Having Light-emitting Diode Patents (Class 362/249.02)
  • Patent number: 11268658
    Abstract: A LED lamp, comprising: a base (3), provided with an attachment for connection to a source of electrical energy; a plurality of LED rows (4), each of which can be adjusted and controlled singly to switch on and off; a microprocessor (24), predisposed for controlling the LED rows (4); a communication module (25), connected to the microprocessor (24), predisposed for receiving and transmitting control signals of the lamp; a power supply (16), predisposed for electrically powering the LED rows (4); a detecting device (17), predisposed for detecting the position and the orientation in space of the lamp, connected to the microprocessor (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: REDOX S.R.L.
    Inventor: Angelo Boni
  • Patent number: 11265996
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solid state lighting fixture that can be used in outdoor and indoor recessed lighting applications. The solid state lighting fixture has a recessed housing configured to be installed in a recess, and a solid state light assembly capable of being secured to the housing outside the recess. The solid state light assembly is at least partially made of a heat dissipating material capable transferring heat generated by the solid state light assembly to ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Perry Romano, Adam Joseph Clark
  • Patent number: 11255532
    Abstract: A user-defined festoon lamp component, including a festoon lamp and a remote controller adapted to the festoon lamp. The festoon lamp includes a first MCU and a wireless receiving unit electrically connected to the first MCU, a first power supply unit, a white light LED unit and an RGB LED unit. The remote controller includes a second MCU and a wireless transmitting unit electrically connected to the second MCU, a second power supply unit and a button matrix unit for controlling the luminescent state of the white light LED unit and RGB LED unit. The festoon lamp is electrically connected to the wireless transmitting unit of remote controller through the wireless receiving unit. The button matrix unit includes an R button, a G button and a B button for independently increasing the R color, G color and B color in RGB LED unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dongguan Jiedu Electronic Technology Company Limited
    Inventor: Kwong Sai Tong
  • Patent number: 11204136
    Abstract: Light emitting diode (LED) light tubes having rotatable end cap assemblies are described. The LED light tubes include a hollow tube and a circuit board with LED chips thereon. The end cap assemblies are provided on either end of the tube. Each end cap assembly includes a socket cap, a plug having a plug body and at least one connector, and an end cap body, one end of which engages one of the ends of the hollow tube. A cam locking mount that is positioned within the plug body and on the opposite side has projections to be positioned in the bore of the end cap body. A rotation cam is seated in the cam locking mount and provides for controlled rotation of the LED tube relative to the end caps. Methods of installing the LED light tubes in new installations and retrofit installations and for use in sign assemblies are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Keystone Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua David Brown, Evan Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 11199299
    Abstract: An LED lighting system includes first, second and third conductive wires, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a transparent insulated layer, and a universal serial bus (USB) plug. The first conductive wire is configured to carry a positive charge. The second conductive wire is configured to carry a negative charge. The third conductive wire is configured to carry a ground charge. The first, second and third conductive wires are arranged side-by-side. The plurality of LEDs are mounted to each of the first, second and third conductive wires. The transparent insulated layer extends around and encapsulates the first, second and third conductive wires and the plurality of LEDs. The USB plug is electrically connected to the first, second and third conductive wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: REVEL GEAR, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Christopher Plavnicky
  • Patent number: 11181251
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light source plate, a light passing cover and a surface rim. The light source plate is mounted with LED modules and a driver circuit. The light passing cover has a circular curved surface. The circular curved surface has a first diameter. A curvature of the circular curved surface is a first radius of a corresponding osculating circle. A ratio between the first diameter to the first radius multiplied with two is between 0.25 to 0.75. The surface rim has a central concave platform for disposing the light source plate. The driver circuit converts an external power source to a driving current supplied to the LED modules to emit a light passing through the light passing cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jinfu Chen, Zhenyu Tang, Shuxing Gao, Yongzhe Dong
  • Patent number: 11175018
    Abstract: A lighting unit (10) is disclosed comprising a torsion box (50) having a plurality of sidewalls (60) and a grid of internal walls (70), each of said internal walls extending between a pair of said sidewalls, said internal walls defining a plurality of compartments (80) within the lighting unit. At least one solid state lighting element (30) is located within at least some of said compartments, and a back panel (20) is arranged at a first opening (51) of the torsion box delimited by the sidewalls such that the back panel covers said compartments, wherein a second opening (53) of the torsion box delimited by said sidewalls opposing the first major opening defines a light exit window of the lighting unit. Also disclosed is a lighting kit comprising such lighting units, and wherein at least some internal walls (70) have a recessed central portion (72) having a height (H?) of at most half the height (H) of said side walls (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden
  • Patent number: 11170671
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible display device including: a display module; an accommodating casing defined with a hollow cavity, an open channel defined in the accommodating casing, a chain lock disposed in the open channel, a resilient member, a first roller, and a second roller disposed in the hollow cavity, the resilient member forming a pre-pulling on the display module; the chain lock disassembling the display module into a first assembly and a second assembly to be rolled up on the first roller and the second roller respectively, and configured to combine the first assembly and the second assembly into the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Han, Zhuo Zhang, Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 11162487
    Abstract: An air circulation control device includes a casing and at least one air pump. The casing includes at least one entrance opening, at least one exit opening and an accommodation space. Each air pump is disposed in and closes the corresponding entrance opening. Each air pump includes a first protective film that is a waterproof and dustproof film structure allowing gas to pass therethrough. When the air pump is enabled, the gas is introduced into the accommodation space through the entrance opening and discharged from the accommodation space through the exit opening, so that the gas is circulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Shih-Chang Chen, Jia-Yu Liao, Hung-Hsin Liao, Chi-Feng Huang, Wei-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 11149926
    Abstract: A luminaire control device for use with a municipal light pole. The device is plugged into a standard dimming receptacle and includes a universal power supply for converting AC power received in any of the common municipal distribution voltages to a uniform DC output usable by small electronic components of an accompanying control system. The universal power supply and control system are configured to fit within the form factor required by applicable standards. The control system includes program logic to control the luminaire by sending control signals via the dimming receptacle. These signals may be sent using one, two, or more control channels as defined by the standard, and may control a single luminaire or multiple luminaires via the different channels. The device may further include a wireless transceiver to facilitate remote access and control of the light, allowing a municipal light pole to be retrofitted as an IoT device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Labyrinth Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Stegeman, Theodore J. Stegeman
  • Patent number: 11149908
    Abstract: A light emitting filament device comprising a carrier extending in a longitudinal direction and having a first main surface, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and two side surfaces interconnecting the two main surfaces. Optoelectronic components are disposed on the first main surface of the carrier. A first converter layer is arranged on the first main surface of the carrier and covers the optoelectronic components. A second converter layer is arranged on the second main surface of the carrier. The carrier is designed at at least one location along the longitudinal direction such that at least one of the two side surfaces includes an angle with the first main surface of greater than 90°. The carrier is trapezoidal in cross-section at the at least one location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Boesl
  • Patent number: 11149927
    Abstract: A LED tube has a first tube section and a second tube section. The first tube section and the second tube section are connected with a rotation structure. With the rotation structure, the first tube section and the second tube section may be rotated with respect to each other along a rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chunteng Chen, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11143383
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a housing, a first light emitting module and a second light emitting module. The first light emitting module is provided with a first light emitting area and is disposed on the housing. The second light emitting module is provided with a second light emitting area and is disposed on the housing and surrounds the first light emitting module. A first luminance in the first light emitting area is higher than a second luminance in the second light emitting area, and the first luminance and the second luminance are separately controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Kuo-Hui Chang, Yao-Chi Peng
  • Patent number: 11143915
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light sources arranged in a row in an arrangement direction, alight guide plate disposed to cover the light sources and including a plate surface facing the light sources and an opposite plate surface opposite from the plate surface, and a light diffusion portion. A portion of the plate surface is a light entering surface and the opposite plate surface is a light exit surface. The light diffusion portion extends in the arrangement direction of the light sources and on the light exit surface such that a portion of the light diffusion portion overlaps the light sources. The light diffusion portion applies a diffusion effect to light that is within the light guide plate so as to travel in a direction crossing the arrangement direction and to be away from the light sources seen from a normal direction of the light exit surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shugo Yagi, Takeshi Masuda, Satoshi Tsubooka, Yuuichi Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 11143391
    Abstract: Light emitting device (LED) circuit board layouts for low profile lighting fixtures are provided. In some embodiments, the lighting fixture can include a fixture housing. The lighting fixture can include one or more LED devices disposed on a circuit board. The lighting fixture can include one or more electronic components associated with at least one of a driver circuit or a filter circuit (e.g., as part of a flicker reducing circuit) disposed on the circuit board. The one or more LED devices are disposed on a first portion of the circuit board and the electronic components are disposed on a second portion of the circuit board. The second portion of the circuit board can be spaced radially apart from a center point of the circuit board relative to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Luis Morales, Thomas Warren Weeks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11131450
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a housing. The housing have a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first curving angle, and the second portion has a second curving angle. The first curving angle has a larger diameter than the second curving angle. A light passing cover has a main section and a frame section. The main section has more light passing than the frame section. The frame section is connected to the housing. A light source assemblage is for emitting light through the light passing cover. A driving module is for transmitting a driving current to the light source assemblage for emitting light. A wing structure is attached to a side edge of the housing, and the wing structure has a heat dissipation device for passing a heat out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Anyong Liu, Yongzhe Dong, Xiaoliang Wen, Shouqiang Hou, Ting Luo
  • Patent number: 11125394
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes: a lamp shell including a lamp head and a lamp neck, the lamp head connects to the lamp neck; a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink connected to the lamp shell, wherein the heat sink comprises fins, a total height of the lamp neck and the lamp head is greater than a height of the heat sink; a power source disposed in the lamp shell; and a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and comprising LED chips electrically connected to the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Mingbin Wang
  • Patent number: 11118776
    Abstract: A downlight apparatus includes a light passing cover, a light source module, a surface rim and a driver plate. The surface rim has a rim part, a reflection part and a bottom part. The rim part is connected to the reflection part. The reflection part is connected to a top edge of the bottom part. The bottom part defines an installation cavity with the top edge as a cavity opening. The rim part defines a light opening. A first light of the plurality of LED modules passes through the light passing cover and a second light of the plurality of LED modules is reflected by the reflection part before passing through the light passing cover. The rim part, the reflection part and the bottom part are made of the same material as a unibody module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongbin Lin, Lianguang Wang, Liangliang Cao, Mingyan Fu, Wunchang Huang
  • Patent number: 11118759
    Abstract: A reflex lamp housing and modular lamp, including: a base, a reflex lamp housing and at least one protective lantern ring; a reflex lamp housing provided on the base, periphery of the reflex lamp housing provided with several containing grooves, the inner wall of each of the containing grooves provided as a reflective panel, the containing grooves used for containing luminous module connecting to the base electrically; the protective lantern ring is provided around the reflex lamp housing, the protective lantern ring and the lamp cap are provided at intervals, forming a light access area. The reflex lamp housing is of enhanced structural strength and improves the lighting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GUANKE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qing Lan, Ligen Liu, Shoubao Chen, Tianlong Dai, Buyuan Peng
  • Patent number: 11118744
    Abstract: A device for lighting a court including at least one lighting strip extending substantially horizontally along at least one side of the court, at a predefined height relative to the court. The strip comprises a series of light sources distributed along its length, each of the light sources projecting a light beam with a diffusion angle that is less than 20°, oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NLX
    Inventors: Jérôme Papineau, Jean-Luc Tournebise
  • Patent number: 11122681
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a PCB board, a manufacturing method of a PCB board, and an electrical device, where the PCB board includes an insulating dielectric layer which is a glass substrate layer including a top surface and a bottom surface disposed oppositely; a conductive wiring layer which is disposed on a top surface of the insulating dielectric layer; and a top ink layer which is coated on the conductive wiring layer. According to the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the PCB board does not generate the phenomenon of deformation warping, and the conductive wiring layer is not easily peeled off from the insulating medium layer, and the use performance of the PCB board is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ZOPOISE TECHNOLOGY (ZHUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bruce Pi, Wei Kang, Jie Dong, Weixiong Liu, Guicheng Yin, Zhibin Zhang, Yikai Xu
  • Patent number: 11107947
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to micro-device arrays. In some embodiments, an array comprises a substrate and a plurality of micro-devices. Each micro-device is suspended over a cavity in the substrate by at least one lateral hinge attached to a side post formed into the substrate. Each micro-device comprises a bonding layer; a metal contact; semiconductor device layers; and a buffer layer. The semiconductor device layers may comprise GaN-based LED layers; wherein the buffer layer comprises AlGaN; and wherein the substrate comprises (111) oriented Silicon. In other cases, the semiconductor device layers may comprise InGaAsP-based LED layers; wherein the buffer layer comprises InGaP; and wherein the substrate comprises GaAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Long Yang, Chao-Kun Lin
  • Patent number: 11085612
    Abstract: An illumination device (e.g., an electric candle, etc.) generally includes a housing, a light source, and a pendulum supporting the light source. The pendulum is pivotally coupled to the housing and is configured to move the light source relative to the housing. The illumination device also includes a control unit for providing power to the illumination device and for controlling operation of the light source, and at least one wire electrically connecting the light source to the control unit. The at least one wire has a diameter of about 0.5 millimeters or less to avoid impact of the wire to the pivotal movement of the pendulum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Haisong Dong
  • Patent number: 11083071
    Abstract: A power switch configured to control power delivery to a load is provided. The power switch can include a switching element configured to selectively couple the load to a power source. The power switch can include a power metering circuit. The power switch can include a communication circuit configured to provide communication between the power switch and at least one other device. The power switch can include a control device. The control device can obtain data from the power metering circuit. The data can be indicative of power consumption by the load. The control device can determine whether the power consumption exceeds a threshold associated with a power rating for the power switch for a time greater than a threshold period. The control device can perform one or more control actions when the power consumption exceeds the threshold for greater than the threshold period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Tetreault, Nicholas Charles Kraus
  • Patent number: 11067256
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to modular LED fixtures that have improved electrical connection between modular components of the fixture. The improved electrical connection is achieved through pins having a non-flat head, such as a generally hemispherical head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Lake and Wells, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Anthony Kinsley
  • Patent number: 11067229
    Abstract: Disclosed is a LED strip for providing indirect light emission. The LED strip comprises a plurality of LEDs arranged on an upper surface, wherein the LED strip has an unfolded state and a folded state, the LED strip being substantially planar in the unfolded state. The LED strip comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the first and second side being parallel to a central longitudinal axis in the unfolded state. The LED strip in the folded state has a plurality of first loops comprising at least one opening and being provided with at least one of the plurality of LEDs, which is configured to emit light towards a reflective interior surface of the loop, whereby at least a portion of the light reflected from the reflective interior surface may exit the at least one opening of each loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Signify Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11054115
    Abstract: A coupling mechanism for a lighting apparatus (and a lighting apparatus having a housing, a mount and the coupling mechanism for coupling the lighting apparatus to the housing) has a first coupling member comprising a curved strip and a second coupling member comprising a retaining element for magnet coupling with the curved strip at multiple positions along its length whereby the first coupling member may be adjustably orientated about at least one axis relative to the second coupling member. The lighting system having the coupling mechanism is thus a multi-direction lighting system which may be directed over a wide illumination area and which is simple and easy to assemble and adjust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLED LTD.
    Inventors: Simon Cadisch, David Ong
  • Patent number: 11050003
    Abstract: A light emitting device (LED-Filament) comprises: a light-transmissive substrate; at least one blue LED chip mounted on the light-transmissive substrate, for instance mounted on a face thereof; and a photoluminescence material at least partially covering the at least one blue LED chip. The photoluminescence material comprises narrow-band red phosphor particles that generates light with a peak emission wavelength in a range of 600 nm to 640 nm and a full width at half maximum emission intensity of 50 nm to 60 nm. The light emitting device is characterized by CRI Ra greater than or equal to about 90. The narrow-band red phosphor particles can comprise at least one Group IIA/IIB selenide sulfide-based phosphor material such as for example CaSe1?xSx:Eu (CSS phosphor).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Qun Li, Gang Wang
  • Patent number: 11047539
    Abstract: A multi-operational landscape lighting device is provided. An example multi-operational landscape lighting device includes a lighting device housing, a lighting device installation arm mechanically coupled to the lighting device housing, and a plurality of landscape lighting LED packages. The landscape lighting LED packages are configured to emit one or more of decorative lighting or pathway lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FEIT ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Halliwell, Gerardo Cisneros
  • Patent number: 11028999
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a housing containing a control component. A cover is connected to the housing having an outer wall, a mounting section, and a chamber. A divider is positioned between the housing and the cover and includes a conductor opening. A light assembly is connected to the mounting section and operatively connected to the control component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark V. Elmore, Douglas S. Hodges, Russell J. Weston
  • Patent number: 11022298
    Abstract: A light includes a body, a front housing secured to a front end of the body, a translating retainer rotatably engaged with the front housing, a slip ring positioned around the front housing and between the translating member and the front end of the body, a compressible ring positioned around the front housing and between the slip ring and the front end of the body, a lens mounted to the front housing, an electronic assembly, and a light emitting element in electrical communication with the electronic assembly and positioned within the lens. Rotation of the translating retainer in a first direction causes the translating retainer to drive the slip ring toward the front end of the body, compressing the compressible ring and causing the compressible ring to bulge outward to contact, and removably engage, an inner wall of a pipe or conduit that the light is positioned in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Potucek, James Carter, Gregory Fournier, James Murdock, Steven Mitchell, Douglas Sawyer, Jr., Matt Williamson
  • Patent number: 11024783
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting part 21, a black layer 51, and a light diffusion part 41 that is formed on or above the black layer 51. The black layer 51 is provided with an opening part 53 that allows light emitted from the light emitting part to pass through it. Then, light having passed through the opening part 53 passes through the light diffusion part 41.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Ohmae, Yusuke Kataoka, Tatsuo Ohashi, Sayaka Aoki, Ippei Nishinaka, Goshi Biwa
  • Patent number: 11015796
    Abstract: A self-supporting luminaire housing that can additionally support additional housings mounted for mounting to a support pole without any cross arms. The housing has a mounting plate for an illumination source, a spine spaced apart from the mounting plate, triangular fins extending between the mounting plate and the spine, and a set of braces coupled to and extending from the mounting plate to the spine. The mounting plate is rectangular, and the spine extends longitudinally relative to the mounting plate. Some of the braces extend perpendicularly from the mounting plate, and some of the braces extend obliquely from the mounting plate to form a supporting truss with the spin and the mounting plate. The housing may be formed as an integral unit to improve thermal dissipation via two thermal pathways from the illumination source to the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher D. Nolan, Joseph R. Casper
  • Patent number: 10978221
    Abstract: The invention relates to reinforced electric wires, particularly reinforced electric wires as used in holiday lighting such as Christmas light strings. In some embodiments, the reinforced electric wire has a conductor, a reinforcing string or one or more reinforcing threads, and an insulator jacket. In some embodiments, the conductor has a single conductor strand. In some embodiments, the conductor has a plurality of conductor strands. In some embodiments, the wire has an insulator jacket having a plurality of channels therein, where a conductor is passed through the center channel, and reinforcing threads are passed through the other channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: POLYGROUP MACAU LIMITED (BVI)
    Inventor: Xiaofeng Cao
  • Patent number: 10976020
    Abstract: An apparatus creating a flickering flame effect. The apparatus includes a housing with an interior space with first and second stages. A drive mechanism generates a time varying electromagnetic field extending into the first stage. A first pendulum member is pivotally mounted in the interior space of the first stage and includes first and second magnets on first and second ends, with the first end proximate to the drive mechanism such that the first magnet interacts with the varying electromagnetic field to cause movement of the pendulum member. The apparatus includes a second pendulum member pivotally mounted in the second stage with a magnet on a first end proximate to the second end of the first pendulum member. A flame silhouette element extends from the second pendulum member, and a light source transmits light onto the flame silhouette, which is moving due to the magnetic coupling of the pendulum members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: L&L Candle Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gary W Schnuckle, Douglas M Patton
  • Patent number: 10941783
    Abstract: An integrated ceiling device (80, 120) includes an electronics assembly (56) and a mechanical arrangement (20). The mechanical arrangement includes a housing (22), a heat dissipating structure (24), and support arms (26). The housing is configured to retain the electronics assembly. The heat dissipating structure includes a lamp seat (50) for receiving a light source (54), and a central opening (34) surrounded by fins (36). The support arms extend between and interconnect the housing with the heat dissipating structure. The housing is positioned within the central opening and is spaced apart from the fins of the heat dissipating structure to enable a free flow of air in an air gap (42) between the housing (22) and the structure (24). The electronics assembly may include a plurality of elements (160, 162, 164, 166) retained in the housing which are spaced apart from the heat dissipating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LIGHTING DEFENSE GROUP
    Inventor: Daniel S. Spiro
  • Patent number: 10943946
    Abstract: An inorganic light-emitting diode (iLED) display comprises a display substrate comprising a display area and one or more holes extending through the display substrate in the display area and a plurality of inorganic light-emitting diodes (iLEDs) disposed on, in, or over the display substrate in a regular array in the display area. At least some of the iLEDs are disposed between at least some of the holes in the display area and at least some of the holes are between at least some of the iLEDs in the display area. The display substrate can be substantially rigid and the iLED display can a flexible black sheet laminated, affixed, or adjacent to the display substrate. One or more audio loudspeakers can be disposed adjacent to the flexible sheet with the flexible sheet disposed between the display substrate and the one or more audio loudspeakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Robert R. Rotzoll, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 10928056
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lighting device, including: a housing, an optical element connected with the housing, a receiving chamber formed by engaging the housing with the optical element, and a light source component and a driving power supply component both located in the receiving chamber. The lighting device further includes a passage located in the receiving chamber, the passage passes through the housing and the optical element, and an interior of the lighting device is communicated with an exterior of the lighting device by the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun Bai, Hongbo Wang, Yisheng Xiao, Liang Cao
  • Patent number: 10928048
    Abstract: Light emitting device (LED) circuit board layouts for low profile lighting fixtures are provided. In some embodiments, the lighting fixture can include a fixture housing. The lighting fixture can include one or more LED devices disposed on a circuit board. The lighting fixture can include one or more electronic components associated with at least one of a driver circuit or a filter circuit (e.g., as part of a flicker reducing circuit) disposed on the circuit board. The one or more LED devices are disposed on a first portion of the circuit board and the electronic components are disposed on a second portion of the circuit board. The second portion of the circuit board can be spaced radially apart from a center point of the circuit board relative to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Luis Morales, Thomas Warren Weeks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10920963
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing defining a recessed cavity. The housing has a top, a first side, and a second side each extending at an angle from a first end of the housing to a second end of the housing, the first end being substantially orthogonal relative to a first plane. One or more lamp units are positioned in the housing to emit light therefrom, wherein the emitted light is prevented from leaving the housing in a direction parallel to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Armin Ahrari, Robert Nankil
  • Patent number: 10921643
    Abstract: A backlighting apparatus for an LCD display includes a substrate and a circuit trace disposed on a surface of the substrate. The apparatus further includes a plurality of light sources affixed to the substrate via the circuit trace in a predetermined pattern across the surface of the substrate. Each light source includes one or more micro-sized, unpackaged LEDs. A height of the one or more micro-sized, unpackaged LEDs is from about 12 microns to about 200 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rohinni, LLC
    Inventors: Cody Peterson, Andrew Huska
  • Patent number: 10914428
    Abstract: A LED light apparatus includes a substrate, LED modules, a driver circuit, a fluorescent layer, a connector and a light passing shell. The LED modules are mounted on the substrate. The fluorescent layer covers the driver circuit and the LED modules. The connector has a first end electrically connecting to the driver circuit. The light passing shell encapsulates the substrate, the plurality of first LED modules, the driver circuit, the first fluorescent layer and at least a part of the connector. The connector has a second end connecting to an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Qiyuan Wang, Liangliang Cao, Hongkui Jiang, Huiwu Chen, Wei Liu, Feihua He, Yanzeng Gao
  • Patent number: 10907781
    Abstract: A light string defining a lengthwise, central axis, comprising a wire set that includes a first conductor in parallel with a second conductor; and an insulation layer, wherein the insulation layer encapsulates a portion of the first conductor, a portion of the second conductor, and a space therebetween. The insulation layer defines a plurality of gaps such that portions of the first and second conductors are uninsulated. The light string also includes first and second pluralities of LED assemblies in electrical connection with the wire set. Each of the first plurality of LED assemblies is configured to emit light of a first color in a first direction; and each of the second plurality of LED assemblies is configured to emit light of a second color in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Blooming International Limited
    Inventor: Shu-Fa Shao
  • Patent number: 10897802
    Abstract: Lighting circuits and strips of linear lighting that can accept either a lower voltage or a higher voltage are disclosed. In the lighting circuit, a repeating block including LED light engines and current-setting elements is divided into two sub-blocks. Terminals are provided that allow the sub-blocks to be connected to voltage and ground in various ways. When the two sub-blocks are connected electrically in parallel with one another, the lighting circuit accepts the lower voltage; when the two sub-blocks are connected electrically in series with one another, the lighting circuit accepts the higher voltage. Circuitry that automatically detects the applied voltage and switches between series and parallel configurations may be included in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Avery, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10895416
    Abstract: A household refrigeration appliance has a heat-insulated body with an inner container, which delimits a coolable interior provided for storing foodstuffs, a refrigeration device for cooling the coolable interior, a door leaf for closing the coolable interior and interior lighting for the at least partial illumination of the coolable interior. The coolable interior is defined by two side walls and one rear wall of which the surfaces facing the coolable interior are formed by the inner container. The interior lighting has an at least semitransparent cover, a planar light guide with a first surface facing the inner container and a second surface facing the cover and at least one lighting device, which couples its light into the planar light guide so that the planar light guide is able to decouple the light from its second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Weber, Tobias Mayr, Andreas Hirschbolz
  • Patent number: 10890302
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement can include a luminaire, a driver circuitry assembly, and a battery backup portion. The luminaire can have light emitting diodes in an array string positioned in a first housing and a first wiring extending from the array string to a first plug connector. The driver circuitry assembly can drive the plurality of light emitting diodes and include circuitry with a rectifier and an IC chip positioned in a second housing and a second wiring extending from the circuitry to a second plug connector engageable with the first plug connector. The battery backup portion can be selectively positionable between the driver circuitry assembly and the external AC grid and have one or more batteries and a converter portion with a DC-AC inverter positioned in a third housing. The third housing and the second housing are interconnectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Dave Boulanger, Maciej Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10883669
    Abstract: Light emitting diode (LED) light tubes having rotatable end caps assemblies are described. The LED light tubes include a hollow tube and a circuit board with LED chips thereon. The rotatable end cap assemblies are provided on either end of the tube. Each rotatable end cap assembly includes a socket cap, a plug having a plug body and at least one connector, and an end cap body, one end of which engages one of the ends of the hollow tube. A cam locking mount is positioned within the plug body and on the opposite side has projections to be positioned in the bore of the end cap body. A rotation cam is seated in the cam locking mount and provides for controlled rotation of the LED tube relative to the end caps. Methods of installing the LED light tubes in new installations and retrofit installations and for use in sign assemblies are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Keystone Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joshua David Brown, Evan Michael Smith
  • Patent number: 10876712
    Abstract: The invention provides an outdoor luminaire (100) comprising: —a plurality of lighting devices (10), each lighting device (10) configured to provide lighting device light (11) and each lighting device (10) comprising at least a light source (13); —a plurality of beam shaping optics (20), each beam shaping optics (20) configured to receive lighting device light (11) of one of the lighting devices (10) and configured to beam shape the lighting device light (11) into a beam (12) of lighting device light (11); wherein the outdoor luminaire (100) is configured to provide a beam (112) of luminaire light (101) comprising the beams (12) of lighting device light (11); and wherein the beam shaping optics (20) are configured in an arrangement (120) which is random, phyllotactic or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Silvia Maria Booij, Norbertus Antonius Maria Sweegers
  • Patent number: 10873016
    Abstract: A light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same capable of suppressing connection defects of light-emitting elements and improving electrical connectivity. A substrate includes a first mounting region for mounting a first light-emitting element, a second mounting region for mounting a second light-emitting element, a first electrode connected to one electrode of the first light-emitting element and one electrode of the second light-emitting element, a second electrode formed in the first mounting region and connected to the other electrode of the first light-emitting element, and a third electrode formed in the second mounting region and connected to the other electrode of the second light-emitting element. In the first electrode, a groove is formed between the first mounting region and the second mounting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetsugu Namiki, Keiji Honjo, Yasuyuki Higuchi
  • Patent number: RE48873
    Abstract: An LED lamp for illuminating a surface under a flat angle in linear lighting applications such as cove lighting and wall washing is provided. It produces a uniform intensity distribution and a uniform color output throughout the beam pattern of the light beam produced by a multi-color LED light source. The lamp comprises a body of an extruded profile. The body comprises at least one section with a mirrored surface and at least a lens section which allows exiting of light from the body. At least one LED preferably having a LED lens is provided at the inner side of the body. This combination of optical systems results in an asymmetric beam pattern from the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Fangxu Dong, An Mao