Lighting apparatus

Description

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a lighting apparatus of the present invention;

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

FIG. 3 is a left side view thereof, the right side view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view taken along line 6--6 in FIG. 4.

An elongated plate on a substrate has multiple recesses in which light sources, such as LEDs, are arranged. The elongated plate is molded with a transparent material. The two squares are electrodes.

Claims

CLAIM We claim the ornamental design for a lighting apparatus, as shown and described.

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Inventors:	Uemoto; Takaari (Kadoma, JP), Nishimoto; Keiji (Kadoma, JP), Ueno; Yasuharu (Kadoma, JP), Shida; Satoshi (Kadoma, JP), Omata; Yuji (Osaka, JP)
Assignee:	Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
Appl. No.:	D/270,312
Filed:	December 19, 2006

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Foreign Application Priority Data

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Jun 20, 2006 [JP]			2006-015937

Current U.S. Class:	D26/24; D26/1
Current International Class:	2604
Field of Search:	;D26/24,1,2,37,72,74,80,81,83,93,105,113,25 ;D13/180,182 ;362/612,631,555,89,147,153,257,800 ;257/79,80,82,88,433 ;313/500

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References Cited [Referenced By]

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U.S. Patent Documents

6492698	December 2002	Kim et al.
6627994	September 2003	Hashimoto
D494288	August 2004	Matsui et al.
6789910	September 2004	Kimura et al.
D526972	August 2006	Egawa et al.
D528994	September 2006	Matsui et al.
D530288	October 2006	Nagai
D531139	October 2006	Egawa et al.
D535262	January 2007	Saito et al.
7204635	April 2007	Kimura et al.
D541761	May 2007	Saito et al.
D542239	May 2007	Egawa
2006/0087843	April 2006	Setomoto et al.

Foreign Patent Documents

	2003-124528		Apr 2003		JP

Primary Examiner: Brooks; Cathron
Assistant Examiner: Lee; Angela J
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione