Patents Examined by Alexander Garlen
  • Lighting or indicating device for a motor vehicle and corresponding assembly method
    Patent number: 9909732
    Abstract: A lighting or indicating device for motor vehicles comprises an enclosure formed by a housing and an outer lens, the enclosure receiving a printed circuit carrying at least one light source and an optical device. The housing comprises means for fastening the stack formed by the printed circuit and the optical device, so as to fix together the housing, the printed circuit carrying at least one light source and the optical device, the printed circuits being sandwiched between the housing and the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventor: Cyril Herbin
  • Low glare LED luminaire
    Patent number: 9903563
    Abstract: An LED luminaire with reduced glare provides a polar arrayed light gradient on a diffuser lens and replicates the appearance of a filament or tube lamp. The luminaire includes a housing having an opening, a diffuser lens extending across the opening, and a plurality of LEDs positioned within the housing behind the diffuser lens. The plurality of LEDs are arranged to generate a composite light pattern having a polar arrayed light gradient across an aperture of the diffuser lens. The polar arrayed light gradient has a light intensity that decreases concentrically with increasing radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LANDSCAPE FORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ricky A. Utting, David L. MacKellar, Christopher E. Briolat
  • Lampholder with universal joint
    Patent number: 9897296
    Abstract: A light fixture allowing a user to tighten a single tightener to simultaneously restrict movement around a first axis and a second orthogonal axis. The light fixture includes a joint housing coupled between an anchor and a light housing assembly, the anchor has a first protrusion rotatably coupled to the joint housing along a first axis, the light housing assembly has a second protrusion rotatably coupled to the joint housing along a second axis, a clamp arm inside the joint housing that has a first end clamp and a second end clamp, and a tightening member is operably coupled to the clamp arm through the joint housing allowing tightening of the tightening member to apply pressure from the first end clamp to the first protrusion and simultaneously apply pressure from the second end clamp to the second protrusion, thereby limiting rotation in both the first and second axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
  • Optical module, display device containing the same and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9897745
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical module. The optical module includes a light guide plate and a decorative layer. The light guide plate includes at least one light-entering inclined surface, a first light-emitting inclined surface adjacent to the light-entering inclined surface and a second light-emitting inclined surface opposite to the first light-emitting inclined surface. The decorative layer is covered the second light-emitting inclined surface of the light guide plate by an injection molding process. A display device containing the optical module and a method for manufacturing the optical module are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: I-Jeng Chen, Sheng-Chieh Tai
  • Thermally dissipated lighting system
    Patent number: 9890943
    Abstract: A lighting system or luminaire can comprise two environmentally sealed housings. One of the housings can house one or more light emitting diodes. The other housing can house a driver for supplying electricity to the light emitting diode or diodes. The housings can be nested together. For example, one of the housings can extend partially into a cavity of the other housing. A portion of the cavity can remain unfilled when the housings are nested, to provide an air gap between the two housings. The air gap can be environmentally exposed, for example exposed to moisture when the lighting system is mounted outdoors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Caleb Timothy Badley
  • Solid state lighting device
    Patent number: 9874317
    Abstract: An SSL lighting device (1) comprising a housing (2), which has a reflective inner surface (3), and an elongated light guide (6) which includes a wavelength converting material (10) for converting light in a first wavelength range to light in a second wavelength range. The elongated light guide (6) comprises two ends (7a, 7b), a portion for receiving light (18) and a portion for emitting light (19). The portion for receiving light (18) is arranged inside the housing (2) and the portion for emitting light (19) is arranged outside the housing (2) and at least one of the two ends (7a, 7b) forms the portion (19) for emitting light. The SSL lighting device (1) also comprises a plurality of SSL light sources (4) arranged inside the housing (2) at a distance from the elongated light guide (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Durandus Kornelius Dijken, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Leendert Van Der Tempel, Ties Van Bommel
  • Circuit board comprising at least one fold
    Patent number: 9872381
    Abstract: A circuit board (10) for carrying at least one light source (16) of a lighting device and a method of manufacturing such a circuit board are provided. The circuit board comprises a substrate (1), wherein the substrate comprises at least one fold (9) forming a projecting portion and extending from a periphery (3) of the substrate up to an inner portion (2) of the substrate, whereby the substrate has a polygonal funnel shape. The present aspects use the concept of folding the substrate in order to obtain a polygonal funnel shape of the circuit board, whereby shaping of the substrate without requiring removal of material of the substrate is allowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ruslan Akhmedovich Sepkhanov, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Johannes Wilhelmus Weekamp, Johannes Alexander Rebergen, Arnold Buijs
  • Light emitting diode based PAPI method and system incorporating diode arrays and cylindrical optics
    Patent number: 9863601
    Abstract: Overcoming limitation in brightness and heating effects for LED based Precision Approach Path Indicators and allowing both colors to be imaged in the far field with the proper abrupt transition between the red and white sectors, making use of linear arrays of LED's and cylindrical optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: LASER GUIDANCE INC.
    Inventors: David Mark Shemwell, Alan August Vetter
  • Optical element, optical module, and lens carrier
    Patent number: 9863596
    Abstract: An optical element including a light entering surface and a light exiting surface is provided. The light exiting surface is opposite to the light entering surface, and includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is a curved surface. The second portion is a curved surface and spaced from the first portion by a step difference. The third portion extends from the first portion to the second portion along a first extending direction, wherein the first portion extends along a second extending direction, and the first extending direction is inclined with respect to the second extending direction. An optical module and a lens carrier are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Chun-Te Wu
  • Cooling member and motor vehicle lighting or signaling device comprising such a member
    Patent number: 9857047
    Abstract: A cooling member for a lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, the member comprising a base configured to support a light source of the device, and at least one heat dissipating device in thermal conduction connection with the base, the heat dissipating device comprising a plurality of heat dissipation fins, the base having large faces linked by a wafer, each of the fins extending from one of the large faces, the base extending in shape such that junction areas of at least two of the fins with the base extend in different planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Heine, Christine Roucoules
  • Arrangement for changing the visual appearance of a target object
    Patent number: 9851072
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (100) comprising a lighting system (110) and a target object (120), wherein the lighting system (110) is arranged to illuminate a target surface of the target object (120) with a primary light output (111) and with a secondary light output (112). Each of these light outputs has an illumination spectrum representing a color. The two illumination spectra are different, but the two colors are substantially the same. The target surface has a first target surface area and a second target surface area. When the first and second target surface areas are illuminated with the primary light output (111), they have a contrast that is lower than when they are illuminated with the secondary light output (112). The arrangement of the invention can be used for atmosphere creation or for attracting attention to the target object (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Wiebe Wagemans, Helena Bernadette Jos Plasschaert, Kars-Michiel Hubert Lenssen, Dragan Sekulovski, Ralph Kurt
  • Lighting device, lens, system and method
    Patent number: 9851069
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising at least four optical devices. Each optical device has an associated light source and comprises a first surface with a plurality of micro sized facets. Each facet has a respective orientation and said plurality of facets has an optical axis which extends parallel to the normal vector to an average orientation of all said respective orientations. The optical devices are divided over at least two sets of optical devices which are designed to mutually issue a different pattern during operation as the optical devices of different sets are arranged in a mutually alternating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Johannus Michiels, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn
  • Light source device and display apparatus
    Patent number: 9851498
    Abstract: Provided is a light source device which includes a light guide plate for emitting light entered through one side surface from a front surface thereof, a light source disposed opposing the one side surface of the light guide plate, a rear housing body for housing the light guide plate and the light source, and a heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Ryota Kawabata
  • Apparatus and method incorporating glow-in-the-dark material to preserve power usage when creating light for dark environments
    Patent number: 9841166
    Abstract: A lighting device, comprising a glow material; a light source, positioned to illuminate the glow material when the light source is activated; and a light source controller, for sequencing sufficient on and off activation of the light source to maintain activate the glow material over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Inventors: Alexis Geralyn Marie Nagel, Stephen Roy Nagel
  • Light emitting diode to light emitting panel interface gasket
    Patent number: 9835794
    Abstract: A gasket for an interface between a light emitting diode (LED) and a light emitting panel (LEP) includes a first segment and a second segment. The gasket also includes a first blade extending out from a surface of the first segment and a second blade extending out from a surface of the second segment. The surface of the first segment faces the surface of the second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Timothy Glen Wright, Scott David Wegner
  • Switchable solid state lighting system
    Patent number: 9829163
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a lighting device that includes or retains a plurality of solid-state light emitters and is capable of providing one or more of omni-directional lighting and task lighting. Other embodiments relate to modular lighting systems for providing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Inner Lighting LLC
    Inventor: Lee D. Stagni
  • Side lit indirect flexible lighting system
    Patent number: 9816681
    Abstract: A portable indirect lighting apparatus includes first and second support structures. Each support structure includes a respective longitudinal light source having a linear array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). A respective longitudinal lens is positioned proximate to each linear array of LEDs to receive and redirect the light emitted by the LEDs. A flexible reflector extends between the first and second support structure. The reflector has at least one diffusedly reflective surface. The reflector is configurable to an operational configuration with the diffusedly reflective surface positioned to receive the light redirected by the first and second longitudinal lenses. The reflector is configurable to a transportable configuration with at least a portion of the reflector wrapped around at least one of the first and second support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John R. Householder
  • External light module for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9809148
    Abstract: An exterior assembly component for a vehicle and a manufacturing method thereof, where the component is in the form of an exterior mirror, door handle, door sill, skirt or similar, the component including a light module having at least one lamp emitting visible light toward the outside, and a plug to supply the lamp with electrical energy, where the light module represents a separate component of the assembly component which can be mounted on the assembly component and wherein the plug is designed as a single part with the a case of the light module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HUF HULSBECK & FURST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Ralf Lennhoff
  • Double-sided emission type display device
    Patent number: 9804442
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a first display panel and a second display panel; and a backlight between the first display panel and the second display panel, wherein the backlight includes at least one Printed Circuit Board (PCB), and a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) arranged on different faces of the PCB and configured to supply light to both the first display panel and the second display panel located on different sides of the backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeong Shan Na
  • LED electric bulb and the manufacturing thereof
    Patent number: 9803848
    Abstract: The invention relates to a LED electric bulb (1) and a method of producing a LED electric bulb. The LED electric bulb (1) comprises a glass bulb (2), a cap (6) and a light generating module (17). The light generating module (17) is at least partly received inside the glass bulb (2) and is arranged in electrical contact with the cap (6). The light generating module (17) comprises a driver PCB (3) and a flexible, double folded strip (4) forming two opposite legs (14) comprising a plurality of LED's (5). The flexible, double folded strip (4) is arranged to conform to and closely contact at least a portion of the interior surface (15) of the glass bulb (2). The invention also relates to a semi-finished LED electric bulb and the use thereof for the production of a LED electric bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Antonius Maria Van Hout