Patents Examined by Eric T Eide
  • Patent number: 11965633
    Abstract: Illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight for producing a dipped beam distribution, which has a homogeneous light distribution in the region below the intersection HV up to at least ?3° along the vertical line V-V. The illumination device includes: (i) an illuminant for emitting light, (ii) a screen with a screen edge, wherein the screen includes a first and a second screen section, which are connected by a connecting section, and (iii) a projection optics system, which is designed to project the dipped beam distribution towards a main emission direction. The connecting section has a deflection surface, which extends along a plane with a spatial vector, which forms a first angle of 1° to 3°, preferably of 2°, to the first axis, and forms a second angle of 1° to 3°, preferably of 2°, to the main emission direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Taeyang Park, Alexander Schager, Bernhard Mandl, Kyriakos Kosmas
  • Patent number: 11966073
    Abstract: A reflective four-in-one light-emitting key core module, wherein an insulating layer is arranged on a support structure, a circuit layer is arranged on the insulating layer, a spacer layer is arranged above the insulating layer, a first through hole is opened in the spacer layer at a position corresponding to the keycap, an elastic conducting member is arranged at the position corresponding to the first through hole, a light-guiding film is arranged above the spacer layer, a conductive sheet is fixedly arranged at a position corresponding to the elastic conducting member, light-guiding mesh points are provided on the light-guiding film, a LED light is arranged on the circuit layer and corresponding to the keycap, a second through hole is opened on the spacer layer corresponding to a position of the LED light, a third through hole is opened on the light-guiding film at a position corresponding to the LED light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone HulChuangDa Electronic Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jinxin Ding, Jiawen Zhang, Maoyu Lin
  • Patent number: 11957225
    Abstract: An illuminating bag with one or more illuminating elements on the interior and exterior of the body of the bag, for providing visibility inside and outside of the bag, comprising a body, one or more handles, and one or more fastening elements, wherein the body can be made of one or more panels positioned around the base, and can be operated in an open and a closed configuration, the fastening elements function as an automatic switch to operate the illuminating elements on the interior of the bag. The handles further include a multifunctional switch to operate the illuminating elements on the exterior of the bag, in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: Darren S Zorn
  • Patent number: 11959615
    Abstract: A vehicular lighting device includes a plurality of light-emitting units and a plurality of lens units. Each of the light-emitting units includes a plurality of light-emitting subunits each of which is operable to generate light beams. Each of the lens units includes a plurality of lens subunits each of which includes a first lens and a second lens. Each of the light-emitting units corresponds to two of the lens units that are adjacent to each other. A portion of the light beams generated by the light-emitting subunits of each of the light-emitting units travels into the first lenses of the lens subunits of one of the corresponding two of the lens units such that the portion of the light beams is reflected by the first lenses of the one of the corresponding two of the lens units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 11959604
    Abstract: A display screen and a display device are provided. The display screen includes a display panel assembly, a light bar, and a reflective layer. The display panel assembly includes at least two display panels with a splicing gap between each two display panels. The light bar is attached to a display surface of the display panel assembly, covers the splicing gap, and has two opposite side surfaces extending along a length of the splicing gap. At least one side surface of the light bar is provided with the reflective layer to prevent black borders from appearing on the side surfaces of the light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meinan Li, Xing Lei, Xu Wang
  • Patent number: 11959605
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device, for a motor vehicle, including a plurality of light sources, which have a plurality of primary lenses dedicated to each of the respective light sources for focusing the light emitted by the respective light sources. The lighting device also has a secondary optics element which has a plurality of light entry surfaces dedicated to each respective light source and one light exit surface. A grid is located downstream of the light exit surface on the secondary optics element in the exit direction of the light, for segmenting the light exiting the light exit surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ritter, Daniel Ruelke
  • Patent number: 11959603
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multi-element flexible strap light which includes a plurality of light elements disposed on a flexible chassis. The flexible chassis may include a first flexible layer, a printed circuit board, and a second flexible layer. The flexible chassis may be further contained within a third flexible layer, such as a layer of polycarbonate plastic. Further disclosed is a multi-element flexible strap light system which includes a plurality of light elements disposed on a flexible chassis and a remote battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Zyntony, Inc.
    Inventor: Robin Urry
  • Patent number: 11940103
    Abstract: Apparatus and system for producing light using LED lighting with output within a predetermined desired color temperature range for commercial lighting uses which may be bicolor or may be multicolored. A preferred embodiment includes a first and second group of LEDs arranged in an alternating matrix configuration, each group of LEDs configured to produce light in a predetermined color temperature range. In a preferred embodiment, an LED light system includes a tubular LED lamp having substantially the same size and dimensions as a traditional fluorescent lamp tube and a control box for controlling power input and power gain to the first, second, or both groups of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: COLT INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING INC.
    Inventor: Guillermo Macias
  • Patent number: 11940128
    Abstract: A modular LED light for explosive areas includes a housing module including a central power supply module, at least one LED module receiving element, and an LED power supply interface arranged in the LED module receiving element such that the LED power supply interface is in the housing module. At least one LED module is configured to be detachably attached to the housing module. The LED power supply interface supplies electrical power to the at least one LED module when the at least one LED module is attached to the housing module in a usage positon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Jens Burmeister, Bernd Schwarz
  • Patent number: 11940119
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a logo lamp device for a vehicle which may include an inner housing and an outer housing, the inner housing and the outer housing having an open end; an encapsulant configured opposite to the open end of the inner housing and the outer housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) enclosed within the inner housing; at least one light source connected to the PCB and enclosed within the inner housing; and an optical assembly having plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises at least one first lens and at least one second lens. The logo lamp device may include at least one retaining mechanism configured between the at least one first lens and the inner housing, wherein the at least one first lens is configured to push the at least one second lens against the inner housing, and/or the at least one first lens is detachably mounted onto the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Jacob Heath Messenger, Dean Stevens
  • Patent number: 11940130
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lighting device including a first lighting unit including a plurality of first light sources arranged on a first flat or curved surface, and configured to implement lighting of a first illuminance and of a first color, a second lighting unit including a plurality of second light sources arranged on a second flat or curved surface at least partially inclined with respect to the first lighting unit, the second lighting unit surrounding at least a part of the first lighting unit, and configured to implement lighting of a second illuminance at least partially different from the first illuminance and of a second color, at least one opening formed to penetrate through the first lighting unit, and at least one third lighting unit including a plurality of third light sources arranged on a third flat or curved surface, and configured to implement lighting of a third illuminance higher than the first illuminance and of a third color through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Eunha Choi, Jeonghan Song, Keunbum Lee, Seungjae Lee
  • Patent number: 11940118
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle, having a plurality of light sources, which are arranged in an array, in particular in line-by-line and column-by-column fashion, and can be operated independently of each other at least in part, wherein the light sources emit light during operation; an exit face through which the light emanating from the light sources passes; and a plurality of extensive boundary elements, which extend at least partly in a region between the light sources and the exit face and serve to separate the light emanating from different light sources, wherein at least some, preferably all, of the extensive boundary elements have a reflector which at least partly reflects the light emanating from one of the light sources in the direction of the exit face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Alfons Michaelis, Martin Muegge, Diana Mundt
  • Patent number: 11933999
    Abstract: An optical structure film and a light source module are provided. The optical structure film includes multiple optical unit microstructures. Each of the optical unit microstructures has four side surfaces and an inwardly concave beam splitting surface. The beam splitting surface is respectively connected to the side surfaces, and the beam splitting surface has four endpoints when viewed from a front viewing angle. Connection lines of the four endpoints form a rectangle. The beam splitting surface includes at least one beam splitting curved surface. A junction of the at least one beam splitting curved surface and one of the four side surfaces is a first line segment. A projection of a midpoint of an edge of the rectangle on the beam splitting surface overlaps with a relative extreme point of the first line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Chih-Jen Tsang, Chung-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11929353
    Abstract: A white light emitting device includes: first light-emitting units to which a first current is applied; and second light-emitting units to which a second current which is different from the first current is applied. When the first current is applied to the first light-emitting units and the second current is applied to the second light-emitting units, an average emission chromaticity of the first light-emitting units and an average emission chromaticity of the second light-emitting units are identical colors. When the same current is applied to both the first light-emitting units and the second light-emitting units, the average emission chromaticity of the first light-emitting units and the average emission chromaticity of the second light-emitting units are non-identical colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION JAPAN
    Inventors: Hidesato Hisanaga, Tetsuya Kamada, Shigeo Hayashi, Takashi Kuwaharada
  • Patent number: 11921374
    Abstract: A backlight unit according to various embodiments of the present invention includes a light source, a color conversion sheet disposed above the light source for converting a color of light emitted from the light source and an optical film disposed on the color conversion sheet. The optical film further comprises a first sheet having a first pattern layer including a plurality of pyramid patterns formed on one side of a first base and a second pattern layer including a different pattern from the plurality of pyramid patterns disposed on the other surface of the first base and a second sheet having a third pattern layer including a plurality of pyramid patterns formed on one side of a second base and a fourth pattern layer corresponding to the second pattern layer formed on the other side of the second base. The second pattern layer and the fourth pattern layer include a plurality of irregular protrusion portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGKANG CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seongsu Lee
  • Patent number: 11913616
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a substrate, a lens having a pivotal attachment to the substrate and defining a lamp chamber between the lens and the substrate, at least one light source provided in the lamp chamber, an alignment portion integral with and extending from the lens parallel to the substrate and having an aperture, and an adjustment mechanism extending through the aperture and the substrate, the adjustment mechanism configured to adjust alignment of the lens with a single-point adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MagWerks Vision Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Pickholz, Steven Francis Tregilgas
  • Patent number: 11906152
    Abstract: A pillow includes: a body having a filler, consisting of bundles of fibers, filled inside a covering having a space therein; a printed pattern formed on the upper surface of the covering; and a light-emitting means which is installed in the body and which emits light towards the covering, on which the printed pattern is formed, so as to allow the printed pattern to produce an aesthetic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Jong Woo, Kyung A Do
  • Patent number: 11906127
    Abstract: The invention relates to a signal light for a motor vehicle that has a fiber optic rod, which has a light emitting surface and a rear surface, in which deflection elements are located, and which has two side walls, and numerous pairs of reflectors and light sources, which are in a row in the rear surface, and which project light bundles through the fiber optic rod, transverse thereto. The fiber optic rod has two rear walls, each of which has deflection element edge and side wall edge, and extends longitudinally between the deflection elements and the side walls. The side wall edges are further apart than the deflection element edges in a cross section of the fiber optic rod that is transverse to the longitudinal direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Richter
  • Patent number: 11906128
    Abstract: A lamp includes a light source, a central lens optically aligned with the light source to receive a first portion of light emitted by the light source and transmit the first portion of light in a first output beam, a side emitting lens generally disposed between the central lens and the light source and arranged to receive a second portion of the light, and a plurality of light guides each having a light input end and operatively coupled to the side emitting lens to receive the second portion of light emitted from the light source that is directed through the side emitting lens and having a light output end, wherein each of the plurality of light guides has a light refraction structure on a first side for directing the second portion of the light in a second output beam from a second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Linsheng Chen, Arun Kumar, Brandon J. Schwandt, Derek English, Omar Benjamin Lara Monarrez
  • Patent number: 11898722
    Abstract: A light fixture, comprising a main body box (1), a guide rail head (2) positioned above the main body box (1) and capable of rotating relative to the main body box (1), and a light barrel (3) positioned on at least one side of the main body box (1) and capable of swinging up and down relative to the main body box (1), wherein a radiator (32) and a first light source (33) are arranged in the light barrel (3); the main body box (1) comprises a main body box top cover (11), a main body box bottom plate (12) and a main body box side plate (13) connected between the main body box top cover (11) and the main body box bottom plate (1); and the guide rail head (2) is pivotally connected to the main body box top cover (11), and the light barrel (3) is pivotally connected to the main body box side plate (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ACEVEL (GD) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Meiqin Gao