Patents Examined by Andrew J Coughlin
  • Patent number: 11844158
    Abstract: A single channel-based multi-functional light emitting diode lamp driving system includes: first and second light source groups distinguished for each lamp function thereof; a single LED lamp driving module adjusting an input voltage to a voltage required for each lamp function and to apply it to the first and second light source groups; a switching module controlling on or off of the first and second light source groups; and a control module controlling light amounts of the first and second light source groups by performing time-division control on an on or off time of the switching module in conjunction with the LED lamp driving module, wherein the control module is configured to perform time division turn-on control on the first and second light source groups by controlling at least one of a current value applied to the first and second light source groups or a duty ratio thereof in a high-beam passing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Choong Seob Park, So Jeong Kang, Jin Hyun Kim, Seok Hyun Hwang, Ga Hee Lee, Chul Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11841584
    Abstract: A light-emitting module is provided. The light-emitting module includes a circuit substrate and a first light-emitting element disposed on the circuit substrate. The light-emitting module also includes an optical pattern disposed on the circuit substrate and adjacent to the first light-emitting element. The light-emitting module further includes a lens covering the first light-emitting element and the optical pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Yujun Chiu, Lavender Cheng, Maggy Hsu
  • Patent number: 11837685
    Abstract: A dimming agent according to one or more embodiments is disclosed that may include at least one of terbium, praseodymium, manganese, titanium. A diffuse reflection intensity of the dimming agent in a wavelength of from 400 nm to 750 nm may be 80% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Umetsu, Kazuyoshi Haga
  • Patent number: 11837845
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base having a bottom face and a lateral part surrounding the bottom face and extending upwards from the bottom face, wherein the lateral part comprises a first stepped portion and a second stepped portion facing the first stepped portion; a first semiconductor laser element disposed on the bottom face and located between the first stepped portion and the second stepped portion in a top view, wherein the first semiconductor laser element is configured to emit light towards the second stepped portion; a first wiring region located on the first stepped portion; and one or more first wires, each having a first end that is connected to the first wiring region. At least one of the one or more first wires is electrically connected to the first semiconductor laser element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Murakami, Soichiro Miura
  • Patent number: 11833900
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite structure comprising a translucent layer (1) having a light transmittance of 1 to 50%, an opaque layer (2) containing a translucent area (6), and a touch sensor area (5) that is at least partly arranged in or above or below the translucent area of layer (2). The present invention also provides a method of producing the composite structure. The composite structure can be used to replace conventional buttons in motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TMG—Tecidos Plastificados e Outros Revestimentos Para a Indústria Automóvel, S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Filipe Carvalho Da Silva, Tiago Filipe Da Silva Maia, Antonio Cesar Rodrigues Aguia, Elizabete De Pinho
  • Patent number: 11835747
    Abstract: The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising: —a plurality of k light sources (10) configured to provide light source light (11), wherein k is a natural number of at least 5, wherein the light sources (10) are configured in an array (15), wherein the light sources (10) have inter-light source distances (d1); —an elongated luminescent body (100) having a length (L), the elongated luminescent body comprising one or more side faces (140), the elongated luminescent body (100) comprising a radiation input face (111) and a radiation exit window (112), wherein the radiation input face (111) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the plurality of light sources (10), wherein the elongated luminescent body (100) comprises luminescent material (120) configured to convert at least part of light source light (11) into luminescent material light (8), wherein the radiation exit window (112) has an angle (?) unequal to 0° and unequal to 180° with the radiation input face (111); —a body hol
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jiang Hong Yu, Dominique Maria Bruls
  • Patent number: 11828975
    Abstract: A lighting device capable of maintaining high efficiency while reducing blue light. The lighting device includes: a first light source; and a second light source having lower light efficiency than the first light source and having a lower light intensity than the first light source in a blue light wavelength region, in which power is supplied to the first light source and the second light source so that a ratio of power consumption of the first light source to power consumption of the second light source becomes 1:n, and n is greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SCL. , LTD
    Inventor: Jae Jin Yun
  • Patent number: 11828453
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a plurality of independently operable light emitting devices; a first lens facing the light emitting devices; and a second lens facing the first lens. A lower face of the first lens facing the light emitting devices includes: an entrance part located in a center where light from the light emitting devices enters, and a light guide part located outward of the entrance part and configured to guide light entering the entrance part. A lower face of the second lens facing the first lens includes a Fresnel lens face including a plurality of annular protruding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norimasa Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Okahisa
  • Patent number: 11829028
    Abstract: A backlight source and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The backlight source includes a first substrate, a plurality of light sources, a driving circuit layer, and a conductive line. The light sources are distributed on an upper surface of the first substrate. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The driving circuit layer is disposed on a surface of a side of the second substrate away from the first substrate. An end of the conductive line is connected to one of the light sources, and another end of the conductive line is bonded to the driving circuit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Yongyuan Qiu, Linlin Fu, Xi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11828454
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to realize a lighting device which can be switched between an overall lighting and a local lighting with a single lighting device. The concrete structure is a lighting device including: a first light guide having a first major surface and a first back surface, and a first hole; a second light guide, disposed on the first light guide, and having a second major surface, a second back surface, and a second hole; a reflection sheet disposed under the first back surface of the first light guide; a liquid crystal lens disposed above the second major surface of the second light guide, in which first LEDs and second LEDs are disposed circumferentially along a side wall of the first hole and a side wall of the second hole, respectively, and the first LEDs and the second LEDs are displaced each other in azimuth direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masafumi Okada
  • Patent number: 11827139
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes: a first light source unit that forms at least a high-beam light distribution pattern; a second light source unit that forms an additional light distribution pattern and irradiates light with a luminous intensity higher than that of the first light source unit; a posture switching mechanism that switches between a first posture in which an optical axis of the second light source unit is parallel to an optical axis of the first light source unit and a second posture in which the optical axis of the second light source unit is deviated in the horizontal direction by a predetermined angle from the optical axis of the first light source unit; and a controller that controls an ON/OFF state of the second light source unit and an operation state of the posture switching mechanism according to a vehicle speed acquired from a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11828442
    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: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: LIGHTING DEFENSE GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel S. Spiro
  • Patent number: 11817538
    Abstract: A laminated film in which a heat-resistant base film and a metal foil are bonded using an adhesive is provided with a barrier layer that prevents chemicals from entering the adhesive layer, between the metal foil and the adhesive layer. The barrier layer is made of a heat-resistant resin similar to that of the base film and has a water absorption rate of 1% or less. The adhesive layer is a silicone-based resin and has a thickness of 40 ?m or more after drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Igarashi, Shoko Kasai, Akihiko Hanya
  • Patent number: 11815260
    Abstract: A collapsible marshalling wand system that includes a marshalling wand that can be set in an elongated operational configuration while used, as well as a smaller collapsed configuration when not in use, and an accompanying recharging device, along with an accompanying charging station. The marshalling wand includes a plurality of wand portions integrated telescopically, with the wand portions including a lighting system and a wireless alert system. The charging station allows for multiple marshalling wands to be recharged simultaneously in a variety of locations. As such, the collapsible marshalling wand system allows all ground personnel to conveniently keep a marshalling wand with them at all times as well as for extra marshalling wands to be stored at a charging station positioned on runways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Andrea Vetere
  • Patent number: 11808966
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes: a plurality of light sources; and a lightguide plate including a plurality of light source placement sections, in each of which at least one light source is arranged, arrayed in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The lightguide plate defines at least one first-A light control groove and at least one first-B light control groove that extend parallel to the second direction between a first light source placement section and a second light source placement section adjacent to the first light source placement section in the first direction, and at least one second-A light control groove and at least one second-B light control groove that extend parallel to the first direction between the first light source placement section and a third light source placement section adjacent to the first light source placement section in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Daisuke Kasai, Takao Nakauchi
  • Patent number: 11812626
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency, or a light-emitting element with a long lifetime. The light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a light-emitting layer including a guest material and a host material, in which an emission spectrum of the host material overlaps with an absorption spectrum of the guest material, and phosphorescence is emitted by conversion of an excitation energy of the host material into an excitation energy of the guest material. By using the overlap between the emission spectrum of the host material and the absorption spectrum of the guest material, the energy smoothly transfers from the host material to the guest material, so that the energy transfer efficiency of the light-emitting element is high. Accordingly, a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoko Shitagaki, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Hideko Inoue, Masahiro Takahashi, Kunihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11808963
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide including a first main surface, a second main surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface, a plurality of convex portions provided on the second main surface, and a first light source element and a second light source element opposing the first side surface and the second side surface, respectively, and when an incident angle of a main ray of the light propagating in the light guide is expressed by ?, a diffusion angle of the light is ?, an angle of the convex portion of the light guide is ?, a critical angle of the light guide is ?c, and an angle which satisfies (90°??c) is ?0, a relationship: ((?0+?)/3)<?<((?0??)/2) is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Shinichi Komura, Koichi Okuda, Hiroaki Kijima, Ken Onoda
  • Patent number: 11810997
    Abstract: A light source includes a plurality of light emitting elements one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally arranged, a plurality of wavelength conversion members, a plurality of first light diffusing members, a light transmitting member, a second light diffusing member, and a light shielding member. Each of the light emitting elements has a light emission surface and an electrode surface. Each of the wavelength conversion members is disposed on the light emission surface of a respective one of the light emitting elements. Each of the first light diffusing members is disposed on a respective one of the wavelength conversion members. The light transmitting member continuously covers the first light diffusing members. The second light diffusing member is disposed on the light transmitting member. The light shielding member covers lateral surfaces of the light emitting elements, lateral surfaces of the wavelength conversion members, and lateral surfaces of the first light diffusing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Okahisa, Shintaro Noma
  • Patent number: 11799271
    Abstract: Spark plugs are disclosed that include electrode arrangements to improve the charge flow into and out of the annular volume around the insulator nose and a pre-chamber volume of a pre-chamber device, thus directing a purge of exhaust gases trapped in the annular volume to a space formed by the exterior of the spark plug body and the interior of the pre-chamber device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: David Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Daniel J. O'Connor, Alan C. Anderson, Nicholas James Welch, Jisang Sun
  • Patent number: 11789317
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are disclosed. The backlight module includes a framework, a light plate, and a plurality of lamp beads. The framework includes a light plate mounting groove. At least two sides of the framework define heat dissipation ports. The light plate is installed in the light plate mounting groove. A cavity is defined inside the light plate, and the cavity communicates with the heat dissipation port. The lamp beads are disposed on the light plate, and pins of the lamp beads extend into the cavity. The framework and the light plate jointly form a supporting structure of the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Junyi Zhao, Baohong Kang