Illumination inventions 03/09

20090080174 - Solar simulator and method for driving the same: To provide a solar simulator which has a plurality of xenon arc lamps as a light source, in which a predetermined amount of light is stably obtained from each of the xenon arc lamps so that constant irradiance over a test plane is ensured. The solar simulator comprises a plurality... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090080175 - Light source device and image pickup device: The light source device includes a first light-emitting diode 10-1 which generates illumination light to be applied to a subject, a second light-emitting diode 10-2 which generates illumination light with wavelength different from the illumination light generated from the first light-emitting diode 10-1, and a light-emitting diode drive control section... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090080176 - Dial control with led light ring: An illuminated control for a gas range or the like provides arcuate reflective chambers capped by diffusers to create a substantially continuous glowing circular sector indicating the status of a possibly low visibility gas flames. Line power may be used for direct drive of light emitting diodes illuminating the reflective... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20090080177 - Electroluminescent light (el) ornaments and method therefor: A controllable lighted ornament has a body member having a hollow interior section. An electroluminescent (EL) light panel is coupled to an outer surface of the body member. The EL light panel has a multi-color/sectional design. A control circuit is coupled to the EL light panel and housed in the... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20090080178 - Kitchen appliance: A household appliance, particularly a kitchen appliance, comprising at least one functional element with a top face. Said household appliance is characterized in that the top face of the functional element is made at least in part of a translucent material while at least one illumination device which emits light... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090080179 - Backlight unit, and a display device including the same: A backlight unit is capable of preventing optical sheets from experiencing deformation due to thermal expansion and the like. The backlight unit includes a backlight chassis arranged to house a lamp via a diffusion plate and optical sheets, where a thickness of the optical sheets is less than a thickness... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090080180 - Beverage bottle with accessories: A configurable beverage container comprises a container body defining a central axis and bounded by non-opaque sides, an openable top, and a bottom defining a cavity in which a liquid can be retained. The container body includes a connector, such as a set of female thread portions, located on a... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090080181 - Anti-picture device: The Anti-Picture with a circuit board for detecting camera's radio frequency, a way of decoding said detected radio frequency, a switch/driver to trigger device, a way of producing light with one or more lighting elements, means of allowing said lighting element to reflect off of a one or more reflective... Agent: Frank Gallagher

20090080182 - Street light with wind power generator: A street light includes a post with a light bulb connected to a top thereof and a wind power generator unit is connected to the post and includes a shaft, a plurality of blades connected to the shaft, and a generator connected to the shaft. A chargeable battery is electrically... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090080183 - Flashlight switch: A flashlight has a cylindrical housing holding a light source. A switch on the housing has an actuating element rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the housing. The housing has a surface directed toward the actuating element and formed with a recess open toward the actuating element. A permanent magnet... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090080184 - Multichip on-board led illumination device: An LED-based illumination device can use an array of four LEDs to produce high intensity light over a broad color spectrum and a broad range of color temperature. A high quality white light can be produced by using two green LEDs with a single red and a single blue LED.... Agent: Stallman & Pollock LLP

20090080185 - Led multi-chip lighting units and related methods: Light emitting device multi-chip lighting units and related methods are disclosed. According to one aspect, a white LED chip, a red LED chip, a blue LED chip, and a green LED chip are operably configured to a semiconductor substrate positioned within a lighting unit housing. The lighting unit can therefore... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090080186 - Medical examination apparatus: A medical examination apparatus is provided. The examination apparatus includes an examination area in which an examinee is examined using an imaging device. The examination apparatus includes at least one planar lighting device emitting homogeneous light via its light radiating surface. The lighting device includes at least one light source... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090080187 - Method and apparatus for providing an omni-directional lamp having a light emitting diode light engine: An LED lamp includes a light engine. The light engine includes a substrate including a transparent or translucent thermally conductive material, a plurality of LED semiconductor devices mounted to the substrate, a plurality of conductive traces formed over the substrate to electrically interconnect each of the plurality of LED semiconductor... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090080190 - Illumination device for a medical care unit: The invention relates to an illumination device for a medical care unit. The illumination device comprises a plurality of light units arranged on a fixing unit to illuminate a room and a display area. At the same time, the color temperature and the distribution thereof as well as the brightness... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090080189 - Optic coupler for light emitting diode fixture: A recessed light fixture includes an LED module, which includes a single LED package that is configured to generate all light emitted by the recessed light fixture. For example, the LED package can include multiple LEDs mounted to a common substrate. The LED package can be coupled to a heat... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090080188 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. A plurality of elongated V-shaped protrusions are formed on the first surface. A plurality of micro-depressions are defined in the second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090080191 - Indicating lamp device: An exemplary indicating lamps device includes a casing comprising a panel defining a plurality of through holes therein. The casing houses a plurality of lamps and a plurality of opaque light shields therein. Each lamp includes a light source and a light pillar extending from the light source into the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090080192 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. A plurality of elongated arc-shaped depressions are defined in the first surface. A plurality of micro-depressions are defined in the second... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090080193 - Led based hazardous location light with versatile mounting configurations: The present invention relates generally to a lighting apparatus for hazardous locations. In one embodiment, the lighting apparatus comprises a light engine, a heat sink coupled to the light engine, a stalk coupled to the light engine for externally coupling a power supply to the light engine and an electrical... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P. Nj Office

20090080194 - Fluorescence filtering system and method for molecular imaging: An optical system is disclosed that can be used for fluorescence filtering for molecular imaging. In one preferred embodiment, a source subsystem is disclosed comprising a light source and a first set of filters designed to pass wavelengths of light in an absorption band of a fluorescent material. A detector... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090080195 - Waterproof light: A waterproof light has a socket, a lens, an LED connecting to two wires mounted in the lens, and may further have a partition mounted in the lens. The socket is formed by two casings corresponding and being mounted together to hold the lens. Each casing has a lens recess... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20090080196 - Lighting apparatus, lighting method, lighting system and surface information acquisition apparatus: A lighting apparatus includes a light source and a light beam separating member to separate light emitted from the light source into at least two different directions. The light beam separating member has a light incident plane on which light emitted from the light source is incident and a light... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090080197 - Light emitting diode module and method for the manufacturing of such an led module: The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) module (10) comprising an LED (14) chip for emitting light, which LED chip is mounted on a substrate (12), and an optical element (16) positioned on top of the LED chip for converting the wavelength of at least part of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090080198 - Spatial luminance: A method and apparatus are disclosed for receiving light from one or more light sources, each of which comprises a substantially point-like light source. The received light is them emitted over an extended surface area including a first surface of an optical controller arranged to refract light received from at... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090080199 - Lighting system, projector, and method for assembling lighting system: The invention provides an illumination system that can include a first reflecting mirror arranged on a rear side of a light-emitting portion of the illumination system including an arc tube, and a second reflecting mirror arranged on the front side of the light-emitting portion of an optical system. The system... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090080200 - Lamp unit and projector employing same: A lamp unit includes a reflector with a lamp mounted therein, a reflector holder holding the reflector, and an ejector member fixed to the reflector holder, for ejecting air to cool the lamp, the ejector member including an insertion member with a tubular stud inserted therein for supplying compressed air,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090080202 - Track lighting construction: A track lighting system comprises an extruded track body, having adjacent first and a second track sections; a defined entrance to the track body that is common to both the first and the second track sections, a respective conductive member connectable to an electrical power source disposed at a bottom... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090080201 - Waterproof module for led lamp: A waterproof ring unit is located in the opening of a socket. A ring ditch is made around the inner surface of the waterproof ring unit. When a flanged light emitting diode (LED) lamp is inserted into the socket, the ring ditch structurally couples to the flange. The waterproof ring... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090080203 - Decorative lamp cover: A decorative light cover for an outdoor light source includes a substantially rigid skin with a shape that defines a void within an interior of the skin, an opening in a first portion of the skin, and an ornamental design on a second portion of the skin, wherein the opening... Agent: Mayback & Hoffman, P.A.

20090080204 - Retractable light fixture: A retractable light fixture apparatus has a fixture housing for mounting in or to the wall of a building or under the eave of a building. A lamp housing and lamp is hinged to the fixture housing and is movable from a closed to an open position by an electric... Agent: William M. Hobby, Iii

20090080205 - Led lamp having heat dissipation structure: An LED lamp for lighting purpose includes a lamp base, a heat sink, a plurality of LED modules and a blower. The lamp base encloses an inner space and defines a plurality of vents therein. The vents communicate the inner space with a surrounding atmosphere. The heat sink comprises a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090080206 - Marker lamps with camera: The present invention provides a marker lamp with camera, which is installed on motor vehicle and comprises a power wire, a signal wire, a marker lamp unit and a camera; wherein the camera is installed within the said marker lamp. The camera is connected electrically with the power source through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090080207 - High visibility safety lighting system integrated within a vehicle's frame: A self-contained battery powered high visibility safety lighting system is integrated within portions of a vehicle or article's frame, such as a handlebar or body assembly of a motorcycle, bicycle, scooter or toy cycle, stroller, wheel chair, baby carriage, cane or ski pole. The system comprises at least one illumination... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20090080208 - Decorative unit with illuminable decorative elements: The invention relates to a decorative unit with illuminable decorative elements (1, 2, 3, 4), in particular a sill strip for positioning on the body of a vehicle, preferably in the region of a door sill, comprising a light-conducting layer (5) into which light can be radiated by an illuminant... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090080209 - Colored and electroplated reflective vehicle lamp: A colored and electroplated reflective vehicle lamp includes a reflecting shield provided with a plurality of bowl-shaped cavities with reflecting surfaces respectively electroplated with a silvery reflecting layer. Then, the silvery reflecting layer is coated thereon with a clear lacquer layer having its surface sprayed with a colored layer. A... Agent: Tsung-yen Hu

20090080210 - Motor vehicle headlight: A motor vehicle headlight (80) comprises at least two modules (70) for light production, the radiation characteristics of at least one of the modules (70) being adjustable in a reference system associated with the headlight. Preferably, modules (70) of the headlight (80) have different radiation characteristics and the irradiation characteristics... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090080211 - Vehicle lighting device: A vehicle lighting device is provided with: a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a cover; a light source unit including a semiconductor light emitting element as a light source and provided within the lamp chamber; a metallic heat transfer member attached to the lamp body and penetrating... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090080212 - Socket for a lamp: A socket for a lamp is disclosed, in particular for a vehicle lamp, comprising a socket housing and at least two contact elements fixed in the socket housing for housing and electrical contacting of the lamp. According to the invention, the contact elements of the socket housing are fixed by... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090080213 - Light guide and image sensor module: An elongated and generally columnar light guide includes a light receiving surface provided at an longitudinal end portion of the light guide, a reflecting surface elongated in the longitudinal direction of the light guide for reflecting light entering through the light receiving surface in a light emitting direction, a ridge... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090080214 - Illumination apparatus and endoscope: An illumination apparatus includes a light source which generates heat when emitting an illumination light from a light-emitting surface, a light guide bundle which has a light-receiving surface opposed to the light-emitting surface of the light source, to receive the illumination light emitted from the light-emitting surface of the light... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090080215 - Uv based color pixel backlight for liquid crystal display: A ultra-violet based color pixel backlight system for Liquid Crystal Display, that does not contain the traditional color filters, comprising multiplicity of LEDs, emitting UV light in the wavelength range of 250 nm to 390 nm, assembled at one edge of a UV transmitting light guide, which has other three... Agent: Munisamy Anandan

20090080217 - Encapsulant shapes for light emitting devices lacking rotational symmetry designed to enhance extraction of light with a particular linear polarization: The light-emitting device includes a light source and a transparent encapsulating material that is shaped to modify the polarization anisotropy of light emitted by the light source in at least one direction.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090080216 - Light guide plate, surface light source, and liquid crystal display device: A light guide plate has a light exit plane and a light entrance plane arranged on the periphery of the light exit plane. Light incident on the light entrance plane is outputted from the light exit plane. The light entrance plane includes a plurality of first end surfaces and a... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090080218 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of spherical micro-depressions and a plurality of triangular pyramidal micro-depressions. The first surface and the second surface are on opposite sides of the main body. The spherical micro-depressions... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090080219 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet (20) includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface (201), a second surface (202) opposite to the first surface, a plurality of first micro-depressions (203) defined in the first surface, and a plurality of second micro-depressions (204) defined in the second surface.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090080220 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The transparent main body includes a surface and a plurality of micro-depressions integrally formed in the surface. Each of the micro-depressions has connecting sidewalls. A transverse width of each sidewall progressively decreases with increasing distance from the surface thereof. A backlight... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090080221 - Light receiving element: An exemplary aspect of the invention is a light receiving element comprising a substrate, a light receiver absorbing light on a surface of the substrate, and a reflector reflecting the light incoming from a side of the substrate to the light receiver, wherein a reflecting surface of the reflector is... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090073675 - Chassis for an illuminating unit, and an illuminating unit, a display device and a television receiver incorporating the chassis: A chassis for an illuminating unit, and an illuminating unit, a display device and a television receiver incorporating the chassis are provided, in which optical sheets are supported in a state where their own weight and an external force are not concentrated at a certain portion thereof, preventing occurrence of... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090073673 - Decoratable light box: This invention relates to an artistic light box having a light-transparent display panel, the entire display panel being covered by a single sheet; a side panel attaching to and extending outwardly from the display panel; and an illumination source positioned at the back surface of the display panel. The light... Agent: Nw-ip-law

20090073674 - Lighting device for display device and display device using the same: A backlight device includes a light guide plate opposed to fluorescent tubes, a diffusion sheet stacked on the light guide plate, and lens sheets further stacked on the diffusion sheet. A tip end of a corner portion of the diffusion sheet has a shape defined by removing a portion of... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090073676 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface are on opposite sides of the main body. The first surface and the second surface define a plurality of first micro-depressions and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090073677 - Illumination device and display device: A display device includes a plurality of cold cathode tubes that define linear light sources and are arranged in an aligned state in a backlight device. A direction that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a surface S along the direction of alignment of the cold cathode tubes is set... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090073678 - Battery operated sconces and chandeliers: Battery operated sconces, battery operated chandeliers, battery operated candles and candles with unique shapes are disclosed.... Agent: Law Office Of Gerow Brill

20090073679 - Helmet led lighting system: This invention relates to a miniature, battery operated, air tight light emitting module having a LED/LEDS that projects at least two different frequencies of light energy. The LEDs are mounted in a protective air-tight shell. The LEDs are activated by a magnetic field of associated magnetic rings. The attachment mechanism... Agent: Feldman Law Group, P.C.

20090073680 - Inductive lighting for 2' x 2' and 2' x 4' fixtures: A lighting fixture where the lighting fixture uses inductive lighting technology or self ballasting lighting elements with one or a plethora of efficient light elements. The lighting fixture is used where high bay or low bay lighting may be used, but incorporates multiple light sources to provide an equivalent light... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20090073681 - Lighting apparatus: A lighting apparatus includes a heat-dissipating unit, a circuit board unit, and a lighting unit. The heat-dissipating unit includes a base wall that extends in a longitudinal direction. The base wall has a top side and a bottom side formed with a convex surface portion. The circuit board unit is... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090073683 - Light guide plate and direct-type surface light source device: A light guide plate includes a plurality of light guide units each including a light exit surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface and a second side surface. The first and the second side surfaces respectively include a first oblique surface and a second oblique surface. The first and... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090073682 - Light source and backlight module with the same: The invention disclosed a light source, comprising a light tube and a plurality of prism members disposed on an outer surface of the light tube for reducing amount of external lights entering the light tube. According to the invention, the prism members disposed on the outer surface of the light... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090073684 - Backlight module and liquid crystal display utilizing same: An exemplary backlight module (20) includes a plurality of linear lamps (21) and a pair of first holders (23). Each linear lamp includes a main body (212) and two electrodes (214) extending respectively from two opposite ends of the main body. Each first holder includes a plurality of cage portions... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090073685 - No-power-interrupted lamp string: A non-power-interrupted lamp string, especially indicates a structure which is able to secure electrical circuit conduction of the lamp string while bulbs are fallen off. Mainly, a fixed plate-terminal and an elastic movable plate-terminal is assembled separately in the interior of each lamp assembly to form an effective clip connection... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090073686 - Self-cleaning light source module: An exemplary self-cleaning light source module includes a light source assembly, a housing, and a photocatalyst layer. The light source assembly includes a first light emitting component for emitting visible light and a second light emitting component for emitting UV light. The housing encloses the light source assembly therein and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090073687 - Single color led clusters for image generation: A display device for increasing brightness of an image generation, including a color cluster system, is provided. The system includes a first color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a first color range and a second LED of a second different wavelength within... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090073688 - Light fixture with an adjustable optical distribution: A light fixture includes a member having a substantially frusto-conical shape. A channel extends between a wide top end of the member and a narrower bottom end of the member. The member includes multiple surfaces (“facets”) disposed around its outer surface. Each facet is configured to receive one or more... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090073689 - Heat management for a light fixture with an adjustable optical distribution: A light fixture includes a member having a substantially frusto-conical shape. A channel extends between a wide top end of the member and a narrower bottom end of the member. The member includes multiple surfaces (“facets”) disposed around its outer surface. Each facet is configured to receive one or more... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20090073690 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of spherical depressions formed in the first surface, and a plurality of micro-depressions formed in the second surface. A bottom surface of each micro-depression... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090073691 - Illumination apparatus and liquid crystal display apparatus: Provided is an illumination apparatus for a liquid crystal display apparatus having a plurality of transmission parts arranged two-dimensionally, having a plurality of aspherical lenses, which is installed in response to each of a plurality of the transmission parts and concentrates light for each of a plurality of the transmission... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090073693 - Led lighting system for a cabinet sign: A lighting system generally includes a plurality of electrically interconnected modules. Each module includes a support, circuitry on the support, at least two light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) on the support and electrically connected to the circuitry, and a housing over the support for covering the circuitry. A first LED on... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090073692 - Modular lighting system: A modular, expandable lighting system comprising at least one light emitting diode segment having at least one printed circuit board, at least one light emitting diode and at least one pair of terminals connected to said printed circuit board and means for fixedly but removable fastening and mounting said light... Agent: Panagiota Betty Tufariello, Esq. Intellectulaw

20090073694 - Multifunction communications device: A decorative container includes: (a) a base; (b) a top component being removably attached to the base; (c) at least one access opening having a location being selected from the top, side, and bottom of the decorative container where the opening may be in at least one of the base... Agent: Deirdra M. Meagher

20090073695 - Illumination apparatus for microscopes: The illumination apparatus of microscopes comprises a collector lens for converting diversion light emanated from a light source into parallel luminous flux; a fly eye lens arranged near a backside focal position of the collector lens; and a vertical illuminator which projects two or more light source images formed by... Agent: Arnold International

20090073696 - Dimming device for a searchlight: A dimming device for a searchlight for adjusting the brightness of a light field generated by a searchlight is provided. The dimming device comprising a plurality of different screening elements, which are formed and provided to partly or completely screen the light emitted by the searchlight. The screening elements are... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090073697 - Compact omnidirectional led light: The present invention is directed to a compact omnidirectional light emitting diode (LED) light. In one embodiment, the compact omnidirectional light includes a metal base including a stalk, a power supply coupled to the metal base, a reflector including one or more reflector cups coupled to the metal base and... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.L.P. Nj Office

20090073698 - Image reading device and image forming device: An image reading device, includes an illumination optical system which has a light source unit configured to emit light being illuminating light to an illuminated object; an optical member configured to have a plurality of reflecting plates and collect the light emitted from the light source unit; and a plurality... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090073699 - Circuit structure for a lamp set: A circuit structure for a lamp set which includes a socket, a lamp assembly mounted onto the socket and an electrode portion. The lamp assembly surrounds a housing space inside to hold a power distribution dock connecting to the socket. The power distribution dock has a holding space to hold... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090073701 - Electrical connecting apparatus: An electrical connecting apparatus, disclosed for a LED module, comprises a circuit board and an electrical connector disposed on the circuit board. The electrical connector comprises at least one insulator for accommodating the LED module, at least one heat-conducting device for conducting thermal energy generated by the LED module, and... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090073700 - Light emitting diode package assembly: A light emitting diode package assembly is provided including a lower housing element and an upper housing element creating an internal pcb storage chamber. A light emitting diode driver pcb is mounted within. A light emitting diode pcb is mounted within and includes a light emitting diode element and a... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090073702 - Lighting and ventilating apparatus and method: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a combination lighting and ventilating apparatus for installation in a structure. The apparatus can include a main housing having a first aperture that defines a ventilating inlet and a lighting outlet, a lamp housing recessed within the main housing, having first and second... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090073703 - Optical axis inspection method and optical axis inspection apparatus: An optical axis inspection apparatus is provided with: a camera for capturing a light distribution pattern of a light source device projected on a screen; an image processing device for finding a cutoff line in the light distribution pattern; an acceptance reference cutoff line setting unit; and a shade having... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090073704 - Blinker integrated rear-view mirror of saddle-ride type vehicle: A saddle-ride type vehicle includes a vehicle body, a housing body holding a rear-view mirror, and a stay structure provided between the vehicle body and the housing body. The stay structure secures the housing body to the vehicle body. A front blinker is provided in the stay structure.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090073705 - Reflective rear light for a truck: A reflective rear light for a truck includes a light housing, a reflection plate and a lens. The light housing is formed integrally with a circuit board provided thereon with a clearance light and side marker light region. The reflection plate is provided with a side reflecting plate corresponding to... Agent: Hsi-hsien Tsai

20090073706 - Vehicle lamp: A vehicle lamp is arranged to switch between a low beam and a high beam. The high beam illuminates a first illumination area, which lies ahead of and square to a center of a vehicle, and a second illumination area, which includes portions lying horizontally further leftwards and right wards... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090073707 - Vehicle interior illumination lamp unit: A vehicle interior illumination lamp unit includes: a designed unit disposed on a lower side of a ceiling plate of a vehicle; and a functional unit disposed on an upper side of the ceiling plate of the vehicle and coupled to the designed unit. A spacer insertion space is provided... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090073708 - Vehicle interior illumination system: There is provided a vehicle interior illumination system wherein a linear illumination unit having an elongated linear illuminating portion which extends in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle passenger compartment ceiling is provided along each of left- and right-hand edges of the vehicle passenger compartment ceiling and light emitted from... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090073709 - Lighting fixture for vehicle: A lighting fixture for a vehicle includes: at least one light source; and a housing including a housing main body and an outer lens. The housing includes a partition wall which partitions a housing space, formed by the outer lens and the housing main body into a housing space exposed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090073710 - Illumination system and vehicular headlamp: An illumination system has a plurality of light-emitting diodes (R, G, B), at least one light-collimating section (12,12′) arranged along a longitudinal axis (25) of the illumination system. The light-collimating sections merges into a light-mixing section (3) having a plurality of side-faces along the longitudinal axis (25). Light propagation in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090073711 - Lamp shade and method for forming optical stripes on the surface of the lamp shade: A lamp shade includes a light permeable bottom layer and a light reflection structure provided on the light permeable bottom layer and including a plurality of reflective stripes formed and distributed on a surface of a side of the light permeable bottom layer and a plurality of recessed gaps formed... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090073712 - Lamp unit for vehicle headlamp and vehicle headlamp: A lamp unit for a vehicle headlamp includes a projection lens disposed on an optical axis extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and a plurality of light source units disposed rearwards of a rear focal plane of the projection lens. Each of the light source units includes a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090073713 - Led multidimensional printed wiring board using standoff boards: A substrate assembly for use in a lamp has a main printed wiring board and a standoff board. The main printed wiring board has a main surface with one or more LED packages disposed on the main surface and electrically connected thereto. The standoff board is disposed on the main... Agent: Visteon/brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090073714 - Automotive lamp provided with a bulb locked to the cap of the lamp: An automotive lamp, comprising a translucent bulb (3) containing a light source, and a cap (1) that surrounds a portion of the bulb (3) whereby it engages the bulb (3) by means of a click-connection (4,5). The lamp comprises a connection member (10) for connecting the lamp to a lamp... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090073715 - Light emitting unit and illumination device and image scanner using such light emitting unit: A light emitting unit comprises a light emitting element, a light emitting element substrate for mounting the light emitting element, and a light emitting element substrate frame member provided with a window for exposing the light emitting element, wherein the inside of the window is sealed with a first resin... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090073716 - Line illuminating device: There is provided a line illuminating device in which a rod-shaped light guiding member is incorporated, the light guiding member producing substantially no color variation in the vicinity of the end on which light is incident. A light scattering pattern 20 for scattering incident light is integrally formed in a... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090073717 - Light source transmitting assembly of hand-held medical illuminating device: A light source transmitting assembly of a hand-held medical illuminating device includes an elongated light source transmitting body, a protective body and a connecting body. The light source transmitting body is constituted of an optical fiber and a covering body made of a flexible metallic material. The protective body is... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090073718 - Separable medical illuminating device: A separable medical illuminating device includes a light source transmitting assembly and a grip assembly. The light source transmitting assembly is constituted of a light source transmitting body, a protective body and a connecting body. The light source transmitting body is constituted of an optical fiber and a covering body.... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090073719 - Light emitting panel assemblies: Light emitting assemblies include an optical conductor having at least one slot, cavity or hole in at least one side that defines at least one input surface for a light source having a light output distribution defined by a greater width component than height component. The optical conductor has a... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090073721 - Display apparatus, manufacturing method thereof, pattern display method, blind apparatus, and blind method: This display apparatus 10 includes: a light guide plate 1; and a light source 6 provided on an edge face 1a of the light guide plate 1. In the light guide plate 1, a display portion 3 made of a dot-like reflection portion 2 with a reflection surface 2a for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090073720 - Light guiding strip and double-sided planar light apparatus: A light guiding strip and a double-sided planar light apparatus are provided. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the double-sided planar light apparatus includes a plurality of light guiding strips, wherein the plurality of light guiding strips are positioned in a planar arrangement, each of the plurality of... Agent: Venable LLP

20090073722 - Light source device, display device using same, and terminal device: The light source device of a display device according to the present invention has an optical waveguide, a cone sheet, and a light source disposed along the side surface of the optical waveguide. The light-emitting surface of the optical waveguide is flat, and a tilted surface that is tilted towards... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090073724 - Input device with illumination function: An input device having an illumination function includes a wiring board having a predetermined wiring pattern thereon containing a fixed contact point, a light-emitting diode, a planar light-guide plate for guiding emission light from the light-emitting diode in a direction along a surface, a metal dome serving as a movable... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090073723 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet includes a transparent main body. The main body includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of micro-depressions formed in the first and second surfaces respectively. Each micro-depression has four sidewalls connected in turn. A transverse width of each sidewall... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090067151 - Light guide with flexibility and durability: A flexible light guide including a material having a tensile modulus of about 1 MPa to about 70 MPa, a Tg of about −5° C. to about 45° C., an absorbance in the visible spectrum of less than about 0.0279 cm−1, a refractive index of about 1.35 to about 1.65,... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090067152 - Rotating lamp: The inventive rotating lamp comprises a substrate, a translucent globe mounted on the substrate, a shaft portion set in the substrate, a rotatable member rotatably supported by the shaft portion, a main reflecting mirror, arranged on the upper surface of the rotatable member, having a light reflecting surface constituted of... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090067153 - Backlighted keyboard and method using patterned light guide: A keyboard apparatus. The apparatus has a housing including a plurality of key pads, including at least twenty six key pads spatially disposed within the housing. Each of the key pads is depressible upon touch by a user. An optically transparent circuit board is coupled to a backside of each... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090067154 - Illuminated toy balloon: An apparatus for illuminating the interior of a balloon includes a cylindrical plug with an integrally-formed radially extending integral flange insertable within the balloon neck. A light element is affixed to the plug and disposed within the neck. A battery is electrically connected to the light element and is typically... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC Intellectual Property Department

20090067155 - Method and apparatus for fabricating optical substrates: In one embodiment, an optical substrate that includes a prism structure modulated along a path in a lateral direction. The path is in the nature of a mathematical function defined over a segment, C, of a coordinate system and characterized by a set of nonrandom, random or pseudorandom parameters selected... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090067156 - Illumination system and display device: An illumination system (32) is provided for producing output light having a variable angular illumination range for illuminating a display panel (31) in a display device (30). The illumination system (32) comprises first and second light sources (34 and 36) and is operable selectively in a first mode in which... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090067157 - Optical display device with asymmetric viewing area: The present disclosure provides optical devices having an asymmetric viewing area imparting improved optical properties to the device.... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmide, LLP

20090067158 - Illuminating device and liquid crystal display comprising same: In a direct backlight, a substrate on which LEDs are provided includes a plurality of module substrates. Each module substrates can be reduced in warping or deformation after a blanking process. In addition, each module substrate can be formed thin since bending due to its own weight is small. Consequently,... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090067159 - Safety harness: A novel safety harness is disclosed. The safety harness has straps for securing upon a subject. Arranged around the straps are several light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LEDs are driven by pulses of current that exceed the power rating of the LED, but the current is driven for a very... Agent: Carrie A. Boone, P.C.

20090067160 - Electric light body: An electric light body (10) comprises a body element (12) for location within the depth of a shelf (46) and which has a cavity (22) for receiving one light emitting element, a first clamp element (14) which has a first flange (38) for contacting a first surface (52) of the... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090067161 - Cosmetic mirror: A cosmetic mirror is provided with light-emitting elements between an upper cover or lower cover and a mirror body, so that a light source can be illuminated uniformly and concentrated on the mirror surface. The cosmetic mirror is provided with a USB port terminal. When the USB port terminal is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090067162 - People conveyor glass bastustrade lighting: People conveyor (2) having an endless people transportation band (4) and an endless handrail (6), a glass balustrade (8) arranged laterally to the transportation band (4) and supporting the handrail (6), and a profile (10, 12) having an U-shaped channel (38) for engaging the glass balustrade (8) and comprising an... Agent: Carlson Gaskey & Olds

20090067163 - Inflatable light stick: An inflatable light stick includes an inflatable bag body, an inflation inlet provided at a first end of the bag body, and a light emitting circuit provided in the bag body at a second end thereof. The light emitting circuit includes a controller, which has a front end extended into... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090067164 - Lantern candle with translucent casing: A lantern candle comprises a candle and a cup for receiving it, wherein the cup comprises a casing made of absorbent material such as paper or cardboard or a multi-layer laminate based thereon, which is soaked with a wax so that the casing is substantially immediately translucent upon lighting the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090067165 - Canopy light: A canopy lighting device comprising a body having a light source and a base that magnetically couples to the body. The body and the base can be located on opposite sides of a fabric sheet to magnetically clamp the lighting device to the fabric sheet. The base may have an... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090067166 - Wireless battery compartment adapter cap for control of electric power and device equipped therewith: A signalling device comprising an emission module operative on the application of battery power from a battery pack for the emission of a signal from at least one electromagnetic radiation emitting element, a battery compartment and a cap for retaining said battery pack in said battery compartment. The cap comprises... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20090067167 - Backlight structure: A backlight structure comprises a frame, a circuit board, and a connector. The frame has an opening. The circuit board is located below the frame and has a through hole, wherein the through hole aligns with the opening. The connector passes through the opening and the through hole, protrudes from... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090067168 - Method and device for emitting mixed light colors: In order to avoid firstly decidedly periodic loading of an output-buffered constant current power supply unit (17) and secondly physiological loading as a result of only intermittently appearing primary colors (R, G, B) when activating mixed light color loci, primary color light sources (11R, 11G, 11B) are energized in pulse-width-modulated... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090067169 - Luminous module and method for producing it: A luminous module is specified comprising luminous units and a carrier body, wherein the luminous units are connected and/or contact-connected in at least two planes and/or orientations on the carrier body with conductor tracks. A method for producing the luminous module is furthermore specified.... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090067170 - Compact optical system and lenses for producing uniform collimated light: An optical system includes a cylindrical side emitter lens, a reflector and a cylindrical Fresnel lens to produce a substantially uniformly illuminated exit plane with well collimated light in the forward direction. The cylindrical side emitter lens redirects light from a light source, such as a number of light emitting... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20090067171 - Led illuminating device: An LED illuminating device includes a column-shaped thermally conductive member having a taper-shaped portion at a front end thereof and being electrically conductive; a first insulating layer partially covered on the taper-shaped portion; a taper-shaped member sleeved onto the first insulating layer, covered above the taper-shaped portion, and spaced from... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090067172 - Lighting apparatus: A lighting apparatus comprises a housing, a light source comprising a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices, and allocated in the housing so as that the semiconductor light emitting devices are directed downward, a first reflector, which is mounted beneath the light source and formed in a convex body gradually... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090067173 - Metal mesh, arrangement of a metal mesh and method for illumination: An improved metal mesh with lights and an arrangement of such a mesh on a building are proposed. A light carrier receptacle is integrated in a mesh and thereby allow a light carrier to be removed from the mesh and reinserted without disintegrating the light carrier receptacle. Alternatively, a light... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090067174 - Multi-function lighting and warning mosquito expeller: The present creation relates to a method and a device for multi-function lighting and warning mosquito expeller.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090067175 - Lens for use with a light-emitting element and light source device including the lens: A lens for use with a light-emitting element includes a lens body that has a bottom surface for receiving light from the light-emitting element, a top surface opposite to the bottom surface along an optical axis, a peripheral surface extending and converging from the bottom surface to the top surface... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090067176 - Backlight module and light guide plate thereof: A backlight module (100) includes a light source (120) for emitting light therefrom, and a light guide plate (110). The light guide plate includes a light exit surface (111), a bottom surface (112) opposite to the light exit surface, a receiving hole (113) defined in the bottom surface with the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090067177 - Manufacturing method of optical film with focusing function and backlight module using the optical film: An optical film with focusing function is applicable to a backlight module for adjusting an optical property thereof. A manufacturing method of the optical film includes the steps of: (a) providing a transparent base including a light incident surface and a light output surface, the light output surface having a... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090067178 - Method of forming light-scattering dots inside the diffusion plate and light guide plate by laser engraving: The present invention discloses a method of forming internal scattering pattern in the diffusion plate and light guide plate used in backlight module by laser engraving. In the present invention, the distribution and density of the engraved dots can be controlled and modulated depending on the position of the light... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090067179 - Optical device for led-based lamp: An optical device for coupling the luminous output of a light-emitting diode (LED) to a predominantly spherical pattern comprises a transfer section that receives the LED's light within it and an ejector positioned adjacent the transfer section to receive light from the transfer section and spread the light generally spherically.... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20090067180 - Lens assembly: A lens assembly (4) comprises a body (6) formed from a transparent material. The body (6) is mounted on an LED chip (8) comprising an LED (10). The LED (10) is disposed in a recess (12) formed in the body (6) such that the LED 10 is positioned on the... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090067181 - Optical signaling device for electrical monitoring devices: A signaling device for electrical monitoring devices, in particular for short circuit and/or ground fault indicators, and for optical, visually perceptible signaling with at least one luminous element is provided. The signaling device has a housing having a housing wall and a region formed in the housing wall so as... Agent: Davis Chin

20090067182 - Illuminating apparatus with efficient heat dissipation capability: An illuminating apparatus (20) includes a lamp cover (200), a solid-state light emitting component (23) and an air tank (24). The lamp cover has a first end and an opposite second end. The lamp cover tapers from the first end to the second end. The lamp cover defines therein an... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090067184 - Apparatus for controlling swivel angles of on-vehicle headlights: An apparatus is provided to control an angle of a light axis of light from headlights mounted on a vehicle. In the apparatus, images of a field of view in front of the vehicle are captured, and the captured images are used to detect taillights of a preceding vehicle. A... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090067183 - Vehicular room illuminating lamp: A vehicular room illuminating lamp includes: a plurality of illumination units applying voltages through courtesy wires thereof to lamps which irradiate positions in a vehicle cabin, the positions corresponding to four doors; a mode switch capable of selecting an all-lights-on mode, a door mode and a light-off mode; and a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090067185 - Lamp assembly for motorcycle: A lamp assembly for a vehicle including a passing lamp and a turn signal. A passing lamp is mounted within one portion of a housing of the lamp assembly, and a turn signal is mounted within another portion of the housing. A controller turns the passing lamp OFF when the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090067186 - Vehicle lamp unit: In a vehicle lamp unit that is configured to be mounted on a vehicle, a semiconductor light source can be substantially covered with a first reflector and, therefore, the semiconductor light source is not visually observable (or, is difficult to see) from outside the lamp unit even when a projection... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya, LLP

20090067187 - Removable tubular variable lighting system for a skateboard: A multiple tube, multiple lights effects neon or fluorescent lighting system for a skateboard produces a variety of controlled light effects and combinations. A pair of high strength colored protective transparent elongated casings house the light tubes. The casings are removably attached in a highly visible position on the side... Agent: Donald W. Meeker

20090067189 - Contra-angle rotating handpiece having tactile-feedback tip ferrule: An illumination device is described containing optical fibers that transmit electromagnetic energy from a source to a target. Additional optical fibers return reflected electromagnetic energy from the target. High-level electromagnetic energy can be used for cutting, reforming, or treating a surface. Low-level electromagnetic energy illuminates the surface.... Agent: Kenton R. Mullins Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins, LLP

20090067188 - Light source: A first optical waveguide guides a pumping light emitted from a semiconductor laser. A second optical waveguide absorbs the pumping light and emits a spontaneous emission light having a wavelength longer than that of the pumping light. A third optical waveguide guides a light output from the second optical waveguide... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067190 - Optical film and backlight unit using the same: Two laminates each produced by providing a light diffusing layer formed from acrylic resin particles and a styrene acrylic copolymer resin binder on a transparent support are superimposed to form the optical film. The styrene acrylic copolymer resin binder preferably has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090067191 - Led lighting system: A lighting system is provided having a light source with a housing, an LED engine, a controller, a heat sink, a connection device, and a power cable opening. The LED engine, controller and heat sink can be enclosed by the housing and sealed from atmosphere. The heat sink can be... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090067192 - Logo display: A logo display includes a light guide plate including a light emitting surface, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) optically coupled to the light guide plate, and a light-transmissive layer disposed on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate. A light-transmissive colored pattern is formed on the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090067193 - Back light unit and manufacturing method thereof: A back light unit and a manufacturing method thereof capable of improving efficiency of a manufacturing process are disclosed. The back light unit includes a light source, a light guiding plate which uniformly transmits a light beam generated by the light source, and a cover portion which forms an external... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090067194 - Light guide with imprinted phosphor: A light guide includes a transparent sheet exhibiting total internal reflection in at least one direction and phosphor printed on the transparent sheet. The phosphor extracts light from the transparent sheet when the sheet is edge-lit and converts the light from one wavelength to another wavelength. The phosphor is pressed... Agent: Paul F. Wille Cantor Colburn LLP

20090067195 - Backlight reflection plate and backlight module: Disclosed is a backlight reflection plate and a backlight module using the reflection plate. The reflection plate encloses a light source. The reflection plate comprises a reflection substrate with a surface facing the light source. The reflection plate comprises a first region close to one end of the light source... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090067196 - Surface luminous body: A surface luminous body comprises a light guiding body, a coating layer formed by applying a binder paint where a reflecting material is mixed into and dispersed in a binder onto a surface of the light guiding body, and a reflecting layer made of a pigment layer which is formed... Agent: Kathy Manke Avago Technologies Limited

20090067197 - Decorative lamp: The present invention relates to a lamp string, particularly to a decorative lamp. The decorative lamp includes a flowered shell, a soft core, and a soft head. The flowered shell is defined in the top of the soft core. The soft head is defined in the bottom of the soft... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090059553 - Light guiding structure and manufacturing of the same: The present invention discloses a light guiding system, applied to a portable device configured with at least a keying unit; an illuminator producing incident light to illuminate said portable device. The light guiding system comprising: a light guiding structure; at least an incident portion provided on a side of the... Agent: Jenny Chen

20090059554 - Apparatus for selectively backlighting a material: A backlighting device (300, 400, 500, 600) emitting light having a first wavelength includes a first radiation emission device (302), e.g., an electroluminescent lamp, for emitting radiation having a second wavelength. A layer (306) of a plurality of photon emitting particles (308), e.g., free standing quantum dots or phosphorus particles,... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (mot)

20090059555 - Motor control apparatus: A motor control apparatus includes light illuminating portions (11a), (11b) for illuminating the switch setting portion (3), a light illumination drive portion for driving the light illuminating portions (11a), (11b) and a control portion for controlling to drive and stop the light illumination drive portion for turning on and turning... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090059556 - Method and apparatus for self-illuminating sports, entertainment, and safety devices: m

20090059557 - Light source apparatus: A light source apparatus includes a plurality of light sources arranged around a circumference; an optical unit for receiving illumination light emitted from one of the light sources disposed at a corresponding position by relatively rotating around a center axis about which the light sources are arranged; a motor for... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090059558 - Flame-type illumination device having phosphor-impregnated light transmitting element for transmission of non-flickering light: A flame-based illumination device incorporates a transparent or translucent housing impregnated with phosphor to produce generally constant light emission by substantially reducing and/or eliminating the flickering effect normally associated with a flame. A housing having a phosphor impregnated transparent or translucent portion is adapted to receive a candle or other... Agent: Mark D. Bowen, Esq. Malin Haley Dimaggio Bowen & Lhota, P.A.

20090059559 - Led lamp: An LED lamp has a lamp base and a support connected to the lamp base, on which at least one LED is mounted, the support including at least one hollow element, each with at least two air passage openings to permit an air flow through a cavity of at least... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20090059560 - Light system for a vending machine: A lighting system for a vending machine is provided. The lighting system includes an LED light source extending along a first inner surface of the vending machine and a reflective surface extending along a second inner surface of the vending machine. The reflective surface is capable of reflecting light emitted... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090059561 - Knob deco for laundry machine and manufacturing method thereof: Provided are a knob deco including a knob guard in which a dial knob is inserted, a lamp window main body mounted at a rear surface of the knob guard, and having lamp windows for transmitting light emitted from a rear side of the knob guard to a front side... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090059562 - Backlight unit and lamp for backlight unit: The present invention is a backlight unit 1 in which multiple substantially U-shaped lamps, to each of whose respective both end portions 11a and 11b an electrode 12 is attached, are disposed in parallel to one another in an envelope 20 in a manner that the end portions 11a and... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (panasonic)

20090059563 - Illumination device for display device, display device, and television receiver: In a display device having a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit, an optical sheet group provided on a surface of the backlight unit facing the liquid crystal panel is curved so as to form a convex shape in a direction opposite to the liquid crystal panel. In this... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090059564 - Light diffusion plate and backlight device: The light diffusion plate 30 of the present invention has a rectangular shaped main body 31 including a part forming the effective surface of a backlight device 1 and a peripheral edge part 32 formed at an outer circumferential part of the main body 31 and forming a non-effective surface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090059566 - Device for backlighting a liquid-crystal display facility for a display and/or control unit, in particular in a household appliance: The aim is to provide backlighting in a liquid-crystal display unit for a display and/or operator control unit, in particular on a domestic appliance. To achieve this, a backlighting layer, to which at least one backlighting source can be coupled, is located beneath an LCD layer and at least one... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090059567 - Direct type backlight device and optical lens sheet: e

20090059565 - Illuminating module for a lighting device: An illuminating module for a lighting device includes a first number n of light sources arranged in a first array and a second number m of light sources arranged in a second array, said numbers being defined by: m≧1, n≧m+1. A lighting device includes a plurality of similar illuminating modules.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090059568 - Light emitting device for divers: A light emitting device (1), which is adapted to be attached to at least one air cylinder (2, 3) that is to be carried by a diver, such as a scuba diver or a smoke diver, comprises an electroluminescent filament and a protective cover enclosing the filament and made of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090059570 - dustpan with an integrated illumination source: This invention describes a dust pan comprising a light source that is designed to illuminate a floor or other flat work surface in front of the dustpan for the purpose of locating and collecting small hard to see objects. This can be for the purpose of cleaning or simply locating... Agent: Foothill Law Group

20090059569 - Hand pushed floor cleaning tool with an integrated illumination source: This invention comprises a push cleaning tool comprising a light source that is designed to illuminate a floor or other flat work surface in front or behind the tool for the purpose of locating and collecting small hard to see objects. This can be for the purpose of cleaning or... Agent: Foothill Law Group

20090059571 - Dustpan with integral illumination source: This invention describes a hinged dust pan comprising a light source that is designed to illuminate a floor or other flat work surface in front of the dustpan for the purpose of locating and collecting small hard to see objects. This can be for the purpose of cleaning or simply... Agent: Foothill Law Group

20090059572 - Solar lamp: A solar lamp includes a supporting board for being loaded with a solar panel, a lower shell, an LED board, a light diffusion tube and a reflecting base. The lower shell is fixed under the supporting board, having a battery and a circuit board. The LED board and the reflecting... Agent: Ching-hsiang Wang

20090059574 - Solar lighting light up blinds: A solar lighting light up blinds is provided which consist of a mini blind or various types of window blinds that is mounted within a interior of a frame of a window in a home or a building. An apparatus is carried by the mini blind, for converting solar radiation... Agent: Nicole Lewis Warren Dixon Iii

20090059573 - Solid-state lighting device: A solid-state lighting device for illuminating a predetermined area having a width and length includes a reflector having at least one cavity. At least one edge emitting solid-state light-emitting device is positioned relative to the cavity of the reflector. The cavity includes an inner curved surface terminating at an edge... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090059575 - Portable light source shade: A low cost, lightweight device that can be coupled with a portable light source such as a chemiluminescent light stick to create a small, focused and directional source of light. The device can be readily dismantled into a portable flat configuration and then reassembled with minimal effort as needed.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090059576 - Led light: A light (10) comprising: a cup-shaped, substantially rigid base (12) having a circumferential ridge (14) on the outer wall (16) of the base (12); a battery (18) having first and second poles (20, 22) within the base (12); a PCB (24) overlying the battery (18) within the base (12), the... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090059577 - Detachable ballast housing: A detachable ballast housing for use with fluorescent lights includes a ballast, a housing for the ballast, and electrical contacts for detachably mounting and dismounting to a lighting fixture without connecting or disconnecting power wires.... Agent: Fsp LLC

20090059578 - Decorative light devices: The decorative light device has a stylized shape of a Christmas tree, or a snow flake. It comprises a transparent or translucent solid plastic member having an elongated solid plastic main body and plurality of side branches extending outward therefrom at an angle at a plurality of junctions. A light... Agent: David W. Wong

20090059580 - Led device radiator of led projection system: An LED device radiator of an LED projection system, and more particularly, a radiator for cooling an LED device used in an LED projector is disclosed. The radiator includes a red LED device connected to a first substrate, a green LED device connected to a second substrate, a blue LED... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090059579 - Surface light source using white light emitting diodes and liquid crystal display backlight unit having the same: There is provided a surface light source using white light emitting diodes including: a plurality of white light emitting diodes arranged at a predetermined distance from one another, wherein the white light emitting diodes are arranged such that a light emitting diode unit defined by each of the white light... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090059581 - Display device: In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of R sub-pixels that transmit red light, and a plurality of GB sub-pixels that transmit green and blue light. An R backlight emits red light continuously, whereas a G backlight for emitting green light and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090059582 - Heat sinks for cooling leds in projectors: According to certain embodiments, an apparatus for cooling light emitting diodes (LEDs) in projectors includes one or more first LEDs, one or more first heat sinks, one or more second LEDs, and one or more second heat sinks. The first LEDs are configured to generate light, and each first LED... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090059584 - Illumination system: An illumination system including at least one coherent light source, a light uniforming device and a lenticular sheet module is provided. The coherent light source is capable of emitting a coherent beam. The light uniforming device is disposed on a transmission path of the coherent beam. The lenticular sheet module... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090059585 - Illumination system: An illumination system capable of providing at least one light beam to a light valve is provided. The illumination system includes at least one light source, a linearization beam shaper and an optical scanning device. The light source is capable of providing the light beam. The linearization beam shaper is... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090059583 - 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, a resin coating covering the light source, and a fluorescent layer covering the resin coating. A light reflective layer is formed on a surface of the circuit board and is located correspondingly to... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20090059586 - Led light recycling cavity with integrated optics: A light emitting diode light source with mirrored surfaces is formed on a planar substrate which, when folded, forms both a light recycling cavity and an optical taper at the end of the light recycling cavity.... Agent: William Propp, Esq. Goldeneye, Inc.

20090059587 - Led assembly: The present invention relates to a light emitting device assembly. Such a LED assembly comprises a plurality of lamp-type light emitting devices, each of said lamp-type light emitting devices having a light output side and side walls. The plurality of lamp-type light emitting devices are directly or indirectly connected to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090059588 - Housing comprising a housing underpart and method for emitting electromagnetic radiation: A housing includes a housing underpart, the housing underpart being provided with a housing cavity. The housing cavity comprises an opening on one housing side and, on the floor of the cavity, contains an electromagnetic radiation emitting semiconductor chip. A cover that is at least partially transparent to the electromagnetic... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090059589 - Ambient light system and method for generating ambient light: An ambient light system for a display device is provided. The ambient light system comprises a number of ambient light sources, a video ambient decision unit, an audio level detector, a pattern generator and an ambient light controller. The ambient light sources surround the display device. The video ambient decision... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090059590 - Portable surface skimming illumination device for locating small items on a planar surface: This invention describes a light source that is designed to illuminate a floor or other flat work surface for the purpose of locating small hard to see objects. This can be for the purpose of cleaning or simply locating a small valuable object. The light source is fashioned such that... Agent: Foothill Law Group

20090059591 - Light-emitting device: The light-emitting device has a wiring board, a LED electrically connected with the wiring board, and a glass covering the LED. Entirety of the glass is substantially spherical, and the LED is embedded in a part of the glass. Then, a curved surface of the glass preferably contact with side... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090059592 - Light source device: A light source device includes a light source lamp, a rotary plate, a heat absorbing portion, and a filter mounting member. The light source lamp emits illumination light. The rotary plate includes multiple opening portions that are selectively disposed in the illumination light path of the light source lamp. A... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090059594 - Heat dissipating apparatus for automotive led lamp: In a heat dissipating apparatus for an automotive LED lamp, the automotive LED lamp includes an automotive lamp set, a heat dissipating module, a plurality of LEDs, and a reflecting unit. The heat dissipating module is wrapped to form an insulation circuit for separating heat energy and electric power of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090059595 - Led and led lamp: This invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) and a LED lamp consisted of LEDs. The LED comprises at least one LED chip. The LED is mounted on a high heat conductivity base and is connected to an applied power supply through a circuit board. The LED chip also... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090059593 - Light emitting unit: The light emitting unit of this invention mainly comprises: a lamp holder made of insulating ceramics with high thermal conductivity; a plurality of heat dissipating fins protruding integrally from the outer end face of the lamp holder; a light-transmissive lamp tube provided on the lamp holder; a light source mounted... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090059596 - Customized electronic candle: A system for the customization of an electronic candle, which system includes an electronic candle assembly comprising an illumination element and means for illuminating the illumination element for providing a simulated illuminated wax candle effect, a first sleeve having a translucent portion and first customizing indicia, a second sleeve having... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20090059597 - Energy-saving lampshade with even light distribution: An energy-saving lampshade with even light distribution is disclosed to include a lampshade body disposed at the top side to hold a light source, a light-transmissive plate at the bottom side, a light condenser and a curved light reflector mounted inside the lampshade body, and a reflector cone mounted on... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090059598 - Method and apparatus for creating high efficiency even intensity circular lighting distributions: A surface mount LED lamp includes a central first section having a flat circular window that provides a direct view window to the source energy and having an angle equal to the total intended output viewing angle of the LED lamp thereby providing a smooth and relatively undistorted output intensity... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090059599 - Optical scanner illumination system and method: An optical scanner having a scanner glass with a bottom surface includes an LED illumination source and a reflector, disposed below the glass. The illumination source has a target-oriented surface oriented to direct light toward the glass at a non-perpendicular angle. The reflector is oriented to direct light reflected off... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090059600 - Lighting device with a wallwash reflector assembly: A wallwash reflector assembly includes a downlight body mounted within a wallwash body, the wallwash body being of multi-piece construction including an active body having an upper wallwash reflector for illuminating a first portion of a wall and a wallside body having a lower wallwash reflector for illuminating for a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090059601 - Light source device, lighting device, projector, and monitoring device: A light source device includes: a light source which emits light; an optical member through which light emitted from the light source enters; a base on which the light source is mounted; a first holding member which fixes the optical member; and a second holding member which holds the first... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090059602 - Directional evacuation lights: A directional evacuation lighting apparatus used during an emergency evacuation situation for a building where an emergency sign with direction is projected on the floor to help direct and locate closest safety exit.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090059603 - Wireless light bulb: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that employ a control component integrated in a light bulb to control the light bulb wirelessly. The wireless light bulb can include a light source, a control component that manages operation of the light source, an input component that wirelessly obtains input... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090059604 - Heat dissipation device for light emitting diode module: A heat dissipation device for a light emitting diode (LED) module includes a heat sink, a plurality of heat pipes received in the heat sink and a heat-absorbing plate thermally attached to the heat pipes and the LED module and located therebetween. The heat sink includes a base and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090059605 - Led lamp: An LED lamp includes a heat dissipation apparatus with a base, an LED module mounted on the base, and an AC-DC converter electrically connected to the LED module. The AC-DC converter is mounted on the base near the LED module. Heat generated by the LED module and heat-generating components of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20090059606 - Removable led light device: The removable LED track light device has plurality of LED light-units fit within track means. At least one of LED element(s) are fit within the LED light-unit geometric construction and element(s) electric poles are connected with conductive mean, resilient conductive means, contact means, bus means to build the electric signal(s)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090059607 - Lamp support: A lamp support includes a clamp, a ratchet member, a lamp housing and a latch member. The clamp is capable of being attached to a human body. The clamp has a circular receiving groove. A plurality of ratchet grooves is formed at a bottom face of the receiving groove along... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090059608 - Lamp system and lamp deflection control method: A lamp system is provided. The lamp system includes a deflection angle calculating section configured to calculate a deflection angle of an irradiation direction of a lamp based on a steering angle of a steering wheel of a vehicle and a speed of the vehicle, a swivel control section configured... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090059609 - Starry sky lighting panels: A lighting panel capable of producing a “Starry Sky” lighting effect and which is easily retrofitted into existing aircraft includes a first substrate, a plurality of microminiature light sources, such as LEDs, mounted on an upper surface of the first substrate, a plurality of electrically conductive traces written on the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid, LLP

20090059610 - Starry sky lighting panels: A lighting panel capable of producing a “Starry Sky” lighting effect and which is easily retrofitted into existing aircraft includes a structural panel, a plurality of inserts containing microminiature light sources, such as LEDs, mounted in openings in the panel, a plurality of electrically conductive traces written on the upper... Agent: Macpherson, Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20090059611 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle is easily recognized by other vehicles or pedestrians and is hardly damaged during a maximum bank, by devising the disposition of lighting fixtures. An area surrounded by a vertical line passing on each of both side surfaces of a front wheel, a horizontal line passing through a protrusion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090059612 - Head lamp assembly for vehicles: A head lamp assembly includes a reflection member with a lamp located at a focus of the reflection member and a fixed board is fixed to the reflection member. A recess is defined in a top edge of the fixed board a high beam reflected from the reflection member passes... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090059613 - Remotely deployable vehicle light apparatus: A remotely deployable vehicle light apparatus includes a support which is connected to a vehicle. A remotely-controlled light assembly deployment mechanism is connected to the support. One or more light assemblies are connected to the light assembly deployment mechanism. A remote control unit is provided for controlling the remotely-controlled light... Agent: Tony C. Robinson P.o. Box 700

20090059614 - Illumination system using a plurality of light sources: An illumination system includes a plurality of radiation generating sources, such as LED dies. A corresponding plurality of optical waveguides is also provided, with each waveguide having a first and a second end, with each first end being in optical communication with the corresponding LED die. An array of corresponding... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090059615 - Fiber optically enhanced reflective strip: A fiber optically enhanced reflective strip having a first material, a light pipe inside the first material having an end, and a LED positioned proximate the end of the light pipe to transmit visible or infrared light to the first material to illuminate the material is described. The LED transmits... Agent: Feldman Law Group, P.C.

20090059616 - Illumination light assembly with self-retaining lightpipe for minimizing specular reflection in electro-optical reader: An assembly for illuminating indicia includes a chassis, an illuminator for emitting illumination light, and a self-retaining lightpipe constituted of an optical material and non-adhesively mounted on the chassis with a snap action in an assembled position. The lightpipe is optically aligned with the illuminator in the assembled position, for... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20090059617 - Volume emitter: An apparatus for treating organic tissue includes: (i) a flash lamp defining a bore; (ii) a current source adapted for providing current to the flash lamp and operating at a current density adapted for forming a volume of optically transparent plasma within the bore, where the volume of optically transparent... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090059618 - Lightguide plate and electronic device: An electronic device includes a casing having a display part (2) provided with an image display panel (1), a operation part (4) provided with operation keys (3), and a joint part (5) that connects together the display part and the operation part, and a lightguide plate (6) disposed in the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090059619 - Backlight assembly and display device having the same: A backlight assembly may include a light guide unit, a light source and a reflection module. The light source provides light onto an incident face of the light guide unit. The reflection module may include a first substrate having reflection regions, a lower electrode disposed in each reflection region, a... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20090059620 - Back light module: A back light module including a back plate, a light source and a bar lens is disclosed. The bar lens includes a top and a bottom center transparent surfaces, a right and a left top total internal reflection surfaces, a right and a left first emitting surfaces, a right and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090059621 - Liquid crystal display device: In a backlight which arranges light emitting diodes on a side surface of a light guide plate, irregularities of radiation light from the backlight can be decreased. In a liquid crystal display device having a backlight which radiates light to a liquid crystal panel, LEDs which constitute a light emitting... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP