Patents Examined by Anh Mai
  • Patent number: 10088912
    Abstract: A covering film adapted to a keyboard module is provided. The covering film includes a semi-translucent layer. The semi-translucent layer has a plurality of first pressing regions and covers the keyboard module. The first pressing regions are aligned to a plurality of input regions of the keyboard module respectively, and each of the first pressing regions has a patterned indentation. In addition, an electronic device having the covering film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Bar-Long Denq, Chun-Ping Li, Chih-Wen Chiang, Chien-Chu Chen
  • Patent number: 10088116
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a laminar support member bendable at bending lines extending in a common direction, the bending lines partitioning the laminar support member in a plurality of stripes. The plurality of stripes includes at least one first stripe with electrically-powered light radiation sources therealong and at least one second stripe free from light radiation sources forming a side wing for the at least one first stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Sridharan Venk, Dina Pasqualini, Alessandro Scordino
  • Patent number: 10090448
    Abstract: A light-emitting module is provided with a light-emitting element, a base, and a wiring pattern. The base includes an installation surface facing in a first direction and a mounting surface facing in a second direction which is at right angles to the first direction. The light-emitting element is installed on the installation surface. The wiring pattern is formed on the base and is in electrical contact with the light-emitting element. The base includes a pair of mounting recesses recessed from the mounting surface and spaced from each other in a third direction which is at right angles to both the first direction and the second direction. The wiring pattern includes a pair of mounting-surface electrodes respectively covering at least a part of the pair of mounting recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Tanuma, Satoshi Uchida, Norio Yoshizawa, Hiroaki Watanabe, Takeyuki Adachi
  • Patent number: 10082280
    Abstract: A theatrical apparatus including a first light source, a second light source and a third light source, a computer memory, and a computer processor. Each of the first, second, and third light sources may have current positions; and each may be configured to be remotely operated by the computer processor executing computer operating software to have its current position changed, independent of the other light sources. Data indicating the current position of each of the first, second, and third light sources, including a position count value for each of the first, second, and third light sources, is stored in the computer memory by the computer processor executing the computer operating software. The computer processor may be programmed by the computer operating software to use the position count values prevent collisions between the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONIC THEATRE CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Aaron Brown, David Peck
  • Patent number: 10081293
    Abstract: A headlight beam adjustment system for a vehicle includes a first bracket attached to the vehicle and supporting a headlamp assembly, a second bracket attached to the headlamp assembly and supported by the first bracket, and a switch positioned in the passenger compartment for actuating a servomotor causing the second bracket and the headlamp assembly to rotate about an axis and the light beam to move in a first or a second direction depending on the direction of rotation of the second bracket. The headlight beam adjustment system may further include a ball joint connected at a first end to the servomotor and a second end to the second bracket. The ball joint may include a bearing stud connected to the servomotor at a first end, and a socket, positioned within a housing, for receiving a second end of the bearing stud. A related method of adjusting the headlight beams is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ricardo Ramos Valencia, Francisco Javier Quintero Pérez
  • Patent number: 10082619
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit; a light source device that irradiates the display unit with light, and that includes a plurality of luminous bodies; at least one power reception unit that receives power for the light source device; and at least one power transmission unit that wirelessly transmits power to the power reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Shinji Koura
  • Patent number: 10082621
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image by using light, light source units arranged in a first direction to generate the light, a light guide plate which guides the light to the display panel, a first fixing member fixing a predetermined area of an upper portion of each of the plurality of light source units to a first area of one side surface of the light guide plate adjacent to a top surface of the light guide plate in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a second fixing member fixing a predetermined area of a lower portion of each of the plurality of light source units to a second area of the one side surface of the light guide plate adjacent to a bottom surface of the light guide plate in the second direction where each of the first and second fixing members includes a light reflection material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chan-jae Park, Junwoo You, Taeho Lee, Byoungdae Ye
  • Patent number: 10082273
    Abstract: An LED kerosene lamp includes a holder, a transmission mechanism mounted on the holder, a rotary knob connected with and driving the transmission mechanism, a lifting module connected with and driven by the transmission mechanism, an LED module mounted on the lifting module, a potentiometer connected with the transmission mechanism, and a lampshade covering the LED module. When the rotary knob is rotated in a first direction, the transmission mechanism drives the lifting module which moves the LED module upward, while the transmission mechanism drives the potentiometer which increases the brightness of the LED module. When the rotary knob is rotated in a second direction, the transmission mechanism drives the lifting module which moves the LED module downward, while the transmission mechanism drives the potentiometer which decreases the brightness of the LED module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Dong Guan Bright Yinhuey Lighting Co., Ltd. China
    Inventor: Kevin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10078167
    Abstract: A laser-operated light source encompasses a chamber for accommodating an ionizable gas and an ignition source for ionizing the gas in the chamber for generating a plasma. The light source furthermore encompasses a laser for inputting laser energy into the plasma such that, under the impact of the laser radiation, the plasma emits useful light, which forms the output signal of the light source, wherein provision is made for means for coupling the useful light into a transferring optical fiber. In the case of the light source according to the invention, at least one mode scrambler is assigned to the optical fiber or the optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Ekkehard Brune, Dieter Frerking, Thomas Thöniß, Claus Spruch
  • Patent number: 10077883
    Abstract: An illumination device includes an optical component and a light-emitting module. The optical component includes a light-transmitting body, a first optical unit, and a second optical unit. The first optical unit has a light input surface and a plurality of surrounding structures surrounding the light input surface and arranged in a pattern of concentric circles, and each surrounding structure has a first surrounding surface and a second surrounding surface. The second optical unit has a spiral structure surrounding the light output surface of the light-transmitting body and a surrounding frame surrounding the light output surface of the light-transmitting body and the spiral structure, and a relative height from a topmost surface of the spiral structure to the light output surface of the light-transmitting body is increased gradually from inner to outer. The light-emitting module is disposed under the light input surface of the first optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: CHUN KUANG OPTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Chieh Huang, Shun-Wen Teng, Shun Wang
  • Patent number: 10076993
    Abstract: A lighting device including an ultraviolet light source emanating ultraviolet light, a visual light source and a light directing device. The visual light source is coupled to the ultraviolet light source, and the visual light source emanates visual light. The light directing device is arranged to direct the visual light in a first direction primarily within an angle of illumination. The light directing device is further arranged to direct the ultraviolet light in an area wider than the angle of illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Avid Labs, LLC
    Inventor: Joel Nichols
  • Patent number: 10071674
    Abstract: A projection light module for a motor vehicle headlight with a low-beam diaphragm, which separates a low-beam volume of the projection light module located above this diaphragm from a high-beam volume of the projection light volume located below this diaphragm, and with a high-beam diaphragm arranged in the high-beam volume, which has a vertical diaphragm edge and which divides the high-beam volume into a high-beam volume lying to the right of it and a high-beam volume lying left to it. The low-beam diaphragm and the high-beam diaphragm are components of a composite diaphragm and the high-beam diaphragm is arranged in the high-beam volume obliquely to the optical axis of the projection light module so that its distance from the optical axis of the projection light module increases with increasing distance along the optical axis from the diaphragm edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst-Olaf Rosenhahn, Wolfgang Hoßfeld, Jens Humburg, Benjamin Stauß
  • Patent number: 10073210
    Abstract: Provided are a light source module capable of providing a line shaped beam with various effects using optical patterns of both sides of a light guide layer optical pattern, and a lighting device having the light source module. The light source module, including: a first optical layer having a first surface, a second opposite to the first surface, and a first optical pattern on the first surface or the second surface; a second optical layer having a third surface facing the second, a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, and a second optical pattern on the third surface or the fourth surface; a light guide layer on the first optical layer; and a light source part supplying an incident beam into the light guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk Jang, Jin Su Kim, Seung Jong Baek, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10071682
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a housing portion having an opening for inserting an object to be housed, and a bottom face capable of supporting the object to be housed; a light source; and a light-guide plate having a light-emitting face and guiding a light of the light source to emit light from the light-emitting face. The light-guide plate is disposed between the opening of the housing portion and the bottom face, and at least one portion of the light-emitting face of the light-guide plate is arranged to form an acute angle with respect to the bottom face so as to directly irradiate the bottom face from a diagonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Sachiko Koyama, Taeko Ueno
  • Patent number: 10072812
    Abstract: A lens body includes: an incident surface where light entering within a predetermined angular range with respect to an optical axis of the light source is refracted in a condensing direction; a first reflection surface that internally reflects the light; and a second reflection surface that internally reflects part of the reflected light from the first reflection surface. The lens body includes an emission surface of a convex lens surface. The second reflection surface extends backward from near a focal point of the emission surface. Light obtained by blocking part of the light internally reflected by the first reflection surface with a front edge of the second reflection surface, and the light internally reflected by the second reflection surface are emitted from the emission surface to from a predetermined light distribution pattern including a cutoff line defined by the second reflection surface at the upper edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryotaro Owada
  • Patent number: 10066790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp-type LED lighting device including: a case part formed to be elongated in one direction and having an open bottom surface which provides a reflection space on the inner side; a cover part provided on the bottom surface of the case part so that the light which is reflected and diffused in the case part is emitted; and multiple LEDs which emit the light from the cover part and the inner side of the case part such that the light is reflected and diffused on the inner side of the case part. According to the present invention, the LED light is emitted toward an indoor ceiling side, the reflection space is provided so as to reflect and diffuse the emitted LED light, and the light is emitted through a bottom surface part. Accordingly, no additional diffusion plate for surface emission is used and thus optical efficiency can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GIGATERA INC.
    Inventors: Duk-Yong Kim, Min-Soo Kim, Joon-Hong Park, Sung-Hoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 10067280
    Abstract: The invention discloses a backlight module, comprising: a light guide plate provided with a strip-shaped slot, a light bar, which comprises a base plate and a plurality of mounting bases mounted on the base plate, each mounting base is provided with a lighting element respectively, wherein the base plate of the light bar is configured to engage with the first surface of the light guide plate, such that all the mounting bases can be accommodated within the strip-shaped slot. It is unnecessary for the backlight module to set up rubber frame and back plate, hence, the backlight module without outer frame border is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanxue Zhang
  • Patent number: 10066817
    Abstract: A recessed track lighting fixture and an angular adjustment mechanism for the light fixture are disclosed. The fixture includes a first side member and a second side member. A linear support track is defined between the first and second side members. A displacement member is supported by the support track and is displaceable along at least a portion of the support track. A luminaire is at least partially disposed between the first and second side members, the luminaire being supported by the displacement member and displaceable therewith. The angular adjustment mechanism includes a support bracket coupled to the housing, an arcuate slot in the support bracket and a plurality of positioning apertures. A pin is coupled to the luminaire for sliding in the arcuate slot. A positioning nub is coupled to the luminaire and can be received by a positioning aperture to position the luminaire at a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: BETA-CALCO INC.
    Inventors: Remy Silver, Patrick Alan Stark
  • Patent number: 10065559
    Abstract: An attachment structure of a lighting device has: a holder provided on a top surface of a door pocket that constitutes a door lining, the lighting device being placed in the holder; walls for fixing the lighting device placed in the holder; a light source supporting part; and a connector supporting part. In this case, the attachment structure and the top surface of the door pocket are configured integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Suzuki, Yuichiro Hoshi, Noriyuki Yamato
  • Patent number: 10066794
    Abstract: A charging process of a rechargeable lighting device is controlled by a software algorithm and a microcontroller configured within the rechargeable lighting device which has first and the second charging contacts located on its exterior and the charging circuit is turned on when a cradle detection circuit detects that at least one of the charging contacts engages an electrical contact when the rechargeable lighting device is inserted into a charging cradle. The charging process begins with a charge-current which is constant and a battery charge-voltage which rises up to a nominal battery charge-voltage. The rechargeable lighting device recovers to a preselected condition through use of a power interruption avoidance algorithm configured within the microcontroller when there is a loss of power to the microcontroller of less than a preselected amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: MAG INSTRUMENT, INC
    Inventors: Anthony Maglica, Benny M Osorio, Stacey H West