Patents Examined by James M Endo
  • Patent number: 11168879
    Abstract: A light bulb including a substrate having a light emitting member provided thereon; and a main body in which the substrate is removably received, the main body having a heat sink and electrical contact members. The electrical contact members include an electrically conductive body portion that is mounted to the main body and the electrically conductive body portion mechanically secures the substrate in position in the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11168851
    Abstract: A decorative net light structure includes a light string and a plurality of light diffusion protective covers. The light string includes two circuits extended parallel to each other, and a plurality of LED light balls arranged spaced apart from each other in an equal distance and connected between the two circuits, and extending roundabout to form a plurality of sections of equal length and arranged in an opposite direction, thereby allowing lighting spots of each section to correspond to nodes of the next section. In addition, the light diffusion protective covers are used to cover and secure the lighting spots and nodes corresponding to each other. Accordingly, the decorative net light structure requiring a simple manufacturing process and having a firm structure can be achieved while being able to protect the light sources and to provide light diffusion effect at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ZHU HAI FUYUN LIGHTING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 11156341
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a light source structure and at least one optical film. The optical film is disposed above the light source structure. The optical film includes a main body and plural optical structures. The optical structures are disposed on the main body. Each of the optical structures is a tapered structure. Each of the optical structures has plural side surfaces, and a portion of light emitted from the light source structure is guided toward plural primary directions when passing through the side surfaces of the optical structures, and therefore the light emitted from the light source is no longer concentrated on the top of each of the optical structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Radiant(Guangzhou) Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd, Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Chuan Chu, Chia-Yin Chang, Chin-Ting Weng, Yi-Ching Chung, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11156340
    Abstract: A waveguide illumination system employing an optically transmissive sheet, which is used to guide light using a total internal reflection, and a strip of heat-conducting printed circuit located near an edge of the sheet and having a major surface which portion is located in a space between two opposite edges of the sheet. The waveguide illumination system further includes a linear array of electrically interconnected side-emitting LED packages mounted to a major surface of the strip of heat-conducting printed circuit and optically coupled to the optically transmissive sheet within a light coupling area. A two-dimensional pattern of light extraction features is formed in at least one surface of the optically transmissive sheet such that a density of the light extraction features within the two-dimensional pattern increases with a distance from the light coupling area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Victorovich Vasylyev
  • Patent number: 11149936
    Abstract: A light emitting embodiment uniformly illuminating a planar field configured to operate in conjunction with other like embodiments in proximity to form a continuous uniformly lit planar pathway and/or field of illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Exposure Illumination Architects, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel S. Spiro
  • Patent number: 11134618
    Abstract: There are provided luminaire assemblies and methods of assemblies thereof. For example, there is provided a luminaire assembly including a hollow core and an overmolded thermal dissipation structure molded over the hollow core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Eden Dubuc, Robert David SpĂ­vock
  • Patent number: 11129465
    Abstract: An arm wearable apparatus includes a telescoping arrangement having a plurality of sections, a user interface system that removably attaches the telescoping arrangement with an arm of a wearer, and a plurality of illuminable rings. Each ring of the plurality of illuminable rings is attached with a respective section of the plurality of sections and has an inner diameter such that the plurality of illuminable rings form an opening to receive the arm when the telescoping arrangement is in a retracted configuration. At least some of the plurality of illuminable rings are arranged beyond an extent of the arm when the telescoping arrangement is in an extended configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Goslin, Clifford Wong
  • Patent number: 11131801
    Abstract: A backlight assembly, a backlight unit, and a display panel are provided. The backlight assembly includes a back plate, a light source plate, at least one buffer member, and at least one heat dissipation component. The back plate is on a side of the light source plate distal to a light exit side thereof, both the at least one buffer member and the at least one heat dissipation component are between the back plate and the light source plate, the heat dissipation component extends from a side of the buffer member proximal to the light source plate to a side of the buffer member proximal to the back plate, and the surfaces, which are in contact with each other, of two ones of each heat dissipation member, each buffer member, the back plate and the light source plate, are fixed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shipeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11118767
    Abstract: A holder for setting a bulb in a specified orientation is provided. The holder includes a supporting post, a base including a latch for receiving the supporting post, a flexible portion, a fastener attached to the flexible portion, and a first hinge positioned between the base and the flexible portion. The flexible portion is configured to pivot at the first hinge between (i) a first position where the flexible portion and the base are coplanar and (ii) a second position where the flexible portion and the base are not coplanar and the supporting post is received in the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ulta-Lit Tree Company
    Inventors: John DeCosmo, Gregory J. Foster, John C. Krolopp
  • Patent number: 11112099
    Abstract: A user can replace a battery smoothly. A portable lighting apparatus includes a guide pipe, a pole supported on the guide pipe in a manner movable in a vertical direction parallel to a central axis of the guide pipe, at least one light emitter at an upper end of the pole, a collar surrounding the guide pipe, a plurality of legs pivotally connected to the collar, and a battery mount located in an upper part of the guide pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao Miwa
  • Patent number: 11112096
    Abstract: A portable light includes an elongate body, a plurality of extension poles slidably received in the body and movable out of the body between an extended position and a retracted position, a light head pivotably coupled to one of the extension poles, and a head assembly housing fixed to the body and having an opening to receive the light head when the extension poles are in the retracted position. The portable light also includes a collar positioned around a portion of the body and movable between a first position and a second position, a handle coupled to the collar for movement with the collar, and a plurality of legs pivotably coupled to the collar. The legs are collapsed against the body when the handle and the collar are in the first position and are expanded apart from the body when the handle and the collar are in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Harvey, Ross McIntyre, Michael Halverson, Eric Mackey, Justin Dorman
  • Patent number: 11105497
    Abstract: A lamp holder assembly includes a support post, and a plurality of fixtures mounted on the support post. The support post includes a main body and a securing portion. The main body has a plurality of entrance slots. Each of the entrance slots has two limit grooves. Each of the fixtures includes a mounting head and a locking member. The locking member is inserted into each of the entrance slots and is introduced from each of the entrance slots into the two limit grooves of each of the entrance slots by rotation of each of the fixtures, and is locked in the two limit grooves of each of the entrance slots. The locking member is provided with two pressing pieces. When each of the fixtures is rotated, the pressing pieces are locked into the limit grooves of each of the entrance slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Dong Guan Jia Sheng Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. China
    Inventor: Kevin Hsu
  • Patent number: 11104451
    Abstract: An exterior lamp for an aircraft including a housing defining an interior volume, a heat source disposed within the interior volume of the housing, a light source disposed within the housing configured to emit a light therefrom, a protective lens coupled to the housing proximate the light source, wherein the protective lens is configured to transmit the light, and a capillary transport apparatus having a first end and a second end wherein the first end is coupled to the heat source and the second end is disposed in a catchment basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc
    Inventor: Van I. Phifer
  • Patent number: 11098884
    Abstract: Lighting strip system (1) which extends along a longitudinal axis direction (L) and has the following: an elongated carrier profile (2) with two elongated side walls (21, 22) that face each other and an elongated base wall (20) connecting the side walls (21, 22), which together delimit a receiving space (A), a first and a second mechanical coupling region (3, 4), wherein the first coupling region (3) is provided between the base wall (20) and the second coupling region (4) as viewed in the longitudinal axis direction (L), an elongated power supply unit (5) which extends in the longitudinal axis direction (L) in the receiving space (A), a lighting strip lamp (6) which extends in the longitudinal axis direction (L), is electrically contacted with the power supply unit (5) and is releasably mechanically coupled to the second coupling region (4), and an electrical or electronic unit (7) with a functional region (73) and an operating region (74), wherein the functional region (73) is arranged adjacent to the light
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Machate
  • Patent number: 11092318
    Abstract: An LED flexible light bar having a circuit board (2), LED flip chips (3) are arranged at an upper end of the circuit board (2). The LED flip chips (3) and the circuit board (2) are connected together by a plurality of solder paste bumps (16). Compared with the conventional art, the LED flexible light bar has beneficial effects of simple product structure, less investment in production equipment, reduced manpower requirements, easy implementation of assembly line production, higher production efficiency, lower production costs and the like, and is suitable for both a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) and a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with a wider range of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Zhongshan Lande Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiongwei Li
  • Patent number: 11085615
    Abstract: A plaster frame is provided for recessed lighting luminaires, wherein the main hole size is not fixed, but adjustable, and in more than one shape opening, e.g. round, square, rectangular, and other opening shapes as required. The plaster frame has an adjustable hole, the concept here disclosed comprises a series of moving leaves and may also contain an actuating ring, the rotation of which cause the leaves to move inward or outward, changing the hole, or aperture. Although fasteners may be used to retain the various moving elements, these adjustable openings can also be utilized without the use of any fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Lloyd Sevack, Abdelmoula Elbannaoui, Ovidiu Ivan, Abdelkrim Oudian
  • Patent number: 11067241
    Abstract: Intrinsically safe laser sourced illumination. A system for illumination is disclosed, including a plurality of laser illumination sources configured to transmit laser beams; a dichroic mirror spaced from the plurality of laser illumination sources and having an aperture configured to allow the laser beams to pass through the dichroic mirror, the remaining surfaces of the dichroic mirror configured to reflect the laser beams; a phosphor element spaced from the dichroic mirror and coated with a substance to fluoresce when struck by the laser beams and configured to disperse the laser beams and to output combined light that includes fluorescent light and the dispersed laser beams; and an illumination output arranged to receive the combined light from the phosphor element and to output illuminating light containing both the fluorescent light and the dispersed laser beams. Methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Vikrant R. Bhakta
  • Patent number: 11069178
    Abstract: A display device includes a light guide plate 2 capable of displaying a plurality of patterns (21-1 to 21-9) and including an incident surface; a plurality of light sources (3-1 to 3-9) disposed opposite to the incident surface and corresponding to the plurality of patterns; a storage 5 configured to store a reference table that represents a relationship between a turn-on state number and a combination of light sources to be turned on among the plurality of light sources for each of a plurality of the turn-on state numbers; and a controller 7 configured to specify the combination of light sources to be turned on by referring to the reference table, the combination corresponding to the turn-on state number included in turn-on control information, and control turn-on and turn-off of each light source according to the combination of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Omron Corporation
    Inventors: Shohei Hisaki, Junya Fujita, Jun Kishimoto, Shogo Ikeda, Masanori Mori, Yoshihiko Takagi
  • Patent number: 11060700
    Abstract: A motor braking system of a stage light includes a controlled component, a braking motor that drives the controlled component to move, and a controller, wherein the braking motor includes a motor unit and a braking unit for braking the motor unit; the braking motor is a power-off locking motor; the motor unit and the braking unit are both electrically connected to the controller; and when detecting that the motor unit is powered on, the controller controls the motor unit to provide a holding torque, and controls the braking unit to be powered on to release a locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Weikai Jiang
  • Patent number: 11041610
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for a laterally extendable backup light system for placement on the trailer of the 18-wheeler tractor trailer truck device. The light is mounted underneath an outer edge of the trailer of the tractor-trailer so that they would be extendable laterally away from the edge of the trailer so that the light portion of the present invention would extend far enough outwardly to travel beyond the outer edge of the trailer so that the beam of light emanating therefrom would illuminate the area behind the rear of the trailer. An air cylinder operated by an electrical actuator controlled by the driver and/or the transmission of the truck would actuate the light portion so that the light portion would extends from an enclosure and beyond the edge of the trailer of the truck-trailer when the transmission is placed in reverse and then the light portion would be retracted back into the enclosure by an electrical actuator when the transmission is taken out of reverse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: James C. Smith