Patents Examined by Tsion Tumebo
  • Patent number: 11927316
    Abstract: Various examples are directed to apparatus and methods for providing a sign post flasher assembly. An apparatus includes an elongated assembly having one or more channels, and one or more light sources configured to be placed within the one or more channels. The apparatus also includes an electrically conductive material configured to electrically connect the one or more light sources, and a covering material configured to cover the electrically conductive material to provide a waterproof seal. The elongated assembly is configured to be affixed to and align with a front of a sign post along a length of the sign post, and the electrically conductive material is configured to be connected to a controller to control flashing of the one or more light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TRAFFICALM SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: John Lloyd Ragan, Daniel W. Skites, Charles Withey Perry, II
  • Patent number: 11920751
    Abstract: A tri-proof lamp with replaceable sensor end cap includes a lamp body, an end cap, a light source board and a sensing module. The end cap is disposed at one end of the lamp body and includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other. One end of the first portion has a cable outlet. The second portion has a connecting portion and a sensing portion connected to each other and the connecting portion is connected to the other end of the first portion. The light source board is disposed in the lamp body and includes a sensing module connecting port. The sensing module is disposed in the sensing portion and includes a sensing module plug connected to the sensing module connecting port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Xiamen PVTECH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuxing Lu, Weibiao Zhong
  • Patent number: 11919444
    Abstract: A glove box lighting device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a switch unit (100) including a sliding rod (110) configured to linearly move in accordance with opening/closing of a glove box door (400); a lamp unit (200) including a lamp (220) configured to be turned on when power is supplied thereto and being configured to be fixed at one side of the glove box housing; and a wire (300) connecting the switch unit (100) and the lamp unit (200) to conduct electricity to each other. The glove box lighting device is configured such that the sliding rod (110) linearly moves and protrudes when the glove box door (400) is open, so as to supply power to the lamp (220).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Ho Sung Shin
  • Patent number: 11906131
    Abstract: A tension-mounted support lighting system provides visually stimulating flexile, lighting housed within an unconventional silicone lens. The system offers flexible installation and conceptual yet functional design. The lighting strip bends up and down giving it the unique ability to traverse open spaces wall to wall, wall to ceiling, or floor to ceiling. Various optional components allow customization and control for an ideal outdoor lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PureEdge Lighting LLC
    Inventor: Gregory L. Kay
  • Patent number: 11906146
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an LED explosion-proof lamp. The LED explosion-proof lamp includes a lighting portion having a first engagement structure and a first positioning hole, a connecting portion detachably connected to the lighting portion and having a second engagement structure, a second positioning hole, and an opening suitable for accommodating the support rod of the LED explosion-proof lamp, a positioning member detachably inserted into the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole, wherein one of the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure is configured as a sliding groove, and the other of the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure is configured as a protrusion adapted to be inserted into the sliding groove and movable along the sliding groove. The LED explosion-proof lamp has the advantages of simple structure, easy processing and assembly, and high structural strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Peihuan Liu, Yuru Li
  • Patent number: 11892622
    Abstract: A light-emitting (LED) fountain light with a self-cleaning lens includes a light body with a central hole, a light housing surrounding the light body, a nozzle provided in the light housing and located in the central hole, a central hole pressing ring sleeved in the central hole, LED light beads arranged between the central hole pressing ring and the light housing and sealed by a sealant, a driving mechanism provided between the nozzle and the central hole pressing ring, a cleaning mechanism provided on a surface of the light body to scrape off algae and other dirt, and a transmission mechanism provided between the driving mechanism and the cleaning mechanism. In the LED fountain light, scrapers are rotated forward and backward once to effectively clean the algae and other dirt on the surface of the LED fountain light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CHONGQING XINYUANHUI OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gangqiang Yan
  • Patent number: 11877551
    Abstract: A vertically disposed HID lamp fixture for growing plants, which includes a housing having an interior, an exterior, a top hole, and a lower lip defining a light opening towards the plants, further including an inlet duct and outlet duct for the forced air cooling embodiment, a socket tower having an upper flange and a lower flange, the upper flange affixed around the perimeter of the top hole securing the socket tower to the housing, a reflector having an aperture, the lower flange affixed around the perimeter of the aperture suspends the reflector within the housing such that an isolation chamber is formed between the exterior side of the reflector and the interior of the housing, a HID lamp removably engages within said socket tower longitudinally extending substantially downward and through said aperture vertically disposed above said light opening sealed by a compressively held glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HGCI, Inc.
    Inventor: John Stanley
  • Patent number: 11873970
    Abstract: A low-profile recessed light fixture has a housing with a low height and forming a light engine enclosure with an aperture. A light engine assembly within the light engine enclosure as a heat sink assembly and a light emitting element. The heat sink assembly has first and second heat sinks, and the light emitting element is mounted to the first heat. The first heat sink is operable to tilt relative to the second heat sink about a tilt a tilt range. The light engine assembly is operable to translate between an operation position and an offset service position. In the operation position at a zero tilt an optical axis of the light emitting element is substantially parallel to a vertical axis passes through a center of the aperture. The light engine assembly being operable to rotate relative to the housing through a rotation range of at least 360 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: USAI, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan I. Jones, John P. Harkins-Fleischmann
  • Patent number: 11872088
    Abstract: A surgical light head and proximity detection method includes a housing, a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in the housing and configured to direct light at a target region of interest, and a plurality of distance sensors arranged in the housing. At least two of the distance sensors have field of views that overlap to define a common detection region of interest and the common detection region of interest at least partially overlaps with the target region of interest. The light head may have a plurality of integrally formed tilted seats that position the distance sensors relative to a center line of focus of the surgical light head. The distance sensors may be integrated in the housing via an optical component that is sealed relative to the housing and covers the distance sensor while enabling transmission and receipt of distance sensing signals therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: David A. Westenfelder, II, Jill A. Sanders, Michael Hollopeter, Joseph James Groszek, David Jesurun, Ian Hugh Cook
  • Patent number: 11872089
    Abstract: A cordless, battery powered lighting device is disclosed which is configured to be removably installed on a distal end portion of a handheld electrosurgical instrument, and once the lighting device is installed on the distal end portion of the instrument, light automatically projects from the lighting device along the longitudinal axis of the surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Pathy Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Vinod V. Pathy, Mikiya Silver, Gennady Kleyman
  • Patent number: 11873950
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light source (1) comprising a housing (3), a light source connector (5) at a first end (7) of the housing (3), for connecting the light source to a light fitting, and a light emitting diode, LED, circuit (9), configured to emit light through a second end (11) of the housing (3). The housing may be substantially symmetric about a symmetry axis (13) extending from the first to the second end of the housing (7), (11). The housing (3) has, at the first end (7), a first end portion (15), comprising a thread (19), made in an insulating material, and being configured to be connected to a light fitting. A light fitting comprising such a light source is also considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Greger Svensson, Peter Åberg
  • Patent number: 11869474
    Abstract: A sound absorbing light fixture comprising at least one light emitting element comprising light emitting diodes (LEDs) extending along a first side with at least one perforated panel comprising perforations selected to create an acoustic resonance condition within a cavity of the light fixture comprising a sound absorbing core. The perforated panels are additionally configured to conceal at least a portion or an entirety of the sound absorbing core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Evan Simla, Timothy Ernest Gulsrud
  • Patent number: 11846403
    Abstract: A lighting element configured to be mounted on a mounting surface. The lighting element comprises a base member, at least one forward member, and at least one base-illuminating light source. The base member is adjacent the mounting surface when mounted and has a base member front surface positioned to face away from the mounting surface when mounted. The at least one forward member has a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The rear surface is spaced from and in face-to-face relationship with the base member front surface. The at least one base-illuminating light source is adjacent the forward member rear surface, is adapted to emit light, and is positioned to project light toward the base member front surface and such that no portion of the at least one base-illuminating light source extends beyond the forward member front surface nor rearward beyond the forward member rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Crenshaw Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Lucas Jankovsky, Matthew Vest
  • Patent number: 11841127
    Abstract: The present disclosures a projection lamp with quick locking and self-detection functions, and relates to the technical field of projection lamps. The projection lamp includes a body; an upper shell and a lower shell are arranged in the body; a connector is arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell; a light-emitting component is arranged in the upper shell and the lower shell; mounting frames are arranged on two sides of a bottom of the light-emitting component; and the projection lamp further includes a lower quick locking mechanism for connecting and fixing the lower shell to the light-emitting component, an upper locking mechanism for quickly connecting and fixing the upper shell to the light-emitting component, and an upper-shell and connector quick locking mechanism for quickly locking the upper shell to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ANHUI GUANGJU BOZHONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
    Inventors: Ziqiang Sun, Jinhua Zhang, Yuan Chang
  • Patent number: 11821617
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to and envisages an arrangement for sealing the portion of wires between an LED array board (4) and a driver (6) in an LED luminaire (100). The arrangement for sealing comprises a lens gasket (20) and a gasket channel (16) provided on the operative inner surface and along the periphery of the lens frame (12) for accommodating the lens gasket (20), wherein said lens gasket (20) is also configured to seal portions of the connecting wires (8) which exit the lens assembly (10), said lens gasket (20) provided with a first tab (22) having a pair of first throughholes (24), said first tab (22) extending in a direction transverse to the plane of said lens gasket (20), each of said first through-holes (24) configured to allow leads of the connecting wires (8) to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Appleton Grp LLC
    Inventors: Pratik G. Paratwar, Harsha N. Devappa
  • Patent number: 11821618
    Abstract: A rotatable shelf illumination system may include a rotatable shelf having a groove in which one or more light sources may be mounted. A refractive lens may be mounted in the groove covering the one or more light sources. The rotatable shelf may be, for example, a lazy susan. A removeable and rechargeable power supply may be controlled by a controller circuitry to selectively energize the one or more light sources when rotation of the rotatable shelf is detected. A magnetic field sensor may be used with the controller circuitry to detect rotational movement of the rotatable shelf. The controller circuitry may implement energy conservation measures to prolong the charge of the rechargeable power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: REV-A-SHELF COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Tress, Andrew Logan Silvers
  • Patent number: 11808444
    Abstract: A LED assembly includes a baseplate and a diffuser. A circuit board connected to the baseplate has a first set of LEDs directed to emit light toward the diffuser. Additionally, a frame is attached to the baseplate and positioned to surround the circuit board. A flexible circuit with a second set of LEDs is attached to the frame, with the LEDs positioned to emit light predominantly perpendicular with respect to the first set of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Yifeng Qiu
  • Patent number: 11802671
    Abstract: An emergency lamp includes a housing assembly; a battery module; a control panel; a lighting assembly; a heat sink configured for heat dissipation for the lighting assembly; a light guide assembly; and a transparent cover. The battery module includes a bracket, a battery disposed on the bracket, and a cladding layer wrapping around the battery. The housing assembly is a hollow structure, and the battery module, the control panel, and the lighting assembly are disposed in the housing assembly. The light guide assembly is connected to the lighting assembly. The transparent cover is disposed on the housing assembly; a position of the transparent cover corresponds to that of the light guide assembly. The battery module is electrically connected to the control panel, and the lighting assembly is electrically connected to the control panel; and the housing assembly including a hole for fixing a waterproof joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JE WOO CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11796158
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lamp unit housing (100) and a lamp arrangement (1) for a vehicle (2), the lamp unit housing being adapted to receive and lock a lamp unit (10) in a housing space of the lamp unit housing, the lamp unit housing comprising: —a first interior surface (101) and a second interior surface (102) at least partly defining the housing space, wherein the first and second interior surfaces are facing each other inside the housing space, —a first clamping means (103) and a second clamping means (104), wherein the first clamping means is provided proximate the first interior surface and the second clamping means is provided proximate the second interior surface, and wherein each one of the first and second clamping means is moveable between an unlocking position for unlocking the lamp unit from the lamp unit housing and a locking position for locking the lamp unit to the lamp unit housing, —a synchronization member (111) connecting the first and the second clamping means, whereby the synchroniza
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chinmay Ubhayakar, Akshay Natarajan
  • Patent number: 11779428
    Abstract: A disposable medical clamp light is described. The disposable medical clamp light includes a light source, a housing, and at least one attachment. The at least one attachment is configured to couple the disposable clamp light to a medical device. The at least one attachment may include an attachment clip having a first arm and a second arm extending from the housing, wherein the first arm and the second arm are configured to surround a portion of the medical device to attach the disposable clamp light to the medical device. The disposable medical clamp light may be coupled a medical device using the at least one attachment to form a lighted clamp system configured for foreign body removal from a patient. The disposable clamp light can further include a power source and a switch electrically communicating with the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY MEDICAL DESIGNS, INC.
    Inventor: Anthony G. Stanley