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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. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masanori Shimizu, Kyotanabe, JP;
Yoko Shimomura, Ikoma, JP;
Hideo Nagai, Takatsuki, JP;
Tetsushi Tamura, Takatsuki, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsui, Uji, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 9/00 ;
Abstract
An illumination light source includes four different types of LEDs, namely a blue light-emitting diode emitting blue light, a blue-green light-emitting diode emitting blue-green light, an orange light-emitting diode emitting orange light and a red light-emitting diode emitting red light. Thus, an illumination light source having high efficiency and high color rendering performance is provided.