Patents Examined by Eric T Eide
  • Patent number: 12681376
    Abstract: A projection device for generating dynamic projections includes: an arrangement of multiple light sources spaced apart from each other; a collimation optic for generating a parallel beam path from the light sources and a microlens array arrangement within the beam path of the collimation lens. The focal length of the lenses at the illumination side of the microlens array arrangement is larger than the distance of the lenses from a slide plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: FEV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Von Laffert, Martin Mueller, Alf Riedel
  • Patent number: 12674564
    Abstract: A bezel (or other article) for a light source includes a cutout portion to allow the bezel to ride up and over any cross braces in the suspended ceiling. The bezel design can be comprised of a variety of materials, as will be appreciated in light of the present disclosure, and in a variety of shape configurations, to generally provides for diffusing (or otherwise manipulating) light emanating from a light source (such as an LED (light emitting diode) strip) secured to the ceiling braces. The bezel includes a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm connected between the first and second arm. The first arm includes a first securing means for releasably fastening the first arm to the bracket. The second arm includes a second securing means for releasably fastening the second arm to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Animated LED Lighting, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Commerford
  • Patent number: 12669230
    Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention comprises a substrate; a light source disposed on the substrate; and a light guide member disposed on the substrate and the light source, wherein the light guide member includes an exit surface and a first reflective surface facing the exit surface, the first reflective surface includes a plurality of reflective portions having different heights with respect to an upper surface of the substrate, and each of the plurality of reflective portions may include a plurality of first surfaces inclined with respect to the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eay Jin Lim, Kwang Hyun Ko, Hyun Duck Yang, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12669241
    Abstract: An underwater LED light for use in high ambient pressure environments having a housing, a transparent pressure-bearing window, an MCPCB having one or more LEDS, and a multilayer stack of spacers for carrying loads applied to the window to the MCPCB and to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: SeeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Chapman, Jon Simmons, Aaron Steiner, Mark Olsson
  • Patent number: 12654615
    Abstract: A vehicle window includes a window body arrangement, which has an outer face facing a vehicle environment and an inner face facing a vehicle interior and a light-conducting layer, and the vehicle window including a lighting unit having at least one light source and at least one light input element, which is disposed on the inner face of the window body arrangement and by means of which light emitted by the light source can be coupled into the light-conducting layer. A thermal coating is disposed on the inner face of the window body arrangement, the thermal coating including a thermally insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Robert Pasquarelli
  • Patent number: 12638154
    Abstract: A fill light and an electronic device are provided. The fill light includes a first reflector, a second reflector, a light-transmitting ring, and a light-emitting light source. The first reflector and the light-transmitting ring are located on a same side of the second reflector, and the light-transmitting ring surrounds the first reflector. The first reflector has a first reflection surface, the second reflector has a second reflection surface, and the first reflection surface is disposed opposite to the second reflection surface. A light-emitting side of the light-emitting light source faces the first reflection surface, and light emitted by the light-emitting light source is emitted from the light-transmitting ring after being reflected by the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface. The first reflection surface, the second reflection surface, and the light-transmitting ring are all rotationally symmetrical about a central optical axis of the light-emitting light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chenxin Zeng, Shudeng Wu, Xubin Lin
  • Patent number: 12638152
    Abstract: A vehicular lighting tool has an emission part, an inner lens located on a rear side of the emission part, and an outer lens located on a rear side of the inner lens, the outer lens has a guide convex portion and a positioning convex portion protruding forward, the inner lens has a guide hole and a positioning hole, the guide convex portion is inserted into the guide hole in a state in which a gap is provided in a leftward/rightward direction, and the inner lens is positioned in the leftward/rightward direction by the positioning convex portion being inserted into the positioning hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Tamura
  • Patent number: 12631310
    Abstract: An assembly includes a collimator having one end associated with a light source, a pillow lens associated with the collimator, and at least one surface that is non-coplanar with the pillow lens. The assembly further includes at least one light pipe, wherein a first portion of light is directed through the pillow lens and a second portion of light exits the pillow lens and is directed by the at least one surface into the at least one light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Linsheng Chen
  • Patent number: 12631301
    Abstract: A lamp (100) having a housing (130) with a translucent or transparent portion (133). The housing encloses a light emitting arrangement (110) and supports a lens (120) that covers a light exit window (131) of the housing (130). The width of the lens is greater than the width of the light exit window. A transmissive (i.e., translucent or transparent) portion (133) of the housing (130) is configured to transmit light through to the lens (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Huansi Wang, Xue Yan Liang
  • Patent number: 12631315
    Abstract: An attachment device for protective caps is disclosed. The attachment device is used in conjunction with an elastic cord to selectively position a protective cap over the lens of a device, such as a flashlight or a telescopic sight, and to retain the protective cap when it is displaced from its position covering the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: One Hundred Concepts, LLC
    Inventors: Garrett Miller, Jonah Tyree
  • Patent number: 12631307
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light source unit that includes at least one light source and generates light; an optical path adjustment unit that adjusts a path of the light incident from the light source unit to allow the light to become substantially parallel with an optical axis of the optical path adjustment unit; and an optical unit that transmits at least some of the light emitted by the optical path adjustment unit to form a predetermined beam pattern. The optical unit includes a plurality of incident lenses and a plurality of exit lenses corresponding to the plurality of incident lenses. In particular, a ratio of at least one lens parameter between a first pair of incident and exit lenses is different from a ratio of the at least one lens parameter between a second pair of incident and exit lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Hyeongdo Kim, Minseop Lee
  • Patent number: 12623589
    Abstract: Indirect vision system VIS comprises mirrors and/or cameras and a mixed-function multi-focal multi-functional DS light signal device having the reflector 50 and its associated source hidden under an opaque cover Hi capable of developing an illuminating surface 3 with a line design or luminous perimeter figures, associate and combine within the light perimeter, under the Hi cover, in the H casing or in the structure, other devices and functional subassemblies. With aerodynamic profile associated with protecting and improving the perception of light signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Inventor: Alejandro Rodriguez Barros
  • Patent number: 12624815
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp comprising: a light source; a light guide which includes: a first plate-shaped light guide section, which includes an emission surface directed toward the light irradiation direction and a surface opposite to the emitting surface, on which a lens cut for extracting light is formed; a second plate-shaped light guide section, which extends from one edge of the first plate-shaped light guide section toward the light source and guides the light emitted from the light source to the edge of the first plate-shaped light guide section; and an incident surface, which is provided at the end of the second plate-shaped light guide section facing the light source and into which the light emitted from the light source enters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki Onotsuka
  • Patent number: 12617229
    Abstract: A device for displaying images having variable colors comprises a substrate; a light-transmissive coloring layer painted or laminated on the substrate, the coloring layer comprising colorants of different colors and having a rear side in contact with the substrate and a varnished front side; a display layer comprising a silvering material directly plated on the varnished front side of the coloring layer, the display layer comprising a display pattern forming a visible displayed image, the silvering material comprising a metal, a metalloid, or an oxide thereof to form a one-way-mirror; an illuminator configured and positioned to illuminate the coloring layer from the rear side of the coloring layer. When the coloring layer is unilluminated by the illuminator, the unilluminated coloring layer is hidden behind the one-way-mirror. When the coloring layer is illuminated by the illuminator, the illuminated coloring layer visibly colorizes the displayed image through the one-way-mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Inventors: Jianqiao Yang, Chulong Yang
  • Patent number: 12607327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a starry sky projection device with a nebula lens and a starry sky generation method, which comprises a nebula lens with a light-emitting area, wherein a variation part is added on the nebula lens, and the variation part defines a variation area, and the variation area generates image variation different from the light-emitting area; and a varied nebula and accompanying stars are generated by adding a light source and a diffractive optical element, so as to form a varied projected starry sky.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Inventor: Guihua Zhang
  • Patent number: 12606088
    Abstract: An indicator provided on an outer mirror of a vehicle includes: a light transmission portion formed in a mirror surface portion of a mirror member of the outer mirror; and a light emission portion disposed on a side opposite to an exposure surface side being exposed to the outside of the mirror member in such a way that the light emission portion can emit light through the light transmission portion. The light transmission portion includes a plurality of linear transmission portions each extending in a horizontal direction and also being aligned in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Murakami Corporation
    Inventors: Tasuku Kawai, Hiroshi Kawai, Manabu Fukuhara, Hiroya Miwa
  • Patent number: 12601461
    Abstract: A light guide body has a first light guide part disposed in front of a light source, a second light guide part extending from a front surface side of the first light guide part toward at least one lateral side of the first light guide part, a plurality of third light guide parts branching and extending from a midway portion of the second light guide part, an incidence part located on a back surface side of the first light guide part, and a first emission part located on a tip side of the plurality of third light guide parts, the second light guide part has a shape in which a cross-sectional area gradually decreases toward the tip side, and the plurality of third light guide parts are arranged next to each other in an extension direction of the second light guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Sato
  • Patent number: 12599824
    Abstract: An illuminated hockey puck assembly includes a housing having an outer surface including a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter edge extending between the top and bottom sides. The illuminated hockey puck assembly has a weight, a shape, and a size comparable to a hockey puck. A lighting system is mounted within the interior and is encapsulated by the outer surface such that the lighting system is immobilized in the housing. The housing is translucent such that the housing is illuminated by the lighting system when the lighting system emits lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Inventors: Stephen Czech, Matthew Czech
  • Patent number: 12600290
    Abstract: A modular vehicle accessory mounting system which includes one or more extruded rails designed to attach along a edge of the installation vehicle, one or more modular accessory modules that attach to the extruded rail as well as one or more communication modules that provide power to the accessory modules and serves as a communication bridge between the system and the vehicle or outside world. Generally speaking, these components may be structured to provide a low-profile mounting system for auxiliary illumination and other accessories along the edges of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: HiViz Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel T. Massa
  • Patent number: 12601869
    Abstract: A backlight module comprises a light guide plate, a light source, a first optical film, and two second optical films. The first optical film is positioned toward the light emitting surface of the light guide plate and includes a body with multiple parallel prisms extending towards the light emitting surface and multiple optical structures positioned on the body and facing away from the light guide plate. Each of the second optical films has multiple parallel strips facing away from the first optical film. The direction of the strips on one of the second optical films being different from that on the other second optical film. This invention also provides a display device with the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Yin Chang, Po-Chang Huang, Kun-Cheng Lin