Illumination inventions 04/09

20090109648 - Techniques for controlling observed glare using polarized optical transmission and reception devices: Systems and methods that utilize an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the polarization angle of a light source relative to the polarization angle of a viewing filter, so as to permit adjustment of visual contrast between interposed specular media and an object to be viewed and/or photographed, wherein the interposed specular... Agent: Ronald J. Koch

20090109649 - System and apparatus for keyboard illumination: A portable computing device, including a keyboard illumination device and system may include a light emitter housing incorporated into the hinge element of a portable computing device. The light emitter housing may include an aperture and a light emitter and may be configured to illuminate a keyboard while keeping the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090109651 - Electronic device including optical guide provided with at least two groups of interlaced optical extractors: There is disclosed a timepiece (40) including optical means for forming a decorative pattern, in the form of a figurative image, in response to an action by the user. The optical means forming a figurative image include an optical guide (1, 51) having two large faces (10, 11) and at... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090109650 - Electronic device including optical guide provided with sequentially illuminated optical extractors: There is disclosed a timepiece (40) including optical means for forming a decorative pattern, in the form of a figurative image, in response to an action by the user. The optical means forming a figurative image include an optical guide (1, 51) having two large faces (10, 11) and at... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090109652 - Phosphor and manufacturing method for the same, and light source: To provide a phosphor having an emission spectrum with a broad peak in a range from yellow color to red color (580 nm to 680 nm) and an excellent excitation band on the longer wavelength side from near ultraviolet/ultraviolet of excitation light to visible light (250 nm to 550 nm),... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090109653 - Electrical socket with emergency lighting device: An electrical socket with emergency lighting device is disclosed, including a housing, a circuit board, at least one light-emitting diode (LED), at least one socket, a panel and a power accumulation unit. The circuit board, the power accumulate unit, the at least one LED, and the at least one socket... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090109654 - Backlight system with ir absorption properties: A backlight system for background illumination of displays or screens includes at least one light source with a glass envelope, whereby the glass composition of the glass envelope is doped with one or more doping oxides which absorb the IR-radiation, and/or whereby the glass envelope has an outside and/or inside... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090109655 - Display device, light-emitting device, and solid-state light-emitting element substrate: The backlight system is provided with: a plurality of LED-substrates (12) equipped with a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) (21), a circuit that supplies driving current to the plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) (21), and metallic film islands that conduct heat generated by the plurality of light emitting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090109656 - Optical plate and backlight module using the same: An optical plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A plurality of elongated, arc-shaped depressions is defined in the first surface. A plurality of first elongated, V-shaped protrusions aligned in a first direction and a plurality of second elongated, V-shaped protrusions aligned in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109658 - Laser illuminated backlight for flat panel displays: Laser lit flat panel displays are disclosed including edge-lit and direct lit backlights. In certain embodiments, laser assemblies are selected to obtain bandwidth distributions to reduce speckle.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090109657 - Light control plate, surface light source device, and transmission type image display apparatus: A light control plate, a surface light source device, and a transmission type image display apparatus which can emit light widened within a predetermined angle range are provided. In a light control plate 40, a plurality of light components from respective light sources incident on a main face 40a are... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090109659 - Footwear with integrated power system: Techniques for footwear with integrated power systems are described, including a port configured to receive an electrical current, a power cell configured to store the electrical current from the port, a light source coupled to the power cell, a switch configured to control activation of the light source, the switch... Agent: Kerry Harris Iht Technology, Inc.

20090109660 - Lighted hair accessory: A lighted hair accessory includes a power source; one or more light emitting devices in electrical connection with the power source; and a switch interposed between the power source and the light emitting devices. A hair accessory configured to secure a bunch of hair is fitted with the power source,... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20090109661 - Lighted cushion: A lighted cushion or cushion cover that can be used as a seating cushion on any of a variety of surfaces including chairs, stools, seats, sofas or the like providing the person sitting on surface a cushioned seat and having novelty lighting effects.... Agent: Christopher J. Vandam, P.A.

20090109662 - Light attachment for inspection tool: A light assembly for an inspection tool having a mirror, the assembly having a mounting bracket attached to the mirror; a light member attached to the mounting bracket; and a power source for the light member.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20090109663 - Fragrance releasing electronic candle: A fragrance releasing electronic candle comprises a housing constructed in the form of a cylinder and including a circuit board and a battery case, both of which are assembled therein, the battery case including a power switch arranged thereon and a bottom lid covered to the opening thereof, characterized in... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090109664 - Lighting device: A portable, battery-operated flashlight having improved pivoting, switching and focusing features is disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, the flashlight takes the form of an attachment to a head gear for hands free use. In another aspect of the invention, the flashlight takes the form of a head lamp... Agent: Jones Day

20090109665 - Device and method for generating stable, consistent, and high intensity oblong light: The invention teaches a new method to provide lighting for photography and other purposes. A consistent, stable, high intensity line-light source is created by using a cylindrical lens and a line-light source using feedback control. The positioning of the line-light source is adjustable to produce parallel, convergence, and divergence beams... Agent: Dahyee Law Group

20090109666 - Universal light bar assembly and system: A light bar assembly having a face component which includes a light source and a mounting member. The light bar assembly can be affixed to the surface of a structure by the mounting member to selectively light at least a portion of the structure or surrounding area thereof.... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20090109667 - Optical lens and illuminating device incorporating the same: An optical lens (10) includes an array of lens units (11). Each lens unit includes a main body (101), a light diverging portion (112) and a light converging portion (114). The main body includes a light incident surface (110) and a light emitting surface (112) opposite to the light incident... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109668 - Led light source and method of manufacturing the same: After the LEDs 2 (red LEDs (R), green LEDs (G) and blue LEDs (B), or white LEDs (W)) are mounted on the frame 3, without dicing the frame 3 for dividing the LEDs 2 into pieces, the tie bar is punched off to form an electric circuit. Thus, the RGB... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090109669 - Precise repeatable setting of color characteristics for lighting applications: A desired color of illumination of a subject is achieved by determining settings for color inputs and applying those setting to one or more systems that generate and mix colors of light, so as to provide combined light of the desired character. In the examples of appropriate systems, an optical... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090109670 - Adjustable lighting apparatus: A lighting apparatus having a pivotable light cartridge for positioning and directing the light output of a plurality of light sources, the light cartridge including an elongated base oriented along the longitudinal axis, a pivot at the opposed first and second ends of the light cartridge along the longitudinal axis,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090109671 - Led lamp having a heat dissipation device incorporating a heat pipe structure therein: An LED lamp (100) has a heat dissipation device (50) which includes a base (51) and a plurality of fins (53) extending from an outer side of the base. The base includes two channels (553). A capillary wick structure is formed in each of the channels. The channels contain working... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109672 - Light emitting diode based surface lighting device: An LED surface lighting device (100) comprises a plurality of LED light source modules (120) assembled together side-by-side. Each of the LED light source modules comprises a light guiding plate (122) and at least one LED (124). The light guiding plate comprises a light emitting surface (1222) and a plurality... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109673 - Prism sheet and backlight module using the same: An exemplary prism sheet consists of a transparent main body. The transparent main body includes a surface and a plurality of spherical micro-protrusions. The spherical micro-protrusions are integrally formed on the surface. A backlight module using the present prism sheet is also provided.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109674 - Led light: A Light-Emitting Diode (“LED”) light including a housing with two ends, a base coupled to the housing at one of the two ends for connecting to an electrical fixture, the housing including vertical plates with a majority of higher-power LEDs mounted on the vertical plates at an angle of less... Agent: Alonzo & Associates

20090109675 - Submersible lamp for use in fotoperiod in processes of handling of salmon species: A submergible lamp for its use or application in photoperiod in processes of smolting, feeding and optimum handling of the reproductive process of salmon species, whose source of illumination are a group of green LED luminaries issuing light with an intensity of 500 to 550 nanometres, by means that allow... Agent: Stratton Ballew

20090109676 - Loop led light: A Light-Emitting Diode (“LED”) light includes a ring-shaped housing wish a cross section, a transparent section and a non-transparent section. The ring-shaped housing defines a horizontal plane relative to a midpoint of the cross section, and a board is fitted within the ring-shaped housing at an angle between about ten... Agent: Alonzo & Associates

20090109677 - Chambered waterproof lamp assembly having a transparent cover switch activator: A waterproof portable lamp (10) comprises a housing (12); a light source (14) including a plurality of LEDs, a power supply (16) for said light source (14) and a switch (18) for energizing said light source (14) contained within said housing (12). An opening (20) is formed in said housing... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090109678 - Light source assembly: In one embodiment, an exemplary light source assembly includes a light source device, a optical component, and a light pervious filling layer interposed between the light source and the optical component. The light source includes a light pervious cover. The light pervious filling layer can reduce a refraction loss and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109679 - Adjustable utility light and methods of use thereof: An adjustable utility light having a body section, two independently movable hooks, a pivoting lamp section having fluorescent tubes and/or light emitting diodes, a component retention tray, at least one keyhole mounting slot, and a movable reflector, wherein the pivoting lamp section and the movable reflector pivot about the same... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090109680 - Selectable gobo animation for a multiparameter light: A multiparameter lighting apparatus is disclosed that allows an operator of a central controller to remotely choose a first rotation of a selected gobo of the multiparameter lighting apparatus. The first rotation is typically a substantially smooth rotation. A second rotation can also be chosen, wherein the second rotation causes... Agent: Walter J. Tencza Jr. Suite 210

20090109681 - Magnetic quick-change gobo changer system: For lighting equipment for illumination of theatre and show stages and platforms there is designed an equipment for change of rotary gobos comprising a carrier disc supporting interchangeable segments with the gobos. The individual segments (2) are attached at the carrier disc (1) by central holding means, each segment (2)... Agent: Heinz Grether PC G2 Technology Law

20090109682 - Illumination sources and subjects having distinctly matched and mismatched narrow spectral bands: A light source is configured to emit narrow peaks at discrete spectral bands, especially primary color wavelengths, added to simulate the effect of a broadband light source. A subject is provided with a pigment, examples being certain rare earth lanthanides, with a strong absorption peak at a corresponding narrow spectral... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20090109684 - Energy saving light structure: An energy saving light structure includes a socket and an energy saving bulb mounted in the socket. The socket is provided with an oval spherical multi-reflector on the inner wall of the socket. The multi-reflector has a number of rectangular reflecting plates connected in series. The multi-reflector is formed with... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090109683 - Light guide plate for display device: A light guide plate according to the present invention includes an incident plane into which a light flux from a light source is incident, and a plurality of prisms having reflection planes reflecting the light flux incident from the incident plane, wherein the reflection planes of the plurality of prisms... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090109685 - Lighting apparatus: A lighting apparatus includes a reflector, a light source, and a lens unit. The reflector has an open side, and a reflective surface that extends from a periphery of the open side and that defines a compartment. The light source is disposed in the compartment and emits light toward the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090109686 - Lampshade and illumination lamp having the same: An illumination lamp (40) includes at least one solid-state lighting member (41) for radiating light, and a lampshade (10) being arranged corresponding to the at least one solid-state lighting member. The lampshade includes an array of lenses (11). Each lens has an incidence surface (110) for incidence of the light... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109687 - Variable spot size lenses and lighting systems: Improved lighting devices and methods are provided. In many embodiments, the devices and methods provide the capability to change a spot of light projected onto a target surface. In other embodiments, the devices and methods are fixed-focus. In one embodiment a lens can have a lens body with anterior and... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090109688 - Photoelectronic device: A photoelectronic device including a carrier, a light-emitting component mounted on the carrier; a patterned structure deposited on the carrier and around the light-emitting component; and a transparent sealing structure formed above the light-emitting component. The patterned structure mentioned above can cause the transparent sealing structure to be focused above... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090109689 - Reflector: A metallic reflector device having one or an array of individual reflector elements for positioning over a corresponding one or array of light sources, preferably comprising one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The metallic reflector device includes a planar base and a plurality of the reflector elements. The planar... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090109690 - Light distribution board: A light distribution board used as an illuminating cover for a lamp set and having on a transparent board of it saw toothed light gratings, each saw toothed light grating is composed of a convex lens surface and a bevel plane lens surface the saw toothed light gratings are arranged... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090109691 - Bent fixing structure for light emitting component: A bent fixing structure for fixing at least one pin of a light emitting component, such as a light emitting diode (LED). The bent fixing structure has a fixing part and a bent installation part. The fixing part is connected to the pin, and is used for fixing the light... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090109693 - Lamp holder with improved structure: A lamp holder with improved structure includes an upper plate and a lower plate mounted to a ceiling; the upper plate has a top and a bottom with each disposed with multiple reinforcement ribs; a circular wall is disposed to the bottom; two accommodation spaces are defined by the circular... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090109692 - Light fixture with removable lamp housing: A lighting fixture having a socket housing and a removable lamp housing. The socket housing includes a socket for receiving a lamp and for connecting the lamp to a power supply. The lamp housing has a first end for emitting light from the lamp and a second end that is... Agent: King & Spalding

20090109694 - Light fixture with lamp adjustment assembly: A lamp adjustment assembly for a light fixture includes a socket platform having a base and hollow neck. A socket mounts to the base. The interior of the hollow neck includes at least three spaced-apart cam followers. A cam having spiral grooves includes a first portion that fits at least... Agent: King & Spalding

20090109695 - Wire fixing frame and backlight module: A wire fixing frame for fixing at least one wire on a substrate is described. The wire fixing frame includes a main part, a first fixing part, a second fixing part, and an extending part. A wire outlet is defined between the extending part and the first fixed part, and... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090109696 - Modular vehicle lighting system: A modular vehicle lighting system capable of taking any desired configuration for providing illumination to cargo areas of any size and configuration of accessories comprising at least one light bar having a body defining at least one opening to allow light to allow light to pass from the body to... Agent: Novak Druce And Quigg, LLP (thule)

20090109697 - Lamp shield driving device and headlamp assembly including the same: A headlamp assembly for providing various beam patterns for a vehicle is provided, which includes a lamp shield driving device. The device comprises a first shield including at least one shield projection formed on a circumference thereof, a second shield to shield at least a part of beam irradiation in... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090109698 - Lighting apparatus: Provided is a lighting apparatus capable of uniformly and efficiently lighting a spatial light modulator. The lighting apparatus includes: a light source for outputting laser light; a multimode optical fiber in which the laser light outputted from the light source propagates through an internal core whose lateral cross section is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090109699 - Light source: A light source, such as for a projection system, having a plurality of semiconductor chips and at least two different, electromagnetic-radiation-emitting chip types with different emission spectra, each semiconductor chip having a chip coupling-out area through which radiation is coupled out. Furthermore, the light source has a plurality of primary... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090109700 - Light pipe mounting interface: In an example embodiment, a light pipe mounting interface may include a support strip and at least one light pipe projecting from the support strip. The light pipe is to extend through a housing. A hook projects from the support strip to engage with the housing, and a cantilever snap... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090109701 - Illuminant business card: An illuminant business card includes a light guiding card body, at least a light emitting diode and a power source. The light guiding card body includes a front surface with display information arranged thereon, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a plurality of side surfaces interconnecting the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109702 - Backlight unit and display apparatus: A backlight unit includes a light guide panel to guide entering light, a light source disposed on at least one side of the light guide panel to emit light, and a reflecting sheet disposed on a surface of the light guide panel to reflect the entering light toward a light... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090109703 - Light guide plate and side-emitting backlight module having the same: A light guide plate and a side-emitting backlight module having the same are disclosed. The light guide plate includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of prisms and a plurality of condensing lenses. The prisms are arranged side by side on one surface of the transparent substrate. The condensing lenses are... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090109705 - Back-light assembly: A back-light assembly for uniformly illuminating large area displays. The back-light assembly includes a uniformly thin waveguide, a reflector and a plurality of light sources evenly distributed along the display area between the waveguide and the reflector. Prismatic facets are provided along the lower surface of the waveguide for effectively... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20090109704 - Light guide plate: The wedge-shaped light guide plate has a number of reflection structures with gaps therebetween arranged along the light reflection plane. Each reflection structure from a previous gap contains sequentially a slant surface extended away from the light emission surface, a second reflection surface further slanting away from the light emission... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090109706 - Optical guiding device and backlight module using same: An exemplary optical guiding device for optically coupling a plurality of light beams having at least one laser beam, includes a light coupling lens, a light collimating lens, and an optical fiber. The light coupling lens and the light collimating lens are positioned apart along an optical path. The optical... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090109707 - Push button release for luminaires in a track lighting system: The invention provides an apparatus for engaging and disengaging a track lighting assembly with respect to a track in a track lighting system. The apparatus includes a track engaging apparatus that includes a housing. The housing includes a rotation inhibitor that has a protruding end that protrudes from the housing... Agent: King & Spalding

20090109708 - Radiance lighting system and method: A lighting system includes a wiring system and a plurality of light source modules adapted for connection to and disconnection from the wiring system Each light source module includes at least one light source unit including a plurality of light emitting diodes, wherein each of the light emitting diodes is... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20090103278 - Vehicle-mounted display apparatus: A vehicle-mounted display apparatus (1) includes an indicator dial panel (2) and a scale gauge unit (20), which protrudes from the obverse surface (2a) of the indicator dial panel (2), and which is translucent. A pair of protrusion parts including a first protrusion part (23a) and a second protrusion part... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090103279 - Evacuation station with multiple lightstick activation: A chemiluminescent lightstick evacuation station consisting of a wall mountable fixture that stores a plurality of lightsticks that are accessed by opening the fixture cover. The fixture cover is opened by pivoting from a closed position to an open position wherein a lightstick restraint causes the activation of all stored... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090103281 - Backlight device and display device: In a backlight device, lamp units including cold cathode-ray tubes (straight-tube lamp portions) and inverter circuits (driving circuits) for driving to switch on the cold cathode-ray tubes are arranged along a direction that is substantial perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cold cathode-ray tubes. Further, the inverter circuits of... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090103282 - Display device: A display device including a display panel which displays an image and a backlight unit which illuminates a light to the display panel, include the backlight unit with a fixing member fixed on a device casing; a flexible printed circuit substrate which is fixed on the fixing member; and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090103280 - Screen supporting device provided with screen illuminating light sources: A device for displaying an image has a screen, a support structure with support elements for supporting the screen, and a plurality of light sources. Each support element is in contact with the screen at a contact area. Each light source illuminates an illuminated area on the screen. The light... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090103283 - Liquid crystal display backlight and liquid crystal display device: To provide a liquid crystal display backlight and a liquid crystal display device, which can improve the heat dissipating effect, can reduce the thickness and weight of the device. The liquid crystal display backlight includes: an emission light guide plate for emitting illuminating light for a liquid crystal display panel... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090103284 - Polymer composition and polymer light-emitting device using same: Disclosed is a composition containing one or more aromatic ether compounds, one or more compounds having a boiling point of not less than 200° C., and one or more polymers which are charge-transporting or luminescent in a solid state. This composition is characterized in that the compounds having a boiling... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090103286 - Container device: The container device contains a base member, a circuit member housed inside the base member, and an illuminative member and a storage member, both on top of the base member. The storage member is for holding seasoning or fragrance. The illuminative member has a transparent hollow casing filled with a... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090103285 - Structure of optoelectronic handhold: An optoelectronic handhold includes a light-transmitting light emission portion and also has a touch control module, which includes a micro-switch for activating a power source to drive operation of an illuminator. A connection base includes a hollow structure having an end receiving therein the touch control module and coupled to... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090103287 - Ornament having an internal electric lighting adaptable to various lighting effects: According to one embodiment, an improved ornament is provided which comprises a light source which produces the lighting effect emulating the lighting from a candle flame.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090103288 - Roadway luminaire and methods of use: A lighting apparatus having a base member and a directional member are shown and described. The base member includes a first surface having a plurality of reflective elements extending therefrom. The base member also including a plurality of openings arranged in a pattern. Each openings is configured to receive a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090103289 - Portable lamp with light-emitting diodes: A portable lamp comprising an electric power supply module and a lighting module arranged in a triangular architecture. The lighting module comprises a printed circuit on one surface of which at least one LED and a switch are fitted. The top surface of the switch comprises a pushbutton placed against... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090103290 - Telescopic and bendable electric torch: A telescopic and bendable electric torch comprise a hollow handle having a shape like a long rod; the handle being formed with a receiving space; a head having a telescopic section and a bendable section; the telescopic section being formed with a plurality of tubes with one tube being received... Agent: Kou-ling Liu

20090103291 - Portable lighting lamp equipped with a printed circuit card housed in a tightly sealed environment, and method for assembling the lamp: A lighting lamp having an enclosure housing a DC power source and contact parts for connection to a printed circuit card connected with a light-emitting diode. The contact parts comprise first contact elements electrically connected with the power source and second contact elements designed to pass successively through a pair... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090103292 - Image display unit: An image display unit and a method of producing the image display unit, wherein the image display unit includes an array of a plurality of light emitting devices for displaying an image, and wherein the method of producing the image display unit employs, for example, a space expanding transfer, whereby... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090103293 - Illumination device with light emitting diodes and moveable light adjustment member: A light emitting device is produced using one or more light emitting diodes within a light mixing cavity formed by surrounding sidewalls. The light emitting device includes a light adjustment member that is movable to alter the shape or color of the light produced by the light emitting device. For... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20090103296 - Illumination device with light emitting diodes: A light emitting device is produced using a plurality of light emitting diodes within a light mixing cavity formed by surrounding sidewalls. The sidewalls may be integrally formed as part of a surrounding heat sink or alternatively may be an insert into a cavity within a heat sink. The reflective... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20090103294 - Led lamp with a heat sink: An LED lamp includes a first heat sink, a lamp base, a plurality of LED modules, an envelope and a second heat sink. The first heat sink includes a cylinder at a centre thereof and a plurality of fins surrounding the cylinder. The lamp base is secured to a bottom... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103295 - Led unit and led module: A light emitting diode (LED) unit has a pair of substrates, an LED and a pair of brackets. The substrates are separated from and serve respectively as positive and negative electrodes. The LED is mounted on the substrates and has a pair of terminals mounted respectively on the substrates. The... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090103298 - Immersed leds: The present invention relates to a LED-array system (202) comprising at least one LED package (200), said at least one LED package comprising a LED (204) and being arranged on a substrate (206) provided with means (208) for supplying the LED package (200) with a drive voltage, wherein said at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090103297 - Led array: In an LED array comprising a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor chips each of which has a radiation outcoupling surface, the radiation emitted by the semiconductor chips being outcoupled substantially through said radiation outcoupling surface , and a cover body that is transparent to the emitted radiation, the transparent cover body... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090103299 - Optic positioning device: A device for holding and positioning an optic, such as a refractive lens, over a light source such as a light emitting diode. The refractive lens is frustum-shaped with an upper light-exiting end having an upper rim, a lower light-entering end, and a conical sidewall that tapers from the upper... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090103300 - Lamp structure with low temperature feature: A fluorescent lamp holder combination device includes a main lamp holder and an auxiliary lamp holder set, which is provided with an auxiliary lamp holder. The main lamp holder is internally configured with a multifunction ballast, which is electrically connected to a conducting portion. Each of the conducting portions is... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090103301 - Illuminated stationary vehicle with simulated moving parts: A two-wheel vehicle is provided which is secured in stationary position but wherein the front and the rear wheels of the vehicles are provided with a string of lights which twinkle annularly and thus impart the appearance that the wheels are rotating and the vehicle is in motion while in... Agent: James W. Badie, Esq.

20090103302 - Circuit board assembly and backlight module comprising the same: A circuit board assembly and a backlight module comprising the circuit board assembly are provided. The circuit board assembly has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and further comprises at least one laminate, a first conductive wiring structure and a coating. The first conductive... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090103303 - Infrared filter system for fluorescent lighting: A method and apparatus that effectively filters infrared light from fluorescent lighting and that is easily adapted to typical fluorescent lighting and assemblies. A fluorescent lighting fixture includes a cover for filtering the infrared light from a fluorescent light source of the fixture. The cover includes an infrared filter for... Agent: Winstead PC

20090103304 - Light emitting device and electronic apparatus: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element which includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light emitting function layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a reflection layer which reflects light emitted from the light emitting function layer toward the light... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090103305 - High-pressure gas discharge lamp: The invention relates to a high-pressure gas discharge lamp which has at least a lamp bulb (2) which hermetically seals off a gas-filled discharge space (21), which lamp bulb (2) has at least a region (3) which does not and/or does not directly serve for the desired light emission of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090103308 - Led lamp with a heat sink: An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules, a cone-shaped heat absorbing member, a heat sink and an envelope. The heat absorbing member comprises a plurality of heat absorbing portions. Each of the heat absorbing portions has a configuration like a triangular pyramid and comprises a sector base and... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103306 - Light it up: A recreational light system which can be used for any outdoor recreational activity. It consists of collapsible folding members which allows the unit to be easily stowed or transported. An extendable pole to allow for elevated positioning of lighting element(s). A ground fault circuit interrupter and system switch for easy... Agent: Michael D. Hargraves

20090103307 - Wireless control lamp structure: A wireless-control lamp structure comprises a lamp and a wireless control module. The wireless control module is connected in signal communication with a power supply portion of the lamp for receiving a wireless control signal and thereby controlling an actuation of the lamp.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090103309 - Safe light emitting device: A safe light emitting device includes a reflective housing with an open end, a support coupled to the reflective housing, a holder, and a lamp. The holder is positioned on the support and is remote from the open end of the reflective housing. The lamp includes a bulb and a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090103310 - Light emitting diode illumination device capable of providing uniformly polarized light: A LED illumination device includes a tapered light guiding member, a LED, a reflective polarizer and a quarter-wave retarder. The light guiding member includes a light input surface and an opposite light output surface. The LED includes a LED chip and a reflective substrate on which the LED chip is... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090103311 - Diffuser plate, method for manufacture thereof, and backlight module and liquid crystal display using the same: An exemplary diffuser plate includes a diffuser film. The diffuser film includes a plurality of diffusion particles distributed therein. A refractive index of the outer shell of each diffusion particle exceeds that of the inner surface of each diffusion particle.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090103312 - Light emitting plate: A light emitting plate. The plate includes a circular planar member, a plurality of light emitting devices, a control module, a light sensor module, a power module, and a decorative layer. The cylindrical planar member is cylindrical in shape with a cylindrical cavity having a low aspect ratio through its... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20090103313 - Cover device for compact flourescent lamps: A device for enhancing the appearance of a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and changing the optical properties of light emitted by the CFL is provided. The device for a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) includes a cover configured for obscuring the compact fluorescent lamp; and an attachment mechanism configured for coupling... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090103314 - System and method for providing decorative fluorexcent light fixtures: An apparatus for covering a ceiling light fixture with a flexible sheet having two opposing sides that define tubular passageways that each receive one of a pair of elongated rods and a plurality of fixation devices selectively attached to edge portions of the sheet and secured to a portion of... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Intellectual Property Department

20090103315 - Luminaire having a fiberoptic element and at least one diffussor arranged laterally with respect therto: The invention concerns a luminaire having a housing, which at the emission side of the luminaire has a housing opening, having, situated in the housing, connection means for at least one lamps which define the position thereof in the housing, having a light guiding element which is so positioned that,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090103316 - Chassis for a light source unit, a light source unit including the chassis, and a display device including the chassis: To provide a chassis for a light source unit, a light source unit including the chassis, and a display device including the chassis, the chassis being capable of holding a light source placed on the chassis so as to prevent the light source from falling off the chassis without attaching... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090103317 - Portable service light: A portable lamp including at least one light source and a body having a generally symmetrical bowl-like inner surface and a rim on said inner surface, said rim extending about a central axis that is perpendicular to a plane intersecting said rim, said light source being supported in said body... Agent: Joseph G. Nauman

20090103318 - Suspension bracket for lighting fixtures: A suspension bracket for a lighting fixture of the type used in residential or commercial buildings. The bracket provides a center mounting point for a shade while allowing a lighting element to be positioned in the center of the fixture, rather than to the side of the shade mounting point.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090103319 - Apparatus and method for determining roll angle of a motorcycle: An apparatus for determining roll angle of a motorcycle (1) as when taking a curve or bend in a road. The apparatus includes a first gyro sensor (11) that provides a roll rate signal, a second gyro sensor (12) that provides a yaw rate signal, and a velocity sensor (36).... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090103320 - Cross bin illumination system: An illumination system for an aircraft passenger cabin has a first illumination source positioned between a ceiling structure and a first row of stowage bins. A first light direction assembly is positioned between the ceiling structure and the first row of stowage bins. The first light direction assembly is used... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Weiss & Moy, P.C.

20090103321 - Vehicle headlight: The present invention relates to a headlight (10) for a vehicle. The headlight comprises a light emitting diode (LED) (12) including at least one LED chip (18) adapted to emit blue light and at least one overlying converter layer (20) for converting part of the blue light into yellow light,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090103322 - Tri-bar headlight assembly with interchangeable colored dots: A motor-vehicle headlight assembly which has an interchangeable colored translucent cup centered over the light source by a three linear member housing. The headlight assembly also has a region of its lens colored differently with a reflective enclosure behind it wherein a signal light resides. This allows the installer to... Agent: Mark S. Hubert P.C.

20090103323 - Vehicular headlamp unit: A vehicular headlamp unit using a light-emitting element as a light source includes a projection lens arranged on an optical axis that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and first and second light source units arranged rearward of the projection lens. The first light source unit includes a first light-emitting... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090103324 - Electrical supply device for a discharge lamp comprising ballast shielding: An electrical supply device for a discharge lamp of a motor vehicle headlight that comprises: an electronic module for converting source electric current into supply electric current for the discharge lamp; a housing that encloses the electronic module and is produced from an electrically conductive material so as to form... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20090103325 - Traffic signal having a uniform light surface: A LED signal (2) having has an element that facilitates providing a uniform distribution of light is illustrated. The LED signal (2) includes a housing (4) and a cover (6) operatively attached the housing (4). At least one LED (12) resides on at least one circuit board (14), which is... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090103326 - Display device having light guide unit: A light guide unit for a point light source includes a light incident portion, a first reflecting portion and a second reflecting portion. The light emitted from the point light source enters to the light incident portion. The light incident portion includes an optical pattern diffusing an incident light corresponding... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090103327 - Light guide plate: The light guide plate includes a rectangular light exit plane, a light entrance plane containing one side of the light exit plane, and a rear plane located on the side opposite from the light exit plane and scattering particles for scattering light propagating inside the light guide plate dispersed therein.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090103328 - Planar lighting device: The planar lighting device includes a light guide plate including two symmetrical, inclined planes increasingly distanced from the light exit plane with the increasing distance from the light entrance planes toward the center, a curved portion joining the inclined planes, and scattering particles dispersed therein; light sources; a housing; a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090103329 - Combination of electrical socket and night lamp: An electrical device is formed by a combination of an electrical socket and a night lamp and includes a housing, a circuit board, at least one light-emitting diode, at least one socket, a sensor and a panel. The circuit board and the at least one socket are arranged inside the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090103330 - Light fixture for low voltage rail: A light fixture for use with a low-voltage rail is provided. The light fixture may include a rail connector, adapted to connect mechanically and electrically to the low-voltage rail, a ballast, adapted to convert power supplied by the low-voltage rail to a power suitable to illuminate a line voltage gas... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090103331 - Incandescent and led light bulbs and methods and devices for converting between incandescent lighting products and low-power lighting products: An irreversible electrical base for irreversibly converting an incandescent lighting product to a low-power lighting product is provided. Various methods of converting an incandescent lighting product to a low-power lighting product and converting a low-power lighting product to an incandescent lighting product, are provided. Various non-threaded incandescent light bulbs, non-threaded... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090097225 - Thiogallate phosphor and white light emitting device employing the same: The present invention relates to a thiogallate phosphor which is excited by ultraviolet or blue light to emit light with a relatively longer wavelength than that of the ultraviolet or blue light. The phosphor is expressed as a general formula of (A1-x-yEuxMIIIy)(B2-yMIIy)S4, wherein 0.005<x<0.9, 0<y<0.995 and x+y<1. Here, A is... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090097226 - Illumination device for refrigerator and method of controlling the same: Disclosed are an illumination device for a refrigerator and a method of controlling the same. The illumination device includes: a lamp assembly for irradiating light to the inside of a storage chamber of a refrigerator; a base plate mounted on a side within the storage chamber, the lamp assembly being... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090097227 - Illumination device for refrigerator and method of controlling the same: Disclosed are an illumination device for a refrigerator and a method of controlling the same. The illumination device includes: a lamp assembly for irradiating light to the inside of a storage chamber of a refrigerator; a base plate mounted on a side within the storage chamber, the lamp assembly being... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090097229 - Light management films, back light units, and related structures: A light management film can be provided by an optically transparent substrate and an array of microlenses that is formed in a first side of the optically transparent substrate. An optically reflective layer is provided on a second side of the substrate that is opposite the first side, where the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090097228 - Optical plate, method of manufacturing optical plate, backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device: An optical plate includes a main body plate, and a plurality of lens patterns formed on a first surface of the main body plate, wherein the lens patterns are elongated in a first direction and arranged in parallel with each other in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090097231 - Backlight module and liquid crystal display utilizing same: In an exemplary embodiment, a backlight module (20) includes a frame (21), a diffuser (25) and a supporting member (29). The frame includes a bottom plate (213). The diffuser is accommodated in the frame opposite to the bottom plate. The supporting member includes a supporting bar (290), a blocker (297)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090097232 - Direct type back light unit for liquid crystal display device: A back light unit for a liquid crystal display device for improving uniformity of the light and dispensing with optical sheets. The back light unit includes a light source having a holographic pattern formed on a surface thereof opposite the display device which is to display a picture, and a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090097230 - Illumination device and liquid crystal display device: A backlight device includes a light diffusing member above a plurality of light sources that are partitioned into a plurality of illumination regions by a partition wall. A light incidence plane at which lights from the plurality of light sources enter is higher than the light sources and equal to... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090097233 - Light-emitting device, backlight using same, and liquid crystal display: A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element arranged on a substrate having internal wiring, a reflector arranged around the semiconductor light-emitting element, and a light-emitting portion, filled in the reflector, having a phosphor which emits visible light when excited by light from the semiconductor light-emitting element. Electrical conduction to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090097234 - Illumination device, luminaire and display device: An illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) is disclosed. The illumination device (1, 1A, 1B) contains an organic light-emitting component (2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2C′) containing a functional layer sequence (23, 23A) for generating light, a light passage area (7, 7A, 7B), which is provided for coupling out light emitted by... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090097235 - Multi-purpose flashlight: An exemplary embodiment discloses a hand-held multi-purpose flashlight that may include a real-time video display incorporated into a flashlight. The real-time video capabilities, housed within the flashlight casing, allow a user to view in low light environments as well as around corners and over and around obstructions. The multi-purpose flashlight... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20090097236 - Disposable medical-examination light: The present invention relates to a disposable medical-examination light. Specifically, the invention relates to a disposable light for use with a speculum. Generally, the disposable light includes a casing with an interior and an exterior. The casing interior may be adapted to hold at least one battery. The casing exterior... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090097237 - Electrically illuminated flame simulator: An electrically powered flame simulator comprises at least two light sources, an integrated circuit electrically connected to the light sources for intermittently illuminating at least one of the light sources independently of other light sources such that the light sources together provide the effect of a flickering movement, and a... Agent: Colin P. Abrahams

20090097238 - Light: A portable light (10) has a housing (12). The housing (12) has at least one metallic area (14) capable of attracting a magnet, a magnet (16) operatively associated with the at least one metallic area (14) via magnetic attraction, a sub-assembly (18) within the housing (12) comprised of a light... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090097239 - Lighted archery nock with variable light emissions: The present invention generally relates to a lighted archery nock. The lighted archery nock generally includes an accelerometer, a replaceable battery, a light, a housing, and a controller that controls illumination of the light. The controller can control emission of the light to conserve battery life, and can respond to... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20090097240 - Spread illuminating apparatus: A spread illuminating apparatus is provided in which a light source assembly disposed at one side surface of a light guide plate includes red LEDs, green LEDs and blue white LEDs. The blue white LEDs each include a blue LED and a yellow phosphor and are adapted to emit a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090097241 - Led lamp with a heat sink assembly: An LED lamp includes a heat absorbing member having a hollow, cylindrical configuration, a lamp base, a plurality of LED modules and a heat sink. The heat absorbing member defines a through hole therein. The heat sink is secured to a top portion of the heat absorbing member. The lamp... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097243 - Led lamp with a powerless fan: An LED lamp (100) includes a heat sink (10), a powerless fan (30) and a plurality of LEDs (50). The fan is secured to the heat sink. The fan has an impeller (33) located above the heat sink. The LEDs are attached to a bottom of the heat sink. Heat... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097244 - Led lamp with remote control device: A method for controlling a remote LED lamp includes: using a memory unit (452) to record a standard value for indicating a normal environmental brightness and a reference value for indicating a normal LED brightness; using a first sensor (41) to detect real-time brightness of the environmental light and transmit... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097242 - Light source module: A light source module includes light source units and links interconnecting the light source units. Each light source unit includes a substrate defining openings with a connector arranged in each opening. Each connector includes a first terminal and a second terminal. A light source is mounted on the substrate. The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097245 - 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 surface, a plurality of spherical micro-protrusions formed in the second surface. Each micro-depression is defined by four connecting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097246 - Planar illumination device: A planar illumination device includes at least one light source, a housing structure, at least one light guide plate, and at least one light exiting surface. The at least one light source is received in the housing structure. The housing structure includes at least one light emitting surface through which... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097247 - Led lamp: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a lamp casing and an illuminating device. The lamp casing includes a containing space and two asymmetric first and second reflecting portions in the lamp casing. The first and second reflecting portions are reflecting surfaces with a specific curvature. The illuminating device is... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090097248 - Light emitting diode illuminating device: A light emitting diode (LED) illumination device (10) includes an LED (11), a frustum-shaped light guide member (12) and a light diffusing plate (13). The frustum-shaped light guide member (12) has a light input surface (120) and a light output surface (122) opposite to the light input surface (120). The... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097249 - Light emitting diode based light source assembly: An LED based light source assembly (10) comprises a circuit board (11), a plurality of LEDs (13), a heat sink (15) and a plurality of fasteners (17). The circuit board comprises a first surface (12) and a second surface (14) opposite to the first surface. The first surface is provided... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097250 - Integrated battery charging work light electrical distribution system: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for integrating various systems such as a battery charging system, an industrial lighting system and an electrical distribution system. The present invention may include an industrial light, a battery charging mechanism for recharging batteries of power tools, and an electrical distribution system... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20090097251 - Light homogenizing device and display apparatus including the same: Disclosed are a light homogenizing device and a display apparatus including the same. The light homogenizing device can include a light source; a polarization rotator, including two planes of polarization that are vertical to each other, and receiving a beam of light incident from the light source and outputting a... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090097252 - Display with illumination function: A display with illumination function, comprising: a display body, including a display screen; a support, have a top and a base, said top includes at least one of the pivot member joint to one side of display body allow the display body to rotate freely; a light source disposed around... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC

20090097253 - Light source device: A light source device includes a lampshade, a lamp, a cover, a first electrical wire, a second electrical wire, and a metallic clamping element. The lampshade includes an outer sidewall surface, an inner sidewall surface, and a light exit. An electrical connector is located on the outer sidewall surface of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097254 - Planar lighting device: In a planar lighting device according to the present invention provided with a light guide plate and a point-like light source arranged on a side end face of the light guide plate, a radiator plate made of a bottom portion and a side wall is further provided, a circuit board... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090097256 - Light-emitting appartus: Provided herein is a light-emitting apparatus capable of achieving both improved durability and higher brightness with an inexpensive and simple construction. A heat resistant glass substrate 51 is mounted in a vacuum chamber 5, and while an anode electrode 8 (and a light emitter 20) is mounted on the glass... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090097255 - Reflector-baffle for luminaires: An embodiment may comprise a baffle blade or blades, an article of manufacture, and/or a luminaire comprising: a blade member with a reflective top section.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090097258 - Led fixture capable of performing light-beam adjustment: An LED fixture capable of performing light-beam adjustment includes a lamp holder and a lamp cover. One side of the lamp holder is arranged an illuminating module having an LED lamp that is arranged on the illuminating module with an angle. The lamp cover is connected to the lamp holder,... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090097257 - Led fixture having two illuminating ranges: An LED fixture having two illuminating ranges includes a lamp holder and a lamp cover. The lamp holder is arranged an illuminating module of LED lamp. The LED lamp is substantially installed downwardly with respect to the whole illuminating module, making the LED lamp project light in a downward direction.... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090097259 - Method for manufacture of reflecting mirror, reflecting mirror, illumination device, and projector: An auxiliary reflecting mirror is manufactured by heating the central portion of a quartz glass tube and compressing the central portion by pushing two end portions of the quartz glass tube so that the wall thickness of the central portion thickens, accommodating the quartz glass tube after thickening the wall... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090097260 - Steel gobo with non-reflective heat resistant coating: An optical device, or gobo, for use in a projector in accordance with the present application includes at least one surface that is has a layer of substantially non-reflective, heat resistant material formed on at least one surface thereof to prevent pattern distortion. The material preferably has a higher heat... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090097261 - Multi-function optical film and polarizer: A multi-function optical film including a substrate and an optical film is provided. The optical film is disposed on the substrate. The optical film includes a diffusion layer disposed on the substrate and a plurality of micro-protruding structures disposed on the diffusion layer in an array. Besides, the diffusion layer... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090097262 - Lighting fixture with recessed baffle trim unit: A recessed lighting fixture providing illumination from a light source comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) placed within a cavity of a planar surface, such as a ceiling, wall, or shower. The fixture comprises a baffle integrated with a low profile heat sink that is used to draw... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20090097263 - Variably-adjustable grill light and method of use thereof: A variably-adjustable grill light with a lamp portion having pitch, roll and/or yaw adjustability, along with a telescopic arm, wherein the grill light can be installed and then selectively adjusted without the need for removal so that it will shine on any selected portion of the grill, or, alternately, the... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090097264 - Lamp assembly utilizing light emitting diodes: A lamp assembly is provided. The lamp assembly has a housing that functions as a heat sink for the dissipation of heat therefrom. A circuit board assembly is carried by the housing and has a drive circuit that has a current regulator. A plurality of light emitting diodes are also... Agent: The Bilicki Law Firm, PC

20090097265 - Light source module: The light source module (10) includes a circuit board (11), a heat dissipating module (13) and a plurality of light emitting members (121). The circuit board defines a first surface 112 for supporting the plurality of light emitting members and an opposite second surface (114) for supporting the heat dissipation... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090097266 - Illuminating warning lamp: An illuminating warning lamp includes a first light source and a second light source assembled on a lamp socket. An irradiation direction of the first light source and that of the second light source form an angle of 90 degrees with respect to each other. Additionally, a first lamp casing... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090097267 - Temporary emergency headlight for vehicles: A temporary headlight reflector device for application to a vehicle of a sandwich construction having a temporary elastic or flexible reflective panel with protruding tabs including protective layers releasably bonded by adhesive material to the tab substrate which may be folded over for attachment to the front of a vehicle.... Agent: William David Mcanally C/o Gordon S. Clarke, Barrister

20090097268 - Vehicular marker lamp: An automobile headlamp includes a plurality of projection light source units disposed in a lamp chamber. Each of the plurality of projection light source units includes a projection lens; a cut-off line forming shade extending approximately horizontally and forward such that an extending tip section thereof is located in a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090097269 - Projection module for an automobile headlight: The invention relates to a projection module (100) for an automobile headlamp. The module (100) includes at least one semiconductor emission source (101) to emit electromagnetic radiation, a reflector (103) to reflect the emitted irradiation, a baffle arrangement (104) to shade at least a portion of the reflected irradiation, and... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20090097270 - Illuminator for medical use: An illuminator for medical instruments includes a first body part having, at one end, an instrument coupling head and a lighting element and, at its other end, a first electrical connector releasably attachable to a second, compatible electrical connector of a power source.... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20090097272 - Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device comprising the same: A backlight unit capable of reducing or effectively preventing a hot spot phenomenon includes a plurality of light sources generating lights, a light guide plate including a portion on which the lights generated from the light sources are incident and converting the lights incident on the portion into a surface-shaped... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090097271 - Led backlight for display systems: An LED backlight method and apparatus for display systems provides a plurality of light emitting diodes having different white point colors. At least two of the light emitting diodes having different white point colors are selected to produce a light of a predetermined white point color when the light outputs... Agent: Apple C/o Mofo Sd

20090097273 - Light guide plate and light-emitting apparatus: A light guide plate including a transparent light guide substrate and a micro-structural reflective film is provided. The transparent light guide substrate has a light-emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light-emitting surface, and at least one light incident surface connecting the light-emitting surface and the bottom surface. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090097274 - Diffuser plate and surface light source apparatus: On a light guide plate (32), a prism sheet (36), an uneven diffuser plate (37) and a correcting optical sheet (38) are placed one over another. Light outputted from the light guide plate (32) in a direction substantially parallel to a light outputting surface (45) is bent to a direction... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090097275 - Backlight unit and liquid crystal display apparatus: A backlight unit (110) according to the present invention includes: a light source (102) for emitting light; a light guiding member (103) for receiving light emitted from the light source (102) at an end face (103c), and propagating the received light in a first direction (P); a prism sheet (104)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090097276 - Substrate structure and side-entrance lighting structure: A substrate structure includes a substrate, a plurality of point light sources, a first wall and a plurality of convex members. The point light sources are disposed on the substrate. The first wall is on a long side of the substrate and substantially perpendicular to the substrate. The convex members... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090097277 - Planar lighting device: A planar lighting device is capable of keeping the light entrance plane of the light guide plate spaced a constant distance from the light source and the light guide plate spaced a constant distance from the liquid crystal display panel even when the light guide plate expands, contracts or warps.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090097278 - Light indicator: A light indicator includes a reflector element, a transparent element, and an emitting element. The transparent element includes a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. The emitting element is arranged symmetrically on two sides of the transparent element so that light beams emitted from the emitting element can... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090091910 - Keypad with increased refractive index: A keypad with increased refractive index includes a light-guiding elastic element, an optical refractive layer and at least one light-emitting element. The optical refractive layer is applied on an upper surface of the light-guiding elastic element. The light-emitting element is provided on one side of the light-guiding elastic element. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090091911 - Method for utilizing instrument cluster backlighting for dynamic styling: A backlighting system and a method for utilizing instrument cluster backlighting for a dynamic styling are disclosed, wherein the backlighting system comprises a plurality of light sources separated into a plurality of light zones, adjacent light zones having walls disposed therebetween, wherein the walls militate against the light emitted in... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090091912 - Light-guiding key structure with lateral light-guiding function: A light-guiding key structure with lateral light-guiding function includes: at least one key module, a light-guiding element, and at least one light-emitting element. The at least one key module can be a key body or a key display. The light-guiding element is disposed over the at least one key module.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090091913 - Led-based dental exam lamp with variable chromaticity: An electrically powered light source including a light emitting diode (LED) having variable chromaticity, which is adapted for use in a dental operatory. A dental operatory lamp includes a thermally conductive housing having a front directed toward the operating area and a rear away from the operating area; a generally... Agent: Trask Britt

20090091914 - Rotating lamp: A rotating lamp comprises a translucent globe, a shaft portion, arranged in the globe, made of a material containing metal, an LED device provided on the shaft portion, a rotatable support member rotatably set along the outer peripheral direction of the shaft portion, a reflecting mirror supported by the rotatable... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090091915 - Illumination device with mechanically adjustable color conversion system: A mechanically adjustable color conversion system for illumination devices comprised of light sources oriented linearly or in an array located under a fluorescent dyed clear or defused plastic element which has holes that carefully align with the light sources, dyed element which can be moved thru some simple mechanical fashion... Agent: Eric Eriksson

20090091916 - Manufacturing method of substrate, manufacturing method of wiring board, wiring board, electronic device, electron source, and image display apparatus: To provide a method for simply manufacturing a substrate provided with a flat surface shape. Specifically, a method for manufacturing a substrate according to the present invention includes the steps of preparing a structure including a glass layer and a precious metal particle having a diameter not less than 1... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090091917 - Switch attachment for visual enhancement: A switch attachment for visual enhancement utilizing photoluminescent material. The invention incorporates photoluminescent material into devices for locating switches in low light conditions. The invention is embodied by attachments to switch assemblies, which utilize existing structures for attachment, or by the use of adhesives. The photoluminescent material is incorporated directly... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20090091918 - Organic electro-luminescence element, production method and use thereof: Disclosed is an organic electro-luminescence element including an anode layer, an organic electro-luminescence compound layer containing a high molecular weight light-emitting compound, and a cathode layer, laminated in this order, wherein said cathode layer includes: (i) a metal-doped electron injection layer in contact with the organic electro-luminescence compound layer and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090091919 - Surface light source system and light source unit: A surface light source system 50 capable of emitting light without producing non-uniform luminance and non-uniform color distributions is provided. The surface light source system 50 comprises a lenticular lens sheet 14-1 having unit lenses 141-1 with convexity on the light-exiting side, and a light source unit 100 having emission... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090091920 - Light guide member, flat light source device, and display device: A plurality of luminescent devices that emit a light of a violet to blue color are arrayed on a substrate, and a light guide member is disposed upward thereof that includes a first area that consists of a transparent resin and composed of the resin independently, a second area in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090091921 - Decorative object connectable to a connected object: In a decorative object connectable to a connected object, a connecting member includes a fixing portion at an end of the connecting member, and the fixing portion is connected and fixed to a stylish decorative object with a specific shape, and another end of the connecting member is a stop... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090091922 - Decorative object connectable to a connected object: In a decorative object connectable to a connected object, the decorative object includes a connecting member having a fixing portion at an end of the connecting member, and the fixing portion is connected and fixed to a stylish decorative object with a specific shape, and another end of the connecting... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090091923 - Lamp structure: The present invention relates to a lamp structure. The lamp structure is mainly installed inside a cabinet, and by opening the cabinet door will enable the electrical circuit of the lamp structure to be a close circuit; vise versa, closing the cabinet door will result in the open circuit of... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20090091924 - Illuminating brick: An illuminating brick includes a block and at least one light-emitting element mounted in the brick. The brick has a top face, a bottom face and a plurality of lateral side surfaces interconnecting the top and bottom faces. The at least one light-emitting element is engaged in and optically coupled... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090091925 - Light-emitting product: A light-emitting product (for example, a flashlight) includes a first housing includes a light source for emitting light and a lens system that is adjustable in position relative to the light source. The second housing can be attached to the first housing and includes a power source for the light... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090091926 - Illumination apparatus for bag toss game: A light array for illuminating the circular opening in the platform of a bag toss game includes a circular frame and mating cover that define a hole, at least equal in area to the opening. A plurality of lights (LEDs) is positioned in the annular enclosure formed by the frame... Agent: Nicholas A. Camasto

20090091927 - Planar lighting device: The planar lighting device includes linear light sources, a light guide plate having a flat light exit surface, a rear surface and parallel grooves formed in the rear surface for accommodating the light sources, respectively, and a support member for supporting the light guide plate with the rear surface. A... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090091928 - Image display apparatus that reduces illuminance irregularity, projection-type image display apparatus using the image display apparatus and rear-projection television: An illumination apparatus includes: a light source including at least one light-emitting element, the light-emitting element being configured to emit light and having an uneven light distribution characteristic; a coupling optical system disposed corresponding to the light source and configured to convert the light emitted from the light source into... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090091929 - Directional l.e.d. lighting unit for retrofit applications: An adjustable light emitting diode (LED) lighting unit adapted for installation in a light fixture is disclosed. In one example, the lighting unit includes first and second end assemblies adapted to interfit with first and second portions, respectively, of the light fixture. A substrate is mounted between the first and... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090091931 - Illumination device with side aimed light source and two step light dispersion: A two step process of light manipulation to obtain an even toned linear light from point sources of light. This process obtained by taking evenly space particular point sources of light (element A) delivering essentially 100% of their light into the side of an adjacent clear rod (element B). The... Agent: Eric Eriksson

20090091930 - Light fixture: A light fixture comprises a housing configured to store a plurality of light bulbs therein, wherein at least one of the light bulbs is located in a non-illumination position within the housing. The light fixture may also comprise an openable door such that at least one light bulb is coupled... Agent: Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, P.C. Intellectual Property Docket Clerk

20090091932 - Led array grid, method and device for manufacturing said grid and led component for use in the same: Disclosed herein is a method for producing an LED array grid including the steps of (i) arranging N electrically conducting parallel wires, where N is an integer >1, thus creating an array of wires having a width D perpendicular to a direction of the wires, (ii) arranging LED components to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090091933 - Keypad assembly and portable electronic device using the same: A keypad assembly (20) for use in a portable electronic device (200) is provided. The keypad assembly includes a keypad (205), a light-guiding board (203), at least one light-emitting source (204), a light-shielding member (202). The keypad includes a first peripheral wall. The at least one light-emitting source is disposed... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090091934 - High power led module: A high power LED module includes a substrate formed of a metal bottom thermal transfer plate coated with an insulative layer and having a plurality of electric contacts formed on the metal bottom thermal transfer plate and exposed to the outside of the insulative layer and a plurality of bonding... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090091935 - Light fixture with an efficiency-optimized optical reflection structure: A light fixture with an optical reflection structure, comprising a lamp housing having at least one open accommodating space for light beam to be emitted outward therefrom; a plurality of connectors for coupling a light tube to the light fixture, the connectors being located at both opposite ends in a... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090091936 - Focal point projection light signal comprising a beam concentrator: An improved focal point projection light signal device having a single point light source, a Fresnel lens, and a reflective beam concentrator having a spherical reflective surface located to the rear of the light source. The single point light source is positioned at the focal point of the Fresnel lens... Agent: Rogers Towers, P.A.

20090091937 - Light control device having irregular prism surface: The light control device has an array of prism elements, thereby forming a series of interleaving peaks and valleys along a major surface of the light control device, where the surface of the prism elements has bulging bumps and/or the bottoms of the valleys are raised. The bumps are randomly... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090091938 - Lamp and method for supporting a light source: A lamp is provided. Generally, the lamp comprises light source means for providing illumination in a frontward direction, retainer means for applying a frontward-directed load to the light source, and housing means for mechanically supporting the light source means and the retainer means.... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20090091939 - Lamp structure: The present invention relates to a lamp structure characterized in which the lamp structure is installed inside a cabinet where the opening of the cabinet door turns on the electrical loop of the lamp structure and the closing of the cabinet door shuts off its electrical loop; when the electrical... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20090091940 - Portable lightbox assembly: A portable lightbox assembly comprises a housing and a lift mechanism having at least one light fixture coupled thereto, the lift mechanism coupled to the housing and movable from a retracted position enclosable within the housing to an extended position protruding beyond the housing.... Agent: Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Harr, P.C. Intellectual Property Docket Clerk

20090091941 - Panel component holder: The invention relates to a panel component holder arranged to be attached to a panel element. The panel component holder comprises at least one supporting means and a casing including a brim and at least one retainer. The at least one supporting means comprises an attached end being attached to... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090091942 - Lighting system for tow truck: The lighting system for tow truck includes a housing having lights disposed on a front and sides thereof to illuminate a work area. The lighting system may be disposed on a tow truck accessory frame situated behind a cab of the tow truck. The lights disposed on the housing may... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090091943 - Ambient lighting display: An ambient lighting display is obtained directly on a portion of an interior panel. The portion of the panel is covered with a paint or ink which reacts to ultraviolet light by emitting visible light of a predetermined color. To obtain a lighting display, a portion of the panel is... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090091944 - Lighting or signalling device for a motor vehicle: A lighting or signalling device for a motor vehicle, having an optical axis and comprising at least one light source and at least one guide for the light rays between the source and an exit face, the guide having an entry edge associated with the source. The guide for the... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20090091945 - Coloured polyurethane light guides: An optical illumination device (20) comprises a light guide (10) formed from an unclad flexible polyurethane fibre (12), which comprises a transparent polyurethane region (14) and an adjacent coloured polyurethane region (16). The device comprises at least one illumination module (22) coupled to at least one end of the light... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090091946 - Light-guiding structure: A light-guiding structure includes a light-guiding plate, and an LED set matched with the light-guiding plate. The characteristic is that the light-guiding plate has a light-entering surface, and there are a plurality of ditches on the light-entering surface. A light-entering interface is formed between two adjacent ditches. The LED set... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090091947 - Surface light source structure of backlight module in a flat panel display: A surface light source structure having a circuit board, a first light emitting diode (LED) array, and a second LED array is provided. The first and second LED arrays are assembled on the circuit board. Each LED rows of the two LED arrays has a plurality of LED units connected... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090091948 - Light source module: An exemplary light source module includes a plurality of light emitting units and a light pervious paste. Each light emitting unit includes a light guide plate and a light source optically coupled to the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a bottom surface, a light emitting surface opposite... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090091949 - All-in-one type light guide plate and backlight apparatus employing the same: An all-in-one light guide plate, a backlight apparatus employing the same, and a method of manufacturing the all-in-one light guide plate are provided. The all-in-one light guide plate has a structure in which a plurality of protrusion type refractive elements for outputting light are integrated into the light guide member.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086464 - Shift lever position indicator: A shift lever position indicator includes a light transmission plate and a light source which illuminates the inside of the light transmission plate. The light transmission plate is formed by a single plate and has a character indicating portion which is provided on a bottom surface of the light transmission... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090086465 - Wind-powered generator and blade therefor: A wind-powered generator includes a vertical rotor provided with generally vertically orientated blades having a swept-forward wing shape, a top lighting member and rotor lighting member disposed along the rotor, the blades being made from light-transmitting material.... Agent: Franz Bonsang

20090086466 - Planar light emitting element, image display element, and image display device using the same: A planar light emitting element is capable of outputting light having high directivity in at least one direction. The planar light emitting element has a light guide plate and first and second low refractive index layers. Light incident on the light guide plate is totally reflected on the interface between... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090086467 - Lighted background for fish tanks and the like: A lighted background for mounting on a wall of an aquarium fish tank or the like includes a front panel having an image formed thereon. Light apertures are formed through the front panel and lighting is provided behind the panel to direct light through the apertures. Translucent material covering the... Agent: Intellectual Property Dept. Dewitt Ross & Stevens Sc

20090086468 - Bicycle helmet mounted safety light: A bicycle helmet includes lights providing illuminating beams toward a rider's upper torso. The lights reside on a downward and rearward facing surface of an elongated rear portion of the bicycle helmet. A light assembly unit is mounted to the elongated rear portion of the bicycle helmet. The light assembly... Agent: Averill & Varn

20090086469 - Electrical connector with illumination waveguide: An electrical connector including a connector subassembly having a front mating portion and a waveguide disposed around the front mating portion of the connector subassembly. The waveguide may alternatively be disposed near the front mating portion of the connector subassembly and an illumination device is provided at the side portion... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20090086470 - Telescopic light base for coupling to diverse plant containers: A telescopic light base couples decorative light fixtures to a flower pot or other similar container. The decorative light fixture may then be used to illuminate the contents of the pot. The telescopic light base has a ground-engaging pad upon which the pot rests. The weight of the pot then... Agent: Albert W. Watkins

20090086471 - Illuminated landscape module for existing edging system: An illuminated edging module is provided for attaching a light strand (e.g. a rope light) to an existing conventional edging. The edging module includes a housing comprising an elongated connector portion adapted to removably couple the edging module to the upper portion of the existing edging and a housing upper... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20090086472 - Power supply mounting apparatus for lighting fixture: A lighting fixture including a housing having a chamber defined by a surrounding wall, at least one power-supply unit within the chamber, and a slidable interlock securing the power-supply unit to the surrounding wall. The interlock includes a linear groove on one of the power-supply unit and the wall, and... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20090086473 - Systems and methods for compensating brightness uniformity of backlit image displays: Systems and methods for compensating brightness uniformity of transmissive backlit display devices using auxiliary lights to provide additional light to compensate light provided by the main backlights of a backlit image display device. Auxiliary lights may be, for example, embedded into the light pipe area of an image display and/or... Agent: O'keefe, Egan, Peterman & Enders, L.L.P.

20090086474 - Method and apparatus for thermally effective trim for light fixture: A lighting assembly comprises a light fixture. The light fixture includes a trim formed by a stamping or die casting process. The trim has thermally conductive properties and includes a flange around a perimeter of the trim. The light fixture includes a light source mounted to a central portion of... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090086475 - Color tunable light emitting device: A color/color temperature tunable light emitting device comprises: an excitation source (LED) operable to generate light of a first wavelength range and a wavelength converting component comprising a phosphor material which is operable to convert at least a part of the light into light of a second wavelength range. Light... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090086476 - Light emitting diode recessed light 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

20090086477 - Planar light source and method of manufacturing planar light source: A planar light source directly mixes three colors of light from light-emitting diodes into white light. The planar light source has a plurality of red (2r), green (2g) and blue (2b) light-emitting diodes mounted on a mount surface of a substrate to define a plurality of light source sets, each... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090086479 - Light source unit: A light source unit includes a light source portion including an LED element, a heat radiation portion that is connected to the light source portion, a case including an outside wall that is disposed apart from the light source portion and the heat radiation portion, and a spring member that... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090086478 - Lighting system with removable light modules: A lighting system with removable light modules mounted on a frame by an attractive force between magnetic material of the light module and magnetic material of the frame such that a light module may be installed on, removed from, or relocated on the frame manually without tools or permanent electrical... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090086481 - Diverging reflector: 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

20090086483 - Illumination means and inspection means having an illumination means: An illumination mean for the inspection of flat substrates is disclosed. The flat substrate includes an upper edge area, a lower edge area and a front area. The illumination means is formed as an annular segment and comprises an opening into which at least the edge area of the flat... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090086480 - Lamp: The present invention disclosed a lamp, which includes a lampshade, a seat, a light-guiding element, a reflecting layer, and a plurality of circuit boards. The seat shows a cylindrical shape. The seat is installed in the lampshade. The light-guiding element corresponding to the seat is for light mixing. The light-guiding... Agent: Kile Goekjian Reed & Mcmanus, PLLC

20090086482 - Light source with variable radiation characteristic: An array of light-emitting diodes in LED chips, which can be turned on and off individually or in groups by means of a circuit, is provided with a device for homogenizing a light beam emitted by the turned-on LED chips. This device can be a conversion plate, a potting compound... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090086484 - Small form factor downlight system: A downlight system includes a substrate. One or more light emitting diodes are disposed on a surface of the substrate for emitting light in a single direction. A respective primary optic for providing a substantially even color of light is optically coupled to a respective one of each of said... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090086485 - Led louvers and lighting system: A LED louvers and lighting system is described. The system can utilize interchangeable LED light assemblies placed within LED light modules. The light output from the light modules can be directed and diffused via a selection of louvers. A LED controller can be utilized to allow a user to control... Agent: Ian Osborn

20090086486 - Surface light source device: A surface light source device includes a plurality of light guide plates spliced together side by side and forming a plurality of jointing interfaces. A plurality of LEDs is attached to a side face of each of the light guide plates. The LEDs are arranged in a linear LED array... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090086487 - Flexible led lighting systems, fixtures and method of installation: A low-voltage LED lighting system and method for installation thereof in which the system includes: (a) at least one LED lighting fixture each having one or more LEDs; (b) at least one remotely-located power driver; and (c) interconnections between the at least one LED fixture and the at least one... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20090086488 - Led luminaire: A modular light emitting diode (LED) mounting configuration is provided including a light source module having a plurality of pre-packaged LEDs arranged in a serial array. The module is connected to a heat dissipating plate configured to mount to an electrical junction box. Thus, heat from the LEDs is conducted... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090086489 - Laser beam pattern projector: Methods and systems consistent with some embodiments presented provide methods for denying visual access to a first area from a target area. In some embodiments, methods for denying visual access from a target area may include generating a structured light pattern and projecting the structured light pattern from onto the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090086490 - Light fixture support system: The inventive ceiling-mounted light-fixture support assembly includes a mounting bracket having upper and lower surfaces, a length, and a width between two width sides. The assembly also includes a fixture attachment member having a top with portions defining a top opening which has a width narrower than the width of... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20090086491 - Aerodynamic led floodlight fixture: An LED floodlight fixture having two major principal axes in a fixture plane, the dimensions parallel to the fixtures third principal axis being substantially smaller than the largest dimensions parallel to the fixture plane. The fixture is characterized by a first outer surface which has a first central portion and... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20090086492 - Led lamp with heat sink optic: An LED lamp may be made with a heat sink optic. The lamp has a base having a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact for receiving current. At least one LED is mounted on a thermally conductive support; that supports electrical connections for the LED and provides thermal... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090086493 - Floor lamp having low light replaceable bulb: A lamp having at least a portion of a body formed of translucent material defining a hollow chamber within which a low light level light bulb is housed. A portion of the body is removable to provide easy access to the light bulb for removal and changing when required.... Agent: Fulbright And Jaworski LLP

20090086494 - Cover for a luminary device: The present invention is directed toward a cover for an illumination device including a composite image including selectively visible design elements. The exterior surface of the cover may include a design element viewable regardless of whether the light source is extinguished or illuminated. The interior surface of the cover may... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090086495 - Surgical lighting system and surgical light with image-recording function: The present invention provides a surgical lighting system with an image-recording function mainly comprising a surgical light set and a flexible tube-shaped video camera connected to the surgical light set. The surgical light set comprises a fixed base; a rotary arm set pivoted to the fixed base, the rotary arm... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090086496 - Headlight optical axis adjustment device: The present invention aims to perform optical axis adjustment while a vehicle is stopped only in necessary situations and to avoid unnecessary adjustment, and to further enhance durability. A headlight optical axis adjustment device for adjusting an optical axis of a headlight based on a pitch angle of the vehicle... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090086497 - System for controlling light quantity of headlight: In a system for controlling a headlight of a vehicle to be controlled, a dazzling level determiner determines a parameter value of a dazzling level of a driver of an other vehicle ahead of the controlled vehicle based on information associated with a relative positional relationship between the controlled vehicle... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090086498 - Method and apparatus for creating optical images: A device for creating a predetermined light output distribution having a substantially rectangular shape in angle space is provided having a lens with a revolved inner surface and a complex outer surface. The inner surface has a combination of reflective and refractive surface facets swept about an axis of revolution... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090086499 - Car spoiler having light-emitting effect: A car spoiler having a light-emitting effect includes a plate body, a light-emitting module and a cover. The plate body is a light-transmitting plate and is provided with notches thereon. The light-emitting module is provided on one side of the long side of the plate body and has a plurality... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090086500 - Vehicle headlamp: The vehicle headlamp is provided with a main lamp unit fixed and arranged inside a lamp chamber and sub-lamp units as an auxiliary lamp capable of changing and forming light distribution patterns by using semiconductor light emitting elements as light sources. The sub-lamp units are respectively equipped with a vertically... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090086501 - Bending beam headlamp with multi-filament bulb: An automotive headlamp bulb provides the two light or three filament sources in a single bulb. One source may be used to generate a standard headlamp beam, while the second source may be used to generate an augmenting side beam in response to a turning signal. A similar third filament... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20090086502 - Multi-axial light guide module: A multi-axial light guide module comprises a light guide, a light-emitting unit, a display unit and a light-guiding unit. The light guide has a light-emitting portion connects to a curved portion, wherein the light-emitting portion has at least two axial light-emitting planes to generate at least two axial light-emitting effects;... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090086503 - Fiber optically illuminated surface: There is provided an illuminated surface mounted on a base surface. The illuminated surface includes a plurality of transmissive tiles configured to allow light to pass therethrough. Each of the transmissive tiles includes an exterior surface, an attaching surface and a plurality of lateral sides disposed between the exterior and... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090086504 - Backlit erasable writing board: A backlit erasable writing board includes a light guide panel, a plurality of light emitting diodes positioned on at least one side surface of the light guide panel for providing light to the light guide panel, a reflecting plate at a back surface of the light guide panel for reflecting... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

20090086505 - Planar lighting device: The planar lighting device includes, in addition to light sources, a light exit plane, a pair of light entrance planes formed on a pair of sides of the light exit plane, and a rear plane composed of a pair of inclined planes formed on a side opposite from the light... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086506 - Light guide plate, light guide plate unit, and planar lighting device: The light guide plate includes a light exit plane, two light entrance planes, two symmetrical inclined rear planes increasingly distanced from the light exit plane from the two light entrance planes toward a center of the light exit plane, a curved portion joining the two inclined rear planes and scattering... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086507 - Planar lighting device: The planar lighting device includes a light guide plate having the light exit plane, two pairs of light entrance planes formed at the four sides of the light exit plane, and rear planes formed opposite to the light exit plane and inclined such that the light guide plate grows thicker... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090086508 - Thin backlight using low profile side emitting leds: Backlights containing low profile, side-emitting LEDs are described that have improved brightness uniformity. In one embodiment, the backlight comprises a solid transparent lightguide with a plurality of openings in a bottom surface of the lightguide, each opening containing a side-emitting LED. Prisms or other optical features are formed in the... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20090086509 - Light guide plate for surface light source: A plurality of mirror surfaces (5), which extend in a direction (X-axis direction) perpendicular to a light incident surface (2a), are formed side by side in a longitudinal direction (Y-axis direction) of the light incident surface (2a) on a light distribution control surface (4a) of both surfaces (4a, 4b) of... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090086510 - Lamp assembly having self-retaining means: A lamp assembly (100) includes a lamp base (3) defining a socket, with a mounting portion (33) arranged therein; a pair of cables (4) inserted into the socket via a cable passage defined in a rear portion of the lamp base, with conductors of the cables extending through passageways in... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.