Patents Examined by Alexander K Garlen
  • Patent number: 11959623
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connecting device and a lamp system. The connecting device is used to connect multiple lamps to form the lamp system. The connecting device includes a connecting element, a cover, and a shell. The cover is mounted on the connecting element and includes at least two first assembling members. The shell is detachably mounted on the cover. The shell includes a side wall, an opening, multiple gateways, and at least two second assembling members. The side wall surrounds a space. The opening and the gateways all are formed on a top of the side wall and communicate with the space. A portion of each of the lamps is received in one of the gateways. The second assembling members are disposed on the side wall and face each other in a radial line of the shell, and respectively engage with the first assembling members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Ju, Cheng-Ang Chang, Guo-Hao Huang, Chung-Kuang Chen
  • Patent number: 11953192
    Abstract: A device is disclosed that may include a housing configured to snap onto a wand of a fogging machine near the nozzle. In addition, the device may include a positioning ramp fixedly attached to the housing. The device may include a cradle configured to hold a flashlight fixedly attached to the positioning ramp. Moreover, the device may include where the positioning ramp is configured to aim the beam of the flashlight obliquely at the nozzle to illuminate the spray pattern of the air liquid mixture exiting the nozzle. Also, the device is further configured to allow real-time adjustment of the spray pattern and droplet size of the air liquid mixture. Further, the device may include the apparatus being removably attached to the wand such that it may be utilized on various wands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Brian Flannery
  • Patent number: 11953714
    Abstract: An operating unit according to one or more embodiments may include a base and switches on the base. The base according to one or more embodiments may include a first light emitter including at least one light guide plate finely processed with a pattern and having a light emitting surface facing a front surface of the operating unit, and a light emitting board on an end face of the at least one light guide plate in a thickness direction. The light emitting board applies light to the at least one light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Tatsuya Adachi
  • Patent number: 11938607
    Abstract: A working machine includes a working part; a motor configured to drive the working part; a motor housing covering at least a part of the motor; an outer housing covering at least a part of the motor and at least a part of the motor housing; and a light emitter disposed at a part of the motor housing that is covered by the outer housing. The outer housing includes an opening at a part of the outer housing that faces the light emitter. The opening allows light emitted from the light emitter to pass through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Tominaga, Atsushi Murata
  • Patent number: 11940142
    Abstract: Provided is an inflation assembly, which relates to the technical field of inflation technology, and includes a housing, a circuit board, a battery pack, an inflation pump, and a lighting lamp. The circuit board, the battery pack, the inflation pump, and the lighting lamp are all connected to the housing, the inflation pump, the lighting lamp, and the battery pack are all electrically connected to the circuit board; and a gas outlet of the inflation pump is exposed outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11940143
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, an output shaft, a chip-on-board light emitting diode, and a light cover. The output shaft is rotated by a rotational force of the motor. The chip-on-board light emitting diode is disposed around the output shaft. The chip-on-board light emitting diode includes: a substrate having a circular ring portion; and an LED chip disposed on a front surface of the circular ring portion. The light cover is fixed to the substrate. The light cover includes: an inner cylindrical portion disposed radially inside with respect to the circular ring portion; and a light transmission portion through which light emitted from the LED chip passes. The inner cylindrical portion includes a cover slope that totally reflects light from the LED chip forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Chikaraishi, Akihiro Hozumi, Yutaka Ogiso
  • Patent number: 11933484
    Abstract: A hanging planter and light assembly for growing a plant and illumination includes a plurality of a posts, which is engaged to and extends between a bottom plate and a top plate. A chain engaged to and extending from the top plate is engaged to an article of mounting hardware mounted to a surface to hang the hanging planter and light assembly. A bulb can be threadedly inserted into a socket, which is engaged to a lower face of the top plate. A power cord operationally engaged to the socket is used to operationally engage the socket to a source of electrical current. A pot can be inserted into an orifice, which is positioned in the bottom plate. A plant can be grown in the pot and the bulb can provide illumination to an area proximate to the hanging planter and light assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Matiukas, Colleen Matiukas
  • Patent number: 11920759
    Abstract: A yoke for a suspension system for a medical lamp comprises a rigid yoke member having a first end and a second end, a first revolving joint-component fixed to the first end, wherein the first revolving joint has a first rotation axis, and a second revolving joint-component fixed to the second end, wherein the second revolving joint has a second rotation axis. The first rotation axis is included in a plane and the second rotation axis intersects the plane or is included in the plane, and the first rotation axis and a projection, onto the plane, of the second rotation axis intersecting the plane or the second rotation axis included in the plane enclose an angle (?) of more than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TRUMPF MEDIZIN SYSTEME GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Haenel, Lars Hanuschka
  • Patent number: 11920748
    Abstract: A flame effect device (18) for a flame simulator apparatus of an electric fire (10) is provided. The flame effect device (18) comprises a spindle (20) having a longitudinal axis which is in-use rotatable in a flame simulator apparatus; and a plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) comprising: a reflector support body (32) having at least one reflector mounting portion (28) thereon and a mounting aperture (34) to engage the reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) with the spindle (20); and at least one reflector (26) to reflect light from an associated light source (24), wherein the at least one reflector (26) is mounted to the at least one reflector mounting portion (28), the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being engageable with the spindle (20), each reflector support (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) of the plurality of reflector supports (22a,22b,22c,22d,22e) being selectably positionable along the longitudinal axis of the spindle (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Paul Christopher Baird
  • Patent number: 11923647
    Abstract: A conductive mechanism includes two bases, an inner conductive spring and an outer conductive spring. The two bases are opposite to each other. Each of the bases includes a surface and a partition wall protruding relative to the surface. The inner conductive spring is disposed at inner sides of the two partition walls of the two bases. The outer conductive spring is disposed at outer sides of the two partition walls of the two bases. At least one of two ends of each of the inner conductive spring and the outer conductive spring rotatably abuts against the surface of one of the bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Kuang Chen, Chih-Hung Ju, Guo-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 11905023
    Abstract: An evacuation slide to provide an egress path from an exit of an aircraft. The evacuation slide includes one or more slide lanes. One or more jump targets and indicators are positioned along each of the slide lanes to visually inform persons how to enter a ramp of the slide. Lights illuminate one or more sections of the slide to further provide visual guidance on how to enter the ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert J. Lenaburg, Paul J. Wilcynski, Rodney M. Burgin, Steven P. McDonald, Bruce E. Wallace
  • Patent number: 11905035
    Abstract: An aircraft light comprises a support board; a light source, arranged on the support board; a first optical element, which is at least partially light transmissive, which is arranged over the light source, and which is fixed to the support board; and a second optical element, which is at least partially light transmissive, wherein the first optical element is interposed between the light source and the second optical element. The first optical element has a first engagement portion and the second optical element has a second engagement portion. The first engagement portion and the second engagement portion establish a positive fit between the first optical element and the second optical element. At least a portion of light, which is emitted by the light source in operation, passes through the first optical element and through the second optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Andre Hessling von Heimendahl, Andreas Ueberschaer
  • Patent number: 11892142
    Abstract: Light fixture installation adapters and methods thereof are disclosed. According to an aspect, a light fixture installation adapter includes a first bracket configured to be attached to a light fixture. The adapter also includes a second bracket configured to be attached to an electrical junction box. Further, the adapter includes a mounting assembly that has a first component and a second component attached to the first bracket and the second bracket, respectively. The first component is configured to engage with and to attach to the second component when the first component is oriented in a predetermined position with respect to the second component and when the first component is moved in one or more predetermined directions with respect to the second component for attaching the first bracket to the second bracket via the mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Nathan Tabor
  • Patent number: 11892727
    Abstract: An illumination unit according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of first light-emission blocks, a plurality of second light-emission blocks, and a light-emission controller. The first light-emission blocks each include a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged in a first direction. The second light-emission blocks are partially overlapped with the respective first light-emission blocks, and each include a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. The light-emission controller performs light-emission control of the first light-emitting devices for each of the first light-emission blocks, and performs the light-emission control of the second light-emitting devices for each of the second light-emission blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsui, Takashi Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11867382
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, a lighting device is provided. The lighting device comprises a circuit board, a light emitting diode (LED) mounted to the circuit board and configured to emit light, a lens disposed over the LED having a bottom surface facing the circuit board, a top surface opposite the bottom surface, and a lateral surface between the top and bottom surfaces, and an elastomer encapsulating at least part of the circuit board. The elastomer may not be in contact with at least part of the lateral surface of the lens so as to form a gap between the elastomer and the lateral surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KORRUS, INC.
    Inventors: Ariel Meir, Noam Meir, Rina Meir
  • Patent number: 11864540
    Abstract: An aquarium system includes an aquarium tank arrangement and a light source. The light source has a controllable output of colored light projecting into the aquarium tank arrangement. The light source can provide a cycle of projecting light of at least two different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Spectrum Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Flora, John Edward Fox, Jr., Joseph Roark, Chad Robbins
  • Patent number: 11867384
    Abstract: A linear light fixture assembly for supporting a light fixture in a ceiling structure, comprises a light fixture mounting structure having a pair of opposed boundary regions configured to fit within a designated light fixture receiving region in the ceiling structure, and a plurality of spring elements configured to spaced outwardly from at least one of the boundary regions, each spring element having a mounting region configured to be anchored to the mounting structure and a free end region to extend therefrom and to be laterally outwardly biased in a first position to form a path of contact with a support surface region on the ceiling structure to anchor the structure in the receiving region, each of the spring elements configured to be movable toward the corresponding boundary region in a second position to release the path of contact to release the light fixture from the receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AXIS LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Thomas James, Howard Yaphe, Andrew Miles
  • Patent number: 11859773
    Abstract: A light bulb apparatus includes a bulb shell, a light source module, a driver, a first cap body, a wireless module and a second cap body. The light source module includes a plurality of LED modules. The first cap body is connected to the bulb shell. The first cap body has a surrounding wall. The surrounding wall includes metal material. Heat of the light source module and the driver is transmitted to the surrounding wall. The wireless module is electrically connected to the driver. The second cap body is connected to the first cap body and an Edison cap. The Edison cap has two electrodes for receiving an external power source from an Edison socket. The second cap body is made of plastic material. The wireless module is located at least partially in the second cap body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Liangliang Cao, Yuxin Huang, Fujie Chen, Yibin Chen
  • Patent number: 11859793
    Abstract: An optical storage integrated lamp, comprising a lamp post, a luminaire, at least one photovoltaic panel, and an energy storage device. The lamp post comprises at least two sections of sub lamp posts, and adjacent two sections of sub lamp posts are detachably connected with each other; the luminaire is detachably mounted at the sub lamp post located at the top of the lamp post; an accommodating cavity is formed in one sub lamp post; the energy storage device is accommodated in the accommodating cavity; the at least one photovoltaic panel is provided on the outer surface of at least one sub lamp post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUNAN NEPUENERGY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoyu Huang, Yibo Wang
  • Patent number: 11851207
    Abstract: A fixture configured to secure a component in a vehicle includes a panel separating an internal cabin from an external compartment. The panel has a first side facing the internal cabin and a second side facing the external compartment. A hole is disposed within the panel. The component is configured for mounting to the panel via the hole. The component includes a flange configured for abutting the first side of the panel and a coupling feature configured to extend through the hole into the external compartment. A fastener is configured to removably couple with the coupling feature and abut the second side of the panel for fastening the component to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Aviation Inc.
    Inventor: John Harrison Shively