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Illumination January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/09

20090027870 - Method for detecting the condition of a lamp for heating blank bodies made of thermoplastic material and heating installation arranged for use thereof: The invention relates to detecting the condition of a lamp (1) for heating blank bodies made of thermoplastic material, intended for the manufacture of containers by blow moulding or stretch-blow moulding, this infrared electromagnetic radiation lamp having an envelope (2) in particular made of glass or quartz enclosing a filament... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090027871 - Display device for creating a backlit effect on a display article: A display device for creating a backlit effect on a display article—such as a photograph—with a candle. The display device includes a candle container and a display panel attached to the wall of the candle container by a spacer. The wall of the candle, display panel, and spacer together form... Agent: Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20090027873 - Illumination source: In one embodiment, the invention is an illumination source. In one embodiment, the illumination source comprises an outer sheath formed of a resilient, substantially transparent or translucent material, and a luminous core housed within the sheath. In further embodiments, the illumination source comprises a selvedge for facilitating mechanical attachment and/or... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P. Nj Office

20090027872 - Luminescent object comprising aligned polymers having a specific pretilt angle: A first aspect of the invention relates to a luminescent object comprising an aligned polymer that contains an oriented photoluminescent material, said aligned polymer having a pretilt angle of 10-90°. The luminescent object according to the present invention may advantageously be employed in luminescent solar concentrator systems as it enables... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090027874 - Illumination device and portable electronic device incorporating same: An illumination device includes a housing, an electrical connector, a light source and an elongated light guiding member. The electrical connector is disposed on the housing. The electrical connector has a first terminal contact for electrical connection to a power supply port of a portable electronic device, and a second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027875 - Fluorescent lamp, backlight unit, and liquid crystal display device: A backlight unit has an external electrode fluorescent lamp in a housing. The external electrode fluorescent lamp includes a glass bulb having a discharge space inside, and electrodes around both ends of the glass bulb. A protective layer and a phosphor layer are formed on an internal surface of the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (panasonic)

20090027876 - Portable lighting device: A portable lighting device comprising a body with a battery storage, a lamp cap fixed on the body, a circuit board deposited inside the lamp cap, a first LED lamp and a relevant reflection base fixed on the circuit board, an optical diffuser rotatablely connected on the lamp cap as... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Group LLP

20090027877 - Lighting apparatus: A lighting apparatus includes: at least one rigid elongated cylindrical structure having a longitudinal axis; a plurality of rigid plate-like structures fixed to the cylindrical structure such that each of the plate-like structures is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and at least one straight fluorescent tube mounted to at least... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090027878 - Led dock light: A warehouse dock light includes a lamp assembly which is provided with a plurality of LEDs arranged in such a fashion as to collectively provide sufficient light for illumination of an area. The LEDs are arranged in two columns with each column having both LEDs with narrow angle and wide... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20090027879 - Light emitting stick: The present invention relates to a light emitting stick which has a light transmissible stick body. One end of the stick body is an insertion end which is combined with a light emitting element (light emitting diode) coated with optical adhesive (UV adhesive). A plurality of recesses with matte finish... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090027880 - Lighting system: A lighting system, the lighting system being usable in combination with coloured light sources to create a lighting scheme by providing electrical power to the coloured light sources, the lighting system comprising: at least two lamp modules, each of the lamp modules including a module base and a socket matrix... Agent: Invention Quebec Inc.

20090027881 - Theatre light apparatus incorporating led tracking system: A multiparameter light is disclosed, which incorporates an LED (light emitting diode) tracking ring surrounding a main output lens. The LED tracking ring is capable of additive color mixing and in turn can simulate the color of the main projected light projecting from the main output aperture or output lens... Agent: Mr Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20090027882 - Backlight assembly, method of manufacturing the same and display device having the same: A backlight assembly includes a light-generating unit and a receiving container. The light-generating unit includes at least one point light source generating light and a power supply line transferring power for driving the point light source. The receiving container receives the light-generating unit, and the power supply line is formed... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20090027883 - Lighting fixture: Light emitting device modules illuminate at a wide angle in the longitudinal direction of a lighting fixture. The lighting fixture can be provided with a light emitting device module having a light emitting device, an installation member for mounting multiple light emitting device modules thereon, and a support for supporting... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090027884 - Structure of a supporting assembly for surface mount device led and manufacturing method thereof: A structure of a supporting assembly for a surface mount device LED and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The structure of a supporting assembly comprises a plate and a substrate of LEDs. The plate has a plurality of supporting areas and a plurality of lenses each of which is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090027885 - Optical film, lighting device and display unit: A display unit capable of reducing luminance irregularity when using a point light source is provided. The display unit includes: a panel driven based on an image signal; a plurality of point light sources arranged in a region facing the panel; and an optical sheet arranged between the panel and... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090027886 - Formed lighting fixture having a fibrous layer: An improved formed lighting fixture having a frame, a light source, a cover layer coupled to the frame, and a fibrous layer coupled to the cover layer, in which the frame is formed by gathering a plurality of rods and profiled in a specific contour, the light source is configured... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090027887 - Lighting fixture: Multiple light emitting device modules can be configured to illuminate in multiple different directions, while avoiding deterioration of radiation efficiency by use of fins. In a lighting fixture, multiple light emitting device modules can each have fins for radiating heat generated by the light emitting device. The multiple light emitting... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090027889 - Led lamp instantly dissipating heat as effected by multiple-layer substrates: A LED lamp includes: a plurality of substrates juxtapositionally formed as multiple layers, each substrate having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted thereon, whereby upon generation of heat by the LEDs when lit up, each substrate will form as a heat-dissipating plate in-situ in order that the multiple-layer... Agent: Shung-wen Kang

20090027888 - Led lamp with heat dissipation device: An LED lamp includes an LED module (12), two heat spreaders (31), two heat pipes (35) and two heat sinks (38). The LED module includes a plurality of LEDs (122). The heat spreaders are positioned under the LED module. The heat pipes are sandwiched between the heat spreaders and extend... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027890 - Projector: A projector is provided. The projector comprising a projector housing in which there are arranged an illuminant holder, for holding an illuminant, a reflector that reflects the light beams emitted by the illuminant to a light exit opening of the projector housing that is covered by a transparent disk, and... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090027891 - Beam shapers using electrically controllable scattering: The present invention relates to a device (200) for electrically controlling shaping of a light beam. The device comprises primary optics (202) that is arranged to shape the light beam originating from a light source (201). The device further comprises an electrically controllable optical element (203) arranged to change the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090027892 - Lamp: The invention relates to and discloses a light fixture (10) for illuminating a building surface (15), comprising a dished housing (11) having a light-output opening (24), a light source (12) being provided on the interior (31) of the housing, indirect light (30a, 30b, 30c) starting from the light source passing... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090027894 - Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same: A backlight assembly includes a bottom chassis, a flat fluorescent lamp, a frame and a reflecting member. The flat fluorescent lamp is supported in the bottom chassis, and the flat fluorescent lamp includes a plurality of discharge spaces to generate light. The frame is combined with the bottom chassis to... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20090027893 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit and a diffusion layer. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of elongated V-shaped protrusions, and a lamp-receiving portion. The bottom surface is opposite to the light output surface. The elongated V-shaped... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027895 - Light-emitting device: A light-emitting device of a very simple configuration in which uniform LED light illumination can be obtained with a low light quantity loss, the device having a low production cost, improved emission characteristic and excellent cost efficiency and reliability. A transparent body is disposed in the vicinity of a LED,... Agent: Joseph W. Price Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

20090027896 - Image forming device: A downsized and flattened exposure device is provided. A substrate (301) is supported only at either one side in the width direction (403) of the substrate surface that is orthogonal to the direction of the row and supported by only one enclosing member (201) at least in the section in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090027897 - Two-layered optical plate: An exemplary optical plate includes a transparent layer and a light diffusion layer. The transparent layer includes a light input interface and a light output surface opposite to the light input interface. A plurality of micro-protrusions formed on the light output surface. The micro-protrusions are arranged along a plurality of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027898 - Two-layered optical plate: An exemplary optical plate includes a transparent layer and a light diffusion layer. The transparent layer includes a light input interface, a light output surface opposite to the light input interface, and a plurality of micro-depressions formed on the light output surface. The micro-depressions are arranged along a plurality of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090027899 - Removable led lamp holder with socket: Disclosed is an LED lamp assembly that allows an LED lamp to be removably replaced in a lamp holder. A solid, electrical connection is created between the LED pins and electrical terminals as well as connecting wires without soldering. An LED lamp is removably connected to a base that can... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090027900 - Positionable outdoor lighting: In one embodiment, a submersible LED lighting assembly is provided with at least one LED carried by a housing and thermally coupled to a heat sink carried by the housing to permit the submersible LED lighting assembly to be used in a dry environment. The exemplary lighting assembly is further... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090027901 - Outer case of led module: An outer case of a LED module includes a top case and a bottom case to receive the LED module therebetween. The top case has a plurality of through holes and a plurality of blocks spacedly protruding from an inner side of the top case. The bottom case has a... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090027902 - Deck-box for use with underwater swimming pool light: The invention relates to improvements to swimming pools, in particular to providing extra facilities to a deck box, such as those commonly used to provide power to underwater swimming pool lights. The improvement comprises the provision of a facility to illuminate the lid area of a deck box, by providing... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090027903 - Removable led lamp holder: Disclosed is an LED lamp assembly that allows an LED lamp to be removably replaced in a lamp holder. A solid, electrical connection is created between the LED pins and electrical terminals as well as connecting wires without soldering. An LED lamp is removably connected to a base that can... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090027904 - Backlight assembly, assembling method thereof and liquid crystal display device including the same: A lamp socket includes a body receiving a lamp, and a power supplying member disposed inside the body, the power supplying member comprising an electrical conductive material having elasticity, wherein the power supplying member electrically interconnects the lamp and an inverter substrate on which an inverter is mounted, wherein the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090027905 - Sunvisor lighting apparatus for vehicle: A sunvisor lighting apparatus for use with a vehicle sunvisor that is pivotably mounted to a head liner, and is user-manipulable between an open and a closed position. The apparatus includes a lighting section, installed in the head liner at a position where the sunvisor covers the head liner when... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090027906 - Lamp having improved vibration damping: The invention relates to a lamp (8), in particular a vehicle lamp, having a base (17), a burner (7) having a light-generating element (11, 12), and an adapter plate (1) having a connecting region (2) and a receiving portion (3), the connecting region (2) being connected to the base (17)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090027907 - Lamp with reflective coating: The invention relates to a lamp (10) and a vehicle headlight. The lamp (10) comprises a discharge vessel (16) with electrodes (20) arranged at a distance for creating an arc discharge. The envelope (22) has cylindrical shape with a cylinder wall extending straight in longitudinal direction. A reflective barrier (28)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090027908 - Vehicular lamp unit: A lamp unit used in a vehicular lamp includes a reflector provided with a parabolic cylindrical reflective surface with a focal line in the horizontal direction; a planar light source having a light-emitting surface with a generally oblong shaped region; and a drive portion that rotatably supports the semiconductor light-emitting... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090027909 - Lighting module for a motor vehicle headlight: A lighting module for a motor vehicle headlight for giving a cutoff beam, having an optical axis and comprising at least one light source (S), a reflector (R, Ra, Ra1, Ra2) of the complex surface type, and a cylindrical lens (L, La) with substantially vertical generatrices placed between the two... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20090027910 - Vehicle lighting assembly and light guiding lens for use in vehicle lighting assembly: A vehicle lighting assembly is provided which uses a light guiding lens without a dedicated light source. The vehicle lighting assembly can include: a light source configured to emit light rays used at least for forming a target light distribution; a light guiding member made of a transparent or semi-transparent... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090027911 - Vehicular lamp: The invention is constituted by a vehicular lamp characterized in a lens having a first light source, a second light source, a front light emitting face, a side end face to which the first light source is opposed, and a rear face, wherein the rear face includes a lens having... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090027912 - Light source unit and vehicular lamp: The disclosed subject matter provides a reflecting cover above and between a light-emitting chip and a projection lens. The diffused light from the light-emitting chip is led toward the projection lens via the reflecting cover such that it transmits through the projection lens at a certain angle. This makes it... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090027913 - Lighting arrangement for an automotive vehicle: A lighting array comprising a plurality of lighting modules, each lighting module comprising a substrate having at least one light emitting diode mounted thereon is disclosed. The modules are arranged to radiate light in a substantially parallel manner. At least some of the modules in the array are arranged in... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090027915 - Light source unit and object reader: A light source unit and reader can include a line light source that is attached to a radiator and a rod lens that is attached above the line light source. The radiator with the line light source and the rod lens attached thereto, and a linear strip-shaped reflector arranged in... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090027914 - Structure for a center high mounted stop lamp: The present invention discloses a structure for a center high mounted stop lamp, which comprises: a light pipe, a housing and LEDs. The light pipe has an inorganic light guide coating on a lateral side thereof and has LEDs at both ends thereof. The housing covers the light pipe and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090027916 - Led lamp tube: An LED lamp tube is disclosed to include a tube that admits light, circuit boards respectively mounted inside the tube, each circuit board carrying an array of LEDs, two end caps respectively capped on the ends of the tube to hold the circuit boards inside the tube and connectable to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090027917 - Optical fiber indicator light: The optical fiber indicator light includes a lighting device, an optical fiber and an optical guiding structure. The optical fiber has a first optical fiber point a second optical fiber point. The first optical fiber point is abutted on the lighting device and the second optical fiber point is opposed... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090027918 - Transreflectors, transreflector systems and displays and methods of making transreflectors: Light emitting assembly includes at least one film, sheet, plate or substrate positioned between a light source and a display for redirecting at least some of the light emitted by the light source. One side of the film, sheet, plate or substrate may have a pattern of reflective or refractive... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090027919 - Backlight module: A backlight module including a back plate, a reflection sheet, a light guiding plate, a reflector, and a first light source and a second light source is provided. The reflection sheet is disposed on the back plate, and one end of the reflection sheet is bent to form a lamp... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090027920 - Light emitting panel assemblies: Backlight assembly includes a waveguide having a greater width than height and at least one light emitting area for illuminating a display. A light source assembly optically coupled to the panel includes a light emitting source and at least a reflective or refractive surface to disperse light emitted from the... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090027921 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a case, a display panel and a backlight module. The case has at least a hole. The display panel is disposed in the case to display information. The backlight module is disposed in the case as a light source of the display panel. The backlight module... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090021926 - Wavelength converting system: An embodiment of the invention discloses a wavelength converting system capable of emitting a second electromagnetic radiation having a second wavelength in response to a first electromagnetic radiation having a first wavelength, wherein an energy level of the first electromagnetic radiation is higher than that of the second electromagnetic level,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090021927 - Refrigerator shelf led lighting: An illumination device for illuminating an interior space of a refrigerator includes a panel and an illuminator for introducing light into the panel. The illuminator introduces light into the panel along an edge of the panel. A surface of the panel includes a plurality of lines for diverting introduced light... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090021928 - Flashlight: A flashlight in accordance with the present invention includes a chamber, end cap, head assembly and lamp holder assembly. The end cap includes a bowed tripod portion to facilitate standing the flashlight on a flat surface. The head assembly includes a reflector and a lens. In one embodiment of the... Agent: Jones Day

20090021929 - Bezel-integrated thermal conductors: Flashlight bezels, which comprise a bezel, lens, and a thermal conductor disposed in and through the lens so as to be positioned conduct heat from a light source positioned to one side of the lens to space on the opposite side of the lens, are described. When included in a... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20090021930 - Flexible multicolor light-emitting assembly: A flexible multicolor light-emitting assembly including at least three flexible conductive carriers and multiple multicolor light-emitting diodes connected between the flexible conductive carriers. The flexible conductive carriers can be freely flexed and bent as necessary. Therefore, the multicolor light-emitting diodes can be arranged in various patterns such as some characters... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090021931 - Led luminaire for generating substantially uniform illumination on a target plane: A luminaire includes a fixture housing, a plurality of LEDs disposed on a mounting surface in the fixture housing, and at least one reflector disposed in the housing. A center of each LED is positioned along a line and each LED faces towards an associated target surface that is vertically... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090021932 - Backlight unit: Provided is a backlight unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit light; a plurality of LED modules having a printed circuit board (PCB) which supports and drives the plurality of LEDs; a plurality of optical sheets that are attached to the top surfaces of the respective... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090021933 - Led luminaire for generating substantially uniform illumination on a target plane: A luminaire that can provide a beam pattern having a substantially uniform illuminance across a target plane includes a plurality of LEDs mounted on a support and at least one reflector fixed with respect to the support and cooperating with the plurality of LEDs.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090021934 - Optical illuminating system: An optical illuminating system is adapted to receive and scatter light from a primary light source, such as the sun. The optical illuminating system includes a light input device adapted for receiving the light from the primary light source, a light output device, and a light transmission device that is... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090021935 - Light-emitting module, diffusion unit and diffusion sheet: A diffusion unit of a light-emitting module is disposed adjacent to at least one light source. The light source emits a light beam. The diffusion unit includes a first diffusion sheet and a second diffusion sheet. The thickness of the first diffusion sheet is less than 1 mm, and the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090021938 - Backlight assembly and assembling method thereof: A backlight assembly includes: lamps; lamp holders each holding at least one of opposite ends of a corresponding one of the lamps, the lamp holders being electrically connected with external electrodes of the lamps; and a lower frame formed to partially cover the lamp holders such that the lower frame... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090021939 - Lighted architectural mesh: A lighted architectural mesh includes a plurality of interconnected wires forming a plurality of transverse openings. At least one light element is slidably received within at least one of said transverse openings. The at least one light element includes light nodes emitting light through the interstices on the front and/or... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090021936 - Linear led illumination system: A linear LED light module and system includes a heat sink, a printed circuit board, a plurality of LEDs, a power supply housing, a flexible electrical conductor, a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, and a power supply. The heat sink is elongated in an axial direction along a... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090021937 - Packaging for lighting modules: A package for holding a plurality of LED modules interconnected by wire. The package comprises a plurality of cradles each of which is sized to hold a respective one of the interconnected LED modules. Each of the cradles comprises first and second opposing side vertical surfaces partially defining a space... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20090021940 - Retrofit with a fluorescent based lighting assembly: Retrofitting lighting fixtures (e.g., HID based lighting fixtures) using a pin mounted PL style fluorescent based energy efficient light assembly and methods of installing retrofitting lighting fixtures are disclosed.... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090021941 - Light source device: A light source device, including an alternating current high-pressure mercury lamp having a pair of electrodes opposite each other with a spherical light-emitting part having at least 0.15 mg/mm3 of mercury and halogen at 10−6 μmol/mm3 to 10−2μmol/mm3, and cylindrical hermetically sealed parts extending from both ends of the light-emitting... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.c. Intellectual Property Department

20090021942 - Lamp assembly: A headlamp for a vehicle is provided. The headlamp includes a light source, a reflector reflecting and condensing light emitted from the light source, a first lens refracting and radiating the light emitted from the light source in a forward direction, a shielding device that is disposed between the light... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090021943 - Outdoor lighting apparatus: An exemplary outdoor lighting apparatus includes a lighting device and a bird expeller. The lighting device includes a supporting pole, a housing and a light emitting unit. The housing is fixed on the top of the supporting pole. The light emitting unit is received in the housing. The bird expeller... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021944 - Led lamp: An LED lamp includes a bulb, an LED module having a plurality of LEDs received in the bulb and a heat dissipation apparatus supporting and cooling the LED module. The heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, a hollow first heat conductor, and a heat pipe. The heat sink has... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021945 - Apparatus and method for improved illumination area fill: A reflector for a light source, such as an LED, is provided with a shape which efficiently collects and directs energy to an illumined surface whereby almost 100% of the light is collected and distributed into a designer composite beam. The shape in one embodiment is comprised of three zones... Agent: Law Offices Of Daniel L. Dawes

20090021946 - Projection device: A projection device includes: a plate shaped member that is thermally conductive; a light emitting element that is disposed upon the plate shaped member and emits light; a bending member that bends light from the light emitting element into an orientation parallel to the plate shaped member; a modulation element... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090021947 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of enclosing V-shaped protrusions, a plurality of microstructures and a lamp-receiving portion. The light output surface and the bottom surface are on opposite sides of... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021948 - Optical guide bar, line light source device, surface light illumination device, and display apparatus: Provided is an optical guide bar including: a light exit portion; light incident portions, on which light is incident, formed on both sides of the light exit portion; and a reflective portion facing the light exit portion and including a prism pattern that reflects light transmitted through the light incident... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090021949 - Lighting system having a flat lamp, and a frame with a section which can be folded: The invention is based on an illuminating system with a frame (2) and a flat lamp (5) arranged therein. The frame (2) is configured as a hinged frame with a hinge-mounted portion (7). This allows the flat lamp (5) to be easily fitted and removed.... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090021950 - Optical component having an improved transient thermal behavior and method for improving the transient thermal behavior of an optical component: An optical component comprises at least one optically effective optical element which heats up when irradiated with light, and at least one holding element for the at least one optical element for holding the at least one optical element in a carrier structure, wherein the at least one optical element... Agent: Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr. St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens Llc

20090021951 - Watertight led lamp: Disclosed is a three-piece light emitting diode lamp. The lamp comprises a lamp holder that encapsulates and seals various connectors and connections. A removable light emitting diode is inserted into contact sockets so that the light emitting diode can be easily replaced. Various techniques are used to provide proper polarity... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young Llc

20090021952 - Lighting kit: A lighting kit includes all the components necessary to install a lighting fixture on a support post or pole. The components are made of polymeric materials to provide an electrically nonconducting enclosure attached to the support post and the fixture. A collar made of fiberglass reinforced polymer is attached to... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.a.

20090021953 - Lighting and/or indicating system for a vehicle, with improved actuator control: The lighting and/or signaling system according to the invention comprises at least one lighting and/or signaling device which is able to emit at least one light beam and is equipped with at least one actuator for adjusting an angle of the light beam, and at least one actuator control device... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20090021954 - Light coupled detachable stern anchor and navigation light for boats: An apparatus and method that improves the usable life and reliability of detachable stem lights for boats. It replaces electrical energy coupling by light energy coupling, thereby eliminating electrical contact corrosion problems.... Agent: John Burke

20090021955 - Control network for led-based lighting system in a transit vehicle: A transit vehicle lighting system has a plurality of LED-based lighting fixtures for providing interior illumination. A control network comprises a plurality of slave nodes for controlling the LED-based lighting fixtures, and a master node for controlling the slave nodes. The master node may be connected to the slave nodes... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20090021956 - Illuminated tray for containers: An illuminated display tray comprising a base, an outer perimeter defining a top and bottom, at least one cavity adapted to receive at least one lighting means, a power means mounted in a recess formed in the bottom and operably connected to the lighting means, a switch mounted on the... Agent: The Parker Law Office, Pllc

20090021957 - Table lamp structure: The present invention discloses an improved table lamp, which comprises: a lamp base, an arm and a lamp hood. The lamp hood has a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element includes: a light conduction tube, a light conduction material and at least one light-emitting diode. A reflective mirror is arranged on... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090021958 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes a plurality of transparent plate units. The transparent plate unit includes a first surface, a second surface, a plurality of conical frustum protrusions, a diffusion layer and a lamp-receiving portion. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The conical frustum protrusions are formed... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090021959 - Surface emitting apparatus and image display apparatus using the surface emitting apparatus: A surface emitting apparatus and image display apparatus using this surface emitting apparatus that enables improved luminance uniformity and smaller apparatus sizes. The surface emitting apparatus has a light source section that emits light, a light guide plate that guides light incident from an inlet face such that the light... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.c.

20090021960 - Luminescent decorating panel assembly and electronic device using the same: A luminescent decorating panel assembly and an electronic device using the luminescent decorating panel are disclosed. The luminescent decorating panel assembly includes a light guide plate, a light source and a reflecting element, and a microstructure is formed on a light exit plane of the light guide plate and applied... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20090021961 - Light source, backlight module using the same, and method for manufacturing the same: A light source includes a substrate, a plurality of blocks, and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The blocks are disposed on the substrate and spaced from each other. Each LED includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a chip, and a bonding wire. The first and second electrodes... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090016044 - Integrated dc circuit for a ceiling fan combined with a lamp: An integrated DC circuit for a ceiling fan combined with a lamp is composed of a control circuit connected with a motor and a lamp, and a rectifying-filtering circuit connected with the control circuit. The rectifying-filtering circuit can alter an exterior AC power into a DC power for the motor... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090016045 - Surgical headlamp: A surgical headlamp containing lamp housings, each containing multiple LED light sources is featured wherein the LEDs cooperate together to produce a light engine. The lamp housings may be adjusted so that light beams emitted by each LED be selectively converged through a focusing lens at a spot a predetermined... Agent: Edwin W. Oldham

20090016046 - Light system and method for creating a localized light: The invention relates to the creation of a localized light, particularly to a light system (12) for creating a localized light illuminating for example clothing hanging on the rail. The light system comprises lighting means (16,17) and lighting control means (18,19) which are adapted to create the localized light (14)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090016047 - Compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of ocular conditions: Methods and devices are described that use one or more thermally responsive current-controlling elements to regulate current flow to an electrical component, particularly a light source such as an LED. Examples of such thermally responsive current-controlling elements include thermistors, inductors, and capacitors. for treating conditions or disorders which can be... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20090016048 - Torch lamp systems, flame lamp assemblies, and lamps with swirling flames: Torch lamp systems and flame lamp assemblies for producing swirling flames are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a flame lamp assembly for providing a flame having a continuous spiral movement can include a plurality of spaced apart panels and a frame for supporting the panels to form a chamber for... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090016049 - Modular utility light: A modularly constructed hand held, utility light is described and taught having a sealed electrical module and a separately attached hand-hold module. The hand-hold module includes two half shells that when assembled and attached to the electric module completes the utility tight.... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20090016050 - Battery cartridge for flashlight: A battery cartridge has a casing adapted to releasably hold at least one battery, externally accessible contacts on the casing, and internal circuitry in the casing between the contacts and poles of the battery. A switch is mounted in the casing and connected to the circuitry between one of the... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090016051 - Light emitting device diffusers for general application lighting: An LED diffuser may provide a more deterministic distribution of light from multiple discrete sources without relying on statistical scattering, and therefore, may reduce the type of efficiency losses associated with conventional diffusers as noted above. For example, an LED diffuser may have a smooth external surface that can be... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090016052 - Apparatus and method of using led light sources to generate a unitized beam: An apparatus includes: a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) of similar or differing wavelengths; a reflector for collecting energy from two or more LEDs into an approximately composite beam; and a housing for distributing this energy into a common aperture. A heat sink and electronic control for the individual... Agent: Law Offices Of Daniel L. Dawes

20090016053 - Backlight module structure and backlight module incorporating same: A backlight module structure and a backlight module incorporating the structure are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate and at least one light source device. The back plate includes a base and a plurality of projections which are substantially parallel to each other. The projections are disposed on... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090016054 - Led night light with projection feature: The current invention for LED night light for night time or dark area use including plug-in wall outlet night light or direct current operated night light with projection features to project the image, message, data, logo, time on ceiling, walls, floor, desired surface. The said LED night light incorporated with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090016055 - High-power light emitting diode (led) street lamp and body frame thereof: A high-power light emitting diode (LED) street lamp includes a body frame, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) modules, and a base unit convexly positioned on the body frame along the light emission direction of the high-power light emitting diode (LED) street lamp. The light emitting diode (LED) modules... Agent: Madson & Austin

20090016056 - Electronic device: Herein disclosed is an electronic device which can have, without deteriorating the effect of notification by light, an extended area to have electronic parts mounted thereon at the portion of the main body 20 covered with the accessory exterior panel 30, the extended area being extended in size compared with... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090016059 - Illumination apparatus: The illumination apparatus comprises a light source unit which has a LED for emitting illumination light, and a condenser lens for collecting the illumination light, and a main body of the illuminator of the apparatus which holds the light source unit and guides the illumination light. The light source unit... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090016057 - Incoupling structure for lighting applications: Light incoupling structures for lighting applications, such as lightguides. The incoupling structures include an optically substantially transparent medium for transporting light emitted by a light source and an optical element including at least one hole in the medium for coupling light together with optional further optical elements. A lighting element... Agent: Venable LLP

20090016058 - Ring lamp for illuminating a delimited volume and the use thereof: A ring lamp includes a light source having a first hollow cylinder with a lighting device disposed therein. The light source has an emitting surface with a light-emitting direction oriented toward an axis of the hollow cylinder. The lamp also includes a light directing device configured to direct light emission.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090016060 - Lighting apparatus and display apparatus therewith: A lighting apparatus of the present invention is composed of: LED arrays (LL1 to LLn) for illuminating a panel (3); a light amount control section (12) for individually controlling the amount of light emitted by each of the LED arrays; light sensors (4a to 4d) for respectively detecting the amounts... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090016061 - Illumination system: An illumination system including a coherent light source, a light integrator and a first actuator is provided. The coherent light source is capable of providing an illumination beam. The light integrator is disposed on a transmission path of the illumination beam, and the first actuator is connected to the light... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090016063 - Built-in heat diffusion lamp body for led lamp: A built in beat diffusion lamp body for LED lamp was invented. The purpose of the invention is to solve the difficulties of poor heat conduction and diffusion caused by the small heat diffusion surface of the material of a conventional LED lamp. The lamp body is made of a... Agent: Butler, Snow, O'mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC

20090016062 - Led lamp: An LED lamp includes a heat dissipation apparatus, an LED module, a bulb and a reflector. The heat dissipation apparatus includes a first heat sink, a second heat sink and a heat conductor positioned between the first heat sink and the second heat sink. The LED module includes a plurality... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090016064 - High-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp and method of manufacturing a high-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp: A high-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp (1) comprising an envelope (2) of high temperature resistant material having a discharge vessel (3) and two electrodes (5, 6) extending from two seal portions (4) into the discharge vessel (3), the two electrodes having an electrode gap (de) smaller than or equal to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090016065 - Reflector for a lighting device and illumination system of a projection apparatus: A reflector for the lighting device and an illumination system of the projection apparatus are provided. The reflector comprises a first reflecting structure and a second reflecting structure disposed on the portion of the first reflecting structure. The reflecting surfaces of the first and second reflecting structures are formed with... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090016066 - Package structure for a high-luminance light source: A package structure for a high-luminance light source comprises a circuit board, at least one light source and a resin coating covering the light source. A light refractive layer is formed on a surface of the circuit board and is located correspondingly to the light source, and the light refractive... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090016067 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a first surface, a second surface, a plurality of enclosing V-shaped protrusions, a diffusion layer and a lamp-receiving portion. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The enclosing V-shaped protrusions are formed... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090016068 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate (20) includes a transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface (202), a bottom surface (203), a plurality of microstructures (206), a diffusion layer (205), and a lamp-receiving portion (204). The bottom surface is opposite to the light output surface. The microstructures... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090016069 - Broad beam light: A high efficiency, broad beam lighting device 30 having a converging lens 1 having a curved focal line 26. A source of light comprising a plurality 9 of ceramic LED lamps disposed in an equiangular array having their apparent emission line between minimum divergence curved line 37 and interior surface... Agent: Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A. Intellectual Property Law Offices

20090016070 - Lighting device: The present invention relates to a lighting device including at least a light source (LS) for emitting light rays and means for guiding said light rays on a projection plane (PP). The guiding means are formed by a lens (OD) presenting a cylindrical portion (CYL) extending along an axis (AX)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090016071 - Tail light bracket assembly: A bracket for controlling the gap between a light housing and bumper on a vehicle, the bracket is provided that includes a first generally flat surface defined by a first bracket leg, a series of second surfaces defined by the first bracket leg and raised above the first surface. The... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090016072 - Led lamp with a heat dissipation device: An LED lamp includes a heat sink (10), a plurality of heat pipes (20) mounted on outer sidewalls (120) of the heat sink, and a plurality of LED modules (30) attached on the outer sidewalls of the heat sink with a portion of each LED module contacting a corresponding heat... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090016073 - Automatic lighting system with adaptive alignment function: An automatic lighting system for a vehicle includes a detection device, an illumination source and a control. The illumination source is directed generally forwardly with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle, and has an adjustable principal axis of illumination. The detection device may be operable to determine... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090016074 - Semiconductor light engine using glass light pipes: A light engine for use in systems such as automotive lighting systems employs two or more semiconductor light sources, such as LEDs. Light emitted from the light sources is captured by light pipes which are mounted such that the light capturing surface of the light pipes are properly positioned, with... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20090016075 - Semiconductor lighting in console system for illuminating biological tissues: The present disclosure is directed to illumination techniques that include the use of one or more sets of Light Emitting Diodes or LEDs as light sources in a console/module system. The LED light sources can be utilized to produce a light beams with a specified/combination of intensity and spectrum. Of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090016076 - Display apparatus: The invention relates to a display apparatus with a display unit, having means for background lighting at the back of the display apparatus. According to the invention, the means for background lighting comprise two illumination units being provided at the right-hand and left-hand of the display apparatus, said illumination units... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090016077 - Light guiding member and linear light source apparatus using same: A light guide member of the present invention is made of a light transmitting material. The light guide includes a light emitting surface 13, which extends in direction x and includes a lens surface 31 for converging light in direction y. The light guide also includes a light incident surface... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090016078 - Light valve to enhance display brightness: A display system (300) that includes a first display (302) and at least a second display (304). A light guide (330) can be positioned between the first display and the second display. Further, a light valve (342) can be positioned between the light guide and the second display. The light... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C.

20090016079 - Planar lighting apparatus: A planar lighting apparatus is provided in which thinning is promoted while higher and more uniform brightness is achieved by maintaining an LED on a light-incoming face of a light guide plate easily and stably. A planar lighting apparatus 10 according to the present invention is provided with a light... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090016080 - Planar lighting apparatus: A planar lighting apparatus 20 according to the present invention comprises a light guide plate 2 and an LED 10 arranged on a incoming-light face 3, which is a side end face of the light guide plate 2, and a incoming-light face 15 of an LED 10 has a recess... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090016081 - Backlight wedge with adjacent reflective surfaces: A backlight includes a visible light transmissive body having a light guide portion and a light input portion. The visible light transmissive body primarily propagates light by TIR and includes a light input surface and a light output surface. The light guide portion has a light reflection surface and a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090009983 - Reconfigurable instrument cluster: Provided are several reconfigurable instrument clusters for instrument panels in an automotive vehicle. Instrument cluster comprises a value indicia configured to indicate a value of a plurality of vehicle data and an appliqué comprising first and second indicia. A control circuit is configured to receive first and second vehicle data... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090009984 - Graphical user interface manipulable lighting: A graphical-user-interface manipulable lighting system is disclosed in which a light source having a position of focus is moved by an articulator adapted to receive and send signals through a control box indicating the current and intended positions of the focus of the light source, and further a computer interface... Agent: Hunton & Williams/new York Intellectual Property Dept.

20090009985 - Ventilation fan and light: A ventilation fan and light (10) is disclosed which includes a housing (12) and a light kit (13). The housing (12) includes an air intake 15 adjacent the light kit and an air exhaust port (16) coupled to an exhaust duct (17). The light kit has one or more light... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Intellectual Property Department

20090009986 - Headlamp that may be dismantled: This invention relates to an illuminating tool and particularly to a headlamp that may be worn on a human head for use and may be dismantled. In a skill of this invention, the headlamp that may be dismantled comprises a fixture with a head strap, and a floodlight. The floodlight... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090009987 - Flashlight retention device and method of using the same: The retention device fits to a conventional hand-held flashlight with a tail-end switch and allows a shooter to manipulate both the flashlight and a firearm while not violating any fundamentals of marksmanship, namely the two handed grip on the firearm. The retention device is made of a resilient and pliable... Agent: R. Tracy Crump

20090009988 - Light and power cogeneration light device: A light device adapted to light and power cogeneration projects at least one illumination light beam and divergent light beam by a specified power supplied from an external power source. The light device comprises an optical-to-electrical energy transformation unit and a power storage unit. The optical-to-electrical energy transformation unit comprises... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090009989 - Modular light fixture with power pack and deployable sensor: A light fixture includes a raceway, a lampholder, and a power pack. The raceway includes an aperture and a locking aperture. The lampholder is electrically connected to a lampholder connector. The power pack includes a power pack cover and a ballast and a deployable sensor. The deployable sensor includes a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090009990 - Light-emitting device: The invention provides a light-emitting device, which includes a water-proof enclosure, a motion-actuated switch, a controller, a memory unit, a light-emitting array, a driving unit, and a battery. The motion-actuated switch is capable of generating a triggering signal if an external force presses on it. Furthermore, when the controller is... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090009991 - Flashlight with a battery device having plural joined-together batteries: A flashlight includes a shell, a battery device held in the shell, a light emitting member installed on a front end of the shell, and a tail cap for the shell; the battery device includes a casing, and several single-part batteries held in the casing; the casing comprises two covering... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090009992 - Backlight module: A backlight module including a plurality of lamps, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board is provided. Each lamp has a first electrode and a second electrode. The first circuit board has a plurality of first openings and first conductive clips. The first electrode is disposed to extend... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090009993 - Backlight module: A backlight module comprising a back bezel, at least one light emitting device, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board is provided. The light emitting device, which has an electrode, is disposed on the side of the back bezel, while the first circuit board is disposed on the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090009994 - Flickerless light source: A flickerless light source comprising a transparent or semitransparent diffuser, at least two lightpipes with patterned surfaces inside the diffuser, a single sided LED light source attached to each end of the diffuser, and a dual sided LED light source connecting the lightpipes together is disclosed. The patterned surface of... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090009995 - optical architecture: An optical beam-shaping unit comprises a fly-eye lens for modifying light beams into modified light beams with desired profiles. The optical beam-shaping unit is especially useful in modifying collimated light from solid-state illuminators, such as laser sources.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090009996 - Lighting device: The lighting device has a stack of functional layers that in turn have at least: an optics layer with at least one optical element; a light source layer with at least one light source that is adapted to radiate light through the optics layer to an exterior; a printed circuit... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090009997 - Modular lighting arrays: Apparatus, systems, architectures, and methods provide interlocked modular lighting array units to operate as a single large light source. The modular lighting array units may be connected by a network, and the modular lighting array units may communicate and send and receive control or status signals. In some embodiments, the... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20090010000 - Lamp for light string: A lamp for a light string has a socket, multiple electric cords, an insulating partition, a leaf spring and a bulb assembly. The electric cords are mounted in the socket and have electrodes. The insulating partition is mounted in the socket and has a cavity and at least one stopper... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090009999 - Led lamp structure and system with high-efficiency heat-dissipating function: An LED lamp structure with high-efficiency heat-dissipating function includes a heat-dissipating module, a light-emitting module, a power-transmitting module, and a casing module. The heat-dissipating module has a plurality of heat-dissipating fins, and the heat-dissipating fins are combined together to form a radial shape and a receiving space. The light-emitting module... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090009998 - Wirelessly controlled light emitting display system: A light emitting assembly, and wirelessly controlled light emitting assembly for use in a lighted display having a housing body configured to receive a light emitting device having a plurality of wirelessly controlled light emitting elements. The housing body includes at least one mounting feature arranged and disposed to maintain... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20090010001 - Laser light source device, illumination device, image display device, and monitor device: A laser light source device includes: a light source; an external resonator, a wavelength conversion element converting the wavelength of part of incident light having the first wavelength into the second wavelength which is different from the first wavelength; and an optical-path conversion element causing the light that has been... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090010002 - Light-reflecting and light-shielding apparatus of computer panel: A panel assembly for reflecting and shielding rays of a light source (20), includes a panel (10) and a light-reflecting member (30) pivotably mounted to the panel. The panel includes a base (11) and a bent plate (13) perpendicular to the base. A light-pervious board (131) is disposed on the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090010003 - Luminaire: The invention relates to a luminaire having a reflector that comprises an upper reflector rear wall and reflector side walls that define a lower light exit opening, and having a high-pressure discharge lamp having an burner that is arranged inside the reflector, there being present in the reflector rear wall... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090010004 - Optical device and illumination device: An optical device guides illuminating light from a light source and includes a light-guiding unit including an incidence face which the illuminating light from the light source is incident upon, an emission face which emits the illuminating light and has a larger area than the incidence face, and a reflection... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090010005 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of enclosing V-shaped protrusions, a plurality of microstructures and at least one lamp-receiving portion. The light output surface is opposite to the bottom surface. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090010006 - Apparatus for linear illumination of a moving product web: An apparatus (1) serves for linear illumination of a moving product web (6), the apparatus (1) having at least one light source (4) emitting light. In order to achieve high luminance in a linear subregion of the product web (6), at least a portion of the light emitted by the... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20090010007 - Recessed lighting fixture: Disclosed herein is a recessed lighting fixture, comprising a housing having a back wall, one or more side walls extending from the back wall and at least one lower lip extending outwardly from one of said side walls, one or more of said side walls including at least one elongate... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20090010008 - Lamp module: A lamp cover includes a main plate portion which faces a right side surface of a lamp casing, and an upper-side plate portion and a lower-side plate portion which overlap an upper side surface and a lower side surface of the lamp casing adjacent to the right side surface of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090010010 - Led direct-plugging type multi-chip high power light source: The present invention provides a LED direct-plugging type multi-chip high power light source, comprising a heat dissipating substrate, a protecting rubber ring mounted at the obverse of the heat dissipating substrate, LEDs fixed on the heat dissipating substrate and in the protecting rubber ring, the heat dissipating substrate being provided... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090010009 - Led flat-plate type multi-chip high power light source: The present invention provides a LED flat-plate type multi-chip high power light source comprising a heat dissipating substrate, a reflecting cover mounted on the heat dissipating substrate, LEDs mounted on the heat dissipating substrate and in the reflecting cover, a circuit board embedded in the heat dissipating substrate connecting to... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090010011 - Solid state lighting device with heat-dissipating capability: A solid state lighting device includes a heat-dissipating base, a diode chip, and a plurality of conductive terminals. The heat-dissipating base includes a base body formed integrally from a thermally conductive material. The base body has a top side, and is formed with a cavity that is indented from the... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20090010012 - Methods and systems of attaching a deocrative light mounting device: A method and system of attaching a decorative light mounting structure. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are decorative light mounting devices comprising a bulb support portion having an aperture and an affixation portion coupled to the bulb support portion. The affixation portion is configured to magnetically affix the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090010013 - Light for a vehicle, particularly flash warning light for an aircraft: The light for a vehicle, particularly a flash warning light for an aircraft, is provided with at least one LED (10) bearing a semiconductor chip (14) emitting electromagnetic radiation. The semiconductor chip (14) emits blue or UV light. A conversion material (18) is arranged in the beam path that is... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090010014 - Reading light having diffused light suppression: An individual cabin illumination device in an aircraft, the device having a light source associated with a passenger or with a group of passengers and an antidazzle device, wherein the antidazzle device includes a multitude of light-directing units which may be arranged one beside the other. Each light-directing unit includes... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090010015 - Bicycle safety lighting: A bicycle or moped lighting system projects light onto a rider's moving legs to make the rider more visible to motor vehicle operators and thereby improve the rider's safety. A single safety light fixture is mounted below the bicycle seat and directs diverging light beams towards the backs of both... Agent: Averill & Varn

20090010016 - Vehicle lighting device: A vehicle lighting device is mounted in a bicycle. The lighting device includes a cantilever, a light-emitting lamp, and a power generating unit. The cantilever is fixed on a frame of the bicycle, so as to support the power generating unit to urge the power generating unit against a wheel... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090010017 - Light emitting device: A light emitting device comprises; a metal reflecting member, a light emitting element fixed to the metal reflecting member, a glass film that covers the metal reflecting member and has Si—N bonds, and a translucent resin that covers the glass film. The present invention provides a light emitting device with... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090010018 - Fiberoptic cable assembly: A fiberoptic cable assembly includes a cable provided as a continuous length of a bundle of optic fibers enclosed within a flexible sheathing and a rigid or semi-rigid protective pistol-grip handle formed about at least a portion of one of the ends of the bundle of optic fibers. The handle... Agent: Howson And Howson

20090010020 - Linear lighting apparatus and image reader using the same: Conventional methods using two optical waveguide members are disadvantageous in cost because they require two optical waveguide members and pairs of their associated components. A linear lighting apparatus includes a rod-like optical waveguide member (100) formed by a transparent material, a light source placed near an end face of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090010019 - Method and apparatus for illuminating tile: Illumination of stationary objects to provide adequate illumination in rooms and/or hallways, along walkways, on stairs, around swimming pools, etc. to prevent accidents and illuminate obstacles, leading people to entrances and/or exits and the like. Similarly, illumination of stationary objects may be for decorative purposes.... Agent: James R. Zarian

20090010021 - Recreational apparatus and method of making the same: A recreational apparatus includes a base layer forming one opposed side of the apparatus. A core layer is established on the base layer, the core layer having a fiber optic sheet assembly integration pocket defined therein. A fiber optic sheet is established in the integration pocket. The fiber optic sheet... Agent: Julia Church Dierker Dierker & Associates, P.C.

20090010023 - Light source having transparent layers: A system for providing a light source is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a light guide made of several transparent layers having different refractive indexes.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090010022 - Multi-functional led lamp: A multi-functional LED lamp is mainly composed of a lamp base, an illuminant device, a light guide device and a lampshade. The illuminant device is provided with plural LED bulbs planted on a laminate that is fixed on the lamp base with a heat-conductive medium spread in between. Heat generated... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090010024 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a first surface, a second surface, a plurality of first protrusions, a plurality of second protrusions and a lamp-receiving portion. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The first protrusions are formed... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090010025 - Light source device, display apparatus, and optical member: An optical member is disposed between an optical sheet and a pair of middle chassis and top chassis that securely support an edge of an liquid crystal panel and an edge of the optical sheet. The optical member reflects light emitted from light-emitting diodes at high reflectivity so that an... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20090010026 - Radiating element for light panels and light panel manufactured using said radiating element: A radiating element for light panels includes a face providing a light radiation-emitting surface, a light source for sideward light generation and an element for reflecting and/or scattering the incident light. In one embodiment, the radiating element includes a half-shell shaped plate with a polygonal or round plan shape. A... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20090002976 - Light-emitting device: A light-emitting device for emitting light having a desired color point, comprising at least one solid-state light source (1), at least one light-converting element (5), a light guiding arrangement (2) and a switch control unit (4), wherein the solid-state light source (1) is provided for emitting primary radiation (20), the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090002977 - Receptacle positioned rechargeable flashlight: A plug-in rechargeable flashlight that may be inserted into a conventional cigarette lighter or battery power source receptacle found in an automobile, airplane, boat or other vehicle. The flashlight has light emitting diodes as the primary light source located on the end of the flashlight which is insertable into the... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090002978 - Linear lighting system having a spinal structure and an optical system separately installable thereon: A linear lighting system has a spinal structure or spine 11 and one or more elongated optical shade assemblies 13 attachable to the spinal wherein the spinal structure can be installed at a job site separately from the shade assemblies. The optical shade assemblies contain all of the more delicate... Agent: Beeson Skinner Beverly, LLP

20090002979 - Light emitting device (led) lighting systems for emitting light in multiple directions and related methods: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a lighting system for emitting light in multiple directions including one or more light emitting devices (LEDs) and a housing configured to receive the one or more LEDs. The one or more LEDs are configured to generate light in a first direction to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090002980 - Pixel array and tile for a video display: The invention provides a rectangular pixel array, a tile for a large display such as a video and a method for forming a rectangular array of pixels. The pixel array includes a reflector array having a reflector well for each pixel and a dice carrier including a plurality of dice... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20090002981 - User interface with position awareness: A remote control device (100) for controlling lighting systems includes a sensor (155) configured to determine a location of the remote control device (100) in relation to the lighting systems (115). A controller (145) is configured to determine a nearest light source (120) of the lighting systems (115) relative to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090002982 - Outdoor lighting system with controlled luminance: An outdoor lighting system comprises an outdoor light source, a luminance control device, a detection apparatus, a communication network and a main controlling system. The detection apparatus is configured for detecting a luminance of the light source and generating a corresponding detecting signal associated with the luminance of the light... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090002983 - Ornament structure: An ornament includes a base, a power source connected with the base, a switch on the base, a circuit board positioned on the base, several light sources connected with the circuit board, and a covering part positioned on a front side of the circuit board; the circuit board, the power... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090002984 - Illumination device and optical element fixing structure: An illumination device having an optical element fixing structure is disclosed. The illumination device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, a plurality of lenses and a supporter. The lenses are provided on the optical paths of the light emitting diodes, and each of the lenses has a guiding part.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090002985 - Led lens array optic with a highly uniform illumination pattern: An LED (light emitting diode) illumination device that can generate a uniform light output illumination pattern. The illumination source includes an array of LEDs. Forward of the LEDs is an array of negative lens surfaces. At a distance from the LED the width W of the lens and the spacing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090002988 - Backlight unit of direct type: The present invention provides a backlight unit including an LED module and a frame separately, and each separated part is stable and is capable of simple use and assembly. The backlight unit of direct type includes a plurality of makeup LED modules including an LED package of direct type on... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090002987 - Collimation arrangement and illumination system and display device using the same: The invention relates to a collimation arrangement (1, 2, 3, 4) for collimating light emitted by at least one light emitting diode (12, 14) arranged on a planar base (16). The collimation arrangement (1, 2, 3, 4) comprising a collimator (20, 22, 24) and a set of reflective surfaces (50,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090002986 - Light emitting device (led) lighting systems for emitting light in multiple directions and related methods: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a lighting system for emitting light in multiple directions including one or more light emitting devices (LEDs) and a housing configured to receive the one or more LEDs. The one or more LEDs are configured to generate light in a first direction to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090002989 - Integrally formed reflector structure, backlight module using the same reflector structure and method for assembling the same backlight module: The present invention discloses an integrally formed reflector structure, a backlight module using the same reflector structure and a method for assembling the same module. An accommodation spacer and a plurality of lamp-support members are formed on a reflector baseplate with a vacuum-forming method, and a plurality of extension portions... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090002990 - Led lighting assemblies for display cases: Embodiments of lighting assemblies disclosed herein are particularly designed for installation in display units to more effectively distribute light towards, and thereby better illuminate, the products housed in the display unit. The lighting assemblies include at least one, but preferably a plurality of, light emitting diodes mounted on a frame.... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090002991 - Decorative light string: A decorative light string has multiple light units connected to a power wire. Each of the light units has a base, a holder, a lighting element and a stopper. The base has a channel that allows the power wire to extend through the base. The holder is formed on the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090002992 - Portable lighting device: The present invention relates to a portable lighting device comprising a body, a light source coupled to the body and configured to emit a beam of light along a central axis, a head assembly rotatably coupled to the body, and a filter assembly rotatably coupled to the body. The filter... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090002993 - Geared tilt mechanism for ensuring horizontal operation of arc lamp: An apparatus and method for keeping a high intensity discharge arc tube relatively horizontal in a light fixture regardless of aiming orientation of the light fixture towards a target. In one aspect, the light source is mounted in an independently pivotal yoke in the light fixture. A gearing arrangement automatically... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090002996 - Heat-dissipating device for an led: A heat-dissipating device has a circuit board, two layers of heat-dissipating paste and a heat-dissipating metal block. The circuit board has a light emitting diode mounting segment, multiple through holes, multiple metal rods and multiple electrical nodes. The through holes are defined through the circuit board and are arranged in... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090002995 - Led lamp: An LED lamp includes a transparent bulb, an LED module comprising a plurality of LEDs received in an inner space of the bulb, and a heat dissipation apparatus supporting and cooling the LED module. The heat dissipation device includes a heat sink having a hollow base and a plurality of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090002997 - Led reflector lamp: A lamp having a reflective surface, a pedestal positioned within the interior defined by the reflective surface, and one or more light emitting diodes (LED's) mounted onto one or more occluding faces on the pedestal, such that each occluding face blocks light emitted from the LED's from a portion of... Agent: Rogers Towers, P.A.

20090002994 - Light irradiation device: The light irradiation device comprises an LED 5, an optical unit 4 that makes an engagement with the LED 5 with their axial lines aligned with each other, a tubular first housing element 2 having an opening D at its rear end surface for inserting the optical unit 4 and... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090002998 - Reflective iris: According to embodiments described in the specification, a reflective iris is described for concentrating collimated light emitted from a parabolic lamp, the parabolic lamp comprising a lamp aperture from which the collimated light is emitted. The reflective iris is comprised of a planar reflective element for reflecting the collimated light... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090002999 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An exemplary optical plate includes one or more transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of elongated V-shaped protrusions, a plurality of conical frustum protrusions, and a lamp-receiving portion. The light output surface is opposite to the bottom surface. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090003000 - Line lighting device and image reading device: A structure of a line lighting device permits a rod-like light guide to be attached to a case without rubbing against the case. An end portion of the rod-like light guide provided with a pin is inserted into an opening in a case main body and pushed down, thus making... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090003001 - Optical path deflecting plate, surface light source device and transmissive image display device: An optical path deflecting plate of the present invention, which is disposed separated from a plurality of light sources, comprises a main surface on which light from the light sources is incident, and a planar exit surface from which there exits the incident light from the light sources. The main... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090003002 - Planar illumination light source device and planar illumination light device using the planar illumination light source device: The present invention provides a planar illumination light source device by which uniform illumination light can be obtained over a wide area without increasing the thickness of LEDs in the radiation direction even when a highly directional light source such as LEDs is used, and a planar illumination device using... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090003003 - Light emitting device, light emitting device package structure, and method of manufacturing the light emitting device package structure: Provided are a light emitting device, a light emitting device package structure, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device package structure. The light emitting device package structure includes a heat-dissipating main plate formed of a heat-dissipating material, in which a first receiving groove has an opened top and... Agent: Mitchell P. Brook Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20090003004 - Backlight module and the method for manufacturing the same: A backlight module and a manufacture method thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a frame body and an optical plate. The frame body includes a first material frame and a second material frame, and the second material frame is embedded in the first material frame and the strength of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090003005 - Lamp clamp for backlight of liquid crystal display: The invention is directed to a clamp (501) for holding a lamp (101) within a reflector housing (201) having a body with a semi-cylindrical recess (502) having an opening for accepting a cylindrical lamp (101).... Agent: Santopietro, Lois A. E.i. Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20090003006 - Automatic warning light control device for automobiles: An automatic warning light control device is applicable to an automobile and includes a controller electrically coupled to directional signal lights of the automobile. The controller is electrically coupled to a warning light system, a windshield wiper system, at least one door of the automobile, and a trunk lid. When... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090003007 - Vehicular lamp: A vehicular lamp includes a semiconductor light source and a switching means arranged to switch between a first lighting mode, in which the semiconductor light source stays on, and a second lighting mode, in which the semiconductor light source repeatedly turns on and off. The lamp is arranged so that... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090003008 - Seat condition detection device and illumination direction adjustment device for vehicle head lamp: A seat state detecting apparatus is provided with a sensor unit including a plurality of pressure sensitive switch units connected in parallel to each other. Each of the pressure sensitive switch units is switched to an on state or an off state in correspondence to a pressure. A plurality of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090003009 - Led lamp module: An LED lamp (10) has a housing (12) with an interior wall (14) defining a cavity (16). An LED light source (26) is positioned in the cavity (16) and project light in a forward direction. A reflector (28) having a reflective surface (30), a forward opening (32) and a rear... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090003010 - Vehicle lamp: A vehicle lamp includes a convex lens and a light emitting device. Light directly reaching a rear surface of the convex lens from the light emitting device is deflected through the convex lens to form a light distribution pattern having a horizontal cutoff line and an oblique cutoff line. The... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090003011 - Fairy lights: Fairy lights have at least one light assembly connected to a wire cable. Each light assembly has at least one shell, a film attached to the at least one shell and at least one lighting device. The film has a mounting ring and multiple branches radially extend outward from the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090003012 - Lighting tree: A lighting tree has a base, a stand mounted on the base, multiple lighting branches connected to the stand, multiple lighting leaves expanding from each lighting branch, and a control box incorporated with a speaker. Each lighting branch has a lighting element mounted in one end of the lighting branch.... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090003013 - Overspeed prevention structure using plastic optical fiber: An overspeed prevention structure is disclosed herein. The overspeed prevention structure according to the present invention comprises a structural body having a curved convex upper surface; an external light source; and a plastic optical fiber embedded in the structural body and connected electrically to the external light source so as... Agent: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

20090003014 - Light guides, illuminated articles and devices: A side-emissive flexible polymeric light guide 1 is formed with a main body portion 6 and an integral attachment or anchoring element 7 that extends along its length for attaching the light guide 1 to an item. The attachment element 7 may be in the form of a flat strip... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090003015 - Light guide device and back lighting module comprising the same: A light guide device is used in a back light module that more uniformly mixes different colored light emitted from a plurality of LEDs and transfers the mixed light to a display panel, wherein a light loss can be minimized during the light mixing process and the light can be... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090003016 - Light guide, lighting device and image reading device: To provide a rod-like light guide and a line lighting device including the rod-like light guide, both of which are easy to include in an image reading device, a contact-type image sensor and an image reading device. For instance, a protruding portion having a flat or curved surface is formed... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090003017 - Light control plate, surface light source device and transmissive image display device: A light control plate 30A of the present invention is disposed in front of a surface light source 20 that emits, in a predetermined direction, parallel light Fi having a substantially uniform luminance distribution. The light control plate 30A has a light incidence surface 30a, at which there are provided... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC