Having A Particular Material Patents (Class 362/311.03)
  • Patent number: 11953431
    Abstract: Devices and methods for measuring color of a target coating are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a color measurement device includes a housing configured for placement on a target coating. A source connected to the housing directs a beam of electromagnetic radiation towards the target coating at an entrance angle. A spherical coordinate system is used, where the entrance angle is a polar angle measured from a zenith that is normal to the target coating surface. First and second detectors are connected to the housing at a first and second polar angle, respectively, to measure the electromagnetic radiation reflected by a target population of flakes within the target coating, where all the flakes in the target population of flakes have the same angled flake normal polar angle. The first polar angle is different than the second polar angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventor: Larry E. Steenhoek
  • Patent number: 11913636
    Abstract: A light source module includes a circuit substrate, a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a cover layer and a plurality of first scattering particles. The plurality of light-emitting diodes is disposed on the circuit substrate. The cover layer covers the plurality of light-emitting diodes, and an upper surface of the cover layer has a plurality of recesses, wherein orthogonal projections of the plurality of recesses on the circuit substrate overlap the circuit substrate between the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The plurality of first scattering particles is located in the plurality of recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Hui-Chuan Chen, Chia-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 11807159
    Abstract: A trim for an object and its method of manufacture involve providing a transparent or translucent substrate defining a top surface, applying an opaque layer above the top surface of the substrate, the opaque layer defining one or more apertures through which light can pass, and applying one or more translucent metallic-looking layers above a top surface of the opaque layer. In some implementations, the trim is a selectively illuminable trim whereby a light source is arranged beneath a bottom surface of the substrate, the light source being configured to output light through the substrate, the one or more apertures defined by the opaque layer, and the one or more metallic-looking layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SRG Global Liria, S.L.
    Inventors: Sergio Piles Guillem, Juan Monleon
  • Patent number: 11287694
    Abstract: An upper side light diffuser sheet includes a substrate layer, and a light diffusion layer overlaid on a front face side of the substrate layer. The light diffusion layer includes a resin matrix, and resin beads dispersed in the resin matrix. The resin beads include a first resin bead group having an average particle diameter D50 of 1.9 ?m or more and 3.3 ?m or less, and a second resin bead group having an average particle diameter D50 larger than the average particle diameter D50 of the first resin bead group. A mass ratio of the second resin bead group in an entire resin beads is 30% or more and 50% or less. A coating amount of the light diffusion layer is larger than 1.7 g/m2 and smaller than 3.0 g/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KEIWA INC.
    Inventors: Tadayuki Nonaka, Kana Miyamoto, Hiroki Maeda
  • Patent number: 9909747
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly configured as a headlamp is provided. The vehicle lighting assembly includes a housing defining a light output window and a light source arranged to direct light through the light output window. The vehicle lighting assembly also includes a retractable cover actuatable between open and closed positions. The cover covers the light output window in the closed position to define a light image pattern for light output. The assembly also includes a retractable cover actuatable between an open position to output headlamp lighting and a closed position to output daylight running lamp lighting, wherein fewer LEDs are activated to generate the daylight running lamp lighting as compared to the headlamp lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Aaron Bradley Johnson, Stephen Kenneth Helwig, Paul Kenneth Dellock
  • Patent number: 9221949
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a resin, which has a high refractive index, excellent heat resistance and moldability, and high transparency, and is useful as a material for configuring optical devices, etc. The invention provides a resin comprising acyl hydrazone bonds and having a number average molecular weight of 500-500,000, wherein the acyl hydrazone bond equivalent is 100-4000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Fujii, Shintaro Maekawa, Hitoshi Onishi, Akifumi Kagayama
  • Patent number: 9151461
    Abstract: A lens for a vehicular lamp includes an outer annular portion and a central portion. The outer annular portion surrounds a central axis and includes an incident face on a rear thereof. The outer annular portion further includes a light guiding portion in front of the incident face. The light guiding portion includes a reflective face on an outer side thereof. The central portion is surrounded by the outer annular portion and is connected to the light guiding portion. The central portion includes front and rear faces. The front face includes an outer edge connected to the reflective face. The rear face includes a plurality of grooves. A portion of light rays from a light source entering the light guiding portion via the incident face transmits out of the lens via the reflective face. Another portion of the light rays is reflected to the central portion and reaches the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: MIN HSIANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yao-Yuan Kuo, Shang-kuei Tai
  • Patent number: 9022619
    Abstract: An optical construction comprises an optically transmissive first layer having a first and second major surfaces, and an optically transmissive second layer adjacent the first major surface and defining an interface. The optically transmissive second layer comprises a binder and optical beads. The binder comprises from 55 to 99.9 percent by weight of polyethylene oxide segments. A weight ratio of the binder to the optical beads is in a range of from 44:56 to 50:50. A light source is disposed in a fixed orientation relative to the optically transmissive second layer. Methods of making optical constructions, and electronic devices containing them, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Richard J. Pokorny
  • Publication number: 20150085496
    Abstract: An optical film has a plurality of aligned convex microlenses, each of which has a region ? and a region ?, region ? forming the outer part of the convex shape of the microlens and positioned so as to cover region ?. Both region ? and region ? contain a resin, and the refractive index of the resin in region ? is higher than the refractive index of the resin in region ?; region ? contains fine particles, and region ? contains fine particles, and the content of the fine particles contained in region ? is lower than the content of the fine particles contained in region ?; or region ? contains fine particles, and region ? contains fine particles, and the content of the fine particles contained in region ? is higher than the content of the fine particles contained in region ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Daichi Okuno
  • Patent number: 8979324
    Abstract: An optical device structure with a light outcoupling layer is provided. The optical device structure includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and a layer of polyimide (PI) or its copolymer formed on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the layer of polyimide or its copolymer is prepared from at least one aromatic diamine and at least one cycloaliphatic dianhydride, and an optical component formed on the layer of polyimide or its copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yueh-Chuan Huang, Chyi-Ming Leu, Meng-Ting Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20150062923
    Abstract: A light-emitting module according to an embodiment includes a light-emitting element which emits light and a substrate on which the light-emitting element is mounted. Further, the light-emitting module according to the embodiment includes a lens, which is formed from a material containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon organic compound having a cyclic structure in the main backbone, and is disposed on the substrate so as to cover the light-emitting element, and in which on a portion irradiated with light emitted by the light-emitting element, the maximum illuminance of the light is 100,000 lx or more and 300,000 lx or less or the maximum energy per unit area of the light is 30,000 ?W/cm2 or more and 90,000 ?W/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takaya Kamakura, Hideaki Shimojo, Kenichi Asami, Yoshiyuki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 8967836
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device including a body having an inside wall to provide a cavity, the inside wall being provided with a first screw, a light source disposed in the cavity, a power supply disposed at one side of the body to supply power to the light source, and a lens disposed on the light source, the lens being provided with a second screw coupled to the first screw. Disclosed is also a lighting device including a body having an inside wall to provide a cavity, the inside wall being provided with a first screw, a light source disposed in the cavity, a power supply disposed in the body to supply power to the light source, and a lens disposed on the light source, the lens being provided with a second screw coupled to the first screw so that the lens is spaced from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeongguk Min, Jaeo Kwak, Seungkyun Hong, Insoo Park
  • Publication number: 20150043221
    Abstract: An optical film, a display device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the optical film, the film including a first refractive index layer including a plurality of protrusions; a second refractive index layer covering the plurality of protrusions, the second refractive index layer having a refractive index that is different from a refractive index of the first refractive index layer; and a support layer on the first refractive index layer or the second refractive index layer, wherein a ratio of a height to a width of the protrusion is 0.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Duk Jin LEE, Nam Seok BAIK, Jang Seok MA, Jung Hee SON, Gyeong-Im LEE, Jung Chul SEO, Seok Il YOON, Chan Hee LEE
  • Patent number: 8931922
    Abstract: A wavelength-conversion plate is described herein. The wavelength conversion plate may include a converter of a first ceramic material and a reflector of a second ceramic material. The first ceramic material converts the primary light emitted by a light source such as a light emitting diode (LED) into a secondary light and the second ceramic material reflects the secondary light emitted by said converter. Preferably, the converter is inlaid into the reflector so that the reflector surrounds an outer edge of the converter. Such a configuration has an advantage of reducing unwanted side emissions from the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: OSRAM Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Zink, Madis Raukas, Matthew A. Stough, Yi Zheng, Alan Lenef
  • Patent number: 8917962
    Abstract: In embodiments of this invention, light emitting devices comprise film-based lightguides comprising at least one light input coupler and an array of coupling lightguides that are folded or bent and disposed substantially above one another. The edges of the coupling lightguides may form part of a light input surface. The light emitting device may comprise more than one light input coupler and the film may be less than 500 microns in thickness. In embodiments of this invention, methods of manufacturing lightguides and light input couplers comprise steps that translate linear fold regions of the coupling lightguides relative to each other such that the coupling lightguides are bent or folded above each other. In other embodiments of this invention, an electroluminescent sign, light fixture, frontlight for a reflective display, or a backlight for a transmissive display comprises a lightguide and light input coupler comprising coupling lightguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Flex Lighting II, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony John Nichol, Zane Coleman
  • Publication number: 20140340911
    Abstract: Provided are a complex optical film and a light source assembly including the same. The complex optical film includes a first substrate, a light shielding layer formed on a bottom surface of the first substrate, an optical pattern layer formed on a top surface of the first substrate and including concavo-convex portions, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, and a first adhesive layer disposed under the second substrate, wherein the light shielding layer includes a binder and organic particles and inorganic particles dispersed in the binder, the convex portions of the optical pattern layer at least partially penetrate into the first adhesive layer to be combined with the first adhesive layer, and a low-refraction area having a lower refractive index than the optical pattern layer and the first adhesive layer is defined between the first adhesive layer and the optical pattern layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: SHINWHA INTERTEK CORP.
    Inventors: Jin-Tae WOO, Jae-Soon LEE, Min-cheol KOOK, Jong-Yoon LIM, Sung-Keun KIM, Il-ho JEON, Yong-Jun CHOI
  • Patent number: 8888334
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for generating light effects, particularly for decorative purposes, having a light source (10) and a textile web material (12) that can be illuminated by through light from the light source (10) toward a visible side (16) or by incident light. According to the invention, the textile web material (12) comprises a two-layer weave structure made of warp threads (18) forming a warp thread layer (26) and weft threads (20) forming a weft thread layer (24) contacting the warp thread layer (26) on one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ettlin Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Frauke Susanne Hänsch
  • Publication number: 20140313745
    Abstract: An illumination device including at least one light emitting element and a transparent lampshade is provided. The transparent lampshade is disposed on one side of the light emitting element and located on a light emitting path of the light emitting element. The transparent lampshade has a sealed space, a first fluid and a second fluid. The first fluid is a colloidal solution, and the first fluid is immiscible with the second fluid, and the first fluid and the second fluid flow in the sealed space to change a light shape of the emitted light from the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: GENESIS PHOTONICS INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yen Chen, Mei-Chun Shih, Yi-Chun Shih
  • Publication number: 20140286017
    Abstract: Illumination panel comprises: (1) a receiver substrate assembly including: (a) a rigid sheet of light transmissive material having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a conductor pattern attached to the first surface; and (b) at least one receiver assembly affixed to the rigid sheet, each receiver assembly including a light source in electrical communication with the conductor pattern; and (2) at least one light-guide optic attached to and supported by the receiver substrate assembly, each light-guide optic in optical communication with the photovoltaic cell of an associated one of the at least one receiver assembly for guiding light for output via the rigid sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: MORGAN SOLAR INC.
    Inventors: John Paul MORGAN, Michael SINCLAIR, Nigel MORRIS, Pascal DUFOUR, Stefan MYRSKOG, Brett BARNES, Philip CHANG, Stephen CAELERS
  • Patent number: 8783887
    Abstract: A color/color temperature tunable light emitting device comprises: an excitation source (LED) operable to generate light of a first wavelength range and a wavelength converting component comprising a phosphor material which is operable to convert at least a part of the light into light of a second wavelength range. Light emitted by the device comprises the combined light of the first and second wavelength ranges. The wavelength converting component has a wavelength converting property (phosphor material concentration per unit area) that varies spatially. The color of light generated by the source is tunable by relative movement of the wavelength converting component and excitation source such that the light of the first wavelength range is incident on a different part of the wavelength converting component and the generated light comprises different relative proportions of light of the first and second wavelength ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: James Caruso, Charles O. Edwards
  • Patent number: 8783928
    Abstract: A decorative composite body includes a glass body and a plastic partly enclosing the glass body, wherein part of the surface of the glass body is arranged on the outside of the decorative composite body, wherein at least two adjacent glass and plastic areas arranged on the outside of the composite body are ground in the composite state, wherein areas of the glass body adjacent to the plastic are at least partly mirrored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: D. Swarovski & Co.
    Inventor: Walter Hermann
  • Patent number: 8727577
    Abstract: An optical film is provided herein which may include a base film including a material having optical transmittance and a thermal resistance, a matrix layer disposed on the base film and including a fluorescent material, and a viscous layer disposed on the matrix layer including a material having adhesive property, wherein the viscous layer may have a prescribed thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Joo Ahn, Jongchan Park, Young Jin Kim, AnNa Han
  • Publication number: 20140119038
    Abstract: A lighted assembly includes a perforated member having a plurality of relatively small openings therethrough. The openings are arranged to provide areas forming letters, designs, or the like. A light source may be positioned adjacent the perforated member whereby light from the light source travels through the openings to form illuminated letters, designs or the like. The perforations may be filled with a light-transmitting polymer material. The light source may comprise an LED and a light guide that distributes light along a lower side of the perforated member. The light source may be positioned in a waterproof housing that is sealed to the perforated member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Jason R. Mulder, David L. Hiemstra, Anthony John Skirrow
  • Patent number: 8702287
    Abstract: A lighting fixture can include a light source, and a lens body including an incident face through which light emitted from the light source enters the lens body, an exit face, and a reflecting face configured to reflect light which has entered the lens body from the incident face such that the reflected light is emitted from the exit face to form a predetermined light distribution pattern having a boundary line between light and dark. The reflecting face can include a first reflecting region configured to reflect light with a reference wavelength which has entered the incident face perpendicularly with respect to the incident face. A second reflecting region can be configured to reflect light with a wavelength longer than the reference wavelength. A third reflecting region can be configured to reflect light with a wavelength shorter than the reference wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masafumi Ohno
  • Patent number: 8684555
    Abstract: A lighting device including at least one conversion element and a least one LED, which emits light into the conversion element. The light is then converted and emitted with a high radiant flux. The at least one LED emits light in the wavelength range of ?220 nm to ?800 nm and the at least one conversion element converts at least part of the light from the at least one LED to light in the wavelength range of >300 nm to <1000 nm. In some embodiments, the at least one conversion element includes a ceramic conversion material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Hofmann, Hans-Helmut Bechtel
  • Publication number: 20140085874
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a light-emitting element, a side surface cover, a lower surface cover, a diffuser, and a prism, which is an example of an optical member. The light-emitting element emits light. The side surface cover is arranged a predetermined distance from the light-emitting element. The light emitted by the light-emitting element is transmitted through the side surface cover. The lower surface cover is provided at the lower end of the side surface cover. The light emitted by the light-emitting element is transmitted through the lower surface cover. The diffuser is a member provided between the lower surface cover and the light-emitting element to diffuse the light emitted by the light-emitting element. The prism adjusts a traveling direction of the light transmitted through the side surface cover to be different from a traveling direction of the light emitted by the light-emitting element and transmitted through the lower surface cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Makoto KAWAGOE, Yoko NOGUCHI, Takayuki ONO
  • Patent number: 8678621
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for a light source (L) having associated a Printed Circuit Board, wherein said mounting arrangement includes: a housing (H) with an exit opening for light from the source (L), a reflector (R) to reflect light from the source (L) towards the opening, an at least partly transparent cover (1) to close the opening of the housing (H). The cover (1) includes a set of retaining elements (12A) for retaining the cover (1) to the housing (H), and a set of holding elements (12B) for holding the associated Printed Circuit Board (D) within the housing (H). Such configuration is capable of exerting a pressure on the reflector (R) when the cover (1) is coupled to the housing (H), and wherein the reflector (R) in turn urges the light source (L) against the housing (H), providing thus thermal coupling between the light source (L) and the housing (H).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Alessandro Bizzotto, Simone Capeleto, Christian Hacker, Alessandro Scordino
  • Publication number: 20140078738
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a substrate, an LED chip arranged on a main surface of the substrate, a sealing member covering the LED chip on the main surface of the substrate and converting a wavelength of the light produced by the LED chip, and a heat transfer member thermally connecting the sides of the LED chip to the main surface of the substrate and dissipating heat produced by the LED chip to the substrate. The heat transfer member is made up of a silicone resin having particles dispersed therein, the particles being nanoparticles of ZrO2 and microparticles of MgO, which have higher thermal conductivity than the silicone resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Mori, Ikuko Aoki, Kazuyuki Okano, Makoto Horiuchi, Takaari Uemoto
  • Publication number: 20140029267
    Abstract: Provided are a random wrinkle structure-formable compound, a composition including the same, a film including a random wrinkle structure, a method of forming the film, and an organic light emitting device including the film. A compound according to the present invention is coated and then, a film having a surface structure of random wrinkles may be simply formed through simple ultraviolet (UV) curing or thermosetting. When the film thus formed is used in an organic light emitting device, light generated from the organic light emitting device is scattered on surfaces of the random wrinkles to prevent light guide or total reflection, and thus, light is extracted to the outside. That is, a random structure disposed at the outside of the device performs a light extraction function and consequently, light efficiency of the organic light emitting device may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jaehyun MOON, Seung Koo Park, Jeong Ik Lee, Jin Wook Shin, Doo-Hee Cho, Joo Hyun Hwang, Chul Woong Joo, Jun-Han Han, Jin Woo Huh, Joon Tae Ahn, Nam Sung Cho, Hye Yong Chu, Byoung Gon Yu
  • Publication number: 20140001950
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide a resin, which has a high refractive index, excellent heat resistance and moldability, and high transparency, and is useful as a material for configuring optical devices, etc. The invention provides a resin comprising acyl hydrazone bonds and having a number average molecular weight of 500-500,000, wherein the acyl hydrazone bond equivalent is 100-4000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Fujii, Shintaro Maekawa, Hitoshi Onishi, Akifumi Kagayama
  • Publication number: 20140003047
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a luminaire includes a main body, a light-emitting element, and a cover. The main body includes a top plate section having a rectangular plate shape and a pair of side plate sections provided to project to the top plate section and extending in the longitudinal direction of the top plate section. The light-emitting element is provided, in each of the side plate sections, on a side surface on the opposite side of the other side plate section. The cover is attached to the side plate section to project to the outer side of the side surface and configured to cover the light-emitting element and have transparency to light emitted from the light-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi SHIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8616735
    Abstract: A light emitter has a light surround about the emitter formed from silicone having internally encapsulated plant materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Vickie Jean's Creations, Inc.
    Inventor: Victoria Jean Van Dyn Hoven
  • Patent number: 8602608
    Abstract: A light module includes a light engine that has an LED package having power terminals. A base ring assembly holds the light engine. The base ring assembly has a base ring configured to be mounted to a supporting structure. The base ring has a securing feature. The base ring assembly has a contact holder that holds power contacts. The power contacts are spring biased against the power terminals to create a separable power connection with the power terminals. A top cover assembly is coupled to the base ring. The top cover assembly has a collar surrounding the base ring. The top cover assembly has a securing feature that engages the securing feature of the base ring to couple the collar to the base ring. The collar has a cavity and the optical component is received in the cavity. The optical component is positioned to receive light from the LED package and the optical component is configured to emit the light generated by the LED package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Erik Derks, Olaf Leijnse, Ron Hendrix
  • Publication number: 20130235591
    Abstract: The disclosure involves resin-based sculptures, such as resin-based lighting fixtures, that include resin pieces secured together by resin-based fasteners. One or more resin-based fasteners secure the resin pieces. Furthermore, the resin-based fasteners are configured to blend in with the resin pieces in a manner that reduces the visibility of the resin-based fasteners. For instance, the resin-based fasteners can have a color and/or shade that match the color and/or shade of the resin strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: 3FORM, INC.
    Inventor: Ryan Grey Smith
  • Publication number: 20130229810
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to wide-angle illumination patterns for short-throw lighting. An illumination lens according to an exemplary embodiment includes a light incident surface that defines a cavity and has a flat top and lateral flanks, the light incident surface being configured to receive light from an underlying light emitting element. The illumination lens also includes a light exiting surface having a central indentation and a surrounding toroid, wherein the flat top faces the central indentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: David G Pelka, William A. Parkyn
  • Patent number: 8517552
    Abstract: The optical film may include a base film including a material having optical transmittance and a thermal resistance, a matrix layer disposed on the base film which may include a fluorescent material, and a protective layer disposed on the matrix layer and which may include a material having adhesive property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Joo Ahn, Jongchan Park, Young Jin Kim, AnNa Han
  • Patent number: 8492972
    Abstract: A method to improve light extraction efficiency of a light emitting element such as an electroluminescent element is disclosed. Over a substrate, a first electrode, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode are sequentially stacked. The first electrode is a reflective electrode. The second electrode is an electrode which transmits visible light, and light emitted from the light emitting layer is extracted from the second electrode. In contact with a surface of the second electrode, many fine particles are provided. The fine particles have a refractive index which is equal to or higher than that of the second electrode. Light which passes through the second electrode is scattered and refracted by the fine particles. Accordingly, the amount of light which is totally reflected at an interface between the second electrode and a gas is reduced, and light extraction efficiency is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiharu Hirakata
  • Patent number: 8469551
    Abstract: Optical films for enhancing light extraction from self-emissive pixelated OLEDs, without introducing significant pixel blur, are disclosed. The extraction films include a flexible carrier film, and a first and second layer carried by the carrier film. The first layer has a nanovoided morphology, includes a polymer binder, and may have a refractive index less than 1.35 or 1.3. An embedded structured surface of light extraction elements is formed between the first and second layers. The extraction film includes a major coupling surface for attachment to an outer surface of the light source. The film is configured such that a land portion between the structured surface and the major coupling surface is thinner than a specified amount, e.g., less than 50, 25, or 10 microns, or less than a thickness of the carrier film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Martin B. Wolk, Sergey Lamansky, David S. Thompson, Zhaohui Yang, Jun-Ying Zhang, Encai Hao, William Blake Kolb, Audrey A. Sherman, Kevin R. Schaffer
  • Publication number: 20130155650
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a body defining a receiving groove and an illuminating module. The illuminating module includes a light source mounted inside of the body, a control circuit connected to the light source and controlling the light source to irradiate light, and a light guiding strip received in the receiving groove and at least one end of the light guiding strip facing the light source. The light source irradiates light, and the light guiding strip receives and guides the irradiated light around the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: CHENG-CHIEH TSAI, TZU-CHENG YU, JUI-HSIANG LIN, MING-SHIUNG CHANG, CHUN-TA HUANG
  • Patent number: 8430537
    Abstract: A total-internal-reflection (TIR) lens for color mixing includes a body member having an outer surface and an interior open channel extending longitudinally through the body member. The body member and the interior open channel are substantially symmetric with respect to an optical axis, and the outer surface is shaped to provide total internal reflection. The body member has a first end surface region at a first end of the open channel for accommodating a light source and a second end surface region opposite the first end region. The second end surface region includes a plurality of refractive surface regions positioned around the second end region of the open channel. The lens is configured to provide projected light substantially centered with respect to the optical axis when the light source is positioned off the optical axis. In a specific embodiment, a lighting apparatus for providing centered white light includes such a lens and a plurality of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Ledengin, Inc.
    Inventors: Wu Jiang, Xiantao Yan, Zequn Mei
  • Patent number: 8432500
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device (100) comprising a light source (10) arranged to generate light source light (11), an optional luminescent material and a thermally variable reflecting element (60). The optional luminescent material (205) is arranged downstream of the light source (10) and is arranged to convert at least part of the light source light (11) into luminescent material light (211). One or more of the light source (10) and the optional luminescent material (205) generate heat when the light source (10) generates light source light (11). The thermally variable reflecting element (60) is arranged downstream of the light source (10) and the optional luminescent material (205). The thermally variable reflecting element (60) has a first state wherein it is substantially reflecting and a second state wherein it is substantially transparent; heat induces a chance from the first state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat A. M. Hikmet
  • Patent number: 8408745
    Abstract: Systems and methods that incorporate a variable liquid lens are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a light projecting system includes a light source, and a light processing assembly configured to receive a light beam from the light source and to project an output field. The light processing assembly includes at least one liquid lens configured to controllably process the light beam such that the output field is variable between a relatively-broader illuminating field and a relatively-narrower targeting field. In some embodiments, a controller may controllably adjust the at least one liquid lens to alternately provide the illuminating field and the targeting field, and may controllably adjust at least one dwell time to adjust a brightness of at least one of the illuminating and targeting fields, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: B.E. Meyers & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Cameron, Thomas R. Luce
  • Patent number: 8382337
    Abstract: A lighting device, a light spreading plate for the lighting device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The lighting device comprises a light source plate and the light spreading plate. The light source plate comprises a plurality of light sources. The light spreading plate comprises a light travelling layer formed with a plurality of light spreading units. Each of the light spreading units is formed with a main body being defined with a top surface, a bottom surface and a peripheral. The main body has a thickness being tapered towards the peripheral. The main body comprises a top surface having a cone-shaped recess and a bottom surface having a bowl-shaped recess. The cone-shaped recess and the bowl-shaped recess of each of the spreading units are opposite to each other, and one of the cone-shaped recess and bowl-shaped recess is fitted for one of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Luxingtek, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chiun Ing, Wei-Hsin Hou, Zhi-Wei Koh, Chi-Jen Kao
  • Publication number: 20130044497
    Abstract: This invention is for providing an illumination device obtainable of a wide angle light distribution characteristics required for a spot type or a light bulb type in compliance with environments of an institution or user's favorite, capable of outputting adequately diffused light from the illumination device, with excellent design feature. The invented illumination device includes an electric power receiving section supplied with electric power from an external portion, a power source section connected to the electric power receiving section, converting the electric power into prescribed drive power, a light source section connected to the power source section, emitting light according the drive power, a housing section containing the light source section, and a light guiding section arranged to project from the housing section, outputting, from a branched outgoing surface, the light of the light source section entered from an incident surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: S. K. G. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhide Sakamoto, Toshiaki Yagi, Junichi Ando
  • Patent number: 8371724
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a small-sized stroboscopic light emitting device that controls disorder in light distribution (orientation) characteristic caused by a shape of the reflector, and achieves a homogeneous light quantity distribution. The stroboscopic light emitting device includes an illuminator 1, a reflector 2 for reflecting light from the reflector, and a lens 3 for allowing the light reflected by the reflector 2 to pass through and illuminate outwardly, and the lens 3 contains a filler 4 in the base material. A refractive index and a mean particle size of the filler are between or equal to 1.3 to 2.8 and between or equal to 0.1 ?m to 20 ?m, respectively, and the filler is contained in the base material at the rate between or equal to 0.1 parts by weight to 3.0 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignees: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Tamaki, Tatsuya Hioki, Eiichi Sugimoto, Tatsuya Goto, Nobuhiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130033892
    Abstract: A light emitting unit may include a housing having a bottom portion parallel to an xz plane and an opened top opposite to the bottom portion, a light emitting chip on the bottom portion and generating light, and a lens which overlaps the opened top of the housing. The lens may have a convex structure with respect to the xz plane when viewed from a cross section parallel to an xy plane and a concave structure with respect to the xz plane when viewed from a cross section parallel to a yz plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-keun LEE, Chan-Jae PARK, Sang-Chul BYUN, Myeong-Ju SHIN, Suchang RYU
  • Patent number: 8360617
    Abstract: A lighting system includes at least one light emitting diode and a coating of matrix material having at least one glass-coated quantum dot in a base material. The at least one glass-coated quantum dot may be selected from at least one of a group II-VI materials, III-V materials, IV-VI materials, I-III-VI materials and combinations of such materials. The matrix material may be silicone, and the lighting system may include a light bulb replacement fixture including a threaded screw electrically connected to the light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jennifer Gillies, Wei Liu, David Socha
  • Publication number: 20130010476
    Abstract: A lighting device such as a solid state downlight includes a lens structure with at least one integrally formed trim retaining element, and a trim structure including at least one lens structure engaging element, wherein the at least one lens structure engaging element is arranged to removably engage the least one trim retaining element, such as by rotating the trim structure. A generally cylindrical portion of the trim structure may be arranged to surround a central portion of the lens structure, thereby reducing or eliminating light piping and eliminating visible attachment elements for the trim structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Peter E. Lopez
  • Patent number: 8303127
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for manufacturing an optical compound layer are provided. The display apparatus comprises a light source and an optical compound layer, wherein the light source is adapted to emit a light beam, and the light beam has a polarization direction. The optical compound layer is disposed on the light source correspondingly to receive the light beam. The optical compound layer comprises a thin film and a plurality of dopants doped therein. One of the thin film and the dopants has a specific orientation which is substantially the same as the polarization direction of the light beam and the refractive indexes of the thin film and the dopants are substantially the same as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Yuan Chen, Jenn-Jia Su, Ting-Jui Chang
  • Patent number: 8268215
    Abstract: A laminated film for a reflecting plate is provided that comprises a layer A and a layer B, the layer A comprising a polyester that comprises substantially no antimony element and preferably comprises 1 to 25 wt % of inert particles having an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 3.0 ?m and the layer B being in contact with the layer A and comprising a polyester which preferably comprises 31 to 80 wt % of inert particles having an average particle diameter of 0.3 to 3.0 ?m. This laminated film has a practically satisfactory capability of reflecting visible light, can be produced stably even if inert particles are added in high concentration, hardly has streak-like defects, and can be suitably used as a substrate for a reflecting plate for a liquid crystal display or an internally illuminating electrical billboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Teijin Dupont Films Japan Limited
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kusume, Atsushi Oyamatsu