Light Emitting Diode (led) Patents (Class 362/555)
  • Patent number: 11953172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module for a motor vehicle headlamp that has semiconductor light sources and a primary lens unit, wherein the primary lens unit comprises preliminary lenses. The light deflection surfaces in the preliminary lenses each have a first subsection and second subsection, wherein the curvatures and/or slopes of the subsections differ, such that the directions of the optical axes in the first subsections differ from the directions of the optical axes in the second subsections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Röhm, Armin Austerschulte, Emanuel Schild, Isabell Emmerich
  • Patent number: 11953171
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a high-light source group, a low-light source group, a high-beam lens to transmit light from the high-beam light source and emit the light to outside, a low-beam lens to transmit light from the low-beam light source and emit the light to outside, a circuit board having the high-beam light source and the low-beam light source mounted thereon together, and a reflector that guides light emitted from the low-beam light source to the low-beam lens, where the circuit board is inclined in a front-rear direction and an up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Inoue, Eiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11946608
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to lighting systems that enhance the distribution of light. As set forth herein, the disclosed embodiments can include a lighting device, such as a strip of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an asymmetric total internal reflection (TIR) lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Feng Zhao
  • Patent number: 11947145
    Abstract: A stage light fixture with a split light mixing device includes a light source for generating a light beam and a light mixing device for reflecting the light. The light mixing device includes a light guide with a gradually changing cross-sectional area and a light beam homogenizer for receiving the light beam emitted from a light output surface of the light guide. The light beam homogenizer and the light guide are independent of each other, and the cross-sectional area of the light beam homogenizer is at least 1.1 times of the cross-sectional area of the light output surface. The stage light fixture further includes a holder for clamping and fixing the light guide, and a cover fastened to the end of the holder away from the light source. The cover is configured to press the light beam homogenizer tightly to closely attach to the light output surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU HAOYANG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weikai Jiang
  • Patent number: 11932164
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting cell array including a first emission region including a first light-emitting cell provided in a first direction, a second emission region including a plurality of second light-emitting cells, the plurality of second light-emitting cells being stacked on the first light-emitting cell in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and provided in the first direction, and a third emission region including a plurality of third light-emitting cells different from the plurality of second light-emitting cells, the plurality of third light-emitting cells being stacked on the plurality of second light-emitting cells in the second direction and provided in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungwoo Lee, Gunduk Kim, Jongin Kim, Jongtae Kim, Jiheon Oh, Junho Lee, Kyuchae Cho
  • Patent number: 11927849
    Abstract: A backlight includes a substrate, a plurality of light sources, a light guide plate, and a plurality of rectangular reflectors including rounded corners. The plurality of light sources are proximate the substrate. The light guide plate is proximate the plurality of light sources. The plurality of rectangular reflectors including rounded corners are in a plane parallel to the light guide plate and each reflector corresponds to a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Songfeng Han, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov
  • Patent number: 11927788
    Abstract: A light guide module is provided, which includes a circuit board, one or more light-emitting elements, a light guide plate, a first reflective layer and a second reflective layer. The one or more light-emitting elements are disposed on the circuit board. The light guide plate is located on the circuit board, in which the light guide plate has a thick portion and a thin portion connected to the thick portion, and the thin portion is located over the one or more light-emitting elements, and a side surface of the thick portion adjacent to the thin portion is laterally adjacent to the one or more light-emitting elements. The first reflective layer covers a side surface of the thick portion away from the thin portion. The second reflective layer covers an upper surface of the thick portion and an upper surface of the thin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Li, Hui-Ling Lin
  • Patent number: 11920773
    Abstract: An emergency lighting luminaire for mounting in a recess in a wall or ceiling of a building, wherein this recess is configured to be covered with a covering plate, the luminaire comprising: a power supply unit that is configured to be mounted in the recess, the power supply unit comprising at least one power source and driver electronics for a plurality of illuminants; an illuminant unit that is configured to be held outside the recess, the illuminant unit comprising a substrate on which a plurality of illuminants are mounted; and a connector that attaches the illuminant unit to the power supply unit, contains electrical connections between the illuminants and the power supply unit, and is configured to traverse the covering plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Fabrice Martins
  • Patent number: 11913637
    Abstract: In a planar illumination device according to an embodiment, a reflector can be stably fixed to a substrate even when a temperature change occurs. A planar illumination device includes a substrate provided with a plurality of light sources at one surface side, a reflector provided at the one surface side of the substrate, a bottom frame provided at a surface side of the substrate opposite to the one surface side, a first fixing member configured to fix a center portion of the reflector in a longitudinal direction to the bottom frame, and a second fixing member configured to fix the one surface of the substrate and the reflector. A force of the second fixing member restricting the substrate and the reflector is greater at a center portion of the reflector 4 in the longitudinal direction than at a portion of the reflector 4 separated in the longitudinal direction from the center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Ippei Kusunoki, Toru Kunimochi, Takahito Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11890852
    Abstract: A polymer-matrix fiber-reinforced composite structure includes a plurality of polymer composite layers having at least one polymer composite layer that includes a first polymer-matrix and a first fluorescent agent interspersed through the first polymer-matrix. Damage to the polymer composite structure results in a change in fluorescence at the point of damage. A method for detecting damage in the polymer composite structure described above including the steps of applying light having a wavelength selected to induce fluorescence in the first fluorescent agent to the polymer composite structure, detecting a detected fluorescence pattern, and comparing the detected fluorescence pattern to a predetermined normal fluorescence pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Gurvich, Georgios S. Zafiris, Kevin Thomas Gryk, Brayton Reed, Joyel M. Schaefer, Michael King
  • Patent number: 11885481
    Abstract: The present invention provides an LED illumination device, including: a light source carrier including a base, an accommodating space formed on the base; a light emitting unit including a light emitter and a lamp board fixed to the light source carrier; and an optical member covering or at least partially covering the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit and the optical member are both disposed in the accommodating space. The optical member includes a first light distribution unit and a second light distribution unit. At least 70% of a luminous flux generated by the light emitter in operation is directly emitted from the LED illumination device through the second light distribution unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mingbin Wang, Zhichao Zhang, Tao Jiang, Chen-kun Chen, Dongmei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11879631
    Abstract: A right side portion, which is a light emitting device, comprises a side light guide plate and a front light guide plate as a plurality of light guide plates in which light is reflected by a prism and emitted from a light emitting surface. The side light guide plate and the front light guide plate are disposed in a row in a state in which the angles of the light emitting surfaces differ between adjacent light guide plates and the ends of adjacent light guide plates are butted against each other. An LED board is disposed at the end of the side light guide plate, and the end surface of one of the ends of the side light guide plate and the front light guide plate that are abutted against each other is formed as an inclined surface with a reflection function that changes the angle at which the light is guided and causes the light to be incident on the adjacent light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Junya Fujita, Jun Kishimoto, Takehiro Agata
  • Patent number: 11867373
    Abstract: Lighting devices, methods of manufacturing a lighting device, automotive lighting systems including the lighting device are described. A lighting device includes at least one light guide with an elongated recess. Multiple light-emitting elements are embedded into the recess of the light guide, arranged on a flexfoil that is bendable in three different connections, and connected to one another to mimic a filament. At least one encapsulating material encapsulates, at least in part, the at least one light guide. The at least one encapsulating material includes at least one opening and at least one reference element for aligning the at least one light guide in relation to the encapsulating material so that the multiple light-emitting elements emit light exiting the opening. The at least one encapsulating aterial is flexible so that the lighting device is bendable in three different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Christian Kleijnen, Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets, Danny de Kreij
  • Patent number: 11852317
    Abstract: A multi-operational landscape lighting device is provided. An example multi-operational landscape lighting device includes a lighting device housing, a lighting device installation arm mechanically coupled to the lighting device housing, and a plurality of landscape lighting LED packages. The landscape lighting LED packages are configured to emit one or more of decorative lighting or pathway lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FEIT ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Halliwell, Gerardo Cisneros
  • Patent number: 11846415
    Abstract: The purpose is to realize a lighting device of thin, small light distribution angle and high intensity illumination. The invention is: a lighting device, which emits light in a direction perpendicular to a normal surface, including: light source units, disposed radially with a certain azimuth with respect to a center of the lighting device, each of the light source units, having an optical axis parallel to the major surface, and emitting light toward the center of the lighting device, each of the light source units including a funnel shaped reflector, which has an opening and a neck, and an LED light source disposed at the neck, mirrors disposed opposing to the openings of the light source units, in which the mirrors reflect light emitted from the light source units to the direction perpendicular to the major surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Michihide Shibata
  • Patent number: 11841586
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display has position-adjustable light sources. The light sources may be lamps, LEDs, or other emissive components. The light sources, however, are movable to adjust the locations or positions of their light outputs. The light sources ride upon electromagnet carriers. When currents are applied to the electromagnet carriers, each electromagnet carrier creates a corresponding magnetic field. The magnetic fields cause neighboring electromagnet carriers to attract or to repel, depending on the magnitude/polarity of the currents. The lateral and vertical positions of the electromagnet carriers may thus be adjusted by varying their respective currents and magnetic fields. Because the light sources ride on the electromagnet carriers, the light sources may be moved to refine an image generated by the liquid crystal display. The light sources, for example, may be moved to improve white/black contracts to reduce halo-effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Chen, Chao-Kai Huang, Yi-Fan Wang, Meng-Feng Hung, Wei-Ching Hsu
  • Patent number: 11840171
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system comprising a light assembly for a 360° illumination of a design element, in particular configured for a vehicle design element, comprising: one or more light pipes, wherein each light pipe comprises a core, and two or more light pipes and/or two end portions of one light pipe at least partially overlap, providing at least one region of overlap to substantially close a loop; one or more light sources, disposed at least partially within an interior of the system, wherein each light source is configured to emit light based on at least receiving electrical power from an electrical power source, and each light source is arranged adjacent to and directed towards at least one of the one or more light pipes such that the emitted light results in reflected light propagating within the core and diffuse light exiting the one or more light pipes along the same; and a lens substantially enclosing the interior, the one or more light pipes and the one or more light sources, wherein
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Shane Randell Koehne, Gary Dekievit, Matthew Chapman-Winter
  • Patent number: 11828447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light source (100) comprising a substrate (110) having a slit (112) and a sheet formed heat sink structure (120) comprising a plurality of LEDs (130), wherein the plurality of LEDs are arranged at a surface (122) of the heat sink structure and wherein the heat sink structure is mounted through the slit such that a LED comprising portion (124) of the heat sink structure, extending from a first side (114) of the 5 substrate, and a heat-emitting portion (126) of the heat sink structure, extending from a second side (116) of the substrate being opposite to the first side, are formed. A lighting system comprising such a light source is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11828430
    Abstract: A light spreading lens, an automotive lighting system, and method of manufacturing a light spreading lens are described. The light spreading lens includes an outer surface. The outer surface is defined by a Boolean intersection of a first cylindrical lens overlaid with a second cylindrical lens. The first cylindrical lens is configured to distribute light along a first axis. The second cylindrical lens is configured to distribute light along a second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventor: Andreas Timinger
  • Patent number: 11802674
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided for a motor vehicle. The lighting device comprises at least one imaging component with at least one active surface, on which imaging elements for the generation of pixels of a light distribution are arranged matrix-like. The lighting device further comprises a light-guiding optics having at least one entry surface and one exit surface. During operation of the lighting device, the light emanating from the at least one active surface enters the light-guiding optics through the at least one entry surface and exits the light-guiding optics through the exit surface. The exit surface has a different shape and/or a different size than the at least one active surface, and/or a plurality of active surfaces and only one exit surface or a plurality of adjacent exit surfaces are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Karsten Eichhorn, Markus Giehl, Daniela Karthaus, Christian Schmidt, Benjamin Willeke
  • Patent number: 11796900
    Abstract: A light source device and an image display device that combine light with high efficiency are provided. The light source device includes a first light source unit, a first illumination optical system that emits a first illumination light, a second light source unit, a second illumination optical system that emits a second illumination light, and a combiner on which the first illumination light and the second illumination light are incident. The combiner filters the incident light on the basis of a wavelength range and an incident angle, and angles at which the first illumination light and the second illumination light are incident on the combiner are each adjusted in such a way that the wavelength range of the first illumination light emitted from the combiner and the wavelength range of the second illumination light emitted from the combiner approach or overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masa Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11794642
    Abstract: The skin (1) comprises at least a translucent elastomeric layer (5) composed of a pigmented plastic material and comprising at least one first portion (8) which is configured to be placed in front of a light source (9). The light of this light source (9) produces an image on this first portion (8) of the translucent layer due to the presence of a surface relief (17, 18) on the surface of the translucent layer (5). A clearly visible image can be obtained by providing even small differences in thickness of the translucent layer (5) when the pigmented plastic material thereof has an average spectral attenuation coefficient (?av) of between 1.0 and 25 mm?1. The difference in layer thickness (d2?d1) and the average spectral attenuation coefficient (?av) should moreover be large enough to meet the formula: ?av(d2?d1)>?In a, wherein a is equal to 0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Ascorium GMBH
    Inventors: Yvan Vanluchene, Geert Trossaert, Linda Dedoncker
  • Patent number: 11781720
    Abstract: A black image type hidden light system applied to a vehicle is composed of a control module coupled to a hidden lamp module in which an outer lens, an inner lens, and a light source are assembled in a lamp housing, and a black color surface of the outer lens covers an inner space of the lamp housing to block the exposure to the outside and transmits the light fully reflected to the inner lens to the outside, thereby forming a deposition image in black when not lit and a lamp image or a lighting image when lit, and in particular, optimizes a light transmittance with an amount of addition of a carbon black material mixed with a polycarbonate (PC) material, thereby substantially enabling the mass-production beyond the limitation of an AL deposition image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim, Wan-Ku Yoon, Gil-Won Han
  • Patent number: 11784445
    Abstract: A joint connector includes one or more connecting units, in which one of the connecting units includes: a plurality of conductors; and a housing that holds the plurality of conductors, the conductor includes: trunk portions each of which having first ends and second ends; and branch portions each of which diverging from the trunk portion, the branch portion includes an output terminal portions, the housing includes: a first coupling portion disposed on a side of the first end; and a second coupling portion disposed on a side of the second end, and the first coupling portion of one of the housings and the second coupling portion of another one of the housings are coupled each other, causing the first end of the conductor and the second end of another one of the conductors to be connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Hamada, Minoru Kubota
  • Patent number: 11763645
    Abstract: The LED light and sound ball for emergency responders is activated upon contact after being fired from a launcher to illuminate and direct responders to an area of interest, such as a potential crime scene. The ball includes a clear polymeric, spherical outer casing, and a rectangular, clear inner casing having a circuit board mounted therein. A plurality of rig rods extend through the inner casing and include curved heads that are in close proximity to the inner surface of the spherical outer casing. Upon impact, the outer casing flexes and pushes against one of the curved heads and pushes its associated rig rod inward, thereby closing a contact that triggers a control circuit to continuously illuminate a plurality of bright LEDs and continuously activate a sound generator that emits a foghorn-type alarm. The LED light and sound ball may be thrown or fired from a conventional compressed air launcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Hall, Nicchia Hall
  • Patent number: 11745650
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dynamic lamp device (10) comprising: a housing (100); a substrate unit (200) disposed on the housing; and a lamp unit (300) at least partially connected to the substrate unit (200) and configured to allow light emitted therefrom to exit the housing (100) toward the outside of the housing, wherein the lamp unit (300) comprises: one or more lamp light delivery units (320) disposed in the housing (100) and each having a predetermined length; a lamp light source unit (330) disposed at each of both ends of each of the lamp light delivery units (320) and configured to deliver light emitted therefrom to the lamp light delivery unit (320); and a control unit (20) configured to apply a light source control signal to the lamp light source unit (330) disposed at each of the both ends of the lamp light delivery unit (320) to change the intensity of light along the length of the lamp light delivery unit (320) to cause a predetermined intensity zone having a predetermined light intensity to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Baek, Dae Kyung Kim, Hyuk Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11749955
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing provided with an accommodating cavity and a first opening communicating with the accommodating cavity; a circuit board disposed in the accommodating cavity and provided with a first signal connection point; a connection head disposed on the housing and including a second signal connection point for external device connection; and a switch disposed in the first opening, being respectively connected to the first signal connection point and the second signal connection point. The switch is used for controlling the connection or disconnection between the first signal connection point and the second signal connection point. In the above-mentioned manner, the connector and a heavy load may be disconnected by the switch when the connector is pulled out, so that risks of instant ignition and short circuit caused by the connector pulled out may be avoided, and safety accidents may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN POWEROAK NEWENER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Geng Qin, Xiaojie Huang, Hui Ma
  • Patent number: 11732864
    Abstract: A lighting or signaling device comprises a first light source and a housing, the housing defining at least a first light exit region and a second light exit region independent of each other, part of light from the first light source exiting as a first light beam from the first light exit region; the lighting or signaling device further comprises a light guide member, which is assigned to the first light source and is positioned and configured to guide a part of the light from the first light source to exit through at least the second light exit region. A motor vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Stephane Thery, Jean Claude Puente, Minli Yu, Rong Zhou, Lihua Zeng, Zhao Fang, Hongchao Dong
  • Patent number: 11729332
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a light source unit located so as to be inclined with respect to a medium conveying surface or a medium placing surface. The light source unit includes a light emitting element, a light guide provided with the light emitting element on a first end surface side, to guide light emitted from the light emitting element in a predetermined direction, and emit the light toward the medium from an emitting surface extending in the predetermined direction, and a reflector located around the light guide other than the emitting surface. The light guide includes a light diffusing surface on an opposite side to the emitting surface. The reflector does not cover a second end surface opposite to the first end surface of the light guide. A medium side surface of the reflector is located so as to protrude from the second end surface of the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Eiki Yamada, Kengo Nakano
  • Patent number: 11708968
    Abstract: Methods and devices are described. A device includes an optical carrier part and a heatsink bulk part. The optical carrier part has an LED mounting area configured to receive an LED and an alignment feature configured for aligning with an optical component. The heatsink bulk part is separate from the optical carrier part and joined to the optical carrier part, such that the optical carrier part and the heatsink bulk part in conjunction are configured to perform a thermal management of an LED module, including the LED, and the heatsink bulk part, in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Danny Bastiaan Johannes de Kreij
  • Patent number: 11703193
    Abstract: A tube lamp including a light source including at least one string of light emitting diodes within a tube body; end caps having pin contacts on each end of the tube body; and driver electronics including a filament detector portion provided by a passive resistance capacitor (RC) circuit that simulates the filament load of a fluorescent lamp when installed into a ballast containing fixture. The tube lamp may also include a switch for selecting light characteristics for light emitted by the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LEDVANCE LLC
    Inventors: Soumya Kanta Ray, Anil Jeswani
  • Patent number: 11693174
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements (LEEs); a light guide extending in a forward direction from a first end to a second end to receive at the first end light emitted by the LEEs and to guide the received light to the second end; an optical extractor optically coupled to the second end to receive the guided light, the optical extractor including a redirecting surface to reflect a first portion of the guided light, the reflected light being output by the optical extractor in a backward angular range, and the redirecting surface having one or more transmissive portions to transmit a second portion of the guided light in the forward direction; and one or more optical elements optically coupled to the transmissive portions, the optical elements to modify the light transmitted through the transmissive portions and to output the modified light in a forward angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Allan Brent York, Hans Peter Stormberg, Louis Lerman, Ferdinand Schinagl, Wilson Dau
  • Patent number: 11690148
    Abstract: An LED light bulb comprising a lamp housing, a bulb base, connected to the lamp housing, a stem connected to the bulb base and located in the lamp housing; an LED filament, disposed in the lamp housing, where points of the LED filament in an xyz coordinates are defined as x, y, and z, an x-y plane of the xyz coordinates is perpendicular to the height direction of the LED light bulb, an z-axis of xyz coordinates is parallel with the stem, and the projection of the LED filament on the x-y plane, y-z plane and x-z plane respectively has a length L1, L2 and L3, and the length L1, the length L2, and the length L3 are substantially in a ratio of 1:(0.5 to 1):(0.6 to 0.9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Wei-Hong Xu, Yukihiro Saito, Hayato Unagiike, Ai-Ming Xiong, Jun-Feng Xu, Yi-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11682867
    Abstract: A mains plug for connecting a charging system of a motor vehicle to a socket outlet of an alternating current network comprises a contact housing having a first gripping area and a sensor unit having a first sensor electrode embedded in the contact housing. A first section of the contact housing is arranged between a first surface of the first gripping area and the first sensor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Stross, Christian Matthies
  • Patent number: 11681088
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lighting device and a lamp apparatus. The lighting device includes a light source supply assembly and a curved light guide element. The light source supply assembly includes a fixing base and a light source module. The fixing base has two opposite first accommodating areas, and the light source module is disposed in at least one of the two first accommodating areas, two ends of the curved light guide element are inserted into the two first accommodating areas, and one end of the curved light guide element corresponding to the light source module has a light source introduction bump, the light source introduction bump has a light incident surface corresponding to the light source module, the light source module supplies a light source, the light source enters from the light incident surface and propagates along the curved light guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolei Wang, Shengyu Qiao
  • Patent number: 11655946
    Abstract: A Flexible LED illumination device, according to the present invention, comprises a translucent positioning strip having a plurality of slots disposed at the center, a plurality of light modules mounted inside of the translucent positioning strip, a plurality of power conductors in communication to the plurality of light modules, a translucent housing covering the plurality of light modules, an elongated light diffuser tube disposed at the top of the translucent housing, and wherein said elongated light diffuser tube is configured to refract light from the plurality of light modules, a potting glue disposed at the bottom of the plurality of power conductors, and exposed power conductors extruding in between the plurality of light modules. The flexible LED illumination device is constructed with flexible material to allow bending to any shapes, and weatherproofing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventor: Bruce Zhang
  • Patent number: 11651774
    Abstract: There is provided an LED light with a replaceable module that is connected to an intelligent network. The replaceable module includes a driver element, communication element, and power storage such as a battery. The driver element has circuitry, such as printed circuit boards, which is uniform for mating with any connection component to provide electrical connection. The communication/control element includes communication with a voice orchestrated infrastructure and to Z-link capable systems, via a wireless network. The replaceable module fits inside the opening of a housing which includes a mount for electrical connection to standard electrical outlet. Zone control LED lighting is also provided which is likewise connected to the network for voice control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventor: Melih Abdulhayoglu
  • Patent number: 11649019
    Abstract: Navigational running light retrofit system comprises a position tube that is inserted into a U.S. Naval specified navigational running light fixture and is further positioned, aligned and sealed using existing elements of the navigational running light fixture being retrofit. The positioning tube, having a generally tubular form, is a receiver for a commercially available LED navigational running light having cylindrical form. LED navigational running light is modified to secure a plate to the top surface of the assembly. This stabilizer plate has a similar diameter to the inner housing of the navigational running light fixture being retrofit, whereby stabilizing the retrofit system assembly when subjected to extreme mechanical shock. The positioning elements of the navigational running light retrofit system cooperate with the elements of the navigational running light fixture being retrofit to align and maintain alignment of the light exiting the fixture at the direction and angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Progressive Engineering Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: David Bina
  • Patent number: 11650484
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a camera. The camera may capture still and moving images. A camera status indicator may be included in the electronic device. The camera status indicator may emit light to indicate when the camera is in use capturing video or other images. The camera status indicator may have multiple light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes or lasers. The light-emitting devices may have different colors. Clear encapsulant may cover the light-emitting devices. A white polymer wall or other light recycling structure may run along an outer peripheral edge of the encapsulant. A light diffusing coating layer may coat an outer surface of the clear encapsulant. Light reflections from the status indicator may be reduced in captured images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rong Liu, Benjamin M. Oztalay, Chenhua You, Corey S. Provencher, Florence W. Ow, Jeremy L. Britt, Joshua A. Spechler, Jun Qi, Ling Han, Shaofeng Liu, Sherry Cao, Tavys Q. Ashcroft, Victor H. Yin, Wenyong Zhu, Ziruo Hong, Janos C. Keresztes, Hung Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11644188
    Abstract: A wake-up light includes a shade, a housing, a power driver, a controller, a light source, and a timer. The power driver, the light source, the controller, and the timer are installed in a space enclosed by the shade and the housing; the power driver is externally connected to an alternating current, and supplies power to the timer and the light source; the timer is configured for real-time timing; the controller is connected to the light source and the timer; the controller receives timing information of the timer; when a first time set by a user is reached, the controller sends a light-source light-up signal to the light source so that a light intensity of the light source is gradually increased; and when a second time set by the user is reached, the controller sends an impulsive light signal to the light source so that the light source uninterruptedly emits impulsive light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD., SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoyang Shi, Jie Qiang, Jun Wu, Xiaoming Fan, Zhijun Li, Zhixian Zhou
  • Patent number: 11635658
    Abstract: The color filter substrate includes a photoluminescent layer and an optical path adjustment layer. The photoluminescent layer includes a plurality of photoluminescent portions. Each photoluminescent portion is configured to receive backlight and emit excitation light. The optical path adjustment layer is located on a light incident side of the photoluminescent layer, and the optical path adjustment layer is configured to increase an incident angle of at least portion of the backlight that enters the photoluminescent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Yang, Ge Shi, Haijun Niu, Yujie Liu, Ming Zhu, Shiyu Zhang, Zheng Fang, Yanliu Sun, Jiahui Han, Yuyao Wang
  • Patent number: 11629837
    Abstract: Lighting arrangement (10) for vehicles, said light arrangement comprises: —at least one light guide (100), which extends from a common end region (110) into a at least one light guide portion (210) at a transition section (200) of the light guide (100), wherein the common end region (110) has a light main propagation direction (X) and the at least one light guide portion (210) extends along a second direction, wherein the at least one light guide (100) comprises a light receiving surface (101) configured to receive light from a light source and direct the light into the light guide (100), wherein the at least one light guide portion (210) has one or more decoupling-elements (230) for emitting light out of the light guide portion (210), wherein the at least one light guide portion (210) is configured to emit a first light distribution, and —a supplementary component (300) for using stray light exiting from the at least one light guide (100) at the transition section (200), said supplementary component (300) ex
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Viktor Lenický, Jozef Manduch, Milos Siska
  • Patent number: 11619830
    Abstract: To enable a display to display different content to different viewers, a display may include a time-sequential directional backlight unit. The backlight unit may emit light in different directions in different configurations. In a first state, the backlight unit emits light at maximum brightness in a first direction. In a second state, the backlight unit emits light at maximum brightness in a second direction that is different than the first direction. The backlight unit may repeatedly and rapidly switch between the different states. The first direction may be towards a first viewer whereas the second direction may be towards a second, different viewer. Therefore, each viewer receives backlight in one of the configurations and does not receive backlight in the other configuration. In synchronization with the backlight unit, the liquid crystal display panel may repeatedly switch between displaying content for the first viewer and displaying content for the second viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Chen, Juan He, Rong Liu, ByoungSuk Kim, Jun Qi, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11619052
    Abstract: A railing assembly includes a bottom rail and a top rail extending parallel thereto and spaced apart therefrom. Both rails include a beam defining through-holes and corresponding pocket-holes located opposite from the other rail to define ledges facing away from the other rail. A plurality of balusters of light-transmissive material each extend between the bottom rail and the top rail, through a corresponding through-hole and pocket-hole in each railing. Retaining rings are disposed around each of the balusters within each of the pocket-holes for engaging the ledges and thereby holding the balusters to each rail. Each rail may include a plate of light-transmissive material extending in a plane adjacent the beam and configured to project light along a length thereof. One or more illumination sources are disposed in the top rail and/or the bottom rail to direct light into the balusters and/or the plate(s) to provide options for multiple illumination effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DECK & PORCH LOLAB RAILINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Charles G. Goedert
  • Patent number: 11609454
    Abstract: A surface light source device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting devices and a light diffusion member. The light flux controlling member includes an incidence surface and an emission surface. In one light emitting device among the plurality of light emitting devices, light—emitted from the light emitting center of the light emitting element at an emission angle of 80° or less with respect to the optical axis of the light emitting element, incident on the incidence surface, and emitted from the emission surface—reaches the light diffusion member without reaching another light emitting device among the plurality of light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Yu Kamijo
  • Patent number: 11608943
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a direction adjustable LED lamp used in a sign, which includes a lamp body, two lamp holders arranged on an upper end and a lower end of the lamp body respectively, a plurality of LED modules installed on a surface of the lamp body, an outer casing installed in the lamp body, a buffer column installed on a surface of the outer casing, an isolated constant current driver installed in the outer casing, the lamp body defines a limit groove closing to the LED modules, and a horizontal plate is installed in the limit groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: RISHANG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Liang, Dulin Tao, Xiaomin Yan
  • Patent number: 11598499
    Abstract: A strip lamp includes an illuminating lamp and a power supply module. The illuminating lamp includes a lamp body, a light guide plate, a control panel, an LED lamp panel and a PCBA mainboard. The LED lamp panel and the PCBA mainboard are installed in the lamp body. The light guide plate is disposed over the lamp body and is located on a light emitting side of the LED lamp panel. The PCBA mainboard is provided with a first interface at an end of the lamp body. An opening matched with the first interface is formed in a position, closed to the first interface, of the lamp body. The charging PCB is provided with a second interface extending out of a connector of the power supply module. The independent rechargeable power supply module is used to supply power to the illuminating lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dong Guan Technomate Metal Ware Manufactory Ltd
    Inventors: Fanggen Zhu, Qiaohui Deng
  • Patent number: 11592159
    Abstract: Provided is a light source system, including: a light-emitting module configured to emit first light along a first light path and second light along a second light path; a wavelength conversion device configured to receive the first light and emit excited light with a color different from the first light; and a compensation device configured to guide the second light and adjust its luminous intensity distribution so that the luminous intensity distribution of the second light exiting from the compensation device is substantially identical to the excited light. The compensation device includes a compensation element configured to adjust luminous intensity distribution of a light beam so that an emergent light beam of the compensation element has reduced overall luminous intensity compared with an incident light beam. The second light exiting from the compensation device is combined with the excited light to form third light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: YLX INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bin Chen, Fei Hu, Zuqiang Guo, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11586043
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes first and second light guiding optical elements having respective first and second entry portions, and configured to propagate at least respective first and second portions of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes a light distributor having a light distributor entry portion, a first exit portion, and a second exit portion. The light distributor is configured to direct the first and second portions of the light beam toward the first and second entry portions, respectively. The light distributor entry portion and the first exit portion are aligned along a first axis. The light distributor entry portion and the second exit portion are aligned along a second axis different from the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Hui-Chuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11559965
    Abstract: A shaped part can comprise an opaque decorative layer, at least two symbols on the front side, a translucent base, the decorative layer having one or more first light channels, one or more first functional having a first light element, a first functional layer on the rear side of the base, the first functional elements on the front side of the first functional layer, the decorative layer having one or more second light channels, one or more second functional elements having a second light element, a second functional layer on the rear side of the decorative layer, the second functional elements in or on the second functional layer, and being provided at least partially in the second light channels, the second functional elements covering the second light channels of the decorative layer such that the second light channels become or are shielded from light of the first light elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NOVEM CAR INTERIOR DESIGN GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Weih, Robert Krichenbauer