Patents Examined by Christopher E Dunay
  • Patent number: 11927331
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus including: a flexible planar light source having plural illuminants over a surface of a planar carrier material, which includes a flexible planar circuit carrier fitted with the illuminants on a side. The illuminants being interconnected by electrical lines formed in or on the circuit carrier, and a controller to supply power to the illuminants and control the illuminants. The controller includes a housing disposed on an edge of the planar light source and is mechanically connected to the planar light source, an edge of the planar light source being partly accommodated in the housing. The housing including electrical and electronic components and lines connected to the electrical lines of the planar light source. A strain relief is configured to absorb tensile stresses between the housing and the planar light source to keep the tensile stresses away from electrical connections between the controller and the planar light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CARPETLIGHT GMBH
    Inventors: Goetz Schmidt Zur Nedden, Laura Schmidt Zur Nedden, Niklas Bastian, Sebastian Chrost, Daniela Meyer
  • Patent number: 11927338
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a main housing, a light module, a ventilating fan and a fixing frame. The main housing has a fan bracket and a light bracket. The light module is disposed to the light bracket for emitting a light outwardly to an illuminated space. The ventilating fan is attached to the fan bracket. The ventilating fan has an air passage exposed to the illuminated area for air to flow passing the air passage driven by the ventilating fan. The fixing frame holds the main housing and is used for fixing to one of multiple types of installation platforms. The main housing is detachable from the fixing frame. The fixing frame has two telescopic levers arranged in parallel for changing a spanning diameter to fit different installation platforms. The main housing is attached on the fixing bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunbing Li, Chengkun Liu
  • Patent number: 11920744
    Abstract: The invention provides a light generating system (1000) comprising a light generating device (100), a luminescent material layer (200), and optics (400), wherein: (I) the light generating device (100) is configured to generate polarized laser radiation (101); (II) the luminescent material layer (200) comprises a luminescent material (210) configured in a light-receiving relationship with the light generating device (100) and configured to convert at least part of the polarized laser radiation (101) into luminescent material radiation (211); (III) the light generating system (1000) is configured to generate in an operational mode system light (1001) at least comprising the luminescent material radiation (211); (IV) the optics (400) comprise first optics (410) and second optics (420); wherein the first optics (410) are configured to change the polarization of the polarized laser radiation (101), and wherein the second optics (420) have one or more of (i) a polarization dependent transmission and (ii) a polariza
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Dominique Maria Bruls, Robert Van Asselt, Ties Van Bommel
  • Patent number: 11920765
    Abstract: An electronic cover for an electrical lighting device includes a conducting electrical track structure for lighting components and control components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventor: Fabrice Martins
  • Patent number: 11920757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp for a vehicle and a vehicle. The lamp includes a housing and a light source arranged in the housing, an opening of the housing being divisible into one or more light emitting regions to correspondingly realize a predetermined light function, wherein the at least one light emitting region is provided with a light distribution element for the light source, the light distribution element having a first light distribution portion and a second light distribution portion, the first light distribution portion being configured to cause light of the light source to leave the light emitting region within a first angular range, and the second light distribution portion being configured to cause light of the light source to leave the light emitting region within a second angular range that is different from the first angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Zhujun Wang, Xian Zhang, Kang Ye
  • Patent number: 11913635
    Abstract: A lens and an illumination method thereof relates to the field of illumination technologies. The lens is provided with a concave space for accommodating a light source, a first irradiation part is formed on a first side of an inner wall of the concave space, and second irradiation parts are formed on the bottom and a second side of the inner wall of the concave space; a main light beam emitted by the first irradiation part and a main light beam emitted by the second irradiation parts form an acute angle. By means of the present invention, an upper region and a lower region of a to-be-irradiated object can be illuminated through one light source at the same time, and the light source arrangement cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zuping He, Yuanfang Xue, Zhaoyong Zheng, Junjun Ying
  • Patent number: 11913624
    Abstract: A trim accessory and method of its use that attaches or retrofits to an existing recessed light fixture, and directs or restricts emitted light from the lighting fixture to areas or locations desired by the end user. The trim accessory attaches to the trim, and has a tapered annular panel with an outer surface, an inner surface, an outer edge, an annular inner portion, and one or more retainers along the annular inner portion that retain an outer periphery of the outer-extending trim of the recessed lamp, to secure the trim accessory against the ceiling or other surface using the recessed lighting fixture. The tapered annular panel extends outwardly and upwardly against the ceiling, to blend visually into the undersurface of the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Inventor: Eric Lynn Strunk
  • Patent number: 11913638
    Abstract: A surface mountable reflector suitable for packaging in a tape and reel format for positioning on a circuit substrate using pick-and-place robotics, and attachment using a solder reflow mounting technique, includes a metal sheet stamped to provide an all metal structure having a plurality of reflector surfaces having lower edges, and mounting pads that extend below the lower edges and outwardly of the reflector surfaces. The surface mountable reflectors are usable in a radiation emitting diode assembly including a diode solder-mounted to the circuit substrate with the surface mountable reflector affixed to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CoreLED Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Brian C. Wells, Derek Mallory, Nadia Zelikovskaya, John Kahl
  • Patent number: 11913634
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for enhanced lighting. The apparatus may include a light-transmitting body. The apparatus may include a light projector. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming incoherent light. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming visible coherent light. Emerging coherent light within a visible wavelength rage attributable to the incoming visible coherent light may have a first intensity. The first intensity may be greater than a second intensity. The second intensity may be an intensity of any emerging coherent light that is within the wavelength range and is attributable to the incoming incoherent light. Emerging light may be light that emerges from the light-transmitting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wangs Alliance Corporation
    Inventors: Shelley S. Wald, Wai Ho Choy, Derrick A. Wald
  • Patent number: 11912193
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicular illumination device to be disposed on a ceiling portion in a vehicle passenger compartment includes: a left-row light source unit in which three or more light sources arranged side by side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle is disposed on a left side of a center in a width direction of the vehicle: and a right-row light source unit in which three or more light sources arranged in the front-rear direction of the vehicle is disposed on a right side of the center in the width direction of the vehicle. Optical paths of the light sources are set to be placed in a state where a light irradiation region of the left-row light source unit and a light irradiation region of the right-row light source unit partially overlap with each other on a floor surface in the vehicle passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 11904775
    Abstract: The present invention refers to an indirect vision device for vehicles integrating a lighting unit, like light indicators or light decorative elements, preferably for vehicles. The lighting device (1) comprises: a light source (2), a light guide (5) for guiding light emitted by the light source (2). The light guide (5) comprises a light guide material and scattering particles (10) admixed therein, and the refractive index of the scattering particles (10) is different than the refractive index of the light guide matrix material, such that light guided by the light guide (5), can be scattered by the scattering particles (10) out of the light guide (5). The invention provides an indirect vision device with enhanced homogeneous luminance and increased luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FICOMIRRORS, S.A.U.
    Inventors: Verónica Delgado Gimón, Marc Vallés Hernández, Néstor Ruiz Ortega, María Luisa Novella Requena
  • Patent number: 11906129
    Abstract: A circular recessed channel lighting system having a closed-loop channel section with a U-shaped channel having two parallel sides, first and second flange elements, each flange element extending from an end of one of the parallel sides of the U-shaped channel, an LED positioned within the U-shaped channel, and a flexible lens positioned over an open end of the U-shaped channel to allow light from the LED outward. The flange elements include through holes for adhesion of a building material (e.g., joint compound) and the U-shaped channel has a depth not greater than ? inches (0.625 inches).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PureEdge Lighting LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Kay
  • Patent number: 11906153
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for enhanced lighting. The apparatus may include a light-transmitting body. The apparatus may include a light projector. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming incoherent light. The projector may be configured to propagate into the light-transmitting body an incoming visible coherent light. Emerging coherent light within a visible wavelength rage attributable to the incoming visible coherent light may have a first intensity. The first intensity may be greater than a second intensity. The second intensity may be an intensity of any emerging coherent light that is within the wavelength range and is attributable to the incoming incoherent light. Emerging light may be light that emerges from the light-transmitting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Wangs Alliance Corporation
    Inventors: Shelley S. Wald, Wai Ho Choy, Derrick A. Wald
  • Patent number: 11906145
    Abstract: A lamp connector includes an insulating connector body, a first pressing cover, and a second pressing cover. The insulating connector body includes a first electrical connection part, a second electrical connection part, and an electrical connection structure; the first electrical connection part includes a first base, and a first end of the first pressing cover is mounted on the first base through a first rotating shaft structure, a second end of the first pressing cover is fixed to the first base through a first fixing structure. The second electrical connection part includes a second base, and a third end of the second pressing cover is mounted on the second base through a second rotating shaft structure, a fourth end of the second pressing cover is fixed to the second base through a second fixing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Zhan, Xianglan Li
  • Patent number: 11898730
    Abstract: An adjustable light fixture includes a frame configured to rotatably connect to a support and rotate about a first axis. A lamp assembly is connected to the frame. The lamp assembly includes a housing defining a cavity. A light emitter is supported in the cavity. A lens is connected to the housing. A pivot assembly rotatably couples the lamp assembly to the frame about a second axis offset from the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Phonexay Sinphay, Dhavalkumar Prabhudas Patel
  • Patent number: 11898721
    Abstract: A recessed luminaire includes a housing supporting a light emitter, an intumescent material coupled to an outer surface of the housing, and a plate coupled to the housing and to the intumescent material. The housing configured to be positioned at least partially through a ceiling. The housing also includes a stepped surface. The intumescent material has a shape complementary to a shape of the housing. The plate is positioned adjacent to the stepped surface and to an upper surface of the intumescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Sinphay, Dhavalkumar Patel, William Thomas
  • Patent number: 11890985
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light source unit including a plurality of light sources; an optical unit including a plurality of incidence lenses, a plurality of emission lenses corresponding to the plurality of incidence lenses, and a plurality of shields each configured to block a part of light from being incident on each of the plurality of emission lenses; and a light transmission unit that transmits light generated from the light source unit to the optical unit. In particular, the optical unit is divided into a plurality of transmission regions that transmit the light generated from each of the plurality of light sources to allow a pattern region corresponding to each of the plurality of light sources to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong Su Lee, Jong Woon Kim, Nak Jung Choi
  • Patent number: 11882803
    Abstract: A compact conditioning system for controlling a volume, comprises: (a) at least one light source, said light source being coupled with a replaceable focusing lens; (b) at least one fan; (c) at least one temperature sensor; (d) control circuitry adapted to receive inputs from said sensor(s) and/or from a user, and to operate said light source(s) and/or said fan(s) as a result thereof; and (e) a housing suitable to house said light source, fan and control circuitry and adapted to be positioned at the top of a structural element defining a closed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Ziv Chamami
  • Patent number: 11879607
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element, the wavelength conversion member, and a light adjustment member. The light-emitting element includes a support substrate, and a first light-emitting portion and a second light-emitting portion disposed adjacent to each other. The wavelength conversion member is configured to perform wavelength conversion of first light emitted from the first light-emitting portion and second light emitted from the second light-emitting portion into third light. The light adjustment member overlaps one of the first light-emitting portion and the second light-emitting portion in a plan view. In the light-emitting element, an emission intensity of the first light at a light emission peak wavelength of the second light is lower than an emission intensity of the second light at the light emission peak wavelength of the second light, during light emission of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hayashi, Shinya Okura
  • Patent number: 11879625
    Abstract: An arm-wearable illuminating device comprising an arm sleeve and a light source. The arm sleeve is formed of a flexible and durable material. The light source comprises an illumination module and a sparkling tape which together forms a glittering effect. The light source further comprises an integrated circuit through which multiple sensors are connected for hands free controlling of the device. The sensors can sense the movement of user arm, and device can illuminate in response to those movements. The integrated circuit includes a control module consisting of small circuits with wireless connectivity for connecting to a handheld device. The control module receives signals from a mobile application and can change the colors of the device according to the user's preferences. This wearable illuminating device offers a new and exciting way to enhance personal style and is also useful for outdoor activities and events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Samir Hanna Safar