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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sheng-Kao Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
Acer Peripherals, Inc., Taoyuan, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362217 ; 362298 ; 362299 ; 362346 ; 362326 ; 362327 ; 362328 ;
Abstract
A device for enhancing and shielding the light emitted from a rod-shaped light source. The device includes a plate strip made of light-reflecting material or provided with light-reflecting means disposed between the rod-shaped light source and a holder for holding the rod-shaped light source along the longitudinal axis direction thereof. The plate strip has an inwardly curved edge extending from the two ends thereof to the center. The width of the plate strip is gradually tapered from the two ends to the center.