Patents Examined by Mariceli Santiago
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Patent number: 11248751Abstract: A smart LED lighting apparatus with communication capabilities. The lighting apparatus includes a main body, a bulb body, a head body, a LED module for emitting light, and a communication module for providing wireless communication. The bulb body is connected to a first end of the main body. The head body is connected to a second end of the main body and configured to be connected to an electrical socket for receiving power. The lighting apparatus further includes a composite printed circuit board having a first sub-board and a second sub-board physically coupled to the first sub-board. The communication module is located on the first sub-board and the light LED module is located on the second sub-board.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.Inventors: Liangliang Cao, Wei Liu, Feihua He, Fengyu Yan
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Patent number: 11251394Abstract: An organic light emitting display can include light emitting elements disposed on a substrate; an encapsulation unit disposed on the light emitting elements; touch sensors disposed on the encapsulation unit; first conductive lines connected to the touch sensors; second conductive lines connected to the first conductive lines; and at least one insulating film formed of at least one of an inorganic film or an organic film and disposed between the first and second conductive lines.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jae-Young Oh
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Patent number: 11236900Abstract: The invention relates to a torch having a housing in which at least one LED secured to a carrier element, and a lens system, are arranged and can be displaced relative to one another in order to focus the cone of light that is emitted. According to the invention, a seal consisting of a membrane (14) closes the space (23) between the LED (11) and the lens system (13) in a watertight and dust-proof manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: LEDLENSER GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Erich Buhl
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Patent number: 11237430Abstract: A display module is provided, which provides a first sealing structure disposed between a flexible circuit board and a surface of a cover plate facing a backlight housing and a second sealing structure disposed between the flexible circuit board and a surface of a side wall of the backlight housing facing the cover plate. It can isolate the external water vapor and dust from entering the interior of the display module, thereby improving the dustproof and waterproof capabilities of the display module, and further improving the reliability of the display module.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Shiyuan Xiao
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Patent number: 11231613Abstract: A display apparatus includes a backlight, a first polarizer, a light controlling panel, a second polarizer, a display panel, and a third polarizer sequentially arranged along a direction. A transmission axis of the first polarizer and a transmission axis of the second polarizer are substantially parallel, and the transmission axis of the second polarizer and a transmission axis of the third polarizer are substantially perpendicular. A set of the first polarizer, the light controlling panel, and the second polarizer has a transmittance, and the transmittance has a maximum value when the light controlling panel is not enabled.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Guan-Yu Chen, Wei-Ming Cheng, Min-Hsuan Chiu
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Patent number: 11231162Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes: providing a light source having a first substrate and a light-emitting element coupled to the first substrate, and a second substrate defining one or more recesses or one or more through-holes; and positioning the second substrate above the first substrate, and adjusting a position of the second substrate such that the one or more recesses or the one or more through-holes define at least a part of one or more positioning holes respectively positioned at predetermined distances from a light-emitting part of the light source in a top plan view.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventor: Isamu Niki
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Patent number: 11229113Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for ensuring plasma homogeneity in a discharge cell. The discharge cell may include a first hollow electrode and a second hollow electrode spaced away from the first electrode to define a discharge gap therebetween. A fluid inlet port may in fluid communication with an internal bore of the first electrode. A fluid outlet port may be in fluid communication with the discharge gap. A first pair of viewports may define a first optic pathway through the discharge gap. A second pair of viewports may define a second optic pathway through the discharge gap. A third pair of viewports may define a third optic pathway through the discharge gap, the third optic pathway defined through the hollow interior of the first and second electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignees: MetroLaser, Inc., The Trustees of Princeton UniversityInventors: Andrey Y. Starikovskiy, Jacob George, Richard B. Miles
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Patent number: 11227738Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for cooling a lamp assembly is described herein. The apparatus includes an air channel and an axial slot. A flow of air is injected into the air channel of a lamp housing, wherein the lamp housing comprises at least a bulb. The axial slot is located in a reflector housing and has dimensions that enable a constant flow of air through the slot and across the bulb when a predetermined air flow is input to the air channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Kevin Carbone, Alvin Marion Post
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Patent number: 11222929Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first display region, a second display region, and a transition display region between the first display region and the second display region. The second display region includes second pixel units, the transition display region includes third pixel units, and each second pixel unit and each third pixel unit both include a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, and a white sub-pixel. A ratio of a total opening area of white sub-pixels in the second pixel units to a total area of the second pixel units is A, and a ratio of a total opening area of white sub-pixels in the third pixel units to a total area of the third pixel units is B, where B<A. The white sub-pixel is turned on or off in a display stage of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hailiang Wang, Yaying Li, Yan Yang, Ting Zhou, Junyi Li
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Patent number: 11217416Abstract: A photocathode emitter includes a transparent substrate, a photocathode layer, and a plasmonic structure array disposed between the transparent substrate and the photocathode layer. The plasmonic structure array is configured to operate at a wavelength from 193 nm to 430 nm. The plasmonic structure array can be made of aluminum. An electron beam can be generated from a light beam directed at the plasmonic structure array of the photocathode emitter.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: KLA CorporationInventors: Sergei Belousov, Andrey Knizhnik, Inna M. Iskandarova, Boris Potapkin, Katerina Ioakeimidi, Gildardo R. Delgado, Frances Hill, Gary V. Lopez Lopez, Miguel Gonzalez
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Patent number: 11217778Abstract: A light transmitting film formed in an electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present invention, may comprise: a flexible substrate film layer; a photocurable resin layer disposed on one surface of the substrate film layer and having a predetermined pattern formed thereon; a multicoating layer, disposed on one surface of the photocurable resin film layer, which faces at least one sensor disposed in the electronic device and consists of a plurality of layers; at least one printed layer, disposed on one surface of the multicoating layer, which forms a peripheral area of the at least one sensor; and a ink layer disposed on a surface of at least one of the multi-coating layer and the printed layer, the ink layer having light-transmitting characters.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung-In Kim, Seong-Ho Jeong, Hyoung-Jun Go, Chul-Soo Shin
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Patent number: 11215328Abstract: An LED tube lamp, comprising: a lamp tube; a first circuit board, disposed in the lamp tube, having a plurality of light sources mounted thereon; two lamp caps disposed at respective ends of the lamp tube; and a power supply substantially disposed in one or both of the two lamp caps, the power supply having a second circuit board, the second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The lamp cap includes a body and an insulating portion, the insulating portion constitutes at least a part of an end of the lamp cap, the insulating portion has an inner side surface, and a slot is set on the inner side surface, the second circuit board is inserted into the slot for fastening.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTDInventors: Tao Jiang, Ming-bin Wang, Jun-Ren Chen, Ai-Ming Xiong, Feng Zou, Wei-Hong Xu, Jian Lu, Guang-Dong Wang
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Patent number: 11210998Abstract: A display device having a partially transparent substrate with a plurality of electrical consumers arranged in series having first and second contacts for applying a first and a second potential, and a third contact for receiving a control signal. A partially transparent electrically conductive layer electrically contacts the electrical consumers. A first and second connector for applying the first and the second potential to the conductive layer, and a third connector for applying the control signal. The conductive layer is attached to the transparent substrate with the three segments insulated from one another. A first and second segment are distanced from one another by a third segment. The first segment contacts the first connector and the first contact of one or more consumers, and the second segment contacts the second connector and the second contact of a consumers. The third segment contacts a third contact of an electrical consumer.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Symonics GmbHInventors: Christian Hoene, Herve Loridan
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Patent number: 11204160Abstract: A light source device includes a housing having a great length along a predetermined direction, a plurality of light emitting elements which are placed in the housing and are arranged along the predetermined direction, and one or more heat dissipation members which are placed in the housing and are thermally connected with the light emitting elements. A first intake port through which air is sucked into the housing is provided in one end in the housing. An exhaust port through which air is discharged to an outside is provided in the other end in the housing. A space where the other side in the predetermined direction faces the heat dissipation member is formed in the housing. A second intake port through which air is sucked into the space from the outside is provided in a side surface between the first intake port and the exhaust port in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Kyoichi Murayama, Keita Umeno, Hiroya Kashiwabara, Ryotaro Matui
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Patent number: 11199306Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a light fixture (10) for illuminating building surfaces (17) or partial surfaces of a building, comprising a housing (11), at least one light source, in particular an LED (12, 12a, 12b, 12c) and at least one collimator optical unit (15, 15a, 15b, 15c) for focusing the light emitted by the light source. The particularity of the invention, inter alia, is that in the light path downstream of the collimator optical unit at least two lens plates (18, 19) are provided, on both of which a plurality of lens elements (22a, 22b, 22c, 23a, 23b, 23c) being arranged, in particular grouped, thereon, wherein the spacing (32) between the two lens plates is variable by an adjusting device (20), and wherein the light fixture provides different light distributions (37, 38, 39, 50a, 50b, 50c) in different spacings of the lens plates.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: ERCO GMBHInventor: Matthias Bremerich
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Patent number: 11196235Abstract: An electrode material includes a composite including a core wire that is composed of a nickel base material containing 96% by mass or more of Ni and a covering that covers an outer peripheral surface of the core wire and that does not cover but exposes an end face of the core wire. The covering is composed of a nickel alloy containing 10% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less of Cr and 0.1% by mass or more and 6% by mass or less of Al. The composite has a specific resistance of less than 50 ??·cm.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hajime Ota, Yasuhisa Uehara
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Patent number: 11195684Abstract: Provided is a field emission apparatus including a pipe-shaped emitter holder comprising an electrically conductive material and a first internal space communicated in a first direction, and an emitter electrode having one or more yarns each having a structure extending in the first direction in which a plurality of CNTs that extend in the first direction are aggregated, and the emitter electrode is inserted in the first internal space while extending in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: AweXome Ray, Inc.Inventors: Hong Soo Choi, Se Hoon Gihm, Sug Chul Kim
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Patent number: 11196282Abstract: An emergency lighting assembly is provided having a housing with one or more adjustable lamp assemblies for aiming the light at selected areas. The lamp assembly is mounted in the housing by a ball and socket arrangement. The lamp assembly has a substantially spherical shape with a front section made of a heat conducting material and a rear section made of a plastic material. The front section has an opening on a front side having a lens and a base spaced from the front side supporting the light source. The light source in one embodiment is an LED which is coupled to the front section to conduct heat from the LED away from the LED and the housing. The rear section has an opening in the rear side that receives a fixed stop member to limit pivoting movement of the lamp assembly with respect to the housing. The rear section also includes a projection oriented to contact the stop member to limit rotation of the lamp assembly with respect to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Steven Holscher, Han Lei
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Patent number: 11194250Abstract: A metal oxide photosensitive resin composition for forming a blue pattern layer includes scattering particles including a metal oxide having an average particle diameter of 30 to 300 nm, provided that the metal oxide photosensitive resin composition does not include quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Jung Wang, Ju Ho Kim, Hyung Joo Kim, Sung Hun Hong
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Patent number: 11187389Abstract: An LED luminaire for a track lighting system, that takes the form of a track section rather than a more customary separate device attached to a track section. The new luminaire has an elongated, extruded housing configured to correspond to the exterior of standard track sections to visually blend in with the overall track system. A circuit board, mounting a plurality of longitudinally aligned LED elements, extends for the full length of the housing, providing downward illumination through an optic member closing the bottom of the housing. The LED housing has a plug-in type connection to an adjacent track section providing physical alignment, electrical power and data functions. Successive luminaires can be connected together, and the new luminaires can be connected to additional standard track sections. The new luminaires can be installed throughout an overall track lighting system, substantially without limitation as to number and/or order.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Lighting Services, Inc.Inventors: Brian Leonardo, David Michael Cowan, Joshua Lars Peterson