Patents Examined by Arman B Fallahkhair
  • Displays with direct-lit backlight units
    Patent number: 11022840
    Abstract: An array of pixels in a display may be illuminated by a backlight having an array of light-emitting diodes in an array of respective cells. A reflector is used to reflect light from the light-emitting diodes through the array of pixels. Within the cells, the reflector has cross-sectional profiles that help distribute light emitted from the light-emitting diodes toward edges of the cells. A light diffuser layer for the backlight may have a partially reflective layer such as a thin-film interference filter with an angularly dependent transmission. Within each cell, the reflector may have cross-sectional profiles with portions that are parabolic or elliptical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rong Liu, Yu P. Sun, Abdeslam Hafidi, Erik A. Zweigle, Jun Qi, Mingxia Gu, Victor H. Yin, Xiangtong Li, Yanming Li, Yi Huang, Ziruo Hong
  • Water-resistant wired electro-magnetic component capture
    Patent number: 11015798
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a water-resistant capture device for enclosing wired electro-magnetic components, the capture device having a base module and a connecting cap module, wherein when the base module and cap module enclose an electro-magnetic component and the base module is connected to the cap module, one or more electric wires are compressed within deformable wire apertures formed by the combined base module and cap module. In some embodiments, the base module is deformable and deforms when affixed to the cap module so as to form a compressive water-resistant seal to an interior of the capture device. In an exemplary embodiment, an LED may be captured within the capture device. The cap module may provide a compressing aperture to provide a water resistant seal around the lens of a LED projecting therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Seasons 4, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Loomis, Nash Rittmann, Yi Xin Long
  • Water-resistant wired electro-magnetic component capture
    Patent number: 11009225
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a water-resistant capture device for enclosing wired electro-magnetic components, the capture device having a base module and a connecting cap module, wherein when the base module and cap module enclose an electro-magnetic component and the base module is connected to the cap module, one or more electric wires are compressed within deformable wire apertures formed by the combined base module and cap module. In some embodiments, the base module is deformable and deforms when affixed to the cap module so as to form a compressive water-resistant seal to an interior of the capture device. In an exemplary embodiment, an LED may be captured within the capture device. The cap module may provide a compressing aperture to provide a water resistant seal around the lens of a LED projecting therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Seasons 4, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Loomis, Nash Rittmann, Yi Xin Long
  • Solar lamp with flame effect
    Patent number: 11002418
    Abstract: A lamp for illumination or decorative lighting having a lamp unit with a roof portion and a base portion, and a translucent cylindrical enclosure. A single, flat, and rigid PCB is disposed within the enclosure, mounted to the roof portion. A white set of LEDs is mounted on the faces of the PCB and arranged in a plurality of white rows. A colored set of LEDs is mounted on the two faces and arranged in a plurality of colored rows, the white rows interleaved with the colored rows. A battery rechargeable by solar cell powers the LEDs. A switch and electronic circuitry selectively control the white set and colored set, the circuitry configured to perform an off mode (white set and colored set are off), an illumination mode (white set is powered on continuously and the colored set is off), and a flame mode (colored LEDs of the colored set are powered on selectively to simulate a flame), selected by the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: E. Mishan & Sons, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred Hollinger
  • Decorative bi-directional portable lighting device
    Patent number: 10989370
    Abstract: There is disclosed a dual-mode lighting device having decorative electronic illumination and optional magnifying device (“lighting device” or “device”). The lighting device incorporates at least two sets of light sources to provide illumination for decorative lighting and for illumination for spot lighting a specific area. The lighting device has a power source, a switch, one or more light sources such as light emitting diodes. The lighting source is bi-directional so that it has the ability to illuminate in both upward and downward direction. An optional lens for magnification expanding across the length and width of the device is housed between the upward and the downward illumination sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventors: Denise Longarzo, Volker Schauz, Donald D. Davis, Kathleen Kennedy Davis
  • LED light strip and backlight module having the same
    Patent number: 10969539
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an LED light strip and a backlight module having the same. The LED light strip includes a circuit board; the circuit board has a board body and a support structure disposed on a surface of the board body; a plurality of LED light emitting elements are disposed on the support structure, the plurality of the LED light emitting elements are arranged in a plurality of rows and face to a first direction parallel to the board body; the arrangement direction of each row of the LED light emitting elements is a second direction that is parallel to the board body and perpendicular to the first direction; and the orthographic projections of the LED light emitting elements on a plane that is parallel to the second direction and perpendicular to the first direction are staggered from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Rui Wang, Hongchao He, Wei Lei, Jiang Zhu, Liangliang Zheng, Qiulan Dong, Yuxi Dong
  • Lighting device with a multiple light function
    Patent number: 10948155
    Abstract: A lighting device with a multiple light function includes an optical component (1) which includes a transparent segment (1a) having a primary transparent part (2) and a secondary transparent part (3) which parts are connected to each other by an interconnecting channel (4). A non-transparent segment (1b) is connected to the transparent segment (1a). A primary lighting unit (2a) illuminates the primary transparent part (2) and a secondary lighting unit (3a) illuminates the secondary transparent part (3). Leading-out optics are formed by prismatic elements (6) in the interconnecting channel (4) of the transparent segment (la) of the optical component (1). Against the leading-out optics, a light absorber (8) is formed in the part of the non-transparent segment (1b) overlapping the interconnecting channel (4). The light absorber (8) being adapted to convert light energy into thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jindrich Svihel, Ivo Franc, Daniel Kopriva
  • Light bar for suspended ceiling
    Patent number: 10928020
    Abstract: An elongated lighting assembly useful in suspended baffle ceilings comprising an inverted channel having an upper web and opposed legs depending from opposite sides of the web, inturned flanges extending inwardly from lower ends of the legs, distal edges of the flanges being horizontally spaced from each other to form a gap, LED tape located over an upper surface of the flanges and carrying upwardly facing LED elements at regularly spaced intervals, surfaces inside the channel facing the LED tape being coated with a white diffuse reflecting material whereby light emitted by the LED elements emanates essentially exclusively out of the gap by diffuse reflection from the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: USG INTERIORS, LLC
    Inventors: Rana Ahmadi, Richard R. Medina
  • Vehicle headlight device
    Patent number: 10914442
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takuya Kitazono
  • Smart-home device light rings with lens spacing for uniform output
    Patent number: 10914430
    Abstract: A light ring assembly for a smart-home device may include a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a light guide, where the light guide may include a plurality of cutouts that receive the plurality of LEDs, and a plurality of transmissive sections between the plurality of cutouts. The light ring assembly may also include an output surface that receives light emitted from the plurality of LEDs through the plurality of transmissive sections, where the output surface is substantially circular. The light guide may also include a plurality of micro-lenses in the plurality of transmissive sections where a relative density of the micro-lenses increases as the transmissive sections extend away from the plurality of cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kraz, Amber Volmering, Bryan Macomber, Jacobi Grillo, Adam Kilgore
  • Light fixture, preferably for stage
    Patent number: 10914439
    Abstract: A light fixture, preferably for stage, is provided with a source assembly configured to generate a light beam mainly along an emission direction; and with at least a first optical assembly arranged downstream of the source assembly along the emission direction; the first optical assembly comprising at least one mixing device configured to mix the light beam passing through it; the mixing device comprising an optical mixing element and a moving device configured to move the optical mixing element between a position of non-interference with the light beam emitted by the source assembly and at least one position of interference with the light beam emitted by the source assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: CLAY PAKY S.P.A., OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Francesco Campetella, Ulrich Hartwig
  • Smart-home device light rings with tapered transmissive sections for uniform output
    Patent number: 10914431
    Abstract: A light ring assembly for a smart-home device may include a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a light guide, where the light guide may include a plurality of cutouts that receive the plurality of LEDs, and a plurality of transmissive sections between the plurality of cutouts where a thickness of the transmissive sections tapers as the transmissive sections extend away from the plurality of cutouts. The light ring assembly may also include an output surface that receives light emitted from the plurality of LEDs through the plurality of transmissive sections, where the output surface is substantially circular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Mark Kraz, Amber Volmering, Bryan Macomber, Jacobi Grillo, Adam Kilgore
  • Illuminating device for vehicles
    Patent number: 10907792
    Abstract: An illuminating device for vehicles with at least one light module that has a semiconductor-based light source and a carrier plate holding the semiconductor-based light source that extends along a base area of the light module. The illuminating device also includes a fan for the purpose of generating an airflow (LG) that can be guided by means of an air guide along the base area of the light module. An injector is provided for as light guide that is designed in such a way that a main airflow (L1) flowing through a housing of the fan and a secondary air flow (L2) not flowing through the housing of the fan can be guided to the base area of the light module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Heinz-Uwe Spork, Franz-Georg Willeke
  • Lighting device and display device
    Patent number: 10908459
    Abstract: A lighting device for applying light to an irradiation object includes a light source, an optical member, an optical sheet, and a housing member. The optical member is in a plate shape through which light from the light source enters. The optical sheet is configured to apply optical action to the light exiting from the optical member. The optical sheet includes a plate body portion and an extending portion provided on at least a first end of the body portion. The extending portion is folded in a zigzag manner and arranged in such a manner as to cover a region between the outer peripheral edge of the optical member and the housing member. The housing member is configured to surround an outer peripheral edge of the optical member and an outer peripheral edge of the optical sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Miyata
  • Edge-lit light fixture having capabilities for a secondary service
    Patent number: 10900657
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Cairns, Paul Phillips, Jimmy Zheng, George J. Uhler, Melvin Cosby
  • Shade and shadow minimizing luminaire
    Patent number: 10900638
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: AGROW-RAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Hugh Patrick Adamson
  • Vehicle headlight device
    Patent number: 10883686
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumihiko Mouri, Takuya Kitazono
  • Headlight module for vehicles
    Patent number: 10876698
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Mayer, Stefan Miltterlehner
  • Electrostatic touch assembly of light source device for endoscope and endoscope system including the same
    Patent number: 10877260
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: INTHESMART CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Uk Kang, Ilhyung Shin
  • Lighting device and display device
    Patent number: 10871607
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Yasunaga, Hisashi Watanabe, Youzou Kyoukane