Patents Examined by Mariceli Santiago
  • Patent number: 11655975
    Abstract: The present invention is a lamp apparatus that includes a reservoir for flammable liquids and a wick that can be incorporated with a post and within the cap of a post, such as a deck or fence post. The apparatus can include an external housing that attaches to a post and contains and conceals the internal components of the lamp apparatus within the external housing. This external housing can resemble and function as the cap of a post. The apparatus may allow for a user to remove a snuffing cap from the top of the external housing and ignite the lamp's wick, which then allows the post to function as a torch. The apparatus may also allow for a user to place the snuffing cap back on the top of the external housing to extinguish the flame and discreetly conceal that a lamp is contained within the cap of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Eric A. Sohn, Kristine K. Sohn
  • Patent number: 11647648
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. To facilitate bending about the bend axis without damage, the display may include a display cover layer with a flexible portion. The flexible portion of the display cover layer may be interposed between first and second rigid portions of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may also include a layer with self-healing properties. The layer of self-healing material may be formed across the entire display cover layer or may be formed only in the flexible region of the display cover layer. The display cover layer may include a layer of elastomer in the flexible region of the display cover layer for increased flexibility. Self-healing may be initiated or expedited by externally applied heat, light, electric current, or other type of external stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hoon Sik Kim, Terry C. Lam, Chang-Chia Huang, Paul S. Drzaic, Yasmin F. Afsar, Young Cheol Yang, Leiming Wang
  • Patent number: 11635653
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal display device, a polarizer, and a protective film that enable suppression of the occurrence of rainbow unevenness to improve visibility in a liquid crystal display device including a backlight light source comprising white-light-emitting diode having an emission spectrum that has one or more peak tops in each of the blue region (400 nm or more and less than 495 nm), the green region (495 nm or more and less than 600 nm), and the red region (600 nm or more and 780 nm or less). The protective film contains a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin film that has a retardation of 3000 to 30000 nm, wherein the CTF value of periodic unevenness of the x value of chromaticity at an observation angle of 55 degrees is 1.2 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahisa Abe, Toshiki Inoue, Kouichi Murata
  • Patent number: 11629854
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tri-proof lamp, which comprises two swivel covers, two end caps, two power guide slots, two power supply circuits, a light source unit and a lamp cover; the lamp cover has openings at both ends; the power guide slots are located inside the lamp cover; the power supply circuits are located at the power guide slots; the light source unit is located inside the lamp cover and is electrically connected to the power supply circuits; the end caps are located at the openings of the lamp cover; the swivel covers are located at the end caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Xiamen PVTECH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuxing Lu, Weibiao Zhong
  • Patent number: 11627707
    Abstract: An example horticulture device includes a housing. The housing includes a central cavity having an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet through the central cavity. The horticulture device also includes at least one heat sink fixed relative to the housing. Each of the at least one heat sinks include a main body and a plurality of fins extending therefrom, a plurality of passages being provided between the fins of the at least one heat sink, between adjacent ones of the at least one heat sinks, or both. The horticulture device also includes at least one light source fixed relative to the at least one heat sink and in thermal contact with the at least one heat sink, and a fan disposed within the housing and configured to pass air through the plurality of passages and into the central cavity. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: FLOWAPOWA HOLDING UG
    Inventors: Tobias Leichtle, Tim Marvin Kochler
  • Patent number: 11614227
    Abstract: An illumination system (200) includes an illumination device (202); an optical element (206) positioned to receive light (208) from the illumination device (202); a layer (210) of a transparent material disposed on the optical element (206) and positioned to receive light (208) from the illumination device (202); and an interlock circuit (220) configured to measure a resistivity of the layer (210) of transparent material and to control operation of the illumination device (202) based on the measured resistivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: AMS SENSORS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Javier Miguel Sánchez
  • Patent number: 11603980
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crystal lampshade, which belongs to the technical field of lampshade. The crystal lampshade comprises a hanging rod assembly and a lampshade assembly. When in use, the crystal slabs are respectively inserted between the upper cover and the lower cover, and then the hanging bracket is threadedly sleeved onto the hanging bracket through the pressing sleeve, the pressing frame is sleeved in the hanging bracket, a lower end of the hanging bracket passes through the lower cover, installing a decorative cover, and rotating the pressing sleeve, and the pressing frame is gradually pressed onto the upper side of the upper cover by the pressing sleeve, the decoration cover tightly presses against the lower side of the lower cover, thus fixing and limiting the positions of the upper cover and the lower cover, and stabilizing the crystal slabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Huizhou Ruoyuxuan Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiansheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11598513
    Abstract: An LED string light includes: a first conducting wire, a second conducting wire, a third conducting wire arranged in parallel, insulation layers of the first and second conducting wires are removed at intervals of the predetermined length along axial direction of the conducting wire to form a plurality of first and second welding spots; a plurality of SMD LEDs respectively disposed at the plurality of lamp welding regions, two welding legs of each SMD LED being respectively welded onto a first welding spot and a second welding spot at one corresponding lamp welding region, the plurality of the SMD LEDs being connected in series, in parallel or in hybrid; and a plurality of encapsulation colloids respectively coating the plurality of the SMD LEDs and surfaces of portions of the third conducting wire corresponding to positions of the plurality of the SMD LEDs, to form a plurality of lamp beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Xiwan Shan, Tuxiu Yang, Yundong Ai, Jie Zhang, Qunlin Li, Qiming Liu, Su Yan, Jingtian Wu, Yanyong Liu, Junchao He, Jiahui Cai, Yue Chen
  • Patent number: 11598498
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light bar, a method for fabricating the same, and a display apparatus, in the field of display technologies. The method includes: fabricating a plurality of light emitting units; determining a target group of light emitting units in the plurality of light emitting units based on luminescent characteristics of the plurality of light emitting units, the target group of light emitting units including a portion of light emitting units in the plurality of light emitting units; and disposing at least two light emitting units in the target group of light emitting units on a printed circuit board to obtain the light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Gongtao Zhang, Junjie Ma, Haiwei Sun, Jian Sang, Shipeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11594112
    Abstract: A lighting assembly is configured to create an emergency notification. The lighting assembly has a housing with a housing first surface and a housing second surface. A plurality of strobe lights is arranged into at least one row and at least four columns. A direct current power system is joined to the plurality of strobe lights and further comprising a printed circuit board electrically coupled to radio frequency relay switch, and a battery. A wireless remote is communicatively coupled to the radio frequency relay switch. Activating the wireless remote directs the printed circuit board to provide power to the plurality of strobe lights creating the emergency notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Renetta LaTrece Wesley, Dante Wesley
  • Patent number: 11586305
    Abstract: A luminous mouse pad includes a mat part and a light-guiding structure. The light-guiding structure includes a tube portion; and an insertion portion. The insertion portion protrudes from the tube portion and is inserted into an end side surface of the mat part to leave the tube portion to be exposed outside the mat part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HADES-GAMING CORP.
    Inventors: Ho Lung Lu, Shihwei Pan
  • Patent number: 11579481
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display component layer and a first anti-reflective film arranged on the display component layer. The display component layer includes a first polarizer, a first substrate arranged on the first polarizer, a second substrate arranged on the first substrate and a second polarizer arranged on the second substrate. The anti-reflective film on the second polarizer may reduce reflected light energy while increasing transmitted light energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.
    Inventors: Yafang Xi, Ke Lin, Zhuwei Qiu, Jitao Ma
  • Patent number: 11574964
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a display panel, includes: a first layer; a light control member disposed on the first layer, the light control member including a light converting element to initiate a change in wavelength of a first light to be emitted from the first layer; and a filter disposed on the light control member, the filter including a photochromic compound having a conjugation bond reversibly elongatable by absorbable light in a wavelength region of the first light to allow selective transmission of light in a wavelength region of about 480 nm or longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyunghee Lee, Mihwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11574984
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a display panel includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixels, a second display area surrounded by the first display area and including at least one transmissive portion and a plurality of second pixels spaced apart from each other with the transmissive portion therebetween, a plurality of first wiring lines electrically connected to the plurality of first pixels and substantially extending in a first direction, and a plurality of second wiring lines electrically connected to the plurality of second pixels and substantially extending in the first direction, wherein at least one of the plurality of first wiring lines includes a first portion, and a second portion located on a different layer from the first portion and overlapping one of the plurality of second wiring lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngwan Seo, Hyeongseok Kim, Junhyun Park, Yujin Lee
  • Patent number: 11560988
    Abstract: The invention provides a portable lighting device with an elongated main body that includes a housing with receiver, and a power source positioned within the receiver. An operational mode selector assembly with a switch assembly that is actuated by a user is operatively coupled to the power source. An illumination assembly is electrically coupled to both the operational mode selector and the power source. The illumination assembly has a primary light source with a light emitter that emits light axially along a longitudinal axis of the main body or housing through a lens. A secondary light source with a light emitter emits light substantially perpendicular to the axis to illuminate an indicia located in a side region of the illumination assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Promier Products Inc.
    Inventor: Cody Duane Grandadam
  • Patent number: 11556021
    Abstract: A novel foldable display device or an electronic device using the same, e.g., a portable information processor or a portable communication information device, is provided. A foldable display device of which a display panel can be folded n times (n?1, and n is a natural number) at a curvature radius of greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 100 mm is obtained. The display device can be miniaturized by being foldable. In addition, in the state where the flexible display panel is opened, display which is unbroken and continuous over a plurality of housings is possible. The plurality of housings can store a circuit, an electronic component, a battery and the like inside as appropriate, and the thickness of each housing can be small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 11552456
    Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug includes a shell extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising an inner surface. The pre-chamber spark plug further includes an insulator including an outer surface. The pre-chamber spark plug further includes a pre-chamber cap connected to the shell. The pre-chamber cap and the shell together forms a pre-chamber. The pre-chamber spark plug further includes an annular reservoir defined between the outer surface of the insulator and the inner surface of the shell. The annular reservoir is spaced apart from the pre-chamber with respect to the longitudinal axis. The pre-chamber spark plug further includes a plurality of projections disposed between the annular reservoir and the pre-chamber with respect to the longitudinal axis. The plurality of projections at least partially define a plurality of flow passages therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC
    Inventor: James D. Lykowski
  • Patent number: 11547226
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to improved food protection apparatuses, assemblies, and methods of use. The food protection apparatus includes a base portion; a removable covering coupled to the base portion, the removable covering including a top surface and one or more side walls, the top surface integrally connected to the one or more side walls; and a candle delivery apparatus coupled to the top surface of the removable covering, the candle delivery apparatus including one or more openings to receive one or more candles to position the candles external to the removable covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CLEAN LIDZ LLC
    Inventors: Brian Garbutt, Cheree Garbutt, Luis E. Morales
  • Patent number: 11551902
    Abstract: This electron emitting element includes a lower electrode, a surface electrode facing the lower electrode, a resistance layer arranged between the lower electrode and the surface electrode, and an insulating layer arranged between the lower electrode and the surface electrode. The resistance layer is an insulating resin layer containing conductive fine particles in a dispersed state. The insulating layer has a peripheral region for defining the electron emission region, and an emission control region which is arranged so as to overlap the electron emission region defined by the peripheral region. The emission control region is configured by a line-shaped insulating layer, a plurality of dot-shaped insulating layers, or both a line-shaped insulating layer and a plurality of dot-shaped insulating layers. The percentage of an area that the emission control region represents within an area of an electron emission region defined by the peripheral region is 2% or more and 60% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kohji Shinkawa, Tadashi Iwamatsu, Tomohiro Kosaka, Kazuya Tsujino, Reshan Maduka Abeysinghe
  • Patent number: 11543117
    Abstract: A lighting shower includes a body, a lighting device, a control module, and a hydraulic power generating device. The body has a first portion and a second portion facing opposite directions and includes an inlet tube and an outlet cover plate disposed on the second portion. The lighting device includes a transparent cover disposed on the first portion and a light-emitting element disposed in the transparent cover. The control module includes a storage battery and a controller electrically connected to the light-emitting element and adapted to control the light-emitting element to turn on or turn off. The water flows into a first chamber of the body from the inlet tube and through the hydraulic power generating device out from the outlet cover plate. The hydraulic power generating device is electrically connected to the control module to output an electrical energy to the storage battery for storage for providing an electricity required by the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PURITY (XIAMEN) SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: James Wu, Alex Wu, Ce-Wen Yang, Ching-Yin Wu