Patents by Inventor Shin W. Rhee

Shin W. Rhee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Lighting fixture frame and mounting panel apparatus
    Patent number: 7029153
    Abstract: A lighting fixture frame and mounting panel apparatus that includes a frame formed with an interior wall circumscribing a central opening and a panel for mounting a lighting device. The frame is formed with inwardly projecting stop pads and resilient legs formed with inwardly projecting teeth, and the panel is received upwardly into the central opening until it is securely mounted in a panel slot formed between the lower surfaces of the pads and the upper surfaces of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Moisture resistant fluorescent light fixture
    Patent number: 6962425
    Abstract: A light fixture including a housing formed by a pan having parallel side walls terminating in mounting phalanges formed with O-ring rungs and further including retainer rails which engage the opposite side of a flexible lens to hold the lens against an O-ring in the O-ring runs to maintain a moisture resistant seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Lighting fixture frame and mounting panel apparatus
    Patent number: 6929389
    Abstract: A lighting fixture frame and mounting panel apparatus that includes a frame formed with an interior wall circumscribing a central opening and a panel for mounting a lighting device. The frame is formed with inwardly projecting stop pads and resilient legs formed with inwardly projecting teeth, and the panel is received upwardly into the central opening until it is securely mounted in a panel slot formed between the lower surfaces of the pads and the upper surfaces of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Moisture resistant flourescent light fixture
    Patent number: 6663261
    Abstract: A light fixture including a housing formed by a pan having parallel side walls terminating in mounting phalanges formed with O-ring rungs and further including retainer rails which engage the opposite side of a flexible lens to hold the lens against an O-ring in the O-ring runs to maintain a moisture resistant seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Snap assembled light fixture apparatus
    Patent number: 6601976
    Abstract: A rectangular frame having side and end and side walls defining a downwardly opening receiving cavity for receipt upwardly therein of a pan having a laterally outwardly turned marginal flanges which overlie corresponding flanges in the frame and has mated mounting bores for receipt of mounting screws. Retains mounted on the opposite ends of the frame releasably engage the pan to hold it in position in the frame during shipping and storage and prior to mounting thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Light fixture apparatus with pan retainer
    Patent number: 6367955
    Abstract: A rectangular frame having side and end and side walls defining a downwardly opening receiving cavity for receipt upwardly therein of a pan having a laterally outwardly turned marginal flanges which overlie corresponding flanges in the frame and has mated mounting bores for receipt of mounting screws. Retains mounted on the opposite ends of the frame releasably engage the pan to hold it in position in the frame during shipping and storage and prior to mounting thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Low voltage fluorescent lighting system
    Patent number: 4757238
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an improved low voltage fluorescent lighting system having two elongated fluorescent lamps. The invention provides an improved simple switching system which allows one or both lamps to be turned on. The improved switching system includes a high capacitance by-pass circuit parallel to one of the fluorescent lamps which, when closed, by-passes sufficient current so that the lamp in parallel will not be lit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Light fixture frame
    Patent number: D514248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Moisture resistant light fixture
    Patent number: D470966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee
  • Combination light fixture and lens assembly
    Patent number: D496487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Thin-Lite Corporation
    Inventor: Shin W. Rhee