Patents Examined by Eric T Eide
  • Patent number: 11713862
    Abstract: A lighting system includes an upper housing supporting a light engine, and a diffuser coupled to the upper housing. The diffuser may be monolithic, i.e. formed of a single material as a single piece without joints or seams where separate components are joined. The monolithic diffuser may be formed by an additive manufacturing process, for example 3D printing. The diffuser may couple to the upper housing with a tool-less connection. The portion of the tool-less connection defined by the diffuser may be formed by the additive manufacturing process. The lighting system may further include a lens coupled to the diffuser opposite the upper housing with a lens retaining ring. The lens retaining ring may be formed with an additive manufacturing process, and may define an annular snap-fit with the diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Gary Trott, David Ferrier, Noel Collver, Dominic Large
  • Patent number: 11708023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle U-turn indicator system to alert other motorists, cyclists and pedestrians of a potential U-turn made by a vehicle. The indicator is an inverted “U” shaped device having LED lights configured to blink in a running manner from one end to other and vice versa. The blinking of LED lights in one direction indicates U-turn of the vehicle in one direction (i.e. left) and in another direction indicates a U-turn of the vehicle in another direction (i.e. right). The indicator can be mounted to the front and rear of the vehicle in addition to side mirrors. An actuator is used for activating the U-turn indicator in a preferred direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Inventor: Kolawole Balogun
  • Patent number: 11692682
    Abstract: A rear light unit of a vehicle is provided. The rear light unit includes an array of first light sources, arranged angularly offset along a first inner circumferential arrangement region, and an array of second light sources, arranged angularly offset at least along a second outer circumferential arrangement region concentric to the first inner circumferential arrangement region of the first light sources. The first and second light sources are made by one or more light-emitting diodes with which a light diffusing body is associated, the first light sources having a diffuser body in the form of a prismatic pinnacle, and the second light sources having a blade-shaped diffuser body along whose median axis emerges orthogonally a septum which enters the first inner circumferential arrangement region of the first light sources according to radial directions inserted between two successive light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ITALDESIGN-GIUGIARO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Remo Gorianz
  • Patent number: 11693172
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light source, a display panel, a light guide member, and an optical member. The light source is configured to generate light. The display panel is configured to display an image. The light guide member includes at least one surface adjacent to the light source. The optical member is between the light guide member and the display panel. The optical member includes a low refractive layer, a first cover layer, and a light conversion layer. The low refractive layer is on a light output surface of the light guide member and includes side surfaces. The first cover layer is on the low refractive layer and surrounds at least a portion of the side surfaces of the low refractive layer. The light conversion layer is on the first cover layer and is configured to covert a wavelength band of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbeom Lee, Yeogeon Yoon, Tae Woo Lim, Jangsoo Kim, Dongwoo Kim, Min Su Kim, Keunwoo Park, Seongyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11686893
    Abstract: A backlight module comprises a back plate, a reflective sheet arranged on the back plate and forming a plurality of openings, a plurality of light-emitting elements located in the plurality of openings, at least one optical element arranged on the reflective sheet, and at least a supporting element configured between the back plate and the reflective sheet. The supporting element can move along with the reflective sheet. The supporting element has a base portion and a supporting portion extending from the base portion towards the optical element. The base portion of the supporting element is located between the back plate and the reflective sheet. The supporting portion of the supporting element passes through the reflective sheet to support the optical element. The supporting element is not a fixed design and can move along with the reflective sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Te Chang, Hung-Wei Chuang, Yu-Ju Lee, Pei-Fen Hou
  • Patent number: 11680689
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a flexible housing, at least two light emitting elements, and at least one mounting member. The flexible housing extends along a length direction of the lighting device and has an inner surface configured to reflect light. The at least two light emitting elements are arranged along the length direction of the lighting device and are mounted to the flexible housing. The at least one mounting member is an integral component of the flexible housing and extends continuously along the length direction of the lighting device. The at least one mounting member includes a base section and a sequence of mounting sections. At least two of the mounting sections are separated from each other by a recess. The sequence of mounting sections extends from the base section of the at least one mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Florent Grégoire Monestier, Jürgen Mertens, Christian Kleijnen
  • Patent number: 11674661
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for manufacturing, by injection molding with use of a mold, a light guide plate in which a first region having a curvature in a first direction and a second region having a predetermined curved surface are connected. The mold includes a first member for forming the first region and a second member for forming the second region. The first member is manufactured by bending a first electroforming stamper on which a predetermined structure is formed by electroforming in a direction corresponding to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinohara, Ryo Yamamoto, Norikazu Kitamura
  • Patent number: 11674653
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle lighting system, and discloses a headlight optical element. The headlight optical element includes a light incident portion, a transmission portion and a light emergent portion. The light incident portion includes at least one light incident structure; the transmission portion is arranged between the light incident portion and the light emergent portion, and includes a light transmitting portion located at the center, and light absorbing portions located on the periphery; and the light emergent portion includes a light emergent surface protruding outwards. The headlight optical element has the advantages of simple structure and convenient dimming. The present disclosure further discloses a headlight module adopting the headlight optical element, a vehicle headlight including the headlight module, and a vehicle adopting the vehicle headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dapan Zhang, Zhiping Qiu, He Zhu, Hui Li, Wenhui Sang
  • Patent number: 11674674
    Abstract: A telescopic lamp comprising a lamp handle; a first support, having a first light-emitting member disposed thereon; a second support, extending in the same direction as the first support, slidably connected to the first support along a length direction of the first support, and having a second light-emitting member mounted thereon; wherein, the second light-emitting member and the first light-emitting member extend in the same direction and are staggered in arrangement; during a process of relative sliding of the second support and the first support, the second support has a contracted state, in which the second support is stacked on the first support. When storing the lamp, the second support is slid to the contracted state, and the second light-emitting member and the first light-emitting member are stacked in arrangement, which can shorten the overall length of the lamp, especially lamps with an elongated strip shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG SIRUI OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Li, Zhangxuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11655944
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device of small light distribution angle and less leakage light and further to realize a lighting device in which the light beam is easy to control. The following is an example of the structure to meet the above purpose. A lighting device including: a light guide; LEDs set at a side surface of the light guide; a prism sheet set on a major surface of the light guide, in which a first louver which extends in a first direction and, a second louver which extends in an orthogonal direction to the first direction are superposed on the prism sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Takeo Koito, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
  • Patent number: 11650358
    Abstract: An optical film including a first film substrate, and a light diffusion layer that is formed on the first film substrate, wherein the light diffusion layer contains a binder resin and light-diffusing particles, of the light-diffusing particles, 10% or more by number of the light-diffusing particles form an uneven structure on a surface of the light-diffusing layer by the 10% or more of the light-diffusing particles protruding more than a surrounding area not containing any light-diffusing particles, and of the light diffusing particles which cause the binder resin to be protruded and have a protruded portion, 90% or more by number of the protruded portion of light-diffusing particles is covered by the binder resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumitake Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11649943
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a light receiver, an electrically-powered light source coupled to the light receiver, and a vessel containing a liquid. The vessel is translucent such that the light from the light source radiates through the vessel. The vessel includes an outer wall and an inner wall that define an enclosed area that receives and contains the liquid. The inner wall defines an open area positioned radially inward from the enclosed area and the inner wall includes a top opening and a bottom opening such that the open area is a through-hole extending through the enclosed area. The vessel is configured such that light emitted from the light source passes through the liquid contained within the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Brian M. Kaule, Nicholas R. Rindt, Dennis L. Snyder
  • Patent number: 11644609
    Abstract: A transparent illumination system and related light guide plate is provided. The system is configured to facilitate total internal reflection propagation of light through the light guide plate despite low index of refraction differences between the glass material of the light guide layer and the adjacent layer. The system includes a light source, such as a laser diode, and an optical element to fan out light from the light source in the plane of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes internal light extraction features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Venkatesh Botu, Roni Daniel Levi, Christian Alexander Rothenbach Stacey, Andrew Joseph Sullivan, James Andrew West
  • Patent number: 11644166
    Abstract: The light-guiding optical unit (1) for a light device of motor vehicles comprises a light guide (2) that comprises at least one routing surface (3), and at least one light source (4) to generate light rays (10). The light-guide (2) further comprises a top surface (12) at least a part of which is constituted by the output surface (15), and a bottom surface (13) opposite the top surface (12) and fitted with a prismatic structure (16) comprising reflective surfaces (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Varroc Lighting Systems, S.r.o.
    Inventors: Michal Juhanak, Tomas Gloss, Jakub Hruska
  • Patent number: 11633653
    Abstract: An illuminated hockey puck assembly includes a housing having an outer surface including a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter edge extending between the top and bottom sides. The illuminated hockey puck assembly has a weight, a shape, and a size comparable to a hockey puck. A lighting system is mounted within the interior and is encapsulated by the outer surface such that the lighting system is immobilized in the housing. The housing is translucent such that the housing is illuminated by the lighting system when the lighting system emits lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Stephen Czech, Matthew Czech
  • Patent number: 11629837
    Abstract: Lighting arrangement (10) for vehicles, said light arrangement comprises: —at least one light guide (100), which extends from a common end region (110) into a at least one light guide portion (210) at a transition section (200) of the light guide (100), wherein the common end region (110) has a light main propagation direction (X) and the at least one light guide portion (210) extends along a second direction, wherein the at least one light guide (100) comprises a light receiving surface (101) configured to receive light from a light source and direct the light into the light guide (100), wherein the at least one light guide portion (210) has one or more decoupling-elements (230) for emitting light out of the light guide portion (210), wherein the at least one light guide portion (210) is configured to emit a first light distribution, and —a supplementary component (300) for using stray light exiting from the at least one light guide (100) at the transition section (200), said supplementary component (300) ex
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Viktor Lenický, Jozef Manduch, Milos Siska
  • Patent number: 11629832
    Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted in or on the vehicle and arranged in a linear pattern. An elongated optical member is disposed longitudinally along the linear pattern of LEDs. The elongated optical member is configured to receive light emitted from the LEDs and project a corresponding plurality of lit images. A vehicle lamp assembly includes a plurality of LEDs mounted to a printed-circuit board to form a linear array. A primary light pipe is disposed adjacent to the linear array of LEDs and aligned longitudinally along the linear array of LEDs, such that light emitted from each of the LEDs of the linear array traverses radially through the primary light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventor: Todd Nykerk
  • Patent number: 11624490
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for vehicles, having a light source and a headlamp lens assigned thereto. The headlamp lens has scattering optical elements for scattering the light. A light guide is disposed between the light source and the headlamp lens in such a way that, firstly, light emitted by the light source strikes an area of the headlamp lens delimited by an edge of the same or a portion of the headlamp lens and/or that, secondly, the plurality of light sources are disposed with different spatial orientations with respect to one another in terms of their principal axes such that the light emitted by the light sources strikes different portions of the headlamp lens, wherein the headlamp lens is disposed upstream and/or downstream of the light source in the principal emission direction for the purposes of scattering the light in a transmissive or reflective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Martin Muegge
  • Patent number: 11624867
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a keycap, including: a light-guiding microstructure layer made of a first material, the light-guiding microstructure layer including a base layer and a plurality of microstructures disposed on a lower surface of the base layer; and a light-transmitting layer disposed over the light-guiding microstructure layer and in contact with the base layer, the light-transmitting layer being made of a second material different from the first material. The present disclosure further provides a method of manufacturing the above-mentioned keycap and a key structure including the above-mentioned keycap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Che-An Li, Lei-Lung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11614577
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for dual-color frontlit displays with near uniform color mixing. In one embodiment, an example device may include a light emitting diode (LED) array that includes a first LED that emits light having a first color and a second LED that emits light having a second color, and a light guide that includes a surface having a first portion adjacent to the first LED and a second portion adjacent to the second LED. The first portion may include a first number of binary element surface features formed on the surface, and the second portion may include a second number of binary element surface features formed on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Juho Ilkka Jalava