Patents Examined by Tracie Y Green
  • Patent number: 11947206
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a backboard, a circuit board disposed on the backboard, a light source disposed on the circuit board, a housing disposed on the backboard, and a panel disposed on the housing. The panel contacts the housing, and the light source and the circuit board are disposed between the panel and the backboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fang-Cheng Jhou, Tsu-Hsien Ku
  • Patent number: 11946628
    Abstract: A cooling system for a light emitting diode assembly includes a heat exchanger configured to exchange heat from a fluid to ambient air, an enclosure configured to house the LED assembly, and a pump configured to circulate the fluid through the enclosure, through the LED assembly, or both, and through the heat exchanger. The fluid is configured to absorb heat at the LED assembly and generated by the LED assembly, and the heat exchanger is configured to cool the fluid and remove the heat absorbed by the fluid at the LED assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: NBCUniversal Media, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Edwards
  • Patent number: 11947236
    Abstract: A display device include a first transparent layer, a second transparent layer and a spacer arranged between the first transparent layer and the second transparent layer to define a first region and a second region. A first plurality of electrodes are arranged on an inner surface of the first transparent layer in the first region. A plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are connected to the first plurality of electrodes in the first region. A second plurality of electrodes are arranged on the inner surface of the first transparent layer in the second region. A third plurality of electrodes are arranged on the inner surface of the second transparent layer in the second region. Particles are arranged in the second region between the second plurality of electrodes and the third plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jonglee Park, Chris Wisniewski, Jarvis Chau
  • Patent number: 11940848
    Abstract: An electronic device display may have pixels formed from crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diode dies, organic light-emitting diodes, or other pixel structures. The pixels may be formed on a display panel substrate. A display panel may extend continuously across the display or multiple display panels may be tiled in two dimensions to cover a larger display area. Interconnect substrates may have outwardly facing contacts that are electrically shorted to corresponding inwardly facing contacts such as inwardly facing metal pillars associated with the display panels. The interconnect substrates may be supported by glass layers. Integrated circuits may be embedded in the display panels and/or in the interconnect substrates. A display may have an active area with pixels that includes non-spline pixels in a non-spline display portion located above a straight edge of the display and spline pixel in a spline display portion located above a curved edge of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Elmar Gehlen, Zhen Zhang, Francois R. Jacob, Paul S. Drzaic, Han-Chieh Chang, Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Anshi Liang, Hopil Bae, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Marc J. DeVincentis, Paolo Sacchetto, Tiffany T. Moy, Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Yong Sun, Jonathan P. Mar, Zuoqian Wang, Ian D. Tracy, Sunggu Kang, Jaein Choi, Steven E. Molesa, Sandeep Chalasani, Jui-Chih Liao, Xin Zhao, Izhar Z. Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11940140
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light transmissive fiber integrated knit textile for use on consumer electronic products. The knit textile is depicted to be constructed with light transmissive fibers integration through a weave-in/inlay knit technique with a flat-bed knitting construction. The light transmissive knitted textile is also tethered to a portable electronic device, allowing for the light transmitting fibers knitted into the fabric to define a lighting display on said fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: AUSSCO HONG KONG LTD, INDHOUSE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christine Lew, Jackson Chow, Tiffany Williams, Vince Ho, Wen Ke Xi
  • Patent number: 11940125
    Abstract: An adaptive lighting system comprises an array of independently controllable LEDs, and a metalens positioned to collimate, focus, or otherwise redirect light emitted by the array of LEDs. The adaptive lighting system may optionally include a pre-collimator positioned in the optical path between the array of LEDs and the metalens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Venkata Ananth Tamma, Toni Lopez, Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Marcel Rene Bohmer
  • Patent number: 11940134
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lighting lamp, which includes a lamp cap and a connecting rod assembly, the connecting rod assembly includes a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod and a damper; a first end of the second connecting rod is rotatably connected with a first end of the first connecting rod; a first end of the damper is connected with the first connecting rod, a second end of the damper is connected with the second connecting rod, and the lamp cap is connected with the first connecting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD., OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhonghua Sui, Yueping Wang, Yuejun Feng
  • Patent number: 11933490
    Abstract: The invention provides alighting system (1000) configured to generate lighting system light (1001), wherein the lighting system light (1001) comprises one or more of (i) a first lighting system light component (1101) having a first component optical power Wopt,comp1, and (ii) a second lighting system light component (1201) having a second component optical power Wopt,comp2; wherein the lighting system (1000) comprises: —a first light source (110) comprising a first pump light source (10) configured to generate first pump light source light (11) and a luminescent material (200) configured to convert at least part of the first pump light source light (11) into luminescent material light (201), wherein the first light source (110) optionally in combination with first optics (115) is configured to provide the first lighting system light component (1101), wherein the first lighting system light component (1101) comprises at least part of the luminescent material light (201), wherein the first lighting system light
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11933916
    Abstract: Provided is an illumination device including a display panel including a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, the display panel being configured to output light including image information through the first surface, a light source configured to emit light, the light source being spaced apart from the display panel in a direction away from and normal to the second surface of the display panel, a window panel including a first area configured to transmit the light output from the display panel and a second area configured to transmit the light emitted from the light source, and a light transmitting unit provided between the window panel and the light source, the light transmitting unit configured to transmit the light emitted from the light source to an object through the second area, the light transmitting unit including at least one meta-surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jangwoo You, Namseop Kwon, Byunghoon Na, Minkyung Lee, Suyeon Lee, Seunghoon Han
  • Patent number: 11934002
    Abstract: An optical system including a light-guide optical element (LOE) with first and second sets (204, 206) of mutually-parallel, partially-reflecting surfaces at different orientations. Both sets of partially-reflecting surfaces are located between parallel major external surfaces. A third set of at least partially-reflecting surfaces (202), deployed at the coupling-in region, receive image illumination injected from a projector (2) with an optical aperture having a first in-plane width and direct the image illumination via reflection of at least part of the image illumination at the third set of at least partially-reflective facets towards the first set of partially-reflective facets with an effective optical aperture having a second width larger than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lumus Ltd.
    Inventors: Yochay Danziger, Ronen Chriki, Jonathan Gelberg
  • Patent number: 11935913
    Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed that includes a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged in an array, a plurality of trenches disposed between and optically isolating the light emitting diodes, and a patterned converter layer disposed over an array surface formed by light emitting surfaces of the light emitting diodes and upper surfaces of the trenches, the patterned converter layers including a first region having a first converter and a second region having a second converter different from the first converter, the first region and second region disposed over different areas of the array surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Toni Lopez, Marcel Rene Bohmer
  • Patent number: 11920769
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to tiltable luminaire joints. One example tiltable joint for a luminaire includes a first joint portion that includes a joint member provided with an outer cylindrical surface section having an axis and opposing bearings aligned with said axis. The outer cylindrical surface section being provided with a first plurality of interengaging surfaces. The tiltable joint also includes a second joint portion that includes a joint housing provided with a pair of axially-aligned receiving surfaces, and an inner cylindrical surface provided with a second plurality of interengaging surfaces configured to interengage the first plurality of interengaging surface. The joint member of the first joint portion is configured for being housed within the joint housing of the second joint portion. Further, the tiltable joint includes first and second shaft portions that extend in alignment with the pair of axially-aligned bearings. Additionally, the tiltable joint includes a fixation means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Schreder S.A.
    Inventors: Gyula Oláh, Csaba Horvath, János Péter Szügyi, Peter Balázs Bedo
  • Patent number: 11921390
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The array substrate includes: a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; the display area is provided with a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, the gate lines and the data lines are crossed to define a plurality of sub-pixel regions distributed in an array; a first electrode, the first electrode including a first portion located in the display area and a second portion located in the peripheral area; an electrode connection line, the electrode connection line is located in the peripheral area, the electrode connection line is electrically connected to the second portion; a plurality of compensation signal lines, at least part of the compensation signal lines are located in the display area, and the compensation signal lines are electrically connected to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Zhen Wang, Deshuai Wang, Han Zhang, Wei Yan, Jian Sun
  • Patent number: 11910763
    Abstract: A horticultural lighting fixture including a light bar including a plurality of solid state light sources arranged in a linear array along a longitudinal axis of the light bar; and a light bar support structure that couples with the light bar to support the light bar in a fixed spaced relationship with the light support structure, the light bar support structure including at least two fasteners at opposing terminal ends of the light bar support structure to attach to a vertical support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Raghu Ramaiah, Mark Kaminski, Jonathan Meyer
  • Patent number: 11914167
    Abstract: A display device in application of a vehicle is provided. The display device includes a self-luminous display device and a non-self-luminous display device. At least one of the self-luminous display device and the non-self-luminous display device includes a display panel and a light controller. The display panel includes a plurality of first signal lines respectively extending along a first direction. The light controller is disposed adjacent to the display panel and includes a plurality of light blocking patterns respectively extending along a second direction, wherein the second direction has an angle with respect to the first direction, and an absolute value of the angle is greater than 0 degree and less than or equal to 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Jui-Jen Yueh
  • Patent number: 11906113
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an LED filament lamp (10) comprising a two-dimensional flexible printed circuit board (100), PCB, having a first and a second opposing connection end portions (110, 120). The two-dimensional flexible PCB (100) comprises a plurality of filaments lines (130a-d) extending from the first connection end portion (110) to the second connection end portion (120), wherein each filament line (130a) comprises an array of LEDs (130a1-130aN). The two-dimensional flexible PCB (100) is arranged in a cylinder shape by connecting the first and the second opposing connection end portions (110, 120) such that each (130a) of the plurality of filament lines (130a-d) is connected to another (130b) one of the plurality of filament lines (130a-d) thereby a spiral LED filament (150) is formed by the plurality of filament lines (130a-d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11908976
    Abstract: An object is to provide a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and is not damaged by external local pressure. Further, another object is to manufacture a light emitting device with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics due to external stress in a manufacture process. A light emitting element is sealed between a first structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin and a second structure body in which a fibrous body is impregnated with an organic resin, whereby a highly reliable light emitting device which is thin and has intensity can be provided. Further, a light emitting device can be manufactured with a high yield by preventing defects of a shape and characteristics in a manufacture process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shingo Eguchi, Mitsuo Mashiyama, Masatoshi Kataniwa, Hironobu Shoji, Masataka Nakada, Satoshi Seo
  • Patent number: 11909948
    Abstract: A multiview backlight, multiview display, and method of multiview backlight operation include reflective multibeam elements configured to provide emitted light having directional light beams with directions corresponding to view directions of a multiview image. The multiview backlight includes a light guide configured to guide light and an array of the reflective multibeam elements, each reflective multibeam element including a plurality of reflective sub-elements and being configured to reflectively scatter out a portion of the guided light as the emitted light. The multiview display includes the multiview backlight and an array of light valves to modulate the directional light beams to provide the multiview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventors: David A. Fattal, Thomas Hoekman, Colton Bukowsky, Ming Ma
  • Patent number: 11906844
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a substrate, a conductive layer, first and second reflective layers, a light emitting element, and an encapsulation layer. The conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The first reflective layer covers the conductive layer and has an opening exposing a portion of the conductive layer. The light emitting element is disposed in the opening and electrically connects to the conductive layer. The second reflective layer is disposed on the first reflective layer and surrounds the light emitting element. The second reflective layer has an outer diameter. A top surface of the second reflective layer is lower than a top surface of the light emitting element. The encapsulation layer covers the light emitting element. There is a height between a highest point of the encapsulation layer and an upper surface of the first reflective layer. The encapsulating layer is directly contact with the outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Yi Tien, Yu-Chang Wu, Yu-Li Chang
  • Patent number: 11903228
    Abstract: A cadmium-free, core shell quantum dot, a quantum dot polymer composite, and electronic devices including the quantum dot polymer composite. The core shell quantum dot has an extinction coefficient per gram of greater than or equal to 0.3, an ultraviolet-visible absorption spectrum curve that has a positive differential coefficient value at 450 nm, wherein the core shell quantum dot includes a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium and phosphorus, and optionally zinc, and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the shell including zinc, selenium, and sulfur, wherein the core shell quantum dot has a quantum efficiency of greater than or equal to about 80%, and is configured to emit green light upon excitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nayoun Won, Mi Hye Lim, Tae Gon Kim, Taekhoon Kim, Shang Hyeun Park, Shin Ae Jun