Patents Examined by Erin Kryukova
  • Patent number: 10088121
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lamp is presented, having an elongated waveguide, which is configured to conduct light in its interior, via total internal reflection occurring on border surfaces of the waveguide, along a guidance line of the waveguide, predefined by the external shape of the waveguide and running inside the waveguide, wherein the waveguide has a light exit surface. The lamp is distinguished in that it has a focusing element, which lies in the light path of the light emitted via the light exit surface, and extends thereby over the entire length of the light exit surface, and is configured to reduce the beam width of the light bundle in which the light emitted from the light exit surface is propagated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Automotive Lighting Reutlingen GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Ladenburger
  • Patent number: 10072828
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device (100), which comprises a structure of interconnected sleeves (110) and a light emitting arrangement (140) arranged inside the sleeves. The structure forms a polygon mesh and light sources (116) on the light emitting arrangement (140) can be positioned by the structure so that the problem of glare can be reduced. The present invention also provides a sound-absorbing, flexible and collapsible structure which can be used in e.g. large scale architectural panels, horticulture and phototherapy devices. The lighting device (100) can be produced by connecting the sleeves (110) with thermoplastic material or by sewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jacobus Petrus Johannes Van Os, Astrid Mody, Guofu Zhuo
  • Patent number: 10073216
    Abstract: An LED panel light comprises a cover, LED light bars, two long and strip-shaped seats which are fixed on the side faces of the cover and are used to fasten the LED light bars, and a light guide plate between the two seats with the LED light beads on the LED light bars toward the light guide plate. On the seat, there is a groove designed in the lengthwise direction. The LED light bars are fixed at the bottom face of the groove. On the lower side face of the groove, there is a flange protruding toward the upper side face. On the upper side face of the groove, there are elastic rubber strips installed in the lengthwise direction. The edges of the light guide plate plunge into the groove and the both side faces of the light guide plate press against the flange and the elastic rubber strips, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ZheJiang YongYao Lighting Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jianyue Chen
  • Patent number: 10066809
    Abstract: A headlamp (1) includes a light-emitting section (4) which emits fluorescence upon receiving excitation light from a laser element (2). Energy intensity distribution of the excitation light, which is received by the light-emitting section (4), is a top-hat distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Takahira, Koji Takahashi, Yosuke Maemura, Hiroshi Kijima
  • Patent number: 10060613
    Abstract: An outdoor laser lamp includes a housing, a laser and a circuit board disposed inside the housing, and a lower mounting plate. A periphery of the lower mounting plate is in contact with an inner wall of the housing, a laser and a circuit board are located between the lower mounting plate and the top of the housing. Air vents are on the bottom of the housing; through holes are on the lower mounting plate, a raised ring wall surrounds each through hole and extends towards the bottom of the housing. The laser lamp realizes air circulation between outside air and the interior of the housing, realizes rapid heat dispersion of the laser lamp to ensure the functionality of the laser lamp. Additionally, it prevents water entering the space where the circuit board is arranged, to avoid the influence on the internal circuits by water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Ningbo Huadian Envirotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bing Qin, Dejun Jiang, Meixing Cai
  • Patent number: 10060590
    Abstract: This invention is related to an improved light ring structure for vehicle lamp. An incident portion is extended and projected from one side of a light-guiding ring, and a V-shaped light-guiding portion connects the incident portion and the light-guiding ring. An optical structure is formed on an optical surface of the light-guiding ring, and several teeth are aligned on the optical surface. One side of each tooth is a vertical section which faces to the incident portion and the other side of that is an inclined section. The width of the teeth is increased gradually from the incident portion and the opposite of the incident portion to the two sides of the light-guiding ring, forming the widest tooth at the two sides of the light-guiding ring, and the height of the teeth is increased gradually from the incident portion, forming the highest tooth at the opposite of the incident portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Fu An Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jihn-Shiun Lee
  • Patent number: 10046693
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light guiding portion configured to be provided in at least one section of a vehicle body panel of a vehicle, and a light source arranged to input light into the light guiding portion such that the light is guided inside the light guiding portion. The light guiding portion has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is configured to face toward an inside of the vehicle and to serve as a light blocking surface to block the light. The outer surface is configured to face toward an outside of the vehicle and to serve as a light exiting surface from which the light is allowed to exit the light guiding portion. The vehicle body panel may be a vehicle rear panel having a resin molded portion, and the vehicle lamp may be provided integrally with the resin molded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hideaki Terai, Akira Moriyama, Mitsuhiko Nishijima, Koji Uchino
  • Patent number: 10030847
    Abstract: An optical diffuser for a light may comprise an optical body having a substantially flat base at one end thereof and a complex lens structure at the opposing end thereof. The complex lens may have a plurality of curved optical surfaces and may produce a beam of light having a non-uniform light intensity. The optical diffuser may be attached to a light by a holder, and the holder may be movable on the light to place the optical diffuser in front of alight source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Worman, Thomas D. Boris
  • Patent number: 10030852
    Abstract: A luminaire that includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a light diffuser having a planar surface facing the LEDs, and a reflector that surrounds a cavity formed between the light diffuser and the LEDs. Also disclosed is a light distribution system having a first plurality of lenses configured to convert incident light into a light distribution pattern and a second plurality of lenses configured to convert incident light into a different light distribution pattern. Further disclosed is a method of distributing light that involves emitting light towards a light diffuser, scattering a first portion of the light with the light diffuser, reflecting a second portion of the light with the light diffuser, reflecting the second portion of the light with a first reflective surface back towards the light diffuser, and scattering the second portion of the light with the light diffuser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KENALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brandon Stolte, Yanwai Mui
  • Patent number: 10030850
    Abstract: Today the use of false ceilings is decreasing as it involves too high an energy consumption. The tendency nowadays is to have bare concrete ceilings onto which luminaires are mounted, which often causes acoustical problems. The invention deals with these acoustical problems and relates to an illumination device (1) comprising a concave reflector (2) bordering, with an outer edge (3), on a light emission window (4). The reflector has a reflective surface (7) facing the light emission window. The illumination device further comprises lamp holding means (8) for accommodating a light source (9), and said lamp holding means being positioned in between the reflective surface and the light emission window. The illumination device is characterized in that the reflector is made of acoustically absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Antonius Petrus Marinus Dingemans, Marcus Jozef Van Bommel, Erik Paul Boonekamp
  • Patent number: 10030845
    Abstract: A backlight unit is discussed, which includes a frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom; at least one substrate located on the frame, and a plurality of light sources mount on the at least one substrate; and a reflecting sheet located on the at least one substrate, wherein the reflecting sheet includes: a first sheet part located on the bottom, the first sheet part including a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of the light sources; a second sheet part extended from the first sheet; and a third sheet part extended from the second sheet part and located on the sidewall; wherein the second sheet part comprises a plurality of dot areas positioned sequentially in a direction from the first sheet part to the third sheet part and the plurality of dot areas include a first dot area and a second dot area, the first dot area including a plurality of dots having the same size and the second dot area including a plurality of dots having the same size, and wherein a size of the pl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sewon Oh, Eunseok Kim
  • Patent number: 10032392
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light source part configured to emit a light and a reflective sheet disposed under the light source part. The light source part includes a first light source block including a plurality of light sources with first distances therebetween and a second light source block including a plurality of light sources with second distances therebetween. The first distances increase or decrease as the light sources of the first light source block are closer to an end portion of the first light source block than to a center portion of the first light source block, and the second distances increase as the light sources of the second light source block axe closer to an end portion of the second light source block than to a center portion of the second light source block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daehoon Song, Young-keun Lee, Juhwa Ha, Jin Seo, Juyoun Son, Sangheon Ye
  • Patent number: 10031278
    Abstract: A light source device and a display device capable of preventing a problem of torsion occurring in a back chassis due to an unevenness in a temperature distribution are provided. In a light source device including: a light guide plate that outputs light incident from one side face from one face; a light source that is arranged on the one side face side of the light guide plate; and a back chassis that has a bottom arranged to face the other face of the light guide plate, by forming a reflection film reflecting light incident from the light guide plate to the light guide plate in a heat absorption plate portion that is arranged between the light guide plate and the bottom of the back chassis and absorbs heat emitted from the light source, the heat absorption plate portion absorbs heat generated from the light source and achieves the role of a reflection sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuya Idei
  • Patent number: 10030853
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a light emitting diode (LED) screen that includes a mounting frame; a plurality of LED modules arranged at said mounting frame, said LED modules comprises a plurality of LED pixels arranged in an array, and a plurality of retention systems configured to securing at least one of said LED module to said mounting frame. At least one of said retention systems comprises a male part, a female part adapted to receive said male part and a retention spring, said retention spring is movable between a retaining position and a non-retaining position, where, in said retaining position, said retention spring is configured to engage said male part and to provide a retaining force to said male part, said retaining force presses said mounting frame and said LED module together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: MARTIN PROFESSIONAL APS.
    Inventor: Jesper Thaagaard Andreasen
  • Patent number: 10030841
    Abstract: A zoom spotlight has a reflector, a light source, a fixed lens, and a movable lens. The movable lens of the zoom spotlight can be moved and thereby adjusted in position relative to the fixed lens so that the zoom spotlight can output a broad beam, a collimated beam, or a beam ranging between the broad beam and the collimated beam, according to the user's needs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: JRF PHOTONICS TECH. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiu-Fen Wang, Xuan-Hao Lee, Che-Chu Lin
  • Patent number: 10032753
    Abstract: A flexible lighting array, comprising: a flexible substrate; a pair of first electrical connectors formed on the flexible substrate; a pair of second electrical connectors formed on the flexible substrate; an isolation element formed on the flexible substrate between the pair of first electrical connectors and the pair of second electrical connectors; a plurality of first light-emitting elements formed over the pair of first electrical connectors; one or more second light-emitting elements formed over the pair of second electrical connectors; and a transparent covering layer formed over the plurality of first light-emitting elements and the one or more second light-emitting elements, wherein, the plurality of first light-emitting elements are configured to emit visible light in a wavelength range of 200 nm to 800 nm, and the one or more second light-emitting elements are configured to emit infrared light in a wavelength range of 800 nm to 1200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Grote Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Scott J. Jones, Martin J. Marx, Timothy W. Brooks, Donald L. Gramlich, Jr., William L. Corwin, Stanley D. Robbins
  • Patent number: 10030830
    Abstract: A luminaire having a diffuser structure configured to adjust a shadow cast from one or more LED light sources such that the shadow cast has a gradated transition between an area of illumination and an area of shadow. Accordingly, diffuser teeth may be configured to cast a plurality of shadows from a plurality of LED light sources such that a complex overlap pattern of shadows from the plurality of LED light sources forms a shadow gradient between an area of illumination and an area in shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Focal Point, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Krotseng, Casey Chung
  • Patent number: 10032393
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for light diffusion and testing fixtures. The system includes remote derangement controls to test the operation of a battery backup system associated with a fixture. The light fixture may incorporate light diffusion features including back mounted light sources, channeled corners in a translucent material and/or pitted surfaces of a translucent material. The system may further include remote monitoring elements and/or sensors to evaluate proper operation of the light diffusion characteristics of a fixture during operation of the battery backup system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Architectural Safety Components, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Scott Wamble
  • Patent number: 10030822
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solar spectrum type LED type eye-protection flat lamp, comprising: a front diffusion panel, a front grating panel, a circuit board, a rear reflection and diffusion panel, a multicolor LED lamp bead group and an annular reflector. The front grating panel is snugly attached to the front diffusion panel and is arranged on a concave disk at the light-emitting side of the LED eye-protection flat lamp, and the front diffusion panel is arranged in front of the front grating panel; the rear reflection and diffusion panel is snugly attached to the circuit board and is arranged on a back-side concave disk of the LED eye-protection flat lamp, and the reflection and diffusion panel is arranged in front of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jinan Lin, Jinbiao Lin
  • Patent number: 10031272
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light source emitting a first color light, a light guide member, quantum dots, and a dichroic filter preventing the first color light from being leaked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Sul An, Donghoon Kim