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20100259200 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE - The present invention relates to LED lighting devices and, more particularly, to an LED lighting device which luminous intensity may be regulated by a user of the device. In one embodiment, the LED lighting device includes a user-operated switching controller, which is adapted for selectively energizing a pre-determined portion of LED arrays of the device. The LED lighting device may also include a user-controlled means of modifying beam angle spread of the emitted light. | 10-14-2010 |
20130019546 | ENGINEERED BLOCKS FOR LANDSCAPE WALL LIGHT FIXTURES - An engineered block for a landscape wall includes front and rear faces, first and second sidewalls, a top surface extending between upper ends of the front and rear faces, and a bottom surface extending between lower ends of the front and rear faces. A stepped cavity is formed in the top surface of the engineered block. The stepped cavity is located adjacent the front face of the engineered block and includes a first step having a first horizontal, and a shallower second step, adjacent the first step, having a second horizontal surface. A mounting device adapted to receive a light fixture is seated within the stepped cavity. The mounting device has a flat plate seated upon the second step and a storage compartment for wire seated upon the first step. A top planar surface of the flat plate is coplanar with the top surface of the engineered block. | 01-24-2013 |
20130020450 | MOUNTING DEVICES FOR SECURING LIGHT FIXTURES TO LANDSCAPE WALLS - A mounting system for securing a light fixture to a wall includes a mounting device having a flat plate with a leading edge, a trailing edge, and top and bottom planar surfaces extending between the leading and trailing edges. An elongated slot is formed in the flat plate and extends along the leading edge of the flat plate. The mounting device has a storage compartment underlying the flat plate for defining an enclosed area extending between the leading and trailing edges of the flat plate. The mounting system includes a conduit adapter coupled with the storage compartment. The conduit adapter has at least opening aligned with the rear opening of the storage compartment for providing access to the enclosed area of the storage compartment. A conduit, adapted to receive electrical wiring, is coupled with the at least one opening. Electrical wiring is passed through the conduit. | 01-24-2013 |
20130188348 | SECURITY LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR PERIMETER FENCES - A security lighting system includes security lights mounted atop fence posts. Each security light has a light module including a central housing having outwardly extending support arms. A LED unit is mounted in a depression formed in a top surface of the central housing, and a hat covers the top surface of the central housing for allowing only reflected light to escape from light module. The security light has a junction box containing electrical components, and an extension tube having an upper end secured to the light module and a lower end secured to the junction box. The security light includes a clamp assembly for securing the junction box atop a fence post, and an alignment system for aligning the extension tube with the longitudinal axis of the fence post so that the support arms extend perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fence post. | 07-25-2013 |
20130235598 | LED LAMP CONVERSION MODULE - An LED lamp conversion module for converting an outpost lighting fixture from incandescent or halogen lighting to LED lighting, the conversion module including a base and an LED lamp attached to the base, where the LED lamp has at least one LED. Electronics are adapted to illuminate the at least one LED of the LED lamp when powered with a current. The conversion module also includes an electronic connection member in electrical communication with the electronics. The conversion module may be used to replace an incandescent or halogen lamp in an outpost lighting fixture by connecting the base to the outpost lighting fixture and connecting the electronic connection member to a power source of the outpost lighting fixture. | 09-12-2013 |
20140104831 | LOW VOLTAGE SECURITY LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR PERIMETER FENCES - A security lighting system includes a transformer for transforming high voltage current to low voltage current, and a wiring run having electrically conductive wiring for connecting a plurality of security lights to the transformer. Each security light includes a light module having a low voltage LED light, a hat covering the LED light, and a junction box coupled with the light module. The junction box has an interior compartment containing electrical components including a microprocessor connected with the LED light for controlling operation of the LED light, whereby the electrical components within the junction box are electrically connected with the wiring run. A clamping assembly is coupled with the junction box for securing the security light to a fixed element. Each security light includes a light module having the LED light and the hat overlies the LED light to block the escape of direct light from the light module while allowing reflected light to escape from the light module. | 04-17-2014 |
20140119022 | LED DIRECTIONAL LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH LIGHT INTENSITY CONTROLLER - A landscape lighting system includes a light engine slug, an LED secured to a leading end of the light engine slug, an LED driver for controlling operation of the LED, wherein the LED driver is spaced from the LED, and conductive wires electrically interconnecting the LED driver and the LED. The lighting system includes a plurality of interchangeable light diverting elements adapted to be secured over the LED. Each of the light diverting elements has a unique light diversion angle associated therewith, whereby only one of the light diverting elements is secured over the LED at any one time. The landscape lighting system includes a light intensity controller in communication with the LED driver. The light intensity controller includes a control element that enables an operator to selectively increase and decrease the intensity of the light generated by the LED. | 05-01-2014 |
20140293601 | SECURITY LIGHTING SYSTEMS HAVING OFFSET BRACKETS AND RAPIDLY DEPLOYABLE AND REUSEABLE LOW VOLTAGE SECURITY LIGHTING SYSTEMS - A security light system for a fence includes a security light having a light module with an LED, a hat overlying the LED for reflecting light, a junction box having an interior compartment containing an LED driver for controlling operation of the LED, the junction box including a front end having a front opening and a rear end opposite the front end, and a front cover plate covering the front opening. The security light includes an extension tube having an upper end secured to the light module and a lower end secured to the junction box, a clamp assembly for securing the junction box to a fence post, and an offset bracket positioned between a rear end of the junction box and the fence post for spacing the junction box from the fence post which, in turn, spaces the hat from the fence post. | 10-02-2014 |
20140376228 | SECURITY LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR PERIMETER FENCES - A security light for a fence includes a light module having an LED unit and a junction box. The junction box contains electrical components for operating the LED unit, and has a rear end with a rear wall and a front end having a front opening that opposes the rear wall. A clamp assembly is coupled with the junction box and opposes the rear end of the junction box to define an opening for a fence post. The front opening of the junction box provides access to the interior of the junction box for conducting electrical wiring operations. A front cover plate is assembled with the junction box for covering the front opening of the junction box. When the junction box is clamped to the fence post, the front cover plate is removable for providing access to the interior of the junction box. | 12-25-2014 |
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20080317406 | Optical interconnect - An optical interconnect has a plurality of optical sources, a first lens configured to collimate optical beams from the plurality of optical sources, a second lens configured to refocus the optical beams, and a plurality of optical receivers configured to receive the refocused optical beams from the second lens. | 12-25-2008 |
20090103855 | Three-dimensional die stacks with inter-device and intra-device optical interconnect - Examples of a computer system packaged in a three-dimensional stack of dies are described. The package includes an electrical die and an optical die coupled to and stacked with the electrical die. The electrical die includes circuitry to process and communicate electrical signals, and the optical die includes structures to transport optical signals. The electrical die has a smaller area than the optical die so that the optical die includes an exposed mezzanine which is configured with optical input/output ports. Additionally, the packaging can be configured to provide structural support against insertion forces for external optical connections. | 04-23-2009 |
20090110348 | Magnetically Activated Photonic Switches And Switch Fabrics Employing The Same - Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to photonic switches and switch fabrics employing the photonic switches. In one embodiment of the present invention, a photonic switch comprises a first waveguide disposed on a surface of a substrate in proximity to an opening in the substrate, and a second waveguide crossing the first waveguide and positioned in proximity to the opening in the substrate. The photonic switch includes a tunable microring resonator disposed on the surface of the substrate adjacent to the first waveguide and the second waveguide and configured with an opening aligned with the opening in the substrate. The photonic switch also includes a wire having a first end and a second end and configured to pass through the opening in the microring and the opening in the substrate. | 04-30-2009 |
20090245296 | Tunable Optical Resonator - An optical apparatus includes a substrate comprising a layer of thermally insulating material disposed thereon; an optical resonator disposed on the layer of thermally insulating material; and a trench in the thermally insulating material disposed around at least a portion of the optical resonator. The optical resonator is substantially thermally isolated from the substrate. | 10-01-2009 |
20090257703 | Optical Device With A Graded Bandgap Structure And Methods Of Making And Using The Same - An optical device includes at least two materials forming a structure with a graded bandgap where photocarriers are generated. A first of the at least two materials has a larger concentration at opposed ends of the graded bandgap structure than a concentration of the first of the at least two materials at an interior region of the graded bandgap structure. The second of the at least two materials has a larger concentration at the interior region of the graded bandgap structure than the concentration of the second of the at least two materials at the opposed ends of the graded bandgap structure. | 10-15-2009 |
20090273049 | WDM Signal Detector - A detector includes a light detecting layer and a grating structure. The light detecting layer, which can be a photodiode, has an optical mode that resonates in the light detecting layer, and the grating structure is positioned to interact with the optical mode. The grating structure further couples incident light having a resonant frequency into the optical mode, and causes destructive interference to prevent light having the resonant frequency from escaping the detecting layer. The light detecting layer can be made transparent to light having other frequencies, so that a stack of such detectors, each having a different resonant frequency, can be integrated into a WDM detector that is compact and efficient. | 11-05-2009 |
20110169815 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR - A spatial light modulator includes an array of pixels, with each of the pixels having a dimension smaller than a wavelength of light to be modulated. Each of the pixels further has a permittivity that can he controlled using an electronic signal applied to the pixel. | 07-14-2011 |
20110241756 | FAST TIME-TAGGED EVENT DETECTION USING RESISTIVE SWITCHING DEVICES - A system for event detection uses a resistive switching device to record a detected event. The resistive switching device has a resistance adjustable by means of an applied voltage. The operation of the resistive switching device is controlled by a controller, which is configured to apply a switching voltage to the resistive switching device at a start time, and turn off the switching voltage in response to an event signal indicative of occurrence of an event. The resistance value of the resistive switching device resulting from the application of the switching voltage is indicative of the detection of the event and also the time of the occurrence of the event. | 10-06-2011 |
20120136631 | SUBORDINATE AND MASTER SENSOR NODES - Apparatus and systems are provided for data signaling between a centralized transceiver and a plurality of sensor nodes. Subordinate sensor nodes transmit data corresponding to sensed physical variables to a master node within a group. The master node within the group transmits the data on to a data acquisition transceiver. Data communications are performed by free-space signaling. Large areas can be monitored by a vast array of such sensors, organized as plural neighborhoods, without the need for wiring, optical fibers or other tangible interconnections. | 05-31-2012 |
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20140143358 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVING A MESSAGE CLIENT - A system and method for synchronizing messages between client application instances and a message service provider includes a connection service communicatively coupled to a plurality of client messaging application instances; a first intermediary transfer layer with an inbound message data queue that queues message updates of a client application instance and an outbound message data queue that queues message updates and notifications from a mailbox service layer; a mailbox service layer communicatively coupled to the connection service through the first intermediary transfer layer; a second intermediary transfer layer with an mailbox message data queue that contains queued message data directed at the mailbox service layer and a message service data queue that contains queued message updates directed at a message service layer; and a message service layer configured for message interactions with an outside message service provider. | 05-22-2014 |
20140223347 | MESSAGING CLIENT APPLICATION INTERFACE - A user interface for a messaging client application can include a message list. By executing various input operations on a representation of a message in the message list, the user can take an action on the message. For example, a user operating a pointing device can perform a drag operation on a representation of the message in the message list, and the action to be taken on the message can be indicated by the direction and distance of the drag. Visual feedback can be provided during the drag operation to indicate the action that will be taken if the user ends the drag at the current location. | 08-07-2014 |
20150032829 | IDENTIFYING RELEVANT CONTENT IN EMAIL - Message management services can include processing an email to identify relevant content from among all content in the email and converting the identified relevant content into a simple, easy-to-read format. For example, message management services can apply multiple parsing strategies to an email. Each strategy can attempt to parse the email to identify relevant content and to output results that include any identified relevant content and an associated confidence score. The results having the highest confidence score can be selected. The identified relevant content included in the selected results can be converted into a flat string with stylings and links for displaying relevant content of the email in a simple, easy-to-read format. | 01-29-2015 |
20150113076 | MESSAGE THREAD IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for identifying threads of related messages. A computer can associate messages with threads by storing a thread identifier (thread ID) identifying a thread and associating the thread ID with a message identifier (message ID) of each known message that belongs to the thread. The computer can inspect a message to determine whether the message identifies a reference message. Before assigning a thread ID to the message or a reference message, the computer can determine whether a message ID for either message is stored in association with a thread ID. If a thread ID is stored for a message ID of either message, the computer can assign the thread ID to message IDs of other reference messages. If a thread ID is not stored for a message ID of either message or is different for either message, store a common thread ID in association with both messages. | 04-23-2015 |
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20120308555 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR CREATING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES - In some embodiments, the invention relates to methods for creating a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to antigen. The method may start from a polyclonal population of antibodies such as a non-specific polyclonal population or a polyclonal population of antibodies that specifically bind to the antigen. The method includes obtaining nucleic acid molecules encoding heavy and light immunoglobulin chains (or variable regions thereof) of multiple immunoglobulins from an animal; obtaining mass spectra information of peptide fragments of a population of polyclonal immunoglobulins that specifically bind to an antigen of choice; comparing and/or correlating the mass spectra information of the peptide fragments of the polyclonal immunoglobulins with predicted mass spectra information of predicted amino acid sequences encoded by the nucleic acid molecules, and then assembling the heavy and light chains to create an antibody (or variable region thereof) that specifically binds to the antigen. | 12-06-2012 |
20150110794 | Anti-Human Cytomegalovirus Antibodies And Use Thereof - This disclosure provides anti-human cytomegalovirus antibodies and methods of treatment, prophylaxis, detection, and diagnosis using the same. In another aspect, the disclosure features therapeutic, prophylactic, and/or diagnostic compositions for human cytomegalovirus infection or for a human cytomegalovirus-related disease that include a binding agent (e.g., antibody) or polynucleotide disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the composition is formulated for ocular or topical administration. The compositions can further include one or more human cytomegalovirus-neutralizing antibodies, an intravenous immunoglobulin preparation, and/or one or more antiviral compounds (e.g., ganciclovir, foscamet, cidofovir, or valganciclovir). | 04-23-2015 |