Patents Examined by Christopher M. Raabe
  • Patent number: 11785838
    Abstract: Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) are described, the OLEDs comprising an anode; a cathode; and an organic region, disposed between the anode and the cathode, comprising a first complex and a second complex; wherein when a voltage is applied across the anode and cathode at room temperature, the OLED emits a luminescent radiation that comprises one or more luminescent radiation components resulting from the formation of at least one exciplex; wherein the exciplex is formed by at least one of the following aggregate types: 1) at least one aggregate within the first complex, and at least one aggregate within the second complex; 2) at least one aggregate between the first and the second complex; and 3) both 1 and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Jian Li, Jiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11773642
    Abstract: A light transmitting panel assembly includes a first panel, a second panel, a frame, a gap between the first panel and the second panel, and a first active component located between the first panel and the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Marcelo B. da Silveira Magalhaes, Peter F. Masschelein, Gregory A. Cohoon, Derek C. Scott, David E. Kingman
  • Patent number: 11777281
    Abstract: A spark plug electrode with an electrode tip formed on an electrode base using an additive manufacturing process, such as a powder bed fusion technique. The spark plug electrode includes an electrode base that at least partially surrounds a heat dissipating core, an electrode tip that is formed on the electrode base and includes a precious metal-based material, and a thermal coupling zone that directly thermally couples the electrode tip to the heat dissipating core. In some examples, the electrode tip is formed on an electrode base that has been cut or severed to expose a portion of the heat dissipating core, such that the electrode tip is formed directly on the heat dissipating core using additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBH
    Inventor: Daniel Konig
  • Patent number: 11773323
    Abstract: Provided is a fluorescent material with high brightness. The fluorescent material includes a nitride fluorescent material comprising La, Ce, Si, and N; and a first phosphorus compound disposed on a surface of the nitride fluorescent material. The first phosphorus compound includes at least one selected from the group consisting of lanthanum phosphate, lanthanum hydrogen phosphate, and hydrates thereof. A content of phosphorus atoms in the fluorescent material is 0.07% by mass or higher and 0.8% by mass or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Yoshida, Takayuki Shinohara, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11767470
    Abstract: A lighting device for adjusting the color temperature of white light emitted by a luminescent material is disclosed. The lighting device comprises: a luminescent material configured to emit white light when being exposed to electromagnetic radiation of a preselected wavelength range; at least one excitation unit configured to expose the luminescent material to electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from the range of 230-330 nm; at least one excitation unit configured to expose the luminescent material to electromagnetic radiation of a second wavelength range, different from the first wavelength range, selected from the range of 300-600 nm; a metering unit configured to adjust the ratio of the irradiances of electromagnetic radiation of first wavelength range and of electromagnetic radiation of second wavelength range that is exposed on the luminescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TURUN YLIOPISTO
    Inventors: Mika Lastusaari, Isabella Norrbo
  • Patent number: 11764322
    Abstract: A beta-voltaic device made up of silica covered scintillating particles incorporated within an isotope absorbing layer to produce an improved power source. Lost beta particles are converted to UV light which is also converted to power in a beta-voltaic converter. The addition of the scintillating particles effectively increases the power efficiency of a BV device while maintaining the slim profile and smaller size of the power source. This arrangement makes possible implementation in space, defense, intelligence, medical implants, marine biology and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Lance R. Hubbard, Gary J. Sevigny, Radha K. Motkuri
  • Patent number: 11761602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automotive optical system; the optical system includes one or more first optical elements that reflect light rays emitted from a number of first light sources that are configured to perform a first lighting function and a second optical element; the second optical element is configured to project a light beam from the first optical elements configured to perform the first lighting function where a portion of the second optical element is made of a diffusive material. Furthermore, the optical system includes a number of secondary light sources where the second optical element is configured to receive light ray emissions from the secondary light sources and perform a second lighting function by scattering light rays received from secondary light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Brant Potter
  • Patent number: 11764548
    Abstract: A spark plug includes a first discharge chip and a second discharge chip facing the first discharge chip to define a spark gap therebetween. The spark gap has a size or distance between the first and second discharge chips which is 0.23 mm or more and 0.6 mm or less. At least one of the first and second discharge chips is made from material mainly containing iridium or platinum and an additive of tantalum of 0.5 Wt % to 5.0 Wt %. This minimizes a risk that a portion of the first or second discharge chip may be separated or such a separated portion may be redeposited on the first or second discharge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Hara
  • Patent number: 11764053
    Abstract: A lighting element with a gaseous tritium light source and an elongated plastic housing that at least partially encloses the gaseous tritium light source with its housing shell and forms a latching element that snaps together with the gaseous tritium light source, which can be inserted into the plastic housing, and holds it in the plastic housing. A rugged lighting element can be produced if the latching element is formed by at least one catch element, which catch element has a radially sprung flexible spring and at least one, preferably two, inwardly oriented snaps with an indentation for snapping together with the gaseous tritium light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: mb-microtec ag
    Inventors: Karsten Richter, Philipp Michel, Remo Pfaff
  • Patent number: 11762234
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate layer and light-emitting diode (LED) light bars equidistantly disposed on the substrate layer. Wherein, each of the LED light bars includes a signal line and LED lamp beads. The LED lamp beads are arranged on the signal line and electrically connected to the signal line. Wherein, a distribution density of the LED lamp beads gradually decreases from a low-level end of the signal line to a high-level end of the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Lixia Li
  • Patent number: 11757262
    Abstract: A prechamber spark plug that includes an internal reservoir, a flow passage portion, and a prechamber and is designed to operate efficiently across a wide variety of operating conditions and ranges. The internal reservoir includes upper and lower internal reservoir sections, the prechamber includes upper and lower prechamber sections, and the flow passage portion fluidly connects the lower internal reservoir section and the upper prechamber section so that burnt air/fuel gases can be exchanged therebetween. A ground electrode assembly with a ground electrode ring may be positioned in the prechamber such that it separates the upper and lower prechamber sections, whereas a modular prechamber cap may be used to define the shape and size of the lower prechamber section. In one example, the flow passage portion has a total cross-sectional area (AFC) and the internal reservoir has a total volume (VRES), and the ratio AFC:VRES is greater than or equal to 0.015 (1/mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBH, FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION LLC
    Inventors: James D. Lykowski, Peter Janas-Habu
  • Patent number: 11757263
    Abstract: According to one example, a spark plug gapping tool includes a first side handle, a second side handle, a middle handle, and a pusher that are made of a non-metallic material. The middle handle is positioned in-between the first side handle and the second side handle, and has a stopper surface and an insert slot that can receive a feeler gauge insert. The pusher is rotatably positioned in-between the first side handle and the second side handle, and has a hollow housing that can receive a terminal end of a spark plug. In operation, a distal end of the middle handle and distal ends of the side handles can move closer together, when a proximal end of the middle handle and proximal ends of the side handles are moved closer together by a user's hand, so as to gap the spark plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GP PRODUCTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Miller, Griffin Steinfeld
  • Patent number: 11754878
    Abstract: The backlight device has a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a surface of the substrate, a diffuser plate having an incident surface disposed facing to the surface of the substrate, and an emitting surface disposed on the opposite side of the incident surface, diffuses light incident on the incident surface from the plurality of light emitting elements, and emits the diffused light from the emitting surface, and a frame defining a light emitting region on which the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed, wherein the frame is disposed so as not to form a region less than the half value outside the light emitting elements disposed along the frame, and all of the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed so that a ratio less than the half value is 20% or less, the ratio less than the half value is a ratio of an area of the region less than the half value to an area of a surrounding region formed by connecting at least three light emitting elements disposed around th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshinobu Katsumata, Takumi Miyashita, Kiyokazu Watanabe, Takuma Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11749520
    Abstract: A discharge chamber for a deep ultraviolet (DUV) light source includes a housing; and a first electrode and a second electrode in the housing, the first electrode and the second electrode being separated from each other to form a discharge region between the first electrode and the second electrode, the discharge region being configured to receive a gain medium including at least one noble gas and a halogen gas. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a metal alloy including more than 33% and less than 50% zinc by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cymer, LLC
    Inventor: Leyla Ramin
  • Patent number: 11749972
    Abstract: A passive prechamber spark plug for use in a combustion chamber of a vehicle engine includes an upper prechamber having an upper opening where the upper prechamber is connectable to the combustion chamber via the upper opening. An air ignition spark is formable via an upper air spark gap. A central electrode is disposed in an upper region of the upper prechamber where a base of the upper prechamber opposite the upper region is an insulator. An electrically conductive element or a slot is guided by the insulator continuously from the upper prechamber into a lower region under the base and the lower region is either a lower prechamber or is arrangeable directly in the combustion chamber. An earth electrode is disposed in the lower region such that a lower air spark gap is formed between the earth electrode and the electrically conductive element or the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Rainer Drees
  • Patent number: 11740495
    Abstract: A quantum dot including a core and a shell disposed on the core wherein one of the core and the shell includes a first semiconductor nanocrystal including zinc and sulfur and the other of the core and the shell includes a second semiconductor nanocrystal having a different composition from the first semiconductor nanocrystal, the first semiconductor nanocrystal further includes a metal and a halogen configured to act as a Lewis acid in a halide form, an amount of the metal is greater than or equal to about 10 mole percent (mol %) based on a total number of moles of sulfur, and an amount of the halogen is greater than or equal to about 10 mol % based on a total number of moles of sulfur, a method of producing the same, and a composite and an electronic device including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Gon Kim, Garam Park, Jooyeon Ahn, Shang Hyeun Park, Shin Ae Jun
  • Patent number: 11739920
    Abstract: A light clamp apparatus includes a clamp configured to affix the light clamp apparatus to an object. The light clamp apparatus also includes a light assembly configured to removably attach to the clamp at least at two different positions on the clamp, the light assembly including a magnet, whereby the light assembly is removably attachable to a surface comprising a ferromagnetic metal. The clamp includes a slide bar comprising a first end and a second end, a first jaw coupled to the first end, and a body slidably receiving the slide bar having a second jaw opposing the first jaw. The clamp further includes a drive assembly for moving the slide bar in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Jackson, Nicholas Servies
  • Patent number: 11742635
    Abstract: A spark plug for an internal combustion engine includes a cylindrical insulator, a center electrode, a cylindrical housing, and a plug cover. On a tip side of the insulator, an auxiliary combustion chamber is formed which is surrounded by at least the plug cover. The plug cover is provided with nozzle holes that communicate between the auxiliary combustion chamber and the outside of the auxiliary combustion chamber. A central axis of the nozzle hole is inclined with respect to a plug radial direction when viewed in a plug axial direction. At least a part around an outer opening of the nozzle hole is provided with a concave portion that is adjacent to the outer opening. The concave portion is recessed from the outside to the inside of the plug cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akimitsu Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11742464
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first substrate. The light-emitting device also includes a second substrate including a light-shielding structure. The light-emitting device further includes a first light-emitting module and a second light-emitting module being adjacent to each other. The first light-emitting module and the second light-emitting module are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first light-emitting module and the second light-emitting module are spaced apart by a gap, and the light-shielding structure at least partially covers the gap in a top view direction of the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jia-Yuan Chen, Tsung-Han Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee, Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 11737337
    Abstract: The invention discloses color conversion film which, upon ex-citation by blue light, emits green and red light. The films comprise at least one red light emitting layer, one green light emitting layer and sandwiched in between at least one separation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Avantama AG
    Inventors: Norman Albert Lüchinger, Davide Toniolo, Franziska Krieg