With Support Patents (Class 362/249.01)
  • Publication number: 20130223059
    Abstract: An ultra-high efficiency underwater light for attracting marine life having radially arranged facets supporting light emitting diodes (LEDs) that project a large perimeter of light underwater. A water cooling system allows the high powered LEDs to operate at sustained peak levels without sacrificing service life. A light bifurcating structure causes a central portion of water to illuminate in a different color than the color of the outer perimeter portion of water. A tire valve stem located on the underwater light is used to remove moisture bearing air and to also pressurize the light with a non-corrosive gas. Antifouling circuitry automatically cycles the underwater light on and off multiple times during periods of non-use. Smart circuitry communicates through a series of blinks and accepts commands from a user through a power cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Steven Miller, Robert Joseph Marques
  • Publication number: 20130215613
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a lighting apparatus. The lighting apparatus includes a thermally-conductive substrate. The thermally-conductive substrate may include a substrate. The lighting apparatus also includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB is located besides the thermally-conductive substrate. The PCB and the thermally-conductive substrate have different material compositions. The lighting apparatus also includes a photonic device located over the thermally-conductive substrate. The photonic device may include a light-emitting diode (LED) die. The photonic device is thermally coupled to the thermally-conductive substrate. The photonic device is electrically coupled to the printed circuit board. The lighting apparatus also includes a thermal dissipation structure. The thermal dissipation structure is thermally coupled to the thermally-conductive substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventor: Yi-Tsuo Wu
  • Publication number: 20130214142
    Abstract: The primary purpose of the present invention is to provide an fluid circulating installation adapted with a temperature equalization system and fluid transmission duct disposed in a heat carrier existing in solid or liquid state in the nature where presents comparatively larger and more reliable heat carrying capacity. The fluid passes through the solid or gas state semiconductor application installation to regulate the semiconductor application installation for temperature equalization, and flows back to the heat equalization installation disposed in the natural heat carrier of heat for the heat equalization installation providing good heat conduction in the natural heat carrier to provide the operation of temperature equalization regulating function on the backflow of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventor: Tai-Her YANG
  • Publication number: 20130215606
    Abstract: A modular illumination lamp comprises a base, wherein the lamp further comprises: a first frame integrally formed with the base; a second frame connected to the first frame or the base; at least one illumination module mounted on the first and second frames. By the specific design of the modular illumination lamp, the amount of the illumination modules can be increased or decreased as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Yong Zhao, Cuijuan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8513866
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a semiconductor lamp may include at least one semiconductor light source; a driver for operating the at least one semiconductor light source and at least one heat sink for cooling the at least one semiconductor light source and the driver; wherein the at least one heat sink may include a first heat sink, which is thermally connected to the at least one semiconductor light source and a second heat sink, which is thermally connected to the driver; wherein the first heat sink and the second heat sink are thermally insulated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Guenter Hoetzl
  • Patent number: 8511853
    Abstract: A point light source includes a light-emitting portion, a first lead and a second lead. The first lead and the second lead are electrically connected to the light-emitting portion. The first lead and the second lead respectively have a wedging portion. The wedging portions can be matched with each other. A light source module using the point light source is also provided. The light source module includes at least one light source assembly. Each light source assembly includes a plurality of the point light sources connected in series. Adjacent two point light sources are wedged to each other in series by a combination of the wedging portions of the adjacent first lead and second lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Kuang Chen, Chen-Yi Su
  • Publication number: 20130208466
    Abstract: An illuminating device with adjustable light beams and a method for assembling the same. The light-emitting units are disposed on the substrate. The optical element is disposed in the path of a light emitted by at least one of the light-emitting units. The driving unit drives a first or second set of the light-emitting units, wherein a light beam formed by light that is emitted by the first set of the light-emitting units and passes through the optical element has a different shape or projection angle from a light beam formed by light that is emitted by the second set of the light-emitting units and passes through the optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: AV TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Ru Huang, Chien-Yueh Chen
  • Publication number: 20130207964
    Abstract: In embodiments of an imaging structure with embedded light sources, an imaging structure includes a silicon backplane with a driver pad array. The embedded light sources are formed on the driver pad array in an emitter material layer, and the embedded light sources can be individually controlled at the driver pad array to generate and emit light. A conductive material layer over the embedded light sources forms a p-n junction between the emitter material layer and the conductive material layer. Micro lens optics can be positioned over the conductive material layer to direct the light that is emitted from the embedded light sources. Further, the micro lens optics may be implemented as parabolic optics to concentrate the light that is emitted from the embedded light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Rod G. Fleck, David D. Bohn, Andreas G. Nowatzyk
  • Patent number: 8506114
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a white light source, a filter which filters blue light from the white light, and a second light source which emits red light and/or reddish-orange light. In some embodiments, the white light source comprises a solid state light emitter. A method of lighting, comprising illuminating a white light source, illuminating a red and/or reddish-orange light source, the light sources being positioned and oriented such that the light mixes, and filtering blue light from the mixed light. A method of lighting, comprising illuminating a white light source, filtering blue light from the white light, and illuminating a red and/or reddish-orange light source. A light filter, comprising a first filter component which has a wall region and a window region, and a second filter component comprising two or more reflection regions. Also, methods of filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Antony Paul Van De Ven
  • Publication number: 20130201683
    Abstract: A lighting device (100), comprising: a ring-shaped first carrier (1) having at least one first light source (11) on the first carrier (1) and a ring-shaped first light emission area (12) disposed downstream of the first light source; (11), and a second carrier (2) having at least one second light source (21), having at least one third light source (31), having a second light emission area (22) disposed downstream of the second light source (21) and having a third light emission area (32) disposed downstream of the third light source (31), wherein, via the second and third light emission areas (22, 32), light is emitted in respectively opposite emission directions (20, 30), and wherein the second carrier (2) is arranged within the ring-shaped first carrier (1) and the first and second carriers (1, 2) are mounted rotatably relative to one another about a rotation axis (3) wherein the rotation axis (3) extends along a diameter of the ring-shaped first carrier (1)
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Osram AG
    Inventors: Guenter Kirchberger, Thorsten Pauli
  • Publication number: 20130200405
    Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a substrate that has an upper side and an under side lying opposite the upper side. The substrate is formed with an electrically conductive mounting region, an electrically conductive connection region and an electrically isolating oxidation region. An optoelectronic part is arranged on the upper side of the substrate in the region of the mounting region. The oxidation region electrically isolates the mounting region from the connection region. The oxidation region extends, without interruption, from the upper side of the substrate to the underside of the substrate. The mounting region and the connection region are formed with aluminum and the oxidation region is formed with an oxide of the aluminum. The mounting region, the oxidation region and the connection region being are designed contiguously to form an entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Zitzlsperger, Johann Ramchen
  • Publication number: 20130201685
    Abstract: An electronic sign includes a planar lighting module emitting visible light. A cabinet supportingly engages the lighting module. An air chamber is between the cabinet and the lighting module. A vertical partition is within the air chamber and extends between a bottom wall and a top wall of the cabinet, and between the lighting module and a rear wall of the cabinet. The partition divides the air chamber into first and second sections. An electric fan is within the cabinet and transfers air from the first to the second section. The cabinet and/or the lighting module include a plurality of throughholes fluidly interconnecting the air chamber to ambient air. A first subset of the throughholes are more closely fluidly connected to the first section than to the second section. A second subset of the throughholes are more closely fluidly connected to the second section than to the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Ryan Messmore, Byron Hall, Larry Smith, Jeff Koebrich
  • Publication number: 20130201679
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a junction box, a trim element and a solid state light emitter, at least a portion of a space defined by regions of the trim element within a space defined by regions of the junction box, the light emitter within the trim element space. A lighting device comprising a trim element (with at least two regions) and a solid state light emitter, in which at least a first part of the first region can be positioned in a first space with the second region outside the first space, the light emitter within the first part. A lighting device, comprising a trim element (which comprises at least two regions), part of an exterior of which defines a first space, at least a first part of the first region within the first space, a solid state light emitter within the first part. Methods of installing a light emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth PICKARD, Nicholas W. Medendorp, JR., Mark D. Edmond, Dong Lu, Curt Progl, Mark Dixon
  • Publication number: 20130201706
    Abstract: A circuit module includes: a lighting control circuit that controls lighting of a semiconductor light emitting element; a first heat radiating member on which the lighting control circuit is mounted; a second heat radiating member that is separated from the first heat radiating member and has a surface on which the semiconductor light emitting element is mounted; and a connecting mechanism having both a housing that connects the first heat radiating member and the second heat radiating member together and a conductive portion that transmits a signal from the lighting control circuit to the semiconductor light emitting element. The housing is formed of a material having a coefficient of thermal conductivity lower than those of the first heat radiating member and the second heat radiating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya SUZUKI, Akihiro MATSUMOTO, Tomoyuki NAKAGAWA, Naoki SONE, Takashi INOUE
  • Publication number: 20130201674
    Abstract: A modular lighting fixture assembly. Multiple light pods can be removably mounted on both lateral sides of a mechanical thermal element, such as an elongated heat sink. The pods can be easily removed for cleaning, maintenance, and transport, for example. A light strip including multiple LEDs can be mounted to a surface of the heat sink on both sides. Each pod has a portion cutaway such that when the pods are mounted to the heat sink, the cutaway portions align with the light strips. Thus, when mounted, the light strip can be adjacent to or protrude into an interior cavity of the pod. The interior surfaces of the pods are shaped to redirect light in a particular output profile. The assembly may be mounted to a ceiling and used as an overhead fixture designed to efficiently light an aisle in a retail space or a storage facility, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Elizabeth Ann Rodgers
  • Patent number: 8502934
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on the substrate, a first inner wiring portion formed on the substrate and connected to the plurality of light emitting elements, and a second inner wiring portion formed on the substrate insulated from the first inner wiring portion. Two such light source units may be included in a backlight unit having a plurality of light emitting elements. A receiving member accommodates the first light source unit and the second light source unit, and a length of wires arranged along inside edges of the receiving member is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Keun Lee, Si-Joon Song, Gi-Gherl Kim
  • Patent number: 8500301
    Abstract: An illuminant device includes at least an illuminant element and a lamp holder including a housing, a metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB) and a power-driving unit. The housing includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The MCPCB is disposed on the first side of the housing and includes a base and a plurality of extending parts extended from the circumference of base in a bending forming manner and spaced from each other. The base has a plurality of holes, the extending parts are embedded within the housing, and the illuminant element is mounted on the base. The power-driving unit includes a circuit board, and a first end of the circuit board has a plurality of posts. The posts are respectively penetrated the holes and electrically connected to the MCPCB. In addition, a manufacturing method of the lamp holder is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cooler Master Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiang-Fei Duan
  • Patent number: 8500298
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting fixture includes a fixture body and a plurality of light-emitting modules. A plurality of light-emitting module arrangement portions are formed on the surface of the fixture body. The light-emitting modules are arranged on the light-emitting module arrangement portions of the fixture body and annularly arranged so that a space is formed at the center area of the fixture body. Semiconductor light-emitting elements are disposed on the surface of the light-emitting module, and a wiring connector is arranged at the space side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kozo Ogawa, Kazunari Higuchi, Shigetoshi Komiyama, Takayoshi Moriyama, Shinichi Kumashiro
  • Publication number: 20130193856
    Abstract: Systems and methods of providing illumination may be provided in accordance with the invention. A lighting unit may be provided comprising a plurality of light sources, each light source of said plurality being at least partially surrounded by an optical element, and a support configured to support the light source above a surface. The light sources may be light emitting plasma sources, and the support may be a high-mast support. In some embodiments, the optical element may be a reflector containing one or more facets, directing the light toward the surface. In some configurations, each light source of said plurality may be independently controllable and/or dimmable. A lighting unit may communicate with an external controller, which may provide instructions for controlling the light sources. A lighting system may be provided with a host controlling a plurality of lighting units, which may be organized into zones. The zones, lighting units, and/or light sources may be independently controllable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Bright Light Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Bright Light Systems, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130194803
    Abstract: A lighting module for illuminating device may include at least one lighting component; at least one lighting component bracket bearing its corresponding lighting component; and one mounting trail, wherein each lighting component bracket is mounted onto the mounting trail and fixed onto a shell of the illuminating device by the mounting trail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Xiaomian Chen, Hoitat Cheng, Yubao He, Tengzhi Qin
  • Publication number: 20130194550
    Abstract: A display module includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements provided on the substrate, a bank provided on the substrate at a position separated by a predetermined distance from an outer circumferential edge of a display region on which the plurality of light emitting elements are arranged, the bank being configured to enclose at least a part of the outer circumferential edge of the display region, and an outer circumference protection part provided on the bank and on an outer circumferential region of the bank, the outer circumference protection part being formed of a resin material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventor: Oki Data Corporation
  • Patent number: 8496358
    Abstract: An apparatus for concentrating solar radiation includes a number of modules. Each module has three receivers for receiving reflected radiation and a reflecting surface. The receivers form a triangle in a plane approximately parallel to the reflecting surface. The reflecting surface has a number of reflectors. Each of the reflectors includes three mirrored facets which are each oriented such that light reflected from the facet is directed to one of the three receivers. Further, each of the reflectors is positioned with respect to the receivers and the other reflectors to reduce facet shading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: John McEntee
  • Publication number: 20130188357
    Abstract: A channel letter lighting system comprising a plurality of lighting units that are interconnected by a conductor. Each of the units is coupled to the conductor such that an electrical signal applied to the conductor causes the lighting units to emit light. The length of the conductor between said units is adjustable to vary the distance between adjacent ones of the lighting units. In other embodiment the lighting units comprise a plurality of emitters. A conductor is included for carrying an electrical signal with the lighting units connected to and interconnected by a conductor. An electrical signal applied to the conductor causes the emitters emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: THE SLOAN COMPANY, INC. DBA SLOANLED
    Inventor: THE SLOAN COMPANY, INC. DBA SLOANLED
  • Publication number: 20130188375
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a board on which a plurality of light emitting devices are mounted, a first interconnecting section having first interconnections, one end of each of which being connected to one of an anode side and an cathode side of an associated one of the light emitting devices, a second interconnecting section having second interconnections, one end of each of which being connected to the other of the anode side and the cathode side of an associated one of the light emitting devices, and a power supply portion provided along one side of the board to receive an external power. The second interconnecting section has at least one, but less than the number of the second interconnections, collectively interconnecting portion to which another end of each of the second interconnections is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Masanobu Mizuno, Yasuaki Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20130188358
    Abstract: A lighting device may include: a cover in which a circuit board mounted with multiple lighting modules is provided, an end cap which is used to close the cover at least one end of the cover, as well as adhesive sealant, wherein the end cap includes a first portion that can be closely mounted into the cover and a second portion at the outside of the cover, and the second portion is configured to form a recess, the adhesive sealant encapsulate the cover and seal the end cap by flowing into the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Hui Wu, Shuai Li, Canbang Yang, Zesheng Ye
  • Publication number: 20130188352
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus is shown and described. In one aspect, the lighting apparatus includes a lighting component and a mounting structure. The lighting component can include a light source, a plate, and a frame. The light source can include one or more lighting elements, such as light emitting diodes. The lighting component can be releasably secured to the mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: LSI Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: LSI Industries, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130188388
    Abstract: A solid state illumination system is provided as a replacement for conventional arc light, metal halide and Xenon white-light sources for applications in life sciences including, microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and endoscopy. The solid state illumination system generates high quality white light output from LED light sources. The white light output is continuous in the visible spectrum from 380 nm to 650 nm and is suitable for imaging all the most common fluorophores and fluorescent proteins. In embodiments, an LED light pipe engine is used to generate a portion of the spectral content of the white light output. In alternative embodiments the solid state illumination system produces light output of a selectable color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: LUMENCOR, INC.
    Inventor: Lumencor, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8491168
    Abstract: A clip for quickly hanging strings of decorative lights with magnetic base lamp sockets on a home or building. The clip has a ferrous metal base with a hole in the center and a plurality of spaced-apart retaining tabs around the perimeter of the base extending a predetermined distance away from the base. Each of the plurality of spaced-apart retaining tabs has a groove on each side of the tabs to reduce weight. The clip is attached to wood with a screw or a nail or attached to metal or glass with a glue, epoxy or double sided adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Robert James Cooper
  • Publication number: 20130182415
    Abstract: A method for forming a lighting fixture includes obtaining at least one bendable member having a plurality of spaced-apart portions which define a generally planar configuration, bending by hand the at least one bendable member so that the spaced-apart portions define a non-planar surface, and operably connecting the at least one bent member to at least one of a light source or to an electrical receptacle for receiving a light bulb for illuminating the bent member. The bendable member may be configured as an ornamental vine having at least one elongated stem and a plurality of leaves extending from said at least one elongated stem, and a plurality of decorative elements attached to at least some of said leaves and to said stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Roslyn J. YANDO
  • Publication number: 20130182436
    Abstract: A lighting module has a housing that houses an array of light-emitting elements and has multiple channels that each have an opening at the end of each channel. All of the openings of the channels are positioned along the same plane in some examples. The plane is opposite the surface of the housing that emits the light from the light-emitting elements. An intake fan is positioned in at least one of the channels so that it causes air to enter the housing through that channel's opening. An exhaust fan is positioned in another one of the channels so that it causes air to be forced out of the housing through the other channel's opening. The air flow through the intake channel and the exhaust channel help cool the lighting module during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: PHOSEON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David G. Payne, Sara Jennings
  • Publication number: 20130182437
    Abstract: An illumination device may include a heat sink, on which at least one light source is fastened at least indirectly, wherein the heat sink is held movably in a holder in such a way that the heat sink moves with greater difficulty in an energized state of the light source than in a de-energized state of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventor: Peter Sachsenweger
  • Publication number: 20130182432
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a main body unit, a light source module and a cover unit. The light source module is disposed in an upper space of the main body unit to be separated therefrom and includes a substrate and at least one light emitting device respectively disposed on both surfaces of the substrate. The cover unit is disposed on the main body unit to cover the light source module and allowing light emitted from the light source module to be emitted from a surface of the cover unit in a radial manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8487323
    Abstract: An LED housing having a housing cavity, a carrier element, LED chips, the LED housing being formed in such a way that it may connect a plurality of LED housings of identical construction and, by its shaping, is additionally mountable in various ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Köhler, Stefan Grötsch, Herbert Brunner, Rainer Huber
  • Patent number: 8485690
    Abstract: A decorative light string clip device is provided for holding a string of lights in a desired configuration on a tree branch or other elongated support structure. The device includes an arcuate member having a pair of spaced free ends. The arcuate member has an outer perimeter edge extending between the free ends. A plurality of notches is provided in the member. Each of the notches extends inwardly from the outer perimeter edge of the member. The notches are radially positioned in spaced relationship around the member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventors: Virginia Garcia, Valerie Garcia
  • Publication number: 20130176730
    Abstract: A light source apparatus includes an outer casing. A light source member and a light source module having a cooling body which cools the light source member are disposed in the outer casing. A wind tunnel which surrounds a heat pipe unit as the cooling body of the light source module is provided in the outer casing. The wind tunnel includes a wind passage which allows cooling wind to pass through the heat pipe unit. An intake-opening is formed in a surface of the outer casing, and cooling wind is taken into the outer casing from outside thereof through the intake-opening. One end of the wind passage of the wind tunnel is connected to the intake-opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Takumi KIJIMA, Koji KUMANO, Yukio SATO, Mitoru YABE
  • Patent number: 8480264
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus is shown and described. In one aspect, the lighting apparatus includes a light source, a plate, and frame. The light source can include one or more lighting elements that are in thermal communication with the light source. The plate can have a dissipative portion extending outward from a point of thermal communication between the plate and the light source. The frame can at least partially enclose the light source and may also be in thermal communication therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: LSI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Vanden Eynden, James P. Sferra, Larry A. Akers, John D. Boyer
  • Publication number: 20130170205
    Abstract: Lighting apparatus for airports, in particular flush light, having housing with a housing base and a housing top that includes a recess for receiving a light disc. Light disc facilitates the emission of light from a light source, disposed in the interior of the housing, to the surroundings. A light source carrier on which the light source is mounted is attached to a heat transfer block locked in a recess of the housing top such that edges and/or at least partially flat sides of the heat transfer block are in direct contact with the corresponding sides of the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Bjorn Abel, Klaus Auras, Thomas Albert Robbecke, Ralf Ruther
  • Publication number: 20130170185
    Abstract: An exemplary display device includes a display panel, first light emitters, second light emitters, and light receivers. The first and second light emitters are uniformly disposed adjacent to a back surface of the display panel and are symmetrically arrayed respectively corresponding to two half portions of the back surface, and emit invisible light beams to pass through the display panel. The light beams emitted by the first light emitters are parallel and obliquely emitted towards the back surface along a first transmission direction. The light beams emitted by the second light emitters are parallel and obliquely emitted towards the back surface along a second transmission direction, and the first transmission direction is towards the second transmission direction. The light receivers are disposed corresponding to the first and second light emitters, and receive the light beams emitted by the first and second light emitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FU TAI HUA INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: QIANG YOU
  • Publication number: 20130170209
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor lighting apparatus having at least one or more clamping units are formed along a longitudinal direction of a race way. A first sealing unit finishes both ends of a housing attached to or detached from the clamping unit. A second sealing unit surrounds upper and lower portions of both edges of an optical member disposed on the bottom surface of the housing. A wireless communication unit receives a dimming signal through a wireless communication network, and outputs the received dimming signal to a power supply unit. The power supply unit supplies a DC voltage to the light emitting module to control the illuminance of the light emitting module according to the dimming signal input from the wireless communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: POSCO LED COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Deok Ju LEE, Yun Ha KIM, Jung Hwa KIM, Tae Hoon SONG, Min A. JEONG, Min Uk YOO, Dae Won KIM, Jae Young CHOI, Haeng Ryeol LEE
  • Publication number: 20130170204
    Abstract: A light source apparatus is provided which uses a plurality of semiconductor laser devices and which offers adequate heat dissipation. The light source apparatus using a plurality of semiconductor laser devices includes a holding member on which the plurality of semiconductor laser devices is arranged, wherein at least one semiconductor laser device among the plurality of semiconductor laser devices is arranged on the holding member such that a relative position of the semiconductor laser device in an optical axis direction with respect to an adjacent semiconductor laser device in a front view of the holding member is greater than a relative position of the semiconductor laser device in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction with respect to the adjacent semiconductor laser device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: NICHIA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130170211
    Abstract: An assembled type lamp wall comprises a base, at least one fastening holder and at least one lamp panel, wherein the fastening holder has a fitting portion provided for joining the base and a bottom portion that is stably in contact with ground. The fitting portion of the fastening holder is disposed with at least one screw through hole. The base has a plurality of screw holes aligning the at least one screw through hole and respectively and circularly disposed at a location of joining the fastening holder so that the several lamp panels can be horizontally extended and arranged on the base, and other screw holes align the screw through holes on the fastening holder, and a purpose of easily regulating the lamp panels 30 can be easily achieved by means of screwing the screw into the screw hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Ming-Tsun Lin
  • Publication number: 20130170174
    Abstract: A Multi-Cavities light emitting device includes a base, a blue light emitting unit, at least two red light emitting units, a light conversion layer and a lens, and the base has a central slot and at least two side slots symmetrically formed on external sides of the central slot, and the blue light emitting unit is installed in the central slot, and the two red light emitting units are installed in the two side slots respectively, and the light conversion layer is covered onto the blue light emitting unit, and the lens is protruded from the base and sealed onto the central slot and at least two side slots, so as to achieve the effects of improving the light extraction efficiency of an LED chip and the yield rate of the product and reducing the overall assembling time and cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Hsi-Yan CHOU, Tzu-Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 8475007
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a light emitting element disposed within a space surrounded by a reflective surface of a reflector disposed on a board. A lower portion of the reflector is placed within a recess formed in the board, and a side wall of the recess is interposed between the lower end of the reflective surface of the reflector and the light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Lighting, Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshinori Ueji, Shusaku Kon
  • Publication number: 20130163244
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: disposing a group of electrically conductive members on a support substrate, the group of the electrically conductive members forming a plurality of mounting portions arranged in two or more columns and two or more rows with the mounting portions respectively corresponding to a plurality of light emitting elements; placing the light emitting elements on the group of the electrically conductive members with a bonding member being disposed between the light emitting elements and the electrically conductive members, each of the light emitting elements being shifted from a corresponding one of the mounting portions; and melting the bonding member to mount the light emitting elements respectively on the mounting portions by self-alignment effect generated by the melting of the bonding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: NICHIA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130163247
    Abstract: A lamp includes a lighting module and a lamp base. The lamp base includes a base unit. The base unit includes a first base element and a second base element. The first base element includes a plurality of first channels. The second base element includes a plurality of second channels that are in fluid communication with the second channels, respectively. The thermal conductivity of the second base element is lower than that of the first base element. The lighting module is disposed on the first base element. During operation of the lighting module, an airflow between the first channels and the second channels is accelerated for improving heat-dissipating efficiency due to a pressure difference caused by temperature difference between the first and second base elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORP., SILITEK ELECTRONIC (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TSUNG-CHI LEE
  • Publication number: 20130163273
    Abstract: A lighting assembly including a plurality of LED light sources and a light-guide assembly with a plurality of light guides each having a proximal end terminating in a recess and a distal end, a mating cap coupled to the proximal end of the plurality of light guides and aligning each recess with a corresponding LED light source in the plurality of LED light sources, and a light-emitting lens with a receiving surface coupled to the distal end of each of the plurality of light guides and able to transfer light emitted from the distal end of each of the plurality of light guides into the light-emitting lens and a curved light-emitting surface opposite the receiving surface, the light-emitting surface able to emit light from within the light-emitting lens, the light within the light emitting lens being a blend of light emitted from two of the plurality of light guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventor: Peter Ticktin
  • Patent number: 8469322
    Abstract: A system for displaying a strand of lights on a residence or building using an elongated member which attaches to a standard gutter or an eave of the building. The member can be made of metal and has a number of spaced apart hooks for securing a portion of the strand of lights. The system can include a plurality of vertically spaced clips located on a downspout or other structure of the building which secure a portion of the strand of lights or an electric wire such as an extension cord. Additionally, a mesh gutter guard can be utilized with the system and attached to the elongated member. The guard spans the width of the gutter and can be tucked under the drip edge of the roof or under shingles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventor: Randy Oxley
  • Patent number: 8469547
    Abstract: Systems and methods permit use of efficient solid state emitters for broad spectrum continuous spectrum lighting defined by illumination data. The illumination data, which can be sold as a commercial product, can be recorded or authored and include spectral, temporal, and spatial information. Intensities of individual emitters such as LEDs can be controlled through a combination of pulse width modulation (PWM) and amplitude modulation (AM) of drive currents. The combination of PWM and AM permits fine tuning of the spectrum of emissions and creation of free space optical data channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Telelumen, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Paolini
  • Patent number: 8469542
    Abstract: A light source channel is described. The light source channel includes an extrusion forming a channel having an open length and a light source positioned within the channel. A light transfer medium is positioned above the light source and covers the open length of the channel. The light transfer medium has a cross section. A method embodiment according to the present invention produces a light source channel by installing a light engine within a channel of an extrusion and covering the channel length with a light transfer medium above the light engine. The light transfer medium has a cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas L. Zampini, II, Mark A. Zampini, Thomas L. Zampini
  • Publication number: 20130155662
    Abstract: A modular lighting system includes a mobile lighting unit and a stationary power supply network connection unit, wherein the lighting unit has at least one light source, wherein the lighting unit and the network connection unit have corresponding electrical contacts for electrical connection of the lighting unit to the network connection unit, wherein the network connection unit has electrical connections to connect the network connection unit to an electrical power supply network, wherein the electrical connections are formed as electrical connection terminals, and wherein the network connection unit has a rail mount for installation on a mounting rail of an electrical distribution system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Eaton Industries (Austria) GmbH
    Inventor: Eaton Industries (Austria) GmbH