Patents Examined by Anabel M Ton
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Patent number: 8690399Abstract: In a luminaire, comprising a light source (2) having at least one LED and a heat sink (4) for cooling the LED, the light source (2) is arranged pivotably with respect to the heat sink (4), wherein three lever arms (6, 8, 10) that act on the light source (2) are provided and the luminaire is designed such that the light source (2) is pressed against the heat sink (4) by the three lever arms (6, 8, 10). Moreover, a spring element (12), which acts on a first (6) of the three lever arms (6, 8, 10), and an adjusting means (14) for adjusting a second (8) of the three lever arms (6, 8, 10) are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbHInventor: Gerald Ladstätter
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Patent number: 8292478Abstract: A signaling system for mounting to an exterior surface of an emergency vehicle is provided. The signaling system includes a light bar and a pair of mounting feet. The light bar can include a plurality of signaling devices supported on and distributed along a base member and enclosed by a cover. The light bar can be secured to the mounting feet via a plurality of fasteners. The mounting feet can be connected to the emergency vehicle via roof straps. Each mounting foot can include a base, which can have a support portion, a contoured portion, and a pair of compartments; a pair of seals associated with each compartment; a pair of covers, which can be translucent, removably mounted to the base to enclose the compartments; and a roof strap secured to the base. Each compartment can house a signaling device, such as a lamp assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Federal Signal CorporationInventors: Joseph F. Bader, Jan C. Mol, Sigmund S. Urbanski, Charles P. Meyer, Robert A. Czajkowski
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Patent number: 8079732Abstract: An illuminating device includes a receiving base and at least one light source. The receiving base has at least one receiving space defined therein, and at least one fixing post is positioned adjacent to the corresponding at least one receiving space. The at least one light source is positioned in the at least one receiving space for emitting light. Each light source comprises a light-pervious plate and a LED array located on a side of the light-pervious plate. The light-pervious plate comprises at least one first through hole with the at least one fixing post extending therethrough, the light-pervious plate is fixed to the receiving base in the corresponding receiving space of the receiving base.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, IncInventors: Jui-Wen Fang, Zheng-Jay Huang, Shao-Fu Hsu, Shu-Hui Hsieh, Chih-Ming Lai
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Patent number: 8038335Abstract: The present invention discloses improvements on an apparatus for reading a document by illuminating it with a beam of focused light, directing the reflected light to an array of optical sensors, digitalizing the resulting image and storing it for future use. It discloses several aspects of the light pipe element aimed at improving the illumination of the targeted area for the aforementioned purpose, including the shape of the light pipe ends, the use of a refracting coat on the back of the light pipe and the shaping of the light pipe front surface to focus the light rays on the target surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Inventor: Raja Singh Tuli
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Patent number: 8040465Abstract: Apparatus and methods for harnessing external light to illuminate a display screen of an electronic device are provided. The display screen may be illuminated using a light harness, a reflector, a translucent surface, or any combination thereof. The light harness may be cylindrical or hexahedral. The light harness may be coupled to an external light input or a collector. The reflector may be repositioned toward or away from the display screen to reflect external light toward the display screen. The translucent surface may allow external light to pass through it to illuminate the display screen. The translucent surface may protect the rear face of the display screen, or the rear face of the display screen may itself be translucent.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Peter H. Mahowald
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Patent number: 8025417Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. A self-contained battery unit securably attaches to the outside of the panel frame. The light panel may have a dimmer switch, and may also be capable of receiving power from a source other than the self-contained battery unit. The lighting apparatus can be mounted to a camera or a stand through adapters. Diffusion lenses or color gels can be integrated with or detachable from the light panel. The lighting apparatus may conveniently be provided in the form of a kit, with one or more of a light panel, self-contained battery unit, compact stand, connecting cable(s), adapter(s), lenses or color gels, and so on, provided in a single package.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Litepanels LLCInventors: Rudy G. Pohlert, Pat Grosswendt, Kevin Baxter, Ken S. Fisher
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Patent number: 8021015Abstract: A plurality of clipping portions which clip a plurality of lamps to be juxtaposed are provided on one face, and a mounting portion to be mounted on a supporting member by which the lamps are supported, and holding projecting portions for holding positions of the clipping portions with respect to the supporting member are provided, and two flexible portions which can bend in a direction in which a distance between the supporting sections is changed are provided between at least two clipping portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masashi Yokota, Masaki Okazaki, Hiroki Fukai, Hideto Takeuchi, Masaki Shimizu
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Patent number: 8007120Abstract: A safety flag includes reflective material, a light source and a controller. The safety flag meets legal requirements when used for extended loads in vehicles in day and night use.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: SRS Safety Concepts, LLCInventor: Stephen Foley
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Patent number: 8007154Abstract: A vehicle lamp can include a light source, a reflector having a parabolic reflective surface for reflecting light beams from the light source, and a lens formed in a generally rectangular shape (i.e., square, rectangular, substantially square, substantially rectangular). The lens can include a plurality of lens cut portions for diffusing the generally parallel light beams from the reflector. The principal optical axis of the vehicle lamp can be aligned with the center of the lens. A plurality of ridge lines or valley lines can extend radially from the principal optical axis to divide the generally rectangular lens into at least a first lens cut portion, a second lens cut portion, a third lens cut portion, and a fourth lens cut portion. The first lens cut portion can be a substantial mirror image of the second lens cut portion, and the third lens cut portion can be a substantial mirror image of the fourth lens cut portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Okada, Nao Nakano, Norihide Todoroki
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Patent number: 8002456Abstract: An LED light has a pinhole-imaging function for dark area use as a plug-in wall outlet light, direct current (DC) operated light, or interchangeable power source light to project a shaped image to a surrounding environment. Tiny shaped pinholes can create a fine image of desired message, data, logo, or time on a ceiling, walls, floor, optics means surface or other desired surface. At least one pinhole-means may be incorporated with an LED and parts selected from a housing-member, plastic film openings, cut-outs, transparent material piece, translucent material piece, adjust-means, sealed-unit, battery-pack, paper material, plastic material, metal material, wood material, geometric shape substrate, AC adaptor and jack means, and/or solar power or wind power generator to project the desired image, message, data, logo, to the surrounding environment, which may include any combination of ceiling, walls, floor, or other desired surfaces(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Inventor: Tseng-Lu Chien
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Patent number: 8002433Abstract: The decorative light mount apparatus provides for permanent support of lights and light strings to a structure. The right angle member provides for light wiring to be wire tired or fastened otherwise, to the gapped risers of the tie plates, so that lights are extended from the horizontal length of the right angle member. The right angle member is supported on a structure via the hinge that is fastened to the right angle member. The hinge allows the right angle member to be pivoted, positioning the vertical length of the right angle member either vertically upward, vertically downward, or even angled from the downward vertical. The lock member provides fastening of the right angle member so that the lights are visibly concealed. Release of the wing nut allows the right angle member to pivot upwardly to position lights in a downward and visible mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Inventors: Douglas D. Cucksey, Diane E. Cucksey
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Patent number: 7997746Abstract: An arrangement and method for displaying at least a first and a second image. The arrangement comprises at least one light source (120, 121, 220, 221, 320, 321) adapted to generate light having at least a first and a second light characteristic; and at least a first and a second image forming element (122, 123, 222, 223, 322, 323) arranged to display a first and a second image (128, 129, 230, 231), respectively. The first image forming element (122, 222, 322) is at least responsive to the light having the first light characteristic. The second image forming element (123, 223, 323) is at least responsive to the light having the second light characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2006Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventors: Gunnar Klinghult, Mats Kleverman, Richard Nilsson, Kent Ådán, Torbjörn Karlelid
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Patent number: 7993033Abstract: A reflector built in a down light includes a plurality of floodlight openings respectively exposing a plurality of light-emitting elements to a front surface side, a plurality of radial partition walls which respectively partition and surround these floodlight openings, and an inner circumferential partition wall. Each of the partition walls has a ridge line, and the reflector includes a plurality of reflection concave surfaces each which open and widen from a respective one of the plurality of floodlight openings towards ridge lines of the plurality of partition walls which respectively surround the plurality of floodlight openings. The plurality of radial partition walls extend from the center of the reflector towards the outer circumference, and the inner circumferential partition wall is located between the center and the outer circumference.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Takayoshi Moriyama, Kazunari Higuchi, Sumio Hashimoto, Shinichi Kumashiro
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Patent number: 7993030Abstract: A lighting system comprises a housing suitable for mounting to a structural unit. The housing includes a plurality of enclosure panels. At least two light-bearing members are moveable relative to the housing and are pivotally coupled one to another. A pair of actuators are moveable in opposing directions, one of the light-bearing members being coupled to one of the actuators and an other of the light-bearing members being coupled to an other of the actuators. Movement of the actuators relative to one another results in pivotal movement of the light-bearing members relative to one another, causing an end of each light-bearing member to move further from or closer to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Innovative D-Lites LLCInventors: Detlef Andreas Galke, Melvin Hess Pedersen, Glenda Pedersen, legal representative
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Patent number: 7993032Abstract: Disclosed is a modular light emitting diode (LED) light pod having heat dissipation structures. A reflective optic plate, which may be made in various modular sizes and designs, having a plurality of recesses is seated on an LED board having a plurality of LEDs, such that the plurality of LEDs fit within the plurality optical recesses. The optical recesses serve to collimate light in a desirable manner based on predetermined dimensional ratios of the optical recesses. A heat dissipation system involves a heat sink housing acting in combination with a heat extraction plate having a plurality thermally conductive posts extending perpendicularly from a top and bottom surface, and a heat dissipation plate to create a thermally conductive path for moving heat away from the LED board when the light pod is in use.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Light-Pod, Inc.Inventor: Lothar E. S. Budike
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Patent number: 7988341Abstract: The invention provides a light-emitting diode illuminating equipment. The light-emitting diode illuminating equipment of the invention includes a heat-dissipating plate device, a plurality of heat-dissipating fins, a diode light-emitting apparatus, a plurality of heat-conducting devices, and a shield device. The heat-dissipating fins extend from a surface of the heat-dissipating plate device. By tightly mounting the heat-conducting devices on the surface of the heat-dissipating plate device and disposing between the heat-dissipating fins, heat generated during the operation of the diode light-emitting apparatus is distributed uniformly on the heat-dissipating plate device and the heat-dissipating fins due to the high efficiency heat-conducting of the heat-conducting devices, and then is dissipated. Besides, the shield device has a waterproof passage for a power cord passing through to power a control circuit, such that the light-emitting diode illuminating equipment is adapted to be installed outdoors.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Neobulb Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Jen-Shyan Chen
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Patent number: 7985001Abstract: An LED light fixture includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a plurality of LED chips. The first substrate, on one side thereof, includes a plurality of spaced first electrodes, a first inner terminal electrically connected to the first electrodes, and a second inner terminal insulated from the first electrodes, and, on another side thereof, a first outer terminal electrically connected to the first inner terminal and a second outer terminal electrically connected to the second inner terminal. The second substrate includes a plurality of spaced second electrodes corresponding to the first electrodes, and a third inner terminal electrically connected to the second electrodes and the second inner terminal. The LED chips are arranged between the first and second substrates and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes of the first and second substrates, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chia-Shou Chang
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Patent number: 7985005Abstract: A light module is removably coupleable to a light fixture and includes an LED lighting element mounted on a mounting base that is operatively coupled to a housing. The light module also includes one or more resilient members that operatively couple the mounting base to the housing and allow the mounting base and housing to resiliently move relative to each other. The resilient members compress when the light module is removably coupled to the light fixture to exert a generally axial force on the mounting base to drive the mounting base into resilient contact with a surface of the light fixture to provide a thermal coupling between the light module and the light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Journée Lighting, Inc.Inventors: Clayton Alexander, Todd Metlen, Doug Botos, Jesse Melrose, Kevin Walker
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Patent number: 7980728Abstract: An exemplary general lighting fixture includes an assembly forming an optical integrating volume for receiving and optically integrating light from one or more solid state light emitters and for emitting integrated light. The assembly includes a reflector having a diffusely reflective interior surface defining a substantial portion of a perimeter of the integrating volume. A light transmissive solid fills at least a substantial portion of the optical integrating volume. A light emitter interface region of the solid, for each solid state light emitter, closely conforms to the light emitting region of the respective emitter. A surface of the transmissive solid conforms closely to and is in proximity with the interior surface of the reflector. The transmissive solid also provides a light emission surface, at least a portion of which forms a transmissive optical passage for emission of integrated light, from the volume, in a direction facilitating a general lighting application.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: David P. Ramer, Jack C. Rains, Jr.
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Patent number: 7976187Abstract: Light emitting device multi-chip lighting fixtures are disclosed. According to one aspect, a lighting fixture is provided, the lighting fixture having a plurality of light-emitting devices operable for emitting light onto a light diffuser. Where each of the light-emitting devices produces light having a non-uniform luminous intensity, each of the light-emitting devices is positioned with respect to one another to illuminate the surface of the light diffuser with an aggregate light having a substantially uniform luminous intensity. In this way, the light cast by the lighting fixture appears to have a substantially uniform luminous intensity.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Russell G. Villard