Patents Examined by Glenn D. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11112069
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a base; a plurality of semiconductor laser elements disposed on the base and configured to emit light laterally from the plurality of semiconductor laser elements; a reflecting member disposed on the base and configured to reflect light from the semiconductor laser elements; a surrounding part disposed on the base and surrounding the semiconductor laser elements and the reflecting member; a wiring part disposed on the base so as to extend to a location outside of the surrounding part; a radiating body disposed on the surrounding part and having an opening; and a wavelength converting member that is located in the opening of the radiating body, the wavelength converting member being configured to convert a wavelength of light that is emitted from the plurality of semiconductor laser elements and reflected upward by the reflecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuma Kozuru, Shinichi Nagahama
  • Patent number: 11105490
    Abstract: A light management device comprising a protective light cap or cover is disclosed that provides for the blockage or allowance of designated wavelengths from being inadvertently being viewed by persons or being projected onto an external surface. The protective light cap or cover is pivotable connected to a lighting source to allow the cap to be positioned over the light source and moved away from the light source. The protective light cap is retained in an open position that allows the light source to be viewed, by one of a magnetic catch or a physical catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Designs for Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Samantha A. Silver, Matthew A. Kenyon, Matthew D. Siedman, Kenneth N. Braganca
  • Patent number: 11099430
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide panel and a backlight source, which emits light entering the light guide panel via a light receiving surface on a side of the light guide panel. The backlight source includes a base plate and a plurality of light source holders disposed on the base plate. The light source holder includes a circuit substrate having an opening and a base surface. The base surface and the opening are transitionally connected by a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Bin Luo, Chih-Chou Chou, Wei-Chia Huang, Zhi-Yi Liang
  • Patent number: 11089889
    Abstract: A self-illuminating artwork frame including a light source and a collimating lens to provide a uniform level of illumination across the entire surface of the artwork displayed in the artwork frame. The artwork frame is comprised of four members and each member has two thin openings running along the front face of the member. In a preferred embodiment the light source and the collimating lens are placed in the thin openings of two opposing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: John B. Schorsch
  • Patent number: 11067238
    Abstract: A flame simulating assembly is provided with a reflected flickering light that includes only one light source. Light from the light source passes though a rotating flicker element onto one or more reflectors, or mirrors, that reflect light up onto a simulated fuel bed and the some of the light is reflected off of the flicker elements towards a flame screen to create a simulated flame. The clipping flicker elements creates a fluttering light effect due to the flicker elements “intermittently dipping” into the light path. This fluctuating light is reflected onto the logs and ember bed in front and creates a dancing effect, which simulates glowing embers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: LIVING STYLE (B.V.I.) LIMITED
    Inventors: Willard Lassen, Paul Jones, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11067229
    Abstract: Disclosed is a LED strip for providing indirect light emission. The LED strip comprises a plurality of LEDs arranged on an upper surface, wherein the LED strip has an unfolded state and a folded state, the LED strip being substantially planar in the unfolded state. The LED strip comprises a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, the first and second side being parallel to a central longitudinal axis in the unfolded state. The LED strip in the folded state has a plurality of first loops comprising at least one opening and being provided with at least one of the plurality of LEDs, which is configured to emit light towards a reflective interior surface of the loop, whereby at least a portion of the light reflected from the reflective interior surface may exit the at least one opening of each loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Signify Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11060698
    Abstract: A light-emitting device package includes a light emitting device configured to emit light of a first main wavelength band within a visible light wavelength band; a first phosphor including a first core and a first shell, the first core including a fluorescent material capable of emitting light of a first wavelength band different from the first main wavelength band of the light emitted from the light emitting device, wherein the first shell eliminates light of a specific wavelength band or attenuates an intensity of light of the specific wavelength band from the light of the first wavelength band to emit light of a second main wavelength band within the visible light wavelength band; and a second phosphor including a second core, wherein the first core is heavier than the first shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JeYoung Moon, SangHo Han
  • Patent number: 11051968
    Abstract: A vaginal urinary funnel flashlight apparatus for allowing easy and accurate illuminated urination includes a funnel body having a cup shaped upper portion and a cylindrical lower portion. The upper portion has a principal opening configured to surround a female genital region. A light sleeve is coupled to the dorsal side of the lower portion. The light sleeve has a proximal end, a distal end adjacent a release aperture of the lower portion, and a light cavity extending through the distal end to proximal the proximal end. A flashlight is slidingly engageable within the light cavity and comprises a flashlight body, a battery, an LED light, and a power switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Erik Cain
  • Patent number: 11054120
    Abstract: A battery powered lighting device is configured to be releasably attached to a lift bucket having sidewalls and an upper lip extending from uppermost portions of the sidewalls. The lighting device includes a main housing, a securing member that cooperates with the main housing to secure the device to an aerial work platform, a main light mounted to the main housing and located to illuminate areas outside of the lift bucket, and an interior light located to illuminate an interior of the lift bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Klein Tools, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Gable, Kozeta C. Topchian, Eric Salinas, Scott M. Hargis, John H. Kargenian
  • Patent number: 11046455
    Abstract: A light assembly includes a base, an annular reflector, and a retainer. The base includes one or more light sources mounted thereto. The annular reflector comprises a first radially outward surface and a first radially inward surface. The annular reflector also defines a central longitudinal axis, with the first radially outward surface including a reflective surface. The retainer is coupled to the base and comprises a second radially outward surface. The second radially outward surface of the retainer seats against the first radially inward surface of the annular reflector to retain the annular reflector in a desired position relative to the light source mounted to the base, according to various embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventor: Van Phifer
  • Patent number: 11029084
    Abstract: An LED lighting array system includes discrete lighting modules spatially arrayed along a support member to provide illumination of items within a display case. The modules have a low overall height that results in them being mounted in a low-profile configuration at various locations along the support member. The modules include a housing with opposed first and second sets of side apertures, a plurality of internal reflecting surfaces associated with the apertures, respectively, an external lens, a multi-sided light engine and a group of side-emitting LEDs. During operation, a first portion of light generated by the side-emitting LEDs is discharged through apertures and the lens into the cooler to illuminate contents therein, while a second portion of light generated by the side-emitting LEDs is redirected by the reflecting surface through said apertures and the lens into the cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ElectraLED, Inc.
    Inventors: James Thomas, Vladimir Volochine
  • Patent number: 11022744
    Abstract: A multilayer polymeric film includes a top layer comprising poly(methyl methacrylate); a bottom layer comprising a bottom layer composition comprising poly(methyl methacrylate), polycarbonate, copolymers thereof, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, wherein a glass transition temperature of the bottom layer composition is less than or equal to 140° C.; and an inner layer disposed between an inside surface of the top layer and an inside surface of the bottom layer, wherein the inner layer comprises polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Adel Fawzy Bastawros, Yuan Zhou, Wei Feng, Chuntao Tang
  • Patent number: 11022256
    Abstract: An LED lamp, comprising a base; a lamp envelope coupled to the base; a support module accommodated in the lamp envelope, a first inner cavity being formed between the support module and the lamp envelope, the first inner cavity containing therein a first gas medium; a driver module accommodated in the first inner cavity and coupled to the support module; and an LED inner vessel accommodated in the first inner cavity and coupled to at least one of the support module and the driver module, a sealed second inner cavity being formed within the LED inner vessel, and the second inner cavity containing therein a second gas medium and an LED light source module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Savant Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xiaojun Ren, Kun Xiao, Yimin Zhu, Zhifeng Bao
  • Patent number: 11007928
    Abstract: An auxiliary spare tire brake light is provided for a vehicle having a spare tire with a rim that has spokes and openings and that is secured on lugs at the back of the vehicle. The auxiliary spare tire brake light includes a support disc having a central portion and a peripheral portion. An array of openings is formed in the central portion of the support disc and the openings are positioned to fit over the lugs at the back of the vehicle for positioning the support on the lugs behind the rim of the spare tire. An annular race extends around the peripheral portion of the support and a plurality of lights in the form of LEDs is disposed in the race. The LEDs are arrayed in a closely spaced substantially continuous array around the support to form a ring of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: OMIX-ADA, INC.
    Inventor: Patrick W. Bennett
  • Patent number: 11008508
    Abstract: Described are luminescent components with excellent performance and stability. The luminescent components comprise a first element including first luminescent crystals from the class of perovskite crystals, embedded a first polymer P1 and a second element comprising a second solid polymer composition, said second polymer composition optionally comprising second luminescent crystals embedded in a second polymer P2. Polymers P1 and P2 differ and are further specified in the claims. Also described are methods for manufacturing such components and devices comprising such components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: AVANTAMA AG
    Inventors: Norman Albert Lüchinger, Lin Fangjian, Tom Mitchell-Williams, Stefan Loher
  • Patent number: 10982840
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprising a base, a rod-shaped heat sink element extending from the base along a longitudinal axis of the light emitting device, the rod-shaped heat sink element comprising N sides. The N sides comprise at least one top side which in an assembled condition of the light emitting device faces away from an exit window of the light emitting device, at least one bottom side which in an assembled condition of the light emitting device faces towards an exit window of the light emitting device, and at least two mutually opposite sides extending between said at least one top side and said at least one bottom side. The N sides comprise M LED arrays, each comprising a plurality of LEDs, each LED of the plurality of LEDs comprising a respective light output surface arranged facing in a main direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Anna Wilhelmina Maria Wondergem-De Best
  • Patent number: 10983333
    Abstract: A light source device includes a phosphor wheel, a light source, a color separating-and-mixing element, and a light-guide optics. The phosphor wheel includes a base plate having a first light passage area and a second light passage area as a pair of light passage areas being annularly and point symmetrically arranged with respect to a center of the base plate, a phosphor area annularly formed on the base plate, and a motor that rotates the base plate. The color separating-and-mixing element disposed between the light source and the phosphor wheel changes a direction of traveling of fluorescence created as a result of light having being incident on the phosphor area and been converted in wavelength. The light-guide optics is provided to cause light from the light source to travel through the first light passage area, then through the second light passage area, and finally enter into the color separating-and-mixing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10976042
    Abstract: A power adapter for LED module lighting systems has an orifice for receiving and maintaining an LED modular lighting stick inserted with the orifice, a female electrical receptacle for receiving an electrical plug extending from the LED modular lighting stick, and openings for electrical plugs which are connected to an electrical power supply board. In this manner, high voltage electrical power from the power supply board is converted to lower voltage electrical power to the LED modular lighting stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Sikai Chen
  • Patent number: 10980121
    Abstract: On a flexible substrate is printed LEDs and a driver circuit containing transistors. The LEDs and transistors are printed microscopic devices contained in an ink. The LEDs are printed in groups and connected in parallel, and the transistors are printed in groups and connected in parallel. Other components, such as resistors and an on/off switch, are also printed to form the driver. A battery and other circuit components may also be printed on the substrate. An overlay is provided over the LEDs to create a desired light pattern. The LEDs and driver may be generic, and the overlay customizes the light pattern for a particular application. The transistors in the driver may be interconnected with a trace pattern to drive the LEDs in a customized manner, such as for an insert in a product package for marketing to a consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NTHDEGREE TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Ray, Richard Blanchard, Shawn Barber, David Moffenbeier
  • Patent number: 10971882
    Abstract: A light source module includes a light source configured to emit a first light beam, a first optical element having a first surface on which the first light beam is incident along a first direction, the first surface including a first region on which at least a portion of the first light beam is incident, and a second surface from which the first light beam is emitted, and a second optical element on which the first light beam having emitted from the first optical element is incident. The first light beam has a first width along a second direction and a second width along a third direction. The first width is greater than the second width. The first region has a protruding shape in a first cutting plane including the first and second directions, and has a recessed shape in a second cutting plane including the first and third directions. The second surface has a protruding shape in the first and second cutting planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Aruga