Illumination inventions 05/08

20080123321 - Backlight unit: A backlight unit is disclosed. The backlight unit contains a light-generating device and a polarization conversion apparatus, wherein the polarization conversion apparatus acts as the top substrate of the light-generating device. The polarization conversion apparatus converts natural light originating from the light-generating device into polarized light of a predetermined polarization.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080123322 - Display device: A display device includes: a display element for showing information as a screen image; and an ornamental member disposed on a display surface of the display element and having a shape corresponding to the screen image. The ornamental member includes a light transparent element and a light nontransparent element. The... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080123323 - Identification device for visually identifying cables or ducts over their entire length: The identification device comprises at least one electroluminescent wire that extends along the cable or duct to be identified. The electroluminescent wire is designed to be electrically supplied in a temporary manner, so as to display the path of the cable or duct. This device is applicable to the identification... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080123324 - White light emitting phosphor and light emitting module using the same: This invention provides a phosphor capable of emitting a white light by itself and a light emitting module using the phosphor. A white light emitting phosphor is represented by the following formula, and it is preferable that an excitation peak wavelength may be in a range of 350 to 420... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080123325 - Lighting device for a household appliance having a treatment chamber: A lighting device for a household appliance with a treatment chamber. The lighting device includes a light channel disposed in a wall or door of the treatment chamber. A light source cooperating with the light channel is disposed outside of the treatment chamber and provides light beams along a first... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080123326 - Artificial pumpkin stem: An artificial pumpkin stem apparatus including a stem portion. A lighting device is associated with the stem portion. The stem portion allows transmission of light from the lighting device into the stem portion wherein the stem portion emits light.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080123327 - Structure of a flashlight with lcd display: A flashlight includes a main part, a light source, a switch, an LCD display, and a control device; the control device will measure the electricity content of the batteries with a result of the measurement being shown on the LCD display; the length of time the batteries will last is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080123329 - Mobile illuminating device of the type comprising a tubular housing: The invention concerns a mobile illuminating device comprising a generally cylindrical housing (1) of axis (X-X) including: illuminating elements (7) in the form of light-emitting diodes (LED) fixed on a support plate (6); electrical/electronic control and/or connecting means (9) between said illuminating elements (7) and a power source (9); means... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080123328 - Solar-powered illuminator: A solar-powered illuminator, which includes an integrated light receiving and emitting device having a solar chip and a LED chip, a rechargeable battery and an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), is provided. A transparent encapsulant of the integrated light receiving and emitting device focuses the incident sunlight on the solar chip... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080123330 - Portable self contained light generating device powered by a flow of falling granular material: A portable self contained light generating device which is powered by a flow of granular material falling under the influence of gravity to impinge upon and cause a paddle wheel to rotate thereby turning a small generator producing electricity to power one or more light emitting diodes for illumination. The... Agent: James E Sullivan

20080123331 - Led illumination system: An LED illumination system comprising an LED light source (3) which emits light (8) in a main direction (9) and a first optical element (1), a second optical element (2) is arranged downstream of the first optical element (1) in the main direction (9), and the second optical element (2)... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080123332 - Nightlight for phototherapy: A nightlight provides therapeutic effects on the body and mind including promoting relaxation, sleep and wakefulness. The nightlight includes a light source, a central processor, one or more controls, and a power supply. The light source produces at least three illumination modes including a sleep readiness mode, a sleep help... Agent: Russo & Duckworth, LLP

20080123333 - Alarm light device: An alarm light device comprises a casing seat having a power wire passing through a lower side thereof; a base installed on the casing seat; a bottom of the base being installed with a motor; a rotary shaft of the motor passing through the base to be protruded from an... Agent: Meng-tien Lee

20080123334 - Led light engine with applied foil construction: An L.E.D. lamp assembly (20) includes an electrically insulative coating (24) disposed on a thermally conductive substrate (22). A plurality of light emitting diodes (26) are secured to the coating (24) and a circuit (40) is adhesively secured to the coating (24) in predetermined spaced lengths (42) along the coating... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080123336 - Planer light source device: A planer light source device includes: a light source; alight source supporting member configured to support the light source and having a first face and a second face that is opposite to the first face; alight guide plate having a side face opposed to the first face of the light... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080123335 - Printed circuit board assembly and display having the same: A PCB assembly includes a base, a conductive pattern disposed on the base, a pad provided on a portion of the conductive pattern, a mounting unit disposed on the pad for electrically connecting the conductive pattern and a coverlay having an opening that exposes the mounting unit... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080123337 - Lighting apparatus: It is a lighting apparatus 10 that has a light emitting element 16, a light emitting element housing 15 having a concave portion 28 that accommodates the light emitting element 16, and an optically transparent member 18 that airproofs a space B formed by the concave portion 28 and transmits... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080123338 - Lighting device: A lighting device according to this invention includes: a discharge lamp having an arc length of 3 mm or less; a reflector reflecting light emitted from the discharge lamp in a predetermined direction; and a reflecting device having a reflecting plate for reflecting the light reflected by the reflector toward... Agent: Kazunao Kubotera Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080123339 - Illumination device including wavelength converting element side holding heat sink: An illumination device includes a light source, such as one or more light emitting diodes in an array, that produces light having a first wavelength range. A separated wavelength converting element is mounted to receive the light emitted by the light source. The wavelength converting element is physically separated from... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20080123341 - Led lamp structure: An LED lamp structure includes a housing, a support, an LED light source, a light source driving circuit board, a lens, and a cover. The housing has a horn-like shape with a converged end and a flared end, wherein the flared end is formed with an accommodation chamber; the converged... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080123340 - Light device having led illumination and electronic circuit board in an enclosure: A light device having a light source, lenses adjacent to the light source, a housing for securing the light source and the lenses, and a light fixture for securing the housing. The light source includes high efficiency light emitting diodes (LEDs), driver circuitry, and a heat sink mounted and integrated... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20080123342 - Device and system for an optical element holder: A supporting structure is disclosed for both securing optical elements and for providing optimal cooling of the optical elements and the light source.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080123343 - Light source device, image display device, optical element and manufacturing method thereof: A light source device includes a solid light emitting element 1 having a reflection film on the back side, first and second reflection surfaces 2, 3 opposing each other in parallel and substantially perpendicular to a front surface of the solid light emitting element 1 and a third reflection surface... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080123345 - Electric ballast and a lighting system: An electric ballast attached to the outside of a lighting system. The system comprises a lamp housing with front and rear openings, a front lens closing the front opening, a discharge lamp put in the housing, and a reflector that reflects light of the lamp toward the lens. The ballast... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080123346 - Illuminated apparatus: An illuminating device features a light transmitting plate having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface having inward depressions.... Agent: Michael Dai Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20080123344 - Light emitting device housing and a manufacturing method thereof, and light emitting apparatus using the same: A light emitting device housing having a concave part is provided therein for housing a light emitting device. Side surfaces of the concave part are each configured to be a perpendicular surface that is substantially perpendicular to a bottom surface of the concave part, and other side surfaces are each... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080123347 - Method for molding diffusion board of direct type backlight module and application thereof: Disclosed is a method for molding a diffusion board of a direct type backlight module, including the steps of providing a board made of a material in which diffusion particles are mixed, passing the board through a roller set including an upper roller and a lower roller, the upper roller... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080123348 - Magnetic actuator and magnetic light-shielding apparatus: A magnetic light-shielding apparatus includes a body, a light-shielding element and a magnetic actuator. The body has a light-penetrating portion, and one end of the light-shielding element is disposed pivotally on the body to form a rotation center. The light-shielding element corresponding to the light-penetrating portion rotates with respect to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080123349 - Optical device for led-based lamp: An optical device for coupling the luminous output of a light-emitting diode (LED) to a predominantly spherical pattern comprises a transfer section that receives the LED's light within it and an ejector positioned adjacent the transfer section to receive light from the transfer section and spread the light generally spherically.... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20080123350 - Light guide unit and backlight unit and display device using the light guide unit: A light guide unit and a backlight unit and display device using the light guide unit are provided. The light guide unit includes a light guide body that is formed of a transparent material and has at least one concave portion with a concavely depressed bottom surface to accommodate a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080123351 - Led illumination device with cubic zirconia lens: A lens element has a curved surface mounted adjacent an LED for improving the light transmission efficiency and the dispersal pattern of radiation emitted by the LED.... Agent: Michael H Jester

20080123352 - Reflector for lighting and back light device for displaying information: It is an object of the present invention to provide a reflector for lighting which has shape holding property, flexibility and lightweight property. That is, a reflector for lighting of the present invention comprises: a reflective material 1 made of a polymer membrane of which an average reflectance of 400... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080123353 - Food emulator with an acoustic-optic effect for congratulating: A food emulator used for congratulating, more particularly to a decoration emulator which is provided with an acoustic-optic effect to generate a shiny decoration and to play congratulation songs, is primarily composed of a housing of a food decoration, wherein a surface of the housing is provided with a patterned... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080123354 - Telescoping power medium: A telescoping power medium which can be telescopically positioned at any one of several distances and has an outer collapsible conductor surrounding an inner collapsible conductor. For example, a telescoping light fixture arm, the arm being adapted to electrically connect a lighting track to a light fixture.... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20080123355 - Flexible light emitting module: A flexible light emitting module includes: a flexible substrate; and a flexible multi-layer structure formed on the flexible substrate, and including a plurality of light emitting bare chips that are disposed on the same level and that cooperatively define a spacing thereamong, a dielectric material that fills the spacing and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080123356 - Safety device for transporting oversized loads: One embodiment includes a method for improving driver safety in a highway vehicle that includes an oversized load that includes sizing at least one safety indicia illuminated by at least one EL lighting surface according to at least one government safety standard, affixing the at least one safety indicia to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20080123357 - Tail light assembly for a motor vehicle: A tail light assembly for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of signal lights to signal various operations. Each of the plurality of signal lights includes segments of lights that are independently operable. A sensor system is electrically connected to the segments of lights for measuring an event and for... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080123358 - Vehicle exterior mirror system with turn signal light assembly: A mirror assembly security system for a vehicle includes an exterior mirror assembly and a light module removably positioned within the exterior mirror housing. The light module is moisture impervious and includes an enclosure, a light-transmitting opening in the enclosure facing generally downwardly and/or rearwardly of the vehicle, a cover... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080123359 - Illuminated display system for a vehicle: An illuminated display system for a vehicle provides a display area for a display on a vehicle and an illumination housing which provides illumination, using light emitting diodes (LEDs), of the display in the display area. The LEDs are disposed in an illumination container disposed within the illumination housing and... Agent: Franz Bonsang, Patent Agent C/o Equinox Protection

20080123360 - Vehicle headlight: A light shielding member shields a part of a light radiated from a light source and passes a remaining part of the light. A reflection surface reflects the light that passes through the light shielding member forward of a vehicle as a light distribution pattern including a cutoff line on... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080123361 - Vehicle headlight leveling device and vehicle headlight equipped with leveling device: An axial direction of an output shaft of a motor is perpendicular to an axial direction of a shaft that moves back and forth with respect to a housing unit. A plurality of power-supplying terminals is symmetrically arranged with respect to a vertical line passing through a center of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080123362 - Illuminated pole: An illuminatable dance pole includes a longitudinal internal structural (3) member running the substantial length of the pole, an optical diffusion sleeve (2) of generally cylindrical cross-section encasing the structural member along all or part of the length thereof, and an external optically transparent sleeve (1) such that the external... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20080123363 - Optic film and backlight module using same: An optic film includes a surface on which a plurality of densely distributed rib-like light guides is formed. Among the light guides, some are straight linear, while the others are of a continuous left-and-right wavy configuration. Thus, when light passes through the optic film and is converged thereby, the converged... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080123364 - Structure of light guide board: A light guide board includes an incidence surface, an emitting surface, and a reflection surface. The incidence surface is frosted and has a roughness-enhanced zone corresponding in location to a light source. The emitting surface forms micro-structures on portions adjacent to the incidence surface and two opposite end surfaces. The... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080123365 - Backlight module having light guide plate with recesses: An exemplary backlight module (1) includes a light source (11) and a light guide plate (12). The light guide plate includes a light incident surface (121) to which the light source is placed adjacent, and a bottom surface (122) adjacent the light incident surface. The bottom surface defines a plurality... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080123366 - Backlight module having a plurality of groups of concentric microstructures on reflective surface thereof: A backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light source includes a light-emitting surface and at least two mean points. The light guide plate includes an incident surface, an emitting surface adjacent to the incident surface, a reflecting surface opposite to the emitting surface, and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080123367 - Light source unit for use in a backlight module: A light source unit for use in a backlight module includes a circuit substrate board and a plurality of chip assemblies arranged along a first direction of the circuit substrate board. Each of the chip assemblies includes a red LED chip, a blue LED chip, and a green LED chip.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080123368 - 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

20080123369 - Backlight module and an optical slice unit support device thereof: The present invention provides a backlight module and a support device for a sheet-form optical element contained within the backlight module. The backlight module mainly includes a frame, a support device and the sheet-form optical element disposed within the frame. The support device includes a support portion and a positioning... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080123370 - Backlight module with individual frame beams and liquild crystal display with same: An exemplary backlight module includes a tray and at least two opposite frame beams. The tray includes two opposite side walls, and the side walls include a plurality of first fixing members. The two frame beams are separate pieces from each other, and include a plurality of second fixing members... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080123371 - Backlight module having holding device for holding light source: An exemplary backlight module (20) includes a light source (23), a light guide plate (21), a light source reflector (22), and a holding device (24). The light guide plate includes a light incident surface (211). The light source is disposed adjacent to the light incident surface. The light source reflector... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080117617 - Forced air cooled metallic tubular horticulture light fixture: A horticultural light fixture for reducing the temperature impact of the light source on growing plants, including a hollow sheet metal tube, having first and second round hollow ends and a cutaway portion on the underside open towards the plants with at least one lamp socket mounted within said metallic... Agent: Robert Ireland

20080117618 - Light guide structure and keypad having the same: A light guide structure installed in a keypad includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light emitting components. The light guide plate has a plurality of light guiding areas, each having a center light guiding circle with a plurality of light guide rings extended outward. The light guiding... Agent: Hdsl

20080117619 - Light source utilizing a flexible circuit carrier and flexible reflectors: A light source, a flexible circuit carrier and a flexible reflector are disclosed. The flexible circuit carrier includes a flexible substrate having a first surface having a plurality of electrical traces formed thereon. A first LED die is disposed on the first surface and connected to two of the electrical... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080117621 - Foldable lighting device for barbecue stove: A lighting device for a barbecue stove includes a handle assembly, and a lamp assembly retractably mounted on the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes two spaced fixing seats, and an elongate hollow handle. The lamp assembly includes a guide track, a slide, a receiving seat, a lighting seat, and... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080117622 - Foldable lighting device for barbecue stove: A lighting device for a barbecue stove includes a fixing seat mounted on a faceplate of the barbecue stove, a lamp body detachably mounted on the fixing seat, a lighting member mounted on a first end of the lamp body, a drive member mounted on a second end of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080117620 - Light emitting device: The present invention provides a light emitting device comprising: an excitation light source which radiates excitation light; a wavelength converting member which absorbs and converts the wavelength of at least part of the excitation light radiated from the excitation light source, and releases light with a predetermined wavelength band; a... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080117623 - Headlamp that is convertible to a lantern: A headlamp (20) that is convertible to a lantern. In an embodiment, the headlamp (20) includes an extension housing (24) and a main housing (22). The extension housing (24) is translatable relative to the main housing (22). In a first position, when the extension housing (24) is fully pressed into... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (seattle Office)

20080117624 - Lighted apparel and footwear: A lighted apparatus for use in apparel and footwear is described. The lighted apparatus includes an exterior channel formed in the outer perimeter of the sole, one or more light sources mounted in the exterior channel, a protective covering surrounding the light source, one or more switches coupled to the... Agent: Robert T. Maldonado Cooper & Dunham LLP

20080117625 - Rechargeable object lighting: An arrangement for lighting an object having a first, non-mobile device (1) and a second, movable device (2). The first device (1) has at least one lighting unit (3) and at least one 5 rechargeable accumulator (4). The at least one accumulator (4) is connected to the at least one... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080117627 - Adjustable lighting device: An adjustable lighting device for use in an adjustable ambient lighting system is proposed, which includes a reflection element having at least a reflection portion and an opening, a light emitting unit disposed in the reflection element so as to provide light to be reflected by the reflection portion, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080117626 - Long-range illuminator using multiple radiation dispersion angles: An illumination system, designed primarily for use in assist in a landing an airplane, includes a collimator that accepts radiation from a set of laser diodes, that may be at different wavelengths. The collimator directs the radiation to a diffusion screen that includes a Fourier dispersion film that results in... Agent: Dort Patent, P.c.

20080117628 - Optical pickup device: An optical pickup device for reducing comma aberration, spherical aberration, and astigmatism while entering a beam light having an ideal intensity distribution to the objective lens is provided. In an optical pickup device for emitting beam lights having different wavelengths from light sources, transmitting the beam lights through a common... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080117629 - Room lamp for vehicle: A lamp includes a diffuse light emitter that emits light from a first light source uniformly across its surface, and a concentrated light emitter, having a light passageway extending through the diffuse light emitter. The concentrated light emitter emits light from a second light source as a directed beam. The... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080117630 - System for improved backlight illumination uniformity: An illumination system includes a backlight housing, a plurality of light valves coupled to the backlight housing, and a plurality of light sources arranged in the backlight housing and optically coupled to the light valves. The illumination system may further include a light-scattering substrate optically coupled between the plurality of... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20080117631 - Liquid crystal display: In the liquid crystal display, a backlight unit includes a plurality of lamps to each of which lamp wires are connected, and a bottom cover in which the lamps are received and having a plurality of holes through which the lamp wires are passed. An inverter circuit board generates a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080117632 - Plate-shaped ornamental light: The invention relates to an ornamental light, and more particularly, relates to a plate-shaped ornamental light which includes a base plate and a plurality of bulbs mounted thereon. A luminous composite layer including luminous material is formed on the base plate. The luminous composite layer constitutes a pattern. The film... Agent: Global Ip Services

20080117633 - Electrical candle: An electrical candle has an inner bracket, a minor electrical apparatus, a major electrical apparatus and a connection tube electrically connecting the major electrical apparatus with the minor electrical apparatus. The inner bracket has an open bottom and a top having an opening defined through the top. The minor electrical... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080117634 - Electronic candle and method of use: A portable electronic light providing a light resembling a candle that can be turned off by blowing on the light or by generating other predetermined sounds. The electronic light comprises a sound sensor, one or more light emitting diodes, or LEDs, a light cover, a housing, and a circuit board.... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080117635 - Multi-layer light guiding structure and method for using the same: A key module with a multi-layer light guiding structure includes a plurality of keys, light guiding structure and a plurality of light blocks corresponding to the light guiding structure. The light guiding structure includes a plurality of light guiding plates. Each of the light guiding plate includes at least one... Agent: Hdsl

20080117637 - Led lamp cooling apparatus with pulsating heat pipe: An LED lamp cooling apparatus (10) includes a substrate (11), a plurality of LEDs (13) electrically connected with the substrate, a heat sink (19) for dissipation of heat generated by the LEDs and a pulsating heat pipe (15) thermally connected with the heat sink. The pulsating heat pipe includes a... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080117636 - Light with heater: A light fixture (10) is provided having a housing (11), a light diffusor (12), a light source (13), and a heating source (14). The housing includes a mounting plate (17) adapted to be mounted to the ceiling of a structure in conventional fashion. The mounting plate includes a radial array... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080117638 - Structure of optic film: An optic film has a surface on which a plurality of rib-like micro light guides is formed. Each light guide includes a plurality of ridges, which are of different height and shows variation of height. Either a high ridge or a low ridge of the light guide is made a... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080117639 - Method for manufacturing a light-guiding plate and key module having the light-guiding plate: For manufacturing a light-guiding plate and a key module having the light-guiding plate, a mold is prepared first. Then, a material having high light transmittance is injected into the mold. After the plastic material is formed, the mold is released, so that the plastic material is formed into a sheet-like... Agent: Hdsl

20080117640 - Portable electric lighting fixture: A portable electrical luminaire has a supporting body with an upper support end and a lower support end. A lamp base is disposed on the upper support end for accommodating a luminous device. A reflector surrounds the lamp base for indirect space illumination purposes. A connection line is electrically connected... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080117641 - Light emitting diode illumination device powered by liquid crystal display device: An exemplary light emitting diode illumination device powered by a liquid crystal display device (20) includes a light emitting diode light source (21) and a supporting member (23). The light emitting diode light source receives electrical power from the liquid crystal display device (22). The light emitting diode light source... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080117642 - Method for the automatic adaptation of a light beam of a headlight device: A proposed method to illuminate optimally, or at least in an improved fashion compared with existing solutions, a road taken by a vehicle in question implementing the method whilst ensuring that other vehicles are not dazzled. To this end, it is not proposed in the invention to detect the distance... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080117643 - Combined viewing mirror and turn signal lamp for automotive vehicles: A combined viewing mirror and turn signal lamp assembly (2) for this purpose includes a generally elongated stay (8) connected at one end (8a) thereof with a body of an automotive vehicle, and a rear viewing mirror (10) connected with the opposite end (8b) of the elongated stay. A turn... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer LLP

20080117644 - Underhood work light: A underhood work light has a light tube and a pole-type base, the light tube is installed on the said base, the base is a hollow tube; a claw is installed at each end of the base by holding the stem of the said claw into the base tube, the... Agent: Global Ip Services

20080117646 - Led lamp for light source and method: Whereas incandescent light bulbs and other similar light sources known in the related art emit light in all directions, LED lamps can emit light in a single direction, and this is manifested in the problem of being unable to achieve light distribution characteristics satisfied by conventional headlamp designs. In accordance... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080117645 - Vehicle headlight shield: A vehicle headlight shield protects a headlight of an off-road (or other) vehicle such as an ATV, motorcycle, or other vehicle, to reduce the chance of the headlight cracking, chipping or breaking.... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080117647 - Lighting device comprising at least one light-emitting diode and vehicle headlight: A lighting device includes at least one light-emitting diode (3) and a cooling aggregate (1) for cooling the at least one light-emitting diode (3), wherein the cooling aggregate (1) is provided with locking elements (17, 18, 19) adapted to form a bayonet catch with a fixing device (30) holding the... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080117649 - Liquid crystal display apparatus: An illumination apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting diode devices mounted therein and the light emitting diode device includes a substrate, a light emission area having a light emitting layer and a clad layer formed by growing crystal on the substrate, a negative polarity and a positive polarity. The... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080117648 - Solar light stick: A solar light stick for use as a lawn or garden novelty. The solar light stick has a support member, a solar panel, a rechargeable battery, an LED, and a wand. The wand contains a light transmissive material that may be transparent or translucent. The solar panel charges the rechargeable... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080117650 - Backlight module: A backlight module includes at least a light guide board, a reflector film, an optic film, and a light scarce. The light guide board has a light emitting surface on which a plurality of light: converging elements is formed The optic film has a surface on which a plurality of... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080117651 - Light guiding plate and a keystroke module for use therewith: A keystroke module for use with a light guiding plate includes a contacting and controlling layer, a light guiding plate and a light source. The contacting and controlling layer has a pressing side and a contacting and light guiding side. The light guiding plate is arranged under the contacting and... Agent: Hdsl

20080117652 - Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus having the same: It is provided an electro-optical device including an electro-optical panel having a display area on which light from a light source is incident and an optical thin film disposed on the electro-optical panel at the side on which the light is incident and covering at least a portion of the... Agent: Advantedge Law Group, Llc

20080112153 - Planar lighting device: The planar lighting device includes a light source having at least one LED chip for emitting blue light through a light emission face, a transparent light guide plate having at least one light entrance plane through which light emitted by the light source is admitted and a light exit plane... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080112155 - Integrated reading light and personal air outlet: An integrated reading light and personal air outlet for a passenger service unit (PSU) employs a housing carried in the PSU with an air nozzle mounted within the housing and a light ring of light emitting diodes mounted to the housing surrounding the air nozzle. The housing is swivels in... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20080112154 - Standalone flame simulator: An apparatus for simulating flames using fabric flame sheets or elements. The apparatus includes a fan or blower for producing a volume of air flow and two or more flame elements positioned in the fan air flow. First and second light sources, such as high powered light emitting diodes (LEDs),... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080112156 - Illumination apparatus: An illumination apparatus is disclosed in the invention. The illumination apparatus includes a cavity with a diffusion surface, a light source, a light-spreading device, and at least one optically-conditioning surface with a wavelike array formed thereon. The light-spreading device and the optically-conditioning surface spread the light generated by the light... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080112157 - Underwater pool light: An underwater light that can include a mounting assembly attachable to a pool wall without having to make a niche in the wall, a housing coupled to the mounting assembly and including a light source cavity, a reflector in the light source cavity, a light source in front of the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080112158 - Bi-directional rechargeable/replaceable induction power pack and method: A bidirectional rechargeable/replaceable induction power pack and method employing sealed induction coils to power an electrical device underwater, in liquids, or in high humidity conditions.... Agent: Marcus G Theodore, Pc

20080112159 - Flashlight: A flashlight as disclosed to comprise a barrel, a tail cap, a head assembly, and a miniature lamp bulb holder and for providing interruptible electrical coupling to dry cell batteries retained within the barrel. One-way valves may be positioned at seal locations in association with passageways to allow venting of... Agent: Jones Day

20080112160 - Battery charging work light: A battery charger work light includes a housing defining an envelope and a charger circuit disposed in the housing. The charger circuit is operable to charge a rechargeable battery pack. A light is movably mounted to the housing. The light is movable between an extended position outside of the envelope... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080112161 - Solid-state strip lighting system for assembly efficiency and variable beam angle with integral heatsink: A solid-state light emitting device strip lighting system. The system includes an elongated fixture, a reflector, and a strip including a plurality of solid-state light emitting devices electrically connected in series disposed along the fixture. A heat sink and/or the reflector is formed as an integral part of the elongated... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080112162 - Backlight structure having embedded leds and fabrication method thereof: The present invention discloses a backlight structure having embedded light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a fabrication method thereof. The backlight structure comprises a PCB having a plurality of arc-shaped pits and necessary circuitry implemented thereon; a nanometer-thick gold layer sputtered on surfaces of said PCB and said plurality of arc-shaped... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080112164 - Backlight device, method of driving backlight, and color image display apparatus: A backlight device for applying white light to a rear face of a display panel, includes: a plurality of light sources each including a plurality of light-emitting diodes of at least three colors mounted on one surface, for emitting lights in the colors to be mixed into the white light,... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080112163 - Backlight module and a liquid crystal display module using the same: A backlight module for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a bottom plate, a plurality light sources, a light-premixing unit, and a light-mixing unit. The light sources are mounted on the bottom frame. The light-premixing unit is located above the bottom frame. The light-premixing unit includes a first diffuser.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080112165 - Light-emitting device: A lighting apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting chips and a light-emitting member. The substrate has a layer including a base material and a medium. The base material is formed of an inorganic material and includes a plurality of cells. The medium is provided in the cells and... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080112166 - Light guide, light source apparatus, and electronic apparatus: A light guide is disclosed. The light guide includes an incident surface, an exit surface, and a light guide section. Light emitted from a plurality of light emitting devices disposed in line enters from the incident surface. The exit surface is formed in a shape causing light to be concentrated.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080112168 - Light engine assemblies: A light engine assembly, comprising at least one trim element, a light engine housing, and a light engine comprising at least one solid state light emitter. In some embodiments, an external surface of the light engine housing is in contact with an internal surface of the trim element. In some... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080112167 - Ornaments having swingable shining pieces: The invention relates to an ornament having swingable shining pieces, which includes a lot of bulbs on the ornament. A lot of shining pieces including reflective plane are also provided on the ornament. Hence, the bulbs and the swingable pieces can emit rays outward at the same time that obtains... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080112169 - Lighting system: An electric lighting system for concealed lighting and track lighting installations has lamp holders spaced along a custom power cable with two finely braided high current conductors. The cable and conductors have a flattened rectangular cross section and are exceptionally pliable to facilitate cornering in tight spaces. The cable exterior... Agent: Law Offices Of Natan Epstein

20080112170 - Lighting assemblies and components for lighting assemblies: A lighting assembly, comprising a light engine assembly and a room-side element. The room-side element is in contact with the light engine assembly. The light engine assembly comprises at least one trim element and a light engine. The trim element defines a trim element internal space. The light engine comprises... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080112171 - Recessed luminaire: In an embodiment, a luminaire may include a housing that includes a support panel, a rotation ring supported by the support panel where the rotation ring is infinitely adjustable with a range of adjustments with respect to the support panel, a rotation drive unit configured to rotate the rotation ring... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080112172 - Adjustment clip for a suspended light fixture: Systems and methods for installing row-mounted suspended light fixtures. Each of a row of suspended light fixtures includes brackets disposed on opposite ends of the fixture. Each bracket includes a slot configured to slidably receive an adjustment clip coupled to a support member, such as a ceiling cable or pendant.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080112173 - Adaptive front lighting system for a vehicle: An adaptive front headlamp assembly capable of down the road illumination and peripheral and foreground illumination is provided. The headlamp assembly comprises a housing adapted for stationary mounting to the vehicle. A stationary primary lighting module disposed within the housing and configured for down the road illumination. A stationary adaptive... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080112174 - Motorcycle headlight device: To provide a headlight device, in which a change of the region of illumination afforded by the headlamp can be initiated substantially punctual to the start of cornering of the motorcycle, the headlight device includes a headlamp for illuminating forwardly of the motorcycle, a light-distribution adjusting mechanism for changing a... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer LLP

20080112175 - Transitional lighting system for vehicle interior: A method for controlling the intensity of light within an interior passenger compartment in a motor vehicle to create perceived sensations of safety, comfort and personal accommodation in conjunction with specified, night time, driving-related occurrences. The natural human desire for safety is satisfied as a driver approaches a parked motor... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080112176 - Exterior rearview mirror for vehicles, preferably for motor vehicles: The exterior rearview mirror has a mirror head, which is provided with a mirror glass and with at least one illuminant, which radiates light through at least one light permeable section to the exterior. Furthermore, the exterior rearview mirror has a mirror base. In order to provide the exterior rearview... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080112177 - Vehicle lamp: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp unit, a bracket which supports the lamp unit such that the lamp unit is swivelable in right and left directions, a lamp body which supports the bracket such that the bracket is tiltable in the right and left directions and in up and down... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080112178 - Reflection module of a lamp of motor vehicle: A reflection module of a car lamp includes a shell, and a reflection mechanism in the shell; the reflection module includes a main part, a first reflection portion sticking from the main part, a separating plate connected to an upper edge of the first reflection portion, a second reflection portion... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080112179 - Lighting device for vehicle: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a lamp unit serving to irradiate a light forward, and an actuator having a single output shaft for tilting the lamp unit vertically and transversely. The lamp unit is disposed in a lamp housing formed by a lamp body and a transparent cover... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080112180 - Lighting unit: A lighting unit is provided with a cutoff line forming member disposed between a projection lens and a first light source and having a tip edge positioned in a vicinity of a rear focal point of the projection lens. The cutoff line forming member is capable of shielding a part... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080112181 - Lighting device for vehicle and optical axis regulating device of lighting device for vehicle: An optical axis regulating device of a lighting device for a vehicle, which serves to vertically and transversely tilt a lamp unit supported on one fulcrum in a lamp housing formed by a lamp body having a concave portion and a transparent cover for covering an opening portion of the... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080112182 - Solid-state light source: A solid-state light source includes a semiconductor light source for emitting light and an optical system having a fiber optic element. The fiber optic element has an input for receiving emitted light from the semiconductor light source. The fiber optic element also has an output for emitting light received from... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080112183 - Lighting device, illuminated enclosure and lighting methods: A lighting device, comprising at least one solid state light emitter and one (or more) optical device(s) which (each) comprises at least first, second and third optical structures, first and second surfaces of the second structure being in contact with a surface of the first structure and a surface of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080112184 - Back-lit displays with high illumination uniformity: A directly illuminated display unit has a display panel and one or more light sources disposed behind the display panel. A diffuser is disposed between the one or more light sources and the display panel, and a light diverting layer is disposed between the one or more light sources and... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080112185 - Back light unit: A back light unit, in which bright lines produced from point light sources, light emitting diodes, in an oblique direction are removed, so that brightness can be uniformly maintained at a liquid crystal panel. The back light unit includes a prism light guide plate, light emitting diodes provided on one... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080112186 - Display device with reflective surface for reflecting light to edges of display area: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display panel comprising a display surface configured to display an image thereon, the display surface having an edge; a light source spaced apart from the display panel to form a space therebetween and configured to emit light to the display... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080112187 - Backlight unit and display apparatus having the same: A backlight unit can change the directional characteristics of exiting light by selectively turning on two light sources. The backlight unit includes a first prism sheet (4) having on a lower surface thereof a plurality of parallel prisms (3), a first lightguide plate (5) disposed underneath the first prism sheet... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080112188 - Diffusion plate of backlight structure and display device using the same: A diffusion plate of a backlight structure and a display device using the same are provided. The diffusion plate is used in the backlight structure having several light emitting diodes. The diffusion plate includes a main body with many depression structures positioned on a surface of the main body. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080112189 - Electro-optical device, illumination device, electronic apparatus, and production method of electro-optical device: The invention provides an electro-optical device that includes: an electro-optical panel; light sources that emit light that enters the electro-optical panel; an optical waveguide board that guides the light emitted from the light sources toward the electro-optical panel; and a flexible printed circuit board on which the light sources are... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080112190 - Light guide plate having recessed region(s) disposed thereon: A light guide plate is disclosed by the present invention. The light guide plate includes a first main body having a light-exiting surface and a second main body fixed to the first main body. The second main body has a light-entering surface, and the second main body is utilized to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080112191 - Supporting frame and supporting frame assembly for a backlight module: A supporting frame has a frame body and at least one connecting post. The frame body has a connecting face and an edge. The at least one connecting post is formed on and extends from the connecting face at the edge. Each connecting post is hollow and conical and has... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080106888 - Light tower, light tower support, method for operating a light tower and a light tower control unit for carrying out said method: The invention relates to outdoor lighting devices used mainly in emergency situations. The inventive light tower comprises an inflatable mast, including a flexible transparent shell, fixed to a support flange provided with an air intake vent for pumping compressed air into a shell chamber, an electric lamp fixed in the... Agent: Aleksandr Smushkovich Tuleninov N A

20080106886 - Apparatus for controlling swivel angles of on-vehicle headlights: An apparatus controls a swivel angle of headlight mounted on a vehicle, wherein the swivel angle of the lights is changeable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. In the apparatus, road curvature information is acquired on a curvature of a road in front of a vehicle and a driving... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080106887 - Light source comprising a light-excitable medium: The present invention provides a light source having an improved output optical quality. In general, the light source comprises one or more light-emitting elements in each of at least a first, a second and a third colour. The combined spectral power distribution of these light-emitting elements generally defines a spectral... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080106890 - Illumination apparatus adaptable to pet collars: A lighting apparatus adaptable to pet collars and leashes includes a main body housing at least one light source, at least one on/off switch, and at least one battery. A substantially rigid strip with two ends in a first plane about 180 degrees apart with a central portion bowed away... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080106889 - Vibrating and twinkling device: A vibrating and twinkling device which may mounted upon an appearance member for stationery or textile products includes a circuit element, light emitting diodes, power supplies, a vibrating switch, and a transparent encapsulation body. The circuit element includes a circuit board and a circuit control element. The light emitting diodes... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080106891 - Intelligent solar electric torch: A solar electric torch includes at least one solar cell made of amorphous silicon and provided thereon for converting light into electricity, a rechargeable battery installed therein for receiving the electricity from the solar cell and storing the same, a regulator arranged between the solar cell and the rechargeable battery... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080106892 - Light fixture: A housing for a light fixture, and the light itself, is disclosed. The housing comprises an elongate body and a resilient member mountable in the body to retain at least one light emitting diode (LED) between the resilient member and the housing such that the or each LED is repositionable... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20080106893 - Lamp and bulb for illumination and ambiance lighting: An Edison-style light bulb (40) which supports a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) (50) and an illumination source (54). First and second electrical circuits (56) and (58) are mounted in the bulb to supply electrical power to the illumination source and to the LEDs. A switch circuit (60) is... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080106894 - Light emitting module and display device having the same: A light emitting module includes a plurality of point light sources and a substrate applying driving power. Each of the point light sources includes a first light emitting chip emitting first light, a second light emitting chip emitting second light, and a third light emitting chip emitting third light. At... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080106895 - Lighting device and lighting method: There is provided a lighting device comprising one or more groups of solid state light emitters and one or more groups of lumiphors, which emits mixed illumination having x, y color coordinates within a region defined by (0.32, 0.40), (0.36, 0.38), (0.41, 0.455), and (0.36, 0.48). Also, such lighting devices... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080106896 - Illumination device for coupling with cup structure: An illumination device for coupling with a cup structure is disclosed. The illumination device comprises a plurality of light sources disposed therein so as to provide the cup structure with illumination effect. The light sources are such as LED lamps for generating light beams of proper wavelengths so as to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080106898 - Light source unit, backlight unit and liquid crystal display including the same, and method thereof: A light source unit including light emitting diodes mounted on a printed circuit board by not using a soldering method but a fitting method, and a backlight unit and liquid crystal display including the light source unit. The light source unit includes light emitting diodes including lead terminals and a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080106897 - Optical lens plate, backlight unit, and display device: The present invention provides an optical lens plate, a backlight unit having the same, and a display device having the same. The optical lens plate includes a transparent plate, a plurality of optical lenses, and a plate fixing means. Each optical lens has an inner curved surface formed in a... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080106899 - Direct backlight module: A direct backlight module comprises a reflecting cover, several light sources disposed inside the reflecting cover, a base plate disposed above the light sources, and a microstructure formed on a light-ejecting surface or a light-injecting surface of the base plate. By using the reflecting cover, the base plate, and the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080106900 - Lamp socket, backlight assembly having the same and method for assembling the same: A lamp socket includes a socket body, a power supplying member and a socket cover. The socket body has a connecting hole formed in the socket body. The connecting hole is opened. The power supplying member is disposed in the connecting hole and an electrode supporting terminal having a supporting... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080106901 - Method and apparatus for bidirectional control of the color and diffusion of a light beam: Different areas of the color filter material produce different colors. The device may move the mechanism in a direction parallel to a plane of the color filter material. The device may rotate the scrolling mechanism about an axis of rotation substantially parallel to the plane of the color filter material.... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080106902 - Lens and backlight module of display utilizing the same: A display includes a panel and a backlight module. The backlight module includes a reflective board, a shell, at least two lenses and a light source. The lenses are installed on the reflective board. The reflective board is installed on the shell. The light source is installed in the shell... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080106903 - Led bulb refractive relector: A light guide may be made from a plurality of substantially planar, light transmissive arms paralleling and radiating from a common axis. The planar arms in combination define a common cavity extending along the axis sufficiently large to envelope a light source. At least one arm has an input window... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080106904 - Backlight module: A backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a base plate and a reflecting film. The base plate has an upper surface on which a plurality of protrusions is formed, a curved bottom surface opposite to the upper surface, and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080106905 - Supporting structure and backlight module using the same: A supporting structure is applied to a backlight module including several optical sheets. The supporting structure includes a fixing component and a supporting component. The fixing component has a through-hole and an opening connected to each other. The supporting component includes a supporting pin, a block, a plate and a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080106906 - Clamp with movable light filter/lens/prism/diffuser: A movable optical element such as a filter for a lamp includes a clamp for attaching the optical element to the lamp, and a frame for the optical element attached to the clamp with a hinge that allows the optical element to be positioned in, or out of the path... Agent: Kenneth J. Hovet Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton LLP

20080106907 - Lighting devices and methods of installing light engine housings and/or trim elements in lighting device housings: A lighting device, comprising a housing and at least one mounting clip. The housing comprises an electrical connection region engageable in an electrical receptacle. The mounting clip is pivotable from a first position, where an end region of the mounting clip does not extend beyond a periphery of the housing,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080106908 - External safety illumination for a bus: A lighting strip along the side of a schoolbus or other passenger vehicle between a door near the front of the schoolbus and the back side of the schoolbus to reduce the risk of people or other objects being injured by the schoolbus. The lighting strip may be focused downward... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080106909 - Aiming device of lighting device for vehicle and lighting device for vehicle: An aiming device of a lighting device for a vehicle for transversely and vertically tilting a lamp unit supported tiltably in vertical and transverse directions on one fulcrum in a lamp housing formed by a lamp body having a concave portion which is opened almost forward and a transparent cover... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080106910 - Optical element and module for the projection of a light beam, and motor vehicle lamp including a plurality of such modules: An optical element and module for the projection of a light beam, and motor vehicle lamp including a plurality of such modules An optical element for the projection of a light beam comprises a solid body (1) of transparent material in which is formed a cavity (13) able to receive... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080106911 - Backlight assembly, liquid crystal display having the same, and method thereof: The present invention relates to a backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display (“LCD”) having the same. The backlight assembly includes a light source unit including a printed circuit board (“PCB”) and a plurality of light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) mounted on a side of the PCB, a receiving member including... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080106912 - Light source module and display device having the same: A light source module includes a light guide plate having a light incident surface receiving light and a light emitting surface emitting the received light, a board arranged adjacent to the light guide plate and having a light source mounting surface, at least one first light source disposed on the... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

20080106913 - Backlight unit and liquid crystal display having the same: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display which can achieve substantially uniform luminance over the entire display screen includes: a light-guide plate guiding incident light and having a diffusion pattern for emitting light upward, the diffusion pattern being formed on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080106914 - Point light source having light guide portion and backlight module using same: An exemplary point light source (20) includes a light emitting body (230), and a light guide portion (210) adjacent the light emitting body. The light emitting body includes an illuminating portion configured for providing light beams, and a shell packaging the illuminating portion. The light guide portion is configured for... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080106915 - Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus: An electro-optical device includes a lighting device including a light guiding plate and a light source emitting light to the light guiding plate which are received in a frame, and a displaying panel, in which the light guiding plate has an inclined portion which gradually becomes thicker as it becomes... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080101053 - Multiplexed image displaying wheel assembly: A method and apparatus for displaying an image on a rotatable wheel. A computer processing system is mounted on an inward face of an overcap mountable on the rotatable wheel. Light emitters are mounted on an outward face of the overcap, the light emitters responsive to light emission signals from... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080101055 - Device for illuminating reading material: A device for illuminating single or multiple page reading material in dimly lit locations, includes two hinged-together cover panels each having a holder for the reading material. The panels completely enclose the reading material in a closed condition and permit reading of the material in an open condition. An additional... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080101054 - Waterfall unit: A waterfall unit for use in a spa includes a body defining a bowl, a beveled arcuate outer edge surface which curves over the bowl and a water entrance port in communication with the bowl. The water entrance port is located in the bottom of the bowl. A deflector cap... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080101056 - Combination mug with flashlight: A liquid container having a handle for carrying the container. The container has a liquid container housing configured to selectively engage the handle. The handle has a hand-holdable handle housing and a light source embedded within the handle housing and being oriented therewithin to direct light outwardly therefrom. The handle... Agent: The Soni Law Firm

20080101057 - Illuminating eraser: An illuminating eraser is provided. The eraser includes a body and an insert. The insert is receivable within a hollow portion of the body and includes a power source and a light emitting source. The power source is activated by applying pressure to the insert thereby causing the light emitting... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080101058 - Personalized headboard with night light: An item of furniture, especially a headboard of a bed, is personalized, e.g., with a user's name, and is backlit, thereby serving as a night light.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080101059 - Luminous skirt: A luminous skirt includes a transparent outer skirt cover and a luminous inner skirt cover. The inner skirt cover consists of an inner skirt, and outer skirt fitted with the inner skirt for receiving conducting wires therebetween, a cell bag for fixing a cell box, a luminous body shade for... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080101060 - Portable reduced-emissions work light: A reduced emissions work light that includes a bulb having an elongated bulb tube, a handle adjacent the bulb and adapted for being gripped by a user to manipulate the work light, an emissions containment housing positioned adjacent the bulb tube, and an integrated ballast and filter assembly. The integrated... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080101061 - Illuminator and display device using the same: An illuminator for a display device is provided on a back side of a display panel, and includes a plurality of rod-shaped light sources each having a length extending in a first direction and having substantially the same length. The plurality of rod-shaped light sources include a plurality of first... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080101063 - Led lighting fixture: An LED lighting fixture is provided which achieves effective use of light, uniformly illuminates a large area and, has a high degree of freedom in designing light distribution characteristics. Three types of LED optical modules are used each having different light distribution characteristics. Each LED optical module includes an LED... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080101062 - Lighting device for projecting a beam of light: A light source for a lighting device has a reflector for receiving one or more light emitting diode devices. The reflector has reflective sides and a light exit. There is a side emitting LED device located in the reflector such that its primary light emitting direction towards the reflective sides... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080101064 - Light source comprising light-emitting clusters: The present invention provides a light source for producing a substantially balanced output at a substantially optimised output intensity. In one embodiment, the light source comprises one or more light-emitting clusters of a first type and one or more light-emitting clusters of one or more other types, each one of... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080101065 - Backlight module: A backlight module including a light box, a plurality of light source sets, and a heat dissipation device is provided. The light box has a bottom and a light-emitting section. The bottom has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The light source sets are... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080101066 - Light emitting diode package having flexible pct directly connected to light source: A light emitting diode package comprising a substrate electrically connectable to an external unit with a reduced height. A flexible PCB for electrical connection between a light emitting diode and the external unit is directly connected to a light emitting element. The direct connection is conducted by applying a conductive... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080101067 - Led lighting device: A lighting device (1; 101; 201; 301) for lighting objects is described, which comprises a printed circuit board (2) on which at least one LED light source (2) is mounted coupled to a primary optical assembly (3) for transmission and amplification of the light emitted by the light source, a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080101068 - Spread illuminating apparatus of multiple panel type: A spread illuminating apparatus includes a plurality of lighting units which are arranged two dimensionally, and each of which includes light sources and a light conductor plate which has a light inlet surface having the light sources disposed thereat, an opposite end surface opposite to the light inlet surface, and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080101069 - Backlight module having light-mixing areas: An exemplary backlight module (30) includes a plurality of color light emitting diodes (31), a frame (33), and a reflective divider (35). The frame includes a base (331) and a plurality of sidewalls (335) extending from the base. The sidewalls and the base cooperatively form a receiving space (335). The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080101070 - Flexible light bar and its fabrication: A flexible light bar includes a flexible PC board having three electrical conducting paths in which the second electrical conducting path has two opposite ends respectively coupled to the first electrical conducting path and the third electrical conducting path and the first electrical conducting path and the third electrical conducting... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20080101071 - Led module: An LED module comprises: an LED element having an electrode for flip chip mounting; a wiring board having at least two metal layers and an electrically insulating layer including a polymer resin and being interposed between each two of the metal layers; and a metal film layer of the LED... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080101072 - Light emitter, image display, and fabrication method thereof: A light emitter includes reflectors that are spaced apart by a short distance to reduce a thickness of the light emitter. A fabrication method of such light emitters, and an image display using such light emitters are also provided. A light emitter includes: an LED chip 7, reflectors 2 provided... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080101073 - Dental light devices having an improved heat sink: The present invention relates to a heat sink material that can more efficiently remove or divert heat from a light source or sources with a given weight of heat sink material when compare to a heat sink made of a solid block of thermally conductive material such as metal. It... Agent: Discus Dental Impressions, Inc.

20080101074 - Support structure for a light source, a backlight unit for a display device having the support structure, and a display device: A support structure for a light source prevents the occurrence of a contact noise caused by contact of the light source with elements disposed around it due to vibrations. In the support structure, at the front of a backlight unit, cold cathode tubes as light sources and optical sheets for... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080101075 - Indirector light fixture: An indirector light fixture in combination with a leveling device which is utilized to position the light fixture at least one of a plurality of preselected angles. A method is also described for positioning the fixture at the at least one of the preselected angles.... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080101076 - Headlight swivel control apparatus: The headlight swivel control apparatus includes a first function of obtaining road map data, current position information of a vehicle, and width-direction-position information for determining a position of the vehicle on a road on which the vehicle is driving in a width direction of the road, a second function of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080101077 - Vehicle illumination device, vehicle illumination control method and recording medium storing a vehicle illumination control program: In light that is irradiated from a front light of a vehicle illumination device, a portion thereof is modulated to include a light signal, and a camera captures light from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle illumination device identifies luminance point(s) in the captured images of the camera, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080101078 - Air craft emergency lighting system: An aircraft emergency lighting system including: a plurality of units having communication devices arranged to communicate wirelessly with a master controller, wherein each unit is wired to a common power supply for powering the unit in a first mode of operation and has its own back-up battery power supply for... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080101079 - Bicycle illumination apparatus: A bicycle illumination apparatus is provided with a plurality of light sources and a controller. The light sources include at least one light-emitting diode that emits light in accordance with an electrical output of a generator. The controller is configured to selectively control an electrical connection between the power generator... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080101080 - Electroluminescent film composite for the entry region of a vehicle and vehicle equipped with it: An electroluminescent (EL) film composite for attachment in the entry region of a motor vehicle, particularly on thresholds, running boards, and doorsills. The friction wear protection is rigidly integrated into the film composite, i.e. connected with the other layers of the composite in planar manner, for example in that a... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080101081 - Heat-dissipating head-mounted led lamp: A heat-dissipating headlamp assembly comprises a housing including a light source such as a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed therein, and a detachable heat shroud covering the rearward portion of the housing. In the preferred embodiment the housing includes a pair of opposing detents, and the detachable heat shroud includes a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080101082 - Spread illuminating apparatus of multiple panel type: A spread illuminating apparatus includes a plurality of lighting units each of which includes a light conductor plate having a light outlet surface and a light inlet surface, and a light source disposed at the light inlet surface, and which are arranged two dimensionally with a predetermined distance provided between... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080101083 - Light guide for use in a keypad: A light guide for a keypad includes a plurality of through hole portions adapted to correspond respectively to keys on the keypad. Each of the through hole portions is adapted to receive at least a part of the corresponding key, and to receive light incident thereinto from at least one... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080101084 - Backlight module and method for making the same: An exemplary backlight module includes a light guide plate, at least one light emitting diode, and at least one adhesive member. The light guide plate has a light input surface. The light emitting diode is disposed adjacent to the light input surface of the light guide plate. The adhesive member... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080101085 - Display device, backlight module, and packaging structure of light emitting diode: A display device comprises a power supply module and a back-lit module. The power supply module provides power and the back-lit module comprises a plurality of light emitting diode packaging structure in series. At least one light emitting diode packaging structure comprises two lead frames, a light emitting diode unit,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080101086 - Led backlight with bare chip led: A method and apparatus which uses the edge emitting characteristics of the LED bare chip to form a backlight with uniform illumination. This allows a reduced separation between the diffuser plate and the LED array. In one embodiment, the LED chip(s) is mounted over a prism structure, which redirects the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080101087 - Double-side illumination apparatus for display device and dual display device employing the same: A double-side illumination apparatus includes a light source, an isotropic light guide plate including an incident plane on which light emitted from the light source is incident, an opposite plane facing the incident plane, and upper and lower surfaces through which the light is out-coupled. Isotropic micro-structures are formed on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080101088 - High-output light guide panel and backlight unit and display using the high-output light guide panel: A high-output light guide panel and a backlight unit and display device using the high-output light guide panel are provided. The light guide panel includes a first layer having an incidence surface on which light is incident from at least one light source, an opposite surface disposed opposite the incidence... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080101089 - Light guide plate and backlight module using same: A light guide plate includes having a block body includes a bottom surface, a light emitting surface on an opposite side of the light guide plate to the bottom surface, at least three spaced light incident surfaces, and at least three fresnel lens portions provided on the respective at least... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang J

20080101090 - Light guide plate, panel light-emitting structure and disk drive: A panel light-emitting structure includes a front panel, a light guide plate, a light-emitting portion, a guide, etc. The light guide plate is formed in a transversely elongated shape having a long side and a short side, and includes an elongated hole extending in a direction of the long side.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080101091 - Diffusion film, manufacturing method thereof and a backlight module with the diffusion film: A diffusion film consists of a transparent film layer, a coating layer on one side of the transparent film layer, and a stickiness prevention layer on the other side of the transparent film layer; to make the stickiness prevention layer, first the transparent film layer is coated with a layer... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080101092 - Surface emitting device and display apparatus including the same: A surface emitting device and a display apparatus including the same. The surface emitting device includes: a light source; and a light guide plate having a light exit surface on which holographic patterns are formed, and guiding light emitted by the light source such that the guided light is emitted... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080101093 - Backlight assembly and display device having the same: A backlight assembly includes a light guiding plate, a driving board, a light emitting chip and a flexible board. The light guiding plate has a plate shape. The driving board is disposed substantially parallel with a side surface of the light guiding plate to face the side surface of the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080101094 - Essentially planar lighting system: A lighting system includes an essentially planar panel assembly configured to transmit light. At least one light source is positioned about the periphery of the essentially planar panel assembly and configured to direct light into the essentially planar panel assembly and essentially along a longitudinal axis of the essentially planar... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080101095 - Thunder mount: Thunder Mounts top plate, has holes from which to attach bolts through to secure and suspended from a overhead truss, structure or support of the garage, and or building. Interconnecting shafts connect the top and bottom plates together. The bottom plate, has holes from where to attached a overhead garage... Agent: Gustavo T. Estravit