Having Light-emitting Diode Patents (Class 362/249.02)
  • Patent number: 10310464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly kit that fits inside are recessed light fixture, flush mount light fixture, tube light fixture, track light fixture or light tube that is mounted in/on the ceiling or wall for retrofitting various combinations of smart devices and sensors, as part of ambient intelligence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Phorena, Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence Trung Lu
  • Patent number: 10302283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an LED ceiling light, comprising a light body and a back plate, the light body is detachably connected to the back plate. When an outer circular frame of the back plate is sheathed into a round throat of the light body, a columnar clip of the light body of the LED ceiling light runs from a bottom of the back plate and is rotated to clip in an L-shaped slot until reaches a close end of the L-shaped slot, in this way, the light body is connected to the back plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Sang Pil Moon
  • Patent number: 10285244
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an illuminating device, a control method thereof and a control system thereof, which can acquire the color of an illuminated object and adjust irradiating light emitted by the illuminating device according to the color of the object. The control method includes switching on the illuminating device to project initial detection light to an illuminated object, acquiring initial reflected light of the illuminated object, obtaining an initial color of the illuminated object according to the initial reflected light, switching off the illuminating device projecting the initial detection light to the illuminated object, acquiring an environment color of an environment provided with the illuminating device, correcting the initial color according to the environment color to obtain a corrected color, acquiring target irradiating light according to the corrected color, and controlling the illuminating device to project the target irradiating light to the illuminated object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Hu, Zhixian Zhou, Liang Wang, Jian Wang, Jie He, Wei Wen, Wanghui Yan, Tianhang Zheng, Juan Bian
  • Patent number: 10281109
    Abstract: A LED lamp includes a driving member including a driving power, a controlling member including a PCB electrically connected to the driving power, and a light-emitting member. The light-emitting member includes a plurality of light plates having a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically connected to the PCB, and a plurality of reflecting portions. Each of the reflecting portions includes a pair of supporting beams and a plurality of staircase elements straddling the supporting beams. Each of the staircase elements includes a first face connected to one of the supporting beam, a second face connected to another supporting beam, and a third face connecting the first face and the second face. Each of the reflecting portions is mounted to a corresponding light plate and covers the light-emitting elements of the corresponding light plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GUANKE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Qing Lan
  • Patent number: 10274181
    Abstract: An lighting unit including a mounting board and first and second LEDs coupled to the mounting board. First and second optic components are coupled to the mounting board and enclose the LEDs. First and second shield members are respectively associated with the first and second LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Jason Edward Duckworth
  • Patent number: 10267463
    Abstract: First and second modules carrying LED circuit boards are interconnected by an interconnection mechanism which enables the modules to both pivot and move linearly with respect to one another such that the distance and angle between the modules may each be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Tempo Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Pearson, Wesley Scott Dochnahl, Guang Jin
  • Patent number: 10265914
    Abstract: A method for forming a hybrid structure is provided. The method includes applying a sealant to a first component fabricated from a first material, coupling an isolation sheet to the sealant, and coupling a second component to the isolation sheet. The isolation sheet and the second component are fabricated from a second material that is different than the first material to facilitate preventing formation of a galvanic cell within the hybrid structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Marcus Alexander Erickson
  • Patent number: 10260724
    Abstract: A lighting device may be provided that includes: a heat sink which includes a top surface and a member which has a side and is disposed on the top surface; a light source which includes a substrate disposed on the side of the member and light emitting devices disposed on the substrate, and has a reference point; and a cover which is coupled to the heat sink and includes an upper portion and a lower portion, which are divided by an imaginary plane passing through the reference point and being parallel with the top surface of the heat sink, wherein a distance from the reference point of the light source to the upper portion of the cover is larger than a distance from the reference point of the light source to the lower portion of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Ho Jang, Bo Hee Kang, Ki Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10253965
    Abstract: According to aspects of the embodiments, a lighting fixture is designed to help prevent the accumulation of snow or ice on the light emitting face (e.g., lens) of the lighting fixture. The lighting fixture harvests both the light and heat generated by at least one light source, such as but not limited to at least one LED light source. The lighting fixture adopts a flip-mount light source mounting design in which one side of a passive heat exchanger is mounted or secured closely adjacent or proximate to the lens, and the light source is mounted or secured to another side of the passive heat exchanger. The heat generated by the light source is conducted by the passive heat exchanger to heat the lens. Additionally, the light emitted from the light source is redirected back through the passive heat exchanger and to the lens using a bundle of light fiber cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
    Inventors: Hongyi Cai, Steven D. Schrock, Eric Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 10256221
    Abstract: Light emitting devices and methods of integrating micro LED devices into light emitting device are described. In an embodiment a light emitting device includes a reflective bank structure within a bank layer, and a conductive line atop the bank layer and elevated above the reflective bank structure. A micro LED device is within the reflective bank structure and a passivation layer is over the bank layer and laterally around the micro LED device within the reflective bank structure. A portion of the micro LED device and a conductive line atop the bank layer protrude above a top surface of the passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Bibl, Charles R. Griggs
  • Patent number: 10256388
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a first light emitter and a second light emitter which are disposed on the substrate; and a reflector which is disposed on the substrate and reflects light emitted by the first light emitter. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter are aligned in stated order in a direction from a center toward a periphery of the substrate in a plan view. The first light emitter, the reflector, and the second light emitter decrease in height in stated order, the height being measured from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Ogata, Keiji Kiba, Shogo Yano
  • Patent number: 10257911
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to a LED-based lighting unit (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) having a radar for presence detection. A radar circuit (140; 240; 340A; 340B; 440) may be electrically coupled to conductive wiring (25; 125; 225; 325; 425) of the LED-based lighting unit that at least selectively powers the radar circuit and at least selectively powers the LEDs. In some implementations, an antenna coupled to the radar circuit may be formed from the conductive wiring and optionally at least partially isolated from any current flowing through the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Philip Steven Newton
  • Patent number: 10247399
    Abstract: A lighting structure includes a junction box that has a cavity, and a mounting plate that has an inner section and a perimeter section. The junction box is attached to the mounting plate, and the mounting plate has a wire opening therethrough for routing an electrical wire from the junction box to a light source. The perimeter section of the mounting place is outside the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Philip Dean Winters, Grzegorz Wronski
  • Patent number: 10247385
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device for issuing a light beam in a main direction along an optical axis. The lighting device comprises a light source and a positive, refractive lens provided on the optical axis, the lens being movable with respect to the light source over the optical axis. The lighting device further comprises a mixing structure provided on the optical axis and having an added blurring strength FWHM, with FWHM being in a range of 3° to 15°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Maria Thijssen, Fabio Fornasa, Rusian Akhmedovich Sepkhanov, Inge Van De Wouw
  • Patent number: 10247393
    Abstract: A recessed lighting unit includes a light engine and provides angular adjustment of the light emanating from the lighting unit. In one arrangement, the lighting unit includes a heat sink and a module frame that slidingly interact to provide rotation of the light engine in one degree of freedom, for example rotation about a horizontal axis. A rotation mechanism may also be provided for rotating the light engine in a second degree of freedom, for example rotation about the axis of a cylindrical recessed can in which the light engine is disposed. The lighting unit may be configured for use in new construction, or for retrofit applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Stephen H. Clark, Joseph Stauner
  • Patent number: 10241309
    Abstract: A lighting unit (10) configured to illuminate a surface (32) having a proximal portion (34) and a distal portion (36) in relation to the lighting unit. The lighting unit includes a light source (12) configured to emit a light beam (28), and an optic (40) positioned between the light source and the surface to modify the emitted light beam to have a largely uniform vertical illumination distribution along the surface. The input surface (39) of the optic faces the light source and has a convex lens portion (41) that directs a portion of the emitted light beam at the distal portion of the surface, and a concave lens portion (43) that directs a portion of the emitted light beam at the proximal portion of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Peter Isaac Goldstein, Eric Anthony Roth, Oliver Dross, Benjamin Daniel Sweet-Block
  • Patent number: 10228093
    Abstract: An LED filament and an LED light bulb applying the same are disclosed. The LED filament includes LED chips, conductive electrodes disposed corresponding to the LED chips, and a light conversion coating. The LED chips are electrically connected together and the conductive electrodes are electrically connected with the LED chips. The light conversion coating includes an adhesive and a plurality of phosphors. The light conversion coating coats on at least two sides of the LED chips and the conductive electrodes. The light conversion coating exposes a portion of two of the conductive electrodes. Accordingly, the LED filament is capable of emitting light similar to that a point light source does and the LED light bulb may emit omnidirectional light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Li-Qin Li
  • Patent number: 10227036
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp has a lamp housing, a lamp unit having a light source and disposed in a lamp chamber formed as an internal space of the lamp housing, and a controller configured to output a drive current that drives a light emission of the light source. The controller has a temperature detector. The controller is configured to control a current amount of the drive current on the basis of a detection result of the temperature detector. The controller is disposed above the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Norikazu Saito
  • Patent number: 10222050
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lighting device includes a hollow main body having thermal conductivity, a light source having at least a semiconductor light-emitting element, an accessory element, and an adiabatic member. The light source is thermally coupled to the main body. The accessory element has an allowable temperature limit different from that of the light source, and is accommodated in the main body. The adiabatic member divides the main body into a first region thermally coupled to the light source, and at least a second region thermally coupled to the accessory element and thermally isolated from the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Mitsuaki Kato, Hiroshi Ohno, Katsumi Hisano, Tomonao Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 10222005
    Abstract: End caps that attach to any standard tubing to facilitate mounting a tube with LEDs into an existing fluorescent lamp cabinet. The tube can be cut to a desired length. The end caps can be supported by the fluorescent fixtures or mounting brackets in the cabinet. An assembly comprising a light emitting diode (LED) lamp for replacing fluorescent tube lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventors: Sidney Howard Norton, Curtis Alan Roys
  • Patent number: 10215371
    Abstract: A outdoor lighting fixture includes an enclosure, a heatsink, and an end-cap. The enclosure includes a cabinet and a cover that enclose control and power circuitry to provide power to illuminate a light source. The cabinet further includes an attachment face, and the extruded heatsink can be coupled to the attachment face. The extruded heatsink includes sides, a discontinuous plane of material formed with sides of the heatsink to provide a recessed mounting tray, and heat-conducting fins extending from the plane of material. The light source, which can include an LED light source, is coupled to the heatsink. The extruded heatsink can be coupled at one end to the attachment face of the cabinet at a position such that a space remains between the plane of material and a bottom edge of the attachment face, to permit water to drain from between the heat-conducting fins of the extruded heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Gregg Arthur Lehman, Sridhar Reddy Nimma
  • Patent number: 10215376
    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: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Armin Ahrari, Robert Nankil
  • Patent number: 10212770
    Abstract: A single-stage AC-DC single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) LED driver uses a single inductor (L) to drive multiple independent LED strings (341-34n) with Power Factor Correction (PFC). The driver uses a diode bridge (20) to achieve initial AC to DC conversion. The output of the bridge (20) is provided to a buck converter whose output is shared with multiple LED strings by a time division multiplex circuit. Feedback is used to separately control the current supplied to each LED string by using a separate reference for each string and controlling the width of the current pulse provided to a string. Current balancing in every LED string can be achieved with the same voltage reference without the need for additional circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Yue Guo, Ting Leung Albert Lee, Sinan Li, Siew Chong Tan, Chi Kwan Lee, Shu Yuen Hui
  • Patent number: 10212790
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system configured for automated lighting adjustments. A light control module of the lighting control system receives a signal, such as an alarm signal, from an electronic device, such as a mobile electronic device. The light control module is configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The light control module causes a quantity of electrical energy to be transmitted to a lighting circuit at a particular time of day determined based on the alarm signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Noon Home, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Allen Charlton, William Lark, Jr., Ann Claire Lim Chi Cheung
  • Patent number: 10203451
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mobile terminal medium casing and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal medium casing includes a casing body having a receiving groove; a reflective sheet, a light guiding plate and an optical sheet group laminated in order, in a direction away from a bottom of the receiving groove, on the bottom of the receiving groove; and a light source assembly located in the receiving groove, an illuminant of the light source assembly being located at a light incidence side of the light guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BOE OPTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Li
  • Patent number: 10203075
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light-emitting diode (LED) bar which can be desirably bent at various angles in vertical and lateral directions. The bendable LED bar includes: a plurality of LED units each configured such that one or more LEDs are surface-mounted on a rectilinear bar-shaped printed circuit board (PCB) substrate; and one or more bending units electrically connected between the plurality of LED units spaced apart from each other at regular intervals in a front-back direction, and configured to connect the plurality of LED units in a joint fashion so that each of the plurality of LED units can be bent within a predetermined angle. Each of the bending units includes a plurality of rectilinear spring-shaped connection copper lines and a casing mold. The casing mold enables the LED units to be bent in vertical and lateral directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Inventor: Janghun Kim
  • Patent number: 10199552
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a wiring substrate, a light emitting element disposed on a front surface of the wiring substrate, and a conductor pattern formed on a rear surface of the wiring substrate. The conductor pattern includes a slit or a hole that fails to separate the conductor pattern into two parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeo Takeda, Shota Shimonishi, Hideaki Kato, Tomohiro Miwa, Daisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 10190734
    Abstract: First and second modules carrying LED circuit boards are interconnected by an interconnection mechanism which enables the modules to both pivot and move linearly with respect to one another such that the distance and angle between the modules may each be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Tempo Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Pearson, Wesley Scott Dochnahl, Guang Jin
  • Patent number: 10190754
    Abstract: An optical attachment feature of a light-emitting diode (LED) lighting system includes an enclosure, a trim, a reflector, and a diffuser. The enclosure can include an enclosure wall forming a cavity and an enclosure collar having a first profile. The trim can include a trim collar that abuts to the enclosure collar, wherein the trim collar has a second profile. The reflector can include an outer surface, an inner surface having reflective material disposed thereon, and a reflector collar having a first optical attachment mechanism. The diffuser can include a diffuser collar, where the diffuser collar can include a second optical attachment mechanism and a third optical attachment mechanism, where the second optical attachment mechanism can couple to the first optical attachment mechanism, and where the third optical attachment mechanism is disposed within a feature formed by the first profile and the second profile when the enclosure collar is mechanically coupled to the trim collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin Roy Harpenau, Jyoti Kathawate, James Richard Christ, Jason Q. Paulsel, Russell Bryant Green
  • Patent number: 10184648
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a customizable and modular LED lighting system. The LED lighting system can include an LED driver coupled to a light run and held rigidly relative to each other via a carrier. A mounting bracket can also attach to the LED driver and/or the light run and can affix the LED lighting system to a junction box. The light run can include a thermally conductive frame, sometimes having a “V”-shape and having two surfaces on an upper portion thereof. A substrate comprising a string of electrically-coupled LEDs can be affixed to each of the two surfaces. The LEDs can be driven by the LED driver and can be coupled to each other serially via one or more electrical connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: TerraLUX, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Hall
  • Patent number: 10168022
    Abstract: There is provided an attachment for an illumination device which can change a ring-shaped illumination device to a dome-shaped illumination device. An attachment for dome illumination includes: a dome member made of a material that transmits and diffuses light emitted from a light emitting opening section of the ring-shaped illumination device inwardly; a plate member connected to the dome member, and connected to a main case so as not to form a gap when the attachment for dome illumination is fitted to the ring-shaped illumination device; and a dome cover which holds the dome member and the plate member so as to shield the space formed by the dome member, the plate member, and the light emitting opening section from light when the attachment for dome illumination is fitted to the ring-shaped illumination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Keyence Corporation
    Inventors: Zhuoli Sun, Taku Kawai
  • Patent number: 10170294
    Abstract: A conductive structure comprising: a plurality of conductive devices; a first conductive spring sheet, comprising a first connecting point; and a second conductive spring sheet, comprising a second connecting point. Each of the conductive devices comprises a first conductive end and a second conductive end. The second conductive end is connected to the second connecting point, and the first conductive end is connected to the first connecting point corresponding to the second connecting point to which the second conductive end is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Mingyan Fu, Liangliang Cao, Lilei Su, Dignwei Liang
  • Patent number: 10162095
    Abstract: A button assembly is described. The button assembly includes a button that includes a translucent interior material and an opaque front surface with at least one aperture through which light can pass. The button assembly also includes a light guide that includes a light transmitting material and a reflector. The light guide is a molded part where the light transmitting material is molded with the reflector as an integral part of the light guide. The light guide provides illumination to a back surface of the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Control4 Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Delbert Madsen
  • Patent number: 10161598
    Abstract: An illumination device comprising a plurality of light sources emitting light along an optical axis, the light sources comprises a converting material capable of converting light into other wave lengths. An optical gate is arranged along the optical axis and a light collector is arranged between the light sources and the optical gate. The light collector comprises a plurality of lenslets adapted to collect light and to convert the collected light into a plurality of light propagate through the optical gate. An optical projecting system collects and projects at a part the light beams along the optical axis. A retro-reflector is arranged between the light collector and the plurality of light sources and is configured to reflect at least a part light back to the converting material of at least one of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Martin Professional APS
    Inventor: Dennis Thykjaer Joergensen
  • Patent number: 10152293
    Abstract: A light-emitting display system has interlocking tiles. In an implementation, each tile has a portion of a clamp that joins with another portion of the clamp on another tile. A tile is removed from the display by unlocking the clamp portions. The tile is removed without affecting the position of the other tiles in the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Barco, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
  • Patent number: 10149409
    Abstract: An energy consumption device includes a housing that supports a first and second terminal. An energy consuming module, which may include a light emitting diode array, is supported by the housing and is thermally coupled to a thermal bridge that extends below a lower surface of the housing. A cover can be positioned so as to secure the energy consuming module between the cover and the housing. A plurality of magnets can be configured to secure the energy consumption device to a rail that supports powered contacts so that the first and second terminals engage the powered contacts and the thermal bridge is pressed against the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Zaderej, Daniel B. McGowan, Megan Serwacki
  • Patent number: 10139557
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes: a conductive adhesive tape configured for adhering the backlight module to a display panel to transfer electrostatic charges in the display panel to the backlight module; and a first wire configured to lead the electrostatic charges out from the backlight module, the electrostatic charges led out from the backlight module at least including the electrostatic charges transferred from the display panel to the backlight module, electrostatic charges generated in the backlight module, or a combination thereof. Electrostatic charges in the display panel are led into the backlight module through the conductive adhesive tape, and are led out via the first wire of the backlight module, so that no wire needs to be provided in the display panel for leading out the electrostatic charges, that is, it is not necessary to adjust wirings in the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Gao, Gongtao Zhang, Haiwei Sun, Jian Sang, Xiujun Cai, Shuanhu Di, Junjie Ma
  • Patent number: 10132484
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an improved dental operatory lamp having an LED light source that directs light to a reflector that in turn reflects the light to illuminate a treatment area. In one embodiment, the lamp is adapted for efficient transfer of heat from the light source and into the environment. In another embodiment, the lamp is adapted to generate a predetermined pattern of light optimal for the treatment area. In other embodiments, the lamp includes structural features that enable the lamp to maintain optimum light intensity and/or temperature. Also, disclosed herein are unique reflector embodiments that intentionally provide a generally smooth surface, without facets, that reflect light at all visible and infrared wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KAVO DENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: H. Thomas Lockamy, Nabil Dagher, Jamie Swayne, Nathan Hemmer
  • Patent number: 10125926
    Abstract: An LED light including: a light-emitting bulb including a shell; a lamp holder connected to the light-emitting bulb and including external thread; a power driver disposed in the lamp holder; a stem including a wire; and a light-emitting component. The stem and the light-emitting component are disposed in the shell. One end of the stem is connected to the power driver, and the other end of the stem is connected to the light-emitting component. The light-emitting component includes at least two bar-type LED filaments. The at least two bar-type LED filaments are connected in series or in a combination of series and parallel connections. The at least two bar-type LED filaments are connected to the power driver through the wire of the stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHANDONG PROSPEROUS STAR OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Ma, Qiurong Liao, Yiping Kong, Xincheng Yuan, Minkang Zhou
  • Patent number: 10129937
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lighting device including a luminaire having a first light emitter configured to output image and a second light emitter configured to output illumination light. The first light emitter is oriented with the second light emitter such that an available output region of the second light emitter at least substantially overlaps an available output region of the first light emitter. The lighting device also includes a processing system coupled to a driver system, which is coupled to the luminaire. The processing system, via the driver system, is configured to operate the first light emitter to output the image and operate the second light emitter to output the illumination light; and during the operations of the first and light emitters to output a combined light via the substantial overlap, to control the output of at least one of the image or the illumination light to control flicker due to interaction of a portion of the image and a portion of the illumination light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Guan-Bo Lin, Gregory Malone, Hampton Boone Maher, Rashmi Kumar Raj, David P. Ramer
  • Patent number: 10119691
    Abstract: Embodiments are provided for a lighting system and a method of installing a lighting system. According to certain aspects, a driver box is configured with a plurality of drivers secured therein. A series of wired connections can couple the plurality of drivers to a plurality of luminaires and can conduct electric power from the plurality of drivers to power the plurality of luminaires. According to aspects, the driver box and its plurality of drivers are located remote from the plurality of luminaires to enable efficient maintenance of the lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: KENALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventor: Kevin Dahlen
  • Patent number: 10107485
    Abstract: An assembly structure for an embedded light device includes a detachable installation module and an outer ring of the embedded light device. The detachable installation module has sliding grooves extending along with an installation direction and a lock piece having one end abutting against a position recovery element. When the position recovery element is in an initial position, a lock portion at the other end of the lock piece is exposed in the sliding grooves along with a direction perpendicular to a direction of the sliding grooves. When the position recovery element is compressed, the lock piece is compressed along the direction perpendicular to the sliding grooves. The outer ring includes a sliding track for slidably engaging with the sliding grooves. The sliding track includes an engaging piece, the engaging piece including a pressing surface and a locking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xili Zheng, Jianwei Lao
  • Patent number: 10082274
    Abstract: An illumination device (e.g., an electric candle, etc.) generally includes a housing, a light source, and color element. The color element is positioned over at least part of the light source for creating a color effect in the electric candle when the light source transmits light through the color element. The illumination device may also include a pendulum supporting the light source, and a support member configured to support pivotal movement of the pendulum and light source relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Haisong Dong
  • Patent number: 10072834
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a cooling module for cooling a plurality of LEDs that includes a heat sink having a LED side sand a cooling side arranged at opposite sides of the heat sink. The LEDs arranged on the LED side and a first flow channel and second cooling channel are arranged adjacent to each other at the cooling side. The cooling module comprises a first blower and a second blower respectively configured to blow cooling air in a first flow direction through the first flow channel in a second flow direction through the second flow channel, where the first flow direction and the second flow direction being opposite each other. Certain embodiments also related to the light fixture comprising such cooling module and approaches for cooling a plurality of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MARTIN PROFESSIONAL APS
    Inventors: Lars Barslund Kjaer, Carlsten Dalsgaard
  • Patent number: 10060607
    Abstract: A lighting system including a low voltage frame, a puck magnetically joinable with the frame, a lighting array, and an elongated electrical connector joining the puck and the lighting array. The puck can be selectively positioned along the low voltage frame in a variety of different locations. The puck can be constructed from a polymeric material molded over electrical connectors, and optionally a power feed, such as a cable jack. The electrical connectors can be magnetized so that the electrical connectors are magnetically attracted to power rails on the low voltage frame to establish electrical coupling of the connectors to the power rails, while physically securing the puck in a fixed location along the low voltage frame. The power rails can be constructed from magnetic stainless steel, optionally coated with black oxide from a hot black oxide coating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Amstore Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Waalkes, Ryan A. Van Sluyters
  • Patent number: 10057955
    Abstract: An LED lighting system is provided for connection to a variable power source providing input power, the LED lighting system having at least one power analyzing and processing circuitry connecting to the variable power source, and being configured to identify one or more characteristics of the input power, where the characteristics are selected from amplitude, frequency and pulse width of the input power, compare one or more of the characteristics of the input power to preset control criteria either in hardware or software or both to yield a comparison result, and then control the current control circuitry according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LED Smart Inc.
    Inventor: Xinxin Shan
  • Patent number: 10049627
    Abstract: A direct view display provides a light modulating panel and a backlight including first and second sets of spectral emitters. Several modes of operation may be provided including an advanced 2D mode, and an enhanced color gamut mode employing simultaneous illumination of the first and second set of spectral emitters. Another embodiment may be an optical structure for a multi-functional LCD display with wide color gamut and high stereo contrast. The optical structure may also be used to produce more saturated colors for a wider display color gamut and also may be used to produce a brighter backlight structure through light recycling of the wider bandwidth light back into the optical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: RealD Inc.
    Inventors: Miller H. Schuck, Gary D. Sharp, Douglas J. McKnight, Terry Norton
  • Patent number: 10030822
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solar spectrum type LED type eye-protection flat lamp, comprising: a front diffusion panel, a front grating panel, a circuit board, a rear reflection and diffusion panel, a multicolor LED lamp bead group and an annular reflector. The front grating panel is snugly attached to the front diffusion panel and is arranged on a concave disk at the light-emitting side of the LED eye-protection flat lamp, and the front diffusion panel is arranged in front of the front grating panel; the rear reflection and diffusion panel is snugly attached to the circuit board and is arranged on a back-side concave disk of the LED eye-protection flat lamp, and the reflection and diffusion panel is arranged in front of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jinan Lin, Jinbiao Lin
  • Patent number: 10018313
    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: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: L&L Candle Company, LLC
    Inventors: Gary W. Schnuckle, Douglas M. Patton
  • Patent number: 10011215
    Abstract: An illuminated emblem assembly that includes a power source; a light-producing assembly that is coupled to the power source, supported by a backing member and comprises a plurality of light-emitting diode sources; a chromatic layer comprising an emblem shape over the light-producing assembly, wherein the shape is visible under ambient lighting; and a polycarbonate sealing structure over the chromatic layer that seals the backing member, the light-producing assembly, and the chromatic layer. Further, the sealing structure can comprise a design feature. In addition, the plurality of light-emitting diode sources can be dispersed in the light-producing assembly. The light-emitting diode sources can also be micro-sized elements comprising gallium nitride that are arranged on a positive electrode layer in the form of an ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Roberts, LaRon Michelle Brown, Cornel Lewis Gardner