Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
362187000 | With movable focusing element | 45 |
20080310150 | SPOTLIGHT WITH USER-FRIENDLY FIXABLE ADJUSTABLE FOCUS - The present invention is a spotlight with adjustable focus that has a focus fixing mechanism to prevent inadvertent changes to the focus of the light, while still allowing user-friendly intentional adjustment of the focus. The mounting neck of the reflector assembly rotates on threads on the lamp assembly so that the focus of the light may be adjusted. The focus is fixed in position by a plurality of ridges and valleys on the lamp assembly that mate with corresponding ridges and valleys in the neck of the reflector assembly. The neck of the reflector assembly is sufficiently flexible or expandable so that the focus of the lamp may be intentionally changed by applying sufficient rotational force, without requiring the user to physically interact with any sort of detent or locking mechanism. The neck is sufficiently rigid so that the reflector assembly will not rotate as a result of incidental vibrations or movement. | 12-18-2008 |
20080316736 | Portable light - A versatile, low profile, lightweight, compact, body mounted lighting system includes a housing mountable to a person's body and a light module in the housing. The light module may include at least one LED producing a beam. There is a lens in front of the LED and a mechanism is configured to move the lens to adjust the distance between the lens and the LED to vary the size of the beam. | 12-25-2008 |
20090021928 | Flashlight - A flashlight in accordance with the present invention includes a chamber, end cap, head assembly and lamp holder assembly. The end cap includes a bowed tripod portion to facilitate standing the flashlight on a flat surface. The head assembly includes a reflector and a lens. In one embodiment of the invention, the head assembly includes an elliptical reflector. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the flashlight having a elliptical reflector is matched with a negative or planar lens. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the head assembly includes an hyperbolic reflector. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the flashlight having a hyperbolic reflector is matched with a positive or planar lens. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the flashlight includes electrode connections which prevent the conduction of electrical energy from batteries which are improperly aligned within the flashlight. In another embodiment, the lamp holder assembly includes a lamp socket having a lamp guide which provides a guide for installing lamp bulbs into the lamp socket and also provides a secure position for the lamp bulb. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the flashlight includes a lamp holder assembly which includes a notch capable of receiving and holding a spare lamp. In another embodiment, the lamp holder assembly further includes a fluorescent coating or additive which illuminates light in otherwise dark conditions, thereby facilitating lamp replacement in the less than desirable light conditions. | 01-22-2009 |
20090091925 | LIGHT-EMITTING PRODUCT - A light-emitting product (for example, a flashlight) includes a first housing includes a light source for emitting light and a lens system that is adjustable in position relative to the light source. The second housing can be attached to the first housing and includes a power source for the light source. When the first housing and the second housing are attached, the first housing and the second housing can be moved relative to each other to adjust the position of the lens system relative to the position of the light source to focus the light from the light source. | 04-09-2009 |
20090122529 | Flashlight - A portable lighting device, such as a flashlight, having a rotatable band disposed around the exterior of the flashlight is disclosed. Rotational movement of the band is converted to lateral movement of the light emitting element within the flashlight. The structural integrity of the flashlight is not compromised when the rotatable band is rotated around the flashlight to adjust the width of the projected pattern of light. | 05-14-2009 |
20090268440 | Portable lighting device - A portable lighting device has at least one LED light source ( | 10-29-2009 |
20100002422 | Illuminating device with optical element - An illuminative device, offers an optical device that is regulated by one hand and a LED circuit board that is sealed in waterproof and quick cooling structure. | 01-07-2010 |
20100027251 | FLASHLIGHT WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL DENSITY - An improved flashlight is disclosed which includes an a power supply a light source and a lens projection system, wherein the lens projection system including a collecting lens, a negative lens, and a collimating lens such that the illuminance of an area illuminated by a beam projected by the improved flash light is homogeneous throughout the whole of the illuminated area. | 02-04-2010 |
20100182778 | Focusing-type flashlight structure - A focusing-type flashlight structure includes a hollow cylinder body for accommodating the power supply component and screwed with an exterior cap having the switch device at the rear side and having a buckle channel and a protrusion stop ring and forming the diameter expansion section; a light emitting device positioned between the buckle channel and the protrusion stop ring of the hollow cylinder body; a light transparent cover for sealing the front side of the hollow cylinder body and having a protrusion hook for clasping with the buckle channel to achieve the positioning; and a zooming device including a hollow tube having a first, second, and third ring section with converged diameters from the front to the rear in order, and a lens disposed between the first ring section of the hollow tube, and a light opening cover to achieve the positioning. | 07-22-2010 |
20100254122 | Self-Aligning Construction for Flashlight Products - An electronic lighting instrument features separate optical assemblies for flood lighting and spot lighting. The optical assemblies include primary, secondary, and tertiary optical elements. The housing of the instrument features a trilobal cross section and includes dust-and-moisture-sealed push buttons and lenses as part of the housing construction. Self-aligning assemblies to ensure correct electrical and mechanical assembly are provided. The housing also self-aligns with a mating docking station for recharging the instrument batteries in situ. The lighting instrument may be controlled by a microprocessor circuit to provide floodlight and spotlight beams and several operational states thereof depending on the need for illumination or signaling. | 10-07-2010 |
20110058362 | LED LIGHT LASER SIGHTING DEVICE - A LED light laser sighting device includes a body ( | 03-10-2011 |
20110075406 | LIGHT-EMITTING PRODUCT - A light-emitting product (for example, a flashlight) includes a first housing includes a light source for emitting light and a lens system that is adjustable in position relative to the light source. The second housing can be attached to the first housing and includes a power source for the light source. When the first housing and the second housing are attached, the first housing and the second housing can be moved relative to each other to adjust the position of the lens system relative to the position of the light source to focus the light from the light source. | 03-31-2011 |
20110080725 | FOCUSING LENS SYSTEM - A lens for a flashlight or other lighting unit provides for focusing light from a source, such as an LED, to provide a light beam adjustable between a spot beam and a wide beam. The lens includes a lens body with a front face, a rear LED-receiving well, and a side surface extending between the front face and the rear well. The front face includes a central surface surrounded by an annular concave surface. The rear well includes a space for the LED to be adjusted in position. The rear well space is defined by a concavely-curved sidewall and a concavely-curved base. The concave curvature of the sidewall and base may be Bezier curves. | 04-07-2011 |
20110199759 | Flashlight With Mounting Apparatus - A light and support structure apparatus, wherein the light may have beam width adjustment such that the beam may be easily adjusted from a wide beam to more of a spot beam. The light may also be able to switch to a different color beam. The light may utilize standard cylindrical batteries which are inserted into a battery compartment side by side with their positive and negative ends in the same orientation. The light may be mounted upon a tripod or a monopod, and in some embodiments a tripod with flexible legs utilizing ball and socket joint connectors which, when interconnected, form a flexible assembly. Each connector may include a body with a first and second end portion. An external socket engaging surface is provided at one end of the body. The other end of the body has an internal cavity. The socket engaging surface of one connector is snapped into the internal cavity of another to interconnect the connectors. In some embodiments, the ball and socket joint connectors utilize an over-molded strip around the outside of the connector to facilitate in their use for gripping. | 08-18-2011 |
20120020062 | FOCUSABLE FLASHLIGHT - A flashlight has a casing having a front end, a light source axially secured in the housing inward of the front end, and a two-part connecting sleeve forward of the light source and having a rear part secured in the housing and a front part. Interengaging formations couple the parts together for only limited axial movement relative to each other, but lock them rotationally and prevent axial separation beyond a predetermined limit. A lens is mounted in the front part. A head sleeve secured to the front part extends axially rearward over the front end of the casing so that relative axial movement of the front and rear parts axially shifts the lens relative to the source. | 01-26-2012 |
20130027922 | OPTICAL PACKAGE AND A TORCH HAVING THE OPTICAL PACKAGE - The present utility model discloses an improved optical package which includes a light source, an installation socket, a mirror and a convex lens, wherein at least one part of the projection of the reflection surface of the mirror on its axial section is in a parabolic shape, and the axes of the mirror and the convex lens share the same line. The installation socket can move along the axial direction of the convex lens and an installation depression is set at the front end of the installation socket, wherein the light source is configured in the installation depression, the emitting point of the light source is on the axis of the convex lens and the circumference of the installation depression is formed to be a reflection surface capable of reflecting the light emitting from the bottom of the light source. | 01-31-2013 |
20130155666 | Flashlight Zooming Structure - A flashlight zooming structure includes a main body and a zooming assembly screwed on one end of a neck of the main body. In the zooming assembly, a transparent lamp cup centrally formed with a convex lens is received in a cup seat, the cup seat is screwed into a cap, and the lugs on the outer periphery of the cup seat are received in the corresponding peripheral notches of a receiving section extending from one end of a middle annular element. To illuminate a distant or nearby target, the zooming assembly mounted around the neck of the main body is rotated in the desired direction so that the light emitted by a lighting unit at one end of the neck of the main body is projected outward through the transparent lamp cup in the zooming assembly as a convergent or divergent light beam. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155667 | Flashlight Zooming Structure - A flashlight zooming structure includes a main body and a zooming assembly screwed on one end of a neck of the main body and configured as follows. A transparent lamp cup is received in a cup seat. The cup seat has outwardly extending lugs respectively received in channels formed on the inner periphery of the cap. A ring has oblique notches respectively connected with the lugs of the cup seat. A middle annular element has projections respectively fitted in recesses of the ring and has hooks respectively engaged with engaging grooves of the cap. To illuminate a distant or nearby target, the zooming assembly is rotated in the desired direction so that the light emitted by a lighting unit at one end of the neck of the main body is projected outward through the transparent lamp cup as a convergent or divergent light beam. | 06-20-2013 |
20130201671 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A portable, handheld lighting apparatus having a light intensity control component, a focus control component, and a light source accommodation component. The lighting apparatus is configured to be handheld with a single hand wherein the light intensity control component and the focus control components are accessible with the single hand to hold the apparatus. The lighting apparatus may be part of a kit that contains one or more of the following: various light modifying components, a power source, charger and various light sources. | 08-08-2013 |
20130235566 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus is provided, including a flashlight and a scattering shade. An engagement structure is deposited between the flashlight and the scattering shade for convenient assembly and disassembly. When disassembled, the flashlight emits straight beam for long distance illumination. When assembled, a reflective structure inside the scattering shade can reflect the straight beam from flashlight uniformly to function as a standing light The lighting apparatus also includes various elements, such as, a hook, magnetic element, and so on, so that the lighting apparatus can be used for different lighting purposes. | 09-12-2013 |
20130286639 | FLASHLIGHT BEZEL FOCUS LOCK SYSTEM - Embodiments provide a flashlight with a bezel configured to be moved relative to a body of the flashlight to adjust the focus of the light. A locking assembly may be disposed within the bezel and configured to switch between an unlocked position and a locked position if the bezel is rotated with respect to the body. The locking assembly may include a ring-shaped outer component having first and second curved walls separated by a gap. The locking assembly may further include an inner component coupled with the light assembly, the inner component including a nub configured to be disposed in the gap if the locking assembly is in the unlocked position, and to radially push an outer surface of the outer component against the inner surface of the bezel if the locking assembly is in the locked position. | 10-31-2013 |
20130329408 | THIN PROFILE LENS FOR FLASHLIGHT - The present disclosure relates to a thin-profile lens for shaping a beam of light from a light source, such as a light emitting diode (LED), for example in a flashlight or other lighting unit. In various embodiments, the lens may be combined with an adjustment mechanism for varying the focus of the beam of light, and may be housed in a structure supporting the lens, light source, and adjustment mechanism. In various embodiments, the structure also may include a power source, controls, interconnections, and electronics. In various embodiments, the thin profile of the lens may allow the lens to be used in any of a number of applications, ranging from narrow diameter flashlights to large diameter light sources. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329409 | INTEGRATED OPTIC AND BEZEL FOR FLASHLIGHT - Disclosed in various embodiments are integrated lens and bezel systems for a flashlight or other lighting unit. Various embodiments include a housing, including a bezel portion and a body portion, a lens, wherein the lens and the bezel together comprise a single, continuous component, and a light source disposed within the housing, wherein the light source is configured to interact with the lens to provide a light beam. Some embodiments provide a mechanism for adjusting the relative positions of the light source and lens, for example to allow for focusing of the light beam. In some embodiments, the lens is continuous with just the bezel portion, whereas in other embodiments, the lens, bezel, and all or part of the body portion are formed as a single, unitary component, for instance by injection-molding or co-molding. | 12-12-2013 |
20140085876 | HANDHELD WORK LIGHT INCLUDING ADJUSTABLE LIGHT FOCUSING OR SCATTERING MECHANISM - In accordance with various embodiments, there is provided a work light, which includes a housing, a light source including one of a light-emitting diode and a compact fluorescent light, and a light assembly including a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The work light further includes a power source, and a light focusing mechanism including a slide switch. The slide switch controls a focus distance of light emitted from the light source. The light focusing mechanism is configured to focus light emitted from the light source, when the slide switch is positioned in a first position, and configured to scatter light emitted from the light source, when the slide switch is positioned in a second position. | 03-27-2014 |
20140092591 | PATIO LIGHT - An approach is provided for a patio light, which comprises a main body, a lighting source, a Fresnel lens and a focusing adjuster. The lighting source is mounted on an anterior end of the main body. The Fresnel lens is disposed on an anterior end of the lighting source. The focusing adjuster is disposed on the main body and being used to adjust a distance between the Fresnel lens and the lighting source. Therefore, the patio light of the present invention has a zooming function and has benefit of reducing glare problem. | 04-03-2014 |
20140168959 | FLASHLIGHT THAT CAN BE FOCUSED - The present invention relates to a flashlight having a casing, a light source and a lamp head with a lens attachment that can be displaced longitudinally axially relative to the light source in order to focus the emitted cone of light. The object of the present invention is to provide a flashlight that, on the one hand, enables the reflector to be displaced smoothly relative to the light source and, on the other hand, prevents involuntary shifting of the focusing that has been set. According to the invention, the flashlight has a clamping device for fixing the lamp head in a selectable longitudinal axial position. | 06-19-2014 |
20140198493 | INTERCHANGEABLE REFLECTORS FOR LIGHT DEVICES - A reflector device for a light source device having a light emitter, wherein the reflector device includes first and second reflectors. The first reflector has a first reflector surface adapted to produce a first light beam and the second reflector has a second reflector surface different from the first reflector surface and which is adapted to produce a second light beam different than the first light beam. The second reflector is adapted to be removably coupled to the first reflector such that both reflectors are coupled to the light source device at the same time. This allows a user to change a beam pattern of the light source between a first, default, beam pattern and a second beam pattern by interchanging the second reflector on the light source. | 07-17-2014 |
20140240969 | DUAL-LENS ZOOMING FLASHLIGHT - Disclosed is a dual-lens zooming flashlight, comprising a lamp cap, a cylinder body, a luminous element and two plano-convex lenses, characterized in that: the lamp cap is sleeved at the front part of the cylinder body, rotated together with the cylinder body and connected with the cylinder body in a relatively telescopic manner, the two plano-convex lenses are both arranged in such a manner of being perpendicular to an optic axis in front of the luminous element, wherein the first plano-convex lens is fixedly arranged at the front end of the cylinder body and keeps a constant distance from the luminous element, and the second plano-convex lens is arranged at the front end of the lamp cap and capable of moving backwards and forwards in relation to the luminous element along with rotary telescopic motion of the lamp cap and the cylinder body. | 08-28-2014 |
20150029707 | ADJUSTABLE BEAM FLASHLIGHT - An adjustable flashlight ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150300580 | PORTABLE LIGHT WITH SELECTABLE OPTICAL BEAM FORMING ARRANGEMENT - A portable light may comprise: a light body and a light source supported thereby and selectively energizable for producing light; a switch for selectively energizing the light source; a TIR optical element disposed in front of the light source for receiving the light produced thereby, and form the light into a collimated beam of light, the TIR optical element having a recess in a forward face thereof; and a selectable beam modification element placeable into and removable from the recess in the forward face of the TIR optical element. | 10-22-2015 |
20160003443 | HIGH INTENSITY STUDIO LAMP AND METHOD USING A PLASMA SOURCE - A studio lamp apparatus includes a housing structure including front and back ends, and an interior reunion between the front and back ends. The apparatus also includes a support structure coupled to the housing structure, which holds the housing structure in a suspended state. The apparatus includes a Fresnel lens coupled to the front end and a plurality of vents on the back end. The apparatus includes a lamp assembly within a portion of the interior region. The lamp assembly may have a reflector device operably coupled to a lamp device that has a resonator structure and a bulb including a fill material coupled to the resonator structure. The lamp device may also have an RF probe coupled to the bulb to supply power to the fill material and a focusing device between the Fresnel lens and the lamp assembly. | 01-07-2016 |
20160084453 | SAFETY TORCH; SET COMPRISING A TORCH AND A CARTRIDGE; HOLDER FOR A SAFETY TOOL - The invention relates to a safety torch. The torch comprises a housing; a light source arranged in a head of the housing, wherein an end of the housing opposite the head forms a handle in which at least one battery system is arranged; and an at least partly translucent light source cover for at least partly covering the light source. The cover is adjustable between a retracted position in which said cover is at least partly retracted in the head of the housing, to emit in use a beam of light, and a protruding position in which the cover is protruding from the housing, at least protruding further from said housing than in said retracted position. The cover is adjustable between said positions by means of an adjusting mechanism comprising two substantially parallel guides arranged in the longitudinal direction of the housing, for adjusting the cover along the guides. | 03-24-2016 |
20160153625 | Lighting Devices | 06-02-2016 |
20160153646 | Lighting Devices | 06-02-2016 |
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362188000 | Movable lamp bulb or lamp bulb support | 10 |
20110063822 | Method for adjusting focus of flash light - A method for adjusting a focus of a flash light includes the steps of (a) providing a hollow housing having a front end, and a rear end to define a fixed length from the front to rear end, (b) coaxially supporting a lens at the front end of the housing, and a light source behind the lens, and (c) movably actuate a light adjustor of the light arrangement at the housing between the front and rear ends thereof to selectively adjust a distance between the lens and the light source along a longitudinal axis of the housing for adjusting the focus between the lens and the light source without altering the fixed length the housing, so as to adjust an illumination angle of the light beam. | 03-17-2011 |
20110063823 | Flash light with adjustable light arrangement - A flash light includes a housing having a front end and a rear end to define a fixed length from the front to rear end. The housing further has a light cavity and a power cavity for receiving power source. The light arrangement includes a lens disposed at the front end of the housing, a light source disposed within the light cavity, and a light adjustor movably coupling with the housing to selectively adjust a distance between the lens and the light source along a longitudinal axis direction of the housing for adjusting the illumination angles of the light beam without altering the fixed length of the housing. The flash light is adapted for selectively adjusting illumination angles to provide variety of light patterns. | 03-17-2011 |
20110063824 | Flash light with adjustable light arrangement - A flash light includes a housing having a front end and a rear end to define a fixed length from the front to rear end. The housing further has a light cavity and a power cavity for receiving power source. The light arrangement includes a lens disposed at the front end of the housing, a light source disposed within the light cavity, and a light adjustor movably coupling with the housing to selectively adjust a distance between the lens and the light source along a longitudinal axis direction of the housing for adjusting the illumination angles of the light beam without altering the fixed length of the housing. The flash light is adapted for selectively adjusting illumination angles to provide variety of light patterns. | 03-17-2011 |
20110222273 | Lighting device with variable length conductor - An improved flashlight includes a barrel, a light source and a variable length conductor. The barrel contains a plurality of batteries which may be arranged end-to-end. The light source is held in a holder. The variable length conductor is interposed between the plurality of batteries and the light source. The variable length conductor is configured to selectively electrically couple or de-couple the light source and the batteries. The holder of the light source may further be configured to move the light source substantially laterally relative to an axis of the reflector. | 09-15-2011 |
20130176715 | MULTI-FUNCTION TELESCOPIC FLASHLIGHT WITH UNIVERSALLY-MOUNTED PIVOTAL MIRROR - A telescopic flashlight that includes a universally adjustable mirror unit for reflecting the light of the lighting unit over a universal range, which mirror unit is readily and easily attached and detached from the distal end of the flashlight apparatus via a metallic mounting collar that is magnetically retained by means of an annular magnet affixed to the distal end of the apparatus, which mounting collar itself is rotatable relative to the distal end of the flashlight apparatus in order to provide two of the three degrees of freedom on motion of the mirror proper. | 07-11-2013 |
20130301254 | FLASHLIGHT WITH LIGHT FOCUSING SYSTEM - A twist push light focusing system for a flashlight includes a focus member movable in a longitudinal direction of the flashlight; a light source; a focus lens; and a rotational-to-longitudinal movement translation mechanism operably coupled to the focus member and at least one of the light source and the focus lens to translate longitudinal movement of the focus member into rotational movement in the rotational-to-longitudinal movement translation mechanism and relative longitudinal movement between the light source and the focus lens to achieve focus. | 11-14-2013 |
20130329410 | FOCUSING OPTIC FOR FLASHLIGHT - The present disclosure relates to a focusing optic for shaping a beam of light from a light source, such as a light emitting diode (LED), for example in a flashlight or other lighting unit. In various embodiments, the focusing optic includes a central focusing element configured to direct a light beam from an LED in a desired direction; a side wall extending from the central focusing element, wherein the side wall is configured to form a rear void for receiving the LED; and an annular ring portion extending from the side wall and surrounding the central focusing element, wherein the annular ring portion is adapted to reflect light in a desired direction. In some embodiments, the side wall and annular ring portion together define a thickness dimension that varies less than 20% over the lens body. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329411 | TWO PIECE FOCUSING OPTIC FOR FLASHLIGHT - The present disclosure relates to a focusing optic for shaping a beam of light from a light source, such as a light emitting diode (LED), for example in a flashlight or other lighting unit. In various embodiments, the focusing optic includes a central focusing element configured to direct a light beam from an LED in a desired direction; a side wall extending from the central focusing element, wherein the side wall is configured to form a rear void for receiving the LED; and an annular ring portion extending from the side wall and surrounding the central focusing element, wherein the annular ring portion is adapted to reflect light in a desired direction. In some embodiments, the side wall and annular ring portion together define a thickness dimension that varies less than 20% over the lens body. | 12-12-2013 |
20140153228 | Illuminating module - The present patent application is directed to a illuminating module. The illuminating module includes an LED and composite optical lens. The composite optical lens includes a condenser lens and a reflection mirror that forms from extension by two sides of the condenser lens. The condenser lens includes a convex base surface and a convex launch-out surface that corresponds to a base surface. A blind hole is formed between the convex base surface and the reflection mirror. The LED is capable of moving along a lens optical axial direction of the composite optical lens within the blind hole. | 06-05-2014 |
20140218902 | Lighting Devices - Improved lighting devices, such as non-rechargeable and rechargeable flashlights, having simplified designs with fewer component parts are described. A focusing feature is described where the light source is held stationary and the reflector is moved through the engagement of threads and/or teeth arrangement. An improved reflector that avoids regions of increased thickness to reduce or avoid distortion caused by sink is also described. | 08-07-2014 |