Patents Examined by Alexander Garlen
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Patent number: 9428104Abstract: Provided is a lamp for a vehicle comprising a housing having a mirror mounted therein and a signal lamp provided on a surface of the housing. The signal lamp includes a reflecting portion, a lens unit located in front of the reflecting portion and including a half mirror formed on at least a portion of a surface of the lens unit, a supporting portion located between the reflecting portion and the lens unit, and a light source unit including a plurality of light sources. The signal lamp forms an original image of the light source unit and one or more reflected images obtained by reflecting the original image.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Yong Hwan Kim, Hyo Jin Han
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Patent number: 9429287Abstract: A wide-angle lighting display and projection device with the features of its original patent application, and further has the bottom of a transparent bottle to be able to be fixed on a positioning hole by spinning, displaying an unlimited extension of an inward serial arrangement of a transparent bottle from the middle with a wider area of visual effects. Also, the transparent bottle thereof is easy for assembling and maintaining.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Inventor: Su-Fang Ho
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Patent number: 9416922Abstract: Embodiments relate to a lighting device that includes or retains a plurality of solid-state light emitters and is capable of providing one or more of omni-directional lighting and task lighting. Other embodiments relate to modular lighting systems for providing the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Inner Lighting, LLCInventor: Lee D. Stagni
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Patent number: 9411083Abstract: Lighting modules and lighting systems containing one or more lighting modules, and associated methods, are provided that receive light from one or more light sources for projecting it to a target surface, e.g., in a uniform, patterned, or other controlled manner. In various embodiments, the lighting modules and lighting systems can be used to mix the light generated by one or more sources.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Fraen CorporationInventors: Marco Angelini, Claudia Bigliatti, Ernesto Grossi
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Patent number: 9400087Abstract: A shield for a light emitting diode (LED) luminaire includes a frame mountable to the LED luminaire such that the shield is removable therefrom. A plurality of rows of shield surfaces contact the frame and have a first side that faces a row of LEDs located on the LED luminaire and an opposite second side. The first side has a fully or partially reflective surface. The plurality of rows of shield surfaces prevent light from the LEDs from reflecting toward the back of the LED luminaire. The shield may include notches for allowing removal of one or more of the plurality of rows of shield surfaces or a portion thereof from the frame and for customization of light distribution from the LED luminaire. The shield may also be cut lengthwise such that each of the plurality of rows of shield surfaces includes a partial shield surface and shields only a portion of a row of LEDs located on the LED luminaire.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventors: Craig Eugene Marquardt, Patrick A. Collins, Jie Chen
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Patent number: 9395482Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light-emitting unit and an apparatus-holding section. The light-emitting unit includes a light guide plate with a center portion being opened, a light source that inputs light from a side of an inner wall of the light guide plate, and a reflective film formed on a side of an upper surface of the light guide plate to reflect light propagated in the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit outputs light from a light output surface in opposite to the upper surface of the light guide plate. The apparatus-holding section detachably holds an electronic apparatus, is capable of removing the electronic apparatus from a side of an output direction of light from the light output surface, and includes a center of a surface parallel to the light output surface, which is positioned inside a light output area of the light output surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuyuki Yokosawa
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Patent number: 9388946Abstract: Embodiments relate to a lighting device that includes a power connector base that includes a threaded electrical contact for connection to an Edison style socket and a pole that is attached to the power connector base that includes or retains a plurality of solid-state light emitters.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Inventor: Lee D. Stagni
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Patent number: 9388962Abstract: The invention relates to a LED spotlight, preferably for white light, comprising—an LED module having several LED chips on a carrier,—a cooling body that is in thermal contact with the LED module,—a reflector that laterally surrounds the LED chips, and—a light mixing chamber arranged within the reflector and laterally surrounding the LED chips, the light mixing chamber base surface and the reflector bottom being located on the same plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Tridonic Jennersdorf GmbHInventor: Christian Derkits
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Patent number: 9365153Abstract: A signal lighting system for a vehicle includes a housing having an open front end. A bottom and top of the housing each have an arcuate front edge. The bottom extends farther forward than the top so the front edge of the bottom is in front of the front edge of the top. The system includes a plurality of lights between the bottom and top and positioned for directing light generally forward. Gaskets are at the front edges of the top and bottom of the housing for conforming the lighting system to a windshield of the vehicle. The lighting system is adjustable to facilitate mounting the lighting system in a wide range of different makes and models of vehicle notwithstanding differences that may exist between their windshield geometries. The lights may be included in light modules that can be rotationally adjusted while the system is mounted on the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Code 3, Inc.Inventor: John C. Davis
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Patent number: 9357858Abstract: Disclosed are display systems comprised of at least one wall panel and at least one shelf comprising a light fixture, the wall panel having two rows of parallel slots, one set of parallel slots (either on the wall panel or uprights adjacent to the wall panel), providing cooperative access by support brackets disposed on the shelf for supporting the shelf, the support brackets not carrying any of the electrical circuitry for the light fixture, one other set of parallel slots providing cooperative access for electrical contact elements disposed on the shelf to an electric source element disposed on the wall panel and providing electricity to the light fixture. Also disclosed are wall panels, shelves and lighting devices that may be used, alone or in combination, for new installations or in retrofitting existing display systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Sungal CorporationInventor: Yeyang Sun
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Patent number: 9360203Abstract: The present invention discloses an illumination device (100) and a method (4000) for assembly of such an illumination device. The illumination device (100) comprises a light source (110) arranged to generate light, a carrier (120) arranged to support the light source and an envelope (130) enclosing the light source and the carrier. The envelope comprises at least two enveloping parts which, when joined together, form the envelope. Further, the carrier is arranged in thermal contact with at least one of the enveloping parts for dissipating heat out of the illumination device. The method comprises the steps of mounting (4100) the light source in thermal contact with the carrier and enclosing (4200) the light source and the carrier with the envelope. The present invention is advantageous in that it provides a convenient design which facilitates the assembly of the illumination device. Further, the present invention is advantageous in that it provides an illumination device with improved heat transfer.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Omke Jan Teerling, Bastiaan Uitbeijerse
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Patent number: 9357906Abstract: A surgical illumination device includes a LED with a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a heat transfer pad. A flexible circuit has first and second electrically conductive traces extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof. The first conductive trace is electrically interconnected with the positive terminal, the second conductive trace is electrically interconnected with the negative terminal, and a heat transfer window on the flexible circuit is aligned with the heat transfer pad. The illumination device includes a heat sink having a distal end with a distal end face. A thermally conductive adhesive pad is disposed between the LED and the distal end face of the heat sink. The thermally conductive adhesive pad is aligned with the heat transfer window of the flexible circuit and the heat transfer pad of the LED base.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Engineered Medical Solutions Company LLCInventors: Daniel Coppersmith, Maximilian Linder, Michael H. El Kazzaz
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Patent number: 9349307Abstract: A forty-eight foot wide outdoor billboard can be illuminated at night using only two lighting assemblies. First and second areas of a display surface of the billboard are simultaneously illuminated by emitting light from a number of LEDs mounted in a common plane and redirecting the light toward the display surface using a plurality of optical elements. Each optical element is disposed over only one associated LED and includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion arranged to direct the light toward the first area of the display surface so that visual media content of the display surface is visible without any additional light.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: Ultravision Technlologies, LLCInventors: David Siucheong Auyeung, William Y. Hall, Simon Magarill
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Patent number: 9341346Abstract: A gasket for an interface between a light emitting diode (LED) and a light emitting panel (LEP) includes a first segment and a second segment. The gasket also includes a first blade extending out from a surface of the first segment and a second blade extending out from a surface of the second segment. The surface of the first segment faces the surface of the second segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Timothy Glen Wright, Scott David Wegner
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Patent number: 9335028Abstract: A lighting device, comprising a glow material; a light source, positioned to illuminate the glow material when the light source is activated; and a light source controller, for sequencing sufficient on and off activation of the light source to maintain activate the glow material over a period of time.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Inventors: Alexis Geralyn Marie Nagel, Stephen Roy Nagel
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Patent number: 9335531Abstract: LED lighting using optical elements with spectral notching is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide an optical element and LED devices and systems using such an optical element, where spectral notch filtering introduced by the optical element improves the color rendering index (CRI) of emitted light. In some embodiments of the invention, the optical element is made to act as a notch filter by including a rare earth compound such as neodymium oxide in or on the material of which the optical element is made. A color pigment can also be used to impart notch-filtering properties to an optical element. An optical interference film can also be used. The optical element may be included in an LED device such as a multichip component or may be used as an enclosure or reflector for an LED lighting system such as a lamp or fixture.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Praneet Athalye, Gerald H. Negley, Antony Paul van de Ven
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Patent number: 9322515Abstract: A system for re-distributing light emitted from a light source using an optical element is described. The optical element is manufactured using a bulk matrix material, and diffusing particles and/or scattering particles are embedded within the bulk material. The optical element is coupled to the light source to capture emitted light and redistribute the light in a desired angular distribution pattern depending on the ratio of total weight of diffusing particles to total weight of scattering particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Korry Electronics Co.Inventors: John R. Green, Stephen H. Humphrey, Andrew B. Leslie, Timothy R. Robinson
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Patent number: 9316374Abstract: A vehicle headlight utilizes a rotationally asymmetric projection lens with its light emitting surface inclined with respect to the optical axis thereof, whereby the light emitted from the light source and projected forward through the light emitting surface of the projection lens is diffused substantially uniformly with respect to the optical axis of the projection lens, for example, uniform substantially in the right and left directions and/or the upper and lower directions. This can be achieved by designing the reflecting surface to have its optical axis inclined with respect to the optical axis of the projection lens by a predetermined angle so that light emitted from the light source and projected forward through the light emitting surface of the projection lens is made uniform with respect to the optical axis of the projection lens (for example, uniform substantially in the right and left directions and/or the upper and lower directions).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryotaro Owada, Tatsuya Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 9279544Abstract: An LED lighting kit comprises an extrusion, an LED strip, a tapered wedge, and a mounting clip. The clip is sized and shaped to springably engage ledges in a first channel of the extrusion when the strip is mounted. In one aspect, two extrusions are butted end-to-end and are aligned by inserting the tapered wedge into the first channel of each extrusion prior to butting them together. The extrusion contains a second channel that houses the LED strip. A translucent diffuser is springably inserted into the second channel, thereby diffusing light that is emitted by the LED strip. End caps are inserted into the ends of the extrusion to complete the light kit. At least one of the end caps has a hole to admit electrical wires to power the LED strip.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Dankelmann, Mark D Kelley
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Patent number: 9250377Abstract: A light guide plate includes a plate body and a supporting unit. The plate body has a light-exiting face and a lateral side, wherein the supporting unit is disposed along the lateral side. The supporting unit has a top surface and an outer lateral surface, the top surface is above the light-exiting face, the lateral surface protrudes from an end surface of the lateral side of the plate body, wherein a portion of the end surface away from the light-exiting face is exposed to form a recess. A backlight module includes the light guide plate mentioned above and a back plate having the light guide plate disposed thereon. A periphery of the back plate has a side wall formed thereon and extending into the recess. A display device includes the above light guide plate and a display panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chia-Hao Wu, Han-Ping Kuo