Illumination inventions 11/08

20080291657 - Light-source cover and portable device therewith: A light-source cover for controlling transmission of light from a light source mounted in a portable device is made of an optical material. The front surface of the light-source cover has a knurl finish composed of linear grooves and the back surface thereof has a spin finish composed of ripple... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291658 - Polygonal chemiluminescent lighting device: A chemiluminescent illuminated device employing a light-filtering injection molded polygonal shaped container that is scalloped to form an augmented illumination surface. The shaped housing includes a round shaped or form following chemical holding section. The lighting effects generated by the chemiluminescent chemical is enhanced by the polygonal shape and the... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20080291659 - Table having luminescent device: A table comprises a tabletop penetrable by light, at least one pedestal supporting the tabletop from a surface and a luminescent panel including a side attached to an underside of the tabletop. The light produced by luminescent panel can pass through the tabletop.... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080291660 - Sanitary fitting with a lightguide outflow pipe: A sanitary fitting includes a light-permeable water-carrying outflow pipe that has (i) an exposed end face and (ii) an input face located upstream of the exposed end face. A light source, preferably including light emitting diodes (LED), inputs light into the outflow pipe through the input face. The light emerges... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080291661 - System and apparatus for lighting swimming pools: A lighting system for a swimming pool includes a sidewall sized and shaped to define a perimeter of the swimming pool, a liner for covering the sidewall and a bottom of the swimming pool so as to create a watertight cavity for receiving water, the liner including a light-transmitting portion,... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080291662 - Lighting system: A lighting system includes a plurality of circular or disk-shaped lighting rings suitable for installation on a Christmas tree. The lighting rings include lights affixed to a webbing or net, and slits and trunk apertures to facilitate their placement around the Christmas tree trunk. For connection to an electrical power... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080291663 - Light emitting diode lamp: An example light emitting diode bulb assembly includes a base having a first end portion and a second end portion defining an axis, a plurality of first light emitting diodes secured adjacent a plurality of first base surfaces about the axis, and at least one second light emitting diode secured... Agent: Masco Corporation

20080291664 - Carriageway-marking device and system: A carriageway-marking device (1), comprising: a tubular light pipe (2) having a longitudinally extending light output window (5a) and a light extractor means (6); and a light projector (3) coupled to a first end of said light pipe (2) for projecting light thereinto, characterized in that said light projector (2)... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080291665 - Solar birdfeeder with wind chime: An apparatus includes a bird feeder having a base and a cover. A plurality of wind chime tubes are hung from the base of the bird feeder as is a transparent striker. The transparent striker is hung in such a manner to hit the plurality of wind chimes responsive to... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20080291667 - Compact flashlight: A flashlight is provided with an end cap which carries an axially-actuated switch for turning the flashlight on and off with a convenient one-handed operation. The switch is designed with a latching function and a mode selection function which can be cycled through high, low and strobed light outputs with... Agent: Glenn Bushee

20080291666 - Tactical flashlight: A sturdy compact flashlight has a front castellated crown portion having a series of recessed sharp cutting edges spaced between a series of axial projections which protect the flashlight lens. The cutting edges can be used to stun an assailant in an emergency situation. A rear castellated crown portion has... Agent: Glenn Bushee

20080291668 - Mini lightbar illuminators for lce displays: A backlight for a display comprises a reflector box containing reflective areas and aperture areas and mini lightbars located in a region below the reflector box and arranged to provide light through the apertures.... Agent: Edwin Oh Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials LLC

20080291669 - Solid state lighting panels with limited color gamut and methods of limiting color gamut in solid state lighting panels: Methods of controlling a backlight unit including a plurality of solid state light emitting devices include receiving a request to set a color point of the backlight unit at a requested color point, and determining if the requested color point is within an acceptable range. In response to the requested... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080291671 - Changeable-style luminous decorative item: This invention relates to a kind of changeable-style luminous decorative item. The effect is achieved because when light sources of different colors and strengths pass through different color materials and decoration, because of light frequency absorbency (photo permeability) differences, various visual effects are produced, resulting in changes in shape, pattern... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080291673 - Illumination device: An illumination device includes an illumination unit and a control unit. The illumination unit has a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs are disposed adjacent to each other and emit different colors of light. The control unit is electrically connected with the LEDs to control the LEDs, respectively.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291672 - Light source module: A light source module including a plurality of first point light sources, a plurality of second point light sources, and a plurality of third point light sources is provided. The dominant wavelengths of lights provided by the first point light sources are within a wavelength range of a first color... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080291670 - Lighting system using semiconductor coupled with a reflector have a reflective surface with a phosphor material: To improve semiconductor-based systems for generating white light, a phosphor is integrated with an external structure, such as a reflector. A disclosed exemplary system, for illumination applications, utilizes one or more semiconductor devices for emitting radiant energy of a first wavelength. A reflector outside the package of the LED or... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080291674 - Lighting device utilizing an led light source for projection of a light pattern onto a surface: A lighting device utilizing a light emitting diode (LED) light source for projection of a light pattern onto a surface with an LED lamp socket, an adjustable LED lens attachment, and a mechanism for varying the focal length by adjusting the distance from the LED lamp socket relative to the... Agent: Stratton Ballew

20080291675 - Light emitting diode lamp: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp including a substrate, a plurality of wire units, a plurality of LED chips, a lamp cap, and a control circuit module is provided. The substrate has a carrying portion and a ring frame connected to the periphery thereof. The carrying portion has a plurality... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080291677 - Led lamp with a perforated cover plate: A LED lamp includes a housing, a circuit unit, and a cover plate. The housing includes a housing body surrounding an axis and having an opening. The circuit unit is disposed in the housing body, and includes a base plate that has a first plate surface facing the opening in... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080291676 - Simulated holiday light displays and method of holiday decorating using same: A simulated holiday light display is provided. The simulated holiday light display includes one or more model buildings decorated and designed in any style with a plurality of first and second openings in the walls of the one or more model building, and a light source within the model building.... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20080291678 - Illumination unit for satellite dish: The invention is a light (24) that illuminates a satellite dish (14). It attaches to the arm (11) of the receiver cone (15). The power for the light comes from the power going from the power supply of the satellite dish. The light (24) in the preferred embodiment is a... Agent: Jerry Semer

20080291679 - Ventilation fan and light: A ventilation fan and light (10) is disclosed having a housing (12) and a light kit (13). The housing includes a housing box (15) with a conventional fan scroll (17) having an electric fan (16) mounted therein. The housing also includes a ceiling plate (21) configured to cover the housing... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080291680 - Luminaire with a compound parabolic reflector: Luminaires for illuminating a target zone having target zone subregions in front of and to the sides of the luminaire. The luminaire includes a housing, a lamp holder in the housing positioned to support an electric lamp in a generally vertical orientation, and a compound parabolic reflector in the housing... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080291681 - Inflatable portable lamp: The lamp includes an inflatable balloon-like enclosure composed of translucent or transparent material. When the lamp is not in use, the enclosure may be deflated and stowed within a receptacle which serves as a base for the lamp. The lamp is illuminated by a strip of one or more rings... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080291682 - Led luminance-augmentation via specular retroreflection, including collimators that escape the etendue limit: The diffuse reflectivity of an LED source is utilized to recycle some of its emission, thereby enabling a luminaire to escape the étendue limit. Retroreflectors intercept the rays destined for the outer part of the luminaire aperture, which can then be truncated. The resulting smaller aperture has the same beam-width... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080291683 - Near field lens: A lens for use with a light emitting source is provided. The lens has a main body with a light-collecting face and a light-emitting face and which defines an optical axis extending through the centers of these two faces. A pocket for receiving light from the light source is defined... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080291684 - Pillow reading lamp: A reading lamp includes a lamp assembly. The lamp assembly includes a housing has a first aspect and a second aspect in opposed relation to the first aspect. A lamp is situated substantially at the first aspect. The lamp is configured to cast illumination away from the first and second... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080291685 - Vehicle-purpose lighting tool: A vehicle-purpose lighting tool is featured by comprising: a light-conducting member having a front light-emitting plane, a rear plane having a concave/convex shape, and a side edge plane; and a light source arranged at a position opposite to the side edge plane; in which within external light which is entered... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080291686 - Extended avionics lcd backlight: An aircraft avionics display assembly comprises a first and second liquid crystal display, each operable to display avionics flight data in an aircraft. A backlight is operable to backlight both the first and second liquid crystal displays. In some embodiments, the backlight comprises a primary light source and a redundant... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080291687 - Optical filter assembly and method: A filter assembly includes a mounting element for receiving and mounting on a forward portion of a headlight, and a central opening, and a frame rotatably coupled to the mounting element, the frame having an optical filter for selectively blocking wavelengths below a first limit from the optical path between... Agent: The Plevy Law Firm

20080291688 - Light emitting device module: A light emitting device module is provided. The light emitting device module includes a plurality of light emitting devices; a submount on which the light emitting devices are mounted; and a heat-radiant substrate to which the submount is fixed. The submount includes a positive front surface electrode; a negative front... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080291689 - Light source device and vehicle lighting device: An LED light source device can have a simple configuration which can easily create a desired light distribution pattern with a low profile and light weight. An illumination apparatus and a vehicle lighting device can also be configured to use the LED light source device. The light source device can... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080291690 - Headlamp adjuster: A headlamp adjuster includes an output shaft driven by a co-rotatable gear. Threads on the shaft engage splines in a thin wall boss, the splines having limited circumferential engagement with the screw. The thin wall boss deflects outwardly in response to forces that build in the engagement of the shaft... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080291691 - Side-emission type light-emitting diode and a backlight unit using the light-emitting diode: A side-emission type light-emitting diode including: a first substrate having a concave formed in one of side surfaces of the first substrate, the concave including an inner surface which is configured to be a first reflecting surface; an LED-element-mounting board of thin plate shape, arranged on the lower surface of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080291692 - Impression-type writing board: An exemplary writing board includes a deformable thin film, a backlight module, and a light-transmissive film. The thin film has a writing surface and a light incident surface on an opposite side of the thin film to the writing surface. The backlight module is arranged adjacent to the light incident... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080291693 - Structure of planar illuminator: A structure of a backlight module, which includes: a light source frame, including: a top plate having a plurality of slits; a bottom plate arranged apart from the top plate; and at least two edge plates arranged oppositely, wherein each of the edge plates has a top end and a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080291694 - Planar light source device and display device: The present invention is aimed to obtain a highly reliable planar light source device even when an ambient temperature is high, without lowering brightness of the planar light source device. A planar light source device of the present invention includes a light source (point light source), a first light guide... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080291695 - Display device: The present invention is to provide a display device capable of displaying a prescribed display pattern by making the pattern luminous as needed, while the rear side can usually be seen through easily. In order to achieve it, a display pattern 20 is formed with minute recesses 29 provided on... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080291696 - Integrated light guide panel and method of manufacturing the same: An integrated light guide panel for use in a backlight unit for an LCD and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The integrated light guide panel includes a light guide panel for guiding light, to form surface light, a reflective coating layer arranged beneath the light guide panel,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080291697 - Light guide plate with protrusion,backlight module with same, and liquid crystal display with same: A light guide plate includes: a light emitting surface; a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface; a light incident surface perpendicularly connected with the light emitting surface; a first side surface perpendicularly connected with both the light incident surface and the light emitting surface; a second side surface... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080285254 - Illumination device and vision measuring instrument: A light source (110) is fixed at a position and emits light in a direction away from an optical axis (A) of an objective lens. An outer reflecting mirror (an optical member) (130) and an inner reflecting mirror (an optical member) (140) are provided as a unit so that relative... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080285255 - Low birefringent light redirecting film: The invention relates to a polymeric optical film comprising a base provided with integral optical features on at least one side, wherein the features have two or more sides that form a ridge line, wherein the optical film has light leakage through crossed polarizers of less than 1.0%.... Agent: Edwin Oh Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials LLC

20080285256 - Backlighting device: The present invention relates to illumination of an instrument for displaying information suitable for use in a vehicle. The invention provides an illumination device for an instrument of a vehicle comprising: a substantially Y shaped light guide having a first leg portion a second leg portion and a third leg... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20080285257 - Audio speaker illumination system: An audio system with an illumination mechanism is disclosed. One embodiment includes a device which can be mounted in the center of an audio speaker and used to create an optical effect.... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080285258 - Gas light-post heater: In one embodiment the instant invention combines a post having a light at its top and a heater in its middle. In one embodiment, the post has a cabinet below the heater. The cabinet may contain the fuel source of the invention so that the heater may be easily portable.... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080285259 - Headlights having adjustable intensity: Headlights wherein one or more parameters associated with the illumination provided by the associated light source are described. Parameters that can be adjusted, for example, include the intensity of light exiting the headlight assembly, the dispersion of light emitted from the headlight, the direction of illumination, and the like.... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20080285260 - Shelf light assembly: The present disclosure provides a light assembly (10) for connection to a shelf (16) having a top face (84), a front face (88), and a front edge (80) defined by the intersection of the top face (84) and the front face (88). The light assembly (10) includes an elongated housing... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080285261 - Apparatus and method for displaying an object having relief: The Invention is an apparatus for displaying a medallion in an item of memorabilia. The item of memorabilia defines a cavity. A holder is configured to be contained within the cavity and defines a medallion-receiving opening selectably receiving the medallion. The holder contains an LED lamp oriented generally parallel to... Agent: Robert J. Yarbrough, Attorney At Law

20080285262 - Long life cranking minimized flashlight: An improved flashlight having a flashlight housing, comprising an elongated substantially flat gear train having a mechanical input and a mechanical output is disclosed. An elongated substantially flat solar cell supplies power to the system. A control circuit is coupled to said solar cell. A generator is electrically coupled to... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20080285263 - Induction fluorescent light fixture: A high bay induction fluorescent lighting fixture having a multiple of nested circular lamps suspended on a post below the ballasts therefor and enclosed in a reflector.... Agent: Bruce & Mccoy

20080285264 - Strip lighting assembly: A strip light assembly including an elongated light carrying member with a series of lights extending along the length thereof, and an elongated translucent tubular cover member in which the light carrying member is removably slidably mounted, the interior of the cover member having radially spaced internal projections positioned to... Agent: Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP

20080285265 - Luminaire system with thermal chimney effect: A luminaire system having an elongated throughway utilizing a thermal chimney effect. The thermal chimney effect within the throughway circulates air to remove heat generated from the electrical components of the system. Dissipating heat into the throughway from the electrical components can increase the life expectancy of the lamp and... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080285266 - Thermal management for fluorescent ballast and fixture system: A fluorescent lamp assembly includes a fixture which supports at least one fluorescent lamp. A ballast is mounted to the fixture for controlling a supply of electrical current to the fluorescent lamp. A thermal transfer material is interposed between the ballast and a portion of the fixture whereby heat is... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080285267 - Light control device exhibiting batwing luminous intensity distributions in upper and lower hemispheres: A light control device implemented as a luminaire exhibits an ultra-wide batwing luminous intensity distribution in an upper hemisphere that provides substantially uniform illumination of a ceiling surface, even when the luminaire is mounted very close to the ceiling. Luminous side panel diffusers facilitate blending the luminaire with the ceiling... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20080285268 - Backlight device: Disclosed is a backlight device for illuminating a transmissive color liquid crystal display panel from its backside with white light. The backlight device includes, as a light source, a plural number of principal light emitting diode units 21mn, and a plural number of subsidiary light emitting diode units 21mn, where... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080285272 - Heat sinks and other thermal management for solid state devices and modular solid state: A luminaire module comprising an LED on an optical axis, thermally mounted to a heat sink, said heat sink comprising openings for which air can circulate; said opening of each portion offset from each other so that light emanating from said LED can pass through the holes from one said... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080285269 - Led lamp: An LED lamp includes a lamp-lid, a metal lamp-cup, an insulating layer for connecting a lamp-cap and the metal lamp-cup, LEDs, a semispherical pallet or an astigmatism plate, and a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) in the metal lamp-cup, characterized in that, one semispherical pallet is provided on said PCB, the... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20080285271 - Led-based fixtures and related methods for thermal management: LED-based lighting fixtures suitable for general illumination in surface-mount or suspended installations, in which heat dissipation properties of the fixtures are significantly improved by decreasing thermal resistance between LED junctions and the ambient air. In various examples, improved heat dissipation is accomplished by increasing a surface area of one or... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285270 - Light emitting diode package: A substrate structure for light emitting diodes (LED) chips operation includes a heat spreader, chip holders arranged in the center of the heat spreader, transfer pads located near the chip holders for wire bonding interconnection between the LED chips, and a circuit layer having a gap dividing the circuit layer... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080285273 - Led table lamp: An LED table lamp including a base, a holder, and a light emitting device is provided, wherein an end of the holder is connected to the base. The light emitting device includes a lampshade connected to the other end of the holder, multiple Lambertian LED light source assemblies, multiple side-emitting... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080285274 - Panel light source for back-lit signs: Disclosed herein is an illuminated signboard using a plane light source in which edges of two light guide plates are cut in an inclined form, an opaque plate having high surface reflectivity is inserted between the two light guide plates to optically block the two light guide plates from each... Agent: Hae-ryong Jung

20080285275 - Lighting device: The present invention relates to a lighting device in the form of a matrix illumination system, comprising a transparent carrier plate (11) provided with a plurality of LEDs (3, 5), arranged thereon. The LEDs may be arranged in a pattern with rows and columns and each LED may be optically... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285276 - Solid-state light sources for curing and surface modification: The systems and methods described herein relate to solid-state light sources capable of generating radiation beams for, but not limited to, the treatment of surfaces, bulk materials, films, and coatings. The solid-state ultraviolet source optically combines the light output of at least two and preferably as many four independently controllable... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080285277 - Bottom lighting type backlight module having illumination and heat dissipation spaces and plurality of through-holes therein: An exemplary bottom lighting type backlight module includes a frame, a plurality of light sources, a reflecting sheet and at least one optical sheet. The frame includes a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the peripheral of the base to define an opening. The base defines a plurality... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080285279 - Light emitting diode (led) light bulb: The present invention relates to an LED light bulb. The LED light bulb comprises a base and a hollow shell. The base has a closed end, an open end and a sleeve between the two ends. The shell is connected to the open end of the base. The LED light... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080285280 - Lighting module: This invention relates to a lighting module (101) comprising a carrier (103), a plurality of LED groups (109), arranged in an array on the carrier (103), a mesh (105), arranged at the carrier (103), and a front diffuser plate (107) arranged in front of the mesh (105). The mesh (105)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285278 - String, chain and luminous device with light-emitting diodes and light-emitting diode support: String and support for light-emitting diodes having a capsule and, at a rear end of said capsule, electrical connecting pins, in which encapsulating blocks embed the rear parts of said diodes, said pins, the end parts of the connecting wires connected to these pins and the adjacent end parts of... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080285281 - Composite illumination device: A composite illumination device includes a first casing; at least one first light-emitting element; at least one electric socket and at least one second light unit. The first casing having a receiving space thereinside and the first light-emitting elements are received in the receiving space to emit first light. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080285282 - Directional light output devices such as multi-view displays: A light emitting device comprises a substrate (61) and an arrangement of light emitting elements (62) provided over the substrate. The substrate has a contoured surface which defines at least first and second regions (60a, 60b, 60c), having normal directions which face in different directions. The light emitting elements (62)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285283 - Spiral shaped, with jointed rigid arms, foldable lamp: The present invention concerns a lamp with jointed rigid arms forming, in the folded position, a spiral shape, that can be a circular spiral or a polygonal spiral: see FIG. 1A, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. The arms are joined one another by means of joints, see FIG. 3,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080285284 - Self-contained full light cut-off light pollution-free bulb: The full light cut-off, light pollution-free, light bulb is a complete and self-contained bulb that is designed to replace standard light bulbs in standard light fixtures turning that standard light fixture into a full cut-off, light pollution-free fixture. The light bulb assembly is built around a light bulb, such as... Agent: Ruth Eure

20080285285 - Light-emitting diode heat-dissipating module: The present invention discloses a LED (Light-Emitting Diode) heat-dissipating module, which comprises a heat-dissipating fin, a heat-conduction pipe, a LED illumination module and a casing. The heat-dissipating fin has an insertion/press-fit member inserted by or press-fitted to the heat-conduction pipe. The heat-conduction pipe has a contact region contacting the LED... Agent: Frenkel & Associates, P.C.

20080285286 - Faceted par lamp: A PAR lamp (10) has a body (12) with an internal reflector surface (14) disposed about a longitudinal axis (16). A cavity (18) is provided at one end (20) of the body (12) and an arc discharge tube (22) that provides a substantially spherical light source is positioned in the... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080285287 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes one or more transparent plate section. The transparent plate section includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of spherical depressions, a plurality of protruding structures and one or more lamp-receiving portion. The light output surface is opposite to the bottom surface. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080285288 - Light-optical module: The aim of the invention is to increase the accuracy of adjustment by simplifying the adjustment of each light-optical module of a lighting device. The aim is attained by means of the inventive light-optical module comprising an annular holder provided with a core which is arranged in the center thereof... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080285289 - Lamp with heat dissipating capability: A lamp includes a housing, a heat dissipating plate, a circuit unit, and a heat distributing unit. The housing includes a housing body surrounding an axis and having an opening. The heat dissipating plate is disposed in the housing body and has a peripheral portion contacting the housing body. The... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080285290 - Liquid crystal display device: If a forced convection is generated by a cooling fan, there is generated a problem that a natural convection is prevented and a cooling effect in a region of the natural convection is lowered. The invention provides a structure in which an air flow generated by a forced convection does... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080285291 - Recessed light retrofit kit: A kit and method is disclosed to convert a recessed incandescent lighting fixture to a hanging light fixture. The kit includes a lampholder adapter, an electrical plug, an electrical plug, a power cord and a cover plate for hanging light fixtures using incandescent light bulbs. There is also disclosed a... Agent: Thomas Randazzo

20080285292 - Motorcycle tail light assembly: A tail light assembly for a motorcycle includes a first array of at least one LED in illuminated in at least a first color. The first group of LEDs operates in a non-operating condition, a running condition where each LED of the first array is illuminated at first intensity, and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080285294 - Decorative lighting devices: Disclosed herein are lighting devices which may include one or more sheets with lighting components on the sheet or sheets, and also a mounting device for securing the lighting device to a surface. The lighting devices are typically configured to position the sheet or sheets in a deployed position wherein... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080285295 - Led collimator element for a vehicle headlight with a low-beam function: The invention relates to a LED collimator element for a vehicle headlight with a low-beam function, which emits at least visible light of one color from at least one region of a light source. The LED collimator element (1) has at least one LED (2) as such a light source,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285293 - Outer mirror: The purpose of the present invention is to widely illuminate a road surface at a side of a vehicle body along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body before and after housing of the outer mirror. An outer mirror of the present invention is pivotally movable in the front-rear direction... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080285296 - Operation panel: An operation panel includes: a casing having a front surface; first and second operation elements disposed on the front surface of the casing; a light source for emitting light to each of the first and second operation elements and disposed in the casing; and a brightness adjustment layer for covering... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080285297 - Lighting unit for vehicle headlamp: A lighting unit for a vehicle headlamp is provided with a projection lens, a light source, a reflector, a shade, and a convex lens. The projection lens is arranged on an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle. The light source is arranged on a rear side... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080285298 - Heat exchange enhancement: A heat exchange device that includes a structural section and a thin layer of material attached to a surface of the structural section. The thin layer of material has a thickness less than 100 microns. The combination of the structural section and the thin layer of material has a higher... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080285299 - Fiber optic garden light: This invention relates to garden lights, and more specifically toward garden lights using light emitting diodes to emit light through one or more fiber optic elements that are housed inside of a transparent tube. The fiber optic elements can be of various lengths, providing light that exits the fiber optic... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20080285300 - Led illumination engine using a reflector: An illumination engine for a projection display using light emitting diodes (LEDs) that includes a reflector having a first and second focal points, a source of electro-luminescence located proximate to the first focal point to emit rays of radiation in a first range of wavelengths that reflect from the reflector... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080285301 - Lighting device comprising a plurality of semiconductor light sources: A lighting device is disclosed comprising a plurality of semiconductor light sources disposed on a carrier, wherein the light from the light sources is coupled into assigned lightguides at a set angle to the surface normals of the carrier and the lightguides are provided with reflecting and light exit faces... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080285302 - Dental curing light having a short wavelength led and a fluorescing lens for converting short wavelength light to curing wavelengths and related method: A dental curing light includes a body, one or more LEDs configured to emit a first spectrum of light having a relatively short first peak wavelength (e.g., UV) disposed on the body, and a fluorescing lens that converts at least a portion of the first spectrum of light into a... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080285303 - Optical module and manufacturing method thereof: An optical module according to the present invention comprises an electric wiring substrate, a first optical element mounted on the electric wiring substrate so that a heat generation section of the first optical element is positioned relatively close to a substrate surface of the electric wiring substrate and a heat... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080285304 - Light extraction film system: A backlight comprises in order a lightguide plate with a sidelit light source and bonded thereto a light extraction unit containing in order from the lightguide plate, a first polymeric layer, an adhesive layer, a second polymeric layer bearing features at least partly embedded in the adhesive layer wherein the... Agent: Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080285305 - 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

20080285306 - Image display apparatus and in-vehicle image display apparatus: An image display apparatus has one display screen configured to display images corresponding to a plurality of observers. The image display apparatus comprises an illumination means for emitting a first light flux and a second light flux in at least two different directions in a time sharing manner, and a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080285307 - Lcd displays with light redirection: A backlight apparatus for directing light toward a display panel and the resulting display device comprises a solid lightguide comprising opposite TIR surfaces, containing a desired pattern of light redirecting surface features located between the TIR surfaces and interrupting one of the TIR surfaces, the features having a refractive index... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080285308 - Light guide and apparatus for using light guide: A light guide and associated display having high uniformity of luminance over the entire light guide and display front side are disclosed.... Agent: Lois A Santopietro E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20080285309 - Light guide plate and backlight module having the same: A light guide plate has a light-receiving surface, a light-emitting surface, and a light-reflecting surface. Multiple first arc-shaped longitudinal structures are arranged on the light-receiving surface with their longitudinal directions being substantially parallel with each other. Multiple second arc-shaped longitudinal structures are arranged on the light-emitting surface with their longitudinal... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080285310 - Elongated illuminators configuration for lcd displays: l

20080278925 - Flash device for an electronic equipment for a wireless communication system and method for operating a flash device for an electronic equipment: The present invention relates to a flash device for an electronic equipment comprising a light source (6) for producing a flash light, a reflector (5) for collimating the light from the light source (6) into a parallel light beam (1) and two lens panels (3a, 3b) positioned in the parallel... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080278926 - Axial rotational lamp assembly: An axial rotational lamp assembly that has multiple spectrum capability. The axial rotational lamp assembly can have more than two lamps.... Agent: Dion Wong

20080278927 - Color tunable light source: A color tunable light source comprises: a first light emitting diode (LED) arrangement operable to emit light of a first color and a second LED arrangement operable to emit light of a second color, the combined light output comprising the output of the source. One or both LED arrangements comprises... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080278928 - Lighting device and lighting method: A lighting device comprising one or more solid state light emitters which emit near ultraviolet light or ultraviolet light, one or more other emitters which emit light in the range of 480 nm to about 490 nm and one or more other emitters which emit light in the range of... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080278929 - Pompon having elongate light-emitting objects: In one embodiment, a light-emitting pompon including a handle, a plurality of flexible streamers, and a plurality of elongate light-emitting objects is provided. The handle may include a first end and a second end and the plurality of streamers may extend from the first end of the handle. The plurality... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080278930 - Tool structure with illumination: A tool structure with illumination comprises a base, a tool body and at least one light-emitting device. The base has a slot for holding therein a circuit board. The circuit board has two electrical pins extending outside of the base. The tool body has a plurality of insertion holes on... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080278931 - Tool structure with illumination: A tool structure with illumination comprises a tool body; a light source group mounted on the front end of the tool body; and at least one battery. The light source group is composed of at least one electrical socket and at least one light-emitting device. The light-emitting device is mounted... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20080278932 - Self-illuminated structural panel units and systems including the same: Position adjustable self-illuminated panel units may be used in combination with conventional shelf supports. Preferred shelf-units include a light-transmissive panel, a shelf frame holding the panel and having an illumination element for providing a light source to illuminate the panel, and a magnetic connector electrically interconnected to the illumination element... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080278933 - Lamp with sail-like overhead element, preferably for improving acoustics, room formation, and indirect lighting of workplaces: A light fixture shining light upward has a mast with a base or is attached to room or furniture systems. In order to improve the acoustics or a room, structure of a room, and/or for the indirect lighting of workplaces, a canopy element including a textile canopy and a frame... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080278934 - Lighting system: A lighting system hardware and control are described. Advantages of the system include the ability to add lighting to an otherwise unmodified location by providing a clamping system that is adaptable to multiple configurations and remote operability. Remote operability includes the ability to use renewable power sources such as solar... Agent: Law Office Of Mark Wisnosky

20080278935 - Multifunctional mirror lamp that can be mounted on a wall or a table: A mirror lamp includes a mirror lamp body, a hanging plate mounted on the mirror lamp body, and a wall attachment plate detachably combined with the hanging plate. Thus, the hanging plate is hung on the wall attachment plate to attach the mirror lamp body to a wall so that... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080278936 - Surgical lights freely positionable in the operating theater: The illustrated embodiment of the invention is directed to a sterile battery operated LED surgical light configured to be operated and manipulated during surgery attached to a surface which enters or is within a sterile field. The surgical light includes a sterile housing with a bottom surface and a front... Agent: Law Offices Of Daniel L. Dawes

20080278937 - Protection shield and grip for flashlight: A thermally-insulating, glow-in-the-dark, protection shield and grip for a flashlight. The shield encircles the switch so that the switch cannot inadvertently be turned ON to discharge the batteries.... Agent: Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20080278938 - Multi-functioned flashlight for vehicle rescue use: A multi-functioned flashlight for vehicle rescue use is comprised of a cylinder body with lighting components installed inside its cylinder head, whereof its cylinder head is externally installed with a protruded knocking cone piece and a dismountable cone cover. Its cylinder body is installed with a flash bulb and its... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20080278939 - Light source device: There is provided a light source device which can output simultaneously a light in the C band and a light in the L band. The light source device includes a reflection end which reflects an input light, a first EDF which is connected at one end to the reflection end,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080278940 - Lighting device and lighting method: A lighting device comprising one or more solid state light emitters which emit near ultraviolet light and one or more lumiphors which emit light having a wavelength in the range of from 555 nm to 585 nm, which in the absence of other light would produce a mixture of light... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080278941 - Led-based lighting fixtures for surface illumination with improved heat dissipation and manufacturability: LED-based lighting apparatus and assembly methods in which mechanical and/or thermal coupling between respective components is accomplished via a transfer of force from one component to another. In one example, a multiple-LED assembly is disposed in thermal communication with a heat sink that forms part of a housing. A primary... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278942 - Direct-type backlight module and lamp holder thereof: A direct-type backlight module and a lamp holder thereof are disclosed. The lamp holder includes a plurality of lamp seats, and a plurality of connecting arms each connected with at least one adjacent lamp seat. Each lamp seat has a retaining portion for retaining a corresponding lamp therein. Each connecting... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080278943 - Luminaire comprising leds: This invention relates to a luminaire (106), which has a housing (103) with an opening (111) at a light output side, a reflector (105) mounted in the housing, and facing the light output side, a louver (107) mounted at the opening of the housing, and LEDs (109) mounted in the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278944 - Optical lens, optical module having the same, and backlight assembly having the same: An optical module includes a point light source device and an optical lens. The point light source device generates light. The optical lens includes an inner curved surface and an outer curved surface. The inner curved surface has a first roughly ellipsoidal shape having a first major axis and a... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080278946 - Led spotlight: A spotlight (20) that utilizes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) (44, 46). The spotlight (20) converges light beams (B1, B2) from the LEDs (44, 46) to a concentrated beam of light (300) of a defined width. Each LED (44, 46) has its own parabolic reflector (34, 36, 38).... Agent: Kelly S Elsea

20080278945 - Solid state optical system: The invention provides a light fixture including a solid state light emitter coupled to a housing and configured to emit light in a path, and a reflector. The reflector includes a reflective surface positioned in the path of the light emitted by the solid state light emitter, the reflective surface... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080278947 - Luminous element for backlight unit: The present invention relates to a luminous element, and more particularly, to a luminous element for a backlight unit with a plurality of luminous chips mounted on a substrate. The present invention provides a luminous element for a backlight unit, in which luminous chips are arranged on a substrate so... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20080278948 - Dancing decorative lamp: The present invention relates to a decorative lamp, and more particularly to a decorative lamp that can generate dancing effect. The dancing decorative lamp comprises string-lights, a pedestal, and a support in a certain shape, the string-lights are mounted on the support; said support comprises at least one main support... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080278949 - Optical sheet, method of manufacturing the same and display apparatus having the same: An optical sheet includes a base film, a plurality of prism patterns and a plurality of first embossing patterns. The prism patterns are formed on an upper surface of the base film. Each of the prism patterns has the shape of a trigonal prism and includes a first inclined surface... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20080278950 - Light fixtures and lighting devices: A lighting device comprises a heat sink, a housing mounted to and/or thermally coupled to the heat sink, a basket assembly attached to the housing, a solid state light emitter thermally coupled to the heat sink, and a baffle assembly attached to the housing. Also, a lighting device comprising a... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080278951 - Floor lamp having overload breaker that is operated easily and conveniently: A floor lamp includes a lamp body, an electric cord, a control switch, and a breaker. The breaker is connected to the electric cord and the control switch and hidden in the lamp body. Thus, a user only needs to operate the control switch to restart the floor lamp after... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080278952 - Light fixtures and lighting devices: There is provided a light fixture comprising a baffle system and a side reflector, the baffle system comprising at least an outer baffle structure and an inner baffle structure. Also, there is provided a light fixture which comprises at least two recessed concentric square elements, triangular connecting elements and lenses... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080278953 - Toggle mount assembly: In an embodiment of an assembly for recessed mounting of a body, the body includes proximal and distal end and further includes as least one mounting point. The assembly includes a threaded shaft connected to body through the mounting point and capable of rotatable movement relative to the mounting point.... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080278956 - Lamp device and method to retrofit a lighting fixture: A device and method for retrofitting a light fixture from use with a lamp socket that employs an incandescent or metal halide lamp, to use with another lamp assembly. The lamp fixture has a collar with a base and an annular outer wall extending out from the base. The LED... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080278955 - Led lamp device and method to retrofit a lighting fixture: A device and method for retrofitting a light fixture from use with a lamp socket that employs a conventional incandescent or metal halide lamp, to use with a light emitting diode (LED)-based lamp assembly. The lamp fixture has a collar with a base and an annular outer wall extending out... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20080278957 - Light fixtures and lighting devices: There is provided a light fixture, comprising a heat sink element and an upper housing mounted to the heat sink element, the heat sink element extending farther in a first direction in a first plane than a largest dimension of the upper housing in any plane parallel to the first... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080278954 - Mounting assembly for optoelectronic devices: The present invention provides a mounting assembly for one or more light-emitting elements, wherein the mounting assembly is configured such that the one or more light-emitting elements are inferiorly connected to a carrier. The carrier comprises one or more light transmission regions, wherein each of the one or more light-emitting... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278958 - Puck light with magnetic cover: According to one embodiment of the present invention, at least one puck light with a cover and a base magnetically held together is provided. Other embodiments include a cover and a base magnetically held together while the puck light is mounted to the underside of a horizontal surface, and where... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080278960 - Illuminating structure: The present invention relates generally to illuminated ornamental and/or decorative sculptures and/or structures. More particularly, the present invention relates to an illuminated structure having a plurality of individual optical elements disposed thereon.... Agent: Altera Law Group

20080278959 - Mounting apparatus for light guide pipe: An exemplary mounting apparatus is for adjustably fixing a light guide pipe in a chassis of an electronic device. The chassis includes a mounting plate. The mounting apparatus includes a first sleeve engaging with the light guide pipe, a second sleeve attached to the mounting plate, and a resilient member... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080278961 - Hybrid optics for l.e.d. lamp: A lighting assembly is adapted to be fixedly secured to a motor vehicle for emitting light out therefrom. The lighting assembly includes a frame for supporting and mounting the lighting assembly to the motor vehicle and a lens fixedly secured to the frame. The lighting assembly also includes a light... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080278962 - Light system for a vehicle headlight unit: Light system for a vehicle headlight unit, the system comprising a light source (11), a lamp reflector (12) and a substantially rod-shaped transparent light guide (2), wherein the reflector (12) projects light from the light source (11) into the light guide (2), the light guide comprises a glass guide part... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080278963 - Light source device and endoscope device: A light source device includes a light source, a diaphragm blade for adjusting light quantity of illumination light supplied from the light source, a diaphragm driving part for driving the diaphragm blade to perform opening/closing operation, and a diaphragm control circuit part for setting diaphragm drive instruction voltage to be... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080278964 - Optical fiber illumination: A portable device or a cover for a portable device includes a light source to emit light and an optical fiber to illuminate based on light received from the light source.... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20080278965 - Light emitting diode with light emitting chips at inner side surfaces thereof and backlight module using same: An exemplary light emitting diode includes a main body, a red light emitting chip, a green light emitting chip, and a blue light emitting chip. The main body includes two inner side surfaces opposite to each other and a inner bottom surface connected with the side surfaces. The side surfaces... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080278966 - Led light string: The present invention relates to decorative lights, and more particularly to an LED light string with a safety device. The LED light string includes an electrical plug, lead wires, and LED bulbs, and further includes a safety device connected with the LED bulbs in series. The safety device has a... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20080273317 - Surgical light provided with a light emission control: The inventive surgical light comprises a body provided with main light-emitting diodes and additional light-emitting diodes arranged therebetween, which are spaced on said body and fixed thereto, wherein said additional light-emitting diodes are grouped and are characterised in that the spatial orientation thereof differs from the spatial orientation of the... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080273318 - Luminous keyboard: A luminous keyboard includes a cap which has a bottom lid with a first light directing zone formed thereon. The cap also has a first light blocking surface on an outer surface corresponding to the first light directing zone. At least one luminous unit is provided to provide light to... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080273319 - Beverage accessory devices: Various embodiments relate to beverage accessory devices for use within beverage receptacles. In one exemplary embodiment, a beverage accessory device generally includes a housing having sidewalls defining a cavity therein. A substantially fluid-tight container is within the cavity of the housing. The container includes sidewalls defining a chamber. At least... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080273320 - Solar powered mailbox light with movable magnetic connection: The present invention is a solar powered light assembly mounted at distal end of a flexible neck support, where a proximal end is fixed to a top of an exterior panel housing of an exterior panel that supports the neck support and light in a position which can be easily... Agent: David T. Bracken The Law Office Of David T. Bracken

20080273321 - Luminaire comprising elongate light source and light-influencing element: Disclosed is a light (1) comprising means (3a) for retaining and electrically connecting at least one elongate light source (2) and a light-influencing element (10) which is located next to the light source (2) and is composed of several individual elements (15). Said elements (15) that form the light-influencing element... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20080273322 - Light structure: A light includes a light-producing inner tube, and an outer tube positioned around the light-producing inner tube; the light-producing inner tube has electrical terminals at two ends thereof, which sticks out of the outer tube; the outer tube has a light reflecting film on an outer side of a first... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080273323 - Luminaire with main light source and additional light source: A luminaire contains a main light source the light of which is emitted by the luminaire, and an additional light source the light of which is mixed with the light of the main light source before the emission thereof. In accordance with the invention a part of the light issued... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080273324 - Adjustable lighting distribution system: A lighting assembly having a plurality of light sources and a lens matrix having a plurality of lenses. The lens matrix may be positioned relative to the light sources so that each light source resides in a first orientation within one of the lenses and emits a light distribution. Relative... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080273325 - Sealing and thermal accommodation arrangement in led package/secondary lens structure: An LED apparatus of the type having a mounting board, an LED package thereon with a primary lens, and a secondary lens member over the primary lens and establishing a light path therebetween, includes a resilient member against the secondary lens member in position other than in the light path,... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080273326 - Multi-led light fixture with secure arrangement for led-array wiring: In an embodiment of an LED light fixture, the fixture includes a housing defining a chamber and an LED module that is outside the chamber and adjacent to the housing. The LED module includes a mounting board with a plurality of LED packages mounted thereon and a cover over the... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080273327 - Safety accommodation arrangement in led package/secondary lens structure: An LED apparatus including (a) a mounting board, (b) a plurality of LED packages thereon, (c) a lens member over each LED package, and (d) a safety barrier positioned over the mounting board, the barrier having sufficient thickness for enclosure of electrical elements on the mounting board and including a... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080273328 - Display device: A display device comprising a body member having a side member which, in plan view, conforms to a first profile; characterised by a first transparent member (15) located within, and by, the body member (12) the first transparent member (15) having a boundary (16) conforming to and lying within the... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080273333 - Apparatus and method for pathway or similar lighting: An apparatus, method, and system for lighting target areas with bollard or pagoda style or type lights in a controlled and efficient manner. The apparatus includes a housing with a light source, optic system, and a control circuit. The light source and optic system are configured to produce a highly... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080273329 - High power led electro-optic assembly: The present invention provides a high power LED electro-optic assembly (40) including conductive heat sink (18) and an LED (14) mounted at one end of the heat sink. The LED (14) is in electrical engagement with the heat sink (18). The assembly (40) also includes a reflector (2) mounted at... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080273331 - Led lighting fixtures: A lighting fixture (20-23) mechanically encloses a LED module (30), which includes at least one LED (40) and can further include a LED driver (50) in electrical communication with the LED(s) (40) to operably provide a LED drive signal to the at least one LED (40), a thermal management system... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080273330 - Led lighting system: A fountain lighting system including a light engine head containing an LED light engine and a control housing containing control gear electronics includes a fixture support providing thermal separation between the light engine head and the control housing. The fixture support includes a lid with a bar extending from the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080273332 - Light device: A light device comprising a side emitting light source (1) having a predetermined spatial intensity distribution, at least one optical element (2) and a base (3) as a heat sink, on which the light source (1) is supported, whereby the light device is formed in such a way that different... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080273334 - Electric lamp/reflector unit with a moulded reflector: The electric lamp/reflector unit has a molded reflector body (1) comprising a hollow neck-shaped portion (5). An electric lamp (10) having a lamp vessel (1), enclosing a space (12) in which an electric element (13) is arranged, and provided with a first (14) and a second, opposed end portion (15)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080273335 - Full or near-full cut-off visor for light fixture: A wide area lighting fixture includes a relatively large visor extending from a bowl shaped fixture reflector. The distal portion of the visor extends relatively far outwardly and downwardly and around the fixture opening. In operating position, the visor blocks most or all off field direct view of the light... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080273336 - Structure of a light emitting diode: A light emitting diode includes a base board, at least one light emitting diodes fitted on an upper side of the base board, and a light shade made of either of glass and quartz, which is secured over said at least one light emitting diodes on the base board; the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080273337 - Illumination device, light irradiation apparatus using the same, and method for producing photoreaction product sheet with the apparatus: The present invention provides an illumination device including a cylindrical light source and a curved mirror for reflecting light radiated from the cylindrical light source, wherein the curved mirror has a light reflection surface which has a shape of a portion of an elliptic curve having a first focal point... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080273338 - Light guide element and light unit with light guide element: The invention concerns a light guide element whose cross-sectional surface widens continuously at least in areas from a light inlet surface to a light outlet surface, as well as a light unit with at least one LED as light source and with a light guide element. For this purpose the... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080273339 - Structure of a light shade of a light emitting component: A light shade of a light emitting component includes a body, which is solid and pervious-to-light body, and made of glass/quartz, and has a straight bottom surface, and a spherical upper surface; the body of the light shade has undergone a surface-dimming process to have a lumpy surface, which has... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080273341 - Method and apparatus for mounting an led module to a heat sink assembly: A heat sink assembly for mounting an LED module to a surrounding main heat sink member is disclosed. The heat sink assembly has a first plate with inner and outer faces and a peripheral edge. The assembly further includes a second plate that is movable with respect to the first... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080273340 - Solid state light source having a variable number of dies: A light source having a die carrier, a lead frame, and an insulating body is disclosed. The die carrier includes a die mounting section connected to a heat transfer section. The die mounting section includes a die mounting area having a lead pad opening contained within the die mounting area.... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20080273342 - Track-movable lighting system: A lighting system freely moving along a track having trolley bars. The track-movable lighting system includes the track (10) fixedly installed on a ceiling of a structure; a plurality of transport units (20) installed on the track (10) so that the transport units (20) can move along the track (10)... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080273343 - Halogen burner and receptacle assembly: A bulb retainer device for use with bulbs such as halogen burner bulbs on vehicles subject to vibration and oscillation. The bulb has a flat burner glass press area and a receptacle is used for mounting the bulb in position to function as a light. A one piece metal sheet... Agent: Bryan Anderson Patent Services

20080273344 - Device for replacing a light source in a motor vehicle optical module: A device for replacing a lamp of a light source of a motor vehicle lighting and/or signalling system, comprising a reflecting element, the light source, with a lamp support, secured to the lamp to be replaced, the lamp support providing the holding, in an operating configuration, of the lamp within... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080273345 - Lamp for vehicle: A lamp for a vehicle, includes a first reflector which forms a reflecting plane inclining to an optical axis disposed at a position opposed to a light source; a second reflector which is arranged at a light source side and reflects light reflected by the first reflector; and an outer... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080273346 - Vehicular light assembly and associated method for repairing the same: A vehicular light assembly, comprising: a housing and a lens cover, wherein at least one of the housing and lens cover includes at least one previously damaged sub-component which has been repaired utilizing a mold from a vehicular light assembly and/or assembly sub-component void of damage relative to the repaired... Agent: King & Partners, PLC

20080273347 - Optical module for an elliptical lighting device adapted to a given volume for a motor vehicle: An optical module for an elliptical motor vehicle lighting device, the optical module comprising in particular a reflector, a light source emitting light rays, and a projection lens, the reflector having a reflecting internal face for reflecting towards the projection lens at least some of the light rays emitted by... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080273348 - Artificial illuminated plant display: An electrically illuminated artificial plant display may include a plurality of individual plant sprays, each spray including optical fibers and branch members bearing light emitting diodes, the optical fibers and branch members terminating at a plug that includes a readily replaceable colored lens to filter light which is transmitted to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080273349 - Light source apparatus and light reflection device thereof: A light source apparatus including a light emitting module and a reflection microstructure layer is provided. The light emitting module emits a light. The reflection microstructure layer is disposed at the base of the light source apparatus and reflects an incident light emitted by the light emitting module in substantially... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080273350 - Method and apparatus for backlighting a device: A light guide panel is disclosed. The panel comprises a plate for dispersing light and at least one light-emitting diode (LED) coupled to the plate for providing the dispersed light. When the panel is coupled to a keyboard, the at least one LED is under a portion of the keyboard... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080273351 - Light source device and vehicle lighting device: An LED light source device and an illumination device using the same, including vehicle lighting devices, can have a light weight and thin profile and can form a desired light distribution pattern while employing a simple configuration. The light source device can include a plate shaped light guide member made... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20080273352 - Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device using the same: A protecting sheet 112 having a transparent rubber-like resin 113 formed on a transparent board 114 is interposed between a light emitting plane 123 of a light guiding plate 111 and a surface, at which prisms 116 are formed, of a prism sheet 115 in such a manner that the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.