Patents Examined by Anabel Ton
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Patent number: 12237625Abstract: An illumination unit includes: a substrate to which a first light-emitting element is mounted; a housing that holds the substrate; a case that is attached to the housing so as to cover the substrate and can output light of the first light-emitting element to the outside; and a light-blocking cover that is attached to the substrate, is provided so as not to cover the first light-emitting element in a direction in which light is output while surrounding the first light-emitting element, and is formed higher from a front face of the substrate than the first light-emitting element.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Sawayanagi, Takashi Wakasugi, Masahiro Nakamura, Kosuke Yamaguchi, Hiroyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 12234976Abstract: The present invention discloses a lighting system assembled from lighting fixtures, including electrical connection sockets, electric connectors, a connecting structure, and plug connectors. A plurality of single lighting fixtures are assembled and mounted on the connecting structure by fitting the electrical connection sockets to the connecting structure so that the lighting fixtures can be easily assembled on the ceiling without complicated wiring.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Inventor: Xueliang Zhao
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Patent number: 12234980Abstract: A sand painting lamp includes a sand painting body, and a light-emitting lamp. The sand painting body includes a side portion. The side portion includes a light-transmitting portion. The light-emitting lamp is disposed opposite to the side portion. A light-emitting surface of the light-emitting lamp faces the light-transmitting portion. Light emitted from the light-emitting lamp illuminates the sand painting body from the side portion of the sand painting body, so that the sand painting body is fully illuminated. The combination of the light-emitting lamp and the sand painting body displays a good sand painting effect, and decorative effect is excellent, which satisfies the needs of the users.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Inventor: Fei Liu
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Patent number: 12233773Abstract: An exterior light structure is mounted in a vehicle including fender members and a hood member. The fender members are disposed in side parts of a vehicle body. The hood member is disposed adjacent to upper parts of the fender members. The exterior light structure includes lamp bodies 22. The lamp bodies 22 are disposed between the upper parts of the fender members and side edge parts of the hood member substantially in a vehicle body forward-rearward direction. The lamp bodies 22 radiate light to the outside of the vehicle through gaps d between the fender members and the hood member.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masayoshi Takori, Yuji Tsuchiya, Kei Oshida
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Patent number: 12228258Abstract: A linear luminaire includes a linear channel defining an interior space and a linear light inset configured for being inserted into the channel in the interior space. The light inset includes a cover and a printed circuit board fixed to the cover. The printed circuit board supports a plurality of light emitting diodes. The cover base wall includes a translucent portion. The light emitting diodes are arranged for emitting light through the translucent portion. The cover includes two cover connectors, each configured for being snapped into the channel to hold the cover in the interior space. The cover connectors are on an opposite side of the printed circuit board as the translucent portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: DIEM GmbHInventors: Stefan Krotmeier, Dominic Hosch, Moritz Gessner, Rene Hendler
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Patent number: 12222077Abstract: A directional illumination device for a vehicle external light comprises an array of light sources and an imaging waveguide comprising an input surface and a reflective end. Opposed guide surfaces are arranged to guide input light from the input surface to the reflective end and back along the waveguide after reflection at the reflective end, the waveguide being arranged to extract input light as it is guided back along the waveguide after reflection and to cause the extracted light to exit through the first guide surface. The reflective end has positive optical power in the direction laterally across the waveguide and the waveguide is arranged to direct the extracted light in respective output illumination directions distributed in a lateral direction in dependence on the input positions of the light sources in the direction laterally across the waveguide. A thin, high brightness and high efficiency controllable directional vehicle headlight is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: RealD Spark, LLCInventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Jonathan Harrold, Michael G. Robinson
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Patent number: 12216308Abstract: A luminous keyboard includes a light guide holder base including a light-transmitting base seat, a light guide seat with a light guide plate and a circuit board mounted in the light guide plate and provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements surrounding the periphery and a processor electrically connected to a computer host, a keyboard assembly located on the light guide seat, and a light guide shell covers the light guide holder base and providing an accommodating opening for exposing the key module of the keyboard assembly. The light guide seat of the light guide holder base is positioned on protruding fixing portions of the bottom panel of the base seat, so that the light guide seat is a distance away from the bottom panel, thereby making the light-emitting lights on the light guide seat are in a light-emitting state suspended on the bottom panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2024Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: AMERICAN FUTURE TECHNOLOGYInventor: You-Chi Liu
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Patent number: 12215847Abstract: A connection combination structure with free-rotating waterproof lamp conductive module, which has a lamp is provided on each of multiple light poles. Each light pole has a plug-in post on one end, and a plug hole on the other end. When assembling multiple light poles, the plug-in post of one light pole is inserted into the plug hole of another light pole. Through the thread locking and axial positioning structure of the plug-in post and plug hole, each light pole is axially locked and can rotate 360 degrees in the circumferential direction, and cannot be directly pulled out axially, and the conductive terminals in the plug-in post and plug hole conduct to each other. In this way, light poles can rotate with each other to adjust lamp illumination direction, and the connection structure of multiple light poles also has the functions of electrical connection and waterproofing.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2024Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SMART ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jerry Yang
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Patent number: 12215848Abstract: A stage light fixture with a light head having external heat dissipation includes a light head for projecting light beams, which is formed as a cylinder with a light outlet which is covered by a light emitting lens, and a support arm for supporting the light head to rotate via a pivoting shaft. At least one first blower is provided in the support arm, which is configured to blow air around the light head to flow and thus cool the light head. According to the present invention, active heat dissipation is formed and enclosed interior of the cylinder is simultaneously ensured without damage to the existed structure of the light head. The light head thus can be effectively cooled in a way that the air around the light head is blown to flow and promptly entrain the heat on the side wall thereof via the first blower.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: GUANGZHOU HAOYANG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Weikai Jiang, Mingjian Yuan, Xiaolong Zheng
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Patent number: 12214931Abstract: The present subject matter provides a storage system including a storage box and a light assembly. The storage box includes a box base with a mounting structure configured to be coupled to a modular storage system. A lid is coupled to the box base. The light assembly includes a base, a leg, and a light source. The leg is coupled to the base or the lid and is rotatable about a rotation axis. The light source is pivotally coupled to the leg and is rotatable about a rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Techtronic Cordless GPInventors: Brianna E. Williams, Jeffrey Groves, Tyler H. Knight, Connor Irwin
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Patent number: 12209714Abstract: A conveniently-mounted split side-emitting small panel lamp belongs to the technical field of light-emitting diode (LED) lamps. The conveniently-mounted split side-emitting small panel lamp includes a rear cover; an inner wall of the rear cover is connected to a light source module; reflective paper, a light guide plate, and a diffusion plate are arranged inside the rear cover in sequence from top to bottom; a surface ring is connected below the rear cover, where several clamping blocks are arranged at an edge of the rear cover; the surface ring is provided with clamping slots corresponding to the clamping blocks; a connection terminal is connected above the rear cover; and symmetrically arranged springs are further connected above the rear cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: HENGDIAN GROUP TOSPO LIGHTING CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaoxing Wang, Le Wang, Jinli Shan, Jinghang Zhou, Ying Ye, Heng Li
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Patent number: 12204138Abstract: A shaped part includes a decorative layer having a front/visible side, and a rear opposing side, a light guide assembly arranged on the rear side of the decorative layer for illuminating and/or backlighting the decorative layer, and one or more light sources. Light (L) emanating from the light source(s) can be input into the light guide assembly. The light guide assembly has a light guide layer with a front side and a rear side. An at least sectionally translucent mirror film is arranged on the front side of the light guide layer and a rear-side mirror film is arranged on the rear side of the light guide layer. Light (L) emanating from the light source(s) and input into the light guide layer of the light guide assembly can be partially reflected on the mirror films, and thus propagates in the light guide layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: NOVEM CAR INTERIOR DESIGN GMBHInventors: Alexander Martin, Philipp Weih
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Patent number: 12203643Abstract: A substrate sheet (20) for a card-type lamp unit (5) includes the card-type lamp unit (5) which has a polygonal substrate body (10) having an outer peripheral side (10b to 10d) and a connector forming side (12), an external connector insertion portion (11) formed on the connector forming side (12), a heat dissipation member (16) integrated with the substrate body (10) and having a linear expansion coefficient different from that of the substrate body (10), and a light emitting element light source (6) connected to a control circuit (13) for light ON/OFF and a frame body (23) integrated with the card-type lamp unit (5) via a coupling end portion (10e) formed on the outer peripheral side of the substrate body (10), in which a coupling end portion (21, 22) for the frame body (23) is provided on the connector forming side (12).Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 12196393Abstract: An LED lamp includes a lamp body, a front surface of the lamp body being provided with a mounting groove; an LED lamp panel mounted in the mounting groove; a lens panel covering the LED lamp panel; a quick disassembling structure configured to detachably connect the lens panel to the lamp body.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2024Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: SHENZHEN SNC OPTO ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Jianyong Xu, Zhiping Ma
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Patent number: 12196405Abstract: A lighting device suitable for freezers includes a housing and a light source arranged in the housing. The lighting device further includes a light-transmitting member arranged within the light-emitting range of the light source. The light-transmitting member includes a first light-transmitting portion for irradiating the upper portion of the freezer, a second light-transmitting portion for irradiating the middle of the freezer, and a third light-transmitting portion for irradiating the lower portion of the freezer. The light-emitting surfaces of the first light-transmitting portion and the second light-transmitting portion are planes and the light-emitting surface of the third light-transmitting portion is in form of a stepped surface. The lighting device of the present disclosure makes items in the freezer irradiated more evenly, significantly convenient for the users.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: ENERGYLED ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Deliang Xiao, Qing Ma, Kegang Yue
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Patent number: 12187191Abstract: A vehicular active spoiler-type lighting device and a vehicular active spoiler-type lighting method includes an insertion recess formed in a vehicle body, an air current adjustment module inserted into the insertion recess and protruding out of the insertion recess, thereby changing a direction of air current flowing along a surface of the vehicle body, a drive module mounted in the insertion recess, connected to the air current adjustment module, and configured to insert the air current adjustment module into the insertion recess or to pull the air current adjustment module out of the insertion recess, and a lamp module configured to provide lighting to the air current adjustment module.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Do Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 12189184Abstract: An illumination system for medical therapeutic and/or diagnostic system is provided. The illumination system includes a laser light source and a light guide. The light guide has a proximal end that is connectable and/or assignable to the one laser light source. The light guide has a distal end with a diffuser element having a radial, spherical emission characteristic. The diffuser element includes a diffuser main body made of an inorganic material, in particular a glass, a glass ceramic, a glass-like substance or a composite substance of the aforementioned substances. The diffuser main body has a scattering element and has a surface that is pore-free and smooth.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Bernd Schultheis, Oliver Keiper, Jürgen Meinl, Hubertus Russert, Jonas Grimm, Lothar Willmes, Martin Cramer
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Patent number: 12173879Abstract: A cane includes a cane body, a controller, and a light source. The controller changes the blinking frequency F of the light source to blink the light source according to the usage situation of the cane by the user. The usage situation is the swing speed SP of the cane. The controller blinks the light source with a higher blinking frequency F the faster the swing speed SP of the cane. The acceleration of the cane is measured by the acceleration sensor, and the swing speed is calculated by a computing unit based on the measured acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tsuyoshi Miyazawa
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Patent number: 12173881Abstract: A lamp unit including a light emitting element, a lighting circuit, a substrate, and a heat dissipation member. The substrate includes a substrate main body, an external connector insertion portion, and a light emitting element installation portion, the heat dissipation member being provided in the substrate main body. The lighting circuit is mounted on the substrate main body, the lighting circuit being electrically connected with the light emitting element. The light emitting element is mounted on the substrate main body via the light emitting element installation portion, in a state of being in contact with the heat dissipation member.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Tetsuya Suzuki, Akio Shoji, Yoshimasa Murata, Ryota Fuwa
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Patent number: 12173986Abstract: A firearm accessory and associated components and methods. The firearm accessory can include a foregrip and/or an illuminator (e.g., light and/or laser). The firearm accessory can include a support body selectively operatively connectable to a support body receiver in a first orientation and in a second orientation. The support body can include an actuator configured to change an operational state of the illuminator and/or a port configured to connect a remote actuator to the support body.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Crimson Trace CorporationInventors: Tim Meissen, William A. Planck, Michael Cottrell, James Tayon, Ryan Donahue, John Oller, Shane Ball, Logan Garland