Patents Examined by David V. Bruce
  • Patent number: 10429028
    Abstract: A soft box with a smooth rod folding structure, comprising: brackets mounted on the edge of the speed ring at uniform intervals so as to couple the rods; a lever mounted by a first hinge part on the upper end of each of the brackets; a link connected to the lever by a second hinge part, which is provided to the lever so as to be located at the rear end side of the bracket at the same height as the first hinge part when the lever is fully lifted to the upper part of the bracket and moved to the side surface of the bracket when the lever is moved reversely; a rod support provided by a third hinge part at the lower end of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAE PHOTONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Suk Park
  • Patent number: 10415784
    Abstract: A lighting module for motor vehicles is provided. The lighting module comprises at least one lighting engine configured for forming a light beam with a cut-off line running along one or more axes, and at least one lens designed to project the light beam with a cut-off line. The lens comprises diffractive elements which correct all or part of the chromatism of the lens, and it comprises a central region which is lacking any diffractive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Nicolas Lefaudeux, Guillaume Thin, Antoine De Lamberterie, Samira Mbata, Francois-Xavier Amiel, Vincent Dubois, Van-Thai Hoang, Thomas Canonne
  • Patent number: 10408991
    Abstract: A backlight module includes first and second light emitting layers. The first light emitting layer is disposed above the second light emitting layer and each includes at least one light guide plate and light source disposed next to the respective light guide plate. Each light guide plate has at least one light transmissive region and light exit region. Each light transmissive region of the first light emitting layer corresponds to each light exit region of the second light emitting layer. Each light exit region of the first light emitting layer corresponds to each light transmissive region of the second light emitting layer. Each light source is next to each light transmissive region. Each light transmissive region is between each light source and light exit region. Each light exit region of the first light emitting layer corresponds to each light transmissive region and light source of the second light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10401551
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a display device, the backlight module comprises a light guide plate, a light bar and a light blocking tape, the light guide plate comprises a light entrance surface and three peripheral side surfaces, the light bar provides a light source for the light guide plate on one side of the light entrance surface, and the light blocking tape covers the three peripheral side surfaces to prevent light that from the light source entering the light guide plate from being emitted from three peripheral side surfaces. So that there is not light leakage in the three peripheral side surfaces, the plastic frame of the prior art for providing to prevent leakage of the three peripheral side surfaces, is eliminated, thereby reducing the weight and width of the backlight module to achieve which to be light and narrow, and reducing production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Qian Chen, Zhongjie Liu
  • Patent number: 10384622
    Abstract: An electroluminescent vehicle emblem and a method for illuminating a vehicle emblem includes a base layer, a cover layer, and an electroluminescent light source, which can be one or two electroluminescent assemblies. When the electroluminescent light source is not activated, the cover layer has an opaque appearance. When the electroluminescent light source is activated, light emitted from the electroluminescent light source is transmitted through the cover layer and emitted from a front of the vehicle emblem. Light is also emitted from a back of the vehicle emblem that is opposite from the front of the vehicle emblem to provide back lighting to the vehicle emblem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nichole A. Verwys, Zachary Segraves
  • Patent number: 10386046
    Abstract: A linear array of electric lights is housed in a wooden rod with one side having a light diffuser and the light being otherwise contained in the housing. The bulb or LEDs are wired along with a switch to an AC power supply. A base plate having a small preferably rectangular footprint and an asymmetric located aperture secures and holds one end of the rod therethrough and at an angle to the floor. The aperture of base plate is shaped and of slightly greater dimensions as the cross sectional shape and dimensions of the housing. The rod is held in the aperture to provide a linear array of angled light. The aperture is lined with a plastic snap-in insert. A knuckle is provided to hold several housings. Male and female jacks are provided to electrically connect components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: STICKBULB LLC
    Inventors: Russell Greenberg, Christopher Beardsley, Minchul Hong
  • Patent number: 10378744
    Abstract: A portable light may comprise: a light housing including a first housing and a light head that is pivotable relative to the first housing; one or more light sources including an illumination light source in the light head; an electrical switch for selectively energizing the one or more light sources; and a detector of the pivoted position of the light head relative to the first housing for energizing and/or de-energizing one or more of the light sources. Other features of the light may include: a rear facing light source that may have one or more light sources, or an elongated clip, or a pivotable elongated clip, or one or more accessories mountable to a clip, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis D. Arena, Thomas J. Kelley, William D. Worman
  • Patent number: 10379391
    Abstract: A display device includes a display, a light source, a substrate, and a housing. The light source is mounted to the substrate. The housing includes a back panel with a surface to which the substrate is attached. The back panel has a recess and a positioning portion. The recess is at least partially disposed in the surface and is recessed with respect to the surface. The positioning portion holds the substrate relative to the housing and is disposed spaced apart from the recess in the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Fukumoto, Akihiro Fujikawa, Akira Yokawa
  • Patent number: 10371365
    Abstract: A lighting device for a gun includes a mirror to redirect a light beam emanating from the lighting device. The light beam can be redirected along the side or top of the gun and preferably parallel to the axis of the gun barrel. The lighting device preferably is or includes a laser module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Crimson Trace Corporation
    Inventor: Larry E. Moore
  • Patent number: 10352506
    Abstract: LED retrofitting system for retrofitting High Intensity Discharge Lighting (HID) fixtures with Light Emitting Diode (LED) arrays and the method for retrofitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Kenneth Nickum
    Inventor: Kenneth Nickum
  • Patent number: 10345513
    Abstract: A display device is capable of preventing light that is incident from a light guide plate from leaking through a gap between optical sheets and an optical-sheet holding member. The optical sheets include a plurality of sheet units. A storage unit for storing the flanges of the optical sheets has a sub-storage unit for storing the flanges of some sheet units. The flange of the other sheet unit excluded from the aforementioned some sheet units is larger than the sub-storage unit. When the flanges of the some sheet units are stored in the sub-storage unit, the flange of the other sheet unit is stored in the storage unit so as to cover the sub-storage unit and the some sheet units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Arimasa Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10347804
    Abstract: Provided are a light source package and a display device including the light source package. The light source package includes a substrate; a light-emitting device mounted on the substrate; a red phosphor layer formed adjacent to a surface of the light-emitting device; and an encapsulation layer for encapsulating the light-emitting device and the red phosphor layer, wherein a phosphor of the red phosphor layer is a fluoride-based red phosphor or a sulfide-based red phosphor. The light source package and the display device including the light source package display excellent color reproduction, without discoloration due to moisture after a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul-hee Yoo, Da-hye Kim, Young-sam Park, Man-ki Hong, Ho-young Song
  • Patent number: 10344933
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a light emitting device package includes: a thermally-conductive substrate having at least two mounting regions on which chips are mounted and at least one bending region; a light emitting device module including a light emitting device arranged on one surface of the mounting region; and a driving device module including a driving unit arranged on the other surface opposite to the one surface of the mounting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Suk Lee, Nam Seok Oh, Young Jun Cho
  • Patent number: 10330291
    Abstract: A panel light fixture kit for mounting to a planar surface of a dwelling. The kit includes a mounting plate for a flush mount to the planar surface. A frame mounts to and covers the mounting plate. The mounting plate includes alignment notches. The frame includes a tunnel cover that slides into the alignment notches to align the two parts during installation. The mounting plate further includes eyelet slots. The frame has attachment pins that slide into the eyelet slots to hold the frame to the mounting bracket. An LED light source inside the frame illuminates a light guide panel positioned at the bottom. In a T-bar drop ceiling application, the mounting plate is not needed. The frame includes bendable T-bar brackets that are bent to a hook shape that is fastened to the T-bar to affix the frame to the T-grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: CORDELIA LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Huan C. Nguyen, Aaron O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10330843
    Abstract: An imaging directional backlight apparatus includes a waveguide and a light source array for providing large area directed illumination from localized light sources. The waveguide may include a stepped structure. The steps may include extraction features optically hidden to guided light, propagating in a first forward direction. Returning light propagating in a second backward direction may be refracted, diffracted, or reflected by the features, providing discrete illumination beams exiting from the top surface of the waveguide. Viewing windows are formed through imaging individual light sources and define the relative positions of system elements and ray paths. The uncorrected system creates non-illuminated void portions when viewed off-axis preventing uniform wide angle 2D illumination modes. The input end may have microstructures arranged to remove this non uniformity at wide angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: RealD Spark, LLC
    Inventors: Michael G. Robinson, Graham J. Woodgate
  • Patent number: 10323804
    Abstract: The first light flux control member comprises: a concave first entrance surface, facing the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a first exit surface, and an outer exit surface. The second light flux control member controls and causes the light exiting from the first light flux control member to become oriented in the direction along the first central axis. In addition, when f represents the focal distance of the first light flux control member, and d represents the distance between the first central axis and the optical axis in the light-emitting element farthest from the first central axis, the surface light source device satisfies ?0.6<d/f<0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10323830
    Abstract: A bulb gripper for decorative light holder has a U-shaped body with projections on the interior surface that enable the bulb gripper to securely hold many different sizes of decorative light bulbs. The interior surface of each arm of the body has an inward tooth near the opening followed by several three spaced apart projections. The projections may have a tab portion which is connected to the arm by a narrower connector. The projections and the teeth on the arms form a ledge which supports the decorative light. A smaller U-shaped projection or several projections which are sized and configured to hold a mini-light are provided at the base of the U-shaped body. The arms can flex outward so that the body can receive and securely hold the decorative light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth, Kevin A. Harper
  • Patent number: 10310334
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel 10 including a first substrate 30A having thin film patterns 30L on a section of a plate surface thereof and a second substrate 20A that is bonded to the first substrate 30A with sealant 40 that is disposed to surround the thin film patterns 30L, the display panel 10 performing displaying, and a resin film 12 having flexibility and configuring a section of the thin film patterns 30L and extending outside the sealant 40 continuously from the thin film patterns 30L, the resin film 12 having a section outside the sealant 40 and at least the section having metal lines 13 through which signals for driving the display panel 10 are transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Suga
  • Patent number: 10310330
    Abstract: A backlight module and liquid crystal display device are provided. The backlight module comprises a plastic frame, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, a light source element, a hole glue and a heat dissipating element. The plastic frame comprises a first frame and a second frame disposed opposite each other. The heat dissipating element is disposed on the light source element, extending along an outer side surface of the first frame to a bottom portion of the reflection sheet, and is bonded to the corresponding hole glue on the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhongjie Liu
  • Patent number: 10309634
    Abstract: An LED strip connector system for providing secure electrical and mechanical connection between LED strips comprising a male socket end, a female socket end, a locking mechanism, a gasket, a wired housing, and an end cap. The locking mechanism consists of a clip and clip catch and provides a detachable, secure, vibration-resistant mechanical connection between strips. The gasket is made of an elastic, impermeable material and is configured and positioned to establish a moisture-resistant seal between connectors, protecting the electrical connection from environmental moisture. The wired housing connects a female socket end to a power cord. The end cap protects the exposed contacts of an open socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: David Webb