Patents Examined by Christopher E Dunay
  • Patent number: 11268673
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an adaptable vehicle light fixture is provided to activate directional illumination aspects of the light fixture based upon sensed characteristics of the vehicle. The vehicle may automatically sense its position, speed, acceleration, heading and angular velocity and may command the light fixture to emit symmetric and/or asymmetric beam patterns based upon the sensed vehicle characteristics. Directional light incident upon the light fixture may also be detected to allow intensity control thereby reducing glare to oncoming traffic. A vehicle light fixture may be pre-configured with lenses and wirelessly programmed for manual and/or automatic operation that is responsive to the pre-configuration. A plurality of vehicles with light fixtures mounted thereon comprise a network of light fixtures that are manually or adaptively controlled as a group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Nacho LED LLC
    Inventors: Stephen P. Adams, Arthur A. Wilkes, Jay B. Norrish, James V. Rhodes, Johnathan J. Heiner, Brent R. Perkins
  • Patent number: 11268687
    Abstract: Provided is an LED Screen, comprising a box frame and a display unit fixed in the box frame, wherein the display unit comprises a PCB board and a plurality of LED lamp beads fixed on the PCB board, the front and back of the display unit are covered with transparent waterproof membranes, which can play a waterproof role and avoid short circuit of the display unit; Waterproof membranes can also play a role in protecting the LED lamp beads and PCB board, preventing external objects from damaging the beads, and the PCB board from being corroded. Transparent waterproof membrane is easier for the light emitted from LED Lamp beads to pass through, so the PCB board installed with LED lamp beads and covered with waterproof membranes can be directly fixed on the box frame, and can be used, the PCB board can be directly maintained, which is simple and convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GLOSHINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianfeng Zhang, Yongjun Zhang, Guoqiang Li, Zhiqiang Gao
  • Patent number: 11262483
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light source lens that makes it possible to improve unevenness in a luminance distribution, an illumination unit, and a display unit. A light source lens (1) according to the present disclosure includes an incident surface on which light from a light-emitting device is incident, and an exit surface (20) that has a diffusing function at a center part (21) for light incident through the incident surface as well as a light-condensing function at at least a portion of an intermediate part (22) and a peripheral part (23) for the light incident through the incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Roger Corn, Yosuke Narita, Takeo Arai, Masami Sato
  • Patent number: 11262057
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first conductive unit, an installation bracket, a second conductive unit, a light body and a top cover. The first conductive unit is used for connecting to an external power source. The installation bracket is fixed to an installation platform. The first conductive unit is disposed on a first side of the installation bracket. The top cover is used for disposing the second conductive unit and the light body. The top cover is detachably connected to the installation bracket from a second side of the installation bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shouqiang Hou, Xiaoliang Wen
  • Patent number: 11262062
    Abstract: An LED lighting device comprises a first portion provided with a lamp cap, a second portion provided with a case and a power supply, a third portion provided with a heat exchange unit and a light emission unit connected and forming a thermal conduction path. The light emission unit and the power supply are electrically connected. The lamp cap extends in a first direction. The light emission unit comprises an illuminator and a substrate, wherein the substrate having a mounting portion provided with the illuminator, the mounting portion parallel to the first direction, wherein the distance b from the beginning of the second portion to the plane where the center of the LED lighting device is located satisfies the following formula: (L2+L3)/5<b<3 (L2+L3)/7; L2 is the length of the second portion; L3 is the length of the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mingbin Wang, Tao Jiang
  • Patent number: 11255496
    Abstract: A lighting device, wherein the effectivity is increased and allows maintaining a simple manufacturing process, comprises: a housing having a longitudinal direction, the housing comprising: reflective side walls extending in the longitudinal direction, a first cavity disposed between the reflective side walls, and an opening of the first cavity for the passage of light from the first cavity; LEDs, each having a light-emitting face and side faces, wherein the LEDs are arranged on interposers for providing electrical connection of the LEDs, wherein the LEDs are arranged in the first cavity such that the LEDs are at least partially arranged along the longitudinal direction of the housing; and a reflection element that covers a side of the interposers facing the opening, wherein the reflection element surrounds the LEDs on the side faces, and is configured as strip comprising through holes in which the LEDs are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Danijel Labas
  • Patent number: 11249239
    Abstract: A waveguide includes a light coupling portion has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface includes light coupling features. LEDs emit light into the light coupling features. A light emitting portion has an interior surface and an exterior surface where the exterior surface defines a light emitting surface. The light emitting portion is disposed adjacent the light coupling portion. A light transmission portion optically couples the light coupling portion to the light emitting portion. A footprint of the light coupling portion is substantially the same or less than a footprint of the light emitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Wilcox, Rick Rothenberger
  • Patent number: 11248758
    Abstract: A surface light source LED device includes a circuit board, at least one power input and at least two LED bar elements, the at least two LED bar elements are arranged in a staggered manner, and each of the LED bar elements includes a plurality of LED bars arranged linearly on the circuit board. Each of the LED bars has a straight strip structure and has a plurality of LED dies of the same type provided inside. The plurality of LED dies is arranged linearly at equal intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: EXCELLENCE OPTOELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Po Shen, Chun-Ming Lai, Chih-Chiang Chang, Wen-Hsing Huang, Tzeng-Guang Tsai, Kuo-Hsin Huang
  • Patent number: 11248783
    Abstract: The lighting apparatus has a wire box, a driver module, a light source and a light housing. The wire box is made of a heat dissipation material. The wire box is for placing a portion of an external wire. The driver module electrically connects to an electrode of the portion of the external wire. The light housing has a top cover and a surrounding wall. The top cover and the surrounding wall form a container space. The top cover has an inner side and an exterior side. The light source is thermally and structurally connected to the inner side for emitting a light via a light opening of the container space. The wire box is connected to the top cover of the light housing. Heat of the light source is transmitted to the wire box for heat dissipation via the back cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojuan Huang, Qingguang Zeng, Qiongqiao Zhang, Maojin Zeng, Lianwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11251349
    Abstract: A light fixture has a translucent tubular bulb. At least one end cap is located at one end of the translucent tubular bulb. A light engine is disposed in the translucent tubular bulb. The light engine has a leadframe on which a plurality of semiconductor light elements is arranged. The fixture may include an electronic driver. The electronic driver includes a plurality of electronic components. At least one of the plurality of electronic components is arranged inside the transparent tubular bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Rieder, Heinz Lang, Georg Rosenbauer
  • Patent number: 11247602
    Abstract: A light assembly includes a fixture housing, a gesture sensor assembly, a light source supported by the fixture housing, and a reflector supported by the fixture housing and operative to control direction of light emitted from the light source. The gesture sensor assembly includes a gesture sensor operable to provide a sensing electrical field sensitive to gestures executed a predetermined distance from the gesture sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ehab Kamal, John Nantz, Khalid Kamal, Rob Nahhal, Yipeng Schulmeister
  • Patent number: 11249241
    Abstract: A diffusive reflector for a lighting apparatus comprising a backing part upon a surface of which is disposed an interface part(s) wherein the interface part(s) is at least partially diffusively reflective optically and/or the backing part is diffusively reflective optically. The interface part(s) is formed with a plurality of separate protrusions each adapted for making a separate respective contact interface with a surface of a light guide panel of the lighting apparatus to optically couple the backing part to the light guide panel via the interface part(s). The interface part(s) comprises an optically transmissive interface material arranged to form said contact interface such that the interfacial energy thereof is reduced so that air is driven from the contact interface. Consequently, the critical angle for total internal reflection of light guided by the light guide panel is increased at said contact interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OPTRICAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Navin Suyal
  • Patent number: 11242966
    Abstract: A built-in illumination apparatus according to the present technology includes a light fixture unit and a light source unit. The light fixture unit includes an outer contour portion to be built in a wall portion including a ceiling, and a first fitting portion. The light source unit includes a light source section, an additional functional section, and a second fitting portion, the light source section emitting light for illumination, the additional functional section having an additional function other than the illumination, the second fitting portion detachably fitting with the first fitting portion, the light source unit being disposed in the outer contour portion by the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yotsumoto, Takashi Sato, Hiroshi Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 11231149
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element disposed on the substrate; a light-transmissive member disposed on a light extraction surface of the light-emitting element; and a cover that covers the light-emitting element with a gap between the cover and the light-emitting element, the cover including: an upper portion that is transmissive to light coming from the light-emitting element, a sidewall extending along a peripheral edge of the upper portion and having an outer lateral surface on which a projected portion is formed, and a recess defined by the upper portion and the sidewall. The projected portion is formed of a material that is deformable due to a pressing force generated in the event of an engagement with a counterpart member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Okahisa, Tomohito Shinomiya, Daizo Kiba
  • Patent number: 11226091
    Abstract: A waterproof lamp includes a lamp base defining a first chamber and comprising a mounting member received in the first chamber, and a cap threadedly connected to the lamp base. The lamp base defines a first mounting opening and a second mounting opening that both communicate with the first chamber. The mounting member defines a second chamber and includes a first mounting post received in the second chamber. The first mounting post defines at least two mounting holes. The mounting member defines a third mounting opening and a fourth mounting opening that communicate with the second chamber and communicate with the at least two mounting holes through the second chamber, and includes a protection plate covering the third mounting opening and the fourth mounting opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventor: Xiaojun Xu
  • Patent number: 11221512
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a backlight unit. The backlight unit may include a printed circuit board, a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on the printed circuit board, at least one light spreading layer formed over the printed circuit board that spreads light received from the plurality of light-emitting diodes, a partially reflective layer formed over the at least one light spreading layer, a color conversion layer formed over the partially reflective layer, a collimating layer formed over the color conversion layer, a brightness enhancement film formed over the collimating layer, and a diffuser formed over the brightness enhancement film. The at least one light spreading layer may include two light spreading layers with elongated protrusions that are rotated relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rong Liu, Daming Xu, Jun Qi, Ling Han, Mookyung Son, Chenhua You, Victor H. Yin, Xinyu Zhu, Heesang Suh, Juan He, Joshua A. Spechler, Zhenyue Luo, Suraj P. Gorkhali
  • Patent number: 11215337
    Abstract: A puddle lamp including a light source composed of a single light emitting body, a lens set, a projection film with a fixed image and a projection lens is provided. The lens set is disposed at a light path downstream side of the light source. The projection film is disposed at a light path downstream side of the lens set. The lens is disposed at a light path downstream side of the projection film. An optical axis of the light source is substantially parallel to an optical axis of the lens set, and an optical axis of the projection lens is not perpendicular to an image plane of the puddle lamp. Furthermore, another puddle lamp is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Yun Lee, S-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11209129
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes multiple LED packages, a substrate and a driver. The LED package module includes a package housing, a LED chip and a second LED chip, a first fluorescent layer, and a second fluorescent layer. The first fluorescent layer is stacked below the second fluorescent layer. A light emitting area of the first chip is placed in the first fluorescent layer. A light emitting area of the second chip is placed in the second fluorescent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Hong Kui Jiang
  • Patent number: 11209136
    Abstract: A built-in illumination apparatus according to the present technology includes a light fixture unit and a light source unit. The light fixture unit includes an outer contour portion to be built in a wall portion including a ceiling, and a first fitting portion. The light source unit includes a light source section, an additional functional section, and a second fitting portion, the light source section emitting light for illumination, the additional functional section having an additional function other than the illumination, the second fitting portion detachably fitting with the first fitting portion, the light source unit being disposed in the outer contour portion by the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Yotsumoto, Takashi Sato, Hiroshi Hiraiwa
  • Patent number: 11209141
    Abstract: A simulated flame and wick device for use with a flameless candle and other devices requiring the appearance of a natural flame. A flame shaped housing, comprising an upper and lower cover, contains a flexible LED filament bulb, with the positive and negative leads passing through dedicated channels within a housing designed to have the appearance of a candle wick. The combination of the material used for the wick housing along with the positive and negative leads from the flexible LED filament bulb are designed to provide strength and flexibility to the wick component. In turn these leads pass through a positioning housing to orient the simulated flame and wick correctly when used with flameless candles and other devices. The simulated flame and wick along with the other components described are contained within the internal housing of a simulated candle shell or other appropriate device, thus simulating the appearance of a flame burning atop a blackened wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: YOUNG MARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiu Ching Chiang, Alan Douglas Rushing