Patents Issued in June 26, 2007
  • Patent number: 7234795
    Abstract: An inkjet drop ejection apparatus comprising: a chamber with a nozzle and an ink inlet for fluid communication with an ink supply; and, an actuator with associated drive circuitry for ejecting drops of ink through the nozzle; such that, the drive circuitry transmits a drive signal to the actuator wherein the drive signal has a voltage less than 10 volts. Limiting the actuator voltage to 10V allows the drive circuitry to be CMOS circuitry rather than bi-polar. These voltages are compatible with CMOS and therefore the drive circuitry can be ‘on chip’ rather than ‘off chip’ with a large number of external connectors. Hence, all fabrication uses CMOS VLSI and MEMS processes and materials. By avoiding the need for many external connectors, the nozzle design is compact and the VLSI fabrication techniques are relatively low cost with high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7234796
    Abstract: The inkjet recording method and apparatus eject ink droplets made of an ink composition on a recording medium to record. The method and apparatus use insulating ink prepared by dispersing colorant particles capable of being charged in a solvent as the ink composition, allow an electrostatic force to act on the ink composition to form a thread of the ink composition and provide a stimulus to the thread at a frequency in a range of 100 kHz to 800 kHz to separate the thread into the ink droplets. The apparatus includes an inkjet head for ejecting the ink droplets, an electrode substrate for applying a charging voltage to the recording medium and a stimulus providing unit for providing the stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Seiichi Inoue
  • Patent number: 7234797
    Abstract: A flexible ink delivery extrusion feeds ink and air to a series of printhead modules in an ink jet printhead assembly. A repeating pattern of holes is laser ablated into the extrusion. These interface with inlets on each of the printhead modules of the assembly and relay ink and air from respective longitudinal channels of the extrusion. A rigid support beam determines the overall configuration of the series of modules. The extrusion is flexible enough to accommodate the configuration set by the support beam while not compromising the ink and air flow to the nozzles on each module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7234798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink jet printer provided with a line type ink jet head formed by a plurality of ink jet heads, in which a plurality of ink jet heads are fixed to a plate, and an ink is injected to an ink injected subject from a plurality of ink jet heads in a state in which a plate surface of the plate and the ink injected subject are faced to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Sanpei, Mitsuhiro Mori, Yoshihiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7234799
    Abstract: An inkjet printhead lid has a light opacity component and a laser light transparent component molded together in two shots in an injection molding chamber. The laser light transparency component has a periphery that extends beyond a periphery of the light opacity component on substantially all sides thereof. An inkjet printhead body laser welds to the laser light transparency component in an area between the peripheries of the two lid components. Inkjet printers for containing the printhead are also disclosed. In the molding chamber, two sources of injection molding materials inject a first and then a second mold to mold the two lid components together. One of the two sources of injection molding materials has laser light transparency characteristics while the other has light opacity characteristics. Mechanical interlocking features may also exist in both of the two lid components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Lexmark International Inc.
    Inventors: Kin-Ming Kwan, Ganesh Vinayak Phatak
  • Patent number: 7234800
    Abstract: In an inkjet recording apparatus in which a single ink supply path for hermetically sealing an ink tank and a recording head from the atmosphere is formed by connecting the ink tank to first and second hollow needles. When the ink tank is detached, the flow path is sealed in association with mounting and dismounting of the ink tank, thereby leakage of ink to the outside of the apparatus is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Itaru Watanabe, Shigeru Watanabe, Tetsuo Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 7234801
    Abstract: A printing cartridge is releasably engageable with a printing device having a linear reader for reading a barcode (1232) and a central processor capable of interpreting data carried on a barcode. The printing cartridge (1100) includes a housing (1104). Media and media colorant supply arrangements are positioned within the housing and contain a supply of media and a supply of media colorant, respectively. Feed mechanisms are positioned in the housing for feeding the media and the media colorant to a printing mechanism. A barcode (1232) is depicted on the housing, the barcode being readable by the linear reader (1236) and defining a code representing data relating to the media and the media colorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7234802
    Abstract: A removable printer cartridge for an inkjet printer including a printing fluid storage, a printhead in fluid communication with the printing fluid storage, and an assembly arranged to direct air over the printhead, the assembly including a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Patent number: 7234803
    Abstract: An ink jet cartridge including a case, in which the bottom portion where an ink jet recording head is disposed projects, and a lid for covering the top surface thereof. In an ink containing chamber defined by the these case and the lid, there is provided an absorber. The lid is configured so that ribs provided directly over the projecting bottom are higher than the other ribs, and so that the lid can be used for different types of cartridge. In a black cartridge, the pertinent ribs perform the function of effectively bringing the absorber into pressure contact with an ink introducing section. In a color cartridge, the pertinent ribs perform the function of restraining the height of the top surface of the absorber disposed on the projecting bottom portion to a position lower than that of the top surface of each of the other absorbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Hiromasa Amma, Wataru Takahashi, Masashi Ogawa, Yasuo Kotaki
  • Patent number: 7234804
    Abstract: An ink cartridge includes a first case having a particular opening formed therethrough, and a second case enclosed within the first case, in which the second case includes a particular wall. The ink cartridge also includes a signal blocking portion provided at the particular wall and extending in a predetermined direction into the particular opening, and the signal blocking portion divides the particular opening into a first opening portion and a second opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shingo Hattori, Tomohiro Kanbe, Toyonori Sasaki, Makoto Yamada
  • Patent number: 7234805
    Abstract: An ink for sublimation transfer ink jet recording includes water, at least one sugar alcohol containing not less than four OH groups, a sublimation dye, a dispersant, and a compound expressed by the following chemical formula (I): R—O—(CH2CH2O)n—H??(I) where R is an alkyl group having a carbon number of 25 to 150 and n is from 2 to 100. The ink is printed on a sheet medium by ink jet printing, and then the sheet medium is heated to sublimate and transfer the sublimation dye onto an object to be dyed. The ink for ink jet recording and the sublimation transfer dyeing method using the ink not only can maintain performances such as storage stability and high-quality recording images, but also can reduce environmental pollution, effectively prevent nozzle clogging, exhibit good dispersion stability, and achieve a high redispersion property that ensures stable ejection both during long continuous operation and after stopping the operation for a long time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Kiwa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Maekawa, Hiroki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7234806
    Abstract: An offset printing apparatus having a coated imaging member for use with phase-change inks, has a substrate, an optional intermediate layer, and thereover an outer coating with a fluorosilicone material, and an optional heating member associated with the offset printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: David H. Pan, Santokh S. Badesha, Donald S. Stanton, Anthony Yeznach, Trevor J. Snyder, Barry D. Reeves
  • Patent number: 7234807
    Abstract: A flexible auxiliary clip-on frame for tension mounting to a mating or primary spectacle frame. The clip on may be used to house sunglasses or any other frames necessary. The primary spectacle frame does not have to be constructed with any special features in order to mate with the auxiliary clip-on assembly. The primary spectacle frame assembly has the typical eyewear components including the eyerim, end pieces, rimblocks, bridge, temple, and optionally, nose pieces. Due to its flexible nature, the entire body of the auxiliary clip-on assembly acts as a spring. The spring-like qualities of the auxiliary clip-on assembly are used to securely fit the auxiliary clip-on assembly onto the primary spectacle frame assembly through the use of end piece retainers, without the need for magnets or any other fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Ronald L. Darata, Clarence Chi Wah Kwok
  • Patent number: 7234808
    Abstract: In a pair of glasses, in particular industrial safety glasses, comprising a frame with side pieces which are articulated thereto by a side-piece projection; and two eyeholes with encircling grooves and sight pieces inserted in the grooves; the frame being divided in the vicinity of the eyeholes for expansion and exchange of the sight pieces and lockable in the closed position; and the frame being divided in the vicinity of the side-piece projection; it is provided that the side-piece projection, in prolongation of the divided area of the frame, is divided into a top projection of the top frame member and a bottom projection; and that a pivoted locking device is pivotably mounted on the top projection of the frame member and lockable in place by the bottom projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: 7234809
    Abstract: An ophthalmic spectacle lens comprises a front surface; a back surface; a peripheral edge; and a vision correcting area having a refractive error correction for correcting refractive error of the eye, wherein the vision correcting area's refractive error correction is determined at least in part by a wave front analysis of the eye being corrected. Additionally, the refractive error correction corrects for non-conventional refractive error, wherein the non-conventional refractive error is a refractive error other than myopia, hyperopia, presbyopia and regular astigmatism, wherein said lens is capable of being edged into the shape of an eyeglass frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: E-Vision, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald D. Blum, Dwight P. Duston, Dan Katzman
  • Patent number: 7234810
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing an optical lens that is configured to correct optical aberrations, including, e.g., high order aberrations such as described by Zernike polynomials. The system can include a measurement system configured to measure optical aberrations in a patient's eye and to create measured optical aberration data. A calculation system is configured to receive the measured optical aberration data and to determine a lens definition based on the measured optical aberration data. A fabrication system is configured to produce a correcting lens based on the lens definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Ophthonix, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurence Warden, Andreas W. Dreher, John Ferro, Jagdish M. Jethmalani, Shui T. Lai
  • Patent number: 7234811
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for lenses and glasses are provided in which a lens (10) is formed with a thickness of less than 5 millimeters without grinding, and has two viewing segments (12 and 14). The first viewing segment (12) has a magnification power to correct for effects of presbyopia for near range viewing, and the second viewing segment (14) has a magnification power to correct for effects of presbyopia for intermediate range viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Tri Khai Tran
  • Patent number: 7234812
    Abstract: A helmet with an optical display system is provided with a custom fit protective liner which precisely aligns the wearer's eyes with the optics on the helmet. The helmet is manufactured by positioning the subject's head in a fixture; determining the position of the subject's pupils with respect to the fixture; scanning the subject's head with a laser while positioned in the fixture in order to obtain a 3-D model of the subject's head; and providing a helmet liner having an outer surface which is profiled to position it inside a helmet shell. The position of the subject's pupils may be determined by scanning pupil locating features of the fixture. The 3-D model is then used to provide the helmet liner with an inner surface which conforms to the subject's head and is positioned with respect to the outer surface so that the outer surface will have a predetermined position with respect to the subject's pupils. The helmet liner is then fitted in the helmet shell to form a helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Crew Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Gary J. Piorkowski, William Radzelovage
  • Patent number: 7234813
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in image display, of projecting a light beam onto a retina of a viewer, to thereby allow the viewer to perceive an image, is disclosed. The apparatus is constructed to include: a light emitter emitting a light beam; a scanner scanning the light beam emitted by the light emitter; an optical system receiving the light beam scanned by the scanner as an incoming light beam, and emitting the received incoming light beam as an outgoing light beam, such that, upon modulation of the light beam with respect to a traveling direction of the light beam, the outgoing light beam is directed to a pupil of the viewer; and a curvature compensator compensating a wavefront curvature of the incoming light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Watanabe, Shoji Yamada
  • Patent number: 7234814
    Abstract: Some configurations of the present invention provide a method for reducing eye fatigue that includes adjusting an intensity of an essentially white light source behind a display device to set an ambient light level in a room behind the display device, and adjusting an intensity of a blue light source disposed beside the display device to dilate pupils of the eyes of a viewer of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Masao Morita, Steve Lawrence Fors, Charles Cameron Brackett
  • Patent number: 7234815
    Abstract: The invention concerns an optical viewing device which incorporates a spectral filter to partially reduce the intensity or wavelength(s) of light transmitted to a specific region of a specimen which may be a human eye. The reduction in light intensity or wavelength may be variable across the filter and may be accomplished in an intensity-dependent or a wavelength-dependent manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Leica Microsystems (Switzerland) AG
    Inventor: Bryan Bees
  • Patent number: 7234816
    Abstract: A polarizing beam splitter (PBS) includes a multilayer reflective polarizing film, a pressure sensitive adhesive is disposed on the multilayer reflective polarizing film, a first rigid cover is disposed on the pressure sensitive adhesive. The PBS can be used in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Charles L. Bruzzone, Ming Cheng, Ying-Yuh Lu, Jiaying Ma
  • Patent number: 7234817
    Abstract: A projection system is provided. The projection system comprises a projector for producing a polarized light for projecting an image and a projection screen on which the image projected by the projector is visualized. The polarization plane of the polarized light and the polarization plane of the polarizing means are parallel. The polarizing means comprises a film formed by rodlike supramolecules including at least one polycyclic organic compound with conjugated ?-systems, whereby the 40% viewing angle transmittance iso-line of the polarizing means of the screen has an aspect ratio of not less than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Michael V. Paukshto
  • Patent number: 7234818
    Abstract: A projector and a dust detection device for an air filter thereof. The projector comprises a lamp, a fan, an filter, and a dust detection device. The lamp comprises a housing with an inlet and an exit. The fan is disposed in front of the inlet of the housing, and generates airflow to dissipate heat produced by the lamp. The air filter is disposed in front of the exit of the housing, and filters the airflow passing around the lamp. The dust detection device is disposed behind the air filter, and detects the state of the filtered airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: BENQ Corporation
    Inventor: Chia-Chang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7234819
    Abstract: A projector system of this invention includes a camera and a projector. The projector includes a projection image forming unit which forms an image to be projected to a projection surface and a projecting lens. When photographic information in photographing a projection image and distance information to the projection surface are input, a display control unit controls the focal length of the projecting lens in accordance with the photographic information and switches the size of the image formed by the projection image forming unit at the variable control limit of the focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Nonaka, Kazuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 7234820
    Abstract: Various optical techniques are described for obtaining a specified light output from an LED source. One technique uses a parabolic reflector surrounding an LED or LED array to create a collimated beam, and the light exit opening of the parabolic reflector is defined by a reflective disc with an opening of the desired size. Any generated light that is outside of the opening is reflected back into the parabolic reflector and re-reflected until the light exits the opening. For mixing different light colors from different LEDs or energized phosphors, a mixing tunnel is used. The mixing tunnel includes angled dichroic mirrors or angled polarizer mirrors that selectively reflect and pass selected colors or polarizations of light to a single output port of the mixing tunnel. Efficient and compact ways to energize phosphors are also described. Other optical techniques are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Philips Lumileds Lighting Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gerard Harbers, Laurie Scheffel, Matthijs Keuper, Robert H. Holman
  • Patent number: 7234821
    Abstract: A projection device having single light valve has a light source, a projection lens, an imaging unit and a beam breaker. Moreover, the imaging unit has a color production device and a valve. When the beam provided by light source propagates to the color production device, the color production device converts the beam into several different color beams in an order. Thereafter, the beams propagate to the beam breaker, and the beam breaker breaks the beam propagating through within a definite time according to the states of imaging unit. Afterwards, the beams that are not broken are converted into images by the light valve in order, and projected on a screen by projection lens. The beam breaker module can enable the projection device having single light to have several situation modes, and maintain the imaging contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Sze-Ke Wang
  • Patent number: 7234822
    Abstract: A projection-type display device 100 including a light source 10, a luminance modulation light valve having a plurality of pixels capable of independently controlling a transmission factor T1, dichroic mirrors 44a and 44b that divided the light from the luminance modulation light valve into the three primary colors of red, green and blue, a plurality of color modulation light valves into which light divided with dichroic mirrors 44a and 44b respectively enters and have a plurality of pixels capable of independently controlling a transmission factor T2, and a dichroic prism 48 that synthesizes light from each of the color modulation light valves, and is provided with a relay optical system 16 on the light path of a luminance modulation section 14 and a color modulation section 18 that forms an optical image of the luminance modulation light valve on the pixel surfaces of each of the color modulation light valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shoichi Uchiyama, Yoshitaka Itoh, Junichi Nakamura, Takashi Nitta, Tsunemori Asahi
  • Patent number: 7234823
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus illuminating an objective illumination region comprises a plurality of illuminants having light-emitting surfaces radiating diffused light, an illuminant substrate in which the illuminants are disposed so as to be set in array on the circumference, at least one optical member configured to guide the diffused light to the objective illumination region, a movable section configured to drive the optical member so as to be rotatable around the center of the circumference serving as a rotation center, and a lighting control section configured to control a light-emitting timing of the plurality of illuminants. The movable section and the lighting control section operate together such that the quantity of light per unit time of the diffused light guided to the objective illumination region is within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Imade
  • Patent number: 7234824
    Abstract: An adapter that attaches to a surgical microscope for holding the lens cover of a sterile drape at an angle relative to the scope's objective lens, so as to eliminate the reflection (glare) of illumination off the drape lens cover as light is directed through the surgical microscope to the field of view at the patient surgical site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Nicholas M. Langley
  • Patent number: 7234825
    Abstract: The curved rearview mirror system for vehicles allows a driver to see the entire area of a driver's blind spot from looking into any one of three mirrors without giving the driver an overly distorted view. The mirror system includes a central rearview mirror with a central planar section and two side convexly curved sections having a constant radius of curvature. The mirror system also includes left and right side rearview mirrors. Each side rearview mirror includes a central planar section, a convexly curved side section, a convexly curved top section, and a convexly curved bottom section. The shape and placement of each mirror is governed by a series of equations that give the driver the best possible view of the blind spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Wei Meng
  • Patent number: 7234826
    Abstract: The present invention mainly relates to a liquid crystal display device which comprises a casing and a backlight module; wherein the casing comprises a frame and an opening formed at a central region of the casing, the opening defining an active area; the backlight module used in providing light source via the active area comprises at least one lamp distributed equally in regions defined by the frame and the active area. The at least one lamp comprising an even luminance portion and a dense luminance portion, wherein the even luminance portion is located in the region defined by the active area while the dense luminance portion is located in the region defined by the frame. Because the dense luminance portion is located outside the active area in the invention, the luminance uniformity in the active area is raised without complex treatments thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Kuo-Shu Fan
  • Patent number: 7234827
    Abstract: A first object is to prevent the leakage of chemiluminescent liquid during chemiluminescence. A second object is to provide enhanced shock resistance. A third object is to provide enhanced hydraulic-pressure resistance and a product at a low cost. A chemiluminescent device comprises a container, and a synthetic-resin ampoule contained in the flexible container. The ampoule has a surface formed with a groove extending along the circumferential direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Lumica Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiko Fujita
  • Patent number: 7234828
    Abstract: An illumination device comprising a protective casing that comprises an illumination system of at least two band members and an illumination coating that has a communications line component with a first end and a second end, and a first power source connected to said illumination system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Kelly, Alexis Parr
  • Patent number: 7234829
    Abstract: A backlight assembly apparatus, including a conductive receiving container, a flat fluorescent lamp provided over the conductive receiving container, and an insulating member positioned between the conductive receiving container and the flat fluorescent lamp to provide insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Joo Kim, Hyeon-Yong Jang, Sang-Yu Lee, Seock-Hwan Kang
  • Patent number: 7234830
    Abstract: An optical switch having a housing, a light source and a light detector. The light source and light detector are located remote from the housing. The light source is connected to the housing with a first light guide, and the light detector is connected to the housing with a second light guide. The first and second light guide cables have distal ends positioned through the housing and are optically aligned but separated by a gap. The switch includes a device to interrupt a light beam that is usually adapted to removably occupy the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Cox Research & Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raleigh I. Cox, Christopher E. Cox
  • Patent number: 7234831
    Abstract: The disclosed device is directed towards an illumination headgear. The illumination headgear comprises a crown having a lower edge. A brim is disposed on the crown proximate to the lower edge. The brim has a rim disposed along the perimeter of the brim distal from the lower edge. An array of light emitting diodes is integral within the brim and proximate to said rim. The array of light emitting diodes is focused to form a contiguous beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Edward B. Hanley
  • Patent number: 7234832
    Abstract: An adjustable lighting fixture has a moveable housing. A first housing has a first opening and a second opening. A second housing is adapted to movably engage the first housing. A resilient member is connected to the second housing and adapted to be received by one of the first and second openings in the first housing. The first opening corresponds to a contracted position of the lighting fixture and the second opening corresponds to an expanded position of the lighting fixture. A lamp disposed in the lighting fixture has a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to a direction of movement of the first and second housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael C. Lippis, Martin C. Werr, David J. Rector
  • Patent number: 7234833
    Abstract: A work light having one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) to provide a high intensity beam pattern. In one arrangement two LEDs are tilted away from each and in another arrangement one LED is used together with a shaped reflector to provide an elliptical beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Anthony Hatherill, John Leslie Schira, Heather Frances Britt
  • Patent number: 7234834
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a bezel, a light source, a reflector, a diffuser and a heat dissipation channel. The bezel includes a bottom plate, a top plate disposed above and in parallel with the bottom plate, and an inclined lateral plate for connecting the bottom plate and the top plate. The light source is disposed over the bottom plate. The reflector is disposed under the light source and attached on the bottom plate and the inclined lateral plate. The diffuser is disposed on one part of the top plate and is positioned above the light source. In addition, the heat dissipation channel is formed between the diffuser and the top plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Kun Lai, Hann-Chou Liu
  • Patent number: 7234835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lens-arrayed backlight module, consisting of a housing, a plurality of lamps, and a plurality of lens plates. The lamps are disposed in parallel between the housing and the lens plates to provide illuminating rays. The lens plates correspond to the lamps respectively, each of which being mounted at the center axis of the corresponding lens plate so that the illuminating rays provided by the lamps diffuse through the lens plates. The present invention also provides a liquid crystal display device using the lens-arrayed backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Szu-Han Li, Yi-Chen Kuo, Hui-Ju Hsu, Chun-Chung Hsiao, Chun-Chien Chu
  • Patent number: 7234836
    Abstract: A reflector arrangement for the adjustment of shadow in the field of photography and firm includes inner and outer reflectors which are arranged inside each other and in the region of a central axis of the reflector arrangement, in addition to a carrier element for receiving two illumination means arranged one behind the other. The carrier element is constructed as a focusing unit for the lighting means so that the focusing unit is slidable axially in a longitudinal direction of the center axis of the reflectors relative to the outer reflector. The inner reflector is arranged in the region of the lighting means on the focusing unit. The invention enables the parts of hard and soft light to be adjusted on the reflector arrangement, such that any characteristics can be adjusted using one and the same reflector arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Hans-Werner Friedrich Briese
  • Patent number: 7234837
    Abstract: A light emitting device, which includes at least one light emitting element, has a light emission portion which emits diffused light, at least one optical element upon which a concave portion is formed in which the diffused light which has been emitted from the light emitting element is incident, and which converts the diffused light into approximately parallel light and emits the approximately parallel light thereof to the exterior, and a holder portion which has one side surface, another side surface, and at least one through hole which extends between the one and the other side surfaces, and which holds the light emitting element and the optical element, in which the optical element is inserted into the through hole from a side of the one side surface of the holder portion, and is fixed therein, and the light emitting element is inserted into the through hole to which the optical element is fixed from a side of the other side surface of the holder portion, and is fixed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Kazunari Hanano
  • Patent number: 7234838
    Abstract: A method for bending a perimeter light and a perimeter light for illuminating curved surfaces. One embodiment of a bending method according to the present invention comprises heating a perimeter light to make it pliable. A radius tool is then provided having a curved surface with a shape and radius for the desired bend in the perimeter light. The heated perimeter light is mounted to the radius tool curved surface. The perimeter light is then cooled and removed from the radius tool. One embodiment of a bent elongated perimeter light according to the present invention comprises an array of light sources and an elongated tube bent to match a curve or shape. The array of light sources is disposed within the tube and the tube transmits and disperses the light from the array to give the appearance that said array of light sources is a continuous light source. The array of light sources is cuttable at intervals to shorten the array while allowing the remaining light sources in the array to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: SloanLED, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Sloan, Bruce Quaal
  • Patent number: 7234839
    Abstract: A lighting device for festival decoration comprises a plurality of decorative lamp blocks wired in series successively, each block having a two-row lamp fixture; a lamplight controller and a knob switch for regulating lamplights electrically coupled with the wired decorative lamp blocks. The decorative lamp block consists of two-row lampshades, a box body and a lamp body. According to the invention, the lighting device for festival decoration comprises a plurality of decorative lamp blocks having two-row decorative lamps controlled by the lamplight controller, wherein each block is electrically connected for an equal period of time and started up at a different point of time, so that the decorative lamp blocks are powered on successively to give out special run-after lighting effects at a run-after speed regulated by the knob switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Hon Kwok Cheng
  • Patent number: 7234840
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting element comprising an insulating plate and two rows of LEDs which are fixed to the top and bottom of said plate. The LEDs are connected in series or in parallel and both ends of said plate are provided with electrical contacts which are connected to the LED branches and which are intended to be fixed to the electrical supply terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Ladislav Agabekov, Ivan Agabekov
  • Patent number: 7234841
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes an electrical device such as a lighting device, and a support member and a control device such as a motion detector for actuating the electrical device and coupled to the support member. In one embodiment, the control device is connect to a mounting arm that is mounted to the support member in a manner that the mounting arm is rotationally and axially adjustable with respect to the support member so that the control device is rotationally and axially adjustable with respect to the electrical device. In one embodiment, the electrical device is connected to and supported by the support member. The position of the control member can be adjusted to any selected position in a path orbiting a central axis of the electrical device and can be adjusted in an axial direction with respect the axis of the electrical device. The control device is also pivotally connected to the support arm to enable positioning of the control device with respect to the support arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Derek J. Nash
  • Patent number: 7234842
    Abstract: A replaceable lighting head assembly comprised of a high output LED (Light Emitting Diode) socket torch package, vertically aligned thermal heat sink, and electrical connector coupled with a secondary housing unit that conducts heat received from the heat sink to the external environment and acts as a conduit for the external electrical source. This second component also serves as a building block for further fixture design. In this manner, state-of-the-art LED's can be used to provide light within a small, durable package which in turn, provides lighting designers with the opportunity to explore new fixture designs and to improve the quality, energy-efficiency, safety and longevity of existing products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Tom Frederico
  • Patent number: 7234843
    Abstract: A light comprising a rear light modifying panel having a front surface and opposite sides; a lamp support panel assembly connected at least at two spaced apart locations to the rear light modifying panel assembly, for supporting at least one lamp in front of the front surface and between the opposite sides of the rear light modifying panel assembly; and a front light modifying panel having a rear surface spaced from the front surface of the rear light modifying panel, the front light modifying panel having opposite sides connected to the opposite sides of the rear light modifying panel. The lamp support panel assembly is between the front and rear light modifying panels for holding the at least one lamp between the front and rear light modifying panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Gary Regester, David Conroy
  • Patent number: 7234844
    Abstract: An L.E.D. lighting fixture is provided. The lighting fixture comprises at least one heat transfer mounting bar, at least one emitter plate secured to the mounting bar, and an array of L.E.D. lights secured to each emitter plate. A method for providing light is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Bolta, Phillip C. Watts