Patents Examined by Anh Mai
  • Patent number: 10098528
    Abstract: An illumination device according to the present invention includes a light output unit having an output end that outputs illumination light; a diffusion layer that is disposed in a circumferential direction centered on a predetermined axis and that receives the illumination light from the output end, guides the illumination light while diffusing the illumination light, and outputs the illumination light from a surface thereof; and a reflective layer that is provided adjacent to a surface of the diffusion layer at an inner side in a radial direction and that reflects the illumination light outward in the radial direction. The diffusion layer contains a light guide material that guides the illumination light and a diffusion material dispersed and supported in the light guide material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koichiro Furuta
  • Patent number: 10100988
    Abstract: A linear light fixture with gap filler elements. The fixture comprises two primary structural components: a base and a light engine, which may be removably attached. The base comprises a body with end panels at both ends and is mountable to an external structure. The light engine comprises the light sources, an elongated lens, and any other optical elements that tailor the outgoing light to a particular profile. External reflectors are included to further shape the output beam. The reflectors may be shaped to define louvers which direct some of the emitted light in a direction opposite the primary emission direction, e.g., as uplight. The fixtures may be connected in a serial arrangement using a joiner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Rodgers, Benjamin Beck, James Bowden, Yaote Huang, William Laird Dungan
  • Patent number: 10101610
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display surface defined therein and curved in a first direction, and a backlight unit which provides the display panel with light. The backlight unit includes a center light source, outer light sources, and a reflective layer. The display panel includes a display surface defined therein and curved. The center light source includes center light emitting diode packages. Each of the outer light sources includes outer light emitting diode packages. The reflective layer defines a reflective surface. Each of the center light emitting diode packages is disposed on a first support surface. At least one of the outer light emitting diode packages is disposed on a second surface, which is different from the reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Euijeong Kang, Jung-hyun Yang, Sojeong La, Young-min Park, Sanghyuck Yoon
  • Patent number: 10101002
    Abstract: A light fixture is disclosed. The light fixture includes a frame, a light source disposed within and coupled to the frame, and a lens coupled to the light source. The light also includes a first fabric layer coupled to the frame at a first distance from the lens and a second fabric layer coupled to the frame at a second distance from the lens. The first fabric layer has a plurality of dots printed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Richter, Casey Feeney, Michael Cook, Christopher Daniel Peak, Matthais Jäckl, Sebastian Röhrer, Sean Hennessy
  • Patent number: 10101013
    Abstract: Employing capacitors as shunts in a decorative light string can prevent the circuit from being opened when a lamp burns out or becomes loose in the socket. But manually assembling such a light string is costly and the quality of the resulting string is not assured to be high. The present disclosure introduces a shunted light string, and a method of assembling that light string that is able to be automated to ensure a consistent quality level by reducing or eliminating human workmanship issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI)
    Inventor: Chi Yin Alan Leung
  • Patent number: 10100986
    Abstract: A clip cover for a C-type light string is an auxiliary accessory exclusively used for a C-type light string, and mainly includes a wire cover constituted by first front, rear covers, a lamp cover constituted by second front, rear covers and a buddle cover. Electric wire segments at the two sides of one C-type lamp of the light string are clipped inside the wire cover by engaging the first front cover with the first rear cover. Thereafter, the electric wire is pulled downward from the wire cover a certain length, allowing the C-type lamp to be hung perpendicularly below the wire cover; the lamp socket of the C-type lamp together with a small section of bent electric wire is further clipped inside the lamp cover through the second front, rear covers of the lamp cover; and the bundle cover is finally put around the lamp cover tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventor: Chin-San Lin
  • Patent number: 10101522
    Abstract: A planar light source comprises a light guide plate and a light-emitting apparatus disposed on a lateral surface of the light guide plate. The light-emitting apparatus comprises a light-emitting device, a case, and a sealing resin. The light-emitting device has a rectangular shape in a plan view, a long-side lateral surface of a semiconductor layer is reversed tapered having an inclination such that a cross section area increases in a direction parallel to a main surface of a sapphire substrate as a distance from the sapphire substrate increases, and a short-side lateral surface is perpendicular to the main surface of the sapphire substrate. A short-side and a long-side direction of the light-emitting device are perpendicular and parallel to the planar main surface of the light guide plate, respectively. The main surface of the light-emitting device is parallel to the lateral surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD
    Inventor: Shingo Totani
  • Patent number: 10099800
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for forming an embedded light source in a composite panel. A first electrode and a second electrode are associated with a first layer of material. A light source is positioned in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode. An assembly comprising the first layer of material, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the light source is processed to form a multilayer panel with an embedded light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Abhishek Pradeep Kulkarni, John Christopher Wilde, Xiaoxi Wang, Nathanial C. Cuddy
  • Patent number: 10101000
    Abstract: A lighting unit for a headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having at least two light sources (1a, 1b), at least one reflector (2a, 2b), which delimits two light chambers (3a, 3b), a bezel (4), and a projection lens (5) having an optical axis (A), wherein a light chamber (3a) is arranged on an upper side and a light chamber (3b) is arranged on an underside of the bezel (4), wherein at least one light source (1a, 1b) is arranged within each of the light chambers (3a, 3b) and the bezel (4) extends substantially as far as a focal plane (E) of the projection lens (5) in order to produce a sharp light/dark boundary in a light exposure produced by the lighting unit, wherein the bezel (4) has at least one light window (7a, 7b), wherein at least one light path (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) extends outwardly from a light chamber (3a, 3b), through the at least one light window (7a, 7b) and through the projection lens (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Kieslinger, Johann Altmann
  • Patent number: 10094550
    Abstract: A waterproof LED decorative bulb comprises a lampshade, a horizontal first circuit board, and a plurality of patch LED luminous bodies, the first circuit board is connected with a conductive pin, underneath of the conductive pin is electrically connected with a vertical second circuit board, a lower end of the second circuit board is electrically connected with a hard vertical pin-type electrode and a upward-bending conductive wire, underneath of the conductive pin is provided with a silica gel cushion, a bottom of the lampshade is provided with an outer threaded connection portion which is in threaded connection with a metal connecting base, a bottom of the silica gel cushion is fitted with an inner bottom of the metal connecting base, the pin-type electrode pierces through the silica gel cushion and extends out of a through hole at the bottom of the metal connecting base to form an extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Dongguan City Minleon Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongchang Chen
  • Patent number: 10094528
    Abstract: A high beam unit 12 includes: a reflective mirror 30 having a reflective surface 32 that reflects light from a light source 44; a mirror member 58 on which the light reflected by the reflective surface 32 is incident which is capable of forming plural light distribution patterns, and which reflects the incident light in a vehicle forward direction; a lens 16 on which the light reflected by the mirror member 58 is incident and which projects that light in the vehicle forward direction; and a lens holding member 20 that is formed integrally with the reflective mirror 30 and supports the lens 16 in a support position P0 including a section of, or a section in a vicinity of, an outer peripheral portion of the lens 16 positioned on a plane orthogonal to the optical axis and passing through a center of gravity G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takayuki Yagi, Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10094967
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical sheet, a display device including the same, and a method for manufacturing the same. The optical sheet includes a host layer, a plurality of wavelength conversion particles in the host layer, and a plurality of optical path change particles in the host layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sahng Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10092052
    Abstract: A compact, ergonomic, lighted, retractable seam ripper is provided, having a housing, a retractable seam ripping blade, an LED, a battery, and a switch. The housing has generally planar exterior sidewalls and lower peripheral surface, a generally arcuate upper peripheral surface, a blade opening in the upper surface, and a longitudinally extending first and second rail generally parallel to the lower peripheral surface. The retractable seam ripping blade is mounted on a blade holder translatable along the first rail. A spring integral with the holder has a locking projection that engages locking depressions in the second rail. An actuating member between the spring and housing dislodges the locking projection from each of the locking depressions. The switch connects the LED to the battery when actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: DPG USA INC.
    Inventors: Ronald C. Farnum, Sabrina Katz, Evan Ward, Daniel Schaumann
  • Patent number: 10094969
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements (LEEs); a light guide extending in a forward direction from a first end to a second end to receive at the first end light emitted by the LEEs and to guide the received light to the second end; an optical extractor optically coupled to the second end to receive the guided light, the optical extractor including a redirecting surface to reflect a first portion of the guided light, the reflected light being output by the optical extractor in a backward angular range, and the redirecting surface having one or more transmissive portions to transmit a second portion of the guided light in the forward direction; and one or more optical elements optically coupled to the transmissive portions, the optical elements to modify the light transmitted through the transmissive portions and to output the modified light in a forward angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Allan Brent York, Hans Peter Stormberg, Louis Lerman, Ferdinand Schinagl, Wilson Dau
  • Patent number: 10094517
    Abstract: The invention disclosures an LED imitation filament bulb which belongs to the field of lighting appliance technologies, it solves the problem that LED imitation filament bulb produces the poor line pattern, the LED imitation filament bulb, including a glass shell, a lamp holder fixedly connected to the glass shell, and a LED lamp bead connected within the glass shell, where the LED lamp bead is electrically connected to the lamp holder; at least one imitation filament connected to the lamp holder is disposed within the glass shell; the imitation filament is transparent; the imitation filament is disposed in a bent manner; and a luminous surface of the LED lamp bead faces an end surface of the imitation filament. the LED imitation filament bulb has a luminescence effect of a traditional filament bulb; and the imitation filament bulb is more energy-saving compared with a traditional filament bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DINGXING ARTS & CRAFTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen Xiang
  • Patent number: 10094518
    Abstract: An LED high bay light comprises a plurality of LED illuminant engines arranged abreast and alternately; each of the LED illuminant engine comprises an LED strip-shaped illuminant and an optical lens set covering the LED strip-shaped illuminant; the optical lens set comprises a plurality of strip-shaped optical lenses arranged conterminously; and two adjacent strip-shaped optical lenses are connected to each other through a mutual cooperation of the stepped spigots arranged oppositely. Each illuminant engine thereof adopts a structure of strip-shaped optical lens set with multiple sections, greatly reducing the difficulty in making molds and the cost for manufacturing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MESTER LED LIMITED
    Inventors: Erhua Ma, Ping Li, Chunjiang Shuai
  • Patent number: 10094549
    Abstract: The present application discloses various embodiments of a heat sink for semiconductor devices and methods for using and constructing the same. According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a heat sink for cooling a semiconductor device includes a base plate including a first side and a second side; a leg extending from the second side of the base plate, the leg including a distal end opposite the base plate and opposing walls extending between the base plate and the distal end; a leg plate disposed adjacent the distal end of the leg; a plurality of fins disposed between the distal end of the leg and the leg plate; and a plurality of micro-channels defined by the distal end of the leg, the plurality of fins, and the leg plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Muhammed Aquil Hamid, Steve Barman, Charles F. Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 10088120
    Abstract: A vehicular LED assembly is provided that includes a plurality of vehicular LED modules, each comprising: a lens with a canted input surface and an exit surface; a bezel surrounding the lens; and an LED light source positioned to direct incident light through the input surface. The input surface comprises a plurality of near-field lens elements for shaping the incident light into a collimated light pattern emanating from the exit surface. Further, the plurality of optical elements may be configured in a step-wise pattern defined by a sweep angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arun Kumar, Albert Ekladyous, Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Bruce Preston Williams, Junmo Park, Eric Stoddard
  • Patent number: 10086750
    Abstract: A housing having an extrusion forming a first channel and a second channel; a lighting system in the first channel adapted to direct light away from the first channel; a mounting system in the second channel adapted to couple the extrusion to a vehicle; a first end cap including a first connector, the first end cap being coupled to a first end of the extrusion; a second end cap including a second connector, the second end cap being coupled to a second end of the extrusion; wherein the first connector and the second connector are electrically coupled to one another, and wherein the first connector and the second connector are electrically coupled to the lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Weekend Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan T. Paine, Ronald P. Scott, Lyle P. Scott, Dennis M. Lusardi
  • Patent number: 10086747
    Abstract: A driver assistance system for a vehicle includes a camera disposed at and viewing forwardly through a windshield of the equipped vehicle and operable to capture image data. A control operable to process captured image data utilizing algorithmic decision-making, which uses an edge detection algorithm. The control is operable to process captured image data to detect a pedestrian present in the field of view of the camera. The control is operable to process captured image data to detect an oncoming headlight or a leading taillight of another vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle. Responsive to pedestrian detection, the control is operable to generate an alert to a driver of the equipped vehicle. Responsive to detection of an oncoming headlight or a leading taillight of another vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle, a light beam of a headlight of the equipped vehicle is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Higgins-Luthman, Yuesheng Lu, William C. Ince