Patents Examined by Erin Kryukova
  • Patent number: 11602032
    Abstract: A showerhead includes a plurality of water outlets for providing a flow of water. The showerhead includes one or more lighting elements and a light driver communicably coupled to the one or more lighting elements. The light driver is configured to control at least a subset of the lighting elements to output light based on various conditions corresponding to the showerhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KOHLER CO.
    Inventors: Brandon H. Miller, Connor McManus, Brian M. Kaule
  • Patent number: 11585508
    Abstract: A primary optic for a headlamp of a motor vehicle is provided. The primary optic is a multi-component injection molding comprising at least two injection molded photometrical components coupled to each other, whereby the at least two photometrical components are arranged to consecutively receive light emitted by a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Giuseppe Mattina, Sebastian Scholz, Bernd Losch
  • Patent number: 11572986
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a plurality of light sources configured to be disposed on a substrate; a light diffusion member configured to commonly cover the plurality of light sources; and a plurality of wavelength conversion members configured to be disposed between the light sources and the light diffusion member in a thickness direction and disposed in regions corresponding to the plurality of light sources in a plane, respectively, and configured to convert light with a first wavelength from the light sources into light with a second wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Shingo Ohkawa
  • Patent number: 11567365
    Abstract: A light flux controlling member includes a plurality of incident units and an emission unit. The incident unit includes an incidence surface and a reflection surface. At least a part of a side surface of the light flux controlling member is configured such that ?2 is smaller than ?1, where L is a line connecting a gravity center G1 of the light flux controlling member and a center G2 of the reflection surface, L1 is a line connecting a center P1 of a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element and a point P2 on the side surface where light emitted from the center P1, L2 is a line along light emitted from the point P2 to outside, ?1 is an angle between L and L1, and ?2 is an angle between L2 and a line L? that is parallel to L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11566765
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided, comprising a spatially extended light source with a light-emitting surface greater than 0.5 mm2 and also an aspherical TIR lens, which is configured to collimate light from the spatially extended light source, and a refractive diffuser configured to generate a lighting distribution on the basis of the collimated light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Cumme, Arnaud Deparnay, Roman Kleindienst
  • Patent number: 11566776
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a frame at a rear of the display panel, the frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom; a substrate on the frame; a light source mounted on the substrate; a lens mounted on the light source in which the lens includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface connected with the upper surface and the lower surface; a reflecting layer between the substrate and the lens; and a plurality of dots formed on a top surface of the reflecting layer. Further, the lower surface of the lens includes a groove in which the light source is inserted, and the plurality of dots is arranged around the light source and only in an area under the lens between the side surface and the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sewon Oh, Eunseok Kim
  • Patent number: 11560081
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle accessory grill comprising a plurality of edge protrusions, a front surface, a rear surface, a plurality of air apertures, and a plurality of lighting apertures. The grill also comprises a lighting system which may comprise a control module and a plurality of lamps. The plurality of lamps may include a plurality of high beam lamps, a plurality of low beam lamps, a plurality of daytime running lamps, and a plurality of turn lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: AAC Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Justin Hartenstein
  • Patent number: 11553809
    Abstract: A light-up beverage container or drinking vessel has a double wall construction made up of an inner container and an outer container, the inner container having a frustoconical, straight-walled shape and the outer container having a curved sidewall when viewed from the side. In order to achieve an attractive illuminated appearance, the curved outer sidewall of the preferred drinking vessel includes facets or prism structures formed in and extending around a circumference of the curved sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Lorraine Melody Hsu
  • Patent number: 11550092
    Abstract: An apparatus for concentrating light from a light source includes a plurality of fibers that are substantially parallel with one another. Each fiber includes a light-receiving end and a light-transmitting end. The light-receiving end is configured to receive the light from the light source. The light-transmitting end is configured to transmit the light from the fiber. The light-receiving ends the fibers extend different distances from a plane that is perpendicular with respect the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Sijo Varghese, Jeffrey H. Hunt
  • Patent number: 11543100
    Abstract: A lens, a light source module and a lighting device are provided. The lens includes a lens body and at least two positioning columns. An inner end of the positioning column is connected with the lens body, and an outer end is a free end. A direction from the outer end to the inner end of the positioning column is a first direction. The positioning column includes at least three positioning segments which are sequentially distributed in the first direction. A plane perpendicular to an axis of the positioning segment is a projection plane, and a projection of the positioning segment on the projection plane is a first projection, an area enclosed by an outer contour line of the first projection is a first area, and the first areas of at least three positioning segments are sequentially increased in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Yan, Zicai Ma
  • Patent number: 11543118
    Abstract: The invention discloses an iridescent intelligent bathroom mirror, including a glass substrate, a control module, and a lamp strip module, wherein a front face of the glass substrate is provided with a reflecting area and a light emitting area, and a back face of the glass substrate is provided with a coaxial connecting frame; a periphery of an outside surface of the connecting frame is provided with a mounting groove; the lamp strip module includes an inner lamp strip and an RGB outer lamp strip; the inner lamp strip is arranged on the back face of the glass substrate; and the RGB outer lamp strip is arranged in the mounting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN CHENGJIANG GLASS CRAFT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weijiang Zhan
  • Patent number: 11537006
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical film structure, which comprises a base layer, a plurality of optical layers, and a prism layer. A first optical structure is disposed below the base layer such that the first optical structure can concentrate and alter an incident light source. By using the structure of the plurality of optical layers, the ineffective polarized light of the light source can be converted into effective polarized light. Furthermore, the first optical structure adjusts a focal point of the incident light source and thus increasing the luminous flux and brightness of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Probright Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Pi Ta Huang, Po Yin Kuo
  • Patent number: 11536435
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light homogenizing film, a backlight module and a display device. The light homogenizing film includes a substrate film layer on which a plurality of light homogenizing structures are arranged in an array. The light homogenizing structure includes: a first recess in a regular pyramid shape positioned on a light incident surface of the substrate film layer, and a second recess in a regular pyramid shape positioned on a light emitting surface of the substrate film layer. On a plane where a main body of the substrate film layer is located, an orthographic projection of the second recess completely covers an orthographic projection of the first recess, and the orthographic projections of the first and second recesses are regular polygons which have overlapped centers, the same number of sides and the same orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liangliang Jin, Zezhou Yang, Shubai Zhang, Ruoyu Ma, Jian Sang
  • Patent number: 11530811
    Abstract: A light-emitting chair leg frame includes a base, a strip light, a light guide material layer, and a power supply assembly. At least one groove is disposed on the base. The strip light is disposed in the groove on the base. The light guide material layer covers the strip light. Light is refracted through the light guide material layer to form soft light. The power supply assembly is connected to the strip light. The strip light is covered through the light guide material layer, such that light is refracted in the light guide material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DAKANG HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rujia Mao, Xiaoyu He, Guofei Yuan, Haitao Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11525557
    Abstract: A downlight apparatus has a rotatable base, a light module and a front cover. The light is rotatable in a spherical rotating space defined by the rotatable base. There is a stop structure for keeping the light module staying at rotating angle with respect to the rotatable base when there is no external force applying on the light module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Shouqiang Hou, Yongzhe Dong, Xiaoliang Wen, Zhenyu Tang, Zhehan Yang
  • Patent number: 11519596
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an illuminating landscape edging strip having an elongated edging substrate. Contained within the edging substrate are a heat sink disposed in a first slot along a long dimension of the edging substrate, a lighting strip disposed in a first channel along the long dimension of the edging substrate, and a lens disposed in a second slot along the long dimension of the edging substrate. The lighting strip abuts against and is thermally conductive to the heat sink. The lens is closely spaced apart from a light emitting surface on the lighting strip. The lens and the second slot open into light-emitting channel on a front face of the edging substrate. The upper edge of the light-emitting channel includes a bevel that increases the angle of light exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Peter Altena, Harry John Altena, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11513392
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenyue Luo, Morteza Amoorezaei, Qingbing Wang, Chenhua You, Meizi Jiao, Chungjae Lee, Joshua A. Spechler, Xinyu Zhu, Mingxia Gu, Jun Qi, Eric L. Benson, Victor H. Yin
  • Patent number: 11506358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element (1), an optical module and a vehicle. The optical element (1) comprises: a light incident section (10) for receiving light directly from a light source; a light exit section (30) having a focal plane (P); and a third section (20) that directs light from the light incident section (10) toward the light exit section (30) in a predetermined manner to generate a predetermined low beam distribution or high beam distribution, where the optical element (1) is implemented integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Fei Chen, Brant Potter, Lu Bai, John Orisich, Ambroise Servantie, Rong Zhou, Lei Fan
  • Patent number: 11500245
    Abstract: The present application discloses a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions arranged adjacently; the backlight module includes a substrate, including a light-transmitting region, in which the light-transmitting region is at least partially located in the second regions; a plurality of first light-emitting elements, arranged at a side of the substrate, in which the first light-emitting elements are located in the first regions, and the first light-emitting elements emit light along a direction perpendicular to a plane where the substrate is located; a light-guiding plate, arranged at a side of the substrate away from the first light-emitting elements, in which the light-guiding plate includes a plurality of light-supplementing portions located in the second regions; and at least one second light-emitting element, arranged at a side face of the light-guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Zhu, Yaozuo Ke
  • Patent number: 11493101
    Abstract: A brake dust particle filter for a disc brake assembly of a vehicle has at least one housing structure engaging across a brake disc and/or a brake caliper of the disc brake assembly at least in sections in a mounted state of the brake dust particle filter at the disc brake assembly. The brake dust particle filter is designed to catch particles generated during braking. At least one light source, especially an LED light source, is provided at the brake dust particle filter. A lighting housing part is provided that is to be attached to the housing structure. A vehicle is provided with such a brake dust particle filter provided with a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Kuemmerling, Thomas Jessberger, Lukas Bock, Ferdinand Pflugfelder, Gunnar Blanck