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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinichi Irie, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 4/00 ; F21V 2/1005 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 4/00 ; F21V 2/1005 ;
Abstract
A lighting apparatus includes at least two light-emitting elements, the light-emitting elements having at least two light-emitting zones which are disposed in a regular pattern throughout the entire length and allow light to be emitted in different light-emission intensities, each of the light-emitting elements allowing light to be emitted in continuous sequence from the light-emitting zones in one direction, wherein adjacent light-emitting elements are positioned with a predetermined distance deviation.