Patents Examined by Y. Quach
  • Patent number: 6120162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetically actuated illumination system for a purse, knapsack or fanny pack. The system works to effectively control a battery operated light with magnet and reed switch turning the light of and on. The system can also be used with an integrated circuit timer. The actuation of the switch sets up a timed on cycle. The timed cycle prevents accidental wearing down of the battery by inadvertent actuation or neglect to turn off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Inventor: Salvatore Guerrieri
  • Patent number: 6116756
    Abstract: A micro-machined movable light emitting assembly is formed on or from an undoped or pure III-V substrate or formed on or from a doped III-V substrate. The movable light emitting assemblies are to be actuated using force generators, to generate the various mechanical degrees of freedom depending on the type of stage suspension and actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Peeters, Decai Sun, G. A. Neville Connell, Ross D. Bringans, Raj B. Apte, Thomas L. Paoli, Patrick Y. Maeda, David K. Fork, Joel A. Kubby, Philip D. Floyd
  • Patent number: 6116758
    Abstract: This invention of new down lights is suitable for different halogen bulbs, lagging and all necessary lamp accessories, the main purpose of this new invention is to improve the safety and convenience of installation of old light-inlay, we change the lamp-shell stand to be formed integrated with the tube-shaped part and we design a new mechanism to adjust the height of space for bulb installation, so that our new down lights would be fit well with any different type bulb, even halogen bulbs, furthermore, we could adjust the focus of lamp light in different environment to meet different requirements, and we have a new ring-line placed on the edge of lamp shell stand, the purpose of this new designation is to fit different lagging and accessories in order to provide a more stable and convenient assembly procedure, and the new lamp shell stand with tube-shape part could assure the safety, the new lamp shell stand would never has any opening on it, so that it could keep the high tempered-bulb from dust or any other
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventor: Michael Lin
  • Patent number: 6106132
    Abstract: An illuminating ball pen includes an ink cartridge received in a barrel, a joint pipe threadly engaged on a top end of the barrel, a top seat which is easily connected/disconnected with an upper end of the joint pipe, a lighting assembly provided in the top seat and with a lighting element protruded into a transparent globe a the top of the top seat, and a stamping seat secured in a lower end of the top seat. The lighting element of the ball pen will light or flash when a user is writing or stamping with the ball pen, or shaking the ball pen up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Taiwan Stamp Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chen-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 6106133
    Abstract: A ratcheting tool includes a handle having a first drive end and a second end. An illumination device includes a base securely attached to the second end of the handle and a cover removably attached to the base. The base and the cover together define a compartment for receiving a lamp that is adapted to provide direct illumination to a fastener to be tightened/loosened by the ratcheting tool. The illumination device further includes a battery unit for supplying electricity to the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventor: Shu-Chen Lee
  • Patent number: 6099153
    Abstract: An exterior rearview mirror for motor vehicles has a housing and a mirror pane pivotably supported in the housing. A light source is mounted in the housing. The housing has an outlet opening through which light emitted by the light source exits the housing. A light guide at least partially fills the outlet opening and is connected within the interior of the housing to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Zimmermann, Bernd Waldmann, Helmut Eberspacher
  • Patent number: 6099151
    Abstract: A lighting system at a rear part (3) of a motorcycle having at least one of a rear clearance light, a main brake light and a numberplate light contained in a vertical central plane of a rear wheel, and rear direction lights situated symmetrically to the central vertical plane. Additional brake lights (8.1 and 8.2) are electrically connected with the main brake light (5) and arranged generally symmetrically to the central vertical plane of the rear wheel (6) at the rear part (3) of the motorcycle (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventor: Martin Tlustos
  • Patent number: 6095667
    Abstract: An illuminating optical system for use in a projection exposure device with high utilization efficiency of the light from the light source and capable of easily realizing with simple construction is disclosed. The system comprises a light source, a light flux separating optical system for separating a light flux from the light source, a condenser optical system for leading the light flux separated by the light flux separating optical system on a reticle, and a diffraction optical unit included in the light flux separating optical system and having a linear grating pattern for separating the light flux from the light source into four.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kamihara, Hitoshi Ohashi
  • Patent number: 6095658
    Abstract: A powered hand tool using a single, replaceable tool disk for access to multiple sockets, screwdriver blades, drilling bits, or other tool heads. By rotating the tool disk on a hand tool body, each of the multiple tool heads on the tool disk can be placed in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Inventor: James Kalousis
  • Patent number: 6092904
    Abstract: A system especially suitable for illuminating the front side of an object, as viewed by an observer is disclosed herein. This system includes a light pipe assembly having opposing forward and rearward faces; an arrangement for directing light into the light pipe assembly in a predetermined way; and an arrangement of optical components forming part of the light pipe assembly. This latter assembly is provide for reflecting substantially all of the light directed into the light pipe in a forward direction through the forward face of the light pipe. The light pipe assembly including the arrangement of optical components is substantially transparent to visible light or electromagnetic wave of a particular wavelength in the direction across the opposing forward and rearward faces of the assembly such that the light pipe assembly can be positioned between the object being illuminated and the observer or the detector without in any significant way disrupting the observer's or detector's view of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Clio Technologies
    Inventors: Chen-Yu Tai, Ping-Kaung Tai
  • Patent number: 6092906
    Abstract: A lightweight light screen (1) that emits a low-intensity, diffused light of uniform brightness from its interior surface. The light screen covers both of a user's (2) eyes (3) when wom, thereby preventing ambient light from entering the user's eyes. The wearer of the light screen can see only the emitted light. The nature of the emitted light in combination with isolation from ambient visual stimuli provide a restful and therapeutic environment for the wearer. The light screen has two apertures (11) with shades (14, 15) that can be used uncover the apertures. The apertures are positioned with respect to each eye such that when uncovered the wearer can read or perform other short-focal-distance tasks that require eyesight while obtaining benefits from the emitted light. The combined area of the apertures is less than 5% of the light emitting area of the light screen so the user can maintain his/her sense of isolation while performing tasks and continue to derive benefit from irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Inventor: Charles H. Olmstead
  • Patent number: 6092910
    Abstract: A flashlight includes a tubular barrel having an upper end formed with external threads and a lower end firmed with internal threads, a head having a lower end formed with internal threads adapted to engage with the external threads of the tubular barrel, an electrical socket fitted within the upper end of the tubular barrel, a light bulb having two depending electrodes received in the first and second holes of the electrical socket, a reflector arranged on the electrical socket and having a central opening for passage of the light bulb, a piece of glass arranged on the reflector, a tail having an upper end threadedly engage able a lower end of the tubular barrel, a water-proof cap mounted on a lower end of the tail, and a switch arranged within the tail and having a push button fitted in the water-proof cap, whereby the flashlight can be easily operated by depressing the switch at the tail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Inventor: Rick Sung
  • Patent number: 6082866
    Abstract: An illuminating coaster assembly for removable attachment to an essentially flat bottomed, transparent beverage container to highlight a selected drink, particularly for use in a dark room or bar. The assembly comprises a generally circular housing having an opaque bottom wall, an opaque peripheral side wall, and an essentially planar, light transmitting top wall. The light transmitting top wall concentrically mounts an opaque center member spaced inwardly from the peripheral side wall, and an adhesive layer overlying at least a portion of the center member for removably securing the coaster assembly to the beverage container. To effect illumination of the assembly, the housing contains a chemical illuminating material that is activated by mixing through vigorous shaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Inventor: Jacob L. Amedee
  • Patent number: 6079852
    Abstract: An auxiliary light is provided with a housing having a light element in an inside thereof and an axially supporting portion in a side portion, and a bracket having a stand portion which is axially supported to the side portion of the housing by the axially supporting portion and a base portion which can be suitably supported to the vehicle. In this structure, a circular arc portion having a center of substantially center portion of the housing in a right and left direction is formed in both of the stand portion of the bracket and the axially supporting portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: PIAA Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Kamaya, Haruo Hyodo
  • Patent number: 6079838
    Abstract: Light emitting panel assemblies include light emitting panel members and one or more light sources positioned/embedded in a light transition area, which increases the efficiency of light entering the panel members along the light input area to be emitted from one or more light emitting surfaces along the length of the panel members. Light may be reflected or refracted by a surface which changes the path of a portion of light such that it enters the input area of the panel member at a more acceptable angle. A uniform light output distribution may be produced by utilizing a pattern of light extracting deformities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Lumitex, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Parker, Mark D. Miller, Daniel N. Kelsch
  • Patent number: 6074074
    Abstract: A lighting strip is provided having a multicore conductor strip and LED elements which are arranged in a row one behind the other. The conductor strip is composed of a large number of conductor strip sections which are cut to length and are arranged in a row in the axial direction. A printed circuit board is in each case arranged between two axially adjacent conductor strip sections and is electrically conductively connected to them. Each printed circuit board is fitted with an LED element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Happich Fahrzeug-und Industrieteile GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Marcus
  • Patent number: 6070991
    Abstract: A decorative light fixture is described in which a pair of frames are provided, each with a central hub section and with arms spaced angularly about the hub and formed in a semi-spherical configuration about a central point. A band releasably joins the pair of frames with their central points substantially coincidental along an axis in such a manner that the arms of both frames form a substantially spherical configuration. Socket mounts are provided on the arms at varying positions spaced substantially radially from the central points. The arms of each frame are bendable from substantially flat orientations in which the arms extend radially from the associated central hub, with the socket mounts spaced radially therefrom to releasably receive and mount lenses or, alternatively, conventional Christmas light sockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Inventor: Donald Rumpel
  • Patent number: 6065850
    Abstract: A bubbling water lamp device, comprising an extractable display tank filled with liquid, a base joining the bottom end of the display tank, a projecting lamp, and an air supplier. A plurality of air apertures disposed at the bottom of the display tank connects to a stop valve. A revolvable multicolor disk is arranged on the base under the bottom edge of the transparent display tank. The air supplier pumps air into the display tank to create numerous bubbles moving upwards continuously, and the projecting lamp emits light at the display tank via the multicolor disk to make the bubbling water lamp device rich in dynamic feeling and be a decorative item, and the display tank can be extracted directly for cleaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Inventor: Paul Pao-Tien Chiu
  • Patent number: 6065856
    Abstract: An air hole 20 substantially longitudinally passing through a reflector 12 is formed so that it is opened in the substantially uppermost end portion of the reflective surface 12a of the reflector 12. As an upper wall surface 12b is formed on the upper side of the reflective surface 12a, the air hole 20 is prevented from being seen through a lens 14. Moreover, an extended air-hole forming portion 22 for use in forming a substantially L-shaped air hole which is bent downward from the rear end portion of the air hole 20 is integrally formed with the reflector 12, whereby a rubber tube that has heretofore been employed can be dispensed with to ensure that the lamp cost is made reducible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Hiramatsu, Masahito Naganawa
  • Patent number: 6062703
    Abstract: A multi-purpose working light includes a body portion having a first end provided with a plurality of fluorescent lamps and a second end formed with a notch thereby forming two lugs, each of the lugs having an outer side with a first circular recess and a center hole and an inner side with a plurality of first radial raised lines, a dog having two opposite sides each provided with a plurality of second radial raised lines and fitted in the notch, the dog having a threaded hole having a center line perpendicular to an axis going through the two opposite sides, a protective cap threadedly engaged with the body portion, and a lampshade fitted over the protective cap and threadedly engaged with the protective cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Caster Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Tsao