With Mounting Means Patents (Class 362/249.11)
  • Patent number: 7946730
    Abstract: The invention is a replacement for a conventional incandescent or halogen light bulb. Besides providing regular illumination, it has advantages over a conventional bulb while maintaining the bulb's decorative function, such as visual effects associated with the bulb's envelope or shade. The invention comprises a connector equivalent to a standard light bulb base, at least one light emitting diode (LED), and a driving circuit hosted on a module such as a printed circuit board and adapting the supply voltage to the requirements of the LED. Compensation for the effects of temperature may be included. The invention may also include other circuitry to support various enhanced features such as novel decorative features or control over the brightness, color, or other characteristics—all potentially varying over time or being controlled remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: TerraLUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Catalano, Daniel Harrison
  • Patent number: 7946731
    Abstract: Light Emitting Diode (LED) modules that generally comprise a) a frame or housing, b) a circuit board that comprises a solid state circuit and is mounted on the frame or in the housing, c) one or more LEDs connected to the solid state circuit and d) at least one of the following: i) a heat sink that extends outboard (e.g., outside the outer boundaries of) the housing or frame; and/or ii) a power regulator which controls power dissipation over load and line variations and/or a pulse regulation circuit which to regulates current pulses in the LEDs in the unfiltered full wave unregulated 60 cycle Hz alternating current (AC). These LED modules may be connected to one another in series and my operate on AC current. In some embodiments, these LED modules are used for channel letter lighting and other illuminated signage applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: J&J Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Lee Wray
  • Patent number: 7926976
    Abstract: Deformable illumination module with a plurality of circuit boards that have at least one optical emitter arranged thereon and that are connected into forming a chain by way of two electrical power supply wires. The electrical power supply wires run without interruption across all circuit boards of the chain creating a parallel connection of the circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Schinzel-Kolb, Harald Stoyan
  • Patent number: 7926977
    Abstract: A lighting system generally includes a plurality of electrically interconnected modules. Each module includes a support, circuitry on the support, at least two light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) on the support and electrically connected to the circuitry, and a housing over the support for covering the circuitry. A first LED on a first surface of the support emits light in a first general direction and a second LED mounted on a second surface of the support emits light in a second general direction, which is opposite the first general direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Nall, Koushik Saha, Xin Wang, Kevin Carpenter, Douglas R. Halley, John Owens
  • Patent number: 7922364
    Abstract: An LED lamp assembly with a substantial heat sink may be inexpensively constructed using sections of extruded metal as the heat sink. The extruded heat sink sections are trapped in latched sandwich structure assuring good thermal contact between the LED light sources and the extruded heat sink and a metal optic. The inexpensive structure may be rapidly assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tessnow, Kim Albright, Michael Tucker
  • Patent number: 7918592
    Abstract: A position light including a base that is configured to attach to an aircraft. The base having an extruded overlap baffle. A first LED is coupled to the base underneath the overlap baffle. A circuit card is also coupled to the base and is extended over the first LED toward the over flap baffle. A second LED coupled to a circuit card. The extended overlap baffle and the extended circuit card block visible light emitting from the first LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: David Barnett, Lawrence M. Rice, Timothy C. Martin
  • 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: 7905639
    Abstract: A side-loading LED module for a rear combination lamp is disclosed. One or more LEDs are mounted on a distal side of a printed circuit board, which also includes the circuitry that drives the one or more LEDs. The circuit board and a thermal pad are screwed/riveted to a heat sink, then the heat sink is mounted to a lateral face of a housing. The LEDs emit diverging light laterally inside the housing. One face of the housing is a faceted parabolic reflector, which receives the diverging light from the LEDs and reflects a collimated beam longitudinally to the front of the housing, where it passes through a clear cover and exits the lamp. The facets on the parabolic reflector angularly deviate portions of the reflected beam, so that the reflected light is collimated, and is angularly broader than a single collimated beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Luo, ZhaoHuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20110058374
    Abstract: An LED illumination device capability of regulating angle of illumination comprises a regulating unit and an LED illumination. The regulating unit has a fixed portion, a connection portion and a bend portion connected between the fixed portion and the connection portion. The LED illumination lamp is mounted on the connected portion of the regulating unit, then, the connection portion may regulated an angle relative to the fixed portion of the regulating unit by bending the bent portion of the regulating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Yu Hsin Tsai, Yen Chi Wu, Meng Hsieh Chou
  • Patent number: 7891841
    Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device can be compact and can have a major surface configured to be attached to a substantially flat mounting surface. Within the lighting device, a light bar frame can be rotatable relative to a mounting plate around an axis substantially perpendicular to the major surface. Three or more rotatable light bars can be positioned within the light bar frame. The light bars can include lighting elements (e.g., light-emitting diodes) and can be positioned within the light bar frame such that their rotational axes are coplanar. The rotational axes of the light bars also can be substantially perpendicular to the axis around which the light bar frame rotates relative to the mounting plate. Furthermore, the rotational axes of the light bars can form three or more sides of a polygon (e.g. a triangle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Levine
  • Patent number: 7824071
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a connecting box with a retaining assembly attached to its underside and a plurality of LED modules mounted on the retaining assembly. The retaining assembly is a plurality of spaced mounting plates with two lateral portions extending laterally beyond other, lower mounting plates. The LED modules are mounted on undersides of the lateral portions of the mounting plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shi-Song Zheng
  • Patent number: 7824073
    Abstract: A light source module includes light source units and links interconnecting the light source units. Each light source unit includes a substrate defining openings with a connector arranged in each opening. Each connector includes a first terminal and a second terminal. A light source is mounted on the substrate. The light source has a first electrode and a second electrode. The two electrodes are electrically connected to the terminals of the connectors. Each link is received in two openings of two neighboring light source units, and interconnects the two neighboring light source units electrically or mechanically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Hui Hsieh, Chih-Ming Lai
  • Patent number: 7806561
    Abstract: In an integrally embedded AC/DC double-headed lamp, at least one illuminative element is disposed on a lamp board, two sides of the light board are respectively disposed with a conductive terminal used for letting in a lamp seat to electrically connect to the lamp seat and an integrally formed cover body is used to cover the illuminative element directly thereby reducing the processing time and elevating the production efficiency, further attaining to the cost reducing object. Furthermore, the illuminative element is allowed to generate a different illumination effect through a different cover body to provide a user with different illumination and decoration uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nano Light Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 7766505
    Abstract: A light source assembly includes a first and a second light source modules. The first light source module includes a first light source, a first heat-dissipating base, and a first connecting part. The first heat-dissipating base has a first side and a second side. The first light source is mounted on the first side of the first heat-dissipating base, and the first connecting part extends outwardly from the second side of the first heat-dissipating base. The second light source module includes a second light source, a second heat-dissipating base, and a second connecting part. The second heat-dissipating base has a first side and a second side. The second light source is mounted on the first side of the second heat-dissipating base, and the second connecting part extends outwardly from the second side. The first connecting part is detachably and slidably engaged with the second connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Feng Tseng, Chih-Ming Lai
  • 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: 7712922
    Abstract: An illumination unit comprising an LED light source is disclosed, which has a first optical element disposed downstream of the LED light source in an emission direction, an electronic control unit, and a second optical element disposed downstream of the first optical element. The LED light source, the first optical element and the electronic control unit are arranged in a common housing, and the housing is covered by the second optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Christian Hacker, Giovanni Scilla, Alessandro Scordino, Jens Florian Hockel, Philipp Erhard, Fritz Hereth
  • Patent number: 7690809
    Abstract: The present invention provides an LED lighting device inlaid on a ceiling. The ceiling is divided into a plurality of lattice by a matrix of metal strip, plastic strip or wood strip, a matrix of LED are installed on the lattice; an AC power is inputted through a power line to an AC/DC converter for being converted into a DC power, and then the DC power passes through a current stabilizer, a resistor, a connector for being inputted to two ends of each row of the LEDs; LEDs of each row are serially connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Taiwan Green Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung Cheng Tsai, Cheng Hung Peng
  • Patent number: 7686469
    Abstract: An LED floodlight fixture including a housing that forms a substantially water/air-tight chamber, electronic LED driver(s) within the chamber, and an LED assembly secured with respect to the housing adjacent thereto in non-water/air-tight condition, the LED assembly having at least one LED-array module mounted on an LED heat sink. In certain preferred embodiments the housing is a perimetrical structure such that the substantially water-tight chamber substantially surrounds the LED assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Ruud Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Ruud, Kurt Wilcox, Steven R. Walczak, Wayne Guillien
  • Patent number: 7682042
    Abstract: Disclosed is an illumination device for projecting a substantially uniform light at a remote distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Designs For Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Feinbloom, Kenneth Braganca, Peter Yan, Michael Botta
  • Patent number: 7682043
    Abstract: A light emitting assembly, and wirelessly controlled light emitting assembly for use in a lighted display having a housing body configured to receive a light emitting device having a plurality of wirelessly controlled light emitting elements. The housing body includes at least one mounting feature arranged and disposed to maintain a relative positioning of the light emitting assembly with respect to another light emitting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Randall Malstrom, Keith J. McKechnie, Christopher George Daily, Ronald Martin Weber
  • Patent number: 7677762
    Abstract: A lighting array comprising a grid to be formed into multiple positions with at least two cells, at least one interconnected wall between each pair of cells, and an opening in each cell. The lighting array further comprises at least a first holding arm secured to each cell, a second holding arm secured to each cell opposite the first holding arm, a rigid housing removably insertable into each cell, at least one light supported within each rigid housing and a power supply connected to each light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Always in Season Decorating Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Emile H. Farhood, Jr., Joanne Page
  • Patent number: 7677761
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode stacked lighting core includes a core top board, a core bottom board, and vertical boards, all being circuit boards. The core top board and the vertical boards are provided with light-emitting diodes and the core bottom board is provided with a circuit that is formed of a rectifier and a voltage reduction element and having two terminals extending outward. The vertical boards form extended fitting tabs and the core top board and the core bottom board respectively form openings corresponding to the fitting tabs to receive the fitting tabs to fit therein and to be fixed thereto by means of soldering, whereby the light-emitting diodes of the core top board and the vertical boards are put in electrical connection with each other to form the lighting core that is receivable and fixed in a light-transmitting enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Wen-Chiang Chiang
  • Publication number: 20100053929
    Abstract: A method of packaging a light-emitting diode (LED) chip includes coupling the LED chip to a printed circuit board (PCB) and forming a conductor on a cover plate. Conductive epoxy is applied to at least one of the LED chip and the conductor. The cover plate is coupled to the PCB such that the conductive epoxy forms a circuit connection between the LED chip and the conductor. An LED-based lighting product includes a PCB with one or more LED chips mounted directly thereon. A cover plate has conductors that couple at least to the one or more LED chips and to the PCB, such that the conductors form electrical connections between the one or more LED chips and the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey Bisberg
  • Patent number: 7665864
    Abstract: An LED lamp assembly includes a central member and a plurality of lamps each having an LED module and a heat sink in thermal connection with the LED module. The central member has a plurality of inserting extrusions formed at a circumference thereof. The lamps each have a receiving tube projecting from an end thereof. The inserting extrusions are respectively inserted into the receiving tubes of the lamps to assemble the lamps onto the circumference of the central member. The lamps are tilted from the central portion along a radially outward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-Song Zheng, Li He, Sai-Wen Wang
  • Publication number: 20100008090
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lighting strips and more particularly to modular lighting systems comprising lighting devices, for example, lighting strips, physically and electrically connectable with one another by way of a plug and socket integrally formed at opposing ends of the lighting strips. The lighting strip devices can be made of flexible material to allow for applying the lighting devices along flat as well as contoured surfaces. The lighting strips can also be rigid. More particularly, embodiments of the invention include modular lighting strips comprising: a non-conductive substrate strip comprising an electrical circuit; a plurality of light sources operably connected to the electrical circuit; a plug integrally formed at an end of the substrate strip; and a socket integrally formed at an opposing end of the substrate strip; wherein the plug and socket provide for removable, friction-fit, latch or latchless, and electrical interconnection of two or more circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Qing Charles LI, Weiping LI, Qingyue ZUO, Yihang PAN
  • Publication number: 20090323343
    Abstract: An illumination device of a lamp base improvement of a street lamp to change the projection direction is disclosed. A lamp base formed a plurality of brackets inside. Bottoms of the brackets are longitudinally set to be slanted. Lighting modules corresponding to the brackets are disposed along the bottoms. A transparent mask is combined to the lamp base to cover those lighting modules. Whereby, it can provide an LED street lamp which can change the projection direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Pei-Choa WANG
  • Patent number: 7637045
    Abstract: There are provided a surface light source having uniform and high brightness independently whether the light source is small or large while using semiconductor light emitting devices (LEDs), and an electrically illuminated signboard using the surface light source, which is thin and capable of uniform display and which operates with low electricity consumption. LEDs (12) of a dome type are arranged on four corners at a bottom surface of a box body (11) of a tray shape whose bottom surface is quadrilateral, whose upper side is open, on an inner surface of which a light reflection member (11b) is provided, and whose side walls (11c) are inclined outward. The LEDs (12) are arranged so as to mainly irradiate a region between a vertical plane on a diagonal line (N) of the bottom surface and one side wall (11c), and the region irradiated by each of the LEDs (12) of the dome type arranged on the four corners rotates individually and sequentially in a specific direction (same direction) in the box body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignees: Asagicreate Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Sakai
  • Publication number: 20090303721
    Abstract: A matrix LED street light gain structure, and more particularly, a matrix LED street light that serves the purposes of dissipating heat, saving energy, and increasing illumination area is provided. The matrix LED street light gain structure includes a metal lamp base. The metal lamp base includes a plurality of screw holes formed on an oblique surface of the metal lamp base and each adapted to be screwingly engaged with a matrix LED light strip. The oblique surface of the metal lamp base is a single oblique surface or a plurality of oblique surfaces for extending the reach of illumination of the matrix LED light strip. The metal lamp base further includes a plurality of spaced-apart heat-dissipating fins protrudingly formed on a rear surface of the metal lamp base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventor: Hsu-Li Yen
  • Publication number: 20090284961
    Abstract: An apparatus produces a “dazzling” effect: disorientation and temporary and fully reversible blindness in subjects for the purpose of threat deterrence in both civilian law enforcement and military engagements without the use of lasers. The apparatus is comprised of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) capable of intense illumination. Light emitted by each LED is further pulsed and focused by reflective optics to produce a pulsed beam of sufficient intensity that the combined effect of the beams from the LEDs induces dazzling in subject viewers in the target range. Further included in or ancillary to the invention are a power source for powering the LEDs and a signal source and controller for controlling their illumination and pulsing. Embodiments of the invention include riot shield, hand held and vehicle-mounted dazzlers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Stellar Photonics, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David M. Shemwell, Robert Fuhriman, Donald Limuti, Weihao Long, Michael Challenger
  • Patent number: 7594748
    Abstract: An LED light structure with combination device has at least including plural LED lights and plural fixing bases, wherein the LED light having a protruding portion mounted at one side thereof and the protruding portion having a thread mounted thereon for fixing with the fixing base which is a metal base with high heat sinking efficiency, and the fixing base has a through trough with a thread mounted thereinside, which is matching to the thread on the protruding portion of the LED light, so as to screw with the protruding portion of the LED light in a tight matching. Here, the protruding portion of the LED light can be a T shaped track and the fixing base can correspondingly have a T shaped trough matching to the shape of the protruding portion of the LED light, so that the LED light and the fixing base can be tightly embedded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Li-Hong Technological Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun-Jung Chang, Chiang-Yuan Juan, Kuo-Chun Lin