Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a light guide unit disposed under the display panel that includes a light incident surface, an opposite surface opposite to the light incident surface, side surfaces connecting the light incident surface and the opposite surface, and a light exiting surface facing the display panel, and a foam tape attached on an edge of the light exiting surface and an edge of a lower surface of the display panel to fix the display panel and the light guide unit. The foam tape includes a first adhesive layer, a reflecting layer disposed on the first adhesive layer, a foam layer disposed on the reflecting layer, and a second adhesive layer disposed on the foam layer and attached to the display panel.

Abstract: An illumination or display element includes a hollow profile (1) which has a recess extending in a longitudinal direction for receiving a plurality of lighting means (2) and the electric lines thereof. The hollow profile includes two parallel, spaced apart limbs connected by a base body, and the recess is located between the limbs. The recess of the hollow profile is closed by a foil extending at least over a part of an outer lateral surface of the limbs. The foil may completely surround the hollow profile. The lighting means may face the base body of the hollow profile, provided that at least the base body of the hollow profile is transparent or translucent.

Abstract: A type of LED lamp structure and its preparation process are disclosed, where insulation casings are placed over two thin wires extended from the bulb shell to prevent the two electrodes from contacting before they are electrically connected with the driver power supply, usually by welding or winding. The LED lamp structure of the embodiments of the present invention includes: light-emitting components, driver power supply and electrical connection components; the light-emitting components include an LED lamp pole. Thick wires are installed below the LED lamp pole and the thick wires are electrically connected to the LED lamp pole; the driver power supply includes the driver circuit board and the driver circuit board is connected to the female connector for plugging to the thick wires, so that the thick wires are electrically connected to the driver power supply through the female connector.

Abstract: A vehicular light is provided which is capable of forming an emission pattern with a good appearance at the time of lighting. The vehicular light has a light guide body having a light guide portion and a slit that penetrates the light guide portion in its thickness direction and linearly extend along a light guide path of light rays emitted from a plurality of LED light sources and guided within the light guide portion. The slit is composed of three regions including a constant width region formed in a predetermined length range toward the distal end, a tapered width region gradually narrowing toward the distal end, and a distal end region having a distal end of a curved surface shape formed in the distal end portion of the tapered width region.

Abstract: Provided are an optical member capable of implementing optical images having a desired shape and a lighting device using the optical member. The optical member can include a base substrate and a plurality of unit patterns sequentially arranged on a first surface of the base substrate and each having an inclined surface with respect to the first surface. Each unit pattern can be extended in a pattern extension direction, respectively. The plurality of unit patterns and the inclined surfaces thereof can be structurally arranged on the first surface of the base substrate such that any beam of incident light that strikes a unit pattern at a right angle to the pattern extension direction in which said unit pattern extends is guided away from the optical member.

Abstract: A backlight unit including a frame having a bottom area and a sidewall area extended from the bottom area; a single substrate located in on the bottom area of the frame, a plurality of optical assemblies being mounted on the single substrate; a reflection sheet located the frame and configured to reflect light emitted by the optical assemblies; and an optical sheet located over the reflection sheet. Further, the reflection sheet a first sheet area corresponding to the bottom area of the frame; a second sheet area corresponding to the sidewall area of the frame; and a cut portion cut from the first sheet at one portion abutting on one side of the single substrate.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) includes s a substrate, a LED chip, and an optical lens. The LED chip is fixedly mounted to the substrate for emitting a light beam. The optical lens is mounted to the substrate and covers the LED chip. The optical lens has a light exit surface, which directs the light beam from the LED chip to travel in a direction along an optical axis to form a non-symmetric light shape. Also disclosed is a surveillance camera device that uses the LED. As such, the drawback of a conventional surveillance camera being incapable of acquiring an excellent image due to light source being overly concentrated can be eliminated.

Abstract: An elongated, linkable LED strip lighting fixture having an elongated LED strip light engine with an LED light engine electrical contacting structure for cooperating with a linking device to link elongated, linkable LED strip lighting fixtures together, the linked LED lighting fixtures are powered by a single connection to an electrical outlet. The linked LED strip lighting fixtures can be operated independently of each other. A linking device is also included, and a patch plug is provided for enabling the linking plug to be operatively connected to an electrical output.

Abstract: A synthetic gaslight is described herein. The synthetic gaslight has a translucent upper section that simulates the upper part of a traditional gas flame, a translucent lower section that simulates the lower part of a traditional gas flame, and an opaque isolation section that prevents light from lower section from entering the upper section and that also prevents light from the upper section from entering the lower section. The translucent lower section maintains a constant illumination for the lower part of the simulated gas flame. The translucent upper section has a flickering illumination for the upper part of the simulated gas flame.

Abstract: An attachable transversely sliding light including a rod assembly, a holding assembly, a housing assembly and a light assembly is disclosed. The attachable transversely sliding light is mountable onto chairs of all dimensions due to the rod assembly, which extends and retracts to cooperate with chairs of various dimensions. At each end of the rod assembly is a holding assembly mounted thereon, which allows the attachable transversely sliding light to be secured onto a chair. Mounted onto the rod assembly is the housing assembly which slides along the length of the rod assembly to position the housing assembly and light assembly mounted thereon in a position that is optimal to illuminate the user and the surrounding area. The housing assembly houses a battery and has the light assembly extending therefrom. The light assembly can be manipulated into a position that best suits the needs of the user.

Abstract: A flame simulating assembly is provided with a reflected flickering light that includes only one light source. Light from the light source passes through a rotating flicker element onto an angled reflector, or mirror, that reflects light up onto a simulated fuel bed and the some of the light is reflected off of the flicker elements towards a flame screen to create a simulated flame. The clipping flicker elements creates a fluttering light effect due to the flicker elements “intermittently dipping” into the light path. This fluctuating light is reflected onto the logs and ember bed in front and creates a dancing effect, which simulates glowing embers.

Abstract: A led light that includes a rigid led filament wherein the led filament can be positionally adjusted. The LED light includes a housing having an outer tube and an inner tube with a void therebetween. The inner tube has an interior volume wherein disposed within the interior volume is a filament housing. The filament housing includes an interior volume and is configured to have suspendedly mounted therein a led filament. A pair of filament housing support members are located at each end of the housing in the interior volume thereof and are operably coupled to the filament housing. A conducting wire is movably journaled through the filament housing support members and into the interior volume of the filament housing so as to electrically couple to the led filament. The conducting wire includes at least one integrally formed spring so as to facilitate tension control of the conducting wire.

Abstract: Various embodiments of lightguides and illumination systems that include lightguides are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a lightguide can include first and second light extractors (330,340) that extract light that would otherwise be confined and propagate within the lightguide along the length of the lightguide primarily by total internal reflection. The first and second light extractors can form respective first and second patterns along a length of the lightguide. Light extracted by the first light extractors can exit the lightguide primarily along a first direction (306). Light extracted by the second light extractors can exit the lightguide primarily along a second direction (308) different from the first direction. A brightness of the total light extracted by the first light extractors can be larger than a brightness of the total light extracted by the second light extractors.

Abstract: A display device is provided, which includes a display panel, a light guide plate disposed in a rear of the display panel, a light source disposed adjacent to a light-incident surface of the light guide plate and configured to radiate light toward the light-incident surface of the light guide plate, and a holder disposed along a light-facing surface of the light guide plate, the light-facing surface of the light guide plate opposing the light-incident surface of the light guide plate, the holder including a supporting portion that supports a light-emitting surface of the light guide plate, the light-emitting surface of the light guide plate disposed between the light-incident surface and the light-facing surface, wherein the supporting portion of the holder has a first light reflecting surface that faces the light-facing surface of the light guide plate.

Abstract: An illuminated vanity mirror includes a housing and a front mirror panel connected to the housing. A frame is connected to the housing and positioned behind the front mirror panel. A light emitter is connected to frame. The light emitter includes a plurality of LEDs facing away from the front mirror panel. The LEDs are positioned to direct emitted light toward the housing and the emitted light is redirected through the front mirror panel.

Abstract: Lighting panels and methods of manufacturing lighting panels are described. An example lighting panel includes a substrate that has a planar surface, electrically conductive traces printed onto the planar surface of the substrate, and light sources mounted onto the electrically conductive traces at mounting positions such that the electrically conductive traces form an electrical interconnection between selected ones of the electrically conductive traces and associated ones of the light sources. The lighting panel also includes a polymer sheet provided over the light sources, and a composite base upon which a stack-up of the substrate with the printed electrically conductive traces, the light sources, and the polymer sheet is applied. The light sources are embedded into the composite base and are also flush with a top surface of the stack-up, and the substrate is also embedded into the composite base underneath the light sources at the mounting positions.

Abstract: A multifunctional LED bulb includes a lamp base, a light-transmitting bulb shell, a driving power supply, electric lead wires, a stem, at least one LED light source and a support column, wherein the tail of the light-transmitting bulb shell is fixedly connected with the lamp base; the driving power supply is located in the lamp base, and the LED light sources and the support column are wrapped in an inner cavity of the light-transmitting bulb shell; the light-transmitting bulb shell is sealed by the lower portion of the stem which is of a hollow structure, an exhaust pipe is arranged in the stem, and a hole is formed in the joint of the upper end of the exhaust pipe and the stem. The multifunctional LED bulb looks like ordinary incandescent bulbs, and is environmentally friendly, good in heat dissipation and light-emitting effect.

Abstract: The invention relates to a waterproof lighting element, wherein the lighting element comprises a printed circuit board with an aluminum substrate layer. The invention relates also to a waterproof lighting element, wherein the lighting element comprises a printed circuit board with a base plate. The invention relates also to a method of manufacturing a waterproof lighting element.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a lighting device having a light emission surface, a center directive light refraction member imparting a refraction effect to light exiting through the light emission surface to be directed to a middle section of the display panel to generate a much light emission angle range where an emission light quantity is much and a less light emission angle range where the light emission quantity is less in a luminance angle distribution, and an asymmetric light refraction member configured to impart an asymmetric refraction effect to the emission light such that among emission light rays exiting the center directive light refraction member, light rays in the less light emission angle range is directed toward the less light emission angle range while a part of light rays in the much light emission angle range is directed toward the less light emission angle range.

Abstract: A portable rechargeable lighting device uses software in a microcontroller to turn on a charger protection circuit when a charging circuit is activated, to monitor at least one electrical characteristic relative to a rechargeable battery, to control at least one charging parameter of the charging circuit, and to alert a user of a low battery condition before light emitted from the device terminates.