Patents Examined by Thomas M. Sember
  • Patent number: 11570875
    Abstract: A recessed light fixture includes an LED module, which includes a single LED package that is configured to generate all light emitted by the recessed light fixture. For example, the LED package can include multiple LEDs mounted to a common substrate. The LED package can be coupled to a heat sink for dissipating heat from the LEDs. The heat sink can include a core member from which fins extend. Each fin can include one or more straight and/or curved portions. A reflector housing may be coupled to the heat sink and configured to receive a reflector. The reflector can have any geometry, such as a bell-shaped geometry including two radii of curvature that join together at an inflection point. An optic coupler can be coupled to the reflector housing and configured to cover electrical connections at the substrate and to guide light emitted by the LED package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jerold Tickner, Scott David Wegner, Evans Edward Thompson, III
  • Patent number: 11559099
    Abstract: A protective helmet, particularly a motorbike protective helmet, comprising an outer shell (1) for the distribution of impact forces, the outer shell (1) comprising a chin shell region (2) for covering a chin part of the person wearing the protective helmet, wherein the outer shell (1) comprises a viewing opening (3) arranged above the chin shell region (2), for the person wearing the protective helmet to see through, and the protective helmet has a slot (4a) with a slot shape for interlockingly receiving an electronic module (5a) corresponding to the slot shape, said slot (4a) comprising a slot opening substantially bordering an edge of the viewing opening (3). The protective helmet comprises another slot (4b) having another slot opening substantially bordering the edge of the viewing opening (3) and having the slot shape for interlockingly receiving another electronic module (5b) corresponding to the slot shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Sven Bartels, Tobias Welle
  • Patent number: 11553751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cap equipped with a light emitting device, the cap comprises a body part 10 having a space portion 101 formed therein to receive a wearer's head through an opening of the space portion formed downward; a brim part 20 formed to be protruded frontward at a bottom of the body part 10; a light penetrating member 30, 31 attached to a front side of the body part 10 and made of material that light penetrates through, and a light emitting module 40 installed at one side of the body part to emit light through the light penetrating member 30, 31. According to the present invention, the cap equipped with the light emitting device improves merchantability of the cap as a fashion accessory by enhancing the cap's recognition at night and an aesthetic impression by light emitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Young Sook Oh
  • Patent number: 11551587
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed and includes a base substrate, a circuit layer, and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The base substrate has a plurality of through holes, the circuit layer is disposed on the base substrate, and the light-emitting elements are disposed on the first circuit layer. An absolute value of a difference between two adjacent spacings of the plurality of through holes of the base substrate is less than 0.5 times radius of curvature of the electronic device when the electronic device is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Chung-Kuang Wei, Li-Wei Mao, Chi-Liang Chang, Chia-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 11548438
    Abstract: An integrated lighting insert is provided for multi-function automotive vehicle lighting that has minimal space requirements and provides different lighting functions in a single device with an electronic control module that can easily interface with vehicle electronics. The insert is a housing and a plurality of light transmission portions, a plurality of light sources integrated into the housing, each one configured for a different predetermined function associated with a particular use of, a condition of, or a state of the automobile. An electrical circuit is used along with a communications bus and individual controller circuits associated with the light sources for controlling the light functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Martin, Eric D. Sherriff, Srinivas Akkala
  • Patent number: 11535149
    Abstract: A standoff apparatus is provided for facilitating the mounting or retrofitting a vehicle accessory or, in a preferred embodiment, a single studded combination marker/turn signal lamp to a vehicle fender and its purpose to provide additional lighting to alert other motorist or pedestrian of the vehicles presence and the operator's intension. There is an upper standoff body, a common selective ring shim, a lower adaptor, a common washer and a shoulder nut provided to secure the lamp and mount assembly. Secondary securing hardware is also provided which include: a common socket head bolt, a second common selective shim, a common rubber laminated washer and a common locking nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Robert Thomas Rife
  • Patent number: 11531252
    Abstract: A vehicle comprises: an imaging unit configured to image an occupant from front of the occupant in a vehicle longitudinal direction in a vehicle interior; and a light emitting unit including a first light emitting portion and a second light emitting portion configured to irradiate an imaging range of the imaging unit. An optical axis of irradiation light from the first light emitting portion and an optical axis of irradiation light from the second light emitting portion intersect with each other between the light emitting unit and the occupant in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Suto, Tomoya Hagihara, Tatsuya Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11530794
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a lighting device body that has a light source part and a housing body that supports the light source part, and a ventilation part-adjacent to the lighting device body and through which outside wind passes. The light source part has a light source element part that emits light and a heat release member that releases heat that is generated in the light source element part. The light source element part is inside of the housing body and the heat release member is exposed inside of the ventilation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Higashi, Youji Furukubo, Takafumi Yamaguchi, Yuji Iino
  • Patent number: 11530786
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus formed from a translucent cylindrical foam tube such as a white “pool noodle” that is soft, flexible, and resilient and has a flexible electrically powered internal illumination source such as an LED strip bearing multiple LEDs extending through its interior. The lighting apparatus is typically provided with electricity via a plug adapted for insertion into an automobile cigarette lighter socket, and is readily positioned along the interior edges of an automobile window for illumination of areas where window tint/film is being applied to the window. The lighting apparatus can also have a self-contained power source and be connected in series for added versatility and utility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Lorin Jeffrey Rutherford
  • Patent number: 11528952
    Abstract: A hard hat with symmetric front and back mounting ridges to support a headlamp is described. The hard hat provides mounting ridges to receive insertion slots of a rigid mounting bracket that fit around the ridges. The rigid mounting bracket includes channels to loop a strap through the channels and support a lamp on the bracket. The strap may include a hook and loop fastener system to enable attachment of a variety of lamps to the rigid support bracket. In this way, the hard hat can support a wide variety of headlamps attached to the rigid mounting bracket without destructive alterations to the hard hat. Clips may be added to the rigid mounting bracket to secure or lock the bracket in place during operation and prevent accidental knocks or jarring of the headlamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Steven W. Hyma
  • Patent number: 11528955
    Abstract: A personal protective headgear is an apparatus fully enclosing a user's head, protecting not only from potential contamination of breathing air but also from potential physical damage. A facial shield is hermetically sealed around the front-facing portion of the apparatus, preventing entrance of unfiltered air. Fans direct air through a set of filters, thus cleansing air entering the apparatus. The apparatus may further be equipped with a variety of interactivity modules, including cameras, speakers, lights, displays, and more. A set of sensors may be utilized to monitor the user and the user's surroundings in different conditions. The apparatus may also include wireless capabilities that allow the wearer to transfer information to and from a remote user, thereby allowing the user to follow instructions or otherwise interact with a guide or other such remote companion. Swappable battery packs allow the user to avoid losing power, even while replenishing power supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Jose Angel Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11525567
    Abstract: A ventilation housing of the present disclosure includes: a housing; and a ventilation assembly. The housing includes a tubular projection extending to project from an outer surface and internally having a first space communicating the inside and the outside of the housing. The ventilation assembly includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member; and an external member being a tubular body having a bottom, the external member being joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side. The ventilation assembly is fixed to the projection with the projection inserted in the opening at the second end portion of the internal member to make an inner peripheral surface of the internal member and an outer peripheral surface of the projection abut each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kitagawa, Satoshi Nishiyama, Youzou Yano, Tomoyuki Kasagi
  • Patent number: 11518310
    Abstract: A lighting device of a rear view device of a motor vehicle, includes at least one light source with at least one light emitter for emitting light which can be coupled into and out of a light guide with at least one light funnel in order to pass at least through part of a light transmission unit and illuminate an area adjacent to the motor vehicle, where each light funnel extends upward or downward from its light input end to its light output end, and each light emitter is associated with a light funnel determining an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Arne Schmierer, Volker Erhart, Levente Acs, Mikhail Kudryavtsev, Tobias Schwenger, Oliver Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11510469
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a storage a with lighting function, including an upper cover, a lamp panel, and a see-through bag body. A battery is movably disposed inside the upper cover, a rope is disposed on both sides of the upper cover, a first middle cover and a second middle cover are movably disposed on an outer side of the upper cover, a lower cover is fixedly disposed on a bottom of the upper cover, the lamp panel is fixedly disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover, the see-through bag body is disposed on a lower side of the lamp panel, one end of the see-through bag body is disposed in the first middle cove and the second middle cover, a see-through bag bottom is fixedly disposed on a bottom the see-through bag body, and a base is fixedly disposed on a bottom of the see-through bag bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Hangzhou Tan
  • Patent number: 11512835
    Abstract: A novel illuminated kinetic artwork display apparatus implemented in a wall mountable cuboid frame, the frame comprising an enclosed display space covered by a slidably attached transparent plate, a plurality of removable and replaceable and rotatable acrylic members illuminated by a plurality of laser light beams causing the reflected light to produce a novel animated light display within the enclosed display space. The kinetic artwork display is controlled by the user a plurality of switches via a microcontroller. The self-contained apparatus also comprises a power supply and all electrical and mechanical components. An embodiment enabling the user to introduce dry ice to create a smoke-like atmosphere within the enclosed display space is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Matthew Dozier
  • Patent number: 11505116
    Abstract: A vehicle courtesy signaling device for communicating a wave to a proximate person at night includes a housing, which has a first face that is substantially transparent. A fastener engaged to the housing can selectively engage a rearview mirror or window of a vehicle so that the housing is removably engaged to the rearview mirror or the window, with the first face of the housing being visible through the window. A plurality of light emitting diodes is engaged to the housing and is positioned in an interior space defined thereby. The light emitting diodes selectively emulate a waving hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Jae-Hyon Ko
  • Patent number: 11505115
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising: —a housing (10); —a noise-reducing material (11); characterised in that: —the noise-reducing material (11) is partially disposed inside the housing (10) and is in contact with the housing (10); —the housing (10) has at least one hole (100) and the noise-reducing material (11) is configured to pass through the at least one hole (100) and extends projecting from the at least one hole (100) to the outside of the housing (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Alexandre Franc, Geoffrey Creus, Richard Geloen
  • Patent number: 11498479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for a motor vehicle's interior that includes a first optical module, a plurality of selectively activated light sources that are mounted on a support; an optical element for collecting light rays from light sources; the optical element further including primary positioning members and the support that includes primary complementary positioning members; the optical element mounted in such a way on the support that primary positioning members collaborate with primary complementary positioning members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Nicolas Boiroux, Thierry Fleurence, Arnaud Robert
  • Patent number: 11493199
    Abstract: A ventilation housing of the present disclosure includes: a housing; and a ventilation assembly. The housing includes a tubular projection extending to project from an outer surface and internally having a first space communicating the inside and the outside of the housing. The ventilation assembly includes: an internal member being a tubular body having an opening at a first end portion and an opening at a second end portion; a gas-permeable membrane covering the opening at the first end portion of the internal member; and an external member being a tubular body having a bottom, the external member being joined to the internal member with the internal member inserted in the interior of the external member from the first end portion side. The ventilation assembly is fixed to the projection with the projection inserted in the opening at the second end portion of the internal member to make an inner peripheral surface of the internal member and an outer peripheral surface of the projection abut each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Kitagawa, Satoshi Nishiyama, Youzou Yano, Tomoyuki Kasagi
  • Patent number: 11484807
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apple-shaped light-emitting balloon. The apple-shaped light-emitting balloon includes a balloon body and a connecting rod. The connecting rod is positioned in the balloon body. The upper part and the lower part of the balloon body are fixed to the connecting rod respectively. An air inlet and an air outlet are formed in the connecting rod. A light-emitting part is further arranged in the balloon body. When the balloon is blown up, the connecting rod keeps a fixed distance between the upper part and the lower part of the balloon, so that the balloon is similarly apple-shaped, and the balloon is able to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Bo Wang