Patents Examined by Peggy Neil
  • Patent number: 11994709
    Abstract: Provided is an optical member, which is suppressed from causing a reduction in display quality due to wear or a flaw resulting from its vibration while maintaining the excellent characteristics of its low-refractive index layer. The optical member includes: a light guide plate having an end surface that light from a light source enters and an emitting surface from which the entered light is emitted; and a reflective plate bonded to a side of the light guide plate opposite to the emitting surface via a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film. The double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film includes a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a low-refractive index layer, and a second pressure-sensitive adhesive layer from the light guide plate side. The optical member further includes a surface-treated layer formed on a side of the reflective plate opposite to the double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshikawa, Daisuke Hattori, Ryota Morishima, Atsushi Kishi
  • Patent number: 11994279
    Abstract: A connector loading device may comprise a receptacle, a plurality of light sources, and a controller. The receptacle may comprise a first plurality of holes. The first plurality of holes are configured to respectively line up with a second plurality of holes in a connector when the connector is inserted in the receptacle. Each one of the first plurality of holes comprises a respective and corresponding one of a plurality of unique indexes. The plurality of light sources respectively correspond to the first plurality of holes. Each one of the plurality of light sources, when initiated, is configured to illuminate light from a bottom of its respective one of the first plurality of holes through a top of its respective one of the first plurality of holes. The controller is configured to receive an input and initiate a one of the plurality of light sources corresponding to the index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Maxar Space LLC
    Inventor: Raymond Antetomoso
  • Patent number: 11994711
    Abstract: Disclosed is a LED module. The LED module includes a cover part, a board part connected to a front side of the cover part, a light emitting part electrically connected to the board part, disposed on a front side of the board part, and that emits light through a side surface thereof, and a panel part disposed on the front side of the board part, and the panel part includes a light guide unit including a plurality of light output parts that guides and outputs light emitted from the side surface of the light emitting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Ho Jeong, Jung Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11988367
    Abstract: A sorting system including a plurality of sorter light boxes, a hub, and a controller. The plurality of sorter light boxes may each be configured to be mounted to a respective shelf, and may each configured to be coupled to another one of the sorter light boxes to create a chain of sorter light boxes. The hub may be configured to be coupled to a first sorter light box in the chain of sorter light boxes. The hub may also be configured to operate as a concentrator of control signals and power for the sorter light boxes. The controller may be configured to be coupled to the hub and may be configured generate control signals for the sorter light boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SELLERCLOUD, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Greenberg
  • Patent number: 11976793
    Abstract: A portable rotating lamp includes a bottom support seat, a bottom magnetic attraction block, a disk shell, a front side shell, a rear side shell and a connecting arc frame, wherein the top end of the bottom support seat is clamped with the clamping disk body, the top surface of the clamping disk body is plugged with the rotating lamp body, the top surface of the bottom magnetic attraction block is fixedly connected with the socket shell, and the top surface of the socket shell is fixedly connected with the clamping rotary block. The lamp boards are used when in lighting, which are not easy to burn, and the lamp boards could be replaced more conveniently. Moreover, the whole bottom support seat is provided with magnetic attraction, which could be placed easier and used more conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Yong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11976804
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a heat sink including a first surface with a first receiving portion thereof, and at least one LED plate installed at a bottom portion of the first receiving portion; a second receiving portion arranged on a top portion of the first receiving portion to receive a transparent element therein that covers a light-emitting surface of the LED plate; an insertion port arranged on the second receiving portion and located on a first plane of a first end of the heat sink; a first moving member arranged on the first plane of the first end and corresponding to the insertion port, a second moving member arranged on a second plane of the first end and movably connected to the heat sink, both the first and second moving members movably connected to each other and moving relative to the heat sink to open or close the insertion port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SNC OPTO ELECTRONIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jianyong Xu, Zhikeng Mo
  • Patent number: 11971158
    Abstract: A three-wire four-way LED lamp string, including a plurality of first LED lamps , a plurality of second LED lamps, a plurality of third LED lamps and a plurality of fourth LED lamps, further including: several first wires, wherein a first electrode of the first LED lamp is electrically connected with a first electrode of an adjacent second LED lamp through a first wire, a first electrode of the second LED lamp is electrically connected with a first electrode of an adjacent third LED lamp through a first wire, a first electrode of the third LED lamp is connected with a first electrode of an adjacent fourth LED lamp through a first wire, and a first electrode of the fourth LED lamp is electrically connected with a first electrode of an adjacent first LED lamp through a first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Linhai Weihong Christmas Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weiwei Qu
  • Patent number: 11962125
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion device and a light source system, including: a substrate; a first light-emitting portion disposed on the substrate, wherein the first light-emitting portion includes a first light guide area and a counterweight area provided on the same layer as the first light guide area, the first light guide area being used for guiding first light, and the counterweight area being used for making the weight distribution of the wavelength conversion device substantially uniform; and a second light-emitting portion provided on the substrate on the same side as the first light-emitting portion, the second light-emitting portion including a conversion area, and the conversion area being used to convert at least a part of excitation light into excited light for emission when the excitation light is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian Li, Yingying Liu, Yangang Wang, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11959622
    Abstract: An example electric lighting system includes a lighting device that includes a housing including a lighting element and a power device holding portion. The power device holding portion includes a cavity. The cavity includes a first and a second electrical contact disposed within the cavity. The power device includes a third and a fourth electrical contact. The power device includes a coupling component. The coupling component is removably couplable to the power device holding portion such that an electrical communication is established when the power device is inserted into the cavity at any rotational position relative to the lighting device about a shared central axis. The power device is operable to power the lighting device through the electrical communication. The electrical communication is established between the first electrical contact and the third electrical contact and between the second electrical contact and the fourth electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: VOLTRA LIGHTING LTD.
    Inventors: Baptiste Robin Guedez, Timothy James Alexander Ross
  • Patent number: 11953187
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to luminaire heads with interconnecting interfaces. One example luminaire head including an interconnected interface for an electronic device includes a support layer and a cover layer arranged over the support layer. The support layer includes a plurality of electrical tracks arranged on a surface of the support layer and connectable to a power supply of the luminaire head. The support layer also includes a first electrical connector. The first electrical connector is connected to at least one of the plurality of electrical tracks and is suited for connecting to the electronic device. Further, the support layer includes a second electrical connector. The second electrical connector is directly connected to the first electrical connector via the at least one of the plurality of electrical tracks. An upper surface of the cover layer includes a first opening and at least one retaining means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Schreder S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Budavari, Csaba Horvath, Peter Balázs Bedo, Attila Sápi
  • Patent number: 11953175
    Abstract: A lamp or lens assembly for a motor vehicle that includes electrically conductive traces for defogging or deicing the lens. Aspects include a light transmissive lens coupled to a lamp housing. The light transmissive lens may define a curved cross-section with a curvature extending across the length and/or the width of the lens. The lens may include one or more electrically conductive traces positioned on a surface of the lens, the electrically conductive traces optionally extending across and curving with the curvature of the light transmissive lens. One or more coatings may optionally cover the conductive traces and a portion of the lens surface leaving portions uncovered. The electrically conductive traces may extend outwardly away from the surface of the lens with height that is greater than their width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiabiao Ruan, Sankalp Pampattiwar, Ammar Ali, Cesar Perez-Bolivar
  • Patent number: 11946627
    Abstract: A warning device (100, 212, 301, 302, 510) for use in a luminaire (201, 410, 501), comprising a housing (110, 210, 310) accommodating a drive module (115, 215, 401, 402, 520) arranged to be coupled to a luminaire and to a mains voltage (260, 560). The drive module comprises a light source (120, 420) coupled to a switch (180, 380, 491, 492) and an electrical interface (140, 240) configured to electrically connect the drive module and the mains voltage to a light element (530) of the luminaire. The housing comprises a lid (130, 230, 330) operably coupled to the switch of the drive module and configured to activate the switch upon an opening of the lid for switching on the light source upon a current of the mains voltage passing in the electrical interface and deactivate the switch module upon a closing of the lid for switching off the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Liang Zhou, Liwen Zhou, Miner Zhang, Hai Tao Liu
  • Patent number: 11940141
    Abstract: The present utility model discloses a wake-up lamp, including: a housing, where the housing is annular, a mounting cavity is formed in the housing, a first mounting opening is provided in an inner side of the housing, and the first mounting opening is in communication with the mounting cavity; a first lampshade, where the first lampshade is mounted at the first mounting opening, and a shape of the first lampshade is adapted to that of the housing; a light-emitting component, where the light-emitting component is arranged in the mounting cavity and includes at least one first light bar, a shape of the first light bar is adapted to that of the first lampshade, and the first light bar emits light towards the first lampshade; a main control board, where the main control board is arranged in the mounting cavity and electrically connected to the light-emitting component so as to control a light-emitting mode of the light-emitting component; and a timing component, where the timing component is arranged in the mount
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Huazhu Zheng, Yunyun Lu, Caijian Zheng, Wenzhen Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11927328
    Abstract: A multifunctional lamp mounting box includes a mounting plate defining a plurality of mounting holes; a connecting member, wherein one end of the connecting member is connected to the mounting holes, and the other end of the connecting member is connected to a mounting base; a housing, wherein an upper part of the housing is detachably connected to the mounting plate, and a lower part of the housing defines an accommodating cavity; and a lamp holder detachably mounted in the accommodating cavity and configured to connect a lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Ziang Liu
  • Patent number: 11927337
    Abstract: A lighted mirror relates to a technical field of mirrors and includes a mirror body, a light-transmitting plate defining a first middle hole, a frame body, and an LED light strip structure. The first middle hole is defined on a middle portion of the light-transmitting plate. A rear portion of the mirror body is attached to a front surface of the light-transmitting plate and seals the first middle hole. The frame body is disposed on the rear portion of the mirror body and disposed in the first middle hole. The LED light strip structure is disposed on an outer side face of the frame body and disposed in the first middle hole. A first light-transmitting structure is disposed on the outer side surface of the light-transmitting plate. Second light-transmitting structures disposed around the mirror body are disposed on the front surface of the light-transmitting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN JINGXIAN PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jingchuan Tang
  • Patent number: 11927339
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus (1) for producing structured light and flood illumination, the illumination apparatus comprising a microlens array (4) comprising microlenses which are arranged at a pitch P in at least a first direction, and a first array (18) of first light sources (9) and a second array (19) of second light sources (10), the first light sources (9) being configured to emit light at a wavelength L, wherein the first light sources (9) are located at a distance D from the microlens array (4), wherein P2=2LD/N and N is an integer, and wherein a size of the second light sources (10) is greater than a size of the first light sources (9), such that the light sources of the first array (18) produce structured light and the light sources of the second array (19) produce a continuous area of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ams Sensors Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Maryam Yousefi, Toralf Scharf, Markus Rossi
  • Patent number: 11920772
    Abstract: A universal junction box includes an upper body having a first connecting feature. A lower body releasably connects to the upper body having a second connecting feature configured to mate with the first connecting feature. The upper body and lower body forming a housing to receive an electrical connection. A first mounting feature is configured to selectively secure the housing to an associated frame or to an unassociated frame or other support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HLI SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Stephen Miller
  • Patent number: 11913631
    Abstract: A cooktop includes a knob assembly controls a heating part. The knob assembly includes: a knob body disposed at a front surface of a control panel and rotating around a rotation shaft extended in a front-rear direction, a light diffusing part disposed at a rear side of the knob body and diffusing light, and a light source part disposed at a rear side of the light diffusing part and including one or more light sources. The light diffusing part includes a light source corresponding part disposed at a position corresponding to one of the light sources, and a thickness of the light diffusing part along a first straight line that passes from a center of the light diffusing part through the light source corresponding part is greater than a thickness of the light diffusing part along a straight line that does not pass through the light source corresponding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11906148
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel three-dimensional modeling lamp and a manufacturing method thereof. The lamp comprises a lamp shell and a light source arranged in the lamp shell, wherein the lamp shell forms a preset three-dimensional modeling by connecting a plurality of sheets with different shapes through connectors, and the sheets comprise a light-transmitting PET layer and a colorful film layer, the colorful film layer refracts light emitted by the light source, so that the lighting effect of the three-dimensional modeling lamp is better; and a plurality of indentations are formed on the sheets, and the indentations guide users to splice and shape the sheets more conveniently. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: selecting corresponding sheets according to the preset size and external shape of the three-dimensional modeling lamp, and carrying out indentation treatment on the sheets to facilitate the installation of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Linbin Wang
  • Patent number: 11898719
    Abstract: A lamp or lens assembly for a motor vehicle that includes electrically conductive traces for defogging or deicing the lens. Aspects include a light transmissive lens coupled to a lamp housing. The light transmissive lens may define a curved cross-section with a curvature extending across the length and/or the width of the lens. The lens may include one or more electrically conductive traces positioned on a surface of the lens, the electrically conductive traces optionally extending across and curving with the curvature of the light transmissive lens. One or more coatings may optionally cover the conductive traces and a portion of the lens surface leaving portions uncovered. The electrically conductive traces may extend outwardly away from the surface of the lens with height that is greater than their width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiabiao Ruan, Sankalp Pampattiwar, Ammar Ali, Cesar Perez-Bolivar