Patents Examined by Alexander Garlen
  • Patent number: 8845145
    Abstract: A reflector assembly and method for installing into a collar. The reflector assembly includes a reflector, a frame surrounding and being coupled to a portion of the reflector, and one or more connectors coupled to the frame. Each connector includes a base portion coupled to the frame, a first finger, and a biasing portion. The first finger and the biasing portion extend in a generally upward direction from a portion of the base portion; however the first finger is angled away from the reflector while the biasing portion is angled toward the reflector. The biasing portion exerts a force on the side of the reflector when the first finger portion is compressed inwardly towards a side of the reflector. The reflector assembly is installed into a collar by inserting the reflector assembly into the collar and allowing first finger to compress toward the reflector and then away from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Amos Tam, Grzegorz Wronski
  • Patent number: 8840261
    Abstract: A lamp socket including a socket terminal, a backlight assembly having the lamp socket and a display device having the backlight assembly are provided. The socket terminal includes a base part, an extending part, a stopper part, an electrode insertion part and a wire connection member. The extending part is extended from the base part, is angled with respect to the base part, and includes a space to receive an electrode of a lamp. The stopper part extends from the extending part and isolates the space at an end of the extending part. The electrode insertion part is extended from the stopper part, wherein application of pressure on the electrode insertion part separates sides of the stopper part to provide access to the space. The wire connection member is extended from the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae-Min Choi
  • Patent number: 8752981
    Abstract: A light source apparatus comprising an optical module is disclosed. The optical module has a first optical plate and a second optical plate. The first optical plate comprises a first transparent portion and a first reflective portion. The second optical plate comprises a second transparent portion and a second reflective portion. The light source apparatus comprises a first laser array, a second laser array and a third laser array for projecting a first light, a second light and a third light towards the optical module along a first incident direction, a second incident direction and a third incident direction, respectively. The first light passes through the first and second transparent portions to travel along the emergent direction. The second light reflected by the first reflective portion travels along the emergent direction. The third light reflected by the second reflective portion travels along the emergent direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: June-Jei Huang
  • Patent number: 8714788
    Abstract: A spotlight includes a main housing, an illumination device received in the main housing and an angle adjusting arrangement. The angle adjusting arrangement includes an adjustable handle and a locking mechanism. The adjustable handle, having a predetermined curvature, is outwardly extended and rotatably mounted to the main housing and is arranged to selectively and rotatably move with respect to the main housing so as to selectively adjust an angle of inclination between the adjustable handle and the main housing. The locking mechanism is coupled between the adjustable handle and the main housing for selectively retaining the adjustable handle at a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the main housing so that when the adjustable handle is held by a user, the illumination device is arranged to generate the illumination at a predetermined orientation corresponding with the angle of inclination of the adjustable handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Fermi Chi Hung Lau
  • Patent number: 8696180
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a semiconductor light emitting device arranged to face toward a front of the vehicle lamp, a first optical member disposed in front of the semiconductor light emitting device, and a second optical member disposed in front of the first optical member. The first optical member comprises a front surface and a back surface. The front surface is configured to internally reflect light from the semiconductor light emitting device toward the back surface. The back surface is configured to internally reflect the light reflected by the front surface back toward the front surface such that the light exits the first optical member from the front surface. The second optical member is disposed directly in front of the front surface of the first optical member and diffuses the light from the first optical member to form a light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishida, Naoki Uchida
  • Patent number: 8678601
    Abstract: A one-piece, collapsible light modifier device for attachment to a flash mechanism, including: (a) a translucent front panel; (b) a reflective rear panel that is substantially the same shape as the front panel, the rear and front panels each including a bendable wire frame around its periphery; (c) at least one side panel between the front panel and the rear panel; (d) a flash hole at a base of the light modifier device between opposite ends of the side panel; and (e) a flash strap attached to the reflective inside surface of the rear panel adjacent the flash hole; wherein the light modifier device includes a compact, closed position and an open position for use. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Lee Morris, Patrick Haskell Hall
  • Patent number: 8651722
    Abstract: A backlight module comprises a backplate having a baseplate and side plates, a direct-lit LED array, edge-lit LED arrays and a light guide panel. The light guide panel is located above the baseplate. The direct-lit LED array is disposed between the baseplate and the light guide panel. The edge-lit LED arrays are disposed at two sides of the light guide panel and facing light incident surfaces thereof respectively. Light scattering structures for scattering light rays are disposed on a light exiting surface or on a bottom surface of the light guide panel. With the LED arrays and the light scattering structures, the light guide panel is divided into three backlight regions. Displaying of the backlight module is controlled region by region by the light scattering structures and the LED drive circuit to improve the brightness of the backlight module and reduce the power consumption of the liquid crystal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ruilian Yang
  • Patent number: 8641245
    Abstract: A radiating device for a lamp and an LED lamp including the radiating device are provided. The LED lamp includes an LED light source module (2), a light transmission protective cover (3) and the radiating device for the lamp. The LED light source module (2) includes several LEDs (21) and a radiating circuit substrate (22). The radiating device for the lamp includes a radiating base plate (1). Several radiating rods (11) are arranged at the back side of the radiating base plate (1). The LED light source module (2) is fixedly connected with the radiating base plate (1), and heat is conducted from the LED light source module to the radiating base plate (1) through the radiating circuit substrate (22). The light transmission protective cover (3) is hermetically connected with the radiating base plate (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Nanker (Guangzhou) Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Chun-wei Wu
  • Patent number: 8641261
    Abstract: A backlight module is disclosed. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a backlight source, an optical plate, and an optical coating layer. The light guide plate has a light emitting surface and a light incident end. The light incident end is located at an adjacent side of the light emitting surface. The backlight source is disposed corresponding to the light incident end and generates lights emitting to the light incident end. The optical plate is disposed above the light emitting surface. The optical plate includes an extension portion extending disposed above the backlight source. The optical coating layer is formed on a surface of the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Hung Cheng, Ta-Jen Huang
  • Patent number: 8632217
    Abstract: A light head structure with adjustable focal length and a lighting device thereof. The light head structure includes a base, a threaded collar and a soft lens. The threaded collar has an assembling section, a receiving space for receiving the base therein and a protrusion section formed on an inner circumference of the threaded collar. The base has a recess for receiving a light-emitting element therein and an outer connection section for movably assembling with the assembling section. The soft lens has a focusing section in alignment with the light-emitting element. The focusing section has an extension section. The protrusion section of the threaded collar abuts against the extension section to attach the extension section to the outer circumference of the base. The thickness of the soft lens is adjustable to change the focal length and enhance the illumination. The lighting device can be easily manufactured to lower manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao-Zhen Zeng, Wen-Ji Lan
  • Patent number: 8622577
    Abstract: A lighting device comprises at least a light source (13, 33), a light emitting surface, an air inlet aperture (8, 9, 28), an air outlet aperture (8, 9, 28) and a cooling unit (4, 24) for moving air from the air inlet aperture (8, 9, 28) through the cooling unit (4, 24) to the air outlet. The air inlet aperture (8, 9, 28) and the air outlet aperture (8, 9, 28) are both located on the same side of the lighting device as at least part of the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Adrianus Albert Kemps, Robertus Leonardus Tousain, Daniƫl Anton Benoy, Theodoor Cornelis Treurniet, Bastiaan Uitbeijerse, Jacob Cornelis Paul Den Dulk
  • Patent number: 8591051
    Abstract: A design panel is provided having a plate-like panel main body made of a synthetic resin, the panel main body including a light-transmitting portion having a light-transmitting property, the light-transmitting portion being adapted to be illuminated by a light for illumination from a backside of the light-transmitting portion, and a light-shielding portion adapted to prevent diffusion of a light that passes through the light-transmitting portion or a light-suppressing portion adapted to prevent incident light from entering the synthetic resin at the light-suppressing portion. A method for producing the design panel is also provided, the method including the steps of: forming the panel main body from the synthetic resin having a light-transmitting property; and forming the light-shielding portion or light-suppressing portion by radiating a laser beam onto a given part of the synthetic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokatsu Nakajima, Masatomo Inoue
  • Patent number: 8556465
    Abstract: An illumination lamp comprises a lamp body, a light-emitting module, a power supply module, and a circuit module. The lamp body defines an inner space. The partitioning unit is disposed in the lamp body for dividing the inner space into a first space for receiving the power supply module, and a second space for receiving the circuit module. Due to the presence of the partitioning unit, thermal convection between the first and second spaces is prevented to reduce adverse influence of a high temperature of the circuit module on the power supply module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsung-Chi Lee, Po-Wei Li, Shih-Chang Hsu, Chin-Yin Yu
  • Patent number: 8545044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flashlight with a flashlight casing and a push switch, latching switch or rotary switch contained in an end cap having a switch housing in which a first and a second contact engage. According to the invention, the first contact is a leaf spring engaging in direct electrical connection directly against the electrically conductive flashlight casing or directly against the electrically conductive end cap that is also detachably connected to the flashlight casing, the second contact being a bent leaf spring outside the switch housing directly connected to a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Zweibrueder Optoelectronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rainer Opolka
  • Patent number: 8529086
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a portable illumination system having a locked state that minimizes unintended activation. The system includes a first activated state, deactivated state, and locked state. The first activated state generates a first optical output via the optical output device. The deactivated state deactivates the optical output device. The locked state also deactivates the optical output device. The system further includes a switching mechanism configured to receive a first and second physical user input and an algorithm of operation for each of the states. The algorithms of operation for the first activated state and the deactivated state correlate the first and second physical user inputs with a state change between the first activated state, deactivated state, and locked state. The algorithm of operation for the locked state is restricted in that it correlates only the second physical user input with a state change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Black Diamond Equipment Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph Skrivan, Douglas Heinrich, Jeremy Allen Saxton, Christopher Best
  • Patent number: 8511867
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a first frame and a second frame coupleable to the first frame. The first frame includes an inner edge, an outer edge, and a base extending between the edges. The second frame includes an inner edge, an outer edge, a base extending between the edges, and a sidewall extending substantially perpendicularly outward from the inner edge. The sidewall includes a lip portion that extends beyond the first frame's base once the first frame is coupled to the second frame and the sidewall is inserted adjacently through the first frame's inner edge. The first frame is coupled to the second frame in at least a first orientation and a second orientation. The lip portion has a first length when coupled in the first orientation and a second length when coupled in the second orientation. The first length is smaller than the second length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Amos Tam, Grzegorz Wronski
  • Patent number: 8500301
    Abstract: An illuminant device includes at least an illuminant element and a lamp holder including a housing, a metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB) and a power-driving unit. The housing includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. The MCPCB is disposed on the first side of the housing and includes a base and a plurality of extending parts extended from the circumference of base in a bending forming manner and spaced from each other. The base has a plurality of holes, the extending parts are embedded within the housing, and the illuminant element is mounted on the base. The power-driving unit includes a circuit board, and a first end of the circuit board has a plurality of posts. The posts are respectively penetrated the holes and electrically connected to the MCPCB. In addition, a manufacturing method of the lamp holder is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cooler Master Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Qiang-Fei Duan