Patents Examined by Anne M Hines
  • Patent number: 11846800
    Abstract: A multiview display includes an array of light valves having rows of a repeating plurality of color sub-pixels and arranged as a plurality of multiview pixels configured to modulate directional light beams as color pixels of views of a multiview image. A first row of the repeating plurality of color sub-pixels is offset from a second row of the repeating plurality of color sub-pixels in a row direction by an integer multiple of a width of a color sub-pixel. The offset of the first and second rows is configured to provide corresponding color sub-pixels in adjacent multiview pixels having different colors to mitigate color fringing associated with the color pixel of the multiview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventor: David A Fattal
  • Patent number: 11846161
    Abstract: An attachable lighting system for a drilling rig. A method of providing lighting to a drilling rig site comprising, attaching at least one light fixture directly to the crown of a drilling rig on each of at least two sides, wherein the light fixture contains a fixed or removable light fixture attachment connecting the light fixture to the crown, resulting in one or more of enhanced evenness of site lighting, reduced shadows, reduced light pollution, reduced power consumption and/or reduced diesel usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: APOLLO LIGHTING SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Matthew Gowanlock
  • Patent number: 11846399
    Abstract: The invention includes a lighting device with a signaling module that can move in at least a first direction and a lighting module that can move in a second direction different from the first direction. The movable lighting module being able to take a position that is invisible and a position that is visible from outside the lighting device. The lighting device further including a controller designed to control a movement of the lighting module such that: in a first mode, called daytime mode, the lighting module assumes the invisible position; in a second mode, called nighttime mode, the lighting module assumes the visible position. The controller moves of the signaling module such that at least one part of the signaling module moves in the first direction in order to authorize a movement of the lighting module in the second direction from the invisible position to the visible position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Matthieu Syre, Stephane Patrizi, Olivier Ruat, Samuel Trottier, Philippe Lopez
  • Patent number: 11841496
    Abstract: An optical processing turntable, a wavelength conversion module, and a projection apparatus are provided. The optical processing turntable includes a substrate and a driver assembly. The substrate has a fixing hole and a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The driver assembly passes through the fixing hole to be disposed on the substrate to drive the substrate to rotate. The driver assembly has two locking surfaces, where the two locking surfaces are respectively located on the first side and the second side of the substrate. In the projection apparatus using the optical processing turntable provided by the invention, noise generated by structural vibration may be effectively reduced, and a prolonged service life is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Pi-Tsung Hsu, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11835211
    Abstract: Head wearable devices and methods are disclosed where a head wearable device includes a headpiece including a headband and an occipital basket attached to the headband, and a first housing attached to the headband. A depth adjuster is attached to the first housing and configured to change, by controlling a distance between the occipital basket and the first housing, a depth of the headpiece. A second housing is attached to the occipital basket, and a headband adjuster is attached to the occipital basket to change a circumference of the headpiece by controlling a distance between respective opposing ends of the headband and the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Neeley, Greg Falendysz, Steve Dieter, Parker Hren, Nick Higbee, Charles David Strubbe
  • Patent number: 11827155
    Abstract: A vehicular exterior breakaway rearview mirror assembly includes a skull-cap mirror shell and a reflective element. With the mirror assembly mounted at an exterior side of a vehicle, the skull-cap mirror shell has an inboard wall that faces toward the exterior side of the vehicle. A blind spot indicator is disposed at an aperture established at the inboard wall of the skull-cap mirror shell. An illumination source of the blind spot indicator is activated to illuminate the blind spot indicator responsive to an electronic blind spot monitoring system of the vehicle detecting another vehicle that is approaching or overtaking the equipped vehicle. Illumination of the blind spot indicator by activation of the illumination source is readily viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle and is not readily viewable by a driver of the detected other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Niall R. Lynam
  • Patent number: 11821607
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a lighting fixture convenient to pack and a lighting fixture assembly method. The lighting fixture consists of a lampshade; the lampshade consists of a hood body with a cavity and a frame at the opening edge of the hood body; the cavity of the hood body is used to accommodate the luminous source of the lighting fixture; the hood body consists of multiple oblique outer wall surface, and the cavity of the hood body consists of multiple fourth oblique inner wall surfaces; multiple lighting fixtures are stacked together and arranged externally with the frame; and the stacked lampshades are elevated to reserve certain spacing between the oblique outer wall surfaces. The oblique inner wall surfaces, the oblique outer wall surfaces, and the frame away from the inner cavity are arranged to reach the technical effect of stacking of multiple lampshades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Yueqi Cai
  • Patent number: 11822186
    Abstract: An array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel thereof. The array substrate includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions arranged in an array. Each of the pixel regions (120a) includes: a first electrode, a second electrode, an insulation protrusion, and a reflection electrode. An electric field is fit to form between the second electrode and the first electrode, and an electric field is also fit to form between the reflection electrode and the second electrode. The second electrode includes a slit electrode, which includes a plurality of slit portions and a plurality of electrode portions each arranged between adjacent slit portions. The electrode portion at least includes a first strip-shaped portion and a second strip-shaped portion. An extension direction of the first strip-shaped portion intersects with that of the second strip-shaped portion, and the first strip and second strip-shaped portions of each electrode portion are connected at a corresponding bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanli Zhao, Xiaoji Li, Hailong Wu, Gang Chen, He Sun, Di Wang, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 11815231
    Abstract: A light source includes a plurality of light emitting elements, a light blocking member and a plurality of light-transmissive members. The light blocking member collectively supports the plurality of light emitting elements with the light blocking member being disposed in regions between the plurality of light emitting elements and in an outer periphery region located outwardly of the plurality of light emitting elements in a plan view. An upper surface of each of the plurality of the light emitting elements is exposed from the light blocking member. The plurality of light-transmissive members include a plurality of first light-transmissive members respectively disposed on the plurality of light emitting elements, and a second light-transmissive member disposed on the light blocking member in the outer periphery region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Noma, Tsuyoshi Okahisa
  • Patent number: 11817288
    Abstract: The x-ray windows herein can have low gas permeability, low outgassing, high strength, low visible and infrared light transmission, high x-ray flux, low atomic number materials, corrosion resistance, high reliability, and low-cost. The x-ray window can include a film 11 with a polymer layer 22 and a graphite layer 21. The film 11 can consist essentially of graphite and polymer. Most of the film 11 can be the graphite layer 21. The polymer layer 22 can be a small portion of the film 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Moxtek, Inc.
    Inventor: Ghazaleh Allaedini
  • Patent number: 11808440
    Abstract: An adjustable light fixture includes a frame configured to connect to a support. A lamp assembly is connected to the frame. The lamp assembly includes a housing, a light emitter connected to the housing, and a lens connected to the housing. The lamp assembly is rotatably connected to the frame about an axis offset from an axis of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony Phonexay Sinphay, Dhavalkumar Prabhudas Patel, William Buck Thomas
  • Patent number: 11808431
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a housing, a light source, a light guide panel, a lens, and a rotatable clip. The housing includes an internal cavity. The light guide panel is configured to diffuse light emitted by the one or more light sources. The lens includes a base, a first side wall, and a second side wall defining an internal cavity. The lens is coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of the housing is disposed within the internal cavity of the lens and at least a portion of the light diffused by the light guide panel is emitted through the base, the first side wall, and the second side wall of the lens. The rotatable clip is coupled to the housing and is configured to mount the lighting device to an external structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Dado Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Doubek, Erik Salinas
  • Patent number: 11808962
    Abstract: The application is directed to a device housing. The device housing includes a first light device, the first light device including a first electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a first light emitting diode (LED), the first LED separated from a first surface of a diffuser film by a space, wherein the diffuser film includes a second surface, opposite the first surface, the second surface configured to contact a first light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Cecilia Zimmerman, Jules VanDersarl
  • Patent number: 11809032
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display element includes a pixel region which optically modulates received illumination light for each pixel. A heat sink dissipates heat of the liquid crystal display element. A first mask member is fixed to the heat sink, is formed of a material having a lower heat transfer rate than the heat sink, includes a first opening of which the size corresponds to the size of the pixel region, and masks unnecessary light. A second mask member is arranged at a position further away from the liquid crystal display element than the first mask member, is fixed to the heat sink, is formed of a material having a higher heat transfer rate than the first mask member, includes a second opening of which the size is equal to or larger than the size of the first opening, and masks the unnecessary light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11812530
    Abstract: An illuminating system includes a power source, an on/off switch, an examining module, an illuminating module and a master module. The power source supplies power. The on/off switch switches on or switches off the power from the power source. The examining module detects whether the on/off switch is switched off and whether the on/off switch's switched-off state lasts over a predetermined time interval. In addition, the examining module generates an adjust signal corresponding to a result of detecting the on/off switch. The illuminating module includes a plurality of illuminating elements. The master module adjusts a total current forwarded to and current ratios among the plurality of illuminating elements according to the adjust signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qiqiang Lin, Hemu Ye, Yibin Chen, Wei Liu, Yongqiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11812641
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate comprising a plurality of pixel areas and a non-pixel area surrounding each of the plurality of pixel areas. The non-pixel area includes a plurality of first areas and a second area surrounding the plurality of first areas. A functional layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of first holes defined through the functional layer and overlapping the plurality of first areas. An element layer is disposed on the functional layer. A pixel definition layer is disposed on the element layer and overlaps the non-pixel area. The pixel definition layer includes pixel openings defined therethrough. The pixel openings overlap the plurality of pixel areas. A plurality of light emitting elements is disposed on the element layer and is disposed in the pixel openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-hun Ryu, IlNam Kim, Jae-Kyoung Kim, WonSang Park, Eunjin Sung, Seongryong Lee, Jonghyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11802077
    Abstract: A method for processing into an aspheric lens, includes: a preprocessing step of performing preprocessing on a glass substrate; and an etching step of performing wet etching on the glass substrate subjected to the preprocessing. The preprocessing step includes a step of irradiating a certain position of the glass substrate with a pulsed laser beam such that a partial region inside the glass substrate is modified, thereby generating a density distribution in a thickness direction at the position irradiated with the pulsed laser beam, or a step of forming a predetermined wedge-shaped concave portion in a surface of the glass substrate by use of a chemical or physical processing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kensuke Ono, Go Hamada, Kenichi Minami, Kenichi Shioya, Takuma Nishizaka
  • Patent number: 11798928
    Abstract: A flexible display device may include a display panel including a display area and a bending area extending from one side of the display area to be bent, a back plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a cushion tape disposed on a rear surface of the back plate, a driver integrated circuit (IC) disposed in a pad portion extending from the bending area, and a functional tape adhered between the cushion tape and the back plate and disposed to face the driver integrated circuit, so that effects capable of improving an EMI shielding function with a low cost, together with an adhesive function, and deriving an optimum efficiency, may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Insik Shin, Jongseok Cha
  • Patent number: 11794632
    Abstract: A headlight system for a banking vehicle is provided. The headlight system includes a plurality of optical assemblies being arranged about an optical horizon and an optical vertical axis. Each of the plurality of optical assemblies includes an illumination source and an optical element. Each of the illumination sources is configured to direct light toward a corresponding one of the optical elements to produce an illumination region. The illumination regions combine to form an illumination pattern that includes at least one illumination region that is radial and is positioned relative an optical origin. The intersection between the optical horizon and the optical vertical axis defines the optical origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: J.W. SPEAKER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley William Kay, Dragan Popovic
  • Patent number: 11798440
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an online management pixel lamp screen, comprising a back plate. A pixel lamp screen controllable light-emitting module board is fixedly mounted on one side of the back plate, multiple press switches arranged at equal distances are arranged on one side of the pixel lamp screen controllable light-emitting module board away from the back plate, three lamp beads are fixedly mounted on the periphery of the press switch, a back guide post module is arranged on the other side of the pixel lamp screen controllable light-emitting module board, a pixel lamp screen housing is sleeved around the back guide post module, and the pixel lamp screen housing comprises a first strong magnet. In the present invention, the lamp bead can be used to project light beams of different colors onto an acrylic bar so as to achieve the corresponding switching of on, off, and different colors of the lamp bead, thereby realizing the effect of diversified display modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Edge Light Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lei You