Patents Examined by Shawn Payne
  • Patent number: 6814463
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) for mounting LEDs in an LED flashlight and a flashlight incorporating the PCB. The PCB includes a circuit board having first and second conductors. The first conductor includes a first section and at least a second section at least partially surrounding the first section. The second conductor includes a first section positioned between the first and second sections of the first conductor and, according to one embodiment, a second section at least partially surrounding the second section of the first conductor. The flashlight includes a housing for receiving a power source, the PCB, LEDs mounted on the PCB, and a switch for turning the flashlight on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Tektite Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott A. Mele
  • Patent number: 6601972
    Abstract: In a deuterium lamp box in accordance with the present invention, a wavelength of light different from that of a deuterium lamp can be forwardly let out from a light exit opening. Namely, when the deuterium lamp of a see-through type is lit, the light generated from the deuterium lamp can be let out from the light exit opening. When a second lamp is lit while the deuterium lamp is turned off, the light generated from the second lamp 85 passes through the deuterium lamp while in a state collected by a lens, and is let out from the light exit opening. When the deuterium lamp and the second lamp are lit at the same time, different wavelengths of light are let out from the light exit opening while in a mixed state. Thus, three kinds of light can be made depending on how the lamps are lit, whereby this lamp box is considered to have a versatility much higher than that of a lamp box accommodating only one lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventors: Yujiro Sei, Masaki Ito