Patents Examined by Andrew J Coughlin
  • Patent number: 12046163
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label, which is arranged to be attached to a shelf, preferred to a shelf rail located at the front edge of a shelf floor, more preferred to form the shelf rail by itself and to be directly attached to the shelf floor, the electronic shelf label comprises: a display screen arranged on or as the front wall of the electronic shelf label to display content in the form of a still or video image, the display screen comprises a light source to provide a backlit for the display screen, and an illumination device, which is independently controllable form the light source and arranged to emit light from the electronic shelf label from a different wall than its front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: VusionGroup GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Oosthoek, Philipp Jauck
  • Patent number: 12032239
    Abstract: Discussed is a backlight unit, including a base substrate; a partition wall on the base substrate and including a plurality of grooves; semiconductor light-emitting devices on the base substrate and in the plurality of grooves, respectively; a phosphor layer defined in each of the plurality of grooves to cover the semiconductor light-emitting devices and absorbs light in a specific wavelength band to emit light in a wavelength band different from the light in the specific wavelength band; a light diffusion layer that above the phosphor layer and diffuses light; and a spacer between the partition wall and the light diffusion layer, wherein the spacer includes: a body part attached to the partition wall; and a protruding part protruding in a direction toward the light diffusion layer and attached to the light diffusion layer, such that the light diffusion layer and the phosphor layer are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyunho Lee, Wootae Kim, Moongi Jeong, Changguk Lee, Jinseok Lee
  • Patent number: 12034103
    Abstract: A light emitting diode structure includes a substrate, a chip on a top surface of the substrate, transparent cup walls on the top surface of the substrate and surround the chip, a wavelength conversion layer covering the chip between the transparent cup walls, and a reflective layer on the wavelength conversion layer. The reflective layer includes a curved bottom surface protruding toward the chip and directly contacting a top surface of the wavelength conversion layer. An edge of the reflective layer directly contacts the transparent cup walls and the wavelength conversion layer. The wavelength conversion layer fills a space defined by the substrate, the transparent cup walls and the reflective layer such that a bottom surface, a side surface, and the top surface of the wavelength conversion layer directly contacts the substrate, the transparent cup walls, and the reflective layer, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: I-Hsun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12030576
    Abstract: A vehicle component includes a body having a plurality of layers where each of the plurality of layers is a composite material. The body includes a recess formed in one or more of the plurality of layers. A lighting material is disposed in the recess and includes a tube having a first end and a second end, and a light guide disposed within the tube and extending between the first end and the second end of the tube. A light source is adjacent to one or more of the first end and the second end of the tube. The light source is directed toward the light guide and configured to illuminate the lighting material. The recess is sized to receive the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventor: David Salvaggio, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12027501
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a surface light source includes providing an intermediate structure body that includes a composite board including a supporting member and a wiring layer disposed on the supporting member and includes a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed apart from each other on the wiring layer of the composite board, disposing a plurality of covering members apart from each other to cover upper surfaces and lateral surfaces of the light-emitting elements and portions of the composite board around the light-emitting elements, disposing a light-shielding member such that a gap between the covering members is filled, removing the covering members to form a plurality of hole portions, and disposing a light-transmissive member in the hole portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuyoshi Kadan, So Sakamaki, Masayuki Eguchi
  • Patent number: 12018822
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, a unitary formed heat sink with a plurality of heat dissipating fins, a lensed enclosure that retains a light source and at least one power consuming device other than the light source. The lensed enclosure includes a recessed opening having at least a first wall that terminates at a substantially perpendicular second wall. The plurality of heat dissipating fins are disposed on at least one adjacent exterior side of the walled enclosure, the fins extending outwardly. At least one fin coupled to the heat sink extends beyond the light source, and the heat generated by the light source travels by conduction laterally through the heat sink to the at least one coupled fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LIGHTING DEFENSE GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel S. Spiro
  • Patent number: 12018816
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a light controller. The light emitting elements emit lights. The light controller is disposed on the light emitting elements for the lights passing through to form output lights, and the light controller is switchable in a first state and a second state. A sum of an intensity of the output lights in the first state is greater than a sum of an intensity of the output lights in the second state in an angle ranged from 80° to 100°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12015016
    Abstract: Light emitting assemblies comprise a plurality of Light Emitting Diode (LED) dies arranged and attached to common substrate to form an LED array having a desired optimum packing density. The LED dies are wired to one another and are attached to landing pads on the substrate for receiving power from an external electrical source via an interconnect device. The assembly comprises a lens structure, wherein each LED die comprises an optical lens disposed thereover that is configured to promote optimal light transmission. Each optical lens has a diameter that is between about 1.5 to 3 times the size of a respective LED die, and is shaped in the form of a hemisphere. Fillet segments are integral with and interposed between the adjacent optical lenses, and provide sufficient space between adjacent optical lenses so that the diameters of adjacent optical lenses do not intersect with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenhui Zhang, Tao Tong, Zhengqing Gan
  • Patent number: 12001095
    Abstract: The application provides a backlight module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a liquid crystal display device. The backlight module includes a substrate, and a light-emitting chip and a reflective layer disposed on the substrate. Wherein, the reflective layer has a hollowed-out region, the light-emitting chip is electrically connected to the substrate in the hollowed-out region, and a projection of an edge of the hollowed-out region on the substrate is at least partially within a coverage of a projection of the light-emitting chip on the substrate to improve luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Juncheng Xiao, Yan Li, Bin Zhao, Ji Li
  • Patent number: 11994769
    Abstract: A backlit display device includes a plurality of light sources, a plurality of tapered cups laid out in an array, a diffuser, a display module displaying an image, and an image concave mirror being positioned along an optical path sequentially. Each tapered cup is tilted at a different angle and corresponded to one light source respectively to define an emitting angle of each light source. The light of the light sources passes through the diffuser forming a backlight. The display module and the backlight are positioned within and outside the focus of the image concave mirror respectively. The backlight illuminates the image forming an image light and the image light is reflected by the image concave mirror and then projected to a single eye box. Each light source illuminates a portion of the display module. A central normal of each tapered cup intersects the center of the single eye box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: E-LEAD ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Stephen Chen
  • Patent number: 11990569
    Abstract: An LED lighting sheet (20) for animal/plant growth includes an array of LED chips (21) and has a total luminous flux of 3000 lm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Goto, Naoto Kamekawa, Dai Tsukada
  • Patent number: 11981257
    Abstract: A light control apparatus includes a diffuser plate, a light source, a light pipe, and a light blocker. The diffuser plate includes at least one opening therein. The diffuser plate includes feature located around the opening in the diffuser plate that exposes a portion of the diffuser plate. A light source positioned proximate a second surface of the diffuser plate is optically coupled to a light pipe positioned around a portion of the opening near the second surface of diffuser plate. A light blocker is positioned near a second portion of the at least one feature. The light blocker is positioned between the light source and the second portion of the feature, the light blocker having an opening therein to allow light to pass from the light source to the diffuser plate proximate the second portion of the feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Mhamed Ben Moussa, Wojciech Krajewski
  • Patent number: 11979003
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a housing for a spark plug, having a bore along the longitudinal axis X of the housing, the housing comprises an outer side and an inner side and a galvanically applied nickel and zinc-containing protective layer is arranged on at least one part of the outer side of the housing. A sealing layer, which contains silicon, is arranged on the nickel and zinc-containing protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Nufer, Tina Hirte
  • Patent number: 11977251
    Abstract: A backlight module including a light guide plate, a light source, an upper prism sheet, and a lower prism sheet is provided. The light guide plate has a light incident surface and a light emitting surface. The upper prism sheet is disposed at a side of the light emitting surface of the light guide plate. The upper prism sheet includes an upper substrate and first prism microstructures. Cross-sections of the first prism microstructures are isosceles triangles, and apex angles thereof fall within a range of 80 to 90 degrees. The lower prism sheet is disposed between the light guide plate and the upper prism sheet. The lower prism sheet includes a lower substrate and second prism microstructures. Cross-sections of the second prism microstructures are isosceles triangles, and apex angles thereof fall within a range of 100 to 130 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Hsu, Yen-Hao Lin, Wei-Hsuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11973068
    Abstract: A micro LED display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of micro light-emitting diodes disposed on the substrate; and a reflective layer and a black layer sequentially stacked on the substrate. The reflective layer and the black layer cover a surface of the substrate, wherein a top surface of the plurality of micro light-emitting diodes is exposed through the reflective layer and the black layer. A plurality of reflective banks and a plurality of black banks are sequentially disposed on the black layer and exposing the plurality of micro light-emitting diodes; and a color-conversion material covers the top surface of at least one of the plurality of micro light-emitting diodes. The color-conversion material is laterally disposed between the plurality of reflective banks. The reflective layer, the black layer, the plurality of reflective banks, and the plurality of black banks overlap each other in a display direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PLAYNITRIDE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Loganathan Murugan, Sheng-Yuan Sun, Po-Wei Chiu
  • Patent number: 11973174
    Abstract: High-density GaN-based LED displays fabricated using wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding and incorporating s color conversion region are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TECTUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Henry Choy, Paul Martin
  • Patent number: 11957317
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an endoscopic light source that includes a first emitter. The first emitter may emit light of a first wavelength at a dichroic mirror which reflects the light of the first wavelength to a plurality of optical fibers. The endoscopic light source further comprises a second emitter. The second emitter may emit light of a second wavelength at a second dichroic mirror which reflects the light of the second wavelength to the plurality of optical fibers. In one embodiment, the first dichroic mirror may be transparent to the light of the second wavelength, allowing the light of the second wavelength to pass through the first dichroic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Jeremiah D. Henley, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: 11961427
    Abstract: The application belongs to the technical field of LED display screens, and particularly relates to an outdoor LED display. The Outdoor LED display comprises a box body, a display module and a plurality of control assemblies; the display module comprises a plurality of sub-modules, and each sub-module is provided with a control assembly; the box body comprises a frame and a panel installed on the frame, and the display module is connected at one end of the frame away from the panel; the panel, the frame, and the display module form an installation space for installing the control assembly. In this application, each sub-module is installed with a corresponding control assembly, and the control assembly can control the corresponding sub-module to display, thereby enhancing the display effect of the outdoor LED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GLOSHINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianfeng Zhang, Yongjun Zhang, Guoqiang Li, Zhengqiang Li
  • Patent number: 11920071
    Abstract: A luminophore having the general empirical formula X?1?xA?y(Al1+zA?3?z)O4:E? that crystallizes in a tetragonal crystal system. X? may be Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations thereof; A? may be Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, and combinations thereof; E? may be Eu, Ce, Yb, Mn, and combinations thereof; 0<x<0.25; y?x; and z=0.5(2x?y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bichler, Simon Dallmeir, Christian Koch, Simon Peschke, Gudrun Plundrich, Philipp Schmid, Christiane Stoll, Johanna Strube-Knyrim, Jutta Thoma, Mark Vorsthove
  • Patent number: 11920749
    Abstract: A modular lighting kit has a plurality of blocks of various shapes and sizes, including a powered master block and a plurality of unpowered slave blocks. The master block is illuminable independently. All blocks are magnetically attracted to each other and connect electrically when abutted together in any 2-D or 3-D arrangement such that all blocks are illuminated when connected directly or indirectly to the master block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Chi Wai (Zhiwei) Patrick Poon (Pan)