Patents Examined by Anh Mai
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Patent number: 10067383Abstract: A light source module including a substrate, a plurality of light source, and a first three-dimensional optical control structure is provided. The substrate includes a periphery region and a middle region. The plurality of light sources is disposed on the substrate. The first three-dimensional optical control structure is located in the periphery region of the substrate and located above the plurality of light sources. The first three-dimensional optical control structure covers one of the plurality of light sources. The light generated by the light sources passes through the first three-dimensional optical control structure and is emitted out. The first three-dimensional optical control structure has an asymmetrical shape.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ming-Lung Chen, Chih-Ling Hsueh, Chi-Tang Ma, Chi-Wei Fan
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Patent number: 10060592Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly that comprises: a single lens having a first and a second plurality of near-field lens elements, and an exit surface; and a first and a second LED source that directs light through the respective first and second plurality of lens elements. The first and the second plurality of lens elements are configured to transmit light in a respective spread pattern and a high-intensity pattern through the exit surface. The assemblies can be configured such that the spread pattern and the high-intensity pattern collectively meet the low beam headlight requirements set forth in any current global vehicular lighting regulation, e.g., the current U.S. NHTSA Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Li Yan, Ketan K. Desai, David A. Brown, Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Sleiman N. Abdelnour
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Patent number: 10060594Abstract: A light guiding device for an illumination device, especially for a motor vehicle or an indicator device in a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes a light coupling side for incoupling light from a light source, a reflection side having a reflection layer; and a light outcoupling side, which is disposed generally opposite the reflection side. A clearance between the reflection side and the light outcoupling side generally decreases as the distance from the light incoupling side increases. The reflection side having the reflection layer is configured so that light arriving from the light incoupling side is deflected to the light outcoupling side. The reflection layer may be a paint or lacquer layer that is imprinted or evaporation-coated on the reflection side; and the having a white sheet on or next to the rejection side.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.Inventors: Norbert Kürschner, Daniel Fritz, Eugen Meier, Volker Erhart, Andrew Brian Little, Harry Welfare, Stephen Edney
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Patent number: 10060597Abstract: An optical lens, a backlight module and a display device are provided. The optical lens includes a main body, a light-incident surface, a reflecting surface and a light-emitting surface. The main body has a top portion and a bottom portion. The light-incident surface is recessed into the bottom portion of the main body. The reflecting surface is recessed into the top portion of the main body and opposite to the light-incident surface. The light-emitting surface connects the top portion and the bottom portion, in which the light-emitting surface has plural microstructures. Each of the microstructures has a normal line, and directions of the normal lines are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignees: Radiant Opto-Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Radiant Opto-Electronics CorporationInventors: Tsung-Tse Wu, Chun-Hsien Li, Pei-Ling Kao, Yen-Chang Lee
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Patent number: 10060137Abstract: The invention provides a wall or ceiling covering arrangement (10) comprising a covering material (100) and a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The covering material (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the covering material (100) and the covering material (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. The covering material comprises wallpapers.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Patent number: 10060615Abstract: An easily controllable umbrella includes a base, a column, an umbrella frame, lighting elements, a control device for controlling the lighting elements, a power supply assembly with a power plug for powering the lighting elements, a control panel, a touch control circuit board, and a remote control circuit board; the lighting elements, the control panel, the touch control circuit board, the remote control circuit board and the power plug form a lighting circuit, and the remote control circuit board controls the touch control circuit board. The control device includes a touch control circuit board and a remote control circuit board, remote control of the umbrella being realized through a remote control signal-matched with a receiver on the remote control circuit board, touch control of the umbrella being realized by pressing the umbrella. That is, the umbrella can support both remote control and touch control.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Phaeton Manufacturing LLCInventor: Xiong Luo
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Patent number: 10053005Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an on-vehicle interior illuminating device able to show the light moving with a small number of light sources and to reduce cost. The on-vehicle interior illuminating device includes: a light guide member; one light source unit; the other light source unit; and a control unit. The control unit turns on the other light source unit after turning on the one light source unit, turns off the one light source unit after turning on the other light source unit, and turns off the other light source unit after turning off the one light source unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Shuji Satake, Ken Ito
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Patent number: 10056414Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units arranged on the substrate, each of which includes a display zone and a non-display zone including a thin film transistor and a black matrix that are provided on the substrate, wherein the black matrix is disposed between the substrate and the thin film transistor.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongbo Zhang, Zhi Hou, Daeoh Oh, Ziheng Yang, Xianhao Chen, Qingqing Ma
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Patent number: 10055946Abstract: An electronic device having a light display for communicating messages to a user wherein the light display is a rectangular halo produced by several discrete light sources where the combined width of all the light sources is small in comparison to the length of the perimeter of the rectangular halo.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: EMBERTEC PTY LTDInventors: Domenico Gelonese, Nathan Kuchel
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Patent number: 10054731Abstract: A light source module including a circuit board, a first light emitting device mounted on the circuit board by flip-chip bonding or surface mount technology (SMT), a reflective portion disposed on the circuit board and having at least one recess accommodating the first light emitting device, and a bonding member disposed between the circuit board and the reflective portion. The reflective portion has a height greater than a height of the first light emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seoung Ho Jung, Jung Hwa Jung, Ki Bum Nam
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Patent number: 10053004Abstract: A lighting system for a vehicle comprises a headlamp light source. A trim piece is mounted adjacent the light source having an inner surface illuminated by light from the light source and an outer surface visible from outside the vehicle. The trim piece comprises a light transmitting plastic body, wherein a signature image is formed on the body having a foreground region and a background region. The foreground region has a corresponding surface characteristic on the inner and outer surfaces within the foreground region different from a corresponding surface characteristic on the inner and outer surfaces within the background region so that more light from the light source is transmitted through the foreground region than through the background region. The outer surface may be fully metalized to provide a pleasing appearance under ambient light conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: David A. Brown, Arun Kumar
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Patent number: 10054248Abstract: Embodiments include systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a portable upright stand. A portable upright stand can include a pole for suspending objects such as string lighting, protective coverings, etc. The pole can be coupled to a base such that electrical wiring may extend through the pole and the base. The portable upright stand can also include a reservoir that can enclose at least a portion of the pole such that the pole can be stabilized by the reservoir. The reservoir can have a first opening for filling the reservoir with water and a second opening for draining water. The portable upright stand can also have a shell that can be configured to surround the reservoir as decor or as a protective covering.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Inventor: Kelly Louden
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Patent number: 10047939Abstract: In various embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp is provided along with a method of installing the LED tube lamp into a lighting fixture. In various embodiments, the LED tube lamp comprises: a tube; at least one LED positioned within the tube; and a passage formed through at least a portion of the tube, the passage configured to receive there-through a set of electrical connecting wires, wherein a first end of the electrical connecting wires comprises at least one of a two- or three-prong polarized plug. Various embodiments may further comprise a driver circuit positioned within the tube, the driver circuit comprising a second end of the electrical connecting wires. In various embodiments, the LED lamp tube may further comprise at least one end cap disposed on an end of the tube and at least one pin secured thereon wherein the pin is electrically isolated from the LED.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: FEIF ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.Inventor: Brian Halliwell
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Patent number: 10047911Abstract: A vehicle emissions system is provided that includes a tail pipe configured to emit a first emission, a heat shield positioned proximate the tail pipe having a shield substrate. A semiconductor layer is positioned on the shield substrate and configured to convert the first emission into a second emission. An overmold is positioned over the semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Talat Karmo
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Patent number: 10048504Abstract: An optical system for the generation of a structured light field comprises an array of light sources and a structuring unit separate from said array of light sources, said structuring unit being refractive or reflective and transforming the output of that array of light sources into a structured light illumination by collimating the light beam of each individual light source and directing each beam into the scene under vertical and horizontal angles that can be arbitrarily chosen by refraction or reflection.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.Inventor: Norbert Herschbach
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Patent number: 10047936Abstract: A ceiling system in one embodiment includes first grid support members arranged in parallel spaced apart relationship. A pair of elongated lighting support members is arranged in parallel with the first grid support members. The lighting support members are spaced apart and define an axially elongated lighting opening. A lighting spacer bracket is connected between and supports the lighting support members from an overhead building support structure. In one embodiment, the bracket is configured to define a downwardly open cavity for at least partially receiving a lighting module therein. A lighting module is positioned in the lighting opening and supported by the lighting support members. In one embodiment, the lighting module may be a digital linear lighting module.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Worthington Armstrong VentureInventors: Brett Wayne Sareyka, Joshua Lee Neal
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Patent number: 10047917Abstract: A light-emitting module including a light emitting component, a heat dissipation element, and a light-converting component is provided. The light-emitting component is adapted to emit a light beam. The heat dissipation element is disposed at one side of the light-emitting component, wherein the heat dissipation element has a light through hole and the light through hole is located at a transmission path of the light beam. The light-converting component is connected to the heat dissipation element and covers the light through hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: PlayNitride Inc.Inventors: Yun-Li Li, Gwo-Jiun Sheu, Kuan-Yung Liao, Po-Jen Su, Jun-Yu Lin, Sheng-Yuan Sun
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Patent number: 10047659Abstract: A vehicle engine is provided that includes an exhaust manifold configured to emit a first emission. A heat shield is positioned proximate the exhaust manifold and has a shield substrate defining an aperture. An indicator is positioned over the aperture with a support substrate and a semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is configured to absorb the first emission and emit a second emission.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Talat Karmo
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Patent number: 10047924Abstract: A motor vehicle light system (2) comprising at least two light sources (12a through 12d), at least two optical waveguides (11a through 11d), at least one downstream transparent emission element (10), and at least one controller (5) for time-offset actuation of the at least two light sources (12a through 12d), the at least two light sources (12a through 12d) being set up to couple light into one optical waveguide each (11a through 11d), the optical waveguides (11a through 11d) each having at least one light out-coupling section (14a through 14c) that is set up to couple light into a light coupling section (19) of the emission element (10), wherein the light coupling section (19) of the emission element (10) is step-shaped.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Anton Faffelberger, Laura Danner
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Patent number: 10050023Abstract: Solid state lighting (SSL) devices and methods of manufacturing such devices. One embodiment of an SSL device comprises a support and an emitter array having a plurality of SSL emitters carried by the support. The emitter array has a central region and a peripheral region outward from the central region. Individual SSL emitters in both the central and the peripheral regions have a primary emission direction along which an intensity of light from the SSL emitters is highest, and the primary emission direction of the SSL emitters in the central region is at least substantially the same direction as the primary emission direction of the SSL emitters in the peripheral region. Additionally, a first coverage area ratio of the SSL emitters in the central region is different than a second coverage area ratio of the SSL emitters in the peripheral region.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Zhang Xin