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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:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson Multimedia S.A., Boulogne, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 1/304 ; F21V 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 1/304 ; F21V 5/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for illuminating at least one surface, which includes a light source and a reflector in order to focus the light rays emitted by the source. In said device, the focal plane of the reflector lies between the light source and the said surface and it includes, positioned close to the focal plane of the reflector, a means forming a second light source.