Patents Examined by Y My Quach Lee
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Patent number: 8382313Abstract: An electric torch (10) includes a main body (1), a head assembly (2), and a rear assembly (3) releasably engaged with a rear end of the main body. The rear assembly includes a rear cover (31) for enclosing an electrically conductive spring (315), an electrically conductive cathode plate (314), and a magnetic controlled member (313, 318) therein. The spring is electrically engaged between negative terminal (152) of the battery pack and the cathode plate. The magnetic controlled member is disposed between the cathode plate and rear end of the rear cover, and can divert electric current flows in the torch under an attractive force of a magnet. The main body and the rear cover are electrically conductive, and given an electrically nonconductive surface treatment except for certain areas (11-13, 3111-3112, 3121, 3121?, 3122) for electrically connection. The torch is waterproof and multifunctional.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Inventor: Shek Hung Fok
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Patent number: 8382333Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a heat dissipating plate having first and second regions, the first region having a mesa with a first top surface, the second region having a second top surface, the first top surface being higher than the second top surface; a circuit board disposed above the heat dissipating plate, and including a first area that has a through hole to permit the mesa to extend therethrough and that directly contacts the second top surface of the second region of the heat dissipating plate, and a second area that does not contact the heat dissipating plate; and a light emitting element disposed on the mesa of the heat dissipating plate and electrically connected to the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Inventor: Kuei-Fang Chen
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Patent number: 8371724Abstract: The present invention is directed to a small-sized stroboscopic light emitting device that controls disorder in light distribution (orientation) characteristic caused by a shape of the reflector, and achieves a homogeneous light quantity distribution. The stroboscopic light emitting device includes an illuminator 1, a reflector 2 for reflecting light from the reflector, and a lens 3 for allowing the light reflected by the reflector 2 to pass through and illuminate outwardly, and the lens 3 contains a filler 4 in the base material. A refractive index and a mean particle size of the filler are between or equal to 1.3 to 2.8 and between or equal to 0.1 ?m to 20 ?m, respectively, and the filler is contained in the base material at the rate between or equal to 0.1 parts by weight to 3.0 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignees: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Asahi Kasei Chemicals CorporationInventors: Yuji Tamaki, Tatsuya Hioki, Eiichi Sugimoto, Tatsuya Goto, Nobuhiro Kobayashi
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Patent number: 8371706Abstract: Provided is a light projection structure (10), including: a reflective member (11) including a reflective surface (11a), the reflective surface (11a) being formed as a concave surface having a focal point (f) positioned near its apex (t); and a light emitting member (12) disposed at the focal point (f) and its vicinity, for emitting light when excited by excitation light.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yasuo Fukai, David Montgomery, James Suckling
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Patent number: 8360624Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes a light emitting device disposed adjacent to a base point on an optical axis extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle headlamp, and a transparent member disposed in front of the light emitting device. The light emitting device has a light emitting surface arranged to face forward. The transparent member is configured such that light emitted by the light emitting device enters the transparent member and is internally reflected by a front surface of the transparent member, and such that the light reflected by the front surface is internally reflected again by a rear surface of the transparent member and emitted from the front surface of the transparent member. The rear surface of the transparent member is configured to form horizontal and oblique cutoff lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoaki Otani, Naoki Uchida
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Patent number: 8360608Abstract: Disclosed is an illuminating system of flexible shape and comprising at least one LED disposed on a flexible carrier material, an optic being provided that permits uniform, directed and/or glare-free light emission.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Osram AGInventor: Florian Wildner
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Patent number: 8360610Abstract: A lighted architectural mesh includes a plurality of interconnected wires forming a plurality of transverse openings. At least one light carrier is slidably received within at least one of said transverse openings. The at least one light carrier includes light nodes emitting light through the interstices on the front and/or rear side of the architectural mesh. The at least one light carrier further comprises a plurality of connecting elements, wherein the light emitter nodes of the at least one light element are releasably interconnected in series by the connecting elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignees: Cambridge International Inc., LSI Industries, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Costello, Matthew O'Connell, Bassam Dib Jalbout
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Patent number: 8353603Abstract: A pet item storage unit including a body having first and second portions. The first portion includes a first storage compartment having a lid adapted to secure items inside the first storage compartment. The second portion includes a second storage compartment adapted to hold a plurality of disposable bags and includes an open slot for removal of at least one of the bags. An aperture extends completely through the pet item storage unit between the first and second portions and is adapted to receive a dog leash. A light source is disposed between the first and second portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Berryco LLCInventor: Erika Berry
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Patent number: 8353607Abstract: A lighting or signaling device for emitting a lighting or signaling beam according to a main direction, of the type comprising a light source, a flux-recovering mirror comprising a set of reflecting tiles, the reflective surface of each reflecting tile being constituted by a first conical segment with two focal points, a first focal point of which is situated on the light source and a second focal point of which is situated, in relation to reflecting tile in a specific direction in relation to the main direction, each reflecting tile forming an image of the light source. A surface of at least one reflecting tile has at least one second conical segment with two focal points a first focal point of which is situated on the light source and a second focal point of which is situated at a distance from the second focal point of the first conical segment with two focal points.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Whilk Goncalves, Otavio-Henrique Dos Reis
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Patent number: 8337035Abstract: An illuminating device for a walking stick includes a main body having a through hole defined in a top thereof for adapting to receive a bottom of a walking stick, such that the main body adapts to position on the walking stick. A plurality of light source is mounted on the main body for emitting light. A light shade sleeves on the main body and encloses the light sources. The light shade allows light to pass through. A power supply is mounted in the main body and is electrically connected with the light sources. When the light sources are supplied with electricity provided by the power supply to emit light, light emitted by the light sources is transmitted through the light shade for providing an illuminating effect.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Inventor: Shin-Sheng Lu
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Patent number: 8328381Abstract: A power tool including a end effector rotatable with respect to the housing, a collar rotatable with respect to the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) rotatably fixed with respect to the housing, and a light element operatively connected to the PCB and adjacent to the end effector and in a recess of the collar and located to illuminate a workpiece machined by the power tool. A method of providing light for a workpiece being machined by a power tool including locating lighting elements around a spindle of a power tool, aligning the lighting elements to shine light on a workpiece being machined by the power tool, operatively connecting the lighting elements to a PCB, containing and supporting the PCB with a guide, supporting wires configured to provide power to the PCB with the guide, locating the lighting elements, PCB and guide in a rotatable collar, and preventing the lighting elements, PCB and guide from rotating when the collar rotates.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Eva J. Dixon, Daniel L. Krout, Robert G. Kusmierski, Stephen P. Osborne, Amanda Miller, Jeff Delcamp, Corey G. Robertson
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Patent number: 8322880Abstract: An illumination device for an aircraft, comprising a combination of two-dimensional background illumination with a reflection of incident light on a face pointing towards the viewer in order to achieve a particular depth effect, as a result of which the illumination body appears to the viewer in greater visual depth than is actually the case. This is, in particular, of importance in aircraft, in which not only is the available space small, but also the weight aspect that is inevitably associated with large bodies plays an important role.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Carsten Vogel, Detlef Heym
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Patent number: 8317381Abstract: A vehicle light is provided having a light source, a fiber-optic light guide into which light of the light source is coupled on a coupling surface, an expander for expanding the aperture angle of an incident light beam, and deflectors, which are intended for deflecting incident light, disposed behind a rear side of the fiber-optic light guide.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Juergen Heidinger
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Patent number: 8317350Abstract: A power tool having a light for illuminating an area proximate a movable end effector. The light may be mounted in such a way as to transmit light through a rotatable collar on the power tool, through or through a member of a housing of the power tool, or from the moving end effector. The light may be powered by a power source that is used for moving the end effector or from a generator that generates electrical power when the power tool is used.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Brian E. Friedman, Stephen P. Osborne, Eva J. Dixon, Eric E. Hatfield, Daniel Krout, Robert Kusmierski, Corey G. Robertson, Jeffrey Delcamp, Daniel Puzio, Robert S. Gehret, Stuart Garber, Joerg Zellerhoff, Joao Norona, Aris C. Cleanthous, Amanda Miller
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Patent number: 8303142Abstract: An LED worklight having a center core and a first panel and a second panel coupled to the center core. The first panel includes a first array of LEDs mounted to a first circuit board disposed within a first opening formed within the first panel and a first lens disposed over the first array of LEDs. The second panel includes features similar to the first panel. The second panel is rotatable around the center core from a 0 degree closed orientation to about a 360 degree orientation, and is positionable at any intermediate angle therebetween. The LED worklight includes a retractable hook for mounting to an elevated object. The LED worklight also includes at least one magnet to mount the LED worklight to vertical/vertically angling surfaces. The array of LEDs mounted to the first panel and the second panel can be controlled independently of one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Christopher Michael Bryant, James Richard Christ
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Patent number: 8303146Abstract: A side turn signal lamp includes a light guide member having a light guide lens and a plurality of LEDs. The light guide lens includes a front surface and a light entry end face. The light guide lens includes a front surface and a light entry end face. The front surface is configured to correspond to a laterally extending opening in an outer side wall of a side mirror housing so as to guide the light through the opening. The light guide lens is configured to have a width that corresponds to the opening having a shape of a slit in a front view and such that the light entry end face extends in a front-rear direction of the side turn signal lamp. The LEDs are arranged in the front-rear direction to directly face the light entry end face.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiko Kazaoka, Haruhito Takahashi
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Patent number: 8297779Abstract: A device for power supply of a portable electric lighting lamp by batteries or a storage battery unit, said device being composed of a front case housing a system of electric contacts connected to the lighting module, of a rear case in the form of a cover, and of a fixing system comprising first articulation means and first clip-fastening means to assemble the rear case to the front case. A storage battery unit is housed in an insulating enclosure to constitute a single intercalated part able to be inserted between the front case and the rear case, said enclosure comprising second articulation means and second clip-fastening means designed to operate in conjunction with said first means of the fixing system when the storage battery unit is fitted instead of and in place of the batteries.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: ZedelInventors: Grégory Martin, Frédéric Piu, Paul Petzl
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Patent number: 8282259Abstract: The light-guide plate has an extended portion. The extended portion has a recess formed in a thickness direction, and the optical sensor is arranged within the recess.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.Inventor: Hideki Itaya
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Patent number: 8267552Abstract: A light-transmissive shell capable of intensifying an illuminant and wide-angle light transmission includes a lens body and an extension portion integrally extended from the lens body in a vertical direction or at an acute angle to the vertical direction. The lens body includes an outer top surface structured as a convexity and an inner bottom surface structured as a flat surface or an inner concavity. The extension portion includes an inner surface extending around from the inner bottom surface of the lens body. An arcuate surface is formed as a joint between the inner bottom surface of the lens body and the inner surface of the extension portion. The light emitted by an illuminant is intensified through the lens body and guided into a wide-angle light through the extension portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Inventor: Wen-Sung Hu
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Patent number: 8256924Abstract: An LED-based light includes a support structure. At least one oscillator is connected to the support structure. At least one LED is coupled to each oscillator. The oscillator can oscillate the LED to produce a light blurring effect.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Ilumisys, Inc.Inventors: David L. Simon, John Ivey