Patents Examined by Ali Alavi
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Patent number: 10859238Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reflector and a light source module. The reflector is provided with a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other; an inner surface of the reflector has a plurality of microstructures, an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of microstructures includes a first surface and a second surface, the second surface is a curved surface, the first surface has a starting edge and an ending edge opposite to the starting edge, the ending edge is connected with the second surface, at least one of the plurality of microstructures is located on a same side of a vertical plane that intersects the starting edge and is perpendicular to the first end surface. The reflector and the light source module can change the uniformity and the beam angle of the light, meanwhile, can ensure the achievability of the processing and manufacturing.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wenxue Zhu
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Patent number: 10859255Abstract: A handheld flashlight includes a hollow cylinder having a first end and a second end, and a rechargeable battery therein. The handheld flashlight further includes a lamp head with a light source, a window breaker, a charging port and a discharging port, selectively connected to an external power source or an external load; a connection port, selectively connected to positive and negative terminals of a vehicle battery through external cables; and a management circuit, selectively applying power from the battery to one or more of the light source, the discharging port, and the connection, and selectively charging the battery from the external power source through the charging port; wherein the handheld flashlight is of such compact size and low weight as to be suitable for single-handed portable operation by a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Shenshen Chifrog Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fang Li, Yunzheng Jiang
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Patent number: 10859249Abstract: A wavelength conversion device for laser light including a laser light source that emits laser light having a predetermined wavelength; a first substrate that is light-transmissive; a second substrate that is light-transmissive; a phosphor layer provided between and in surface contact with the first substrate and the second substrate, the phosphor layer converting a wavelength of the laser light; and a gap-maintaining component located between the first substrate and the second substrate, the gap-maintaining component adjusting a thickness of the phosphor layer by maintaining a uniform distance between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each of the first substrate and the second substrate has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the phosphor layer. The gap-maintaining component is a plurality of thickness adjustment particles that are light-transmissive and have a shape having a substantially equal diameter, and the shape is one of wire-shaped, ring-shaped, and protruding.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahito Yamana, Noboru Iizawa, Shintaro Hayashi, Yoshiyuki Nakano
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Patent number: 10852468Abstract: An optical member including a base substrate, a quantum dot layer disposed on the base substrate and having a first top surface including a lower wrinkle, the quantum dot layer including a medium layer and a plurality of quantum dots dispersed in the medium layer, a lower barrier layer disposed between the base substrate and the quantum dot layer, and an upper barrier layer covering the quantum dot layer, in which the upper barrier layer has a second top surface with an upper wrinkle corresponding to the lower wrinkle of the quantum dot layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taewoo Lim, Dongwoo Kim, Minsu Kim, Cheonjae Maeng, Seongyeon Lee, Hongbeom Lee
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Patent number: 10851988Abstract: An integrated lighting and power system for cabinetry includes a controller, a power lead connectable to the controller, and a powered light strip coupled to the power lead. The powered light strip has multiple channels. A plurality of light strip segments is connected to one another forming the powered light strip. Each light strip segment has one or more illumination elements. The controller is connected or connectable to a power source. The one or more illumination elements of a first segment of the plurality of light strip segments is connected to a first channel of the multiple channels and the one or more illumination elements of a second segment of the plurality of light strip segments is connected to a second channel of the multiple channels. The first and second channel and the first and second segments of the plurality of light strip segments are independently controllable via the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SENSIO AMERIA, LLCInventors: Gary B. Rutherford, Paul Bardwell
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Patent number: 10854001Abstract: A tangible object virtualization station including a base capable of stably resting on a surface and a head component unit connected to the base. The head component unit extends upwardly from the base. At an end of the head component opposite the base, the head component comprises a camera situated to capture a downward view of the surface proximate the base, a lighting array that directs light downward toward the surface proximate the base. The tangible object virtualization station further comprises a display interface included in the base. The display interface is configured to hold a display device in an upright position and connect the display device to the camera and the lighting array.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.Inventors: Mark Solomon, Ariel Zekelman, Jon Dukerschein, Jerome Scholler, Vivek Vidyasagaran
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Patent number: 10845009Abstract: An LED lamp that can take the place of incandescent lamps. An elevated light source is positioned above a screw-type base. A first plurality of LEDs is connected in a series on one side of a flat substrate and a second plurality of LEDs, equal in number to the first, is connected in series on an opposite side of the substrate. Each LED of the first and second plurality of LEDs is mounted proximate a heat sink and a drive circuit is provided for the LEDs, with the drive circuit being located proximate and electrically connected to the screw base.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.Inventors: Raymond G. Janik, Carlo Scianna
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Patent number: 10845013Abstract: A flexible light assembly includes a flexible elongated enclosure and a flexible light circuit board, which includes a plurality of light sources mounted thereto. The flexible elongated body includes a channel with a bottom surface and at least one support for supporting the flexible light circuit board above the bottom surface wherein when the flexible light circuit board is inserted into the flexible elongated enclosure there is a space between bottom side of the circuit board and the bottom surface of the channel to allow air flow there between.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Vista Manufacturing IncInventors: Alexander Tolen, Mitchell Bruhn, Ian Michael Frank
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Patent number: 10842367Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes an optical apparatus configured to optically process laser light to produce illumination light such that speckle noise in the illumination light is reduced. The optical apparatus includes at least one collimator (130) configured to collimate the laser light and a diffuser (140) configured to diffuse the laser light.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Goh Matsunobu, Takashi Yamaguchi, Akio Furukawa
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Patent number: 10837620Abstract: A lighting device, e.g. for wallwashing lighting applications, includes a linear array of light radiation emitters including a light radiation source, e.g. a LED source, a light guide member having a first end coupled with the radiation source and a second end to emit light radiation guided by the guide member along a guide axis, as well as an optical system to receive light radiation from the light guide member and project outgoing light radiation from the lighting device. The light guide members of the light radiation emitters in the array are arranged with their second ends aligned in a longitudinal direction of the array, and with their light guide axes lying in a common plane angled to a reference plane. The optical systems of the light radiation emitters in the array produce outgoing light radiation beams having higher angles to said reference plane than the corresponding input beams.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Osram GmbHInventors: Renato Frison, Alberto Alfier, Xiaolong Li, Luca Mascolo
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Patent number: 10830425Abstract: A lighting device, comprising a power setting unit for setting an electrical power of a light source electrically coupled to the power setting unit, a programmable control unit connected to the power setting unit for controlling the power setting unit, a light control interface unit connected to the control unit for supplying a control signal, and a housing made of an electrically insulating material, which provides a power connection for connecting to an electrical power supply network. The housing encloses at least the power setting unit and the control unit so that they are protected. The control signal is predefinable via the light control interface from outside the housing. The control unit provides a programming interface having at least two contact surfaces for electrically contacting the programming interface and an isolation unit for the programming interface and the housing has a passage opening in a housing wall for each contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Osram GmbHInventors: Andreas Hammer, Antje Graichen, Simon Lankes, Stephan Janka
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Patent number: 10831089Abstract: A light source device according to the present disclosure includes a light-emitting body configured to emit first wavelength range light, a dichroic film configured to be able to selectively transmit the first wavelength range light, a wavelength converter that includes an incident surface on which the first wavelength range light is incident, and an emission surface configured to convert the first wavelength range light to second wavelength range light and subsequently emit, and for which the incident surface is set to be larger than the emission surface, and a light collector including a light collecting part configured to collect the second wavelength range light, wherein the light-emitting body, the dichroic film, and the wavelength converter are subjected to direct bonding, in a state of being stacked in this order, in an emission direction of the first wavelength range light from the light-emitting body.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Masatoshi Yonekubo
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Patent number: 10830397Abstract: An LED tube lamp includes a glass lamp tube, two end caps, an LED light strip, a power supply, and a reflective film. At least a portion of an inner surface of the glass lamp tube is formed with a rough surface, and the roughness of the rough surface is higher than that of the outer surface. The glass lamp tube includes a main body region and two rear end regions, each of the two rear end regions coupled to a respective end of the main body region and each of the two end caps coupled to a respective rear end region. A length of the light strip is longer than the length of a main body region of the glass lamp tube. Each of the two end caps is coupled to a respective end of the glass lamp tube by a gel. The LED light strip is disposed on an inner surface of the glass lamp tube with a plurality of LED light sources mounted on the LED light strip.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTDInventors: Tao Jiang, Li-Qin Li
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Patent number: 10823373Abstract: A lamp includes a variable transmissive film and a light source arranged to transmit light through the variable transmissive film. The variable transmissive film includes an encapsulated dispersion containing a plurality of electrically charged particles and a fluid, the charged particles being movable by application of an electric field and capable of being switched between an open state and a closed state. In some embodiments, one portion of the variable transmission film is in the open state and one portion is in the closed state, thereby allowing light from the source to be shaped, e.g., into a spotlight.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: E Ink CorporationInventors: Antranig Baronian, Brian D. Bean, George G. Harris
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Patent number: 10816882Abstract: A wheel member including a wheel plate which transmits or reflects light and which is used in a rotating state, wherein the wheel plate has a center-of-gravity adjuster between flat surfaces of front and back surfaces of the wheel plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTDInventor: Daijiro Fujii
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Patent number: 10818828Abstract: A method and apparatus for a horticultural light for use in a horticultural facility is provided to minimize a dimension (e.g., height dimension) of the horticultural light. A sheet lens is adhered directly onto the printed circuit board and optionally the underlying metallic backing plate so as to environmentally seal the horticultural light. The sheet lens is comprised of polycarbonate and is pneumatically and/or thermally manipulated to include dome portions that are disposed in proximity to the respective one or more LEDs. Light generated by the LED is incident onto the inner surface of the respective dome portion at right angles through the entire beam angle. Accordingly, substantially none of the light is reflected back into the dome, but is rather propagated to an exterior of the light.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Illum Horticulture LLCInventors: Stephen P. Adams, Johnathan J. Heiner
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Patent number: 10802524Abstract: An electrical device with a power switch has at least two different electrical operational states and a circuit which detects a sequence of momentary fluctuations of power defining a First user message, corresponding to a change in state. The circuit implements that change in state in response to detection of the First message. Another circuit detects a sequence of momentary fluctuations of power, different from the sequence of the First user message, defining a Second user message and defining a fixed Reset electrical operational state. The device also implements a change from the current electrical operational state, to the fixed Reset electrical operational state. A memory circuit stores the current electrical operational state, a number corresponding to one of the countable numbers of electrical operational state, and provides retentions of its memory, including the stored current electrical operational state, during periods of power off.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Inventors: Mitchell J. Bogart, Eliyahu Bogart, Asher Baum
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Patent number: 10799054Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to an electrical interface design architecture to independently excite each of a network of light strings and/or light string controllers with any of a number of independent excitation signals. In an illustrative example, each of the light strings may receive a selected one of the excitation signals conducted via a wiring assembly to an interface formed as a plug or a corresponding socket. In some embodiments, the interface may galvanically connect one or more of the excitation signals to a corresponding load according to user-selection of a relative orientation between the plug and the socket. In some implementations the load may include a down-stream controller that draws operating power through a selected one of the conductors at the interface. In various implementations, the interface may supply a load such as a multi-channel cable or single channel light string, for example.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Seasons 4, Inc.Inventors: Yi Xin Long, Jason Loomis, Nash Rittmann
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Patent number: 10802194Abstract: Disclosed is a direct type reflective sheet structure, comprising a reflective sheet, on which a plurality of light emitting diode light sources are arranged in an array. A plurality of triangular prism-shaped microstructures is arranged at intervals on the reflective sheet around each of the light emitting diode light sources. Each of the microstructures has a reflective surface facing the light emitting diode light source to reflect light emitted by the light emitting diode light source. Further disclosed is a direct type backlight module. By implementing the embodiment of the present invention, it can avoid the appearance of color deviation on the display panel and reduce the loss of light.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yongyuan Qiu
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Patent number: 10793056Abstract: A snow plow headlamp comprises a housing adapted to be mounted to a frame member of a snow plow assembly, at least a first forwardly directed LED mounted in the housing between opposite ends of the housing and configured to illuminate ahead of a vehicle to which the snow plow assembly is mounted, a second forwardly directed LED mounted in the housing adjacent one of the ends of the housing, a reflector mounted in the housing on a side of the second LED opposite the one end of the housing and configured to reflect light from the second LED to illuminate to a side of the vehicle to which the snow plow assembly is mounted, and a transparent cover mounted to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Douglas Dynamics, L.L.C.Inventor: Christopher Aaron Horn