Patents Examined by Bao Q Truong
  • Patent number: 12032172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a retention apparatus comprising a) a retention body, which delimits an inner region at least on a first side and a further side opposite to the first side, and b) at least one spring element; wherein the retention body comprises, on the first side, a first receiving portion facing the inner region and, on the further side, a second receiving portion facing the inner region; wherein the retention apparatus is embodied to retain at least one optical module, which has a light input side and an opposing light output side, by means of the first receiving portion, the second receiving portion, and the at least one spring element in a retention state, in such a way that the at least one optical module in the retention state is retained a. in a first direction extending from the light input side to the light output side by means of an interlock of i. the at least one optical module with the first receiving portion and ii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Excelitas Noblelight GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Meyer, Friedrich Merz
  • Patent number: 12018824
    Abstract: A rechargeable flashlight configured to communicate via a wireless network, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the rechargeable flashlight includes a light emitter configured to generate light outputted by the flashlight and an imaging device configured to capture environmental data from an area exposed to the output light. The flashlight can also include a cylindrical handheld main body that includes one or more functionally distinct modules configured to be detachably coupled together to provide coordinated operation. The flashlight can also include at least one user-controlled switch operable to control operation of one or more of the interchangeable cylindrical modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Smart Home Protection LLC
    Inventors: Jeromy Stallings, David Szekeres, Robert Ira Hayes
  • Patent number: 12018833
    Abstract: Solid-state lighting devices, and more particularly, asymmetric light-emitting diode (LED) optic for asymmetric luminaire applications for LED packages are disclosed. The asymmetric LED optic can be a lens or other type of refractive element that has one or more indentations or other features that cause internal reflection such that some portion of the light exits a refractive element in a first direction and a portion may instead be refracted to exit the lens elsewhere. The LED package comprising these refractive elements can thus provide asymmetric illumination to a lighting area. One exemplary application could be street lighting, where light can be preferentially directed toward a roadway and away from houses or other areas away from the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Wegner
  • Patent number: 12018815
    Abstract: Provided are a light source module, a lighting device, and a system, which have uniform illuminance distribution, can obtain light having a large area, and are easy to assemble. The light module includes: a light source for emitting light; and a modulator disposed below the light source so as to modulate the emitted light into a line beam in the vertical direction. The light device includes a body, and a plurality of light source modules disposed on the lower side of the body so as to be arranged in an array in the horizontal direction, wherein the light source module includes: a support member provided in a first area of the lower side of the body; a light source provided in a second area of the lower side of the body so as to emit light in the downward direction; and the modulator provided on the lower side of the support member so as to modulate the emitted light into the line beam in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bongho Kim, Dongjune Choi, Jihoon Park, Hyountag Oh, Jinbeom Kim
  • Patent number: 12018827
    Abstract: A luminaire is configured to be removably coupled to a fixture, the fixture being removably coupled to a splice box, the luminaire including a housing including a first end and a second end, the first end including a coupling mechanism configured to couple to the fixture; a printed circuit board coupled adjacent the second end; at least one LED physically and electrically coupled to the printed circuit board; a lens couple to the housing over the printed circuit board; an adapter in electrical communication with the printed circuit board, the adapter configured to electrically and physically couple to a socket of the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Ray Lazalier, Sean Rogers
  • Patent number: 12011511
    Abstract: A lighting fixture containing both visible light sources and UV light sources is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the fixture is an overhead fixture. UV light can sanitize/disinfect the surrounding environment over a period of about 30-45 minutes. In this way, viruses, germs, bacteria, mold, and the like can be destroyed to clean the air and/or surfaces (e.g., furniture) of the room exposed to UV light. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention include a physical input device, such as a wall-mounted button, switch, or wireless device, that can safely and efficiently activate a lighting assembly to produce UV light in a way that protects occupants from unintentional exposure to UV light. This configuration is especially useful in situations where the use of UV light is regulated, such as in a hospital setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CH Reynolds Electric Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Reynolds, Mark Hiura
  • Patent number: 12013107
    Abstract: An electromagnetic lens fluent heater is provided having a tube and an elongate resistive heating element. The tube has a fluent bore extending along the tube. The elongate resistive heating element is carried by the tube and is configured to heat the fluent bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Van Straten Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: George A. Van Straten
  • Patent number: 12006459
    Abstract: A phosphor powder of the present invention is a phosphor powder which contains an inorganic compound in which Eu as an activator is solid-soluted in a crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84 or in an inorganic crystal having the same crystal structure as the crystal represented by Ba26Si51O2N84, and which is constituted such that in an emission spectrum obtained by irradiating the phosphor powder with excitation light having a wavelength of 450 nm, when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 750 nm and equal to or less than 950 nm is P0, and when a luminescence intensity at a peak wavelength in a range of equal to or more than 520 nm and equal to or less than 600 nm is P1, 0.01?P1/P0?0.12 is satisfied by P0 and P1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroki Banno, Hiroaki Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 12007087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight (1) with adjustable dipped beam, comprising at least two dipped beam modules (2) for the shared radiation of a dipped beam distribution, wherein each dipped beam module (2) are respectively set up to radiate a portion of the dipped beam distribution with a predeterminable light intensity, at least one light source carrier (3) with light sources (4), wherein at least one light source (4) is associated with each dipped beam module (2), wherein each dipped beam module (2) comprises a reflector (2a) with at least one focal point (P) or a focal line, and at least one light source (4) is arranged in the focal point (P) or a focal line of the reflector (2a), and each dipped beam module reflector (2a) is configured so that the light distribution radiated from each dipped beam module (2) and also the light-dark boundary of the respective dipped beam distribution is finally established in connection with the mounting position of the dipped beam module reflector (2a), w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Tomasetig, Christian Jackl, Bernd Eichinger
  • Patent number: 12007645
    Abstract: A light source module, a liquid crystal display device, and a display apparatus are provided. The light source module disposes a plurality of micro structures disposed at intervals on a light guide surface of a light guide plate and disposes a sum of areas of the micro structures on an unit area on the light guide surface gradually increasing from a light incident side to a light exiting side, which can improve uniformity of light exiting brightness of each region of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bo Hai
  • Patent number: 12007109
    Abstract: An aerosol generation device has a partially opaque portion for rendering an illumination unit non-visible when the illumination unit is not emitting light. An illumination unit for an aerosol generation device includes a plurality of light sources, wherein each of the light sources is configured to operate in a first power operation mode illuminating the light source at a first brightness level, and a second power operation mode for illuminating the light source at a second brightness level different from the first brightness level, wherein one or more light sources of the plurality of light sources form a contiguous illumination region when the one or more of the plurality of light source are emitting light, and wherein the illumination region is configured to provide to a user visual feedback that indicates a state of the aerosol generation device or a consumable used with the aerosol generation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Marko Plevnik, Layth Sliman Bouchuiguir
  • Patent number: 11999291
    Abstract: An indoor lighting device of a vehicle includes: a substrate, a plurality of light sources assembled with the substrate to be arranged in a row, and a light guide panel including: a plurality of incidence parts such that light emitted by the light sources is incident thereupon, a diffusion area part provided behind the incidence parts to diffuse and reflect the light incident upon the incidence parts, a visual field area part provided behind the diffusion area part to emit the light diffused and reflected by the diffusion area part outside, and light diffusion holes provided behind the respective incidence parts. In particular, each of the light diffusion holes is surrounded by a transmission plane, a pair of reflection planes and a diffusion plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ITW EF&CKorea LLC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., YOONJIN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae Hyun An, Jun Geun Oh, Kyu Rok Kim, Byoung Wook Kim, Young Jun Kim, Goo Dong Jung, Ho Sung Kwon, Bong Seok Ko
  • Patent number: 11994695
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fly-eye lens module, a lighting device, and a DLP optical engine. The fly-eye lens module includes a first plastic fly-eye lens, a second plastic fly-eye lens, and a glass triangular prism structure. The first plastic fly-eye lens is provided on a surface thereof with a first circular region, and the second plastic fly-eye lens is provided on a surface thereof with a second circular region. The first and the second circular regions are both configured as a fly-eye structure having a concave-convex structure, and are respectively fixed to two sides of the cuboid glass structure by a bonding agent. The second and the first plastic fly-eye lenses are disposed such that the light spot emitted from the point light source is incident to the fly-eye lens module via the first plastic fly-eye lens, and is emitted from the second plastic fly-eye lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: IVIEW DISPLAYS (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Yexin Xia, Liang Mei, Mingnei Ding, Steve Yeung, Zhiqiang Gao
  • Patent number: 11982431
    Abstract: A LED lighting module is described that is realized as a printed circuit assembly. The LED lighting module has a carrier with a strip of dielectric material and conductive circuit tracks printed on the dielectric material. Bare LED dies are mounted in a linear formation on the carrier. The width of the LED die formation does not exceed 0.75 mm and the area of the emission face of an LED die does not exceed 0.0625 mm2. Drivers are mounted on the carrier and are connected to drive the LED dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Nicola Bettina Pfeffer, Frederic Stephane Diana, Kevin-Gx Jiao, Charles André Schrama, Arjen Gerben Van der Sijde, Alan Andrew McReynolds, Yifeng Qiu
  • Patent number: 11982426
    Abstract: An integrated injection-molded light includes a light source module and a power supply module. The light source module includes a case with a sealed cavity, a circuit board located in the sealed cavity, and illuminants and electronic components arranged on the circuit board. The power supply module includes a line tube, and a power supply line fixed in the line tube and electrically connected to the circuit board. The manufacturing method includes: electrically connecting the power supply line and the circuit board via a connecting conductive wire; and forming, through injection molding, the line tube that wraps around the power supply line and the case in which the circuit board, illuminants and electronic components are sealed. The case enclosing the circuit board, illuminants and electronic components and the line tube enclosing the power supply line are formed integrally through injection molding. Thus, the light is water-proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Like Lighting Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shijun He, Kun Li, Chao Xiong
  • Patent number: 11978725
    Abstract: A integrated light-emitting device including: a base including a conductive wiring; a plurality of light-emitting devices mounted on the base and configured to emit a first light, each of the light-emitting devices comprising a light-emitting element and a encapsulant covering the light-emitting element; a light reflective film provided on an upper surface of the light-emitting element; and a plurality of light reflective members disposed between adjacent ones of the light-emitting devices. A ratio (H/W) of a height (H) of the encapsulant to a width (W) of a bottom surface of the encapsulant is less than 0.5. Each of the light-emitting devices has a batwing light distribution characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motokazu Yamada, Yuichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11971146
    Abstract: A plant lamp device with adjustable spectrum includes a light bar, a power supply and a controller. The controller and the power supply are electrically connected to the light bar. The light bar includes light beads emitting red light, blue light, far-red light, violet light, green light, and orange light. The light beads include a first bead group and a second bead group having different of red-to-blue-light irradiance ratios. The controller is used to turn on or off the light bar, so that the plant lamp device operates the first bead group to generate first growth spectrum, or operates the first bead group and the second bead group together to generate second growth spectrum, thereby meeting the needs of the plant growth stage, and switching between the first growth spectrum and the second growth spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Meng Li
  • Patent number: 11965650
    Abstract: A photoconversion device includes a first wavelength converter and a long-pass filter. The first wavelength converter receives excitation light from an output portion and emits fluorescence having a longer wavelength than the excitation light. The long-pass filter transmits the fluorescence emitted by the first wavelength converter and reflects the excitation light transmitted through or reflected from the first wavelength converter to enter the first wavelength converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Niino, Ryuji Yamada
  • Patent number: 11962886
    Abstract: A multicamera device includes: a first sensor to detect a first spectrum of external light; a second sensor to detect a second spectrum of the external light; and an optic overlapping with the first and second sensors. The optic includes: a substrate; a first reflective layer on the substrate; and an optical layer between the first sensor and the substrate, the optical layer to transmit the first spectrum of the external light to the first sensor, and reflect the second spectrum of the external light toward the first reflective layer, and the first reflective layer is to reflect the second spectrum of the external light in a direction toward the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Radwanul Hasan Siddique, Mahdad Mansouree
  • Patent number: 11953733
    Abstract: A light source unit includes a plurality of light sources emitting light for irradiating an object, and a holding portion holding the plurality of light sources having an insertion hole for an optical fiber inserted therethrough to propagate the light from the object formed therein. The holding portion holds each of the plurality of light sources such that an irradiation region of the light of each of the plurality of light sources is formed on one side of the holding portion. The insertion hole has a first opening that is an opening facing the irradiation region and a second opening that is an opening different from the first opening, and is formed in the holding portion such that one end surface of the optical fiber is exposed from the first opening and faces the irradiation region when the optical fiber is inserted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Tomofumi Suzuki, Kazuo Iwazaki, Tatsuya Sugimoto, Katsumi Shibayama