Patents Examined by Christopher E Dunay
  • Patent number: 11125407
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp assembly includes a housing that defines an opening. A light source is operably coupled with the housing. The light source is configured to emit light. A lens is coupled to the housing proximate the opening. The lens includes a first side that has an A-surface of the lens. A second side has a B-surface of the lens. A first optic defines an interior surface of the first side of the lens. The A-surface is free of the first optic. A second optic is defined on the second side. The first optic and the second optic are aligned to collimate and disperse the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Linsheng Chen, Robert William Miller
  • Patent number: 11125919
    Abstract: A lighting device capable of manipulating a wider range of parameters to reproduce various light sources. A light source unit includes, for example, a liquid crystal panel and a backlight, and each pixel is a light source capable of adjusting innumerable hues and intensities capable of adjusting hue and intensity. A lenticular lens includes an array of a plurality of lenticules, and is arranged such that a plurality of light sources capable of adjusting hue and intensity is associated with each lenticule. In addition, on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion of each lenticule, a partition is formed to block emission light from the pixel below the adjacent lenticule, thereby preventing repetition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Takeuchi, Shunichi Suwa, Kunihiko Nagamine
  • Patent number: 11125414
    Abstract: A light distribution module configured to control a light distribution of a light source is provided. The light distribution module includes a lens and an optical cover. The lens has a first light-incident surface, a first light-emitting surface opposite to the first light-incident surface, and an accommodating recess located at a side of the first light-incident surface, wherein the accommodating recess is configured to contain the light source. The optical cover covers the lens and has a second light-incident surface and a second light-emitting surface opposite to the second light-incident surface, wherein the second light-incident surface is located between the first light-emitting surface and the second light-emitting surface, and the second light-incident surface has a plurality of sub-curved surfaces. Boundaries between adjacent sub-curved surfaces are bent-shaped with respect to the adjacent sub-curved surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Wen Shih, Shih-Chang Wang
  • Patent number: 11117510
    Abstract: A vehicle light assembly includes a fixed structure, at least one light and an image projector. The fixed structure is configured to be assembled to a vehicle body component of a vehicle. The at least one light is fixed to the fixed structure and is configured to illuminate a first external area that is in the vicinity of the vehicle. The image projector is fixed to the fixed structure and is configured to project an image onto a second external area that is in the vicinity of the first external area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: William Weber, Dale Butterworth
  • Patent number: 11118779
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a speaker positioned at a first depth within a luminaire housing and capable of generating an audio output from a speaker diaphragm. The luminaire also includes a light source that generates a light output. Further, the luminaire includes a light guide assembly positioned at a second depth within the luminaire housing different from the first depth. The light guide assembly includes an acoustically transparent area positioned along a sound path from the speaker diaphragm, and the light guide assembly extracts the light output from the light source and directs the light output away from the luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Charles Jeffrey Spencer, Daniel Francis Posacki, Kyle Michael Bradd, Gregory Philip Frankiewicz, Feng Chen, John Glenn Serra, Darcie Renee Callison
  • Patent number: 11118768
    Abstract: The recessed lighting fixture includes a light source module and a driver housed within a unified casting, and within a shared outer casing. The outer casing may be coupled to a hangar holder that is movably coupled to a corresponding hangar bar. The outer casing, including the light source module and driver installed therein, may move both 1) in the length direction of the hangar bar and 2) perpendicular to the length direction of the hangar bar. The recessed lighting fixture may have less bulk and size than traditional recessed lighting fixtures. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: DMF, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Danesh
  • Patent number: 11112652
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a backlight unit includes a light-emitting device and lower reflector on a substrate. The lower reflector has a hole that accommodates and exposes the light-emitting device. The lower reflector may have a height greater than a height of the light-emitting device. The backlight unit may include a color resin in the holes and on the light-emitting device. The backlight unit may include a light path modulator above the light emitting device and on the color resin. The light path modulator may have a different refractive index than a refractive index of the color resin to reflect the emitted light at a boundary of the light path modulator and the color resin towards the lower reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghwi Kim, KiSeong Kim, HyeokJoon Yoon, SeungJu Gwon
  • Patent number: 11105487
    Abstract: A light entry part (2) for receiving light from at least one light emitting element (13) and having a central axis (6a) —a light exit part (3) for outputting light having a central axis (6b) —a longitudinally extending light transmitting part (5) having a longitudinal axis (6c), wherein the light transmitting part extends between the light entry part and the light exit part, such that the central axes of the light entry part and of the light exit part coincide with the longitudinal axis of the light transmitting part; wherein the light transmitting part is at one side configured for optical connection with the light entry part and at an opposite side configured to be in optical connection with the light exit part. The light exit part comprises a central lens (7a) and two side reflectors (a, 8b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ORGA HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Thomas Leeuwangh
  • Patent number: 11105489
    Abstract: An illumination lens includes an incident face (510), being provided in a recessed manner in a bottom apex part of the lens body (51), and receiving light from the light source (41); a reflection face (520) on the inner side of an outer periphery of the lens body (51), totally reflecting the light, having reached from the incident face (510); and an emission face (530) at the upper end of the lens body (51), emitting the light, having reached from the incident face (510) and the reflection face (520), to the outside, and the incident face (510) distributes the light, which could be directed toward the entire region of the reflection face (520), only in a predetermined range (521) within the reflection face, being adjacent to the upper end side portion, following the emission face (530), and being closer to the bottom apex part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Fujii, Jun Ito, Youmei Kaminaga, Yasuyo Kojima, Satoru Yakushiji
  • Patent number: 11098873
    Abstract: The light device comprises a housing (1) covered with a transparent or semi-transparent cover (2) that delimit an inner chamber (3) inside the housing (1), a light unit (5) situated in the chamber (3) and equipped with at least one light source, a cooler (4) associated with the light unit (5), and a tubular cooling conduit (7) that passes through an opening (10) in the housing (1) into the chamber (3) to supply cooling medium (8) from the cooling medium (8) source installed outside the housing (1) to the cooler (4) and comprises a drive means (74) for forced flow of the cooling medium (8) in the tubular cooling conduit (7). The tubular cooling conduit (7) is connected to the cooler (4) in such a way that the cooling medium (8) does not escape from the tubular cooling conduit (7) and cooler (4) to the surrounding space in the chamber (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o.
    Inventors: Dalibor Vlcek, Jan Kratochvil, Ondrej Hasa, Jan Grof
  • Patent number: 11092325
    Abstract: A light assembly includes a heat pipe having a first condenser portion and a first evaporator portion. The heat pipe includes a longitudinally extending wall. A plurality of light sources are disposed at least partially around and thermally coupled to longitudinally extending wall at the first evaporator portion of the heat pipe. A first heat sink housing receives the first condenser portion of the heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: eLUMIGEN, LLC
    Inventors: Mahendra Dassanayake, Gennaro Fedele, Brian Petku, Roshan A. Kandanda, Alfred Laspina
  • Patent number: 11079102
    Abstract: A light emitter assembly includes a base body, a base electrical connector disposed on the base body, and a light emitter disposed on the base body and electrically connected to the base electrical connector. The light emitter assembly also includes a light housing disposed on the base body and housing the light emitter, and a power receptacle and/or a communication receptacle disposed on the light housing and electrically connected to the base electrical connector. The light housing is configured to allow passage of light therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: McKeon Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Devin Benner
  • Patent number: 11067882
    Abstract: An illumination system including an exciting light source module, a wavelength converter and an anisotropic diffusion element is provided. The exciting light source module is configured to emit an exciting beam. The wavelength converter is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beam. The anisotropic diffusion element is disposed on the transmission path of the exciting beam and is located between the exciting light source module and the wavelength converter. The anisotropic diffusion element allows the passing exciting beam to expand in a light expanding direction, and the light expanding direction is substantially parallel to a fast axis of the exciting beam. A projection apparatus including the illumination system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Hsuan-I Wu
  • Patent number: 11054116
    Abstract: A UV panel light including a lamp housing, a UV module, a lighting module and the first control circuit; the lamp housing includes a metal plate body and two end covers, the metal plate body is bent, there are accommodating grooves on one surface of the metal plate body, there is a mounting groove on the other surface of the metal plate body, the end covers connect to the metal plate body, and the end covers cover two ends of several the accommodating grooves. The UV module is provided in any of the accommodating grooves; the lighting module is provided in another the accommodating grooves; the first control circuit is provided in the mounting groove, connects electrically to the UV module and the lighting module and is used for the external power supply, which reduces the structural complexity and improves assembly efficiency of the UV panel light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GUANKE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qing Lan, Ligen Liu, Shoubao Chen, Minggui Wang, Nengsheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11054125
    Abstract: An LED module lighting signage system receives electricity from a power supply as well as data from a data processor source, via electrical power and data supply wiring, at least one power/data distributor, and quick connect, plug-in male and female connectors. The distributor has multiple ports which permit wiring to run from a power supply and data processor source to the distributor and from the distributor to multiple LED modules and fixtures, e.g. different channel letters, LED stringlights, etc. All connections between the power source, data processor source, electrical power/data distributor, and the modules or fixtures are accomplished easily by means of male to female quick connect plug-in connectors. In this manner, the power/data distributor can provide electrical power to LED module lighting signage and also transmit data from a data processor source to the signage in a single cohesive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Sikai Chen
  • Patent number: 11047548
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lens, a light source module and a lighting device. The lens includes a bottom surface, an inner surface, an outer surface, and a first accommodating chamber configured for accommodating a light-emitting assembly, a wall face of the first accommodating chamber being an inner surface of the lens; where, the inner surface has a sawtooth shape, and a first light incident surface, a second light incident surface and a third light incident surface, the outer surface includes a first light-emitting surface, a second light-emitting surface and a third light-emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song Yin, Shitao Deng, Jianguo Li, Ming Chen, Aiqin Huang
  • Patent number: 11040654
    Abstract: A control apparatus includes a switch that operates a device, the switch being attached to a vehicle ceiling part, wherein a display able to transmit light from a light source is provided on an operation surface of an operation element of a switch, and in the operation element, an inclined part inclined with an upward slope from a vehicle front toward a vehicle rear is provided, the slope being inclined at an angle at which light radiated from the light source is not visually recognized by an occupant when the light radiated from the light source is reflected on a rearview mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Udo
  • Patent number: 11028999
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a housing containing a control component. A cover is connected to the housing having an outer wall, a mounting section, and a chamber. A divider is positioned between the housing and the cover and includes a conductor opening. A light assembly is connected to the mounting section and operatively connected to the control component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark V. Elmore, Douglas S. Hodges, Russell J. Weston
  • Patent number: 11022296
    Abstract: An operatory light may comprise a bulb that includes a light emitting diode (LED) module positioned such that when the bulb is installed into a socket of the operatory light and powered, none of the light emitted from the LED is directed directly toward a lens of the operatory light, and only reflected light passes through the lens of the operatory light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Zhaohui Lin, Densen Cao
  • Patent number: 11019988
    Abstract: A headlight device that can be mounted to a surgical face shield, helmet, or other type of headgear with dual-sided peel and stick adhesive or magnets allowing for various mounting locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: P9 VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: William Fiebel, Christopher Kanel, Paul Lacotta, Steve Lucey, Todd Robinson