Patents Examined by Diane Lee
  • Patent number: 8833973
    Abstract: A lamp position adjustment device includes a base plate, a supporting frame, a lamp holder, a first positioning mechanism, and a second positioning mechanism. The first positioning mechanism is disposed between the lamp holder and the supporting frame and between the lamp holder and the base plate to enable the lamp holder to move in a first direction relative to the supporting frame. The first direction is substantially parallel with one side of a light incident surface of an integration rod. The second positioning mechanism is disposed between the lamp holder and the base plate to enable the lamp holder to rotate about an axis parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Chi Chen, Jih-Ching Chang, Chih-Hui Chang
  • Patent number: 8833977
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus is disclosed. The lighting apparatus may be an omni-directional LED light source. The lighting apparatus may include a heat sink and at least one LED module provided on the heat sink. The LED module may be mounted on a mounting block that protrudes a prescribed height over the heat sink. A first reflector may be provided over the heat sink and below the LED module, and a second reflector may be provided over the LED module. An upper surface of the first reflector may be sloped at a first prescribed angle with respect to a central vertical axis of the heat sink, and a bottom surface of the second reflector may be sloped at a second prescribed angle with respect to the central vertical axis of the heat sink. The first and second reflectors reflect light emitted from the LEDs to produce omni-directional light patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaehwan Kim, Dongki Paik, Hankyu Cho
  • Patent number: 8827490
    Abstract: This invention relates to lighting apparatuses, and more particularly to a lighting apparatus in which an LED module is detachably mounted to make replacement and repair easy, and which enables to mount the same to fit to different sizes of spaces by a combination of assembly of a plurality of LED modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyunghyun Kim, Minkwang Lee, Ana Kim, Myoungwoo Lee, Sunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8827519
    Abstract: The present disclosure has been made in an effort to provide a vehicular lamp that can adopt a low-priced material having a low heat-resisting temperature as a material for a reflector. A vehicular lamp includes a tail and stop lamp bulb and a reflector reflecting light from bulb to the front of the lamp, in a lamp chamber defined by a lamp body and a front cover. In addition, lamp body includes an opening for exposing the rear surface of reflector in the vicinity of tail and stop lamp bulb to the outside of the lamp chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Misao Yamamoto, Hideyuki Aihara
  • Patent number: 8827475
    Abstract: A light bulb includes a base for mechanically mounting the light bulb and for receiving electrical power, a light guide, and a light source that directs output light into the light guide. The light source includes a light emitting device that emits light, and a variable spectrum adjuster that is variably positionable relative the light path of light emitted by the light emitting device. The spectrum adjuster includes a region of continuously-variable spectrum-adjusting material, usable for adjusting the spectrum of light passing through the spectrum adjuster. In some embodiments, the spectrum adjusting material is a color-attenuating material, such as a filtering material. In other embodiments, the spectrum-adjusting material is a wavelength-shifting material, such as a phosphor, or another suitable type of material that shifts the wavelength of light incident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Rambus Delaware LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery R Parker, Timothy A McCollum, Fumitomo Hide, Alexey Titov, Ian Hardcastle
  • Patent number: 8827506
    Abstract: A luminaire capable of contacting a lamp device to a luminaire main body is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Osada, Satoshi Watanabe, Keiichi Shimizu, Shigeru Osawa
  • Patent number: 8827486
    Abstract: A lamp tube structure includes a first end cap, a second end cap, a heat sink holder, a light emitting element array and a lamp cover. The first end cap includes a pair of electrical terminals and a first insulating portion. The electrical terminals are integrated into the first insulating portion by insert molding, and one end of each electrical terminal is protruded from an outside of the first insulating portion. The second end cap includes a grounding terminal and a second insulating portion. The grounding terminal is integrated into the second insulating portion by insert molding, and one end of the grounding terminal is protruded from an outside of the second insulating portion. The light emitting element array is disposed on top surface of the heat sink holder. A bottom surface of the lamp cover is fixed on the heat sink holder for receiving the light emitting element array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Ming Lai, Chih-Yen Lin
  • Patent number: 8820972
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are exterior architectural fixtures employing LED-based light sources that are capable of projecting light over long distances and providing a wide variety of lighting effects with high lumen output. These lighting fixtures have improved heat dissipation properties and are particularly suitable for large-scale façade washing and for illuminating large architectural structures, such as skyscrapers, casinos, and retail establishments, integrating efficient and compact power supply and control components for driving high-intensity LEDs to achieve a vast variety of lighting effects on a large scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Tomas Mollnow, Ryan Williamson, Steven Kondo, Eric Roth, Ihor Lys
  • Patent number: 8820981
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating light may be comprised of a light source with a lens interposed in a light path from the light source. The lens may be comprised of two or more sections wherein at least one section may be comprised of smart glass. Electrical circuitry may be configured to control a transparency state of the smart glass lens sections. Another embodiment may have two reflectors wherein one of the reflectors may be interposed between the light source and the other reflector and may be comprised of smart glass with a transparent state and a reflective state so that two different reflection patterns may be created. A method for illumination wherein at least one area's illumination is controlled by a section of smart glass is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Greenwave Reality PTE Ltd
    Inventor: Karl Jonsson
  • Patent number: 8820992
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly includes a bezel defining a first surface and a second surface inclined with respect to the first surface and located at an outboard periphery, a series of fingers separated by slots, each slot extending through the first surface and the second surface, light sources, and light guides, each light guide fitted into one of the slots, for transmitting light from one of the light sources, along and through one of the slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Terrence J. Wilson, Stephen K. Helwig, Sleiman N. Abdelnour
  • Patent number: 8814418
    Abstract: A modularized illuminating device includes a retaining base, a lighting module, and a light guide element. The retaining base includes an elastic positioning unit. The lighting module is removably disposed on the retaining base, and has a sliding groove and a retaining groove. The light guide element is disposed on the retaining base and faces to the lighting module. When the lighting module is installed to the retaining base along a plugging direction, the elastic positioning unit slides from the sliding groove to the retaining groove to retain the lighting module in the retaining base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cheng-Da Shaw, Ya-Hui Chiang, Hung-Lieh Hu, Hsin-Yun Tsai, Chun-Hsing Lee, Chao-Wei Li
  • Patent number: 8807775
    Abstract: An array-type display apparatus includes display devices each including a display section and a non-display area located around the display section, and transparent plates disposed on the viewer side. Each transparent plate has: a light exit-side deflection portion, provided in a position corresponding to the non-display area, for allowing at least part of light from the display section to exit the transparent plate in the front direction of the display section; and corner deflection portions, provided at the corners of the viewer-side surface, for allowing at least part of light that has passed through the transparent plate to exit it in the front direction. The width of the light exit-side deflection portion is larger than the width of the non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Masahiro Goto, Katsunori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8801210
    Abstract: Provided is a backlight device having: a light source element having light emitting diodes and a lens expanding light from the light emitting diodes; a housing containing the light source element; a diffuser plate covering an opening portion of the housing; and a reflection sheet reflecting light emitted from the light source element, toward the diffuser plate. In the light source element, a plurality of the lenses are arranged at a central zone, the plurality of lenses being arranged in a plurality of rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Daizaburo Matsuki, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Kenji Hasegawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8801249
    Abstract: A transformation optic arrangement for vehicles to convert a planar light distribution into an angular light distribution with a plurality of light sources arranged in one level like a matrix to generate the planar light distribution and with an optic unit arranged in front of the light sources in a primary direction of emission to deflect the light, with the optic unit comprising at least one first lens, with at least one additional lens being provided between the first lens and the light sources, arranged coaxially in reference to the z-axis extending in the primary direction of emission and distanced from the first lens, and that the first lens and at least one additional lens each show non-spherically shaped coupling surfaces and decoupling surfaces as flat sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: HELLA KGaA
    Inventor: Gerhard Kloos
  • Patent number: 8801231
    Abstract: An optical semiconductor lighting apparatus including a housing with a first end portion and a second end portion that is open, a light source module disposed in the housing, a fan disposed adjacent to the light source module in the housing, the fan rotating in a first direction to blow air toward the light source module, and a reflector disposed adjacent to the second end portion of the housing, the reflector enhancing an illumination scope. A moving path, in which at least a portion of the air drawn into the housing by the fan externally flows through the light source module, is formed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: POSCO LED Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Soo Kim, Seok-Jin Kang, Min-A Jeong
  • Patent number: 8794775
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an electronic component such as a camera light source containing a light-emitting diode. During operation, the light-emitting diode may produce heat. Thermally conducting elastomeric structures may have features such as sidewalls that mate with external surface of the camera light source or other electronic component to dissipate heat from the electronic component. Metal structures such as a bracket may be used to press the elastomeric structures and the electronic component towards a wall of a housing for the electronic device. Support structures may be interposed between the wall of the housing and the elastomeric structures. The support structures may have an opening that is aligned with an opening in the housing wall. Insert structures may be received within the opening in the support structures. The electronic component may be aligned with the insert structures and the opening in the support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lee E. Hooton, Michael B. Wittenberg, Shayan Malek
  • Patent number: 8789987
    Abstract: The invention relates to a base (1), in particular for light masts, comprising a housing (7) with a base surface (10) which can be filled with a medium. In order to ensure improved stability and to avoid additional grounding measures, an embodiment is chosen according to the invention in which the housing (7) is not electrically conductive and has a holding opening (21) for a mast (2) which is not round and is composed of non-conductive material. In this case, a mast (2) which is not round avoids lateral inclination of the mast (2), thus making it possible to ensure secure installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Inventor: Jürgen Nölle
  • Patent number: 8764256
    Abstract: A lighted exterior rearview mirror system of a vehicle includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly and a light module disposed at the exterior rearview mirror assembly. The light module includes a plurality of illumination sources operable to emit light. The illumination sources are individually controlled responsive to said the input to provide a customized illumination beam emanating from the exterior rearview mirror assembly. The system may include a control that is responsive to the user input to selectively individually energize the light emitting diodes, and the control may individually adjust a duty cycle of each of the light emitting diodes responsive to the user input. The light module may include a ground illumination light source, a backup light source and a turn signal indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith D. Foote, Eric S. Deuel
  • Patent number: 8752975
    Abstract: A telescopic flashlight that includes a universally adjustable mirror unit for reflecting the light of the lighting unit over a universal range, which mirror unit is readily and easily attached and detached from the distal end of the flashlight apparatus via a metallic mounting collar that is magnetically retained by means of an annular magnet affixed to the distal end of the apparatus, which mounting collar itself is rotatable relative to the distal end of the flashlight apparatus in order to provide two of the three degrees of freedom on motion of the mirror proper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Rubino
  • Patent number: 8755040
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes a rotating phase plate having a height equal to or less than a wavelength of light from a light source and including a plurality of randomly arranged step regions so as to change a phase of light from the light source by allowing the light beam to pass therethrough; and a fly's eye lens including an array of a plurality of lenses configured to pass the light beam passed through the rotating phase plate, wherein a portion in which a product of a maximum size of the plurality of step regions and an optical magnification from the rotating phase plate to a plane of incidence of the fly's eye lens is equal to or less than an arrangement pitch of the plurality of lenses and a portion in which the product is larger than the arrangement pitch of the plurality of lenses are mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: NuFlare Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Riki Ogawa