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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:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2005
Applicants:
Rick L. Oppor, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Bahar N. Wadia, Wheaton, IL (US);
Donald Charles Mueller, Aurora, IL (US);
David Allen Wolff, Saint Charles, IL (US);
Inventors:
Rick L. Oppor, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Bahar N. Wadia, Wheaton, IL (US);
Donald Charles Mueller, Aurora, IL (US);
David Allen Wolff, Saint Charles, IL (US);
Assignee:
TouchSensor Technologies, LLC, Wheaton, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/00 (2006.01); F21V 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lighting apparatus includes multiple point light sources housed in a reflector housing. The reflector housing diffuses the light produced by the point light sources to emulate a linear light source. Power supplies are provided to energize the light sources, to control heat generation and energy usage, and to provide thermal protection.