Patents Examined by Evan Dzierzynski
  • Patent number: 10120208
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical film, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device and relates to the liquid crystal display field. It solves the problem that the edge of an optical film in the prior art can be easily warped. An optical film is provided and comprises an optical film body, and at a position of the optical film body that is close to a heat source, a thermal expansion stretchable structure is provided and is capable of releasing a thermal expansion amount of the optical film body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongda Ma, Yongchun Lu
  • Patent number: 10119668
    Abstract: An adjustable candelabra apparatus having a pole, plurality of removable junctions and arms extending from the plurality of removable junctions, and candlestick holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Yakov Merdinger
  • Patent number: 10113733
    Abstract: A connector for a light fixture, including: a housing; at least two jacks, disposed at an end of the housing; a first conductive sheet and a second conductive sheet, where a coupling end and a contact end are respectively formed at two ends of each conductive sheet, each coupling end has an clamping sheet, the two conductive sheets are disposed in the housing, the two coupling ends correspond to the two jacks, and when an electrical wire is inserted in each of the jacks, the electrical wire is clamped by a clamping sheet; and two wire release buttons disposed at the housing and being displaceable, where the two wire release buttons respectively correspond to the coupling ends of the two conductive sheets, and when the two wire release buttons are pressed, the two clamping sheets may be pushed, to release a state in which the two clamping sheets clamp the electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: HUIYANG ZING EAR INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tang-Yueh Hung
  • Patent number: 10113709
    Abstract: An elongate multipartite lens arrangement for luminaires for influencing light emitted by an illuminant including a first elongate optical element having a first longitudinal axis and at least one second elongate optical element having a second longitudinal axis which is disposed downstream of the first optical element in the light guiding direction and is separate from the first optical element, wherein at least the first optical element has at least one defined light entrance region provided along the first longitudinal axis and serving for introducing light from the illuminant into the lens arrangement, and wherein the second optical element, for the light guiding of the lens arrangement, interacts optically with the first optical element in order to continue the light guiding of the first optical element. A luminaire, including a multiplicity of illuminants and an elongate multipartite lens arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Stephan Ebner
  • Patent number: 10114168
    Abstract: A light guide plate including a light guide main body and an index matching layer is provided. The light guide main body has a light-emitting surface and a bottom surface opposite to the light-emitting surface. The index matching layer is disposed adjacent to the bottom surface, wherein a refractive index of the light guide main body is n1, and a refractive index of the index matching layer is n2. 1.07*n2?n1?1.7*n2, and 0.1?(n1?n2)?0.7. A thickness of the index matching layer is larger than 500 nm. A backlight module and a display apparatus are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ChengFeng Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Ching-Fang Wong
  • Patent number: 10107467
    Abstract: Illumination with DMD and laser modulated adaptive beam shaping. A DMD illumination system includes a plurality of laser illumination sources, each of the plurality of illumination sources directing light onto a phosphor arranged between the plurality of laser illumination sources and a digital micro-mirror device; control circuitry coupled to the plurality of illumination sources and to the digital micro-mirror device configured for controlling the position of the array of micro-mirrors and further configured for providing control signals to each of the plurality of laser illumination sources, so that the light from the plurality of laser illumination sources strikes the phosphor and is then directed from the phosphor onto the array of micro-mirrors in the digital micro-mirror device when the micro-mirrors are at a predetermined position, and the light is reflected from the digital micro-mirror device and out of the system. Methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Vikrant R. Bhakta
  • Patent number: 10107468
    Abstract: A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body defining a first aperture located in a portion of the vehicle body that faces in a primary motion direction of the vehicle; and a first lighting element extending across the aperture to bisect the first aperture into a first channel and a second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Emilio Scervo, Arthur Slight, Paul Howse
  • Patent number: 10107479
    Abstract: An interchangeable lamp shade including an upper rigid frame. An interchangeable cover can be disposed on the upper rigid frame, the interchangeable cover having a sidewall and an upper end having an upper perimeter. An upper resilient band can be positioned on the cover and can extend along the upper perimeter of the cover. The upper rigid frame can be positioned between the upper resilient band and the sidewall of the cover, the upper resilient band resistant to twisting away from the upper rigid frame to retain the upper rigid frame between the upper resilient band and the sidewall of the cover. A method of assembling an interchangeable lamp shade of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Carroll By Design, LLC
    Inventor: David Carroll
  • Patent number: 10111292
    Abstract: A crowd control lighting system includes a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) lights. Each light is configured to emit a flashing directional light beam to at least partially overlap and illuminate a common illumination zone. The common illumination zone is selectable from a plurality of illumination zones and is exterior to a dark zone not illuminated by the plurality of lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventor: Kevin McDermott
  • Patent number: 10106073
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle includes a main lens; a light source device configured to emit light; and a first reflecting unit provided in a partial area of a front surface of the main lens. The lighting apparatus also includes a scanning module configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source device to the first reflecting unit in a predetermined scanning pattern. The lighting apparatus further includes a reflective fluorescent body configured to convert a wavelength of light reflected by the first reflecting unit and to reflect the light having the converted wavelength into the main lens. The scanning module includes: a scanning unit configured to be driven according to a predetermined frequency and to reflect an incident light in the predetermined scanning pattern, and a first light condensing device configured to condense the light emitted from the light source device into the scanning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Park
  • Patent number: 10107952
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure may include a body, a light-emitting device provided within the body, a display unit disposed on a front surface of the body, and a corner region of which is formed in a curved surface, and a light guide plate disposed at a lower side of the display unit to guide light emitted from the light-emitting device to the display unit, and formed with a chamfer surface at a corner region facing the curved surface, wherein the light-emitting device is disposed adjacent to the chamfer surface to emit light toward the chamfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaemoon Lim, Wonsang Yi, Sangjo Ryu, Soowook Jang
  • Patent number: 10099755
    Abstract: A pivoting rail mounted lighting system for boats which includes three separate portable housings and a light source located in these housings. Each light source being visible from outside the housing such that when the first housing is illuminated, a red colored light source is illuminated for rail mounting to the Port side of the vessel, when the second housing is illuminated, a green colored light source is illuminated for rail mounting to the Starboard side of the vessel, and when the third housing is illuminated, an All Around white light is illuminated for rail mounting to the portions of the vessels railing systems. A quick connect and release pivoting bracket is connected to the housings and is designed to releasably connect to multiple positions along boat railings and allow the light housings to be “pivoted” into the proper direction to display the correct angle of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: John C. O'Maley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10099601
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp including an operation unit configured to operate an optical axis adjustment bevel gear provided in a lamp to be axially rotated. An axial rotation force transfer body of the operation unit includes an operation rod operated to be axially rotated, a driving rod engaged with the gear, and a wire interconnecting the operation rod and the driving rod in an axial rotation direction, and the driving rod is formed of a metal which is hard to rust. The driving rod is formed by a metal/injection/molding (MIM) technique. A support member extends between the driving rod and the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeyuki Tachiiwa
  • Patent number: 10101010
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an irradiation device including a pump radiation source for emitting pump radiation, a conversion element for converting the pump radiation into conversion radiation of longer wavelength, and a reflection surface, which is reflective to the conversion radiation and on which backscattered conversion radiation emitted at a backscatter emission surface and thus counter to a useful direction is incident and is reflected therefrom back to the conversion element; said reflection surface is concavely curved relative to the conversion element in such a way that at least the backscattered conversion radiation emitted divergently from a surface centroid of the backscatter emission surface is incident on the reflection surface at an angle of incidence of at most 20° in terms of absolute value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Sergey Khrushchev
  • Patent number: 10094532
    Abstract: An illuminated multifunctional lamp shade assembly including a frame, a finial, at least one light, a timer and a battery is provided. The assembly can be used for lighting in emergency circumstances, or in addition to, or instead of, standard lighting under non-emergency circumstances. The assembly can be portable such that it can be used in place on a lamp or removed and be used as an independent portable light source for a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Inventor: Michelle Houston
  • Patent number: 10085504
    Abstract: A rotation-locking lighted artificial tree that includes a first and second portion. The first portion includes a trunk, first electrical connector, and first wiring harness. The first electrical connector includes a first body portion and a first electrical contact set. The first body portion includes multiple projections electrically isolated from the first electrical contact set. The second tree portion includes a second electrical connector and a second wiring harness. The second electrical connector includes a second body portion and a second electrical contact set, the second body portion including multiple recesses. When the first tree portion couples to the second, the first and second electrical contact sets form an electrical connection and the recesses of the second body portion receive the projections of the first body portion, thereby electrically connecting and mechanically coupling the first tree portion to the second tree portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: WILLIS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 10088135
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a light mounting base to which a light may be selectably coupled. The light mounting base can be selectably engaged with a target mounting surface, thereby allowing the light to be mounted thereto. The light mounting base can comprise one or more target mounting surface engaging components that can be used to selectably engage the base with the target mounting surface. The light mounting base may be configured to selectably mount on a door or panel. Further, the base may be configured to mechanically engage with a target mounting surface, such as a wall, thereby selectably fastening the light mounting base and attached light to the target mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Akron Brass Company
    Inventors: Kevin Petit, Peter Lauffenburger, Sean Tillinghast
  • Patent number: 10088225
    Abstract: A refrigerator equipped with a door that becomes transparent as necessary to make the interior thereof visible is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment defined therein, a lighting device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door, which is hingedly coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment, and has an opening and a panel assembly including a front panel disposed on the front surface thereof, a sensor for detecting sound waves, which are generated by a knock input applied to the door and are transmitted through the front panel, and a controller for controlling the lighting device to allow light to be transmitted through the panel assembly, thus making the storage compartment visible from outside the door through the opening when a predetermined knock input is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangoh Kim, Hangbok Lee, Jaeyoul Lee, Minsub Kim, Jungkyu Son, Jaehyun Soh, Eugene Suh, Nami Kim
  • Patent number: 10082267
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light source configured to draw a road surface, a projection lens configured to transmit light emitted from the light source, and a movable shade disposed in the vicinity of a rear focal point of the projection lens. The movable shade includes at least one plate-shaped shade which has a light-shielding surface along a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the projection lens. The at least one plate-shaped shade is formed with at least one light-transmitting part having an enclosed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetada Tanaka, Takeshi Masuda, Yuichi Shibata, Mitsuyuki Mochizuki, Tsukasa Tokida, Kentaro Tani
  • Patent number: 10078170
    Abstract: A light conversion member includes a base substrate, a first light conversion layer disposed on the base substrate and including a plurality of first quantum dots that converts first light into light with a first color, a second light conversion layer disposed between the base substrate and the first light conversion layer and including a plurality of second quantum dots that converts the first light into light with a second color. Each of the first quantum dots includes a first core that converts the first light into light with the first color; a first shell surrounding the first core and including an organic material; and a second shell surrounding the first shell and including an inorganic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghoon Kim, Myeong-ju Shin, Junwoo You, Seunghwan Chung