Patents Examined by Christopher Raabe
  • Patent number: 10020640
    Abstract: A spark plug having a center conductor, an insulator surrounding the center conductor, at least two electrodes forming a spark gap, and a spark plug body surrounding the insulator and having an external thread arranged at the front end of the spark plug for screwing in to an internal combustion engine. A component that is attached to the front end of the spark plug and comes into contact with fuel during operation is formed as a sintered powder injection molded part, referred to as a MIM component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBH
    Inventors: Werner Niessner, Alexander Schenk
  • Patent number: 10011720
    Abstract: A silicone-based encapsulating material composition contains a bifunctional thermosetting silicone resin (A), a multifunctional thermosetting silicone resin having a hydroxyl group (B), and a curing catalyst (C). In the composition, a weight-average molecular weight of the component (A) is 300 to 4,500, a mass ratio of the component (B) relative to a total mass of the component (A) and the component (B) is 0.5% by mass or more and less than 100% by mass, an average functional number of the component (B) is 2.5 to 3.5, and the repeating units constituting the component (B) which are trifunctional account for 50% by mass or more relative to a total mass of the component (B). A visible light transmittance measured at an optical path length of 1 cm and a wavelength of 600 nm is 70% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Gaku Yoshikawa, Masayuki Takashima, Kentaro Masui
  • Patent number: 10011769
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor light emitting device which is capable of accomplishing a broad color reproducibility for an entire image without losing brightness of the entire image. A light source provided on a backlight for a color image display device has a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a solid light emitting device to emit light in a blue or deep blue region or in an ultraviolet region and phosphors, in combination. The phosphors comprise a green emitting phosphor and a red emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor and the red emitting phosphor are ones, of which the rate of change of the emission peak intensity at 100° C. to the emission intensity at 25° C., when the wavelength of the excitation light is 400 nm or 455 nm, is at most 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Byungchul Hong, Naoki Sako, Naoto Kijima, Masahiko Yoshino, Takashi Hase, Fumiko Yoyasu, Kentarou Horibe
  • Patent number: 10012363
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes a light source configured to emit a first light at a first high temperature; and an optical element, distant from the light source, configured to generate a second light in response to an irradiation of the first light, and reach a second high temperature higher than the first high temperature under the irradiation of the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiu-Lin Yao, Ming-Chi Hsu, Been-Yu Liaw
  • Patent number: 10008834
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spark plug comprising the steps of: placing an assembly of the center electrode, an insulator, and a metal shell in a pressure resistant vessel and determining whether or not the insulator has a defect by applying a voltage to the center electrode, and bending the ground electrode toward the center electrode after the defect inspection step, the defect inspection step being performed while a pressure in the pressure resistant vessel is changed to a plurality of different pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junji Kimura, Keiji Ozeki
  • Patent number: 10008826
    Abstract: Certain examples described herein relate to a surface-emitting semiconductor-laser which includes an oxide window, a light emitting cavity, and at least one phase matching window. The oxide window, the light emitting cavity, and the at least one phase matching layer are arranged so that a predetermined phase relationship is satisfied. The phase relationship facilitates high performance and stable multimode operations of the surface-emitting semiconductor laser designed to emit between 850-1060 nm wavelength for applications such as long distance optical communications in high performance computing and data servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SAE MAGNETICS (H.K.) LTD.
    Inventor: Babu Dayal Padullaparthi
  • Patent number: 10004134
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a reflector lamp having a longitudinal axis is provided. The reflector lamp may include: a reflector which has a contour and a neck, with a pin base resting at the end of said neck, a light source arranged in the reflector, wherein the light source is fastened in the reflector with the aid of a mounting clip, which simultaneously adjusts the light source, wherein the mounting clip comprises three sections, namely a first section which holds the light source, a second section which serves for the adjustment in the neck and a third section which is used for the base connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Nittke
  • Patent number: 9991473
    Abstract: An organic light display device includes a first substrate, light emitting structures, a second substrate and a reflective member. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including a plurality of sub-pixel regions, and a reflective region which surrounds the sub-pixel regions. The reflective region excludes the sub-pixel regions. The light emitting structures are respectively disposed in the sub-pixel regions on the first substrate. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The reflective member is disposed in the reflective region on the lower surface of the second substrate. First openings exposing the sub-pixel regions and a second opening exposing at least a portion the reflective region are located in the reflective member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Koo Chung, Jun-Ho Choi, Kyung-Ho Kim, Eun-Kyoung Nam, Jeong-Woo Moon
  • Patent number: 9984865
    Abstract: In a light-emitting sealed body, a metal structure (electron emission structure) containing an easily electron-emitting material is used, so that it is not necessary to perform feeding for discharge between electrodes. Therefore, a feeding member does not need to be connected to the metal structure from the outside of a bulb. In addition, in the light-emitting sealed body, the metal structure is disposed in an internal space S of the bulb and a positioning unit of the metal structure is disposed only in the bulb. Therefore, in the light-emitting sealed body, the metal structure and the positioning unit do not penetrate the bulb and are not buried in the bulb and weakened portions are not formed in the bulb made of glass. Therefore, a sealing state of the bulb can be maintained surely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Akinori Asai, Naoya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9982858
    Abstract: A modular headlamp assembly includes a low beam headlamp module, a high beam headlamp module, and front turn/parking lamp module. The low beam headlamp module and the high beam headlamp module are supported by a reflector carrier. Each of the high and low beam headlamp modules includes a heat sink and mounting assembly with a heat sink portion bisecting a reflector member. The reflector carrier is adjustably fastened to a housing to allow for adjustment of the high and low beam headlamp modules within the modular headlamp assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Truck-Lite Co., LLC
    Inventors: Michael Marley, Gregory Alan Stoi
  • Patent number: 9976716
    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems are illustrated relating to solid-state light sources with enhanced designs. The enhanced design may include bending the leads of an LED about ninety degrees to point all LED tips along horizontal planes. The enhanced design is implemented in an electronic window candle product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Geoffrey Herbert Harris
  • Patent number: 9977251
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a first polarizer, a liquid crystal lens, a first quarter-wave plate, and a second quarter-wave plate. The display panel displays an image. The first polarizer disposed on the display panel reflects a first light having a polarization direction parallel to a reflection axis of the first polarizer. The liquid crystal lens includes liquid crystal molecules and changes a phase of the first light or a second light according to a driving signal applied to the liquid crystal lens. The second and first lights travel in opposite directions with respect to each other. The first quarter-wave plate is disposed between the first polarizer and the liquid crystal lens. The second quarter-wave plate is disposed between the liquid crystal lens and a second polarizer. The display device operates in a mirror mode, a three-dimensional mode, and a two-dimensional mode according to the driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun Cho, Seung Jun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9976734
    Abstract: Described herein is modular luminaire assembly which is readily assembled and installed in the field while providing rigidity, structural integrity and water-tightness. The assembly comprises a plurality of luminaire modules mounted on a supporting pole. The plurality of luminaire modules comprises three luminaire modules which are connected to one another by respective module connectors and to the supporting pole by module connector. Each luminaire module has at least one interface for engaging with a complementary interface of an adjacent luminaire module or the supporting pole to provide a water-tight connection, each pair of modules being fixed together by a module connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SCHREDER
    Inventors: Sandro Galloppa, Gunther Salme
  • Patent number: 9978985
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a display region arranged with a plurality of pixels arranged with a light emitting element, a second substrate including a light shielding layer having an aperture part corresponding to the pixel and a color filter being arranged in at least the aperture part and including a pigment layer, a seal component including glass, the seal component bonding the first substrate and second substrate, the display region and color filter facing each other, and being arranged on the exterior side of the color filter, and an inorganic insulation layer covering at least an upper surface and end part of the color filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9972977
    Abstract: A spark plug 5 for an internal combustion engine includes a center electrode 1, an insulator 2, and a housing 3. The insulator 2 includes a distal end side exposed part and an insulator enlarged diameter part 21. The housing 3 includes a lateral electrode 32, an engaging part 33, and a crimping portion 35. A buffer member 4 that restrains the distal end side exposed part 20 by pressing a part of the distal end side exposed part 20 toward the center and a part of the inner peripheral surface of the lateral electrode 32 in a radial direction at a distal end side of the engaging part 33 is disposed at a base end side of the gas pocket 230.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aki Miyawaki, Atsushi Honda, Syoichi Takemoto, Akihiro Ando, Takanobu Aochi, Masamichi Shibata
  • Patent number: 9972978
    Abstract: A spark plug and a method of manufacturing the same, where the spark plug has a metal shell, an insulator, a center electrode, a ground electrode, and a gasket located over a threaded portion of the shell and used to seal the spark plug against a cylinder head. Once the gasket is attached on the spark plug, it is shrunk to become a post-formed gasket with an inner diameter that prevents the post-formed gasket from slipping over a threaded portion of the metallic shell. This process may be carried out with a collet type machine that produces a post-formed gasket that is flat and has a substantially uniform thickness, which can improve the sealability of the gasket. This may be important when the spark plug is installed in a cylinder head made from a lost foam casting process or other process that creates a somewhat porous sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeremy M. Bowman, Kevin J. Kowalski
  • Patent number: 9951926
    Abstract: A conversion element for the wavelength conversion of electromagnetic radiation from a first wavelength range to electromagnetic radiation from a second wavelength range, which includes longer wavelengths than the first wavelength range, the conversion element includes: a matrix material, the optical refractive index of which is temperature-dependent, and at least two different types of luminophore particles wherein a multiplicity of luminophore particles of each of the types are distributed in the matrix material, luminophore particles of different types differ from one another in terms of average particle size and/or material, the conversion element, upon excitation by electromagnetic radiation from the first wavelength range emits mixed radiation including electromagnetic radiation from the first and the second wavelength range, and the correlated color temperature and/or the color locus of the mixed radiation remain(s) substantially the same when the matrix material is at a temperature of between 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventor: Reiner Windisch
  • Patent number: 9954145
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for emitting white light including a semiconductor light source emitting radiation with a peak emission between from about 250 nm to about 500 nm and a first phosphor having a peak emission between about 550 and 615 nm, wherein an overall emission spectrum of the lighting apparatus has a depression between about 550 and 615 nm, whereby the red-green color contrast is increased versus a reference illuminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Emil Vergilov Radkov, Ilona Elisabeth Hausmann, Derek Allen Publicover
  • Patent number: 9948068
    Abstract: A spark plug that includes a center electrode and a ground electrode. The center electrode is disposed providing a gap with the center electrode. At least one of the center electrode and the ground electrode includes a tip forming the gap. The tip includes a main body portion and a front surface layer. A composition of the main body portion is Pt as a main constituent and Rh of 5 mass % or more and Ni of 0 mass % or more to less than 8 mass %. The front surface layer is disposed at least at a surface radially outside of an axial line extending in a direction from a center of the main body portion to the gap. The front surface layer contains Ni of 8 mass % or more and has a thickness of 2 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Sumoyama, Tsutomu Shibata
  • Patent number: 9948069
    Abstract: A spark plug wherein least one of a center electrode and a ground electrode includes a shaft portion and an electrode tip joined to one surface of the shaft portion. The shaft portion includes a first core formed of a material containing copper and a first outer layer that is formed of a material having higher corrosion resistance than the first core and covers at least part of the first core. The electrode tip includes a second outer layer that is formed of a material containing a noble metal and forms the outer surface of the electrode tip and a second core that is formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than the second outer layer and is at least partially covered with the second outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Segawa, Daisuke Sumoyama