Patents Examined by Robert May
  • Patent number: 9593817
    Abstract: A high beam reflector (341) is disposed below a high beam LED light source (46) and reflects light from the high beam LED light source (46) in front of a vehicle. Low beam reflectors (342, 343) are disposed below a low beam LED light source (45) and reflect light from the low beam LED light source (45) in front of the vehicle. The low beam LED light source (45) is located on either side of the high beam LED light source (46) and disposed in front of the high beam LED light source (46). The high beam reflector (341) is longer than the low beam reflectors (342, 343) in the front-rear direction, and the low beam reflectors (342, 343) are positioned before the high beam reflector (341).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Kuriki
  • Patent number: 9587819
    Abstract: A heat transfer device for transferring heat to a housing, comprising a heat spreader, at least one heat transfer plate mechanically connected to the heat spreader so as to be resiliently compressible towards the heat spreader when brought into contact with the housing, and at least one heat pipe thermally connected to each heat transfer plate and to the heat spreader. The resilient compressibility of the heat transfer plates makes the heat transfer device flexible, such that it may adapt to a different shape of housing. In contrast to known thermal interfaces, the thermal interface of the heat transfer device of the invention is not mechanically connected to the housing in which it is used, but connected to the heat spreader, and may instead be pressed into contact with the housing, without mechanical fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Marijn Geels, Mark Johannes Antonius Verhoeven
  • Patent number: 9581324
    Abstract: An LED illumination includes a heat sink, and an LED module mounted on the heat sink. The heat sink includes a base, a receiving tube extending upwardly from a first face of the base, and a plurality of fins arranged on the first face of the base and surrounding the receiving tube. The plurality of fins extends radially and outwardly beyond an outer periphery of the base in relation to the receiving tube. A band engages and encloses the plurality of fins. A plurality of air tunnels are defined between the base, the band and the plurality of fins. The LED module is mounted on a second face of the base opposite to the first face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: CHAMP TECH OPTICAL (FOSHAN) CORPORATION, Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Zhai, Wen Xu, Shih-Hsun Wung
  • Patent number: 9574745
    Abstract: The invention provides a light source apparatus including first and second light sources that output light in mutually opposing directions along a single optical axis; a wavelength conversion element that is disposed between these light sources and that generates light of a wavelength different from that of said light due to irradiation with the light; a first optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the first light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that reflects back light that is scattered towards the first light source, toward the wavelength conversion element; and a second optical member that is disposed between the wavelength conversion element and the second light source, that transmits the light therefrom, and that deflects, in a direction intersecting the optical axis, the light scattered toward the second light source and the light reflected back by the first optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 9573517
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a closure frame configured to engage an opening formed by a body of the vehicle. A light source is disposed proximate an edge of the closure frame such that an emission of light from the light source is projected through a gap between the closure frame and the body. The emission is projected through the gap in response to the closure frame being arranged in an ajar position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Cornel Lewis Gardner, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Patent number: 9572305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphor diffusion sheet luminaire for agricultural lighting, comprising: a lamp shell; a light source unit; a disc body, mounted in the accommodating space and gripped on the inner wall of the lamp shell, where the disc body is provided with plural tanks at the side corresponding to the light source unit, and the tanks are randomly filled with plural phosphors; and a diffusion sheet, mounted in the lamp shell, and the side of the diffusion sheet corresponding to the disc body. The light ray passing through the diffusion sheet will irradiate the plant. And the wavelength of the light ray varies according to different ratio of the phosphors. Adequate wavelengths are gained by means of light transmission, refraction and absorption, which is beneficial to control the growth of plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Ching-Cherng Sun
  • Patent number: 9568159
    Abstract: A vehicle illumination apparatus includes at least one illumination light source and at least one light guiding lens. The illumination light source is capable of providing an illumination beam. The light guiding lens includes a first light transmissive surface, a second light transmissive surface opposite to and smaller than the first light transmissive surface, an inner surrounding surface, and an outer surrounding surface. The first light transmissive surface is capable of projecting the illumination beam out of the light guiding lens. The inner surrounding surface and the second light transmissive surface are connected to each other and define a containing space configured to accommodate the illumination light source. The outer surrounding surface is connected to the inner surrounding surface and the first light transmissive surface. Besides, the outer surrounding surface has at least one light condensing region and at least one light diverging region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Han-Wen Tsai, Ming-Feng Kuo, Kuo-Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 9563006
    Abstract: A lighting assembly includes a light guide to propagate light by total internal reflection. A reflector adjacent the second major surface of the light guide includes a reflective surface to reflect extracted light back into the light guide. An anti-wetting component is interposed between the light guide and the reflector and includes opposed major surfaces. At least one of the major surfaces of the anti-wetting component has a high surface roughness. The anti-wetting component is configured to redirect light transmitted therethrough such that an intensity profile of the light output from the first major surface of the light guide is uniform among a first location where the anti-wetting component is in contact with the light guide and the reflector and a second location where the anti-wetting component is not in contact with at least one of the light guide and the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Rambus Delaware LLC
    Inventors: Kevin L. Ballard, Anthony Mazzola, Tyra S. Bulson, Kurt Starkey
  • Patent number: 9557602
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit, a light source disposed on a back surface side of the display unit and that irradiates light to the display unit, an optical member disposed between the display unit and the light source, and a support member disposed so that the light irradiated from the light source is incident to a side surface of the support member and so that the light incident to the side surface is transmitted through the support member. The support member supports the optical member from a back surface side of the optical member, and the support member includes an entrance portion comprising an inclined surface that refracts the light incident to the side surface and a light guide portion that guides the light refracted at the inclined surface to an optical member side of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Suzuki, Makoto Nameda
  • Patent number: 9541274
    Abstract: An illumination module may include at least one flexible carrier for a plurality of heat sources, including light sources, wherein the carrier is provided for being bent over at least part of its width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Tobias Frost, Christian Herbold, Steffen Strauss
  • Patent number: 9541699
    Abstract: A backlight module including a back plate, a light guide plate, a light source, a plastic frame, and a light conversion layer is provided. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate and has a light incident surface and a light exit surface, wherein a first edge of the light exit surface is adjacent to the light incident surface. The light source is disposed on the back plate and faces the light incident surface. The plastic frame is disposed on the back plate and covers the first edge. The light conversion layer is disposed on the light exit surface and extends to the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Kai-Hung Cheng, Chia-Hung Yu
  • Patent number: 9535286
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image display device includes a light-emitting module, a housing which includes a back chassis covering the light-emitting module from behind, and accommodates the light-emitting module, and a supporting member attached to an engagement hole formed in the back chassis and holding a circuit component on the back chassis. The supporting member includes a receiving portion which receives the circuit component, and a light-shielding portion configured to block off light of the light-emitting module passing through the engagement hole of the back chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Visual Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Sakurada
  • Patent number: 9534743
    Abstract: A directional lamp comprises a light source, a beam forming optical system configured to form light from the light source into a light beam, and a light mixing diffuser arranged to diffuse the light beam. The light source, beam forming optical system, and light mixing diffuser are secured together as a unitary lamp. The beam forming optical system includes: a collecting reflector having an entrance aperture receiving light from the light source and an exit aperture that is larger than the entrance aperture, and a lens disposed at the exit aperture of the collecting reflector, the light source being positioned along an optical axis of the beam forming optical system at a distance from the lens that is within plus or minus ten percent of a focal length of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Allen, Stanton E. Weaver, Jr., R. Stephen Mulder, David C. Dudik, Mark E. Kaminski
  • Patent number: 9535208
    Abstract: A display apparatus in which a display module in a state of a curved surface is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image and which is bendable; a light guide plate which guides light toward the display panel; and a guide unit which guides the light guide plate to be maintained in a state of a curved surface, wherein the guide unit includes a shape of a curved surface in which both ends of the guide unit protrude forward relative to a center portion of the guide unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Han Kim, Jun Su Jung
  • Patent number: 9528695
    Abstract: An illuminated makeup mirror set includes: a mirror unit; a surface light source with adjustable color that is used to illuminate a makeup subject; a setting unit for setting illumination conditions with the surface light source according to an input operation; an adjustment unit for adjusting color and brightness of the surface light source according to the illumination conditions set by the setting unit; a speaker; and a playback unit that stores a plurality of musical pieces as data, plays a musical piece selected from the plurality of musical pieces according to the illumination conditions and time of illumination with the surface light source, and causes the speaker to output the selected musical piece as a reproduced sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazufumi Adachi, Kazunaga Ida, Taku Ito, Harumi Nakamura, Meiji Kitamura, Takeshi Nakamura, Yosuke Sato, Takuo Shinohara
  • Patent number: 9529174
    Abstract: The present invention provides a diffuser plate assembly. The diffuser plate assembly includes a first diffuser plate and a second diffuser plate located under the first diffuser plate, and a gap is formed therebetween. Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a backlight comprising the diffuser plate assembly and a display device comprising the backlight. Compared with the prior art, the diffuser plate assembly provided by the present invention can enable light emitted by a light source to irradiate a display panel more uniformly, and the thicknesses of the backlight and the display device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongli Zhu, Lili Jia, Zhidan Zhang, Daekeun Yoon
  • Patent number: 9523807
    Abstract: A device disclosed herein includes a component having a frame and an array of protruding teeth extending from the frame. Each tooth of the array of protruding teeth has an angled edge. The device also includes a lightguide formed from a film. The lightguide includes an array of strips extending from an area of the film. The array of strips is positioned adjacent the array of protruding teeth, and the component at least partially restrains the film when each strip of the array of strips is folded across an angled edge of a corresponding tooth of the array of protruding teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Flex Lighting II, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony J. Nichol, Zane A Coleman
  • Patent number: 9523806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an illumination system comprising at least one light source and an optical light mixing rod. The illumination system comprises a rod holder holding the optical light mixing rod in a position, where the entrance surface of the optical light mixing rod is arranged above the emitting window of the light source. The optical light mixing rod is formed in a flexible and solid transparent material and is accommodated in a hollow part of the rod holder. The rod holder is adapted to provide a pressure force to the optical light mixing rod and the pressure force is adapted to press the entrance surface of the optical light mixing rod and the emitting window of the light source together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Martin Professional APS
    Inventor: Thomas Vinther
  • Patent number: 9523472
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting apparatus includes a light source section and a lens disposed at a front side of the light source section to refract light from the light source section. A movable member has an end portion on which the lens is seated. A support member has an end portion which is coupled to the light source section and slidably coupled to the movable member such that the movable member is movable in a forward and rearward direction of the light source section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Byoung Suk Ahn, Young Sub Oh
  • Patent number: 9516960
    Abstract: A dispensing container is equipped with a battery powered orientation dependent illumination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventor: Curtis Bradwell Cooper