With Switch Patents (Class 362/249.05)
  • Patent number: 7918598
    Abstract: An LED light fixture system includes an LED module having a plurality of LEDs attached thereto and directed inwardly toward a secondary optic. The LED module is releasably attached to an interior surface of a peripheral frame. The frame includes an openable portion positioned to allow the LED module to be inserted or removed through an opening created when the openable portion is in an open position. The openable portion is movable from the open position to a closed position and provides an electrical connection between the LEDs attached to the LED module and a source of electrical current when the openable portion is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Lunera Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Peifer, Mark J. Walsh
  • Patent number: 7918585
    Abstract: A foldable, rechargeable light emitting diode (LED) pocket light is disclosed. The light includes a first compartment, a second compartment and a hinge element. The first compartment has a housing, a plurality of LED lights, a rotatable hinge, and a hook for hanging the light. The second compartment includes a housing, a member for receiving the rotatable hinge and a power source. The light also includes an activating member and circuitry for activating the LED lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Walter R. Tucker Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventor: Mark Tucker
  • Patent number: 7909482
    Abstract: An electrical device such as an LED light assembly includes a conductive circuit and one or more electrical components connected to the circuit. The electrical components and the circuit are at least partially overmolded with a thermoplastic polymer material to encapsulate the components. The material utilized to cover the circuit and/or electrical components may also be utilized to form a housing or other structure of a finished part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Innotec Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas J. Veenstra, Paul T. Vander Kuyl, Matthew S. Weeda, Michael L. Lanser, Kyle A. Israels, Jason R. Mulder, Mark W. Vander Pol
  • Patent number: 7901103
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a fluorescent lamp to illuminate a liquid crystal panel, a reflection unit for causing the light from the fluorescent lamp to exit toward a certain direction, and a diffusion unit for diffusing the light from the fluorescent lamp and reflection unit, and reflectance or transmittance in the horizontal and vertical directions is controlled by applying a dot pattern that gradually increases densities from the central portion toward the peripheral portion to the reflection unit or diffusion unit, or by applying a dot pattern that gradually increases densities from the central portion toward the both ends in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the fluorescent tube of the fluorescent lamp. By doing this, brightness gradient is formed in the horizontal and vertical directions so that the brightness in the central portion of the liquid crystal panel is relatively higher than the brightness of the peripheral portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Inoue, Kohji Ohtsuka, Kazuyoshi Izumi, Takashi Yoshii
  • Patent number: 7887215
    Abstract: A portable lamp comprising an electric power supply module and a lighting module arranged in a triangular architecture. The lighting module comprises a printed circuit on one surface of which at least one LED and a switch are fitted. The top surface of the switch comprises a pushbutton placed against a first surface of the printed circuit. The printed circuit comprises a through hole leaving the pushbutton accessible via a second surface of the printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Zedel
    Inventors: Paul Petzl, Stéphane Huguenin, Nicolas Florès
  • Patent number: 7862195
    Abstract: An integrated and modular lighting system is disclosed. The lighting system includes a plurality of modules, each module including at least two echelons of light emitting diodes and a power supply on a common substrate. The modular lighting system is used to provide uniform illumination of an enclosed display stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas E Stack, David E Douglas, Samuel S Lee
  • Publication number: 20100328952
    Abstract: The lighting device mainly contains an upper casing, an intermediate casing, a circuit board, and a lower casing. The intermediate casing has a cylindrical body with threads around a top end and a bottom end for joining with the upper and the lower casings, respectively. A spherical concave is provided in the center on the top side of the intermediate casing, surrounded by a number of LEDs. Inside the hollow lower casing, the circuit board is housed with appropriate wiring to the LEDs and a sensor assembly. The lower casing further has electrical contract means on a bottom side for introducing electricity. The spherical sensor assembly is rotatably placed in the spherical concave on the top side of the intermediate casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: KAI-PO CHEN
  • Patent number: 7854528
    Abstract: A light array for illuminating the circular opening in the platform of a bag toss game includes a circular frame and mating cover that define a hole, at least equal in area to the opening. A plurality of lights (LEDs) is positioned in the annular enclosure formed by the frame and cover. The cover includes a transparent wall through which light is projected to the opening in the platform. An annular printed circuit board is supported in the annular enclosure and mechanically supports and electrically connects the LEDs to a switched battery source. Different embodiments for blinking and sequencing the LEDs are shown. A laser diode arrangement for producing a cross hair pattern of beams in the platform hole is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventors: Perry J. Segretto, Michael Koczor
  • Patent number: 7854538
    Abstract: A headlamp for a vehicle or other application, including a circular arrangement of groupings of IR LEDs in a retaining ring, each grouping of IR LED providing a different beam pattern of infrared illumination, and a HID lamp surrounded by the retaining ring, for providing visible light. A switch system is also provided, for enabling either the visible light or the infrared light, and for selecting a beam pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Ibis Tek, LLC
    Inventor: James M. Helms
  • Patent number: 7850335
    Abstract: A light source module including a plurality of first point light sources, a plurality of second point light sources, and a plurality of third point light sources is provided. The dominant wavelengths of lights provided by the first point light sources are within a wavelength range of a first color light, and at least two of the first point light sources emit light with different dominant wavelengths. The dominant wavelengths of lights provided by the second point light sources are within a wavelength range of a second color light, and at least two of the second point light sources emit light with different dominant wavelengths. The dominant wavelengths of lights provided by the third point light sources are within a wavelength range of a third color light, and at least two of the third point light sources emit light with different dominant wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Lu Hsu, Chu-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 7841738
    Abstract: A luminaire is described having a pot-shaped housing for the reception of electrical components and for the releasable mounting of a functional unit having at least one main lighting surface and whose special features consist of the facts that the preferably planar main lighting surface of the functional unit extends parallel to the base wall of the housing or its mounting surface and is bounded at the marginal side by a peripheral flat frame made of heat conducting material; and that the flat frame is connected in a heat conducting manner to at least one LED carrier which is located in the functional unit in the region of the rear side of the flat frame and its surface carrying the LEDs is directed to a reflector arranged between the base wall of the housing and the main lighting surface such that the main lighting surface is illuminated substantially uniformly by diffuse light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Hartmut S. Engel
  • Patent number: 7819552
    Abstract: A light unit includes a bulb having a light source with lead wires and a separator, a switch member that includes a support member and a pair of spring terminals, and a socket having two or more conductive terminals and adapted to receive the bulb and the switch member. The switch member is adapted to cause the pair of spring terminals to contact one another to form an electrical short circuit across the pair of conductive terminals and the light source when the bulb is completely or partially removed from the socket. The lead wires form an electrical connection across the conductive terminals and the separator breaks contact between the pair of spring terminals when the bulb is seated in the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Seasonal Specialties LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Altamura, Robert C. Neuman, Dennis Wang
  • Patent number: 7810958
    Abstract: An outdoor LED lamp assembly includes a receiving member, a driving circuit module received in the receiving member, an LED lamp mounted on the receiving member, and a switch received in the receiving member and electronically connecting with the driving circuit module to control power off and power on of the outdoor LED lamp assembly. The receiving member includes a bottom plate. The LED lamp includes a heat sink and a plurality of LED modules mounted on the heat sink. The bottom plate depresses the switch so that the switch is at an “ON” position to enable a current to flow to the driving circuit module via the switch. When the bottom plate is removed from the receiving member, the switch is changed from the “ON” position to an “OFF” position, whereby the current cannot flow to the driving circuit module via the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: You-Xue Liu, Li He
  • Patent number: 7806576
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus includes an light guide member so arranged as to surround the light-emitting device, wherein a circumferential light-emitting surface of the light guide member is so arranged as to be inclined with respect to a surface on which the light-emitting device is set and a circumferential light guide portion of the light guide member is formed such that a vertical thickness is substantially uniform with respect to the surface on which the light-emitting device is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yoshida, Satoshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 7802901
    Abstract: Light emitting device multi-chip lighting units and related methods are disclosed. According to one aspect, a white LED chip, a red LED chip, a blue LED chip, and a green LED chip are operably configured to a semiconductor substrate positioned within a lighting unit housing. The lighting unit can therefore provide a white light beam, a red light beam, a green light beam, and a blue light beam. The LED chips can be configured on the substrate such that the emitted light beams can overlap. Thus, in addition to the white LED chip providing a white light beam, the red LED chip, the blue LED chip, and the green LED chip can be actuated simultaneously with the white LED chip to combine and emit a more powerful and intense white light beam. Additionally, the red LED chip, the blue LED chip and the green LED chip can be actuated simultaneously to emit an intermediary intensity white light beam from the lighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: CREE, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael McMillan
  • Patent number: 7788833
    Abstract: An animated light source and method are provided. The light source may include a plurality of solid-state emitters and a control circuit for controlling the selective energization of the emitters individually to from a beam of light along an axis. The emitters may be selectively energized to provide the appearance of motion of light within the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Inventors: Lane T. Hauck, Kevin T. Hauck
  • Patent number: 7786484
    Abstract: A display device is provided which includes: pixel circuits for pixel electrode switching, arranged on a substrate; and an interlayer insulating film covering the pixel circuits. In this display device, the interlayer insulating film has connection holes which expose at bottom portions thereof connection portions of the pixel circuits, and connection portions of adjacent pixel circuits of the pixel circuits are exposed at the bottom portions of the connection holes. A method for manufacturing the above display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Noriyuki Kawashima
  • Patent number: 7780327
    Abstract: An image generating apparatus capable of uniformly brightening an emission surface even when a light-emitting device portion is arranged on a position deviating from the center of the emission surface is obtained. This image generating apparatus includes a light-emitting device portion emitting light, a light guide member, so arranged as to enclose the light-emitting device portion, including a peripheric emission surface, a peripheric light guide portion guiding the light emitted from the light-emitting device portion to the emission surface and a dome portion, having a light guide function, provided inside the peripheric light guide portion continuously with the light guide portion for covering the light-emitting device portion and a lid member so provided as to cover the dome portion. The image generating apparatus further includes a wall portion adjusting the light emitted from the light-emitting device portion and guided to the peripheric emission surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakano
  • Patent number: 7744233
    Abstract: In order to control light emission of light emitting diodes, current dividing circuits are used to supply currents of a substantially fixed level to all lines. Light emitting diodes are arranged in groups of a predetermined number of LEDs in series, and sets of the light emitting diodes connected to the first line and sets of the light emitting diodes connected to the second line are laid out on the same straight line so as to form a single row. Substrates with these formed thereon are arranged adjacent to each other in the direction of the rows, so that sets of the light emitting diodes connected to the first line and sets of the light emitting diodes connected to the second line are arranged alternately. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a backlight device with a plurality of LED arrays arranged thereon, which can uniformly illuminate the entire screen with light from the LED arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Moriyasu, Hideyuki Chikazawa, Masaki Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7731385
    Abstract: A lighting device includes one or more light sources, one or more switches, and a controller. The lighting device has multiple modes of operation. The controller selects modes of operation according to the one or more switches. The controller controls or operates the one or more light sources according to the selected mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Spartano, John D. Crawford, Joseph P. Gardner, Michael W. Sanders, Scott W. Osiecki, Ronald J. Kingston, Mark A. Ferguson, Kang Woon Au, Wai Kwong Lam, Thomas I. Meyers
  • Patent number: 7731382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp structure. The lamp structure is mainly installed inside a cabinet, and by opening the cabinet door will enable the electrical circuit of the lamp structure to be a close circuit; vise versa, closing the cabinet door will result in the open circuit of the electrical circuit of the lamp structure. When the electrical circuit is a close circuit, the light emitting part of the lamp structure will generate light to illuminate the internal space of the cabinet so as clearly view the objects location in the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Feton Limited
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsiu Wu, Chih Chun Li
  • Publication number: 20100135017
    Abstract: Lighting fixtures, systems, and methods of using the lighting fixtures that can achieve radically increased energy efficiency and visual effectiveness, are disclosed. The invention also offers the potential for decorative effects, supplementary background lighting, and other lighting effects. Various embodiments use light sources capable of individual focus, replacement, and control of operation. Fixtures allow mounting of the light emitting components to achieve a large effective aperture/diameter of the fixture in relation to the distance from the illuminated area, producing improved illumination. The light emitting components may be installed on parts of the fixture that may be oriented individually, thereby allowing infinite and/or incremental adjustment of the overall light emission pattern to achieve desirable illumination effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Donald R. WULFINGHOFF
  • Publication number: 20100135021
    Abstract: A waterproof vibrating and twinkling LED backlighting device includes: a main body (1), said main body (1) comprises a light-tight, hollow and polymorphous frame (11), and a transparent cover plate (12) installed on top of said frame (11); a circuit element (3), said circuit element (3) comprises a circuit board (31) and a circuit-control element (32) electrically connects with the circuit board (31); at least one light emitting device (4) which electrically connects with the circuit board (31), and its light emitting angle is parallel with the circuit board (31), said light emitting device (4) comprises: at least one Light-Emitting Diode (LED)(41) mounted on the side of the surface of said circuit board (31) and connected electrically with which; a power supply (5); a ball-rolling switch (6) electrically connects with the circuit element (3); and a transparent encapsulation body (2) filled inside the main body (1) to cover the circuit element (3), power supply (5) and ball-rolling switch (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Wei-Jei Tuan
  • Patent number: 7722213
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprises a housing and a first reflector. The first reflector is mounted beneath the light source and includes a plurality of segmented reflectors, each having at its top, a installation hole and at its bottom, an opening wider than the installation hole. A second reflector is positioned beneath the first reflector. The height of the second reflector causes a first light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through the installation hole and the bottom edge of the corresponding segmented reflector to be larger than a second light shielding angle defined by a straight line passing through the bottom edge of the segmented reflector and the bottom edge of the second reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Inoue, Keiichi Shimizu, Sumio Hashimoto, Hirokazu Otake, Mitsuhiko Nishiie, Takuro Hiramatsu, Masatoshi Kumagai
  • Patent number: 7717586
    Abstract: A foldable, rechargeable light emitting diode (LED) pocket light is disclosed. The light includes a first compartment, a second compartment and a hinge element. The first compartment has a housing, a plurality of LED lights, a rotatable hinge, and a hook for hanging the light. The second compartment includes a housing, a member for receiving the rotatable hinge and a power source. The light also includes an activating member and circuitry for activating the LED lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: E-Z Red Company
    Inventor: Mark Tucker
  • Patent number: 7708452
    Abstract: A device has an electrical connector, a radiation generator, and a flexible carrier with circuitry that is operatively coupled between the connector and the radiation generator. In response to electrical power received through the connector, the circuitry energizes the radiation generator, and the radiation generator emits radiation. In a different embodiment, a device has an electrical connector, a radiation generator, and a member with circuitry embedded therein. The circuitry is operatively coupled between the connector and the radiation generator. In response to electrical power received through the connector, the circuitry energizes the radiation generator, and the radiation generator emits radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Lighting Science Group Corporation
    Inventors: Fredric S. Maxik, Paul James Garrity
  • Patent number: 7674013
    Abstract: A light assembly, comprising: a translucent housing; an inner wall disposed in the translucent housing, the inner wall and the translucent housing defining an inner cavity; a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically coupled to a power source; a switch for electrically connecting and disconnecting the plurality of light emitting diodes to the power source and activating an operating mode including sequential flashing of the plurality of light emitting diodes, the plurality of light emitting diodes and the power source being disposed in the inner cavity; and a removable base configured to be secured to the inner wall, the removable base defining a bottom portion of the housing, the switch being located in the removable base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Leslie, David Mallard, Elliott P. Montgomery, Taek Kim, Roland Zeder
  • Patent number: 7670026
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing illumination includes a lower light panel that contains at least one battery and electronic control circuitry therein. A plurality of LEDS are each disposed in a corresponding plurality of recesses in the light panel. A reflective coating is preferably included in each of the recesses. A clear plastic sheet is disposed over an upper surface of the light panel. A rug is disposed over the light panel and is detachably-attached thereto. When a person steps on the rug one or more of a plurality of pressure activated switches are energized which, in turn, activates the circuitry and energizes the LEDS. The LEDS are illuminated for a first predetermined period of time that is selectable. When the first timer elapses the lights and circuitry turn off and the apparatus returns to a quiescent state until the cycle is repeated. The rug is removed from the light panel for cleaning of the rug and the plastic sheet is also removed for servicing of the light panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Inventor: Victor Jonathan Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20100027262
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a bracket and a heat sink mounted on a top side of the bracket. The heat sink includes a base. A plurality of LED module assemblies is mounted to a bottom surface of the base of the heat sink. Each of the LED module assemblies includes a heat absorbing plate located below the bottom surface of the base of the heat sink, an LED module mounted on a bottom surface of the heat absorbing plate and a heat pipe interconnecting the bottom surface of the base and a top surface of the heat absorbing plate. The heat pipes are U-shaped and horizontally positioned and have different heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHUN-JIANG SHUAI, GUANG YU, CHENG-TIEN LAI
  • Publication number: 20100020542
    Abstract: A custom assembly light-emitting module includes a base unit, a light-emitting unit and a lens unit. The base unit has a heat-dissipating base and two first retaining structures extending upwards from two opposite lateral sides of the heat-dissipating base. The light-emitting unit is detachably disposed on the heat-dissipating base. The lens unit has a lens and two second retaining structures formed on two opposite lateral sides of the lens, wherein the lens unit is detachably disposed over the light-emitting unit by matching the two first retaining structures and the two second retaining structures. Hence, the base unit, the light-emitting unit and the lens unit can be replaced according to the user's different requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Chien-Chen Teng, Fang-Po Wang, Wen-Chieh Chang Chien
  • Patent number: 7628512
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a heat sink having a first mounting portion attached to a housing. A first circuit board containing LEDs is mounted to a first side of a second mounting portion of the heat sink. A second circuit board include an LED control circuit is mounted to a second side of the second mounting portion. A multi-layer circuit board includes a heat-dissipating core bonded to first and second dielectric substrates, which are bonded to first and second electrically conductive layers. An electrical conductor extends through a through-hole in the board to electrically connect the first and second conductive layers. An electrical insulator inside the through-hole electrically isolates the core from the conductor. A transparent cover is shaped to cause downwardly projecting light rays emitted from the LEDs to be refracted less than upwardly projecting light rays. The cover also includes vertically extending projections for horizontally refracting light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Netzel, Sr., Daniel A. Armstrong, Louis F. Teran, Jeffrey S. Barsamian, Dennis C. Dunn, Abhinay Agarwal
  • Patent number: 7621653
    Abstract: A multi-function illumination device including a light emitting diode (LED) module. The light emitting diode (LED) module includes a control circuit having a first control output and a second control output. A first light emitting diode (LED) bank is coupled to the first control output. The first LED bank includes at least one first light emitting diode (LED) for emitting light of a first wavelength. The light emitting diode (LED) module a second light emitting diode (LED) bank coupled to the second control output. The second LED bank includes at least one second light emitting diode (LED) for emitting light of a second wavelength. During a first mode of operation, the control circuit is adapted to cause the first LED bank to illuminate continuously and the second LED bank to flash on and off at a predetermined frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Xenopus Electronix, LLC
    Inventor: Piers Hendrie
  • Patent number: 7611259
    Abstract: A light facility includes one or more batteries disposed in a housing, a processor device includes two power terminals coupled to the batteries and includes a switch terminal and a key terminal and three light terminals, a light device may be energized by the battery and includes a red light member, a green light member, and a blue light member coupled to the three light terminals of the processor device for being operated to generate red light, green light, and blue light, a switch is selectively coupled to either the switch terminal or the key terminal of the processor device for actuating the light device to generate lights, or gradually darkened light, or gradually brightened light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Inventor: Shen Ko Tseng
  • Patent number: 7604366
    Abstract: A portable reading lamp includes a lower and an upper cover assembled together to enclose therein a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of light-emitting units, a laser-illuminating unit, a power supply unit, and switches for switching on and off the light-emitting units and the laser-illuminating unit. The assembled lower and upper covers define an inward curved front surface, from where the light-emitting units irradiate light onto a predetermined area to help in reading at a dark place without the need of a light-guiding plate, enabling a largely reduce size of the portable reading lamp. With the laser-illuminating unit, the portable reading lamp may serve as a laser pointer. And, magnets may be externally attached a bottom of the lower cover, enabling the portable reading lamp to serve as a magnetic memo holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Lionbrook Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 7597452
    Abstract: A lamp set with remotely group setting function comprising a plurality of lamp assemblies and a remote controller; each lamp assembly including a casing, a signal receiver; a lamp body, a base, a circuit assembly, a power device and a group switch set; the casing for receiving element of the lamp assembly; the function group switches having a plurality of buttons for selecting the package signals sent from the remote controller; the circuit assembly of the lamp assembly being electrically connected to the lamp body, the power device, the receiver, and the group switch set. The circuit assembly serving to read package signals received from the receiver; the group switch set determining whether it is necessary to process the received package signals; if necessary, the circuit assembly will send driving signals to the lamp body to has to present different light effects according to the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Avertronics Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Wen Jeng, Chung-Ming Huang, Yuan-Sheng Liang, Liang-Chia Tseng
  • Publication number: 20090244891
    Abstract: An electronic visual display system with an integrated general lighting system including an electronic visual display having a housing and one or more lighting devices integrated therewith to provide light to one or more spaces external to the electronic visual display housing. The lighting devices have an independent on and off state which allows for the lighting devices to be in the on state independent of the on and off state of the electronic visual display. The lighting devices provide a relatively constant and user selectable color and level of light output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: LYNK LABS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Miskin
  • Patent number: 7581858
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus shows music effects with light sequences in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a support structure that is installable on an electrical socket. A switch on the base structure activates the apparatus. A transparent container with cut-outs surrounds the base structure and includes a white light activated by the switch. A direct current motor has an axle configured to rotate the base structure within the container. A circuit board is attached to the axle enables rotation of the circuit board within the container. The circuit board can activate sequences of light upon detection of a music signal and can detect a signal from a remote control. Light emitting sources are operably connected to the circuit board to rotate with the circuit board and to project light through the container. A remote control comprises buttons for controlling apparatus operational functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventor: Juan M. Gallegos
  • Publication number: 20090196033
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a housing, at least one first light source, and at least one second light source. The at least one first light source emits visible light. The at least one second light source emits IR light. The at least one first light source and the at least one second light source are arranged to emit steady and intermittent light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventor: Andrew Steven MACDONALD
  • Publication number: 20090154161
    Abstract: A portable light intended for mounting on a garment as support includes two LED light sources spaced apart towards the rear of the portable light. A clipped base below on anchor facilitates locating a garment between the anchor and the base, and a spring action urges the base toward the anchor. A hingedly movable head for the LEDs is mounted on the housing to move to and form the housing. An opening of the housing causes a switch in the housing to move between an opened and closed position such that a circuit actives or deactivates the LED lights when the head opens or closes relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Pelican Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Parker, Kevin Deighton, Mac Kidakarn
  • Publication number: 20090129088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module comprising a backlit surface element, a light source flatly applied to said surface element or connected thereto and to a light system comprising a plurality of said light modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventor: Udo Custodis