Patents Examined by Evan P Dzierzynski
  • Patent number: 12197071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting apparatus using LEDs as light sources and a display using the lighting apparatus, particularly, the present invention provides a lighting apparatus including: a plurality of light sources located on a printed circuit board; and a reflecting unit provided on the printed circuit board; and a spaced area provided inside the reflective unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Ho Park, Chul Hong Kim, Moo Ryong Park, Byoung Eon Lee
  • Patent number: 12196387
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lighting device of a rear-view device adapted to be used with a vehicle comprising: at least two light sources arranged to emit light beams, wherein the at least two light sources comprise a first light source and a second light source, and the light beams comprise a first beam of light, in particular of a first color, and a second beam of light, in particular of a second color different from the first color; at least two lightguides, wherein the at least two lightguides comprises a first lightguide and a second lightguide; a housing, wherein the housing comprises an upper portion, a lower portion and a supporting element for, in particular detachably, supporting the at least two light sources and/or the at least two light guides; at least one reflective element, wherein the at least one reflective element is arranged to reflect at least a part of the light beams from one of the at least two light sources and is supported by the supporting element; a transparent lens arranged at le
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Stefanie Göttlicher, Dominik Ernewein, Oliver Schmidt, Alf Liesener
  • Patent number: 12196411
    Abstract: A light source device 10 includes a laser diode 12 configured to emit laser light LDb, a fluorescent body 18 configured to generate primary fluorescence FL1 from the laser light LDb, a notch filter 38 configured to generate secondary fluorescence FL2 from the primary fluorescence FL1, an LED 30 configured to emit LED light LEb, and a dichroic mirror 40 configured to combine the secondary fluorescence FL2 and the LED light LEb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Nishiyama, Kenji Nagashima
  • Patent number: 12196410
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device including a light guide plate, a plurality of LEDs, a prism sheet disposed on a side toward the upper surface of the light guide plate, and a reflective sheet disposed on a side toward the lower surface of the light guide plate. The plurality of LEDs are arrayed on a side surface corresponding to a first side of the light guide plate in a first direction along the first side. The prism sheet includes a first prism array that is formed on a surface facing the light guide plate. The first prism array includes prisms that are extended in the first direction and arrayed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The upper surface of the light guide plate and the prism sheet sandwich a diffusion sheet therebetween. The diffusion sheet has a haze value between 30% and 65% when measured in compliance with JIS K7361. The prisms on the first prism array have an apex angle between 55 degrees and 66 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Okada, Makoto Hasegawa, Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12196450
    Abstract: An optical arrangement for disinfection in apparatuses operating with air or a liquid comprises at least one radiation source or at least one group of radiation sources, which emits or jointly emit radiation in the ultraviolet wavelength range, at least one beam collecting optical unit, which collects the radiation emitted by the radiation source or the group of radiation sources, a number of beam delivering optical units, each configured to receive the radiation collected by the at least one beam collecting optical unit, and also a number of effect zones spatially separated from one another, into which the radiation delivered via the beam delivering optical units is emitted in order to bring about a disinfecting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hartwig, Norbert Magg
  • Patent number: 12196402
    Abstract: A lamp body, a table lamp, and a stake lamp are provided. The lamp body includes a lampshade, a light-emitting body, a terminal connecting base, a terminal connector, and a wire. The lampshade defines an opening. The light-emitting body is placed in the lampshade through the opening. A plug is disposed on one end of the light-emitting body. The terminal connecting base is detachably connected to the opening. The terminal connector is matched with the plug. One end of the terminal connector is screwed with a first end of the terminal connecting base. The wire passes through a second end of the terminal connecting base and is electrically connected to the terminal connector, the plug is plugged into the terminal connector. Not only a height of the light-emitting body after plugging is adjusted by rotating the terminal connector, but also rigid support of the light-emitting body is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: JIANGMEN CITY SHENGDA LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojun Xu, Haiyan Xu, Caiju Sun
  • Patent number: 12189168
    Abstract: A backlight scattering element, multiview display, and method of backlight scattering element operation employ a high-index light guide layer in conjunction with a light guide and diffraction grating to provide emitted light. The backlight scattering element includes a light guide that guides light as guided light and a high-index light guide layer optically connected to the light guide and configured to extend a thickness of the light guide. The backlight scattering element also includes a diffraction grating adjacent to the high-index light guide layer to diffractively scatter out a portion of the guided light as emitted light. The multiview display includes a light guide having a first layer and a second layer, a refractive index of the second layer being greater than a refractive index of the first layer. The multiview display may modulate diffractively scattered out directional light beams to provide a multiview image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: LEAI INC.
    Inventors: David A. Fattal, Ming Ma, Joseph D. Lowney
  • Patent number: 12188634
    Abstract: The flashlight with illuminating dome member is intended for use as a flashlight. The flashlight with illuminating dome member generates an illumination with an adjustable field of illumination. By adjustable field of illumination is meant that the flashlight with illuminating dome member generates a field of illumination selected from the group consisting of: a) an omnidirectional field of illumination (such as area lighting); and, b) a directed field of illumination formed from a collimation of the generated illumination. The flashlight with illuminating dome member incorporates a housing structure and a lamp circuit. The housing structure contains the lamp circuit. The housing structure adjusts the field of illumination generated by the lamp circuit. The lamp circuit is an electric circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Walter Griffin
  • Patent number: 12188633
    Abstract: The present utility model discloses a wall lamp, including a wall lamp housing and a wall lamp rear cover, both provided with a hollow cavity. The wall lamp housing is provided therein with an LED light source board and a forward-inclining mounting frame. The present utility model has designed a part in the wall lamp that can meet the needs of switching between full cutoff light and semi-cutoff light. When full cutoff light is required, the LED light source board is adjusted to a horizontal state and is fixed, and it can be used as a full cutoff light lamp. When the LED light source board is at 15° or other angle, it can be used as a semi-cutoff light lamp, which can be adjusted according to a user's needs. At the same time, the light output range can also be adjusted when adjusting the angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: RZ Lighting Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Qiang Guan, Jinhua Xie, Jiannong Chen, Jinwen Chen, Zonghui Wang
  • Patent number: 12187180
    Abstract: A leaning vehicle or a straddled vehicle, including a vehicle body, a light source unit, a light using device, an optical fiber cable, an electrical power supply unit, a plurality of electrical units, and an electrical cable. The vehicle body includes a seat and a body cover. The optical fiber cable has a supported portion disposed along, and supported by, a trunk portion of the electrical cable, and an upstream portion connecting the light source unit and the supported portion without being supported by the trunk portion. The supported portion and the upstream portion are partially disposed within an in-body covered region, which is at least one of a region closer to a vehicle center than an outermost surface of the body cover is, or a region positioned further in a downward direction than an uppermost portion of the seat is, both being invisible from an outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Inoue, Atsushi Kamo, Hiroaki Kurita, Yoko Takagi
  • Patent number: 12188643
    Abstract: A including a, an extendible neck assembly, a light member assembly and a motion sensor. The base member assembly includes a fixture base. The base can be attached to a predetermined surface. The extendible neck assembly connects the light member assembly and the base member assembly. The light member assembly includes at least one light. The extendible neck assembly is operated to modify the position of at least one light. The motion sensor detects motion to selectively turn on said at least one light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Inventor: Bernard Dillard
  • Patent number: 12187181
    Abstract: A vehicle having: a vehicle body; a plurality of light-emitting parts; a light source configured to output a laser beam to the light-emitting parts; a fiber optic cable that constitutes a part of a laser beam path, the fiber optic cable having a most upstream branch portion; a single shared laser driver board controlling laser beam source elements in the single light source; and at least one laser light-emission-manner converter, each disposed in, or downstream of, the most upstream branch portion, to thereby cause each light-emitting part downstream from said each light-emission-manner converter to change a light-emission manner thereof. The laser light-emission-manner converter and/or the single shared laser driver board are at least partially disposed in an in-body covered region, which is disposed further downward than, and in a plan view of the vehicle overlaps, any of a fuel tank, a dummy tank, a foot board, and a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Inoue, Atsushi Kamo, Kenichi Muramatsu, Yoko Takagi
  • Patent number: 12181704
    Abstract: A light bar module includes an outer light guide member, an inner light guide member, and a circuit board. The outer light guide member is provided with a first accommodating space and a light-emitting surface on two sides respectively. The inner light guide member is provided with a second accommodating space, and the inner light guide member is accommodated in the first accommodating space. The circuit board is provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements, and each of the light-emitting elements is accommodated in the second accommodating space and is configured to emit light from the light-emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Wei Chang, Chun-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 12181745
    Abstract: A light source device comprises a diffuser plate and a light source module disposed behind the diffuser plate. The light source module includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diodes mounted on the substrate, and a plurality of reflective layers each provided on a front surface of the plurality of light emitting diodes. When a distance between the centers of each of the plurality of light emitting diodes is referred to as a pitch, and a distance between the diffuser plate and the substrate is referred to as an optical distance, a ratio of the pitch to the optical distance satisfies the following expression: 2.5?pitch/optical distance?4.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunsoon Park, Sungyeol Kim, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12173865
    Abstract: A downlight assembly that is selectively tiltable to direct a light source thereof at an angle relative to a housing of the downlight assembly. A threaded rod is rotatably coupled to the housing and extends vertically upwards therefrom. A fastener is threadedly coupled to the threaded rod and inserts into an arcuate slot of a plate pivotably coupled to the housing. The light source is mounted to the plate. Rotation of the threaded rod causes the fastener to move up and down the threaded rod and along the arcuate slot, in turn tilting the plate and the light source relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: LIGHTHEADED LIGHTING LTD.
    Inventors: Norm David, Igor Sanabio, Russ Jensen
  • Patent number: 12173868
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ground-inserted lamp string, which relates to the technical field of lamp strings. The ground-inserted lamp string achieves detachable assembling between the lampshade and the lamp holder through rotatable clamping between the ground insertion assembly and the lampshade, so that users can quickly change different lampshades according to different needs, thus improving the diversity and universality of the ground-inserted lamp string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Guangdong Lianrun Intelligent Technology
    Inventor: Kunpeng Chen
  • Patent number: 12169061
    Abstract: Provided is a lamp unit, a connector, and a lamp system having the lamp unit that includes a lamp panel, a connector having a rotating shaft, and a first connection portion and a second connection portion each being sleeved on the rotating shaft in a hinge form and being rotatable relative to each other around the rotating shaft, and connection ports detachably snap-fitted with one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion. The relative angle between the first connection portion and the second connection portion can be adjusted after the lamp units are connected in a three-dimensional manner via the connectors. In addition, one of the first connection portion and the second connection portion of each connector is detachably snap-fitted with a connection port of each lamp unit, which can make the connection between the lamp units more secure while ensuring convenient assembly and disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Fangru Tang, Aijun Wang, Zhiyong Wang, Hongbin Xu, Yang Lu
  • Patent number: 12169064
    Abstract: A light transmissive substrate for transforming a Lambertian light distribution into a batwing light distribution. The light transmissive substrate includes a first surface comprising a plurality of microstructures, and a second surface on a side of the substrate opposite the first surface. The substrate is configured to receive light in a Lambertian distribution from a light source at the first surface and transform the light into a batwing distribution exiting the second surface. The batwing distribution having a peak intensity at about ±30° to about ±60° from X and Y axes, and a minimum intensity at nadir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Brightview Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bing Shen, Ken G. Purchase, Thomas A. Rinehart, John W. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12162141
    Abstract: Robot charging dock includes a charge connector configured to mate with a charging port of a mobile robot. There is a charge connector frame having a front surface on which the charge connector is mounted. The front surface has a first side edge and a second side edge. There is a front cover disposed over the charge connector frame which has an aperture through which the charge connector protrudes. At least a portion of the front cover is spaced from the front surface of the charge connector frame, defining an internal region. There is an opening to the internal region formed along at least a portion of a perimeter of the aperture and there is a light source disposed in the internal region. The light source is directed toward the opening to allow the light source to illuminate charge connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Locus Robotics Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Sussman, Seth Edwards Allen, Brad Edward Fiore, Hian Kai Kwa, Keegan Burgess Smith, Rafael Gregorio Chavez, Changchun Li, Scott Matthew Rydbeck
  • Patent number: 12163643
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing, a door assembly, and a lighting assembly. The housing can have a top wall, sidewalls, and a bottom opening. The housing can further define a plenum chamber between the top wall, the sidewalls, and the bottom opening. The door assembly can be removably attached to the housing adjacent the bottom opening. The lighting assembly can include at least one lighting module carried by the door assembly inside of the plenum chamber such that when the door assembly is detached from the housing, the lighting assembly can be at least partially removed from the plenum chamber. The door assembly can include a door frame and an optical arrangement carried by the door frame. The optical arrangement can be configured to allow light generated by the lighting assembly to be emitted from the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KENALL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kevin Dahlen, Joseph Kempel, Brandon Stolte