Patents Examined by Christopher E Dunay
  • Patent number: 11873983
    Abstract: An LED specification system is provided having at least one LED light output device. The LED light output device has an LED light source, a first exchangeable face panel selectable from a plurality of potential exchangeable face panels, and a housing for locating the exchangeable face panel relative to the LED light source and for orienting the LED light source such that light from the LED light source passes through the first exchangeable face panel. The LED specification system further includes a user interface for selecting at least one preferred output characteristic for light from the LED light output device. The preferred output characteristic is defined by a metric value. The LED specification system further includes a transformation module for defining an LED specification value based at least partially on the defined metric value and a characteristic of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BITRO GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Edmund C. Kang, Ki S. Lee
  • Patent number: 11873979
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a base plate, a driver module, a light source, a mechanical switch, a main housing, and a manual switch. The driver module is disposed on a top surface of the base plate. The light source is also disposed on the top surface of the base plate. The mechanical switch is disposed on the base plate. The mechanical switch has multiple states to be selected. The driver reads a selected state to control the light source. The main housing encloses the base plate. The manual switch is disposed on the main housing. An operating part of the manual switch is exposed outside the main housing to be operated by a user. When a user moves the operating part of the manual switch, the connecting part of the manual switch carries the mechanical switch to change the selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yizhen Chen, Yongzhe Dong, Shuxing Gao, Zhenyu Tang, Huiwu Chen, Bihong Zheng, Weize Lin, Zhiwei Su
  • Patent number: 11867939
    Abstract: A composite optical film comprises: a first substrate; a plurality of reversed prisms disposed on a bottom surface of the first substrate; and a first diffusion film disposed over a top surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: UBRIGHT OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Long Tyan, Ching-An Yang, Pin-Han Wang, Lung-Pin Hsin, Hui-Yong Chen
  • Patent number: 11871491
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a base plate, a driver module, a light source, a mechanical switch, a main housing, and a manual switch. The driver module is disposed on a top surface of the base plate. The light source is also disposed on the top surface of the base plate. The mechanical switch is disposed on the base plate. The mechanical switch has multiple states to be selected. The driver reads a selected state to control the light source. The main housing encloses the base plate. The manual switch is disposed on the main housing. An operating part of the manual switch is exposed outside the main housing to be operated by a user. When a user moves the operating part of the manual switch, the connecting part of the manual switch carries the mechanical switch to change the selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yizhen Chen, Yongzhe Dong, Shuxing Gao, Zhenyu Tang, Huiwu Chen, Bihong Zheng, Weize Lin, Zhiwei Su
  • Patent number: 11865969
    Abstract: The optical assembly disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes: a lighting module having a resin layer and a light emitting device inside the resin layer, and having an exit surface for emitting surface light to one side; a reflective portion having a recess in a lower portion of the exit side of the lighting module and an aspherical curved surface at the bottom of the recess; and a transparent cover on the recess to reflect the surface light to a set region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Lee, Kwang Hyun Ko
  • Patent number: 11864546
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for using insect traps with combinations of dual multi-colored lights combining blue/green LED (light emitting diodes) with UV (ultraviolet) LEDs (light emitting diodes) for attracting insects to the lights and capturing the insects. The blue/green LED can emit at a wavelength of approximately 450 nm to approximately 550 nm in an approximately 180 degrees spread therefrom, and each side UV LED can emit at a wavelength of approximately 365 nm in an approximately 180 degrees spread therefrom. The combinations of multi-color lights can be mounted on one side of a module/fixture, and/or be mounted on opposite side faces of a module fixture. The combinations can use one centrally located blue/green LED with at least one right UV LED to a right side of the centrally located blue/green LED, and at least one left UV LED to a left side of the centrally located blue/green LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Florida Insect Control Group LLC
    Inventors: Philip G. Koehler, Enrico Paolo Levi
  • Patent number: 11867376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a warning lamp structure, includes a lamp holder, having a receiving slot disposed therein, a circuit board accommodated in the receiving slot, and a lamp cover made of silicone material correspondingly covering an opening of the receiving slot of the lamp holder, wherein the circuit board has a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged thereon. Therefore, the use of silicone materials is to maintain the accuracy of the light projection of the light-emitting elements, and when the vehicle accidentally collides with other vehicles or a wall of a building while driving, and the lamp cover is impacted by the collision, since the lamp cover is made of silicone rubber and other elastomers, and has the characteristics of UV resistance and crack resistance, the lamp cover can therefore be prevented from being broken and damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Po-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 11859784
    Abstract: Disclosed is a LED lighting capable of being bent and twisted at will, which comprises a flexible sleeve, a FPCBA assembly and a lead. The FPCBA assembly is formed by sequentially mounting multiple groups of LED independent circuits on a strip-shaped FPCB by a SMT, a plurality of arc-shaped notches are evenly arranged on long edges of two sides of the FPCB at intervals, a back surface of the FPCB is provided with a positive electrode bonding pad and a negative electrode bonding pad corresponding to each group of LED independent circuits respectively, two leads are provided, and are communicated with all positive electrode bonding pads and all negative electrode bonding pads in a welded mode respectively, and the flexible sleeve wraps and packages the FPCBA assembly and the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Blueview Elec-optic Tech Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhongxun Li, Chao Dai
  • Patent number: 11859777
    Abstract: A light bulb apparatus includes a glass housing, a sleeve housing, a light source plate, a sleeve connector wrapping and an Edison cap. The glass housing defines a tubular part and a trumpet part. The sleeve housing includes a neck part and a protruding part. The neck part is enclosed by the tubular part of the glass housing. The protruding part is exposed outside tubular part. The light source plate is fixed to the sleeve housing. The sleeve connector wraps an exterior surface of the protruding part. The Edison cap is attached to the sleeve connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mingnan Su, Guangai Chen, Chunhua Wang, Shenghong Liu
  • Patent number: 11859900
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet forming a storage space, a main door that opens and closes the storage space while defining an opening part that is in communication with the storage space, a sub-door mounted to the main door and configured to open and close the opening part, the sub-door including a panel assembly for allowing selective viewing of an inside of the opening part, the injection port is provided at a lower side of the sub-door to direct an insulating foaming solution to a space in the sub-door, a detection device for detecting an operation of a user, a lighting unit inside the refrigerator that turns on based on user operation to allow selective viewing of the inner side of the opening part, and a display unit inside the refrigerator at a position corresponding to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Kwanghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11859807
    Abstract: A mirror assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In certain embodiments, the mirror includes a light pipe configured to emit a substantially constant amount of light along a periphery of the mirror. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly can be configured to adjust the amount of emitted light based on the position of a user in relation to the mirror. Certain embodiments of the mirror include an algorithm to adjust light based on the position of a user relative to the mirror, the level of ambient light, and/or the activation of different light modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: simplehuman, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Yang, David Wolbert, Joseph Sandor, Orlando Cardenas, Frederick N. Bushroe
  • Patent number: 11859786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle lamp and, more particularly, to a vehicle lamp using a semiconductor light-emitting device. The present invention provides a vehicle lamp comprising: a substrate; first and second bar-shaped light sources arranged parallel to one side of the substrate and extending along one direction thereof; and a lens disposed on one surface of the substrate and extending along the one direction so as to overlap with the first and second light sources, wherein the cross-section of the lens, which is perpendicular to the extending directions of the two light sources and cut along a virtual plane perpendicular to the substrate, includes a part of an ellipse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hooyoung Song
  • Patent number: 11859779
    Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer covering the plurality of light emitting devices on the substrate; and a first reflective member disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer includes a first surface facing the plurality of light emitting devices, and a hole disposed between the first surface and the plurality of light emitting devices and the hole penetrates in the direction of the substrate from a lower surface of the first reflective member, and the hole and the light emitting device may overlap in a light emission direction of the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11859803
    Abstract: A lighting device may include an elongated housing that defines a cavity. The lighting device may include plurality of emitter printed circuit boards configured to be received within the cavity. Each of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards may include a plurality of emitter modules mounted thereto. Each of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards may include a control circuit configured to control the plurality of emitter modules mounted to the respective emitter printed circuit board based on receipt of one or more messages. The lighting device may include a total internal reflection lens for each of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards. The total internal reflection lens may be configured to diffuse light emitted by the emitter modules of the plurality of emitter printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Ryan M. Bocock, Richard S. Burberry, Christopher M. Green, Jivan J. Luu, Ananthanag Nemmani, Jaykrishna A. Shukla
  • Patent number: 11859789
    Abstract: A vehicle roof rack is provided, including: a main body and a light assembly. The main body includes a plurality of rod members and a plurality of connecting portions, and the plurality of connecting portions are detachably connected with the plurality of rod members to form a frame. At least one of the plurality of rod members includes at least one recession. The light assembly includes at least one light-emitting member and at least one power supply unit electrically connected with the at least one light-emitting member. The at least one light-emitting member is received within the at least one recession, and light emitted from the at least one light-emitting member is projected outward through an opening of the at least one recession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: EVERMORE INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wade Chi
  • Patent number: 11859804
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a base plate, a driver module, a light source, a mechanical switch, a main housing, and a manual switch. The driver module is disposed on a top surface of the base plate. The light source is also disposed on the top surface of the base plate. The mechanical switch is disposed on the base plate. The mechanical switch has multiple states to be selected. The driver reads a selected state to control the light source. The main housing encloses the base plate. The manual switch is disposed on the main housing. An operating part of the manual switch is exposed outside the main housing to be operated by a user. When a user moves the operating part of the manual switch, the connecting part of the manual switch carries the mechanical switch to change the selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yizhen Chen, Yongzhe Dong, Shuxing Gao, Zhenyu Tang, Huiwu Chen, Bihong Zheng, Weize Lin, Zhiwei Su
  • Patent number: 11846400
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a first light source and a second light source having light emission colors different from each other; and a light guide body that receives and emits light from the first light source and the second light source. The light guide body includes an incident portion on which the light is incident, a reflecting portion that reflects the light incident from the incident portion, and an emitting portion that emits the light reflected by the reflecting portion. The reflecting portion includes a plurality of first light distribution control surfaces that reflects the light from the first light source toward a predetermined direction and a plurality of second light distribution control surfaces that reflects the light from the second light source toward the predetermined direction. The plurality of first and second light distribution control surfaces are alternately arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kimiaki Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11841123
    Abstract: Disclosed is a directional warning light designed to bend along its longitudinal axis up to about 30° so as to conform to curved vehicle surfaces. Flexible components of the disclosed embodiments allow the bending and include a bendable optic, bendable base, and bendable circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Electronic Controls Company
    Inventors: Brian Lynn Olsen, Chen Chih Chiao
  • Patent number: 11841134
    Abstract: The light device with integrated scent atomization module includes a lighting module, a scent atomization module, and an airflow module. The lighting module includes a lighting element producing light, a socket element to a side of the lighting element, and a cap element to a side of the socket element. The scent atomization module is detachably joined to the socket element, and includes an atomizer, and a container adjacent to the atomizer. The airflow module is configured inside the lighting module. The composite lighting device can be mounted to an ordinary lamp socket and substituted for an ordinary light bulb. Through the scent atomization module's atomization of the essential oil stored in the container, scent is released outside of the composite lighting device to achieve air purification. The heat from the lighting element may also accelerate and make more fully the atomization of the scent atomization module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventor: Yu-Wen Yen
  • Patent number: 11841119
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle. The lamp for a vehicle includes a light source part, and a lens part that outputs light input from the light source part to a front side, and having a three-dimensional pattern having a specific pattern shape, the lens part outputs the light input from the light source part to the front side when the light reaches the three-dimensional pattern, and the three-dimensional pattern is patterned such that a lighting image generated by the light output to the front side of the lens part is implemented as a three-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Ryong Song