Patents Examined by Matthew Peerce
  • Patent number: 10267467
    Abstract: A light emitting module is disclosed. The light emitting module includes a condensing lens for condensing incident light into a space, a light source for providing first light to pass through the condensing lens, a first optical path conversion member for reflecting the first light to provide first reflected light to pass through the condensing lens, a second optical path conversion member for providing the first reflected light as second reflected light to pass through the condensing lens, and a case for receiving at least the condensing lens, the light source, the first optical path conversion member, and the second optical path conversion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Park, Byungwoo Jeoung, Sangok Yeo
  • Patent number: 10240739
    Abstract: A light emitting module is disclosed. The light emitting module includes a condensing lens for condensing incident light into a space, a light source for providing first light to pass through the condensing lens, a first optical path conversion member for reflecting the first light to provide first reflected light to pass through the condensing lens and a second optical path conversion member for providing the first reflected light as second reflected light to pass through the condensing lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Park, Byungwoo Jeoung, Sangok Yeo
  • Patent number: 10228101
    Abstract: An LED light fixture that replaces a par 36 lamp includes a body casting having an LED mounting area with an outer perimeter surrounded by an outer ring, and a shroud covering a portion of the outer perimeter of the LED mounting area. The body casting has elongated slots that extend between the LED mounting area and the outer ring. The outer ring has internally threaded openings that extend through the outer ring and that are spaced from one another around the outer ring. The light fixture includes ground mounting pins having first ends with external threads that are adapted to mesh with the internally threaded openings in the outer ring. The pins may be affixed for ground mounting and removed for disposing the light fixture in a well housing disposed in the ground. An LED circuit board containing one or more LEDs overlies the LED mounting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: David M. Beausoleil
  • Patent number: 10215350
    Abstract: The invention provides a luminaire for illuminating a road, comprising a light source (10), a reflector arrangement (12) defining a light entrance window (18) at the top to which light is supplied by the light source (10) and a larger light exit window (20) at the bottom, and an optical plate (22) over the light exit window (20). The optical plate (22) comprises an array of elongate prisms which each extend in a side-to-side direction corresponding to the width direction of the road. The reflector (12) is primarily responsible for control of the light output in the road width direction and the optical plate (22) is primarily responsible for control of the light output in the road length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Arno Vredenborg
  • Patent number: 10215376
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing defining a recessed cavity. The housing has a top, a first side, and a second side each extending at an angle from a first end of the housing to a second end of the housing, the first end being substantially orthogonal relative to a first plane. One or more lamp units are positioned in the housing to emit light therefrom, wherein the emitted light is prevented from leaving the housing in a direction parallel to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Armin Ahrari, Robert Nankil
  • Patent number: 10194764
    Abstract: A lighted artificial tree as that includes a first trunk body, a second trunk body, a first electrical connector, and a second electrical connector. The first electrical connector is housed in the first trunk body, and the second electrical connector is housed in the second trunk body. The first trunk body is configured to couple to the second trunk body, causing the first and second electrical connectors to make electrical connection, the first electrical connector being rotationally locked to the second electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 10185074
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module used in liquid crystal displays. The backlight module includes a quantum dots film, a light guide plate and a light source module. A light is emitted from the light source module enter into the quantum dots film through the light guide plate. The quantum dots film comprises an active region and an inactive region. The light source module includes a blue light source and a green light source. The blue light source is corresponding to the active region, and the green light source is corresponding to the inactive region. The present invention further provides a backlight module used in liquid crystal displays. The present invention provides a backlight module and quantum dots film of liquid crystal display which can resolve a defect of quantum dots film fails in the cutting position, and the quantum dots film has high color gamut conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Cheng, Shih-hsiang Chen, Mei Han
  • Patent number: 10168033
    Abstract: Disclosed is a downlight (100) comprising an annular mounting frame (50) to be mounted in the area of a ceiling mounting hole, and a light fixture (10) that is to be fastened to the mounting frame (50) and includes a luminaire head (30) thereon. The mounting frame (50) and the light fixture (10) are designed such that the light fixture (10) is fastened to the mounting frame (50) by twisting the former (10) relative to the latter (50), additional securing means being provided which prevent the light fixture (10) from being twisted in the unlocking direction in a mounted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Benjamin Hildebrand
  • Patent number: 10162094
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light source assembly, a backlight module and a curve display apparatus. It relates to the technical field of display, may improve the light incidence ratio of a light guide plate in the curve display apparatus and enhance the uniformity of the picture brightness. The light source assembly includes a light guide plate and a LED lamp bar, wherein the light guide plate is a curve light guide plate and the LED lamp bar is an arc-shaped lamp bar which has a curvature matched with the curvature of the curve light guide plate, and wherein the curve light guide plate has a set of straight sides parallel to each other and a set of curve sides having the same curvature, the arc-shaped lamp bar being arranged on a side of the curve light guide plate with the curve sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junli Zhou
  • Patent number: 10139073
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) light bar comprises a housing, a row of a first plurality of LEDs which are next to each other in the housing and are for transmitting light of a first color and at a first power level, a plurality of reflectors surrounding each of the LEDs, and a second plurality of LEDs in the housing at opposite ends thereof. The first plurality of LEDs are electrically connected together. The second plurality of LEDs are electrically connected together independently of the first plurality of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: QUADRATEC, INC.
    Inventors: Theodore H. Wentz, Jr., Steven M. Fisher
  • Patent number: 10125952
    Abstract: A system that illuminates water in a water display in broad daylight is described. The system may include a color filter that directs a desired color or range of colors onto the water. The source of light may be the sun or an artificial light source. Where the light source is the sun, a heliostat may be included to track the sun and reflect sunlight to the color filter. Other reflecting mirrors may be included to provide a line of sight between the light source and water display being illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: WET
    Inventors: Mark Fuller, Jim Doyle, John Canavan
  • Patent number: 10119674
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting fixture can eliminate the use of a phosphor member that causes the reduced color rendering properties and the occurrence of color separation, specifically, can enhance the color rendering properties and suppress the occurrence of color separation more than a conventional white light source that use a semiconductor light emitting element such as an LD and a phosphor member (wavelength converting member). The vehicle lighting fixture includes: a supercontinuum light source configured to output supercontinuum light containing light in a visible wavelength region, and an optical system configured to control the supercontinuum light output from the supercontinuum light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Nakazato, Tatsuma Saito, Philip Rackow, Naochika Horio
  • Patent number: 10088142
    Abstract: An illumination device used to replace fluorescent light tubes. The illumination device comprises an LED light strip, a diffusion tube surrounding the LED light strip, and an end cap mounted on each end of the tube. Electrical connectors integrated with the end caps and make electrical connection with the LED light strip. The device may be hermetically sealed, use LED's to rectify the current, have a filament simulator with or without a visual indicator, two-sided or multi-sided light strips, light diffusing end caps and be filled with a life-extending gas. The illumination device results in an LED light tube with improved lighting uniformity, reduced energy consumption, improved ease of use and longer operating life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LEDdynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: William Richard McGrath, Oliver Alexander Piluski, Daniel Miller Poitrast, Thomas George Ference
  • Patent number: 10078167
    Abstract: A laser-operated light source encompasses a chamber for accommodating an ionizable gas and an ignition source for ionizing the gas in the chamber for generating a plasma. The light source furthermore encompasses a laser for inputting laser energy into the plasma such that, under the impact of the laser radiation, the plasma emits useful light, which forms the output signal of the light source, wherein provision is made for means for coupling the useful light into a transferring optical fiber. In the case of the light source according to the invention, at least one mode scrambler is assigned to the optical fiber or the optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Ekkehard Brune, Dieter Frerking, Thomas Thöniß, Claus Spruch
  • Patent number: 10072812
    Abstract: A lens body includes: an incident surface where light entering within a predetermined angular range with respect to an optical axis of the light source is refracted in a condensing direction; a first reflection surface that internally reflects the light; and a second reflection surface that internally reflects part of the reflected light from the first reflection surface. The lens body includes an emission surface of a convex lens surface. The second reflection surface extends backward from near a focal point of the emission surface. Light obtained by blocking part of the light internally reflected by the first reflection surface with a front edge of the second reflection surface, and the light internally reflected by the second reflection surface are emitted from the emission surface to from a predetermined light distribution pattern including a cutoff line defined by the second reflection surface at the upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryotaro Owada
  • Patent number: 10041652
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laser spot light with twinkling function including a laser head, a body case defining an opening, a heat radiator supporting the laser head and fixed within the body case, a light baffle configured between the opening and the laser head, a first grating has a star pattern configured between the light baffle and the laser head, a second grating has a pattern of figures configured between the first grating and the laser head, a motor, a gearbox driven by the motor and configured to drive the light baffle to rotate or translate. The light baffle defines a plurality of through holes. The laser spot light of the invention utilize a motor driving a light baffle to rotate or translate, such that the static light spots generated by the first grating are blocked and unblocked alternately, resulting a lot of twinkling light spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Jun Xi
  • Patent number: 10036525
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit can prevent the appearance from deteriorating due to darkened portion even when a light guiding member is disposed in an area where the light guiding member cannot be seen from outside. The vehicle lighting unit can include a light source, and a light guiding member having a light guiding main body and configured to receive light emitted from the light source and guide the light while reflecting the light so that the light exits through the light guiding member, which are contained in a lighting chamber defined by a housing and an outer lens covering the opening of the housing. The light guiding member can include a fin-shaped light emitting portion extending from the light guiding main body and disposed in an area corresponding to an angular range through which the light guiding main body of the light guiding member cannot be seen directly from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiko Yajima
  • Patent number: 10030848
    Abstract: The invention discloses a parabolic LED lamp, comprises a lamp body, a lamp base, an arc lens, a parabolic reflective cup, an LED light source, and a drive; wherein the parabolic reflective cup is embedded and installed in the lamp body; the LED light source is installed in the bottom of the parabolic reflective cup and toward to the arc lens; the drive internally configured in the lamp body connects the lamp base and the LED light source; the inner wall of the arc lens is formed with a plurality of first lens areas and second lens areas spaced apart, the first lens areas uniformly distributed with a plurality of small hexagonal lenses with a same specifications, the second lens areas uniformly distributed with a plurality of small rhombic lenses with a same specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: NINGBO YAMAO OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maojun Cao, Hui Chen, Hu Fang
  • Patent number: 10028360
    Abstract: A selectively controlled lighted artificial tree with visual timing function indication, comprising: a tree trunk having a plurality of branches; a plurality of lighting assemblies including light elements, the plurality of lighting assemblies distributed about the plurality of branches; a plurality of wires in electrical connection with the plurality of light elements, the plurality of wires for transmitting electrical power to the plurality of light elements; a controller in electrical communication with the plurality of lighting assemblies, the controller including a push-button switch and a logic-control circuit with a processor, the controller configured to selectively cause power to be transmitted to one or more of the plurality of light elements for a power-on duration, and to cause one or more of the plurality of light elements to selectively be powered on and off to provide a visual indication of the power-on duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 10018775
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a back plate, a light bar arranged on the back plate, and a clamping structure. The clamping structure includes clamping members arranged on the light bar, and positioning connectors arranged on the back plate at positions corresponding to the clamping members. The clamping members cooperate with the positioning connectors to secure the light bar onto the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juan Wang, Guannan Song, Zhanchang Bu, Woong Kim