Bakir S Kanpurwala

US Patent:

20090303714, Dec 10, 2009

Filed:

Jul 25, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/179888

Inventors:

Bakir Kanpurwala - Ann Arbor MI, US
Charles Zhang - Shenzhe, CH

Assignee:

AVEN TOOLS, INC - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

F21V 5/00
F21V 19/02
F21V 21/30

US Classification:

362235, 362285, 362287, 36224902

Abstract:

An adjustable illumination apparatus includes an illumination source having a housing carrying an illuminatable element. A mount is adapted to surround an imaging system lens. An extensible and retractable support has first and second ends mounts the illumination source to the mount. First and second connections movably couple the first and second ends of the support to the mount and the illumination source. The support includes one or more telescoping legs or a cross link bar assembly. In one aspect, the apparatus includes multiple illumination sources. The connections allow each illumination source to be independently positioned relative to other illumination sources. The illuminatable elements in each illumination source may be independently controlled.