Abstract: Examples of the present invention relate to a phosphor plate composition having a wide emission region while improving luminance. The composition comprises: yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) or gadolinium yttrium aluminum garnet ((Gd,Y)AG) phosphor powders doped with any one dopant selected from cerium (Ce), gadolinium (Gd) and neodymium (Nd); and a sintering agent of any one selected from lithium fluoride (LiF), magnesium oxide (MgO) and spinel (MgAl2O4).

Abstract: A method of lamp assembly that etching a glass tube body to increase a texture of the surface of the sidewall of the glass tube body, the sidewall of the glass tube body enclosing a hollow interior; and positioning a circuit board including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) within the hollow interior of the glass tube, wherein the increase in the texture of the surface increases the light diffusivity of the glass tube body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of LED light strip. This invention provides an LED light strip, which includes a flexible protective sleeve and a soft light board, at least one protective circuit being arranged on the soft light board. The soft light board includes in sequence a first insulating soft film, an LED light source and a second insulating soft film. The protective circuit is provided with a zener diode or a voltage stabilizing unit which is connected in parallel with the at least LED light source and which maintains the electrical circuit to be on to keep the soft light board in operation when the LED light source is disconnected. When one or some of the LED light sources is/are damaged, the protective circuit conducts electricity in place of the damaged LED light sources, the LED light strip can continue to be energized and emit light.

Abstract: A spark plug device that includes a spark plug and a sealing ring, and a method for producing the same. The spark plug may include a body, an insulator, a center electrode, and a ground electrode. The sealing ring is secured to the body in a captive fashion. A fastening section of the body has an outer diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the sealing ring, which has been reshaped from a flat sealing ring blank into a conical sealing ring.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a phosphor plate, which is a plate-shaped photo-conversion structure in which a phosphor is dispersed inside of a glass matrix, and has an uneven surface comprising at least one type of pattern, formed on at least one surface of the both surfaces of the plate, wherein the pattern occupies 70-95% of the area of the one surface.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photomultiplier comprising: an electron ejector; a detector; a substrate; and a first electrode in the substrate; a second electrode in the substrate; a third electrode in the substrate; wherein each of the first, second and third electrodes comprises a flat or curved surface at an angle to a normal direction of the substrate; wherein each of the first, second and third electrodes comprises a first end and a second end, the first end being closer to the electron ejector than the second end; wherein the first, second and third electrodes are spatially arranged such that the second ends of the first, second and third electrode are on a same plane, or such that a plane the second ends of the first and third electrodes are on crosses the second electrode.

Abstract: A wall mounted light fixture includes a body at least partially defining a housing. The body has a first side facing an interior of the housing and a second side facing the exterior of the housing. The first side of the body has a plurality of front connecting features and the second side of the body has a plurality of rear connecting features. A light emitter is positioned in the interior of the housing and supported by the first side of the body. A lens is connected to at least one of the front connecting features. A mounting component is connected to at least one of the rear connecting features.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible solid state lighting strip (10), comprising: an elongate circuit board (12) having a longitudinal axis (14), wherein the elongate circuit board is bent, about folding lines (22; 26; 30; 34) parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongate circuit board, into sections (18), such that subsequent sections along the longitudinal axis are oriented at least 45 degrees, preferably (approximately) 90 degrees, apart; and at least one solid state light source (44) mounted on the elongate circuit board.

Abstract: An electrode assembly for use in a dielectric barrier discharge plasma source comprises a base metal plate, an enamel layer on a surface of the base metal plate and embedded electrodes embedded in the enamel layer. The electrode assembly may be made by depositing a one or more layers of powdered glass over a surface of the base metal plate, fusing the powdered glass the one or more layers each in a separate heating step for the relevant layer. To form the embedded electrodes, a pattern of electrode material is provided over the powdered glass of the one or more layers after fusing the one or more layers. Subsequently one or more further layers of powdered glass are deposited over the electrodes and the layer(s) below it, and the powdered glass in each of the one or more further layers is fused in a separate heating step.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for illuminating decorations according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a light source and a diffuser. A connector may connect the light source to the decoration. A reflector may reflect light from the light source towards an anticipated observer.

Abstract: A lamp device mounted on a vehicle includes a housing, a first translucent member defining a housing space together with the housing, a lamp unit housed in the housing space and including a light source, a sensor housed in the housing space and configured to detect information outside the vehicle based on invisible light, and a second translucent member housed in the housing space and covering the sensor. The second translucent member has transmittance of visible light lower than that of the first translucent member.

Abstract: A promotional product including an emitter is provided. One or more tobacco-containing articles may be received in the package. The promotional product may include an actuator for facilitating delivery of power from a power source to the emitter to provide a visual, audio, and/or haptic effect to the promotional product. The emitter specifically can be a visual emitter, such as an electroluminescent emitter. A related method is also provided.

Abstract: A linear lighting fixture abutment mechanism including a first portion having a first structure and a second portion having a second structure each portion mounted on a longitudinal wall of respective lighting fixture housings, the first portion and the second portion located at a position proximate to a respective lateral edge of the lighting fixtures. The first structure and the second structure configured to interlock together to retain respective lateral edges of the first and the second lighting fixtures in rigid proximity. The abutment mechanism device configured to generate opposing longitudinal forces on the first and the second lighting fixtures, the opposing longitudinal forces generated by a force that is at least one of movement along a lateral axis and a moment about the lateral axis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser light blocking device comprising an end cap member (820) having a pocketing feature (821) that has a side wall (822) and an end reflective surface (810); the pocketing feature's shape corresponds to exterior shape of distal portion (830) of a diffuser (800) having a distal end surface (801); the pocketing feature engages the distal portion; an overlapping section (815) of the pocketing feature's side wall surrounds the distal portion's side wall (802) and prevents at least 95% of the light output from the distal portion from escaping out of the distal portion's side wall; the end reflective surface blocks any forward propagating light output from the distal end surface and returns at least 80% of light coming out of the distal end surface back towards the diffuser; the end cap member is thermally conductive; the end cap member's length (831) and diameter (832) provide an exterior surface area that is at least 1,000% of the surface area of the distal end surface; and t

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed. For example, the apparatus may include an array of a plurality of micromirrors, a light source to provide a light input at a near symmetric angle relative to a normal angle of each one of the plurality of micromirrors in the array, and an optic adjuster to adjust an off-axis light output of the plurality of micromirrors in the array when the plurality of micromirrors is in an on-state.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a photomultiplier comprising: an electron ejector; a detector; a substrate; and a first electrode in the substrate; a second electrode in the substrate; a third electrode in the substrate; wherein each of the first, second and third electrodes comprises a flat or curved surface at an angle to a normal direction of the substrate; wherein each of the first, second and third electrodes comprises a first end and a second end, the first end being closer to the electron ejector than the second end; wherein the first, second and third electrodes are spatially arranged such that the second ends of the first, second and third electrode are on a same plane, or such that a plane the second ends of the first and third electrodes are on crosses the second electrode.

Abstract: A display having an integrated antenna with a substantially uniform transparency and/or light across the display. The display may have a uniformity layer that is an optical balance of the antenna, wherein the uniformity layer and the antenna have respective optical transparencies that provide a substantially uniform transparency across the display. The display may also have a backlight that has a surface brightness intensity corresponding to an optical inverse of the antenna, and is configured to provide a substantially uniform light across the display.

Abstract: The present invention is for a backplane substrate including an in-cell type touch panel advantageous to reducing the number of masks and the number of processes, a liquid crystal display device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same, includes a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers disposed above a drain electrode of a thin film transistor are simultaneously patterned after forming a sensing line and a common electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region. A display element included in the first region has a function of reflecting visible light and a function of emitting visible light. A display element included in the second region has a function of emitting visible light. In an electronic device including the display device, the first region is located on a first surface (e.g., top surface) on which a main image is displayed, and the second region is located on a second surface (e.g., side surface) on which an auxiliary image is displayed.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module array including: a plurality of LED groups connected to each other in series, each LED group including a single rod-shaped LED module or a plurality of LED modules connected to each other in parallel, wherein a number of LED modules included in a first LED group is different from a number of LED modules included in a second LED group.