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7625112 Lamp-supporting unit, backlight assembly having the lamp-supporting unit and display apparatus having the backlight assembly  
A lamp-supporting unit includes a mold frame and a lamp-fixing member. The mold frame includes a bottom face, a side face upwardly extending from an edge of the bottom face, and a top face...
7624699 Pointer illuminator  
The pointer illuminator includes: an optically transparent pointer member having a reflecting surface for a pointer, which surface reflects, light incident on a predetermined surface of incidence...
7616849 Illuminating devices including uniform light distribution, multiple light sources, and multiple types of light sources  
An optical device for collecting and distributing light from a quasi point light source which includes a planar light guide having surfaces through which optical axes are periodically spaced. There...
7609335 Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display having the same  
A backlight assembly and a liquid crystal display having the same which can prevent a lamp wire from being damaged, simplify the manufacturing process, and reduce the manufacturing cost. The...
7594746 Backlight assembly and display device having the same  
A backlight assembly includes a light source, a light guide plate, and a receiving container having a combination guide part. The coupling guide part is inwardly protruded with respect to the...
7593615 Optical devices for guiding illumination  
Optical devices for guiding illumination are provided each having a body of optical material with staircase or acutely angled ramp structures on its top surface for distributing light inputted from...
7575331 Compensation free illumination of instrument cluster display  
An example light guide assembly for illuminating a display of an instrument cluster includes a light receiving portion, a light propagating portion and a conical surface positioned between the...
7575360 Spread illuminating apparatus  
A spread illuminating apparatus includes a point light source, a light conductor plate having a light inlet surface facing the point light source, and a housing frame to hold the point light source...
7572022 Safety and construction trailer  
A safety trailer has semi-tractor hitches at both ends and a safety wall that is fixed to one side of the trailer. That side, however, can be changed to the right or left side of the road,...
7572023 Key module with multi-layer light guiding structure  
A key module with a multi-layer light guiding structure includes a plurality of keys, light guiding structure and a plurality of light blocks corresponding to the light guiding structure. The light...
7566156 Method of manufacturing backlight unit, backlight unit, electrooptical device and electronic equipment  
A backlight unit includes a light source emitting light and a light diffusing plate diffusing light emitted from the light source, the light diffusing plate having an ellipsoidal microlens, the...
7566138 Light guiding body and lighting apparatus having the same  
A light guiding body configured utilize light emitted by a light source for lighting and a lighting apparatus having the light guiding body are provided. The light guiding body has a base, lighting...
7565054 Ultra thin lighting element  
An ultra thin lighting element including at least one light source. A lightguide element includes one lightguide layer comprising a plurality of discrete fine optic surface relief structures on at...
7553037 Light diffusion device for a gauge dial plate  
A light diffusion device for uniformly dispersing light across a gauge dial plate having indicia associated therewith includes an annular member of transparent or translucent material having front...
7549390 Gauge with illuminated dial and pointer  
A gauge with a light transmitting pointer and a light-transmitting dial plate having a surface with indicia for a variable represented by the dial, at least one light source facing a hub of the...
7549782 Semiconductor light source configured as a light tube  
A tubular light source having a semiconductor light source and a tube is disclosed. The tube includes a transparent medium, the tube having a side tube surface, a center curve, one end surface, a...
7543945 Integrator module with a collimator and a compact light source and projection display having the same  
A projection display includes three illumination units to emit red, green, and blue beams, at least one optical modulator to modulate the red, green, and blue beams to be suitable for image data,...
7534000 Incorporation of telltale warning indicators into driver information center  
A vehicle display having an LCD display that is employed to communicate a first type of vehicle information and a second set of vehicle information in which the information that is to be...
7534025 Thin backlight with flipped light emitting diode  
One or more LEDs are mounted within an LCD without the use of any printed circuit board (PCB), thus reducing the thickness of the LCD by about the thickness of the conventional PCB. In one...
7534022 Backlight module  
A backlight module includes a light box, at least one light guide tube, and at least one light source. The light box has a light exit side. The light guide tube has a plurality of microstructures...
7530698 Positioning device for a projection apparatus  
A positioning device for positioning an integration rod module disposed in an optical path between a light source device and a projection lens within a projection apparatus includes a flexible...
7530725 Light guide plate with reflective/refractive depressions, and backlight module using the same  
A backlight module ( 20 ) includes a light source ( 21 ), a prism sheet ( 23 ) and a light guide plate ( 22 ). The light guide plate includes an incident surface ( 221 ), an emitting surface ( 223...
7527406 Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display device with reduced noise  
A backlight assembly includes a receiving container, a first side mold, a printed circuit board and a plurality of lamps. The first side mold is on the side of the receiving container. The printed...
7525446 Display device having decorative member on screen  
In a display device, a display member for displaying information as an image receives a light from a light source arranged behind and is illuminated by the light. A decorative member is arranged on...
7524101 Light emitting panel assemblies  
Edge lit light emitting assembly includes a panel member having a light input surface at one end of a greater width than thickness and an array of LEDs positioned in close proximity to the light...
7524074 Light guide for a control knob fitted with a rotary index  
This invention relates to a light guide ( 1 ) for a control knob, particularly an instrument panel of a vehicle. The knob is fitted with an index ( 3 ) free to move in rotation about an axis (A)....
7520656 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Backlight assembly and display device having the same
 
A backlight assembly includes a light source, a light guide plate, and a receiving container having a combination guide part. The coupling guide part is inwardly protruded with respect to the...
7517102 Displaying unit, optical guide plate, and information device  
The present invention relates to a displaying unit using a display panel and provides a reinforcing configuration that reinforces an optical guide plate without impairing a degree of freedom in the...
7517125 Manufacturing method of backlight unit, and backlight unit, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus  
A backlight unit including: a light source that irradiates light; and a diffusing plate that diffuses the light irradiated from the light source, wherein the diffusing plate is provided with a...
7513631 Lighting device  
A lighting device including an LED, which is located immediately below a first illumination window, for illuminating not only the first illumination window but also a second illumination window....
7513668 Illumination system for a head up display  
An illumination system for use in illuminating a spatial light modulator for a head up display system. The illumination system includes a high power light emitting diode (LED) array assembly; and,...
7503683 Light guide method of double-layer light guide plate and keypad structure using the double-layer light guide plate  
A keypad structure includes a circuit board, a reflecting plate, a second light guide plate, a second light guide plate, a shading strip, a first light guide plate, an elastic layer, a keypad...
7503666 Lighting device  
A lighting device, for illuminating display designed parts on a display plate arranged parts at-least-partially around a center axis, includes a light source for emitting light and arranged at a...
7500774 Angular light guide with fringed portion  
An annular light guide is provided. The annular light guide is made of optically transparent material, and is provided with an annular body that is an integrated combination of a light inlet and a...
7494256 Illuminated instrument cluster with perceived 3-D display segments  
A vehicle instrument cluster for indicating a value of a vehicle parameter. The vehicle instrument cluster includes a display member formed of a transparent material and display segments integrally...
7494228 Compact mixing cavity for multiple colors of LEDs  
For mixing different light colors from different LEDs or energized phosphors, an elongated mixing tunnel is used having a reflective inner surface. LEDs of different colors are optically coupled...
7488918 Method and apparatus for manufacturing printed light guide plate  
An apparatus for manufacturing a printed light guide plate includes a working platform ( 23 ), and a heater ( 24 ) coupled to the working platform. A transparent slab ( 21 ) is disposed on the...
7475999 Illumination of vehicle instrument  
An instrument suitable for use in a vehicle and having a dial with an information bearing front surface and a pointer for indicating information on the front surface. The pointer is pivotable about...
7467885 Light source  
A light source, such as for a projection system, having a plurality of semiconductor chips and at least two different, electromagnetic-radiation-emitting chip types with different emission spectra,...
7458704 Optical element and illuminating device  
The present invention provides an optical element and an illuminating device. The optical element includes: an incident surface; and an emitting section formed on an opposite side to the incident...
7458695 High light-efficiency illumination cluster  
A light guide assembly for illuminating an instrument surface includes a continuous curved transition portion for uniformly directing and transmitting light from a light source to a backlight...
7460751 Lighting or signalling device having an optical guide for a motor vehicle  
A lighting and/or signalling device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one light source emitting light rays and at least one optical guide in which the light beam spreads, the...
7458709 Method for mounting a surface lighting system and surface lighting system  
In a method of assembling a surface illumination system having an electromagnetic radiation emitting front side, at least one primary radiation source suitable for emitting electromagnetic...
7452107 Rotary actuator with light guides and photo-sensor  
A control element for a motor vehicle is disclosed that includes at least one rotary actuator and one actuating element integrated in the rotary actuator, whereby the actuating element can be moved...
7452117 Noise reduction device for use in a backlight module  
A noise reduction device for use in a backlight module includes a plurality of noise reduction devices, each comprising a main body and an extension portion. The extension portion is adapted to...
7434949 Illumination device  
An illumination device includes a control knob having a display portion, a tubular case combined with a back side of the control knob, a light guide plate attached to seal an upper opening of the...
7431487 Concatenated light pipe  
An illuminated assembly such as an illuminated electronic input control assembly adjusts to the shape of a receiving assembly. The illuminated assembly includes an illumination source module and an...
7432822 Terminal device  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal device which is not limited in the degree of freedom in terms of case design and which allows easy visual recognition of light...
7430358 Elliptical diffusers used in displays  
A backlit light display comprises a light guide panel, a prismatic film, an asymmetric top diffuser and an LCD. A linear light source is disposed along a side face of the light guide panel. Light...
7419274 Optical conduction unit and image reader using the same  
An optical conduction unit (U) has a configuration in which one portion (Sb) and another portion ( 58 a ) of an optical conduction body ( 5 ) are mated in mutually orthogonal x, y directions with...