Abstract: A backlight unit capable of emitting heat smoothly and a display device including the same are disclosed. The backlight unit includes a bottom cover, a light emitting module arranged in a predetermined area of the bottom cover, a reflective sheet provided on the bottom cover, the reflective sheet spaced apart a predetermined distance from the bottom cover, a plurality of first heat radiating members provided between the reflective sheet and the bottom cover, the plurality of the first heat radiating members spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other, a second heat radiating member arranged between the light emitting module and the first heat radiating members, and a projected part located in the second heat radiating member below the reflective sheet, the projected part supporting the reflective sheet to locate the reflective sheet spaced apart a predetermined distance from the first heat radiating members.

Abstract: An exterior mirror system for a vehicle includes driver-side and passenger-side exterior rearview mirror assemblies including respective driver-side and passenger-side light modules and driver-side and passenger-side cameras. The light modules provide a driver-side indicator and a passenger-side indicator. The driver-side light module and the passenger-side light modules are disposed at respective mirror housing portions and move therewith when the exterior mirror housing portion moves relative to the mounting portion between its normal operating position and its folded position. The driver-side camera and the passenger-side camera are part of a multi-camera vision system of the vehicle, and the multi-camera vision system has a display device that is operable to display images for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The displayed images displayed by the display device may include an image portion derived from image data captured by at least one of the driver-side camera and the passenger-side camera.

Abstract: An LED lighting fixture comprising (a) a front-housing portion having a surrounding lateral wall defining a front cavity and extending to a front-housing forward edge at an open front-end, (b) a rear-housing portion having a backwall and a surrounding wall which define a rear cavity, the surrounding wall extending to a rear-housing forward edge, the rear-housing portion joined to the front-housing portion with the rear-housing surrounding wall substantially in alignment with the front-housing surrounding wall, (c) a cross-member secured with respect to the housing portions in a position at the juncture thereof and spanning the interior of the joined housing portions, the cross-member having a front surface facing the front cavity, and (d) an LED illuminator secured to the front surface of the cross-member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lamp unit for low beam, a lamp unit for high beam, and a lamp unit for shoulder edge beam. The lamp units each are made of a semiconductor-type light source and a reflector that has reflection surfaces configured to illuminate the light from the semiconductor-type light source forward of a vehicle, as a predetermined light distribution pattern. As a result, the present invention is capable of fully utilizing the light from the semiconductor-type light source, making it possible to facilitate a light distribution design configured to form the light in a predetermined light distribution pattern.

Abstract: A solar simulator includes a light source, an optical reflection element positioned behind the light source to reflect light emitted from the light source in a form of pseudo parallel light, a low-angle light-diffusion optical element for diffusing the reflected light from the optical reflection element at a low diffusion angle, and a parallel light conversion optical element including a number of air holes arranged in parallel rows and provided with faculties for transmitting incident light parallel to the axis of the air holes to absorb or attenuate nonparallel incident light. The parallel light conversion optical element converts the incident light from the low-angle light-diffusion optical element to parallel light and emits the converted parallel light.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes: a substrate a back face side of which is disposed on a mounting member; a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on a surface side of the substrate; and a power supply terminal provided on the surface side of the substrate and electrically connected to the light emitting elements. The power supply terminal is connected to electrical connecting units by elastic pressing force directed from the surface side of the substrate to the mounting member side. A mechanical fixing unit has a pressing portion brought into contact with the surface side of the substrate. The mechanical fixing units fix the substrate to the mounting member with use of elastic pressing force of the pressing portions directed from the surface side of the substrate to the mounting member side.

Abstract: The present invention relates to lighting strips and more particularly to flexible lighting systems and devices, which are waterproof. The lighting strips are modular and are capable of being physically and electrically connected with one another to provide lighting systems that are waterproof and adaptable to many situations. Included in embodiments of the invention are modular lighting strips comprising: a non-conductive substrate strip comprising an electrical circuit; a plurality of high brightness LEDs operably connected to the electrical circuit; a colloid layer comprising polyurethane resin providing a waterproof coating over the substrate, the circuit, and the LEDs; and a plug at one end and a socket at an opposing end of the substrate which is integrally formed with the strip to provide for waterproof electrical interconnection of two or more circuits or to a power supply.

Abstract: A display apparatus for lighted footwear, having a spring switch, a battery-powered integrated circuit sealingly encapsulated, a plurality of illuminators, and a wiring harness connecting the illuminators to points of the integrated circuit, the integrated circuit being configured for activating the illuminators in a sequential pattern that can include repeated activation cycles when the spring switch is subjected to an effective acceleration. The display apparatus preferably includes the battery being sealingly encapsulated together with the spring switch and the integrated circuit; an ON/OFF switch can be included for selectively producing a deep sleep state of the integrated circuit that is unresponsive to the spring switch. Also disclosed is footwear incorporating the display apparatus, wherein the encapsulated enclosure is located within a sole heel portion of the shoe, and the illuminators are distributed on the footwear for external view.

Abstract: A light fixture is configured to provide indirect lighting from a light source through use of a light shield. The light shield blocks a percentage of the light emitted from the light source at a center of the light shield. The light shield decreasing blocks light emitted from the light source along a path between the center and an outer edge of the light shield.

Abstract: A conductive end cap for a linear lighting apparatus is disclosed. The first embodiment of the present invention comprises, among other things, an insulating cap for one end of the linear lighting apparatus, the cap including a first orifice extending from the exterior side of the cap to the interior side of the cap and a conducting shaft extending through the first orifice and protruding from the exterior side of the cap, such that the shaft may rotate about its central axis within the first orifice. The conductive end cap also includes a second orifice extending perpendicularly through a portion of the shaft for accepting a conductive line and a static conductive element protruding from the interior side of the cap so as to provide a conductive terminal for a lighting element located within the linear lighting apparatus.

Abstract: A string light has multiple icicle-shaped bulbs, a controller and a connector assembly. The icicle-shaped bulbs are serially connected by a set of wires. Each icicle-shaped bulb has an icicle-shaped lamp holder shell, an elongated lamp strip and a cap assembly. The lamp holder shell has an irregular and rough surface and an opening. The lamp strip is mounted inside the lamp holder shell. The cap assembly is mounted on the opening of the lamp holder shell and has a set of through holes for the set of wires to penetrate into the lamp holder shell. Accordingly, light emitted from each icicle-shaped bulb is scattered irregularly to generate different illuminating effects when the icicle-shaped bulb is powered on and make the lighting variations of the entire string light more versatile and interesting.

Abstract: The present invention provides a back frame of a flat panel display device, which includes at least two primary assembling pieces and at least one secondary assembling piece, wherein the at least two primary assembling pieces are joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame and the secondary assembling piece is arranged inside the main frame structure and is joined to the main frame structure. The back frame further includes a bracing piece fixed to the primary assembling pieces or the secondary assembling piece and a heat dissipation fin set arranged on the bracing piece. The bracing piece fixes a circuit board and forms a thermal coupling between the circuit board and the heat dissipation fin set. The present invention also provides a backlight system.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light-emitting device comprises a substrate on a surface of which a light-emitting element is mounted, a light reflection layer formed on a second area of the surface of the substrate other than a first area on which the light-emitting element is mounted, and a sealing member sealing the light-emitting element. An engagement protrusion part protruding toward the sealing member is provided at an edge part of the light reflection layer at which the light reflection layer is in contact with the area on which the light-emitting element is mounted. The engagement protrusion part juts out into the sealing member to prevent exfoliation of the sealing member.

Abstract: A light module for a vehicle lighting device comprises a semiconductor light source mounted on a carrier element designed. on/including a first printed-circuit board. A control module is electrically connected to and structurally spaced from the light source and designed on/includes a second printed-circuit board and includes an electric circuit constructed upon the second board and a connection element adapted w be connected to a higher-level controller and/or vehicle power supply. The control module is an electronic component of the light source such that a cable does not connect the control module and light source to each other. A highly thermally conductive carrier module is arranged between the light source and control module and directly attached to the carrier element, second printed-circuit board, and electric circuit. An electrical connection is located on the carrier module between the fight source or carrier element and electric circuit or second printed-circuit board.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic device including a case having an inner surface and an outer surface thereof; a recess portion recessed at the inner surface of the case toward the outer surface thereof such that a thickness of the case is thinner than that of its surrounding; a light source integrated into the case and disposed to face the recess portion; a circuit board connected to the light source to control power supply for the light source; and an icon generating portion disposed between the recess portion and the light source, and having a transparent pattern corresponding to an icon such that the light of the light source is passed therethrough while forming the icon to be seen at the outer surface of the case.

Abstract: A grave marker assembly including a support arm having proximal and distal ends, a flagpole mounting loop fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the support arm's proximal end, the flagpole mounting loop being adapted for, upon an engagement of a flagpole with the flagpole mounting loop, extending the support arm from the flagpole; a solar cell fixedly attached to the support arm; an electric light emitter fixedly attached to the support arm; a rechargeable electric storage battery fixedly attached to the support arm; and a network of electrical conductors operatively interconnecting the solar cell, the electric light emitter, and the rechargeable electric storage battery for, upon exposure of the solar cell to sunlight, charging the rechargeable electric storage battery, and upon a termination of the exposure to sunlight, actuating the electric light emitter.

Abstract: The present invention provides an illumination lens which suppresses a change of an illuminance distribution following a change of an arrangement position of a light source with respect to the illumination lens. A reflection surface and emission surface of the illumination lens are configured to refract and emit, in the emission surface, second illumination light and third illumination light with refracting power of different signs. By changing an illuminance distribution of third illumination light to cancel the change of an illuminance distribution of the second illumination light when a light source is moved, it is possible to suppress the change of the illuminance distribution small even when the light source is moved back and forth.

Abstract: The vehicle lighting device includes a heat sink, a light emitting element, a reflection plate, and a light leakage processing plate. The light leakage processing plate is disposed at a peripheral edge part on a side of the first direction of the reflection plate, and is configured so as to scatter light leakage that is not reflected on the reflection plate from among beams of the light from the light emitting element. The light leakage processing plate is disposed so as to have a gap T with respect to the peripheral edge part of the reflection plate, and is configured so as to be extended over the peripheral edge part of the reflection plate on a side of the second direction and on a side of an opposite direction to the second direction.

Abstract: A debris protector for use with a vehicle lamp assembly installed to an opening in a vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent the migration of accumulated road debris through a gap between the lamp assembly and the body panel opening. Such a debris protector is generally in the form of a cover element that is installable along an upper, hidden portion of a vehicle lamp assembly and an inner surface of a corresponding vehicle body panel or garnish to prevent road debris from accumulating on the lamp assembly near the body panel opening. Such a debris protector may also include a seal that is located between the cover element and the rear surface of a body panel or garnish to assist with the debris blocking function of the cover element.

Abstract: An illuminator is provided including: a light source unit composed of a point light source; a light guide plate including an incidence surface into which light emitted from the light source unit is introduced, and an exit surface out which the light that has been introduced from the incidence surface exits; and a prism body where a plurality of prisms are arranged so as to refract the light that has exited out from the exit surface of the light guide plate, wherein the prism body is arranged at a specific area on the entire exit surface of the light guide plate so as to refract part of the light that has exited out from the exit surface of the light guide plate.