet through a sheet back surface to exit the sheet through a sheet front surface on which a prism portion is provided, includes an optical function part provided on a sheet end face extending between a circumferential edge of the sheet... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080055933 - Multi emission mode backlight: A backlight (100) for a display comprises a planar light guide (102) through which light is guided by internal reflection. The light guide is provided with a first plurality of parallel structures (129) essentially along a first direction and a second plurality of parallel structures (122) provided essentially along a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080055935 - Illuminating device and display device having the same: A light-beam direction conversion portion including two reflecting surfaces is provided in a light guide plate so that an end of each of the reflecting surfaces is brought into contact with a light input surface of the light guide plate. A traveling direction of a light beam from a light... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq.

20080055936 - Light redirecting film having varying optical elements: The invention relates to a light redirecting film comprising a thin optically transparent substrate having opposite sides, one side of the substrate substantially covered by elongated individual optical elements whose longest dimensions are substantially aligned in a lengthwise direction, wherein the shape of at least some of the optical elements... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Eastman Kodak Company

20080055937 - Optical film: The subject invention provides an optical film comprising a transparent substrate and a structured surface layer, wherein the structured layer is positioned on the upper surface of the substrate and comprises a plurality of non-parallel, adjacent columnar structures. The optical film according to the subject invention can effectively enhance the... Agent: Ladas & Parry