Patents Examined by Cara E Rakowski
  • Patent number: 10830982
    Abstract: An autofocus system is disclosed. The autofocus system includes a lens assembly, an upper actuator, and a lower actuator. The upper and the lower actuators have stationary elements and movable elements. The lens assembly is attached to the movable elements of the upper and the lower actuators. The autofocus system allows three degrees of freedoms of translational adjustments and two degrees of freedoms of rotational adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventors: Forster Shih, Yee-Chung Fu
  • Patent number: 10823366
    Abstract: The present technology is a luminaire lens and housing system for mechanically fastening of a light strip to a luminaire housing via a lens body. The system can include a luminaire housing formed from extruded modular luminaire housing sections assembled together, a mounting bracket mountable to the housing sections, and a lens body mountable to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a generally U-shape configuration capable of receiving the light strip and the lens body. The lens body can be a flexible polymeric lens of continuous length for the entire length of the luminaire housing. An interior section of the lens body includes legs receivable in depressions defined in the mounting bracket for retention thereof. The lens body is configured to contact and apply mechanical pressure to the light strip thereby securing the light strip in the mounting bracket or in the luminaire housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Optic Arts, LLC
    Inventors: David Hawks, Mason Barker
  • Patent number: 10824041
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a switching element including a source electrode and a drain electrode, an inorganic insulating film in contact with the source electrode and the drain electrode, a metal film in contact with the inorganic insulating film and including an opening in a position superimposed on the drain electrode, a capacitor insulating film covering the metal film, an pixel electrode located on the capacitor insulating film and electrically connected to the drain electrode, an electrophoretic element located on the pixel electrode and a common electrode located on the electrophoretic element, and the metal film includes a forward tapered end portion in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ozeki, Koji Ishizaki, Takahiro Takeuchi, Koshiro Moriguchi
  • Patent number: 10823675
    Abstract: A microscope, including: an illumination optical system that irradiates a specimen with illumination light from an oblique direction; an observation optical system including an objective lens; and a controller that moves at least one of a stage to hold the specimen and the objective lens in a same direction as an optical axis of the objective lens. The controller changes, when moving at least one of the stage and the objective lens, an incident angle of the illumination light with respect to the specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chieko Nakada, Kumiko Matsui, Wataru Tomosugi
  • Patent number: 10823375
    Abstract: A light cover assembling structure has a light housing, a mounting sleeve, a light-emitting element, a transparent light cover, and a supporting cover. The mounting sleeve has an inner end mounted in the light housing and an outer end extending out of the light housing. An inner surface of the light housing and an outer surface of the mounting sleeve form an assembling space. The transparent light cover is mounted on the outer end of the mounting sleeve. The supporting cover is mounted on the outer end of the mounting sleeve, and has a first supporting side wall formed circumferentially and abutting the transparent light cover. The first supporting side wall of the supporting cover supports the transparent light cover such that the transparent light cover is firmly mounted on the mounting sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Foshan Carro Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiansheng Zhang, Zhiqiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 10823978
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of optical film, and discloses an optical imaging film and a preparation method thereof. The optical imaging film comprises: a body having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other; a focusing structure formed on the first surface of the body; and N layers of graphic and text structure which are stacked in sequence on the second surface of the body or inside the body, wherein, each layer of graphic and text structure is located within an imaging range of the focusing structure, and each layer of graphic and text structure in the imaging range can form a suspension image by means of the focusing structure. Through the technical solutions disclosed in the embodiments of the present application, the anti-counterfeiting effect of an imaging film can be improved, and the imaging of the imaging film can present better sense of layering and has more diversified colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Shine Optoelectronics (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Zhang
  • Patent number: 10816168
    Abstract: Disclosed is an outdoor light assembly to be disposed in a pathway or other hardscape area. The light assembly having a sleeve forming a receptacle having one or more coupling structures disposed in the receptacle and a user replaceable light fixture assembly being sized and shaped to transition between a secured position and an unsecured position relative to the receptacle. The light fixture assembly having one or more engagement structures that are complementary to the one or more coupling structures so as to inhibit, but not prevent, removal of the light fixture assembly from the sleeve when the light fixture assembly is in the secured position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Zeman
  • Patent number: 10816188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control cabinet light for illuminating a control cabinet interior, wherein the control cabinet light comprises a light base member which holds an illuminating means of the control cabinet light and a transparent illuminating means cover mounted at the light base member, said cover transparently surrounding the illuminating means, characterized in that the illuminating means cover has two transparent separated parallel sides between which the illuminating means is disposed when the illuminating means cover is placed on the light base member, wherein the illuminating means comprises a flat illuminating means plate on which a plurality of individual illuminating means, in particular LEDs or OLEDs, are distributed, and wherein the illuminating means plate extends parallel or at an angle of more than 0°, in particular less than an angle of about 45°, relative to the parallel sides of the illuminating means cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ewgenij Premysler, Marco Deusing, Kurt-Michael Schaffer
  • Patent number: 10816184
    Abstract: A tubular LED lighting device (10) comprising an LED, a driver (18) for driving the LED, and an electrical connector (14). The lighting device further comprises a thermally triggered switch (16) for prevention of overheating of the electrical connector. The thermally triggered switch is connected in series between the electrical connector and the driver, and the thermally triggered switch is configured to interrupt current in the event of the temperature of the electrical connector meeting a triggering condition. If a significant degree of arcing occurs the electrical connector will heat up such that the triggering condition will be met and the current flow between the electrical connector and the driver will be interrupted. There is also provided a luminaire (20) comprising the tubular LED lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Tian Xiang Wen, Robertus Leonardus Tousain, Yun Wang, Zhigang Pei
  • Patent number: 10813391
    Abstract: A compact electroluminescent laminar element includes a flexible electroluminescent lamp and an electronic module which is connected in the same layer as the lower electrode to the lamp and includes at least an electronic control component, an electronic component for activating the lamp, and a battery, where the lamp and the electronic module are housed together in an encapsulating substrate consisting of a textile or plastic material, forming a closed and compact element that can be water-impermeable. The activation component is a push-button, a temperature sensor, or a movement sensor. It also comprises a reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LIGHT FLEX TECHNOLOGY, S.L.
    Inventors: Marten Kull, Victoria Backsin, Cristina Casellas Coll, Santiago Perez De La Hoz
  • Patent number: 10816701
    Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-glare film for touch-mode displays, which has good blackness and touch feel, and a polarizing plate and an image display device comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geo San Lim, Songhee Park
  • Patent number: 10808991
    Abstract: The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment therein, an illumination device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door hinged to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment, the door having an opening formed therein and a panel assembly having a front panel provided at the front thereof, a knock sensor module including a microphone module for sensing a sound wave generated by knock vibration applied to the door and a module microcomputer for determining whether the knock vibration is a predetermined knock based on the sensed sound wave, and a controller provided separately from the module microcomputer for receiving a knock-on signal from the module microcomputer and operating the illumination device such that light is transmitted through the panel assembly, whereby the interior of the storage compartment can be seen from outside the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sangoh Kim
  • Patent number: 10802204
    Abstract: Disclosed are a light guide plate and a backlight module including the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes multiple light guide plate segments, each of which is linear, and the multiple light guide plate segments are connected with each other successively to form an entire light guide plate. The entire light guide plate extends in a curved shape along a length direction thereof, and the entire light guide plate includes a light exiting surface and a light entering surface which is arranged at a side of the light exiting surface. The backlight module includes a light source, a plurality of quantum dot glass tubes which are connected with each other successively, and a light guide plate. The light source and the light entering surface of the light guide plate are arranged corresponding to each other, and each of the quantum dot glass tubes is arranged between the light source and a light guide plate segment correspondingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chengwen Que
  • Patent number: 10802251
    Abstract: A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element has positive refractive power. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chen Lin, Hsin-Hsuan Huang, Shu-Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 10801683
    Abstract: A light emitting device capable of photovoltaic power generation selectively connects a light emitting device to either a power unit or a charge unit according to a control signal. Thereby, when the light emitting device is in a display mode, the light emitting device is connected to the power unit and outputs light, and when the light emitting device is in a charge mode, the light emitting device is connected to the charge unit and provides power outputted from the light emitting device to the charge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Honggu Chun
  • Patent number: 10801705
    Abstract: The present invention provides a LED light emitting strip, comprising: a substrate extending along a length direction of the strip; a plurality of LED chips arranged on or in the substrate, wherein the LED chips are arranged in at least one row along the length direction; at least two contact stripes configured to supply the LED chips with electric energy, wherein each of the contact stripes individually extends, at least partially, along a side of the substrate in the length direction, and wherein the LED chips are contacted to the contact stripes at least partially in a transverse or oblique direction of the strip. The present invention further provides an arrangement of light emitting strips including such a LED light emitting strip and a method of manufacturing such an arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: VOSLA GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Winkler, Matthias Bottcher, Martin Enenkel
  • Patent number: 10794583
    Abstract: A Light Emitting Diode (LED) light fixture that provides high illumination such as that found for indoor and outdoor performance lighting. The LED fixture has a LED housing and a power supply housing that are configured to have a space between them when constructed for air flow. LED housing has two sets of cooling fins, a first set with a length from the face of the LED housing to the rear of the LED housing, and a second with a length from the face of the LED housing into a cut-out in the power supply housing. This cooling system provides for an efficient, compact, and esthetically pleasing fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: INSIGHT LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Jaxon K. Patterson, George Reekie, Rob Love
  • Patent number: 10795116
    Abstract: A moving mechanism for holding a lens is provided, including a carrier having an accommodating space, a coil, a sensing object, a base, at least one magnetic member, and a position detector, wherein the lens is disposed in the accommodating space. The coil and the sensing object are disposed on the carrier, and the coil surrounds the accommodating space. At least a portion of the coil is disposed between the sensing object and the accommodating space. The magnetic member and the position detector are disposed on the base, and the position detector is adjacent to the sensing object. When a current flows through the coil, the carrier moves relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TDK Taiwan Corp.
    Inventor: Nai-Wen Hsu
  • Patent number: 10792381
    Abstract: A surface disinfecting system utilizing UV radiation emitted from at least on UV lamp, the UV lamp positioned in a light fixture that is positioned in a room to be disinfected. The light fixture is provided with a shaft upon which the light fixture rotates according to a predetermined cycle. The cycle may be programmed to adjust the speed and direction of rotation and intensity of the UV lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventor: Peder Ulrik Poulsen
  • Patent number: 10788615
    Abstract: A molded component assembly includes a printed circuit board with a first face and an oppositely facing second face. Multiple light emitting diodes are mounted on a first portion of the first face. Multiple electronics components are mounted on a second portion of the first face. A light guide of a light translucent polymeric material has a contact surface directly contacting the first portion of the first face and multiple light outlets defining cavities in the light guide. The light guide is seated over the light emitting diodes and directly receives visible light from the light emitting diodes and transmits the visible light to the light outlets. A reflector plate directly contacts the light guide and extends over the second portion including the electronics components, and includes filler members extending into the light guide. The reflector plate reflects visible light back into the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: DURA OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Ron Gipson, Bhanumurthy Veeragandham