Patents Examined by D. M. Cox
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Patent number: 4725934Abstract: A glare control lamp and reflector assembly and method for glare control which includes a conventional lamp and symmetrical reflector for providing a controlled light beam to a target area. A reflector shield can be positioned on the reflector below the lamp and has the properties of diverging incident light downwardly towards the target area and thus controls reflection upwardly which would produce glare. A glare shield can be positioned on the top of the reflector and extends outwardly from the outer edge of the reflector to block both direct light and reflected light from traveling upwardly and outwardly which would produce glare. In a further combination, a lamp shield can be positioned over a portion of the outermost extending end of the lamp to prevent unreflected light from directly causing glare.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1987Date of Patent: February 16, 1988Assignee: Mycro-Group CompanyInventor: Myron K. Gordin
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Patent number: 4724515Abstract: A vehicle-use lamp fixture unit which can prevent dimming of a lamp due to fogging is provided. The unit comprises a bulb (light bulb); a lens for transmitting light from the bulb; a rear window glass at a position facing the lens; a case for enclosing the bulb and the lens, an open end of the case being in contact with the rear window glass; an air suction passage extending from an exhaust port of a defroster and passing through a space formed between the lens and the rear window glass; and an air exhaust passage for exhausting air from the space. A braking indication mechanism connected to a brake pedal is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1986Date of Patent: February 9, 1988Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshihiro Matsuki, Eiichi Ono
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Patent number: 4722035Abstract: An improved illuminated drumstick of the type having a light-emitting diode powered by batteries. The improvements include a switch using a flexible metal strap over a resilient pad affixed to one end of the batteries. Additionally, the batteries may be connected by a thin flexible strap, and the light emitting diode is rectangular in shape and securely held in a channel at the tip of the drumstick.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 1986Date of Patent: January 26, 1988Inventor: Carmen C. Rapisarda
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Patent number: 4722031Abstract: A headlight assembly mounting a headlight to a vehicle by means of resilient blocks such that the headlight and associated headlight frame may be detached. An electrical cord is associated with the headlight such that the headlight may be moved some distance from the vehicle. The cord has a preset coil and extends to a container which easily receives the cord with the light in position on the vehicle. An electrical case provides for electrical connection of the hedlight cord and other associated electrical components. The container may be fixed adjacent to the electrical case with both being fixed to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1986Date of Patent: January 26, 1988Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoji Matsuyama, Azusa Noda, Kozo Yamada
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Patent number: 4717992Abstract: With the purpose of obtaining an axial angle of cut off for a luminaire with a rodlike lamp (1) a glare protection is arranged comprising lamellas (2), the lamellas being arranged immediately at or around the surface of the lamp to form axially spaced and radially outward from the surface extending effective surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1985Date of Patent: January 5, 1988Assignee: Solar Armaturproduktion A/SInventors: Christian Bartenbach, Torkild Thage-Jorgensen
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Patent number: 4714984Abstract: A night light assembly which plugs into and is supported by an electrical wall outlet whose orientation on the wall is either horizontal or vertical. The assembly, when switched on, produces low-level illumination and at the same time exudes an aromatic vapor. The assembly includes a reflector shell having housed therein a low-wattage bulb. Attached to the open front of the shell is a frame adapted to accommodate a removable window cartridge having a transparent plate whose rear face is covered by a thin pad of light-permeable porous material impregnated with a volatile aromatic liquid. The shell is vented, and as the air therein is heated and expanded by heat emanating from the bulb, a convection current is produced which flows across the pad to volatilize the liquid, thereby creating an aromatic vapor that is discharged through the vent.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1986Date of Patent: December 22, 1987Inventor: Donald Spector
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Patent number: 4714983Abstract: A backlight having lamps inserted into ends of a transparent member is disclosed. A top surface of the member is polished and contains an opaque section opposing the lamps. A bottom surface of the member is uniformly frosted so that variations in the average depth of surface irregularities are minimized.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1985Date of Patent: December 22, 1987Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventor: Warren R. Lang
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Patent number: 4713737Abstract: A lighting fixture mechanically connected to an object utilizing a lamp supporting body. The lamp supporting body is rotated about an axis and includes a swivel member having a swivel arm which moves over the exterior of the lamp supporting body. A boss mechanically connected to the object extends outwardly from the swivel arm and is supported for movement with the swivel arm. A lamp is also supported to the lamp supporting body and is electrically connected to a source of electrical power.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1986Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Assignee: Prescolite Inc.Inventors: Martin L. Lasker, Joel S. Cohen
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Patent number: 4713732Abstract: The vehicle warning system is adapted to be mounted on the rear window shelf of a vehicle or at the front exterior of a vehicle. It includes a light source such as an incandescent lamp, an L.E.D. display or the like electrically powered by portable dry cells, a vehicle battery or the like, and a flexible, resilient, light reflective sheet, preferably bearing light reflective beads, etc., which sheet is secured by one or more support members directly adjacent to that light source so that vehicle vibrations and/or wind during vehicle travel will flutter the sheet in various directions and flash the light from the light source as a warning to pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists. The support member(s) can be rigid or flexible, resilient and spring-like to aid in the sheet fluttering.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1986Date of Patent: December 15, 1987Inventor: Charles Schamblin
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Patent number: 4712166Abstract: A spherical mounting joint of a light fixture that mounts vertically on a wall has first and second couplers that attach to an angled surface of the fixture to mount the fixture vertically.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 1986Date of Patent: December 8, 1987Assignee: Brown Jordan CompanyInventor: Alva N. Stewart
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Patent number: 4709306Abstract: Remote adjusting means are provided for a vehicle headlamp. The vehicle headlamp has at least three peripherally spaced mounting means each securable to vehicle structure. One of the mounting means includes a ball and socket pivot structure permitting the vehicle headlamp to be adjusted for vertical and horizontal focusing. Cable actuated screws are provided for the other two mounting means to permit remote adjusting of the headlamp.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1985Date of Patent: November 24, 1987Assignee: Chrysler MotorsInventors: Gerald A. Harris, Thomas W. Schumacher
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Patent number: 4703400Abstract: A vehicular lamp having a one piece open topped resilient housing containing an outer peripheral groove that permits the housing to be snapped into a receiving opening formed in a body panel of a vehicle. The housing further includes an inner peripheral groove located above the outer groove into which a lens is snap fitted to close the housing. The inner groove is offset from the outer groove a sufficient distance so that the lens can be removed and replaced without having to remove the housing from the body panel. An outwardly disposed lip protrudes from the top of the outer groove that is inclined downwardly over the groove opening so that it will form a biased seal against the rim of the panel opening when the lamp is snap-locked in place.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 1986Date of Patent: October 27, 1987Assignee: R. E. Dietz Co.Inventors: Donald W. Vescio, Daniel S. Latham
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Patent number: 4703401Abstract: In an automotive head lamp, an auxiliary reflector made of heat-resisting synthetic resin is integrally provided in the center portion of a reflector made of synthetic resin. The heat-resistant auxiliary reflector encircles the bulb.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1986Date of Patent: October 27, 1987Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Ichihara, Shuichi Watanabe, Takashi Futami, Nobutaka Oda
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Patent number: 4700277Abstract: There is provided an auxiliary lamp for use with a vehicle having a standardized enclosed body with a replaceable lens which may be interchanged with other lenses depending upon the function the lamp is to perform. The light bulb which illuminates the lamp is carried within the lamp housing by means of a standardized bulb holder insertable through the bottom of the housing, and forming a closure thereof preventing light from passing through the bottom opening of the housing through which the bulb holder is inserted. The bulb holder may be easily adapted to carry either a single or double filament bulb depending upon the particular function the lamp is to perform. However, the lamp housing and the holder in which the bulb is carried are constructed in the same manner, whether using a single or a double filament bulb, with appropriate electrical connections being provided on the bulb holder to accommodate the different bulbs as necessitated by the function the bulb filaments are to perform.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 1987Date of Patent: October 13, 1987Inventor: Dennis G. Moore
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Patent number: 4700278Abstract: A railway light signal having a pair of lenses carried by a frame member and having a lamp receptacle including a one-piece molded plastic bracket having a flat top surface upon which is mounted a pair of lamp sockets and light bulbs, having a pair of laterally extending flanges which are screw-mounted to the frame, and having an apertured depending rear wall for accommodating a pair of terminal posts which supply power to the pair of lamp sockets for illuminating the light bulbs.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1985Date of Patent: October 13, 1987Assignee: American Standard Inc.Inventor: James P. Chew
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Patent number: 4689726Abstract: A mechanism for lighting an article of furnishing, such as a bookcase with adjustable shelves, comprising a fixture laterally extending along a shelf, said shelf being adjustably positionable along a combination electrical conductor and shelf positioner, said fixture including an electrically conductive strip, a plurality of series connected electrical terminals, and a plurality of lamp means, each connecting said strip and one of said terminals.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1986Date of Patent: August 25, 1987Inventor: Thomas E. Kretzschmar
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Patent number: 4689725Abstract: The present invention relates to an aiming device for adjusting the optical axis of an automobile head lamp, characterized in that it comprises a hollow bearing attached to a movable member which is a lamp unit or a reflection mirror to be moved for adjusting the optical axis, a gear case housing a worm gear and a spur gear engaged with each other, the gear case being attached to a fixed member which is an autobody or a housing for supporting said movable member, an aiming screw whose head is fitted into said hollow bearing and whose screw portion is screwed into a female threaded hole formed in the shaft center of said spur gear, and a device for inhibiting said aiming screw from rotating circumferentially.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1985Date of Patent: August 25, 1987Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Saijo, Fusakiyo Matsune, Yuji Fujino, Shinji Watanabe
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Patent number: 4686656Abstract: A supplementary light device for use with a motorcycle including a fairing covering at least front and front lower areas of a main frame structure thereof and having a bifurcated and depending part extending downwardly on either side of the main frame structure. The supplementary light device is adapted to be incorporated integrally in the bifurcated and depending part of the fairing.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1986Date of Patent: August 11, 1987Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo K.K.Inventor: Kazuo Morishima
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Patent number: 4682275Abstract: A mount structure for a suspender strap of a portable flashlight includes a female member integrally provided on the body of the flashlight and a male member detachably fitted over the female member by suitable means in a sliding fashion.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1986Date of Patent: July 21, 1987Assignee: Skylight Industry Co. Ltd.Inventor: Keiichi Ohashi
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Patent number: 4680684Abstract: A bed reading lamp, particularly for hospital rooms, includes a lamp housing attachable to a wall of a room, the lamp housing including at least one cover which closes a light outlet opening provided in the lower area of the housing and which is translucent and serves to guide the light. The cover includes a lower first portion having an inclined part and a horizontal part and a second portion connected to the first portion. The inclined part and the second portion have prismatic profiles on their sides facing the lamp. The height of the prismatic profiles of the inclined part of the first portion decreases toward the horizontal part of the first portion. The cover provides a light distribution which ensures that neither the person lying in the bed provided with the lamp nor a person in a bed on an opposite wall will be blinded by the light of the lamp.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1985Date of Patent: July 14, 1987Assignee: Zumtobel AktiengesellschaftInventor: Wolfgang Wolber