Patents Examined by Andrew Coughlin
  • Patent number: 10132465
    Abstract: Metalenses and technologies incorporating the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, the metalenses are in the form of a hybrid multiregion collimating metalens that includes a first region and a second region, wherein the hybrid multiregion collimating metalens is configured to collimate (e.g., visible) light incident thereon. In some instances the first region includes an array of first unit cells that contain subwavelength spaced nanostructures, such that the first region functions as a subwavelength high contrast grating (SWHCG), whereas the second region includes an array of second unit cell, wherein the array of second unit cells includes a near periodic annular arrangement of nanostructures such that the second region approximates the functionality of a locally periodic radial diffraction grating. Lighting devices including such metalenses are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc., The President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Steve Byrnes, Francesco Aieta, Federico Capasso, Alan Lenef
  • Patent number: 10113734
    Abstract: A light source for a sorting apparatus is described and which includes an illuminator having a multiplicity of modules which are electrically coupled together, and which further include a plurality of light emitting diodes which can be selectively energized, by a computer network so as to parametrically control a temporal, spatial, and spectral energizing of the respective modules; and a light diffuser member is located in spaced relation relative to the illuminator, and which passes and substantially renders a visibly luminous or invisible emission substantially uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Key Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald Ray Richert, Danielle Wilson, Timothy Justice
  • Patent number: 10114164
    Abstract: An edge-type backlight source assembly includes at least one quantum bar (QD) tube bracket, at least one QD tube fixed within the QD tube bracket, a plurality of LED lamp bars, and a connector. The LED lamp bar includes a substrate and a plurality of LED lamps on the substrate, and the LED lamps emit blue light. The substrate is attached to a bottom of the QD tube bracket. The LED lamps are received within the QD tube bracket and are arranged to be opposite to the QD tube. The connector electrically connects with the adjacent two LED lamp bars and is fixed on a sidewall of the QD tube bracket. A backlight module is also disclosed. The connector, which is fixed on the sidewall of the QD tube bracket, electrically connects to the two adjacent LED lamps to ensure the wiring connection between the lamp bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yuchun Hsiao, Guofu Tang, Quan Li, Gang Yu, Taiyong Yin
  • Patent number: 10115776
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of first electrodes, a pixel defining layer, a first intermediate layer, a fluorine-containing layer, an emitting layer and a second electrode. The first electrodes are spaced apart from each other on a substrate. The pixel defining layer is disposed on the substrate. The pixel defining layer partially exposes the first electrodes. The first intermediate layer is disposed on the substrate, the pixel defining layer and the exposed first electrodes. The fluorine-containing layer is formed on a portion of the first intermediate layer overlapping an upper surface of the pixel defining layer. The fluorine-containing layer includes fluorine diffused from the pixel defining layer or the first intermediate layer. The emitting layer is at least partially disposed on a portion of the first intermediate layer not including the fluorine-containing layer thereon. The second electrode is disposed on the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung-Seo Park
  • Patent number: 10105990
    Abstract: An automotive safety device is provided including a housing and a removable support assembly having a base and a plurality of support members pivotally attached to the base and moveable between a first, closed position and a second, open position. Each support member is arranged directly adjacent to an outer surface of the housing in the first position. In the second position, the support members allow the device to be freestanding. A first light source is arranged on the housing such that the device may function as an emergency roadside light. The device further includes a tire pressure gauge, including a pressure sensor, a processor, and a display, wherein the processor is configured to output a value on the display indicative of a measured pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Measurement Ltd.
    Inventor: Steven Petrucelli
  • Patent number: 10107487
    Abstract: LED light bulbs include openings in base or cover portions, and optional forced flow elements, for convective cooling. Thermally conductive optically transmissive material may be used for cooling, optionally including fins. A LED light engine may be fabricated from a substrate via planar fabrication techniques and shaped to form a substantially rigid upright support structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal connections may be made between a LED light engine and a LED light bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: George R. Brandes, Julio A. Garceran
  • Patent number: 10101519
    Abstract: A lighting assembly for a vehicle instrument panel includes a light guide supported within a light housing proximate to a light source. The light guide includes a top surface with a plurality of prisms for efficiently transmitting light toward a display and operator. The light guide may be coupled to a diffuser with a plurality of serrations that include a light reflecting surface for directing light from the light guide in a direction toward an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Vyacheslav Borisovich Birman, Richard Daniel Sanders
  • Patent number: 10096580
    Abstract: An illumination assembly includes a substrate, a wiring structure, a reflecting layer and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The wiring structure is formed on a part of the substrate, and includes a catalyst layer covering the part of the substrate, and a conducting layer formed on the catalyst layer. The reflecting layer is formed on another part of the substrate that is exposed from the wiring structure. The light-emitting diodes are disposed on the wiring structure and are electrically connected to the wiring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN GREEN POINT ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan Lin, Pen-Yi Liao, Hui-Ching Chuang, Chih-Hao Chen, Ai-Ling Lin
  • Patent number: 10088623
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light emitting device that can improve design of emitted light. A communication substrate is provided with an LED indicator which emits light. A light guiding plate has a concave surface portion which is a concave surface to cover the LED indicator, and receives the light from the LED indicator using the concave surface portion. A storage case stores the communication substrate and the light guiding plate in a state where a part of the light guiding plate is exposed. The light guiding plate allows the light from the LED indicator to penetrate to a part of the light guiding plate exposed from the storage case by diffusing the light received using the concave surface portion. For example, the present disclosure is applicable to the light emitting device that emits light using an LED or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Soichiro Nakamura, Hiroyasu Sato, Masao Kondo, Hirotaka Tako, Keiichi Takahashi, Shin Yamamoto, Ken Yano, Takanobu Wada, Kazuya Tateishi
  • Patent number: 10077875
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode lamp includes an optically-transparent lens and an assembly. The lens includes a parabolic section defined about an axis and having a focus. The section includes a surface extending from the axis to a periphery of the section at a first end of the section, and a channel extending along the axis partially inside the section at a second end of the section. The assembly includes a chip and a dome. The chip is disposed in the channel at the focus of the section. The dome is disposed in the channel forming an interior space between the dome and the lens. The space is filled with an optically-transparent material having an index of refraction approximately equal to an index of refraction of the lens that eliminates or reduces effect of an optical interface between the material and the lens on direction of light emitted by the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Vitrulux Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Bronislav Vladislavovich Gorlinskiy, Yuri Sergeevich Panteleev
  • Patent number: 10073209
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a surface light source lighting device capable of realizing direction control and a stable operation with respect to vibration or a great temperature change, required for use in a backlight. This surface light source lighting device causes linear light incident from a light source (2a) to be incident to an edge surface (1L) of a light guide plate (1) via a light incidence portion (3a) including a light incidence lens and a louver, and can thus maintain high reliability with respect to vibration or a temperature change in a use environment. In the light guide plate (1), light reflected by a first light guide pattern (4A) provided on a rear surface thereof is reflected by a second light guide pattern (4B) provided on the same rear surface so that an emission direction is set, and thus light is emitted from a front surface of the light guide plate (1) with desired distribution characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Mase, Sadafumi Oota
  • Patent number: 10067285
    Abstract: A stone slab with a light source and a manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The stone slab includes a transparent composite plate. The composite plate includes a stone panel, a light guide plate, and a honeycomb plate laminated from top to bottom. A water-molecule-activated protective film is provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of the light guide plate respectively. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the upper surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the stone panel. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the lower surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the honeycomb plate by using an adhesive. The water-molecule-activated protective film can be used to bond the light guide plate. Moreover, the adhesive on another side of the water-molecule-activated protective film does not directly contact the light guide plate and avoids a problem that a lighting effect is impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Huizhang Zheng
  • Patent number: 10066828
    Abstract: An underwater LED light for use in high ambient pressure environments having a housing, a transparent pressure-bearing window, an MCPCB having one or more LEDs, and a multilayer stack of spacers for carrying loads applied to the window to the MCPCB and to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: DEEPSEA POWER & LIGHT LLC
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Jon E. Simmons, Aaron J. Steiner, John R. Sanderson
  • Patent number: 10061121
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical structure for a vehicle, including: an optic unit which is configured by a plurality of optics; a lens which is provided with an interval from the optic unit; and a shield which is provided between the optic unit and the lens to reflect light which passes through the optic toward the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10054733
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light emitting device package including a light emitting device configured to generate a first light; a body configured to accommodate the light emitting device and comprising a cavity in the body; an optical member configured to divide the cavity into a plurality of cavities including a first cavity and a second cavity; and first phosphor and second phosphor different from the first phosphor accommodated in the first and the second cavities, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kye Hoon Lee, Dae Kuen Yang, Nae-won Jang
  • Patent number: 10048427
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a plurality of light-emitting elements that are disposed on a first substrate, and a guide member that is disposed in a boundary between pixel regions corresponding to the light-emitting elements and guides light emitted from each of the light-emitting elements between the first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate in a main light emission direction of each of the light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichi Aoyagi, Hayato Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 10038123
    Abstract: A conformal thin-film phosphor layer is disposed over a surface of a hemispherical lens, a Fresnel lens, or a microlens array, thereby forming a phosphor-coated light extraction structure. Also disclosed is a phosphor-converted photonic crystal light emitting device that incorporates a thin-film phosphor layer. A wafer-level packaging process incorporating a thin-film phosphor layer is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: MAVEN OPTRONICS INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
    Inventor: Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 10036521
    Abstract: An electrically powered flame simulator comprises at least two light sources, an integrated circuit electrically connected to the light sources for intermittently illuminating at least one of the light sources independently of other light sources such that the light sources together provide the effect of a flickering movement, and a power source for providing power to the integrated circuit. The flame simulator may be mounted in a decorative or ornamental device such as a candle or fire log, or used on decorative clothing, or may be part of a hazard or warning system. One or more solid state light sources may also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: STERNO HOME INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Gutstein, Monita Liu
  • Patent number: 10036834
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curved display device, and relates to the field of display technology. The curved display device comprises a plane display panel and a gradient index lens provided at light exit side of the plane display panel, wherein the gradient index lens makes light exiting from the plane display panel converge toward a center of display surface of the curved display device. In the present invention, by adding a gradient index lens to a traditional plane display panel and using refraction effect of light by the gradient index lens, curved display is achieved without curving the display panel, thus poor display caused by curving the display panel is effectively avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dan Su, Jun Wu, Jieqiong Wang, Wenhai Cui
  • Patent number: 10031369
    Abstract: The general inventive concepts provide a transparent display device comprising at least one display panel, the transparent display device further comprises a backlight light source and at least one double-sided reflector array located at the backlight side of the display panel. The double-sided reflector array comprises a plurality of double-sided reflectors arranged aslant relative to the display panel. The backlight light source is located at one side of the double-sided reflector array, and is capable of providing light beams to the double-sided reflector array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang Wang