Patents Examined by Alan Cariaso
  • Patent number: 9746150
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp unit (1) for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, the lamp unit (1) comprising multiple light sources (2), a light guide unit (3), and a downstream projector lens (4), the light guide unit (3) having multiple light guides (30), each light guide (30) having one light decoupling surface (30a) and one light coupling surface (30b), and each light source (2) coupling light exactly into a light guide (30) assigned to it through a light coupling surface (30b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Bauer, Erik Pirringer, Udo Maier
  • Patent number: 9739466
    Abstract: The stethoscope flashlight is a flashlight that is mounted on the tubing near the drum of the stethoscope. The stethoscope flashlight provides supplemental light during low ambient light situations (like night time visits) to provide the medical care giver to visually evaluate the patient and readily read the patient's chart without disturbing the patient. The stethoscope flashlight comprises a stethoscope, a tube mount, and a flashlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Inventor: Benjamin Muiruri
  • Patent number: 9739447
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a plurality of light sources; a first frame including a first reflection surface disposed inside of the light sources, the first reflection surface reflecting, in a forward direction, light emitted from the light sources; a second frame including a visor portion covering fronts of the light sources; and a diffuser disposed in front of a front surface of the visor portion with a distance left between the diffuser and at least a part of the front surface of the visor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yasuo Ohno, Rumiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9732951
    Abstract: A modular light fixture includes an elongate light fixture base having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of light fixture modules. Each light fixture module includes a housing having an open face, and a light emitting device positioned inside the housing. The modular light fixture also includes a light emitting device driver configured for driving the light emitting devices. The light fixture modules are independently mounted to the light fixture base and extend perpendicularly from opposing sides of the light fixture base with the open faces facing a common direction to produce an initial light distribution pattern. Each light fixture module has a housing adjustment feature for independently pivoting the light fixture module about a pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal axis to modify the initial light distribution pattern. The modular light fixture includes a planar configuration in which the light fixture module housings are oriented along a common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: RAB Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Vincenzo Guercio, Wengang Gao, Dan Wang-Munson
  • Patent number: 9726341
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes: a first light source that emits a first light; a first lens that allows the first light to pass through and exit from a first exit face of the first lens; a second light source that emits a second light; and a second lens that is smaller than the first lens and allows the second light to pass through and exit from a second exit face of the second lens. When viewed from the first exit face side: (i) the first exit face has a recess that is recessed inward from a periphery of the first exit face; and (ii) the second exit face is at least partially disposed in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Kanayama, Tomoyuki Nakano, Tomoyuki Ogata, Masaaki Ito, Toshiro Omuro
  • Patent number: 9709233
    Abstract: A vehicle light device comprising an element made up of a plurality of portions each having a functional surface, at least two consecutive portions being linked together by an articulation. The main feature of a light device according to the invention is that each articulation allows the displacement of the two consecutive portions until their functional surfaces come into continuity with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Valeo Vision Belgique
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Delourme, Marianne Gons
  • Patent number: 9700169
    Abstract: The utility model belongs to the technical field of Christmas trees and particularly relates to a modularized artificial light tree. The present utility model aims to solve the technical problem about providing the artificial light tree which is convenient to use and maintain and on which the adjacent simulative boles are supplied with the power together. In order to solve the aforementioned problem, the present modularized artificial light tree at least comprises a first simulative bole and a second simulative bole, the top of the outer wall of the first simulative bole is fixedly connected with an electric socket I, and the bottom of the outer wall of the second simulative bole is provided with an electric plug II matched with the electric socket I and is fixedly connected with the electric plug II. The electric socket I and the electric plug II are supplied with the power together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Greenfields Christmas Tree Manufactory
    Inventor: Tony Yat Wah Wong
  • Patent number: 9683713
    Abstract: A flameless candle includes a shell that has a sidewall and a hollow interior region. The sidewall can be made of a waxen material. The sidewall has a thickness and opacity. The shell also has a hollow interior region within the sidewall. A lamp (for example, LED) may be housed within the hollow interior region. The flameless candle also includes an insert. The insert can be made of a waxen material that may have different properties from the material of the sidewall. The insert is positioned in a top area of the hollow interior region. The insert includes a shading wall that has a thickness and opacity. The thickness of the sidewall may be different than the thickness of the shading wall. As another option, the opacity of the sidewall may be different from the opacity of the shading wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: NII NORTHERN INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Mathieu Chartrand
  • Patent number: 9684112
    Abstract: A backlight device includes an LED, a light guide plate having one edge surface as a light entrance surface, one plate surface as a light exit surface and another plate surface as an opposite plate surface, further includes a chassis having a bottom plate portion that includes a light guide plate support portion supporting the light guide plate from a side of the opposite plate surface and a light guide plate non-support portion not supporting the light guide plate from the side of the opposite plate surface, and further includes a reflection sheet having an extended reflection portion that extends closer to the LED than the light entrance surface of the light guide plate and having a cutout portion that is formed by cutting out at least a part of a portion of the extended reflection portion overlapping with the light guide plate non-support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9677725
    Abstract: The present application provides a light string unit, including: a plurality of light-emitting bodies; and a conducting wire, configured to electrically connect the light-emitting bodies in series, opposite ends of the conducting wire being connected to positive polarity and negative polarity of an external power supply circuit or an external power source, respectively. Wherein, the conducting wire is a high-tensile conducting wire which includes: a conductive core wire; an insulated coating, configured to encapsulate the conductive core wire; and a tensile resistant cord, set inside the insulated coating and set parallelly or twisted with the conductive core wire to enhance the tensile strength of the conducting wire. In the present application, the tensile resistant cord enhances the tensile strength of the conducting wire, and completely reaches or even exceeds the requirement on tensile strength of a conducting wire in the UL 588 criterion and has a simplified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Inventors: Dianqing Zheng, Shaozhen Wu
  • Patent number: 9671079
    Abstract: A vehicular headlamp has a projection lens, a first light source disposed rearward of a rear focal point of the projection lens, a first reflector that reflects emitted light from the first light source above the first light source and toward the projection lens, a shield disposed such that a front end edge of the shield passes through a vicinity of the rear focal point to block a portion of reflected light from the first reflector, a second reflector that is disposed forward of the first reflector, and that reflects the emitted light from the first light source toward a position between the first light source and the shield, and a third reflector that is disposed between the first light source and the shield, and that reflects reflected light from the second reflector toward the projection lens by passing the reflected light below the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiko Honda
  • Patent number: 9664343
    Abstract: A unitary heat sink that includes fins and roots configured to provide improved thermal management for solid state light sources. In an embodiment, the unitary heat sink includes a central hub portion composed of a thermally conducting metal, a plurality of fins projecting away from the central hub portion in a first direction, and a plurality of roots projecting away from the central hub portion in a second direction generally opposite from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Knapp, Thomas Clynne, Jeyachandrabose Chinniah
  • Patent number: 9657927
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement includes a control box which defines a line voltage wiring channel and a low voltage area and has at least one low voltage power supply mounted in the line voltage wiring channel and a controller mounted in the low voltage area and communicating with the low voltage power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Nine 24, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Edward Lanham
  • Patent number: 9658380
    Abstract: In a first aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a planar light guide device includes light-emitting elements arranged on a surface of a substrate to be an alignment on a center line between two long edges of the surface of the substrate; and a light-transmitting resin including a region in which optical elements are arranged at a first side and a second side of the light-transmitting resin, and the optical element includes a first surface and a second surface that is smaller in area than the first surface, and the first surface of the optical element is inclined with an angle that is in a range of one to 40 degrees with respect to a surface that is perpendicular to the mounting surface of the substrate with an edge of the surface in parallel with the center line between the two long edges of the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junji Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9658382
    Abstract: A solid-state luminaire module includes one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs) and a light guide. The light guide includes a receiving end and an opposing end, the receiving end being arranged to receive the light provided by the LEEs; a pair of opposing side surfaces, extending along a length of the light guide between the receiving end and the opposing end, to guide the received light in a forward direction; and a plurality of redirecting interfaces spaced apart from each other and distributed along a portion of the length of the light guide adjacent the opposing end. The redirecting interfaces are configured to reflect a portion of the guided light in a backward direction as return light, such that the return light can transmit through the pair of opposing side surfaces into the ambient as output light of the luminaire module, the output light to propagate in backward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventor: Louis Lerman
  • Patent number: 9638399
    Abstract: A solar powered lamp is provided with flat ends and a flexible housing, such that the housing can be inflated to form a free standing cylinder. A solar panel faces outward on one of the flat ends for recharging a low-profile rechargeable battery which, under the control of a printed circuit panel, powers an array of LEDs, which point into the lamp housing. Reflective surfaces, facing each other on opposite inside end walls of the lamp, maximize the diffusion of light from the LEDs. The lamp is a durable, portable, long light lighting solution for those who live off the electric power grid, victims of disaster, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: MPOWERED, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Alan Snyder
  • Patent number: 9618681
    Abstract: A quantum dot backlight module includes: a reflector, a light guide plate disposed above the reflector, a plurality of dot units disposed on an upper surface of the light guide plate at intervals, and a quantum dot packaged in each of the plurality of dot units, and light emitting diodes disposed on a edge side of the light guide plate. According to the present invention, the quantum dot material can be used less, which is good for reducing the production cost. Besides, heat can be effectively radiated from the light emitting diodes. Wide color gamut is realized as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yan Cheng, Jiangfeng Wang
  • Patent number: 9618184
    Abstract: An indicator assembly for a visual life safety alarm is provided including a hollow, generally frustoconical reflector ring having an angled wall. The reflector ring is mounted to a housing of the visual life safety alarm at a first end. A first plurality of light devices is mounted to the housing within a first opening of the first end of the reflector ring. Light from the first plurality of light devices is configured to emit in a generally forwards direction. A second plurality of light devices is mounted to the housing near the angled wall of the reflector ring, opposite the first plurality of light devices. Light from the second plurality of light devices is configured to reflect from the angled wall in a direction generally angled from the visual safety alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT INC.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Buchholz, Ken Mott, Dave Bush
  • Patent number: 9605817
    Abstract: A folding illumination stand having a pair of flat wire discs connected by two linear wire legs at rotational joints and by a further wire leg with one end removably joined so that the stand is foldable into a generally flat configuration. A vertically oriented flashlight is forced against an underside of an upper one of the discs by a spring mounted on a lower one of the discs. The flashlight's beam is directed vertically up through the upper disc and into a translucent container rested on the upper disk. This causes the container to glow, emitting a diffuse ambient illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Edward A. Goldney
  • Patent number: 9603221
    Abstract: A rain gutter illumination system having a cover for attaching to a rain gutter with an aperture along the substantial length of the cover, and opposing recesses for retaining a decorative insert. When the decorative insert is inserted in the cover, it is held in place by the recesses, and a light source and optional diffusing panel may be arranged in the cover so that the light source projects light through the aperture of the illuminable surface. The light source may be remotely controllable using a wireless remote control device, such as a smart phone over a network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Stephane Martinez