Patents Examined by Ali Alavi
  • Patent number: 10859249
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Yamana, Noboru Iizawa, Shintaro Hayashi, Yoshiyuki Nakano
  • Patent number: 10858105
    Abstract: In a method for avoiding dazzling of a person (10) by a light source (6) arranged in an interior (20) of a vehicle (22), wherein the light source (6) during operation emits light (24) within a beam cone (26), a camera (4) is arranged in the interior (20) and oriented such that at least one monitoring section (28) of the beam cone (26), in which the person (10) can enter, is located in the field of view (30) of the camera (4), the camera (4) records a camera image (32), using machine person detection, it is ascertained from the camera image (32) whether at least one part of the person (10) is located within the beam cone (26), in this case, at least the region (18) of the beam cone (26) in which the part of the person (10) is located is switched to glare-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: DIEHL AEROSPACE GMBH
    Inventor: Martin Bachhuber
  • Patent number: 10857625
    Abstract: A system to provide a texture to a surface of a component for use in a semiconductor processing chamber is provided. The system includes an enclosure comprising a processing region, a support disposed in the processing region, a photon light source to generate a stream of photons, an optical module operably coupled to the photon light source, and a lens. The optical module includes a beam modulator to create a beam of photons from the stream of photons generated from the photon light source, and a beam scanner to scan the beam of photons across the surface of the component. The lens is used to receive the beam of photons from the beam scanner and distribute the beam of photons at a wavelength in a range between about 345 nm and about 1100 nm across the surface of the component to form a plurality of features on the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Peng, David W. Groechel, Jenn C. Chow, Tuochuan Huang, Han Wang
  • Patent number: 10854001
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Tangible Play, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Solomon, Ariel Zekelman, Jon Dukerschein, Jerome Scholler, Vivek Vidyasagaran
  • Patent number: 10851988
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SENSIO AMERIA, LLC
    Inventors: Gary B. Rutherford, Paul Bardwell
  • Patent number: 10852468
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taewoo Lim, Dongwoo Kim, Minsu Kim, Cheonjae Maeng, Seongyeon Lee, Hongbeom Lee
  • Patent number: 10845009
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond G. Janik, Carlo Scianna
  • Patent number: 10842367
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Goh Matsunobu, Takashi Yamaguchi, Akio Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10845013
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Vista Manufacturing Inc
    Inventors: Alexander Tolen, Mitchell Bruhn, Ian Michael Frank
  • Patent number: 10837620
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Renato Frison, Alberto Alfier, Xiaolong Li, Luca Mascolo
  • Patent number: 10831089
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masatoshi Yonekubo
  • Patent number: 10830397
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Li-Qin Li
  • Patent number: 10830425
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hammer, Antje Graichen, Simon Lankes, Stephan Janka
  • Patent number: 10823373
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: E Ink Corporation
    Inventors: Antranig Baronian, Brian D. Bean, George G. Harris
  • Patent number: 10816882
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Daijiro Fujii
  • Patent number: 10818828
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Illum Horticulture LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Adams, Johnathan J. Heiner
  • Patent number: 10802524
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventors: Mitchell J. Bogart, Eliyahu Bogart, Asher Baum
  • Patent number: 10799054
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Seasons 4, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Xin Long, Jason Loomis, Nash Rittmann
  • Patent number: 10802194
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongyuan Qiu
  • Patent number: 10795074
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes an optical plate, a light source provided near the optical plate, and a brightness redistribution film provided above the optical plate. When light emitted from the light source passes through the optical plate and the brightness redistribution film, a front view angle brightness measured in a normal direction of a light exiting surface of the brightness redistribution film relative to a maximum brightness emitted from the backlight assembly has a brightness ratio N, wherein the brightness ratio N is greater than or equal to 60% and is smaller than 100% (60%?N<100%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ping-Hsun Tsai, Shih-Fu Liao, I-An Yao