Patents Examined by James Endo
  • Patent number: 9864256
    Abstract: A display device is provided and has an optical member, the optical member including: a host, a plurality of light conversion particles distributed in the host to convert a wavelength of light generated from a light source, and a protective layer surrounding the host and including plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Young Hyun, June Roh, Kyung Jin Kim, Jae Hong Lee, Ja Ram Kim
  • Patent number: 9857051
    Abstract: An optical element is provided. When in a xz cross section, an angle which a ray travelling from the origin at ?r forms with the normal to the light receiving surface is designated as ?x, an angle which a ray travelling from b in the z axis direction forms, after the surface, with the z axis direction is designated as ?ib, in a yz cross section, an angle which a ray travelling from the origin at ?r forms with the normal to the light receiving surface is designated as ?y, angles which a ray travelling from a in the z axis direction forms, after the light receiving and exiting surfaces, with the z axis direction are designated as ?ia and ?ea, and an angle which a ray travelling from the origin at arctan(a/ha) forms, after the light exiting surface, with the z axis direction is designated as ?eha, ?y>?x (0<?r<60°) ?eha>45° ?ea>45° ?ia>?ib are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumoto Ikeda, Daisuke Seki
  • Patent number: 9845942
    Abstract: A light strip system for securing luminaire units and supplying them with power having an elongate support structure, especially at least one support rail for securing the luminaire units and power supply extending along the support structure for supplying the luminaire units with power. The power supply includes first lines which extend along the support structure and define a first power supply circuit (I), and second lines which extend over part of the length of the first power supply circuit (I) along the support structure and define a second power supply circuit (II) which is designed to be in electrical contact with the luminaire units, the first power supply circuit (I) being coupled to the second power supply circuit (II) by a converter unit which converts a first supply voltage available in the first power supply circuit (I) to a second supply voltage suitable for operating the luminaire units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Gerald Ladstaetter
  • Patent number: 9839115
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a cover window; a first print layer disposed on the cover window to form an instruction icon pattern part; a second print layer in the instruction icon pattern part; and a reinforcement material on the second print layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Jong Il Kim, Ji Won Jo, Hyuk Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 9829162
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a string lamp. The string lamp includes a bulb, a lamp holder, a hollow connecting base and a capacitor embedded in the connecting base in a separable mode. A lower part of the bulb is contained in the lamp holder. At least two lamp pins extend out from wire holes formed in the lower part of the lamp holder. The inner side wall of the connecting base is provided with at least two separately arranged conductive pieces, and the conductive pieces are electrically contacted with the corresponding lamp pins. The capacitor is arranged below the lamp holder, and connecting pins of the capacitor are electrically contacted with the corresponding conductive pieces as well. The string lamp of the present invention is compact in structure, and the capacitor and the lamp holder are convenient to maintain and replace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: DONGGUAN FAYEUNG LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Houhua Han
  • Patent number: 9822953
    Abstract: A display apparatus including an illumination unit having a first illumination unit including a first light source module, a second illumination unit including a second light source module, and a bracket located between the first and second illumination units to connect the illumination units to each other. The bracket includes a first body portion on which the first light source module is placed, a second body portion on which the second light source module is placed, and a connecting portion located between the first and second body portions to connect the body portions to each other. The connecting portion has a first distance from a first end of the first or second body portion and a second distance from a second end of the first or second body portion, and the second distance is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Yong Park
  • Patent number: 9816683
    Abstract: A projection device including a light source system having an excitation light source for generating a excitation light, a wavelength conversion device, a supplemental light source for generating a supplemental light, a light introducing device for directing the supplemental light to the wavelength conversion device, a light collection device for collecting the supplemental light that scattered and reflected by the wavelength conversion device. By setting the relative sizes of the light introducing device and the light collection device, the luminous flux of the supplemental light that is lost due to the light introducing device is less than or equal to a quarter of that the luminous flux of the supplemental light collected by the light collection device. The converted light is supplemented by the supplemental light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Yi Li, Liangliang Cao
  • Patent number: 9812043
    Abstract: A lighting assembly can be used for illuminating a predetermined area. The assembly includes a number of LEDs directed toward the predetermined area and a number of lenses. Each lens is disposed over only one associated LED and is configured to direct light from that LED toward the predetermined area, such that the light from each lens is directed across the entire predetermined area. The light intensity from each lens is substantially uniform across the entire predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ULTRAVISION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Siucheong Auyeung, William Y. Hall, Simon Magarill
  • Patent number: 9799242
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a display portion; a backlight unit configured to irradiate light from a rear face side of the display portion; a rear frame having height equivalent to at least a thickness of the backlight unit, and configured to protect the backlight unit; and an outer circumference casing attached to the rear frame, or formed integrally with the rear frame, and provided along an outer circumference of the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kouichiro Takashima, Kazuhiro Kato, Takao Yagi
  • Patent number: 9784439
    Abstract: A safety holiday light assembly facilitates installation of holiday lighting to an exterior perimeter of a building from the ground surface. A substantially rigid tube defines a hollow cavity which carries an alignment member comprising a rod and plurality of spheres. Each sphere is detachably affixed via a cantilever to holiday lighting, which is disposed around a perimeter when the alignment member is inserted into the rigid tube. The tube may be color coordinated to match the colors of the building. The tube may form protective seals against external elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventor: David W. Baker
  • Patent number: 9777909
    Abstract: A security light system for a fence includes a security light having a light module with an LED, a hat overlying the LED for reflecting light, a junction box having an interior compartment containing an LED driver for controlling operation of the LED, the junction box including a front end having a front opening and a rear end opposite the front end, and a front cover plate covering the front opening. The security light includes an extension tube having an upper end secured to the light module and a lower end secured to the junction box, a clamp assembly for securing the junction box to a fence post, and an offset bracket positioned between a rear end of the junction box and the fence post for spacing the junction box from the fence post which, in turn, spaces the hat from the fence post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Mind Head LLC
    Inventors: David M. Beausoleil, Paul Eugene Britt
  • Patent number: 9759411
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes: a lamp housing configured to have LEDs for emitting light embedded therein, have the front thereof opened so that the light of the LEDs is radiated, have an angle adjustment groove formed laterally and lengthily, and having outside concave-convex parts formed in a convex and arc shape on both sides of the angle adjustment groove; a guide block inserted into the angle adjustment groove of the lamp housing and fixed movably along the angle adjustment groove; a fixing block configured to have an inside concavo-convex part formed in a concave and arc shape under one side of the fixing block so that the inside concavo-convex part corresponds to the outside concave-convex parts of the lamp housing; a first fastening member configured to penetrate the inside concavo-convex part of the fixing block and fastened to the guide block inserted into the angle adjustment groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventor: Jong-Chen Kim
  • Patent number: 9747819
    Abstract: A display device includes first light emitting devices arranged in a line in a protective member, second light emitting devices parallel to and alternately arranged with the first light emitting devices, and optical member supporters in the protective member between the first and second light emitting devices. Each optical member supporter is positioned at a center of a parallelogram defined by two adjacent first light emitting devices and two adjacent second light emitting devices, and each transparent optical member supporter includes a first surface that faces one of the first light emitting devices and a second surface opposite the first surface that faces one of the second light emitting devices. Each optical member supporter includes a plate portion having the first and second surfaces, and a hook portion that extends through the protective member. A width of the plate portion decreases with increasing distance from the hook portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangheon Ye, Juhwa Ha, Daehoon Song, Jaesuk Yoo, Kyu-Hun Shim, Donghoon Jung, Hyunwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9743521
    Abstract: A light-emitting module (3a-c; 23; 26; 33a-c) comprising a plurality of light-sources (12a-e; 27a-h) arranged in at least a first and a second column (18a-b; 28a-c) arranged side by side and extending along a first direction of extension (X1) of the light-emitting module (3a-c; 23; 26; 33a-c); and a plurality of connector terminal pairs (13a-b, 14a-b, 15a-b, 16a-b 17a-b), each being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the light-sources (3a-c; 23; 26; 33a-c) for enabling supply of electrical power thereto. Each connector terminal pair (13a-b, 14a-b, 15a-b, 16a-b 17a-b) comprises a first connector terminal (13a, 14a, 15a, 16a 17a) and a second connector terminal (13b, 14b, 15b, 16b 17b) being arranged at opposite sides of the light-emitting module (3a-c; 23; 26; 33a-c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ralph Kurt, Cornelis Slob, Marc Andre De Samber, Michael Johan Ferdinand Marie Ter Laak, Gerard Kums, Egbert Lenderink, Marcellus Jacobus Johannes Van Der Lubbe, Mark Eduard Johan Sipkes
  • Patent number: 9739463
    Abstract: A lighting system, having a base cone assembly, a base plate that mounts onto a dock pile, and an electrical system having at least one adjustable diameter lighting source. The present invention further has a tip cone mounted onto the base cone assembly. The tip cone has at least one light slot or clear section to permit light to emit there through. The tip cone and the base cone assembly are apex shaped. Extending from the tip cone is a mast bolt that secures to the base plate. The at least one adjustable diameter lighting source has at least one LED source and regulator. The at least one adjustable diameter lighting source emits radial and/or downward lighting onto the dock pile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Keith Donald Brookins
  • Patent number: 9732923
    Abstract: The invention describes an integral lighting assembly (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E) comprising an optical arrangement (2, 3); a first light source (S1) for generating a first beam (L1) of light; a first collimator (C1) for directing the first beam (L1) at the optical arrangement (2, 3); a second light source (S2) for generating a second beam (L2) of light; and a second collimator (C2) for directing the second beam (L2) at the optical arrangement (2, 3), wherein the optical arrangement (2, 3) is realized to manipulate the first and second light beams (L1, L2) to give a first exit beam (BLO) and a second exit beam (BRI) such that the first exit beam (BLO) and the second exit beam (BRI) are partially combined in an overlap region (44) on a projection plane (4) located at a predefined distance from the integral lighting assembly (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E). The invention further describes an automotive headlamp arrangement (12) comprising such an integral lighting assembly (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Josef Andreas Schug, Benno Spinger
  • Patent number: 9684121
    Abstract: A side-edge backlight module having non-uniformly sized backlight sections and a design method thereof. The backlight module includes backlight sections that have relative sizes satisfying the condition that the backlight sections have higher ranks are of greater sizes. Ranking the backlight sections is made by conducting an simulation operation for a process of sectionalized lighting of backlight to display liquid crystal panel signals on the basis of uniformly sized backlight sections and conducting analysis of the number of zones where an interference signal appears and distance of the interference signal when each of backlight sections is lit in the simulation operation on the basis of uniformly sized backlight sections and ranking the backlight sections according to strength of cross-talking caused by the interference signal so that a backlight section having less strong cross-talking is set with a higher rank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kuangyao Chang
  • Patent number: 9679503
    Abstract: A shelf illumination device (1) for illuminating a shelf board of a shelving system. The device (1) is mounted on a component such as the shelf board. An illumination unit (4) with a plurality of light source is attached to an illumination support (3) to illuminate at least one of the shelf boards. At least one partially transparent label holder (5) receives at least one label, a shelf marking or the like. At least one light guide (6) at least in sections extends between the illumination support (3) and the label holder (5). The light guide (6) is constructed and arranged so that a portion of light emitted by the illumination unit (4) is coupled into and propagates through the light guide (6) to at least partially backlight the label holder (5), whereas the remaining portion of the light emitted by the illumination unit (4) illuminates the shelf board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventor: Andreas Weyer
  • Patent number: 9677736
    Abstract: An adaptive lighting system for an automotive vehicle. The adaptive lighting system has a wavelength conversion device for receiving the light radiation (L) from the primary source and re-emitting white light radiation (B). An optical imaging system receives the white light (B) re-emitted by the wavelength conversion device and projects this light (B) in front of the vehicle to form a lighting beam, the wavelength conversion device being situated close to a focal plane of the optical imaging system, and the scanning system and the optical system being situated on the same side of the wavelength conversion device. An intensity of the white light radiation (B) emitted by the wavelength conversion device is capable of being modulated between a minimum value and a maximum value, and the scanning is performed at variable speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Ravier, Benoist Fleury, Loic Boinet
  • Patent number: 9658486
    Abstract: A light emitting device package is disclosed. The light emitting device package includes a body, first and second reflection cups spaced apart from each other in a top surface of the body, a first connection pad disposed in the top surface of the body, spaced apart from the first and second reflection cups, a first light emitting diode mounted in the first reflection cup, a second light emitting diode mounted in the second reflection cup, and a partition wall disposed between the first reflection cup and the second reflection cup, the partition wall extended from the top surface of the body upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bong Kul Min