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In one aspect, a compact, lightweight, high-intensity and long-life LED lighting apparatus is provided. The LED lighting apparatus includes: a lens array including a plurality of lenses; a first circuit board including at least one LED (e.g., a plurality of surface-mount type LEDs); and a second circuit board electrically connected with the first circuit board to control illumination of the plurality of LEDs, wherein the second circuit board is configured substantially perpendicular to the first circuit board. In another aspect, a heat dissipation assembly is provided for a lighting apparatus that includes a first circuit board with at least one LED, and a second circuit board configured substantially perpendicular to the first circuit board.

A lighting system comprising a track having a first and a second rail (5, 7), mutually extending equidistantly. Said first and second rail comprise a first respectively a second electrically conductive strip (13, 15), mutually electrically isolated. A lighting module comprising a first and second electrical contact, which lighting module in mounted position rests by gravitational force on the first and second rail. When mounted the first and second electrical contact are in electrical contact with a respective one of the first and second electrically conductive strip. The lighting module is dismountable from the track by a single displacement of the lighting module in a direction against the direction of the gravitational force.

Building comprising at least two vertically superimposed computer rooms 2, 3, 4, 5 each limited by a peripheral wall 6 and separated from each other by an intermediate floor 7 and which each contain computer cabinets 11 for computer or electronic equipment 25. The building is characterised in that: each computer room 2, 3, 4, 5 comprises at least one interior wall 10 formed in part or less by the computer cabinets 11 and which separates the interior volume of each computer room into a hot zone Zc and a cold zone Zf, since the air cannot flow between the hot zone Zc and the cold zone Zf without passing through the computer cabinets 11; each intermediate floor 7, 8, 9 is perforated to allow free circulation of air, all cold zones Zf are superimposed and forming a supply column of fresh air Ca and all the hot spots are superimposed forming an exhaust column of hot air Ce; the floors 7, 8, 9, the perimeter walls 6 and interior walls 10 are adapted to prevent a direct flow of air between the supply column Ca and the exhaust column Ce, and the building comprises fresh air means 20, 30 in the supply column Ca and means for evacuating 23, 30 hot air from the exhaust column Ce.

A secure storage facility has storage bays for rental in a building having reinforced walls and partitions, impact and explosion resistant security doors and a limited access control room from which all security doors are remotely locked and unlocked and are monitored with video and audio communications, each storage bay having an independently adjustable temperature, humidity and lighting system, and sensors within for providing environment information to the control room, and the facility having a vehicle loading area and a vehicle security zone in which a vehicle can be inspected before access is allowed to the loading area.

The present invention integrates the use of pre-manufactured structures with minimal on-site installation and lift-slab construction to achieve the construction of multi-story buildings. The pre-manufactured structures are designed to be readily integrated with both horizontal and vertically adjacent building components, including lift-slab components, so that multiple building stories may be readily and securely stacked, one on top of the other. The present invention advantageously permits top- down lift-slab construction for multi-story buildings. The present invention also provides for the development of flexible design plans for institutional, residential, office and other types of buildings. The present invention advantageously provides for easier, more efficient, faster, cheaper, safer, higher quality and more consistent, environmentally advantaged, energy-efficient, easier to maintain, intelligently designed, and customizable multi-story building construction.

A light emitting diode (LED) work light and associated method of controlling the LED work light. The LED work light includes a power source, a casing including a handle section, at least one LED mounted to illuminate light from the casing, at least one lens forward of the LEDs to focus light from the LEDs, a control switch designated to at least turn on and turn off the LEDs, and a controller. The controller may be configured to, in response to activation of the control switch, provide control of the power source to the LEDs to transition from a first illumination state to a second illumination state of the illumination of the LEDs, the transition being illumination defined by a specified function over time defined to slow a transition time of the transition.

A modular building structure which can be converted between a variety of usage modes, such as an office, hotel or residential purposes. Each module includes fittings that allow for attachment and detachment of internal components to enable conversion between the usage modes. The modules may be joined in different ways, such as in a checkerboard configuration. Also disclosed are an exchange module to permit the secure exchange of items to or from the building structure to which access is permitted if authorisation information matches an access instruction, and a resource management system to control the use of resources such as electricity and water in which a resource source is chosen that meets rather than exceeds the requirements of the resource demand.

A welding shield includes a durable shell body having a front viewing window pivotally attached to a headband, a welding shield lens attached to the shell body covering the front viewing window of the shell body, a first light source disposed to the front area of the shell body, a second light source disposed to the front area of the headband, and at least one control device for controlling the light sources.

The invention discloses an all-sealed lamp comprising a transparent covering tube, end seats, end caps, a lamp tube, driving circuits and a lead sealing element. The end seats are fixedly connected to two ends of the covering tube respectively, each end cap is hermetically connected with each end seat, the lamp tube and the driving circuits are arranged in an enclosed space formed by the covering tube, the end seats and the end caps, and the lead sealing element is arranged on one end cap. The driving circuits are arranged on two circuit boards separately, the two circuit boards are located in the two end seats respectively, and electrical jacks matched with lamp caps of the lamp tube in insertion are formed in the two circuit boards respectively. Thus, components of an independent lamp holder and conventional lamp tube end seats are omitted, space of the positions of the end seats and the end caps is utilized fully, components specially used for mounting the driving circuits are omitted, the all-sealed lamp is few in parts and assembly procedures, and production cost is lowered on the basis that sealing performance is guaranteed.

A building module is disclosed which moves between a collapsed configuration, where it is sized and shaped similarly to a standard shipping container, and an erected configuration where it forms a building of greater space. Braced panels are hinged to form walls in the collapsed configuration and floors or ceilings in the erected configuration. The modules may be connected together to form a single storied or multistoried building.

The invention relates to a metallic frame structure of a container-like, modular and mobile housing, an assembly kit for such a housing, a container-like, modular and mobile housing, as well as a hollow profile for such a housing. The hollow profile which is designed as a floor main profile (1), roof main profile (2) and / or support profile (3) for the metallic frame structure, has a longitudinal structure (71, 72, . . . ) extending along the longitudinal direction of the profile and originating from an outer profile surface. The longitudinal structure is formed as a longitudinal elevation or longitudinal groove and has a width at its attachment to the profile outer surface of less than 20, 15 or 10 millimetres in the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the profile.

A lighting system comprising a track having a first and a second rail (5, 7), mutually extending equidistantly. Said first and second rail comprise a first respectively a second electrically conductive strip (13), mutually electrically isolated. A lighting module comprising a first and second electrical contact (25), which lighting module in mounted position rests by gravitational force on the first and second rail. When mounted the first and second electrical contact are in electrical contact with a respective one of the first and second electrically conductive strip. The lighting module is dismountable from the track by a single displacement of the lighting module in a direction against the direction of the gravitational force.

A modular lighting system for lighting a work area is disclosed. The system includes a power supply with power outlets for powering LED fixtures. The power supply preferably operates at or below a fixed power output level, such as to illuminate the work area using less than 0.2 Watts per square foot of energy. The lighting system also includes an occupancy sensor and / or a light level sensor for controlling lighting levels in the work area in response to detection of a person, ambient light levels and / or a combination thereof. The lighting system can also include computer unit with a micro-processor and a memory unit for running software or firmware the executes lighting programs, stores light usage histories and / or provides system reports to a remote computer by a wireless means and / or over a computer network.

An indirect luminaire optical system having linear tubular lamps, parabolic reflector assemblies positioned under the lamps, kick reflectors positioned adjacent to the sides of the lamps, and a housing positioned around the lamps and reflectors, with the housing having a substantially open top for allowing light to exit the optical system. Each parabolic reflector assembly may have a pair of substantially parabolic shaped reflectors joined to form a apex along and directly under the corresponding lamp lamp. The kick reflectors may be in a spaced relationship with the parabolic reflector assemblies, thereby defining openings therebetween. The bottom portion of the housing may have translucent areas which are in optical communication with the lamp through the openings.

A lighting fixture comprises a base portion and at least one valance portion oriented so as to project outwardly from the base portion. The at least one valance portion is connected in heat conductive relation to the base portion, to thereby act as a heatsink. There is at least one light source mounted on one of the base portion and the at least one valance portion, such that the at least one valance portion is substantially adjacent the at least one light source, to thereby obstruct the direct viewing of the at least one light source from beyond the at least one valance portion when the lighting fixture is installed on a supporting structure.

A cubicle work space organizer is provided in the form of an accessory support surface having a first portion defined by a shelf with leading and trailing edges and a light transmissible region therebetween and a second portion defined by an outwardly projecting tray with both portions being supported from a cubicle wall by the releasable coupling of a rearwardly projecting mounting bracket to a set of vertically aligned, cubicle wall retention slots to position the accessory support surface between a desktop and a lighting source for selectively removing accessories from the desktop and organizing them on the accessory support surface while enabling the transmission of light onto the desktop through at least a portion of the shelf.

A panel for providing explosion-resistant curtain walls comprising at least one glass pane suitable to form a glazing unit, and associated with a supporting frame constituted by at least two uprights connected, at their upper and lower ends, by at least two cross-members. The panel comprises an interconnection device for strengthening and interconnecting the uprights and the cross-members, a guiding device for strengthening and guiding in position two contiguous uprights of two panels arranged one above the other, and a limiting device for limiting mutual rotation of two contiguous uprights of two panels arranged side by side.

The invention relates to a novel movable type beacon device which comprises a movable vehicle frame, wherein the movable vehicle frame is provided with a generating unit, a lamp holder with a lamp and a lifting type lamp post. The novel movable type beacon device is characterized in that the lifting type lamp post comprises a plurality of sections of connecting rods which are sequentially sleeved from bottom to top; the previous sections of connecting rods are sequentially inserted into inner cavities of the next sections of connecting rods and can slide and shift along the inner cavities of the next sections of connecting rods; the lower part of the (N+1) section of connecting rod is connected with a steel rope; the steel rope is downwards connected to the (N-1) section of connecting rod after passing around a pulley beside the upper part of the N section of connecting rod; the first section of connecting rod is rotatably connected with the movable vehicle frame by a rotating seat which is arranged at the bottom; a power drive mechanism for driving the second section of connecting rod to lift is vertically arranged beside the first section of connecting rod; and the lamp holder is arranged at the upper end of the topmost section of connecting rod. The device has flexible adjustment of height and direction of illumination, strong on-site adaptability, simple structure and good use effect.

A light head is mounted on a common base, and includes a light source in a mounting base. The base is mounted on a collapsible elongated pole, and the pole is for mounting on an outside wall of a carrying case. There is a carrying handle for the case, an electrical power outlet mounted on a wall, base or lid of the case and for plugging in an electrical wire to power the light head. The interior of the case is for locating a rechargeable battery, and the battery when charged, supplies power to the power outlet such that the light head can be powered. Recharging can be via either a 12V DC automobile or a 110 AC power supply. The carrying handle is extendible; and retractable, and in the retraction mode is essentially within the general perimeter space of the case. The case includes a pair of pulley wheels, the wheels being for facilitating the moving of the case.

The invention provides a lighting system (1) comprising a plurality of elements (10) adjustably connected to a plurality of supports (11) arranged on a grid. Each of the plurality of elements (10) comprises a light source (L1). Each of the plurality of elements (10) further comprises at least two adjustable connections (12). The adjustable connections (12) connect the corresponding element (10) to respective supports (11) and adjustably position the corresponding element (10) relative to the respective supports (11). The invention further relates to a space comprising such a lighting system, a method of providing an illumination profile using such a lighting system and the use of such a lighting system for defining an illumination profile in a space.

This application describes systems and methods for locating, securing, accessing and utilizing a discrete enclosure or workspace. The discrete enclosure or workspace may be located in a public, private or semi-private setting and may comprise a combination of working platforms or surfaces, seats, desks and other apparatus, as well as computer hardware and software. Systems may comprise natural language processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning and other adaptive learning capabilities to enhance the use of the discrete workspace. The workspace may be dimensioned to be used for a wide variety of activities by one or more users.