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Light-emitting diode for illuminating an object

Granted 29 Jun 2010 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd. · originally Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Sadato Imai, Tsubasa Fujiwara · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/343,500
filed 14 Sep 2009
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US D618635
granted 29 Jun 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of light-emitting…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of light-emitting diode for illuminating an object in accordance to the present design as viewed from front;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view, the rear elevation view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 5 is a right side elevation view, the left side view being a mirror image thereof.

The article is a surface-mount type light-emitting diode for illumination purpose and emits light from the circular-shaped central portion.

The article is widely used in mobile phones as a light source for flash and in various other devices for illumination purpose, and further as a light source in generic illumination.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/180

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