Patents Examined by Arman B Fallahkhair
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Patent number: 10900657Abstract: A light fixture is disclosed, and includes a light emitting diode (LED) engine including plurality of LEDs that transmit visible light. The light fixture also includes a waveguide, where the LEDs of the LED engine surround the waveguide and transmit the visible light in a direction towards the waveguide. The light fixture also includes a second element that provides a secondary service. The light fixture also includes a housing that defines a cavity, where the LED engine and waveguide are positioned within the cavity proximate the front of the light fixture, and the a secondary element is positioned within the cavity toward the rear of the light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.Inventors: Dustin Cairns, Paul Phillips, Jimmy Zheng, George J. Uhler, Melvin Cosby
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Patent number: 10900638Abstract: A triangular extrusion is disclosed which reflects a significant portion of the light into the plant canopy. By the geometry of a triangular extrusion with reflective sides, only a small portion of the light is absorbed and most of the light is reflected into the canopy. An example shade and shadow minimizing extrusion luminaire for a plant canopy includes a reflector and a housing. The housing has two triangular shape ends The triangular shape is defined by angles selected to redirect light impinging on a face of the triangular shape ends of the housing, in both a downward and horizontal direction into the plant canopy without blocking or sacrificing the light.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: AGROW-RAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Hugh Patrick Adamson
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Patent number: 10883686Abstract: A vehicle headlight device includes: a first illuminating unit for reflecting, at a first mirror that rotatingly operates, laser light that has exited from a laser light source and making the laser light into scanning light, and a illuminating the scanning light toward a first illumination region that is in front of a vehicle; second illuminating unit for reflecting, at a second mirror that is an aggregate of plural micro mirrors whose angles can be changed, visible light that has exited from a visible light source and making the visible light into information displaying light, and illuminating the information displaying light toward a second illumination region that is in front of the vehicle; and controlling unit for controlling turning-off and turning-on of the laser light source, rotating operation of the first mirror, and changing of the angles of the micro mirrors at the second mirror.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takuya Kitazono
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Patent number: 10876698Abstract: The invention relates to a headlight module (1) for motor vehicles, comprising at least one light source (2), downstream of which at least one deflection mirror (3), a micromirror array (4) and a lens (5) are arranged in the beam path, the light emitted by the at least one light source being reflected via the deflection mirror onto the micromirror array activated by a control system, and the light pattern produced on the array being projected into the traffic space via the lens as a lighting pattern, in which module lens and mirror are formed in one piece as a lens/mirror block (10) which has a lens area (10-3) and a mirror area (10-5).Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Matthias Mayer, Stefan Miltterlehner
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Patent number: 10877260Abstract: Disclosed is a light source device for endoscope including: a front panel which includes a touch portion and a display portion; a touch board which is disposed in a rear side of the front panel, and comprises an electrostatic touch sensor that is located in a position corresponding to the touch portion and detects an input generated in the touch portion; a light source board which is disposed in a rear side of the touch board, and comprises a light source configured to irradiate light to at least one of the display portion and the touch portion; and a guide unit which is provided between the touch board and the light source board, and guides the light irradiated from the light source.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: INTHESMART CO., LTD.Inventors: Uk Kang, Ilhyung Shin
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Patent number: 10871607Abstract: A lighting device includes light sources arranged in a row direction and a column direction, and a reflector through which at least a part of light rays emitted by the light source. The reflector includes unit light source regions disposed at an interval from the light sources, a light reflecting pattern disposed in the unit light source regions and reflecting light, and a light transmitting pattern disposed in the unit light source regions and transmissive to the part of the light rays. The unit light source regions are disposed such that the unit light source regions adjacent to each other with respect to at least one of the row direction and the column direction have different distributions of at least one of the light reflecting pattern and the light transmitting pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Hisashi Watanabe, Youzou Kyoukane
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Patent number: 10871281Abstract: A lighting device (100, 500) is provided which comprises a light guide (110, 510), a metal strip (120, 520), a solid state light source (130, 530) and a base (160, 170, 540, 550) for mounting the lighting device. The base includes an electrical interface. The light guide extends along a plane (140). The metal strip extends at least partly around the light guide along a surface (111) of the light guide. The metal strip is arranged in thermal contact with the surface of the light guide. The solid state light source is arranged in thermal contact with the metal strip and is arranged to emit light into the light guide. The light guide serves to increase a light emitting area of the lighting device and to dissipate heat. The metal strip allows heat generated by the solid state light source to be transferred to the light guide.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Erik Paul Boonekamp, Hendrik Jan Eggink
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Patent number: 10859224Abstract: A substrate supports a light source and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to be able to control lighting and lights-out of the light source. The substrate is supported to a conductive housing. The housing is configured to couple with a transparent cover through which light emitted from the light source is to pass. The housing has a through-hole. A connector unit has a connection part and a terminal holding part. The connection part is arranged outside the housing. At least a part of the insulating terminal holding part is arranged in the through hole. The terminal holding part holds a conductive terminal. The conductive terminal is coupled to the substrate and electrically connected to the control circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki Shibata, Yoshihide Noda
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Patent number: 10845014Abstract: Implementations herein provide a flameless candle with an integrated fountain including an outer shell and a removable core. The removable core is removably connected to the outer shell and includes a flange configured to rest on a top portion of the outer shell. The removable core also includes a dome with a serrated bottom edge, a liquid pump, and a light source.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: INNOVATIVE FOUNTAINS, INC.Inventor: Brian Ray
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Patent number: 10837615Abstract: A light bar has a circuit board positioned within a housing and having a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) or a thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT LCD) is configured to transmit light. The housing has wiring electrically connected to a controller. The controller is configured to receive signals from the electrical system of the vehicle, interpret the signals received from the electrical system of the vehicle, and in response automatically control illumination of independently controllable segments of the vehicle light bar. The controller is initially programmed to perform specific function(s) and/or strobe according to specific patterns and is thereafter at least partially restricted from being reprogrammed by a user to serve other function(s), either by restricting the emission of light in at least one color and/or preventing specific strobing pattern(s).Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Putco, Inc.Inventors: James P. Elwell, James P. Elwell, II, Joshua J. Burhite
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Patent number: 10830415Abstract: A light emitting panel assembly is provided. The light emitting panel assembly includes: a housing; a light guide within the housing, the light guide having a first major surface with a plurality of extraction elements, a second major surface, a lower surface, an upper surface, a light source adjacent to the lower surface of the light guide; and an upper guide reflector having a diffuse reflective surface adjacent to and facing the upper surface of the light guide, whereby light from the light source traveling through the light guide toward the upper guide reflector spreads within the light guide, and whereby the upper guide reflector homogenizes the light before the light is redirected to the light guide. A luminaire comprising such a light emitting panel assembly is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Lumenpulse Group Inc./Group Lumenpulse Inc.Inventor: Scott Santoro
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Patent number: 10829031Abstract: A headlamp assembly for a motor vehicle comprising at least one headlamp, which has a light source for emitting visible light, a radiation source for emitting infrared radiation, and a light emission optics with a light entry surface, which visible light from the light source and infrared radiation from the radiation source strikes, and which has an optical exit-deflection element, which directs the infrared radiation from the radiation source toward the light entry surface of the light emission optics. The optical exit-deflection element comprises at least one optics, which broadens the infrared radiation emitted by the radiation source to form a radiation beam with a cross section broadened in a horizontal plane (HH), and a radiation distribution that has at least one intensity maximum disposed toward the edge in the radiation distribution, to one side of a vertical plane (VV), when viewed in a focal plane of the light emission optics.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbHInventors: Martin Licht, Christian Buchberger, Joachim Knittel
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Patent number: 10801689Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle headlight which at least comprises a laser diode (1) and a light conversion element (8) paired with the laser diode (1). Light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to different regions of the light image (11?) can be illuminated periodically and with a varying intensity by means of a light beam (2) of the laser diode (1), and the illumination intensity in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11?) is adjusted simultaneously by both the relative illumination duration of the different regions as well as different luminous intensities of the laser diode (1) in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11?).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Thomas Mitterlehner, Jan Koller, Emanuel Weber, Patrik Schantl
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Patent number: 10795070Abstract: Provided are a backlight unit and a holographic display apparatus including the same. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate; an input coupler configured to guide light into the light guide plate; a light deflector configured to deflect light emitted from the input coupler and guide the deflected light to propagate within the light guide plate. The light deflector is disposed on a region of the light guide plate which does not overlap with an optical path of light incident on the input coupler. The backlight unit also includes an output coupler configured to emit the light, having been propagated within the light guide plate, to an outside of the light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yunhee Kim, Hoon Song, Joonyong Park, Geeyoung Sung, Hongseok Lee, Chilsung Choi
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Patent number: 10794563Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an illumination device, including a first lamp body; a driving power supply component received in the first lamp body; a connecting element assembled into the first lamp body; a second lamp body connected to the connecting element and rotatable with respect to the first lamp body; a light source component received in the second lamp body; a second light distribution element received in the second lamp body and configured to perform a secondary light distribution to a part of light emitted from the light source component; and a first light distribution element disposed on the first lamp body and configured to perform a secondary light distribution to a second part of the light emitted from the light source component.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gongpu Zhan, Song Yin, Ming Chen
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Patent number: 10782000Abstract: The present application provides a backlight, a method for manufacturing a backlight, and a display apparatus. The backlight includes at least one lamp plate having a base substrate and a light source on the base substrate, the light source being configured to emit light having a first wavelength; a wavelength selection layer on a side of the light source away from the base substrate; and a wavelength conversion layer on a side of the wavelength selection layer away from the base substrate. The wavelength conversion layer is configured to emit light having a second wavelength under excitation of the light having the first wavelength. The wavelength selection layer is configured to transmit the light having the first wavelength through the wavelength selection layer and reflect the light having the second wavelength.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Shubai Zhang, Haiwei Sun, Ming Zhai, Yutao Hao, Yuanda Lu, Zhen Wang
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Patent number: 10767853Abstract: A cable management system may comprise a longitudinal trough with a plurality of lights disposed on an underside of the trough. A power connector may be disposed at an end of the trough communicatively coupled to the plurality of lights. The cable management system may also comprise a second trough or one of a plurality of cable management components, each with a plurality of lights disposed on an underside and a power connector communicatively coupled to the pluralities of lights. The first trough, the second trough, and/or the plurality of cable management components may mate together to form a continuous circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Telect, Inc.Inventor: Wayne E. Williams
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Patent number: 10764973Abstract: A display device that can display an image along a curved surface is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel overlap each other with a light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. The light-transmitting layer is positioned on a display surface side of the first display panel, and on a side opposite to the display surface of the second display panel. The light-transmitting layer has an average transmittance of 80% or more with respect to light in the wavelength range of 450 nm to 700 nm and a refractive index higher than that of air. A display region of the first display panel overlaps a region transmitting visible light of the second display panel with the light-transmitting layer provided therebetween. It is preferred that the display region of the first display panel not overlap with a region blocking visible light of the second display panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Nozomu Sugisawa, Yuichi Yanagisawa
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Patent number: 10753571Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device has a housing and a cover plate covering a light exit hole in the housing, at least one ventilation intake opening and at least one air discharge opening, wherein an air guidance structure is disposed on the outside of the ventilation intake opening. The air guidance structure acts to deflect air that flows along the outside of the lighting device as a result of the effect of wind caused by driving, into an interior of the lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbHInventors: Uwe Schubert, Achim Bathe
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Patent number: 10753562Abstract: An automotive headlamp that utilizes a lightguide to form light into a desired output shape and illumination pattern. The headlamp is comprised of a light emitting source, and a lightguide. The lightguide is able to create a hot spot, and a horizontal cut-off in the illumination pattern. The cut-off is formed at the exit face of the lightguide. A cut-off facet angled from the exit-face of the lightguide is used to help with obtaining a sharp cut-off.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Inventor: Hossein Alisafaee