Patents Examined by Britt D Hanley
  • Patent number: 11339937
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel motor vehicle illuminating headlight. The motor vehicle illuminating headlight includes a power supply driver electrically connected with structure modules. The surfaces of the structure modules are in contact with an aluminum pressing strip, the aluminum pressing strip being connected with a radiator fixedly connected with the power supply driver, the outer side of the radiator being connected with a PC lens, and the other side of the radiator connected with a support. Advantageously, the illuminating use efficiency is improved, the application range is wide, automatic switching between a main illuminating light and atmosphere lights is achieved, and therefore better illumination is provided, energy conservation and environmental protection are facilitated, and the motor vehicle illuminating headlight has good ornamental and economic value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Xueqian Chai
  • Patent number: 11338050
    Abstract: An excimer bulb assembly including an excimer bulb and a pass filter such that the excimer bulb assembly does not emit substantial UV radiation in wavelengths longer than 231 nm, 232 nm, 233 nm, 234 nm or 235 nm. The wavelengths are measured at an incident angle of zero (0) degrees to the filter plane. The pass filter is preferably constructed of a plurality of layers of hafnium oxide, and most preferably constructed of less than seventy five (75) layers of hafnium oxide. The excimer bulb, pass filter, and two electrical connectors may be adapted to form a cartridge which may be adapted to swivel along its main axis. The cartridge may further include a smart chip. The smart chip may retain and store information regarding the assembly and preferably retains hours of use of the excimer bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Lumenlabs LLC
    Inventor: Kevin C. Baxter
  • Patent number: 11340495
    Abstract: Disclosed is an exterior case. This exterior case comprises: a base including an internal space for storing an electronic device; a circuit board disposed on a first surface of the base and including a plurality of light-emitting elements for emitting light; and a weft-and-warp-woven outer cover surrounding the base and the circuit board and transmitting emitted light, wherein at least one among the weft and the warp may be formed of a thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) coating yarn which uses a transparent TPEE as a core and includes a coating layer made of polyurethane (PU) and surrounding the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoonyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11333310
    Abstract: A light assembly mountable in an aperture formed in a railing or a light fixture. The light assembly may include a housing, first and second clamps, and first and second fasteners. The first fastener may couple the first clamp to the housing, and the second fastener may couple the second clamp to the housing. When the fasteners are rotated, the respective clamps pivot outward and move towards the railing or light fixture to retain the light assembly in the railing or the fixture. The light assembly may be removable from the aperture in the railing or the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Intense Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Eric J. Mutch, Xin Guo, Marcus J. Worthington, Greg A. Kuhl
  • Patent number: 11326753
    Abstract: A lamp for an automobile and an automobile including the same include first and second modules that generate light to emit the light to the outside and are spaced apart from each other, respectively including a first light source unit and a second light source unit that include a plurality of light sources which generate light and are provided in a horizontal direction. The light generated from the plurality of light sources provided in each of the first light source unit and the second light source unit is emitted to the outside to produce a plurality of beam patterns, and thus a first beam pattern group and a second beam pattern group are produced. A portion of the plurality of beam patterns constituting the second beam pattern group are produced in at least a portion of a region between the plurality of beam patterns constituting the first beam pattern group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Geun Jun
  • Patent number: 11326745
    Abstract: A LED light tube apparatus installed to a tube bracket includes a LED light source and a light passing tube. A driver includes a driver circuit. A power input electrode that an external power is supplied to the driver for generating a driving current supplied to the LED light source. A first cap and a second being disposed at two opposite ends of the light passing tube. The first cap and the second cap respectively have two pins inserted into corresponding pin sockets for fixing the LED light tube apparatus to the tube bracket. The LED light tube provides an in-house power source to the pin sockets, but the in-house power is not routed to the driver from the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO. LTD
    Inventors: Linhua Wang, Shuijing Liang, Shou Chen
  • Patent number: 11320695
    Abstract: A backlight and a liquid crystal display. The backlight includes: a circuit substrate, a plurality of LED chips and a first silica gel layer. The plurality of LED chips are fixed by means of die bond on the circuit substrate, and the first silica gel layer is applied to the circuit substrate and wraps the plurality of LED chips. The first silica gel layer makes light emitted by the LED chips more diffuse, thus enhancing light emission uniformity of the backlight and reducing a thickness of a backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventors: Minghai Zhao, Shunli Chen, Yongchang Sang
  • Patent number: 11318220
    Abstract: A light fixture devised to provide illuminated sign panes for displaying information to nearby viewers, but including both white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and UV-C LEDs. The white LEDs are arranged in the fixture so as to illuminate transparent/translucent panes upon which helpful information is displayed, when actuated. The UV-C LEDs also are arranged in the fixture so as to disinfect or sterilize the ambient air near the fixture. The illumination LEDs and the disinfection LEDs are independently switchable “on” and “off,” so that a user can controllably illuminate the informational panes, or disinfect the air, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INSIGHT LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Jaxon Patterson, Chris Kreuter, Geoffry Patterson
  • Patent number: 11312901
    Abstract: A cadmium free quantum dot including a semiconductor nanocrystal core and a semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the core, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium and includes indium and zinc, the quantum dot has a maximum photoluminescence peak in a red light wavelength region, a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the maximum photoluminescence peak is less than or equal to about 40 nanometers (nm), an ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectrum of the quantum dot includes a valley between about 450 nm to a center wavelength of a first absorption peak, and a valley depth (VD) defined by the following equation is greater than or equal to about 0.2, a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite: (Absfirst?Absvalley)/Absfirst=VD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Sook Jang, Yuho Won, Sungwoo Hwang, Ji Yeong Kim, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 11314126
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display device are provided. By forming a diffusion layer on a light emitting surface of each of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a light shadow and a LED light path generated by misalignment between the LEDs and a light guide plate and deformation of a reflective sheet can be effectively avoided. The backlight module emits light of uniform brightness to improve display performance of the liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pengfei Yu
  • Patent number: 11300273
    Abstract: A dual-color light string comprising a first insulated electrical wire cord, a second insulated electrical wire, two light-emitting diode devices (LED devices) and transparent glue. The first insulated electrical wire is partially exposed to form a first soldering section. The second insulated electrical wire is partially exposed to form a second soldering section. The two LED devices are respectively electrically connected to the first soldering section and the second soldering section, and the directions of bias of the two LED devices from the first soldering section to the second soldering section are opposite to each other; The transparent glue covers the two LED devices, the first soldering section and the soldering section, extends to partially cover a first insulating layer of the first insulated electrical wire and a second insulating layer of the second insulated electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Blooming International Limited
    Inventors: Shu-Fa Shao, Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 11300267
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting unit includes: a heat sink (12); a light emitting element disposed in the heat sink (12); and a reflector that is disposed above the light emitting element, and reflects emitted light emitted forward from the light emitting element. The heat sink (12) includes a base portion (22) for disposing the light emitting element on a pedestal portion (21); and a fin portion (23) that is disposed on a back surface of the base portion (22), and radiates heat generated by the light emitting element. The back surface of the base portion (22) is inclined with respect to the pedestal portion (21). In the heat sink (12), a thickness of the base portion (22) is thicker on a lower side of the light emitting element than on a rear side of the base portion (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroto Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11280472
    Abstract: A modular lighting system and method having a control PCB, an LED and a housing with a housing base. The LED is attached to a module PCB, wherein the LED and the module PCB are part of an LED module, wherein the module PCB of the LED module is electrically connected to the control PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ovidiu Petru Balaj, Remus Pompiliu Dinu, Marius Nicolae Dragomir, Adrian Ciprian Firu, Adrian Emanuel Maghet, Florin Ovidiu Matei, Ovidiu Cristian Pardut, Gabriel Sirbu, George Cristian Oproiu
  • Patent number: 11280957
    Abstract: A glass light guide plate body has a light incident surface, a light reflecting surface and a light emitting surface. The light incident surface is adapted to direct light from an LED strip disposed about a perimeter surface of the light incident surface into the glass light guide plate body. A light reflective surface extending across the upper surface of the glass light guide plate body reflects the light directed upwards through the glass light guide plate body downwards back through the glass light guide plate body towards a light-emitting surface. The light reflective surface is provided with a reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Tiejun Wang
  • Patent number: 11269125
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a flexible rod having a long length in relation to a width of the flexible rod. The lighting apparatus further includes a support, running the long length of the flexible rod. The lighting apparatus further includes a lighting module interconnected with the flexible rod and the support, the lighting module including a light source, the light source oriented to project light down the flexible rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: NITE IZE, INC.
    Inventors: Bowden Ormsbee, Dale Karacostas
  • Patent number: 11269130
    Abstract: A transparent resin composition includes a transparent resin and a light diffusing agent which has an average particle diameter of 220 nm or more and 300 nm or less, in which a content proportion of the light diffusing agent is more than 4.0 mass ppm and less than 20 mass ppm with respect to the total mass of the transparent resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Youhei Sechi, Tadayoshi Sawada, Takashi Ookubo
  • Patent number: 11262064
    Abstract: A wrist band system includes a body having a first strap integral with a second strap, the first strap and the second strap joining at a top face and having a side face; an opening extending through the thickness of the top face a housing extending from an outer surface of the first strap, the housing having a port; a plurality of lights secured to the side face; and a power source disposed within the body and conductively coupled to both the port and the plurality of lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Boyd
  • Patent number: 11262496
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology and, in particular, to a backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module may include a backplane, an optical film, and a light emitting plate. The backplane includes a bottom plate, a first side plate, and a second side plate, where the first side plate and the second side plate are arranged at two opposite sides of the bottom plate in a first direction, and both have support parts protruding toward an inner side of the back board. The optical film is arranged on a side of the support part away from the bottom plate, and has two opposite ends supported on the support parts. The light emitting part is arranged on the bottom plate and positioned at a side of the support part facing the bottom plate, and a light emitting direction of the light emitting part is toward the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenyang Li, Rui Han, Dong Cui, Zeyuan Tong, Qing Ma, Shouyang Leng, Dong Guan, Fengping Wang, Weining Chi, Zhipeng Zhang, Yue Zhai, Zan Zhang, Yaoyao Wang, Xiaoxia Wang
  • Patent number: 11256139
    Abstract: A support pin supporting at least one optical component in an optical cavity includes a supporting base and a supporting section connecting the supporting base. The supporting section is made of a light-transmitting material. A plurality of grooves are integrally formed on the supporting section. The grooves reflect or refract part of incident light transmitted inside the supporting section diffusely and do not penetrate the supporting section. In addition, a backlight module and a display device with the support pins are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: AmTRAN Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung-Ying Tsai
  • Patent number: 11255492
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure disclose a heat dissipation structure for a lamp, which includes: a base cup, a supporting top cover, a base cup heat dissipation housing, and a top cover heat dissipation housing. The base cup and the supporting top cover are both made of metal, the supporting top cover is detachably connected to the base cup by interference fitting; and the base cup heat dissipation housing and the top cover heat dissipation housing are both made of thermally conductive plastic. In the present disclosure, the supporting top cover and the base cup are connected to each other by interference fitting to form an internal heat conduction structure; the heat is transferred to the outside by the top cover heat dissipation housing corresponding to the supporting top cover and the base cup corresponding to the base cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuan Hu, Yinfei Yu, Wangbosheng Wu