Patents Examined by Andrew J Coughlin
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 11789196
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first display, an indicium, and a second display. The second display can include a light-generating source deposited on a substrate. The second display illuminates the indicium and the second display has a thickness of less than 0.25 millimeters. The apparatus also includes one or more controllers communicatively coupled to the first display and the second display and configured to control states of the first display and the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Rohinni, Inc.
    Inventors: Cody Peterson, Andrew Huska
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11789194
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a light source part including a first light source and a second light source; a light guide member including: a first light guide part having a 1st A principal face, a 1st B principal face located opposite to the 1st A principal face, a first lateral face positioned between the 1st A principal face and the 1st B principal face, and a first hole in which the first light source is disposed; and a second light guide part having a 2nd A principal face, a 2nd B principal face located opposite to the 2nd A principal face, a second lateral face positioned between the 2nd A principal face and the 2nd B principal face, the second lateral face facing the first lateral face, and a second hole in which the second light source is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toru Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11789192
    Abstract: A backlight module includes at least one optical film and a backlight unit. The optical film has a light incident side and a light emitting side opposite to the light incident side. A plurality of light incident microstructures are formed on the light incident side, and the light incident microstructures are tapered structures. The backlight unit is disposed on the light incident side of the optical film and includes a light source. According to the structural design of the light incident microstructures of the optical film, the light field of the light source can be expanded to achieve the purpose of emitting light at a specific angle. The invention also provides a display device including the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Hsuan Chen, Chung-Yung Tai, Wen-Hao Cai, Chun-Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 11788816
    Abstract: Firearm accessories and associated methods. A firearm accessory includes a mount for mounting the firearm accessory on a firearm. The mount can be adjustable to customize the mounting of the firearm accessory on the firearm. Electronic firearm accessories can include a longitudinally extending circuit structure having one or more electronic switches thereon facing laterally. A switch assembly can include a push member and a finger extending therefrom for actuating an associated electronic switch. Battery compartment features are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Crimson Trace Corporation
    Inventors: James Tayon, Matthew Kinamore, James Gianladis, Michael Cottrell, Tim Kinney, Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., Mark Dalton, Justin Burke, Anthony Vesich, Yu King Wai
  • Patent number: 11789309
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an LED backlight module and a display device, a plurality of light-emitting units are distributed on a substrate of the LED backlight module, and the surface of the substrate is provided with a plurality of solder mask window areas for the plurality of light-emitting units to abut against, and a conductive circuit connecting two adjacent light-emitting units includes a main circuit and an auxiliary circuit; a remaining portion of the substrate except for the solder mask window area is coated with an insulating material, an alignment error in the coating process causes the reserved solder mask window area to be covered and an actual solder mask window area to shift, since the auxiliary circuit passes through the solder mask window area and a routing-wiring direction is intersected the connecting-wiring direction of the two electrodes of the light-emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FOSHAN NATIONSTAR OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Zhao, Kuai Qin, Heng Guo, Kailiang Fan
  • Patent number: 11779135
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator is characterized by enabling at least a part of a refrigerator door to be selectively transparent by a user's operation, such that the user sees through an inside of the refrigerator while the refrigerator door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jisu Park, Taehoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11781737
    Abstract: A light source device of the present disclosure includes a sapphire plate having a first surface and a second surface facing each other, a wavelength conversion material located opposite the first surface of the sapphire plate, and a first excitation light source emitting a first excitation light having directivity to the wavelength conversion material through the second surface, in which an angle between the first surface and the second surface, and a c-axis of sapphire less than 10°, and an angle between the c-axis and an optical axis of the first excitation light is 5° or more and 75° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kubo, Kazuyoshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11774797
    Abstract: A backlight source includes light bars, adapter plate(s) and connection structures. Each light bar includes light-emitting group(s) and external connection unit(s). Each external connection unit is electrically connected to at least one light-emitting group and included at least one first electrode pair. Each adapter plate includes adapter circuits, each adapter circuit includes adapter units, each adapter unit includes at least one second electrode pair. Ends of each connection structure are electrically connected to one external connection unit and one adapter unit. All second electrode pairs of adapter units of a same adapter circuit are classified into at least one group, each group includes second electrode pairs electrically connected in series. In light-emitting groups electrically connected to adapter units of the same adapter circuit, light-emitting groups electrically connected second electrode pairs in a same group are connected in series to form a dimming region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangyun Tong, Shixin Geng, Lijin Zhao, Tengfei Wang, Jiangfeng Zhang, Xu Chen, Zhuolong Li, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11772491
    Abstract: Embodiments of a deadfront article for a display are disclosed herein. The deadfront article includes a cover structure having: an inner surface; an outer surface opposite the inner surface; a glass layer located between the inner surface and the outer surface; and a first layer of light transmitting ink or pigment located between the inner surface of the cover structure and the glass layer. The deadfront article also includes a light guide layer having: an inner surface; and an outer surface facing toward the inner surface of the cover structure. A light extraction layer located on at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the light guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Antoine D. Lesuffleur, Xiang-Dong Mi, Xu Ouyang, Yawei Sun
  • Patent number: 11774799
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a base substrate in which a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area are defined; a wiring layer including: a lower conductive layer disposed on the base substrate; an intermediate conductive layer disposed on the lower conductive layer; and an upper conductive layer disposed on the intermediate conductive layer; a light emitting element disposed on the wiring layer in the light emitting area; a connection member electrically connecting the light emitting element and the wiring layer, the connection member contacting the intermediate conductive layer of the wiring layer and the light emitting element; a backlight flexible substrate electrically connected to the wiring layer in the non-light emitting area; and a pad connection member electrically connecting the wiring layer and the backlight flexible substrate in the non-light emitting area, the pad connection member contacting the upper conductive layer of the wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk Sung Kim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Jae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11767951
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus is provided having one or more light emitting diodes arranged in a row. The light emitting diodes may be supported by an elongated body. The elongated body may comprise an optical element formed from an at least partially optically transmissive material. The lighting apparatus has two ends and may have electrical connectors at the ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SATCO Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Katona, Steve Paolini, Robert Leonard, Randall Sosnick, Zach Berkowitz
  • Patent number: 11766492
    Abstract: A lighting device including at least one first light source configured to emit a visible light through a first light emitting surface, at least one second light source spaced apart from the first light source and configured to emit light having a wavelength for sterilization through a second light emitting surface, and a hosing having a bottom portion, on which the first and second light sources are disposed, and at least one sidewall portion connected to the bottom portion to enclose the first light source and the second light source in one common area, in which the first and second light emitting surfaces face substantially the same direction, and the first light emitting surface and the second light emitting surface are disposed at a different elevation from the bottom portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Kyu Won Han, Seong Tae Jang, Sang Wook Jung, Woong Ki Jeong