Tiltable Or Rotatable As A Unit Patents (Class 362/269)
  • Patent number: 11842625
    Abstract: A device for indicating appropriate social distancing includes the ability to project light (in various forms and in a various ways) onto the ground in a manner visible by the user and those around them. A boundary of the projected light can be set to an acceptable social distance and can include different colors to indicated varying social distances for varying levels of trusted individuals. Proximity sensors set to appropriate distancing requirements, along with the varying levels of trust can be implemented into multiple devices being used in a group setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: James J. Bitetto, John G. Tutunjian
  • Patent number: 11835203
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a surgical lighting device for generating a spot of light on a surgical site for use in combination with a fluorescence imaging device. The lighting device comprises a support structure, a subsurface which may be coupled to the support structure to seal the lower surface of the device while allowing light to pass through and a plurality of light sources emitting white light and placed between the support structure and the subsurface. The device further includes a plurality of NIR (near infrared) filters, each NIR filter being associated with a light source and being configured to substantially prevent the transmission of wavelengths within a wavelength band from 680 nm to 900 nm, while minimizing the change in the color temperature of the light spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Maquet SAS
    Inventors: Minh-Hong Vu Thi, Sophie Santiago, Cécilia Valteau
  • Patent number: 11789723
    Abstract: A request to store a container image is received from a device associated with a customer of a computing resource service provider. Validity of a security token associated with the request is authenticated using a cryptographic key maintained as a secret by the computing resource service provider. One or more layers of the container image is built based at least in part on at least one build artifact to form a set of built layers. The software image including the set of built layers is stored in a repository associated with the customer. A manifest of metadata for the set of built layers is stored in a database of a structured data store. The container image is obtained in the form of an obtained container image. The obtained container image is deployed as the software container in at least one virtual machine instance associated with the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Joseph Suarez, Scott Kerns Windsor, Nare Hayrapetyan, Daniel Robert Gerdesmeier, Pooja Kalpana Prakash
  • Patent number: 11719423
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source, a base and an articulated support. The support has a first arm which is rotatable relative to the base about a first axis, a second arm upon which the light source is mounted, and a joint section which connects the second arm to the first arm for movement relative thereto about a second axis which is parallel to the first axis. The second arm is also moveable relative to the joint section about a third axis which intersects, and is orthogonal to, the second axis to change the orientation of the light source relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jacob Dyson, Paul Andrew McLuckie, Simon Christopher Davey, Vid Stiglic
  • Patent number: 11674648
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a light source holder, a pair of position adjustors, and an outer shell. The light source holder holds a light source. The position adjustors are arranged to face each other and interpose the light source holder between themselves and supports the light source holder to allow the light source holder to rotate around a first virtual axis defined as a virtual axis passing through the position adjustors. The outer shell has an opening in which the light source holder and the position adjustors are arranged and supports the position adjustors to allow the position adjustors to rotate around a second virtual axis defined by a normal to an opening plane of the opening. The first virtual axis intersects with the second virtual axis and is located either within or behind the opening plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kota Hibino
  • Patent number: 11378265
    Abstract: A spot lamp holder and spot lamp are provided. The spot lamp holder may include a first housing and a second housing. The second housing may include a mounting cavity. A mounting end of the second housing may be an open end and coupled with the mounting cavity. A first limiting portion and a second limiting portion spaced apart from each other may be disposed on an inner wall of the mounting cavity. A mounting groove may be disposed between the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion. The first housing may include a clamping portion. The clamping portion may be fitted with the mounting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Quanbiao Wang
  • Patent number: 11204142
    Abstract: A street light fixture includes a street light pole having a base and a head end opposite the base supporting a street light head. The street light fixture includes a light fixture assembly having a head assembly, a base assembly and a wire assembly. The head assembly is received in the street light head and includes a light engine. The base assembly is received in a base cavity of the base of the street light pole and includes a power controller that receives power from power feed wires. The wire assembly has power supply wires extending between the street light head and the base of the street light pole. The power supply wires are coupled to the power controller and are coupled to the light engine to supply power from the power controller to the light engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Martin Weber, Matthew Edward Mostoller
  • Patent number: 11173985
    Abstract: A bracket for mounting a thruster to a boat includes horizontal and vertical members disposed at right angles to each other. The horizontal member includes an enclosure which contains a lamp. A thruster is mounted to the horizontal member, and the vertical member is affixed to the transom of a boat. The thruster is therefore held in spaced-apart relation to the boat, optimizing the flow of water through the thruster, and minimizing the amount of space required, on the transom, for installation of components. The horizontal member, and one of the connectors holding the vertical member to the boat, are hollow, allowing wires to extend into the horizontal member, to provide power to the thruster and the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Gerald Berton
  • Patent number: 11163171
    Abstract: A pointer includes a case housing an LED device and including a light emission hole through which light from the device is emitted to an external space, a first plate between the device and the light emission hole and including a first light passage hole that allows passage of the light from the device, and a second plate between the first plate and the light emission hole and including a second light passage hole that allows passage of the light having passed through the first light passage hole. The light passage holes and the light emission hole are located on a central axis of the device. The device and the first and second plates are disposed such that H/2<S<H, where H denotes a distance between the device and the first plate, and S denotes a distance between the first and second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ROLAND DG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Suzuki, Masanori Ishihara
  • Patent number: 11098883
    Abstract: A lamp base includes a lamp body, a ring frame and a circumferential projection component. The lamp body includes an illuminating component, a ring frame and a circumferential projection component. The ring frame surrounds the lamp body. Such that the lamp body is seated within the ring frame. The ring frame also rotates relative to the lamp body along a rotational axis of the lamp base. The circumferential projection component has an inner circular through hole to allow the lamp body to pass through. The circumferential projection component detachably and rotatably engages with the ring frame. The lamp body rotates relative to at least one of the ring frame and the circumferential projection component along the rotational axis, so as to adjust an illumination angle of the illuminating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Maojin Zeng, Qiqing Yu, Zhenkun Huang
  • Patent number: 11073260
    Abstract: A light fitting for recessed mounting of a luminaire in a substrate includes a luminaire support having a neck portion to support a luminaire and a head portion having a light beam channel for the passage of light from a luminaire through the luminaire support to a mouth and a peripheral insert defining at least a portion of the light beam channel, which facilitates provision of inter-changeable functions and features on the internal surface of the luminaire support and within the light beam channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLED LTD.
    Inventors: Simon Cadisch, David Ong
  • Patent number: 11041596
    Abstract: The invention discloses a music arctic starry sky lamp comprising a shell assembly, an auroral assembly arranged in the shell assembly and a laser assembly arranged in the shell assembly; the auroral assembly comprises an auroral cover, an auroral piece, a condensing lens, a lens mount, a substrate and a motor arranged from top to bottom; a plurality of irregular plano-convex lenses are arranged on said auroral cover, the number of which is not less than ten, and not less than two thirds of the irregular plano-convex lenses are irregular long-strip-shaped lenses, and the length of the side edge of each irregular long-strip-shaped lens is more than two times of the width thereof; a plurality of plano-convex lenses are arranged on said auroral piece, different in size and irregular in shape, and the focal lengths thereof are different and the size are smaller than the diameter of the condensing lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Yingping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10989401
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for deploying a fixture. The apparatus may include, and the methods may involve, apparatus for mounting a fixture in a hardscape. The apparatus may include a mount. The mount may include an anchor. The anchor may be configured to be secured to the hardscape. The apparatus may include a support. The support may be fixed to the anchor. The support may be configured to hold the fixture. The apparatus may include a connector. The connector may be configured to releasably connect to an electrical terminal of the fixture. Connection of the connector to the fixture may form a watertight enclosure about the terminal. The connector may include a casing defining a groove. The connector may include an elastomeric ring disposed in the groove. The connector may be configured to prevent movement of the connector relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Wangs Alliance Corporation
    Inventor: Rong Feng Yu
  • Patent number: 10985478
    Abstract: A low profile lighting adapter can include a first housing section configured to hold an electrical ground connection, and a second housing section configured to couple with the first housing section, the second housing section including a planar surface orthogonal to the first housing section. The low profile lighting adapter can include a second electrical connection disposed in the first housing section and opposite of a first electrical connection, wherein the first housing section is configured to allow individual actuation of the second electrical connection along an axis orthogonal to a planar surface of the second housing section. The low profile lighting adapter can include an extending arm coupled to the second housing section and configured to rotate about the axis. Certain of the disclosed embodiments can permit a live connection to be individually set at different levels to engage different electrical circuits on a light track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Lumenture, LLC
    Inventors: James D. Leahy, Andrew F. Sack
  • Patent number: 10976028
    Abstract: A lighting fixture has a base, a first yoke coupled to the base, a second yoke coupled to the first yoke and a lighting head positioned coupled to, the second yoke, wherein the first yoke, the second yoke and the lighting head are each movable independent of, and relative to, each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: BML PRODUCTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Todd
  • Patent number: 10845459
    Abstract: A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (118) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises: at least one optical sensor (112), the optical sensor (112) being adapted to detect a light beam (150) traveling from the object (118) towards the detector (110), the optical sensor (112) having at least one matrix (152) of pixels (154); and at least one evaluation device (126), the evaluation device (126) being adapted to determine a number N of pixels (154) of the optical sensor (112) which are illuminated by the light beam (150), the evaluation device (126) further being adapted to determine at least one longitudinal coordinate of the object (118) by using the number N of pixels (154) which are illuminated by the light beam (150).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ingmar Bruder, Erwin Thiel, Stephan Irle, Robert Send
  • Patent number: 10704747
    Abstract: Reduced glare light fixtures are provided. In one example implementation, a reduced glare light fixture includes a light emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes at least one LED module having one or more LED devices. The reduced glare light fixture further includes a bezel physically coupled to the LED system engine. The bezel has one or more glare reduction tubes. At least one of the one or more glare reduction tubes is configured to be approximately coaxial with one LED of the one or more LED devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Perry Romano, Adam J. Clark
  • Patent number: 10690328
    Abstract: An adjustable supporting frame includes a fixing element, a first adjusting member, and at least one second adjusting member. The first adjusting member includes a first rotating portion and a second rotating base. The first rotating portion rotatably coupled to the first rotating base. The second adjusting member includes a second rotating portion and a third rotating base. The second rotating portion is rotatably coupled to the second rotating base. The third rotating base is configured to couple to a product. An adjustable lighting device having the adjustable supporting frame is also provided. The adjustable lighting device can achieve a large adjustment range and a large illumination range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOALSUN OPTOELECTRONTCS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yongming Li
  • Patent number: 10677430
    Abstract: A driving device of an embodiment includes a first rotational unit and a holding unit. The first rotational unit is disposed with an object to be operated on one surface side intersecting with a first rotating shaft, and rotationally moves around the first rotating shaft with the object to be operated. The holding unit is disposed on another surface side of the first rotational unit, rotates with the first rotational unit, and holds a cable for supplying power to the object to be operated at a position away from the first rotational unit toward the other surface side, while placing the cable along the first rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Fujisawa, Hidenori Fuma
  • Patent number: 10648656
    Abstract: The present invention provides a floodlight, including a mounting rack, a power source module, a rotating assembly, buckling covers, several heat dissipation components, and an LED module, where the rotating assembly includes a connecting pipe and rotating seats; the heat dissipation component includes a heat dissipation body and a gear cover; an abutment surface is disposed on a top surface of the rotating seat; a pin-jointed surface is disposed on a bottom surface of the buckling cover; and two ends of the mounting rack are respectively clamped to rotating seats and then are pin-jointed to the buckling covers, to adjust an irradiation angle of the floodlight. The foregoing floodlight has a simple structure, a small size, and an adjustable irradiation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: LEDLUCKY Holdings Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoxin Li, Shaoqing Luo, Rong Luo, Houbin Huang
  • Patent number: 10551015
    Abstract: Reduced glare light fixtures are provided. In one example implementation, a reduced glare light fixture includes a light emitting diode (LED) system. The LED system includes at least one LED module having one or more LED devices. The reduced glare light fixture further includes a bezel physically coupled to the LED system engine. The bezel has one or more glare reduction tubes. At least one of the one or more glare reduction tubes is configured to be approximately coaxial with one LED of the one or more LED devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Perry Romano, Adam J. Clark
  • Patent number: 10544928
    Abstract: An emergency lighting unit includes a housing. The housing includes a base having a first compartment and a second compartment. A first cover is positioned over the first compartment. A second cover is positioned over the second compartment. A lamp support is rotatably connected to the housing. A lamp head is rotatably connected to the lamp support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Anthony Brunelli
  • Patent number: 10512703
    Abstract: Provided is a decontamination apparatus for decontaminating an enclosed room. The decontamination apparatus includes a source including a UVC bulb and a reflective shield arranged adjacent to the UVC bulb and configured to reflect UVC light emitted by the UVC bulb toward a region of the enclosed room to be decontaminated. A mounting system that is adjustable secures the source at a desired location within the enclosed room. A controller is operatively-connected to the source to terminate operation of the UVC bulb in response to a determination that an occupant is present within the enclosed room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventor: Roderick M. Dayton
  • Patent number: 10501008
    Abstract: A rear liftgate window assembly for a vehicle includes a glass window panel configured to be pivotally mounted at a rear portion of a vehicle so as to be pivotable between a closed position and an opened position. A lighting device is disposed at an inner surface of the glass window panel and includes (i) at least one light source adhesively attached at the inner surface of the glass window panel, (ii) electrical connectors disposed at the inner surface of the glass window panel, and (iii) electrically conductive traces established at the inner surface of the glass window panel between the light sources and the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors are configured to electrically connect to a power source of the vehicle when the rear liftgate window assembly is mounted at the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Darin J. Snider
  • Patent number: 10488035
    Abstract: An illumination device connected to a display screen having a front display surface and a rear installation surface parallel to each other includes a light source, a mounting plate, and a support mechanism. The light source emits light to form an illumination area defined by a first illumination boundary close to the front display surface and a second illumination boundary away from the front display surface. The mounting plate is detachably attached to the rear installation surface. The support mechanism is connected to the light source and the mounting plate respectively, for keeping the first illumination boundary parallel to the front display surface or inclined outwardly at a first inclined angle relative to the front display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Rou-Ching Yang, Jiung-Cheng Pan
  • Patent number: 10473317
    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 the socket tower longitudinally extending substantially downward and through the aperture vertically disposed above the light opening sealed by a compressively held glass sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HGCI, Inc.
    Inventor: John Stanley
  • Patent number: 10473311
    Abstract: An angle adjuster is configured by disposing a first driver for driving a horizontal rotation frame (horizontal direction rotator) to rotate in the horizontal direction and a second driver for driving a vertical rotation frame (vertical direction rotator) to rotate in the vertical direction on the horizontal rotation frame. This configuration can reduce the size of the angle adjuster and a lighting apparatus with the angle adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventor: Shinichi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 10443815
    Abstract: A scialytic LED lamp, particularly for operating rooms and the like, includes a first ring that includes a plurality of first LED light sources, first and second annular reflectors, and a second ring that includes a plurality of second LED light sources, a third annular reflector, and a fourth annular reflector. The scialytic LED lamp also includes a first light radiation emitted by the first LED light sources reflected initially by the first annular reflector and then by the second annular reflector in order to illuminate an operating area. A second light radiation emitted by the second LED light sources is reflected initially by the third annular reflector and then by the fourth annular reflector in order to illuminate the operating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: RIMSA P. LONGONI S.R.L.
    Inventor: Paolo Longoni
  • Patent number: 10269305
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mirror display that has improved design aesthetics and makes it possible to sufficiently improve visibility in mirror mode in dark environments. The mirror display according to the present invention includes a half mirror plate having a half mirror layer, a display device, a case, and an auxiliary illumination unit that includes an auxiliary light source. The case supports at least the half mirror plate and the display device and includes an outer frame that covers an edge of a front surface of the half mirror plate when viewed in a plan view from a viewing side. The display device is arranged on a rear side of the half mirror plate. The auxiliary light source is arranged on the rear side of the half mirror plate, the display device, or the outer frame. The auxiliary illumination unit is controlled separately from the display device and emits light towards the viewing side when the mirror display is in mirror mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Hakoi, Akira Sakai, Hidefumi Yoshida, Takaharu Kanai, Takako Shimizu, Yuuki Itou, Atsushi Ogawa, Akira Tsuruta, Takayuki Yuasa, Shigeaki Mizushima
  • Patent number: 10207015
    Abstract: Provided is a decontamination apparatus for decontaminating an enclosed room. The decontamination apparatus includes a source including a UVC bulb and a reflective shield arranged adjacent to the UVC bulb and configured to reflect UVC light emitted by the UVC bulb toward a region of the enclosed room to be decontaminated. A mounting system that is adjustable secures the source at a desired location within the enclosed room. A controller is operatively-connected to the source to terminate operation of the UVC bulb in response to a determination that an occupant is present within the enclosed room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Diversey, Inc.
    Inventor: Roderick M. Dayton
  • Patent number: 10161580
    Abstract: An integrated recessed lighting assembly with an outer frame and inner sleeve with an electronics unit fixed to the outer frame. The frame is fixable to a building member with a portion within the recess opening and the electronics unit concealed behind the building member. Brackets are fixed to the frame and provide multi-directional slots for maintaining the inner sleeve via cooperative projections. The inner sleeve is slidable along a portion of the slots from a lower position with its terminal edge distal to the frame distal edge to a raised position with its terminal edge proximal to the frame proximal edge and building member, and then slidable along another portion of the slots to an offset position at least partially concealed by the building member to open an access opening through the frame to the electronics unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Pathway Lighting Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy James Mularski
  • Patent number: 10125956
    Abstract: A radially adjustable landscape light fixture mount includes a mounting plate having a female threaded portion for affixing a light fixture thereto and a separate mounting stake having a locking lever. The mounting stake has a recessed portion for receiving the mounting plate and affixed light fixture. The locking lever has an open position and a closed position. When the locking lever is in the open position the radial position of the mounting plate and affixed light fixture can be adjusted relative to the mounting stake by a user. In the closed position the locking lever fixes the radial position of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Veloskey, Dillon J. Rak, Michael A. Huelsman
  • Patent number: 10113726
    Abstract: A radially adjustable landscape light fixture mount includes a mounting plate having a female threaded portion for affixing a light fixture thereto and a separate mounting stake having a locking lever. The mounting stake has a recessed portion for receiving the mounting plate and affixed light fixture. The locking lever has an open position and a closed position. When the locking lever is in the open position the radial position of the mounting plate and affixed light fixture can be adjusted relative to the mounting stake by a user. In the closed position the locking lever fixes the radial position of the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Veloskey, Dillon J. Rak, Michael A. Huelsman
  • Patent number: 10081981
    Abstract: The ladder illuminates the immediate area and itself. The ladder improves safety by strategically adding multiple light sources to the ladder, thereby illuminating the areas around the ladder. Light emitting diodes (LEDs) may be mounted in several strategic locations, including: in-board and out-board of the end cap, under each rung, and out-board on both rails facing the base of the building when the ladder is correctly placed with a rechargeable battery supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: William Finegan
  • Patent number: 10081293
    Abstract: A headlight beam adjustment system for a vehicle includes a first bracket attached to the vehicle and supporting a headlamp assembly, a second bracket attached to the headlamp assembly and supported by the first bracket, and a switch positioned in the passenger compartment for actuating a servomotor causing the second bracket and the headlamp assembly to rotate about an axis and the light beam to move in a first or a second direction depending on the direction of rotation of the second bracket. The headlight beam adjustment system may further include a ball joint connected at a first end to the servomotor and a second end to the second bracket. The ball joint may include a bearing stud connected to the servomotor at a first end, and a socket, positioned within a housing, for receiving a second end of the bearing stud. A related method of adjusting the headlight beams is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Ramos Valencia, Francisco Javier Quintero Pérez
  • Patent number: 10065565
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat and a seatback. A retainer assembly is positioned in a rearward portion of the seatback. The retainer assembly includes a linear-travel hanger assembly that engages with the retainer assembly in a substantially continuous manner when in a stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Mozurkewich, Laura Bunn, Kevin Wayne Preuss
  • Patent number: 10029611
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of a retractable truck bed lighting system. The lighting system may comprise an illumination device. The illumination device may comprise an upper portion and a lower portion coupled to the upper portion. The upper portion may comprise an upper body, a cap covering a top portion of the upper body, and a diffuser module comprising a light source set within a front wall of the upper body. The lower portion may comprise a lower body surrounding a first cavity, the upper portion fits within the first cavity when the upper portion is in a recessed position and the upper portion extends from the first cavity when the upper portion is in an extended position, and an extension mechanism coupled to the upper portion and the lower portion, the extension mechanism configured to extend the upper portion from the recessed position to the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan C. Harris, Scott L. Frederick, Ethan Fassezke
  • Patent number: 10028354
    Abstract: A lighting status signaling system including a lighting fixture having a light, a light driver connected to the light, and a monitor circuit connected to the light and to the light driver. The monitor circuit is configured to monitor a voltage level at an output of the light driver. A sensing circuit is coupled to the monitor circuit via a sensing wire independent of a power wire to the lighting fixture. A lighting controller is connected to the sensing circuit via the sensing wire and configured to determine a lighting status of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Casey W. Barker, Russell Bruner
  • Patent number: 10012370
    Abstract: Lighting system including mounting body, lever-locking bracket, and lighting module. Mounting body has first end spaced apart along longitudinal axis from second end. Lever-locking bracket includes bracket body and lever actuator. Lever-locking bracket is pivotally connected with first end of mounting body by flange retained in alignment with aperture of mounting body communicating with cavity inside mounting body. Lighting module has semiconductor light-emitting device in housing, and has mounting arm pivotally connected with lever-locking bracket by first pivot joint for rotation of lighting module to plurality of primary positions around first pivot axis. Flange of the lever-locking bracket forms part of second pivot joint for rotation of lighting module to plurality of secondary positions around second pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Robert Fletcher, Edward R. Adams
  • Patent number: 9920914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a moving head light fixture comprising: a base; a yoke rotatable connected to the base; a head rotatable connected to the yoke. The head comprises at least one light source generating light. An actuator is adapted to rotate the yoke or the head. Magnetic means is attached to the axel of the actuator and generated a magnetic field, which is perpendicular to the actuator axel. A magnetic encoder is fixed in relation to the axel and provides at an axel position signal based the magnetic field is indicative of the angular position of the axel in relation to the magnetic encoder. Indication means provides an indication signal when the yoke or head is positioned at a number of predetermined angular positions in relation. Processing means are adapted to control the moving head light fixture based on the actuator axel position signal and the indication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: MARTIN PROFESSIONAL APS
    Inventors: Torben Kaas Rasmussen, Thomas Vinter
  • Patent number: 9890932
    Abstract: A luminaire configured for perimeter lighting, and having improved features for adjusting one or more lighting characteristics of said luminaire. In one example, the luminaire comprises a light bar structure that may be rotated relative to a housing structure of the luminaire. Additionally, the luminaire may have a light scoop structure for redirecting a portion of light emitted from the light bar structure. Further, an angle of the light scoop structure may be adjusted relative to the housing structure of the luminaire, and independently of the light bar structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Focal Point, LLC
    Inventors: Ken Czech, Casey Chung, Jeremy Taylor, Scott Dupre, Scott Beu, Ronaldo Santiago
  • Patent number: 9795701
    Abstract: Provided is a decontamination apparatus for decontaminating an enclosed room. The decontamination apparatus includes a source including a UVC bulb and a reflective shield arranged adjacent to the UVC bulb and configured to reflect UVC light emitted by the UVC bulb toward a region of the enclosed room to be decontaminated. A mounting system that is adjustable secures the source at a desired location within the enclosed room. A controller is operatively-connected to the source to terminate operation of the UVC bulb in response to a determination that an occupant is present within the enclosed room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: DIVERSEY, INC.
    Inventor: Roderick M. Dayton
  • Patent number: 9765954
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a rail, first and second pairs of wings formed at opposed edges of the rail, a pair of contacts on each one of the top and bottom surfaces of the rail, at least one LED module attachable to the rail via at least one magnetic element, such that the LED module is electrically coupled to one pair of the pairs of contacts. The rail configured to receive and power the at least one LED module on either one of the top and bottom surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Victor Zaderej, Timothy Canzano
  • Patent number: 9688192
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a cabin defining a cargo space, and a tailgate operable between a substantially open position and a substantially closed position. The tailgate defines a license plate area on an exterior surface thereof. An illumination system is positioned within the tailgate, such that the illumination system illuminates at least one of the cargo space and the license plate area when the tailgate is in the closed position and illuminates a ground area behind the vehicle when the tailgate is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Cornel Lewis Gardner, Annette Lynn Huebner
  • Patent number: 9557045
    Abstract: A light source device includes an outer housing, a partitioning member for forming a multi-stage structure in the outer housing, thereby partitioning each stage, a plurality of light source units disposed in respective stages of the outer housing, each of which has light source members and a heat pump unit for cooling the light source members, an opening portion for taking air acting as cooling air to be supplied to a cooling body from an outer part of the outer housing into an inner part thereof, and an opening portion formed along arrangement of the light source units in the partitioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukio Sato, Mitoru Yabe, Shigetoshi Ipposhi
  • Patent number: 9534763
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a light-enhancing component and a photographic device having the same. The light-enhancing component includes a light reflective unit and a light source. The light reflective unit includes a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. The light source is disposed between the first reflecting surface and the second reflecting surface. An inclination of the first reflecting surface is different from an inclination of the second reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: VIVOTEK INC.
    Inventors: Li-Shan Shih, Wen-Yuan Li, Chih-Hung Chang, Hsuen-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 9446706
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly comprising a light source and a housing for the light source, a dampening element for dampening movement of the housing in or generally along at least one axis in response to dynamic loads during operation of the vehicle, while permitting movement of the housing in a predetermined direction. Another embodiment comprises a headlamp assembly comprising a light source and a support housing having a projection extending from the support housing. At least one isolator is mounted on the projection and a bracket comprising a working surface generally opposes a landing surface of a landing. The working surface comprises a slot adapted to receive a post and permit the post to move in the slot. The at least one isolator cooperates and engages the working surface or the landing surface to dampen movement of the support housing in response to dynamic loads during operation of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Singleton, Joseph M. Scheller
  • Patent number: 9243418
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tower (1) comprising a lower tubular tower section (2) made of concrete, an upper tubular tower section (3) made of steel and an adapter piece (7) for connecting the two tower sections (2, 3). The adapter piece (7) consists of an annular concrete element (8) and a steel element (9), the steel element (9) containing at least one annular flange (9a) that covers preferably entirely a surface of the concrete element (8), said surface being at the top in the installed state. The steel element (9) is directly cast together with the concrete element (8), wherein the annular flange (9a) is completely underpoured, essentially without air inclusions. In a method for producing a tower (1) comprising an adapter piece (7), a steel element (9) having an annular flange (9a) is placed head down into an annular formwork in order to produce said adapter piece (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: MAX BOGL BAUUNTERNEHMUNG GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Bögl, Martin Hierl, Josef Knitl
  • Patent number: RE46384
    Abstract: A laser landscape lighting apparatus for use in accent lighting applications for landscapes and outdoor venues. In one embodiment, the laser landscape lighting apparatus includes a coherent light source in combination with a diffractive optical element and optionally a diffraction grating wheel. The diffractive optical element may be, for example, a holographic optical element. In some embodiments, the laser landscape lighting apparatus includes a temperature-controlled integral derivative system. In one application, the laser landscape lighting apparatus may project a static or movable star field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Inventor: Randy Edward Johnson
  • Patent number: RE49069
    Abstract: A monitor display unit mounted on a surface and in electronic communication with a system or device to be monitored, comprising a face plate, a back plate having at least a portion of a side edge being translucent or transparent, a logic controller, and at least one light-emitting device in electronic communication with the controller. Actuation of the light-emitting device causes light to pass through the side edge of the back plate, thereby being visible to a viewer at an angle that can be generally parallel to the surface on which the display unit is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: John Robert Taylor, Jr., John Michael Reiszl