Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for easily manufacturing an illumination device in which a surface mount chip-type LED is used, and a wiring board is formed into a truncated conical or another shape. The method includes, in a flexible strip-like wiring board having a partial ring or a linear shape, providing a through-hole T for filling with solder paste S at a wiring end portion L to be connected with a terminal of an LED, temporarily fixing the LED with bond B onto the wiring board held in a plate-like state, filling the through-hole T with the solder paste S from a back surface of the wiring board, rounding the wiring board mounted with the LED into a truncated conical or cylindrical shape, and reflowing the wiring board in the rounded state to solder the LED.

Abstract: To reliably keep an LED board and a heat conductive member in close contact to improve the heat-dissipation efficiency and to reliably position an LED and an optical element, such as a lens part, arranged in a housing are a slim LED board, the housing that has an accommodating concave part to house the LED board, a heat conductive member that is arranged between the LED board and the accommodating concave part, a pressing member that has the lens part and that presses a long side edge part of the LED board against a bottom surface of the accommodating concave part of the housing, a securing mechanism for securing the LED board, the heat conductive member and the pressing member to the housing, and a positioning mechanism for positioning the lens part relative to the LED.

Abstract: The invention provides a light irradiation apparatus that can adjust widening/narrowing of a light irradiation area and can guide almost whole of light emitted from an LED to the light irradiation area. The apparatus has an LED 11 and an optical unit 2 for making light for the LED 11 pass through itself and emit from its apical surface 21, and is equipped further with a supporting body 1A for holding the LED on the apical surface and a position adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position of the optical unit 2 to the LED 11 along an optical axis C direction.

Abstract: An optical unit is provided with an integral light condensing section and a light transmitting section. The light condensing section is in a shape of a parabolic body of rotation substantially widening from a proximal end toward a distal end with a concave section opening at a proximal end face to accommodate a light emitting element, a side circumferential face to reflect the light from the light emitting element inward and a distal end face to introduce the light from the light emitting element into the light transmitting section. The light transmitting section is a substantially cylindrical shape of a smaller diameter than the light condensing section, and comprises a proximal end face to introduce the light from the light condensing section, a side circumferential face to reflect the light introduced from the proximal end face inward and a distal end face to emit the light.

Abstract: A light emitting diode unit comprises a light emitting element D1, a base 1 having a heat dissipating member 12 that dissipates heat generated by the light emitting element D1, and a first lens 2 comprising a reflecting element 214 that reflects light R2 traveling outside of a predetermined angle among the emitted light R emitted by the light emitting element D1 and a refracting element F that refracts light R1 traveling inside of the predetermined angle among the emitted light R each of which is formed integrally, with the first lens 2 mounted integrally on the base 1, and the emitted light R emitted from the light emitting element D1 is made to travel generally toward the same direction by the reflecting element 214 and the refracting element F.

Abstract: An information processing system P3 is communicably connected with multiple controlling systems P2 that promote the growth or health of living organisms by controlling at the least the light irradiated on such living organisms by a light irradiating means X1, and the environmental data produced by one controlling system P1 and concerning the beneficial environmental parameters including the light irradiated on the living organisms are transmitted to and administered by the information processing system P3 so that the environmental data from one of the controlling systems P2 is delivered from the information processing system P3 to any of the other controlling systems P2, and royalty data concerning royalties is produced in relationship to a controlling system identifier that uniquely identifies the one controlling system P1 when the information processing system P3 receives or delivers the environmental data.

Abstract: A lighting device is provided that surface-emits the light evenly with less number of luminous bodies by comprising a transparent body 2 for light diffusion in a shape of a body of rotation having a center bore 11 and provided with a luminous surface 2c and a light introducing surface 2b, and multiple luminous bodies 3 that introduce the light into the light introducing surface 2c of the transparent body 2 and make the luminous surface 2c of the transparent body 2 surface-emit the light, wherein the light introducing surface 2b is arranged on an inner peripheral section forming the center bore 11 of the transparent body 2, a reflecting layer 41 is arranged to reflect the light on a surface other than the light introducing surface 2b and the luminous surface 2c of the transparent body 2, and the light from the luminous bodies 3 is emitted toward an outer surrounding surface 2e of the transparent body 2.

Abstract: A light intensity adjustment system is provided which greatly decreases or makes unnecessary image compensation by the image processing device side, improves scan precision, and can reduce the scan time; and which comprises: a light irradiation device 1 that has multiple independently light intensity adjustable light irradiation units 11, and that irradiates light facing a predetermined target area A; a photographic device 2 that photographs said target area A through a lens, and outputs a target area image that is the photographed image; and a light intensity control unit 3 that controls the respective light intensities of said light irradiation units 11 so that the brightness of the various parts of the target area images that said photographic device 2 has output approaches a predetermined standard value.

Abstract: In order to provide a line light irradiation device that can improve efficiency of condensing light with a compact size and that is almost free from unevenness of lighting, the line light irradiation device of the present claimed invention comprises multiple light emitting parts 2 each of which is provided with a light irradiating part 21 where multiple optical fibers 4 are thickly arranged in a line with light leading out end portions 4a of the multiple optical fibers 4 forming a straight line and a columnar lens 22 arranged to extend along a direction of the line P in front of the light irradiating part 21 in pairs, and that irradiate line light LL that converges into a straight line, and a holding body 3 that is arranged to face to a work W as being an object on which the line light LL is to be irradiated, on which monitoring bores 3a, 3b are arranged to penetrate in order to monitor the work W, and that holds the light emitting parts 2 so that each optical axis face of the line light LL irradiated from ea

Abstract: The light irradiation device of this invention intends to further facilitate an assembling procedure and to stabilize the quality as a product.

Abstract: An LED that can effectively prevent heat accumulation while preventing short-circuiting, discharge, fire and the like, even in the case where LEDs are relatively densely placed, is provided. In a can type LED 3 where an anode A, a cathode K and an LED pedestal 31p are provided within a housing 31, and pins a1 and k1 of anode A and cathode K lead out at least to the outside of housing 31 so that a voltage can be applied between anode A and cathode K via these pins a1 and k1, a condition of isolation is maintained between pin a1 of anode A and housing 31, as well as between pin k1 of cathode K and housing 31, and pin r1 which is thermally connected to LED pedestal 31p is provided outside of housing 31.

Abstract: The invention describes a system for capping an abandoned well having production casing and surface casing. The system enables the effective sealing of the production casing volume from the surface casing volume such that any gases leaking from either volume can be independently released from independent valves. The system is particularly effective in improving the safety of re-entering an abandoned well.

Abstract: The light irradiation device of this invention intends to further facilitate an assembling procedure and to stabilize the quality as a product.

Abstract: An LED that can effectively prevent heat accumulation while preventing short-circuiting, discharge, fire and the like, even in the case where LEDs are relatively densely placed, is provided. In a can type LED 3 where an anode A, a cathode K and an LED pedestal 31p are provided within a housing 31, and pins a1 and k1 of anode A and cathode K lead out at least to the outside of housing 31 so that a voltage can be applied between anode A and cathode K via these pins a1 and k1, a condition of isolation is maintained between pin a1 of anode A and housing 31, as well as between pin k1 of cathode K and housing 31, and pin r1 which is thermally connected to LED pedestal 31p is provided outside of housing 31.

Abstract: A light emitting diode unit comprises a light emitting element D1, a base 1 having a heat dissipating member 12 that dissipates heat generated by the light emitting element D1, and a first lens 2 comprising a reflecting element 214 that reflects light R2 traveling outside of a predetermined angle among the emitted light R emitted by the light emitting element D1 and a refracting element F that refracts light R1 traveling inside of the predetermined angle among the emitted light R, each of which is formed integrally, with the first lens 2 mounted integrally on the base 1, and the emitted light R emitted from the light emitting element D1 is made to travel generally toward the same direction by the reflecting element 214 and the refracting element F.

Abstract: An improved illuminating unit for illuminating a target portion of an object to be illuminated is provided, including: a fiber holding portion having a fiber insert hole holding a light-emitting end portion of an optical fiber; and a lens holding portion located downstream of the fiber holding portion in a light traveling direction, light emitted from a light-emitting end of the optical fiber being directed to the target portion through a lens held by the lens holding portion, wherein: the fiber insert hole comprises an equal-diameter portion having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the optical fiber, and a larger-diameter portion having a larger diameter than the equal-diameter portion and opening at one end face of the fiber holding portion, the fiber insert hole holding the optical fiber extending through the equal-diameter portion; and the lens is abutted against the one end face of the fiber holding portion or a forward end face of a fusion-deformed portion of the optical fiber, the fusion-

Abstract: An improved optical fiber holder is provided, including: a tubular member (3) for fitting over an optical fiber bundle (1) consisting of a bundle of plural optical fibers (11) to prevent the optical fibers (11) from separating from each other; and a pressing structure (5) for exerting a pressing force on the optical fiber bundle (1) in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber bundle (1) to press the optical fiber bundle (1) against an inner periphery (3a) of the tubular member (3).