Patents Examined by Anne M Hines
  • Patent number: 11624494
    Abstract: A white light source includes a light source and a phosphor conversion component. The light source emits short wavelength light peaked at a peak wavelength of 570 nanometers or shorter. The phosphor conversion component includes a light conversion layer comprising a phosphor effective to convert the short wavelength light to converted light. The light conversion layer includes light passages comprising openings or passage material that does not comprise the phosphor and is light transmissive for the short wavelength light. The light source is disposed respective to the phosphor conversion component so as to illuminate the light conversion layer with the emitted short wavelength light and to pass the short wavelength light through the light passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael P. Newell
  • Patent number: 11624485
    Abstract: An illumination set has a plurality of alphabet lamps and a plurality of connectors. Two of the alphabet lamps are connected by one of the connectors. Each alphabet lamp has a bottom casing, a top cover, an illumination circuit board, and a slide. The top cover is mounted on the bottom casing. The illumination circuit board is mounted in the bottom casing and between the top cover and the bottom casing. The illumination circuit board has an illumination component and a plurality of sockets. The slide is detachably mounted on the bottom casing. The top cover is located between the slide and the bottom casing. A pattern is formed on the slide. Because the slide of the alphabet lamp is detachable, the pattern on the alphabet lamp can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Peng Hsiang Lai
  • Patent number: 11621289
    Abstract: An image sensor has a photocathode window assembly, an anode assembly, and a malleable metal seal. The photocathode window assembly has a photocathode layer. The anode assembly includes a silicon substrate that has an electron sensitive surface. The malleable metal seal bonds the photocathode window assembly and the silicon substrate to each other. A vacuum gap separates the photocathode layer from the electron sensitive surface. A first electrical connection and a second electrical connection are for a voltage bias of the photocathode layer relative to the electron sensitive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: EOTech, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Costello, Kevin Roderick, Verle Aebi
  • Patent number: 11621303
    Abstract: An OLED display panel includes a substrate and a pixel array on the substrate, each pixel includes a group of subpixels, and each subpixel includes a light-emitting element and a color filter element. Among the color filter elements in the subpixel group, there is a first color filter element which is substantially transparent for light of the longest wavelength. Except a periphery of the pixel array, every M first color filter elements from M adjacent pixels abut against each other to form a seamless color filter block, where M?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SeeYA Optronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhongshou Huang
  • Patent number: 11608946
    Abstract: Lighting devices are described and may include a housing, a solar panel, and at least one speaker. The housing may include a cover and a base coupled to the cover. The lighting device may also include at least one rechargeable battery, a microprocessor, and a plurality of light sources, such as LEDs, configured to emit light towards the cover. The solar panel, the rechargeable battery, the microprocessor, the speaker, and the plurality of light sources may be in electronic communication with one another. Further, for example, the microprocessor may be configured to control at least one operating mode of the plurality of light sources and at least one operating mode of the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MPOWERD, Inc.
    Inventors: John Salzinger, Seungah Jeong
  • Patent number: 11608411
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include one or more UV-C light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the UV-C unit. The UV-C unit is mounted on either a universal mounting mechanism or a mobile support unit to provide mobility to the UV-C unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11608963
    Abstract: An illumination device (e.g., an electric candle, etc.) generally includes a shell, a housing coupled to the shell, a flame-shaped head disposed at least partially outside of the shell, and a pendulum supporting the flame-shaped head. The pendulum is pivotally coupled to the housing and configured to move the flame-shaped head relative to the housing. The illumination device also includes a first light source configured to illuminate the flame-shaped head, a second light source arranged inside the shell and configured to illuminate the shell, and a printed circuit board assembly operable to control the first light source to illuminate the flame-shaped head and the second light source to illuminate the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Haisong Dong
  • Patent number: 11609420
    Abstract: A wafer includes a substrate layer, a first mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged first mirror portions, and a second mirror layer having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged second mirror portions. A plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions are formed in an effective area, in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions a gap is formed between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. A plurality of dummy filter portions are formed in a dummy area disposed along an outer edge of the substrate layer and surrounding the effective area, in each of the plurality of dummy filter portions an intermediate layer is provided between the first mirror portion and the second mirror portion. At least the second mirror portion is surrounded by the first groove in each of the plurality of Fabry-Perot interference filter portions and the plurality of dummy filter portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Kawai, Katsumi Shibayama, Takashi Kasahara, Masaki Hirose, Hiroki Oyama, Yumi Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11603044
    Abstract: A multi-function rearview device for use with a vehicle includes a housing configured to be attached to the vehicle and to be moveable relative to the vehicle, a rearview element including at least one of a reflective element, a camera and a display element, a bezel formed at an outer portion of the multi-function rearview device surrounding the rearview element, with the rearview element being attached to at least one of the bezel and the housing, one or more light assemblies providing at least one or more light function indications, including a Human Machine Interface (HMI), and at least one sensor, the sensor controlling the one or more light assemblies or the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Herrmann, Andrew Lettis, Callum Scott-Collins, Gary Smith, Graham Rehill, Andrew Brian Little, Ian Robert Toone
  • Patent number: 11605801
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a substrate having a main surface, a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element disposed on the main surface, wherein light emitted from the first light emitting element is emitted from a first area and light emitted from the second light emitting element is emitted from a second area, a first lens into which light emitted from the first area enters, and a second lens into which light emitted from the second area enters. In a direction parallel to the main surface, a distance between a middle point of the second area and a vertex of the second lens is greater than a distance between a middle point of the first area and a vertex of the first lens. The second area is smaller than the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sano
  • Patent number: 11602039
    Abstract: There is provided a compound electrode assembly for generating a plasma in a plasma chamber of a plasma discharge device. The compound electrode assembly includes a casing, a discharge electrode and a sealing compound. The casing is made of a dielectric material and includes at least one side wall and an end wall defining a closed end. The discharge electrode is mounted in the casing and is bonded to the end wall. The sealing compound surrounds the discharge electrode and extends within the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MÉCANIQUE ANALYTIQUE INC
    Inventors: Yves Gamache, André Lamontagne
  • Patent number: 11600778
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a substrate; an organic light emitting element disposed on the substrate; an encapsulation substrate disposed on the organic light emitting element; and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, covering the organic light emitting element, and bonding the substrate on which the organic light emitting element is formed with the encapsulation substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Son, Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11590886
    Abstract: A control system for a vehicle display, such as a CHMSL, includes a control system module having an OEM connector first portion pre-attached to input wires and OEM connector second portion pre-attached to output wires. In another example, a control system for a vehicle display includes a control system module having a control system module input adaptor for removably connecting the control system module to an OEM first connector portion and a control system module output adaptor for removably connecting the control system module to an OEM second connector portion. Control systems for a vehicle display can be inserted between an input system and a vehicle display without having to identify specific wire harnesses or wires, and without cutting any wires. Different adaptors can be used to insert a single disclosed control system between an input system and a vehicle display in multiple types and makes of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Security Northwest, LLC
    Inventors: Scott J. Frank, Lonnie R. Clarkson
  • Patent number: 11592167
    Abstract: An improved dimming apparatus is disclosed. Major economies are achieved by the ability to distribute groups of dimmers in proximity to the lamp loads that they control. Variations in the location and distance between the apparatus and lamp loads, as well as in the differing connector types installed on such loads, are addressed by terminating the six power stages contained in a common enclosure in a six-circuit multi-pole connector, such that a variety of prior art “break-out” adaptors between said multi-pole connector and individual circuit connectors can be selected among. The power input to the enclosure can be made re-configurable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Michael Callahan
  • Patent number: 11587988
    Abstract: A preparation method of a color film layer, a display substrate and a preparation method thereof. The display substrate includes a bearing layer and repeating units, each repeating unit including a green film layer, a red film layer and a blue film layer, which are provided on the bearing layer and directly contacting a first surface of the bearing layer. On a plane parallel to the first surface of the bearing layer, in each repeating unit, the red film layer is provided on a first side of the green film layer, the blue film layer is provided on a second side of the green film layer opposite to the first side; one of the red film layer and the blue color film layer covers part of the green film layer; one part of the green film layer does not overlap with the red film layer and the blue film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfa Dong, Kuanta Huang, Shengji Yang, Pengcheng Lu, Qing Wang, Hui Tong, Yu Wang, Xiaobin Shen, Xiong Yuan, Dongsheng Li, Rongyuan Zou
  • Patent number: 11588080
    Abstract: The illumination optical system includes a beam shaper which converts an intensity distribution of a laser beam in each of a short axis direction and a long axis direction, which is a Gaussian distribution, into an intensity distribution of a parallel beam on a modulation surface of the optical modulator in each of the short axis direction and the long axis direction, which is a top hat distribution. The modulation surface and an irradiated surface are optically conjugated with respect to the long axis direction by a third lens and a fourth lens. Further, the modulation surface and a front focus position of the fourth lens are optically conjugated with respect to the short axis direction by a first lens, a second lens, and the third lens. The fourth lens condenses a beam having a top hat distribution at the front focus position onto the irradiated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizuno, Yoshimi Hashimoto, Yasumitsu Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 11578726
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a combination axial fan and LED lighting system configured to fit into the footprint of a standard ceiling tile. Disclosed embodiments further include ceiling tiles with a built-in fan and/or LED lighting. The disclosed systems may include a housing container and an axial fan. The fan has a fan cavity including air diversion mechanism to direct air from the fan cavity toward the lighting and fan components. The inventions include an airflow surface to direct air existing the fan cavity along an LED light fixture. Moreover, disclosed embodiments include one or more UV light sources which irradiate contaminants as air flows through the ceiling tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Go Fan Yourself, LLC
    Inventors: Darrin Niemiec, William Carlson
  • Patent number: 11579506
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Matthew E. Last, Ryan J. Garrone, Budhadipta Dan, Khadijeh Bayat, Gregory A. Cohoon, Jack E. Graves
  • Patent number: 11581709
    Abstract: A self-cleaning ion generator device includes a housing having a bottom portion and a top portion selectively secured to each other, the top portion contains a base portion extending to an outer edge and having an internal side and an external side, a first pair of opposed sidewalls and a second pair of opposed sidewalls extend from the outer edge of the base portion forming a cavity therein. Ion terminals extend from the housing, and a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the two ion terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Global Plasma Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Houston Waddell
  • Patent number: 11578843
    Abstract: An LED flexible strip lamp has a strip lamp holder, a conductive flexible strip, an LED flexible strip and a lamp cap, the LED flexible strip includes a first bonding pad disposed at its end, the conductive flexible strip includes a flexible insulating sheet, a conductive metal foil, a second bonding pad; the lamp cap includes an internal connector, and the internal connector includes an elastic conductive member abutting against the conductive metal foil. a conductive member with the bonding pad is arranged to be welded to the LED flexible strip so as to be matched with the lamp holder in an inserted mode, automation can be achieved conveniently, and the problem that an original LED flexible strip lamp is low in production efficiency due to the fact that the lamp holder needs to be installed manually is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Ji, Zhaoyong Zheng