Patents Examined by Danielle Allen
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Patent number: 8733972Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lighting apparatus in which a plurality of lighting blocks is inserted into a base member at positions desired by a user so as to improve the aesthetics of the lighting apparatus and enable easy repair and replacement.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Young Soo Ha
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Patent number: 8714769Abstract: A light system is provided. It includes a lamp in a light assembly. The light assembly is pivotally mounted to a mount device by a pivot assembly. The light assembly may be pivoted about two different axes of rotation to direct the light at an area of interest. With the light system mounted on a person, movement by the person can redirect the light beam as desired.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Sight Saver, LLCInventor: Michael Cristoforo
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Patent number: 8657480Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays images, a light source unit which generates and emits a light, a reflective sheet disposed below the display panel, and a plate disposed between the reflective sheet and the display panel. The reflective sheet includes a light diffusion pattern provided on an upper surface thereof facing the display panel, which diffusely reflects the light, to guide the light provided from the light source unit toward the display panel. The plate is spaced apart from the reflective sheet by a predetermined distance and includes a plurality of prisms provided on a lower surface thereof facing the reflective sheet to selectively reflect and transmit the light, which is provided from both the light source unit and the reflective sheet, according to an incident angle of the light.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang-Hoon Lee, Se-Ki Park, Jae-Joong Kwon, Seung-Mo Kim, Cheol-Yong Noh, Kang-Woo Lee, Sung-Wook Kang
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Patent number: 8596825Abstract: A solid state light having a solid state light source such as LEDs, and optical guide, and a thermal guide. The optical guide is coupled to the light source for receiving and distributing light from the light source, and the thermal guide is integrated with the optical guide for providing thermal conduction from the solid state light source and dissipating heat through convection for cooling the light.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Raymond P. Johnston, Michael A. Meis, Martin Kristoffersen, Brian W. Lueck, Katie B. Thompson
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Patent number: 8596823Abstract: In optical apparatus for illuminating a mask-plane with a line of light, a light source includes four fast-axis stacks of laser diode bars. One optical arrangement collects light beams from all of the diode-laser bar stacks, homogenizes and expands the beams in the fast-axis direction of the diode-laser bar stacks and partially overlaps the homogenized and expanded beams in the fast-axis direction. Another optical arrangement homogenizes the sum of the partially overlapped beams and images the sum of the beams as a line of light having a length in the fast-axis-direction and a width in the slow-axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Coherent, Inc.Inventor: Sivarama Krishna Kuchibhotla
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Patent number: 8596838Abstract: A display module having one or more outer walls configured to house an array of optical component stacks, where the one or more outer walls are configured to support a transparent support structure spanning the array of optical component stacks, and where an upper portion of the one or more outer walls in contact with the transparent support structure is tapered.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Zebra Imaging, Inc.Inventors: Angelo Fancello, Meagan Gonzalez Noble, Tizhi Huang, Mark E. Lucente
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Patent number: 8591090Abstract: A light guide plate for distributing light from a light source includes a light scattering surface, a light output surface opposite to the light scattering surface, and a number of side surfaces surrounding the light scattering surface and the light output surface. The light scattering surface includes a number of light scattering dots thereon. The light scattering dots are arranged into a number of rows arranged from a first side of the light scattering surface to an opposite side of the light scattering surface. A distance between every two adjacent rows of the light scattering dots gradually decreases from the first side to the second side, such that the light scattering dots at the second side of the light scattering surface have a greater density than the light scattering dots at the first side of the light scattering surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: I-Thun Lin
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Patent number: 8579448Abstract: Instrument cluster and pointing device for a car or other vehicle, the pointing device being mounted rotatable about a rotation axis and having a shaft element in the vicinity of the rotation axis, the pointing device further comprising at least one of a light guide element or a mirror element in the region of the shaft element and comprising one of an image forming element or an aperture, wherein the one of the image forming element or the aperture and the one of the light guide element or the mirror element are able to be rotated about the rotational axis with the shaft element, and wherein light incident to the shaft element is directed from the one of the light guide element or the mirror element to the image forming element or aperture and projecting to a visible surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventor: Jonathan M. Frens
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Patent number: 8573807Abstract: In some embodiments, a light device for generating light includes light emitting diodes (LEDs), and power supply circuitry including at least one switching regulator including switching elements to provide power to the LEDs. The light device includes a device support structure including a device connector and an LED support to support the LEDs, wherein the device connector is one end of the device support structure, and the power supply circuitry is supported by the device support structure. Other embodiments are described.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Shekhar Y. Borkar, Stephen G. Eichenlaub
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Patent number: 8562164Abstract: An edge-type backlight module includes a back bezel, a light guide plate (LGP), a light source, and a frame. The back bezel includes a supporting portion that has a light source supporting surface and an LGP supporting surface. A horizontal level of the light source supporting surface is lower than that of the LGP supporting surface. The LGP is configured on the LGP supporting surface and has a light-incident side surface and a top light-emitting surface. The light source is configured on the light source supporting surface to provide a light beam. The frame is configured on the back bezel and leans against the LGP. The frame has a reflective surface located on a transmission path of the light beam to reflect the light beam, and the reflected light beam enters the LGP from the light-incident side surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chan-Shung Yang, Su-Yi Lin
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Patent number: 8562168Abstract: A perimeter lighting fixture has housing and a separate trim piece. The trim piece is attached to a wall. A wall compound, such as plaster, is smoothed over a blend area or band on the wall just below the trim piece, and also onto a transition section of the trim piece. The housing and/or a reflector of the perimeter lighting fixture is positioned in contact with the trim piece. The trim piece compensates for waviness or uneven wall surfaces. As the trim piece is straight, the variances in wall straightness are corrected. This allows the lighting fixture to be placed against or closely adjacent to the wall, without creating unsightly dark gaps between them, and without highlighting the imperfections in the wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Gammalux Systems, Inc.Inventors: Joseph David Napoli, Joseā² Luis Adame
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Patent number: 8556457Abstract: A display device for increasing brightness of an image generation, including a color cluster system, is provided. The system includes a first color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a first color range and a second LED of a second different wavelength within the first color range. The light from the first LED may be combined at least partially with light from the second LED The system further comprises a second color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a second color range and a second LED of a second different wavelength within the second color range. In the second color LED cluster, the light from the first LED may be combined at least partially with light from the second LED.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: David Kerry Kiser
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Patent number: 8556490Abstract: A light module for providing an array of quantum dot disks and methods for manufacturing the same are described herein. The light module may include at least one light emitting diode (LED) light source in an edge lighting configuration emitting light into a waveguide, such as a frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR) waveguide. At least a portion of the waveguide includes a nanophosphor material, such as a quantum dot disk. Moreover, the waveguide includes at least one aperture on a surface of the waveguide optically aligned with the nanophosphor material. The light module further includes a lens optically aligned with the aperture of the waveguide, such as an over-optic. In alternative embodiments of the invention, the light module may includes at least one LED light source optically aligned with a quantum dot disk remotely located from the LED light source and optically aligned with an over-optic lens.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Christopher Lee Bohler
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Patent number: 8550676Abstract: A vehicle light can include a light emitting diode (LED) serving as a light source and an optical system for controlling a light distribution pattern of the light beams from the LED light source utilizing a light guide (such as a lens body having an inner reflecting surface). The vehicle light can project illumination light with a low beam light distribution pattern. The vehicle light can include an LED light source and a lens body serving as a light guide. The lens body can include a light incident surface, a reflecting surface, and a light exiting surface. The LED light source can have a rearmost end light emitting point from which light beams are emitted to form a bright-dark boundary line.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masafumi Ohno, Ryotaro Owada, Norikatsu Myojin, Mitsuo Yamada, Yasushi Kita, Satoshi Sakai
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Patent number: 8545085Abstract: The present invention relates to a backlight module and light guide plate thereof. The light guide plate includes a first surface, a second surface and a side surface. The first surface has a plurality of first regions, a second region and a central line. The second region has a plurality of microstructures outside the first regions. The first regions and the second region are solid. The side surface is disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The first regions are adjacent to the side surface and extend toward the central line, and the first regions are intervally spaced. Whereby, the manufacture step of the light guide plate is simplified, and the manufacture cost of the light guide plate is lowered, and the distribution of the microstructures can reduce the hot spots in front a plurality of point light sources efficiently.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Chi Lin Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Tao Wu, Yuan-Chi Lee
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Patent number: 8540392Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for improved traffic control devices including a continuous central hanger support system that is integral to the traffic control device and provides a central load path. In an embodiment of the invention, the terminal housing and traffic signal housing of the traffic control device can be included in a single unit housing. A single unit housing can also include an integral backplate. Also provided are span wire clamps, tether clamps, and mast arm clamps that can be used to affix the continuous central hanger of the traffic control device to various fixtures such as a single span wire, two span wires, a pole or a mast arm. The continuous central hanger integrated with the single unit housing can provide the traffic control device with improved securement of electrical components and structural stability for survivability during high wind events as compared to conventional traffic signal devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Inventor: Robert E. Townsend, Jr.
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Patent number: 8529096Abstract: A mechanical interface for a glass bulb is provided. The mechanical interface includes a connector and an optical mount. The connector is in contact with the glass bulb. The connector may be a separate component attached to the glass bulb, or may be a continuous part of the glass bulb, such that the connector is itself made of glass. The optical mount is configured to receive the connector. In so receiving, the optical mount operatively couples with the connector so as to secure the glass bulb in a position. The optical mount is also configured to attach to a lamp housing. A solid state light source retrofit lamp may thus be formed of a lamp housing including a solid state light source light engine and its required components, a glass bulb, and a mechanical interface for the glass bulb.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.Inventors: Yichong Zeng, Hong Luo
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Patent number: 8523379Abstract: The extendible multifunction light comprises of several electronic functions which communicates with the use of speaker and microphone with each other based on the specific commands that maybe prompted by the user or by programming such response with the use of the control panel. Each of the functions process data which can be stored in the memory of the product which can be transferred into the user's personal computer. A user may transfer information from his or her computer to download into the product. The product may transform itself from a flare to a flashlight; to be extended for use for walking, hiking and skiing. The product has a camera for recording video and audio information, a GPS system for tracking the user, an MP3 player for downloading music, motion detector, LCD navigator screen, breath analyzer and fingerprint scanner.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Inventor: Allen Bernard Shay
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Patent number: 8485693Abstract: A backlight module includes a chassis, a printed circuit board, a light source, and a light guide plate. The chassis includes a bottom plate and a sidewall. The sidewall is disposed on at least one side of the bottom plate. The sidewall has a recess therein. At least one part of the printed circuit board is located in the recess. The light source is electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The light incident side of the light guide plate is opposite to the light emitting side of the light source.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventor: Keng-Yi Lee
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Patent number: 8485687Abstract: A light assembly includes a lighting module having a number of LEDs and a reflector assembly disposed on the lighting module. The reflector assembly includes a number of individual reflector portions, each reflector portion being of generally concave shape and structured to selectively direct light emitted from a respective one of the number of LEDs. A lens member is disposed over the reflector assembly and a membrane is disposed between the reflector member and the lens.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Ansaldo STS USA, Inc.Inventors: Kevin McQuistian, Glenn Bauernfeind