Illumination system
CA 2407832 A1 · Owner: Friend, Ross Anthony · Inventors: Friend, Ross Anthony
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The invention comprises a modular illumination system comprising at least one mounting strip (1); one or more emitter strips each having an outwardly directed face in use through which infra red light may be transmitted; one or more printed circuit boards (33,33') each carrying a plurality of infra red light emitting diodes (35); and one or more contact elements (41,41'). The system is such that the or each emitter strip (11) can interconnect with a mounting strip to form a conduit through which a power supply bus may be carried. Each contact element is adapted to complete an electrical connection between the power supply bus and a printed circuit board mounted behind the outwardly …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 1, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 1, 2021.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 1, 2023.
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