Patents Examined by Christopher E Dunay
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11835195
    Abstract: A rear lamp with an alarm function for a vehicle includes a light source; a reflector reflecting a light emitted from the light source to a mask; a lamp housing accommodating the light source and the reflector therein; and a mask coupled to the lamp housing and transmitting the light reflected by the reflector to an outside of the rear lamp apparatus therethrough, and the mask includes a first optical device capable of forming a pattern on a road, thereby implementing an alarm function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Wuhu Anrui Optoelectronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ming Yuan Zhao, Jik Soo Shin, Young Sub Oh, Wendong Liao
  • Patent number: 11835222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device comprising a light source that in turn emits a light beam, and that enables a predetermined area to be illuminated with a very high degree of uniformity in a plane perpendicular to said optical device, such that the orientation of the light beam is changed, illuminating only said predetermined area, where, due to the low profile thereof, the optical device enables same to be integrated into a luminaire with a reduced height dimension, which is also object of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ANTARES ILUMINACION, S.A.U.
    Inventor: Federico Martinez Weber
  • Patent number: 11835188
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provides an electric lighting apparatus for stimulating at least one sensory effect on a user. The electric lighting apparatus comprises one or more light sources arranged to be in contact with a diffuser for causing diffusion of flameless light generated by the one or more light sources, wherein each of the one or more light sources is operable at a time interval. The electric lighting apparatus further comprises an aroma compartment being operable to dispense aroma while providing the diffused flameless light. The electric lighting apparatus further comprises an output unit being operable to provide an audio output, wherein the diffused flameless light, the aroma, and the audio output stimulate the at least one sensory effect on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Vyasateja J N, Dipal Navnitlal Gandhi
  • Patent number: 11828451
    Abstract: An illuminator apparatus can include: an optical source a collimator lens located on an optical axis of the optical source, for receiving emitted light from the optical source to emit collimated light; and a diffusion lens, located on an emitting surface side of the collimator lens, for receiving the collimated light to diffuse the collimated light. The diffusion lens can be provided with a diffusion section for diffusing central light of the collimated light emitted from a central portion of an emitting surface of the collimator lens and a non-diffusion section for transmitting peripheral light of the collimated light emitted from an outside of the central portion of the emitting surface of the collimator lens, without diffusing the peripheral light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Mizukami, Yosuke Mizuki
  • Patent number: 11821606
    Abstract: A light fixture may include a light fixture housing defining an internal cavity. A light fixture may also include one or more light engines positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing and designed to emit light for illumination. A light fixture may also include an external power driver positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing and designed to receive power from an external power source, and provide power to and control the one or more light engines. A light fixture may also include a backup power supply positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing, and a backup power driver positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing and designed to receive power from the backup power supply, and provide power to and control the one or more light engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Kerry S. Collins, Douglas D. Grove, Qirong Cao
  • Patent number: 11815243
    Abstract: A downlight with a night light for illumination comprises a downlight body, a lighting module, and a night light lighting module. The lighting module is surrounded by the night light lighting module, and a light direction of the night light lighting module is the same as a light direction of the lighting module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Xiamen Longstar Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xilong Li, Jiacong Lin
  • Patent number: 11815701
    Abstract: A unitary multi-optic system has two or more co-molded individual optics molded such that each individual optic is adjacent at least one other individual optic, each individual optic configured to be illuminated with a respective individual radiation source. An optical-blocking barrier is integrally molded with the individual optics and configured to prevent transmission of undesired source emissions between the two or more co-molded individual optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: MagWerks Vision Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Pickholz, Steven Francis Tregilgas
  • Patent number: 11815259
    Abstract: The purpose is to provide a rectangle light spot with a simple structure. The invention is: A lighting device having a funnel shaped reflector which includes a neck portion and an opening portion, in which an LED as a light source is disposed at the neck, the opening portion of the funnel shaped reflector is a circle in a plan view, provided a distance from the neck portion to the opening portion along an optical axis is h, and a diameter of the circle is d, h/d is two or larger, and a liquid crystal lens is disposed at the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Okada, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11815248
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated lamp panel face frame, and an integrated non-face frame panel light and an assembling method thereof. The integrated lamp panel face frame includes an integrally molded lamp panel, a base plate of the lamp panel and four side walls of the lamp panel are inclined, a deformable pressing groove protrudes towards outer walls of the lamp panel along inner walls of the side walls of the lamp panel for installing a diffusion plate, and a face frame installation part is provided by bending ends of the side walls of the lamp panel towards the base plate of the lamp panel. According to the integrated lamp panel face frame of the present disclosure, since the side walls of the lamp panel are inclined, lamp panels can be stacked directly during packaging and transportation, thereby decreasing the transportation dimension and reducing the transportation cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Zhongxiao Hu, Shaosong Huang, Gengu Huang, Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11808414
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a lens, a cup housing, a light source and a top cover. The cup housing has a surrounding wall and a light source holder. The cup housing is installed on a fixed platform. The light source is placed on the light source holder. The cup housing and the top cover form a container space for storing the lens and the light source. A top end of the lens is attached to the top cover. A second end of the lens faces to the light source. A relative distance between the lens and the light source is adjustable to change a light pattern of a output light of the light source. The output light is a light of the light source passing through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hongbin Lin, Yongjun Bao, Shenghong Liu, Lianguang Wang
  • Patent number: 11808437
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first light source, a cup housing, a surface rim and a lateral light module. The cup housing has a concave container and a light opening. The first light source is placed within the concave container for emitting a first light via the light opening. The a surface rim with an inner edge connected to the light opening of the cup housing. The concave container of the cup housing is inserted to an installation cavity. The surface rim has a larger diameter than the installation cavity to conceal the installation cavity. The installation cavity is extended inwardly from a installation surface. The surface rim has a upper surface facing to the installation surface. The lateral light module is disposed between the upper surface of the surface rim and the installation surface for emitting a second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huiyong Huang, Zhenyu Tang, Shuxing Gao
  • Patent number: 11808446
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modular system having a first connection structure, a fan unit, and a circuit board unit. The circuit board unit includes a control and communication circuit board respectively electrically connected to a power module circuit board and a driver module circuit board. The driver module circuit board is electrically connected to a fan unit load of the fan unit. The power module circuit board, the control and communication circuit board, and the driver module circuit board are respectively mounted in a first protection shell of the first connection structure or in a fan protection shell of the fan unit. The modular system allows implementations of different circuit board structures for a ceiling fan with or without a pendant light. The modular system allows a control circuit board to more conveniently fit into the ceiling fan with or without the pendant light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Foshan Carro Electrical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Sheng Zhang, Zi-Jian Chen, Jian Gao
  • Patent number: 11808965
    Abstract: A switchable directional backlight for a privacy display comprises a waveguide with first and second opposing input ends and a turning film arranged to collect light output from the waveguide for input into a spatial light modulator. The waveguide has an array of light deflecting features arranged on one guiding surface and an opposing planar surface. Light deflecting features are arranged such that light input from the first input end is output with a narrow angular range and light input from the second input end is output with a wide angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Michael G. Robinson
  • Patent number: 11796141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device (1) comprising an LED strip (100) with an elongated carrier (110) having a first carrier surface (111) and an opposite second carrier surface (112), a plurality of light-emitting diodes (120) arranged on the second carrier surface (112), and a light-transmissive encapsulant (130) encapsulating the plurality of light-emitting diodes (120). The lighting device (1) is arranged to be mounted to a mounting surface (210) of an object (200). For this purpose, it comprises a first attachment component (150) arranged on a first outer surface (141) of the LED strip (100) and a second attachment component (160) arranged on a second outer surface (142) of the LED strip (100). The first and second attachment components (150; 160) are for attaching the lighting device (1) in first and second mounting orientations, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11781739
    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: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HLI Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark V. Elmore, Douglas S. Hodges, Russell J. Weston