Patents Examined by Glenn D. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10557609
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light projection device. The light projection device includes a heat dissipation unit, a thermal conducting interface unit, a holding unit, a reflecting unit, a luminous unit, and a lens unit. The thermal conducting interface unit is disposed on the heat dissipation unit and includes a first surface and a second surface. The holding unit is disposed on the heat dissipation unit. The reflecting unit is disposed on the holding unit. The luminous unit includes a first luminous structure disposed on the first surface. The lens unit is disposed on the holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: CHIAN YIH OPTOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Wang, Jyun-Lin Lai
  • Patent number: 10551012
    Abstract: A wrist-worn flashlight can include a lighting unit attached to a wrist band for allowing a user to wear the device on the wrist and a remote control that attaches to a finger of the user for allowing the user to control the light unit by finger. The remote control may allow the user to power the lighting unit on/off and/or switch between multiple lighting modes. The wrist-worn flashlight can enable a user to operate and toggle between modes using the user's fingertips. The flashlight can illuminate a target and free both hands of the user to work on the target. Moreover, the flashlight can allow the user to directionally train the beam on the target as desired and control the beam without diverting it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Inventor: Jerome Otto Schorr, III
  • Patent number: 10551033
    Abstract: A light-emitting device package and an electronic apparatus are discussed. The light light-emitting device package according to an embodiment includes a light emitting device configured to emit light of a first main wavelength band within a visible light wavelength band; and 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. 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. The light light-emitting device package further includes a second phosphor including a second core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JeYoung Moon, SangHo Han
  • Patent number: 10539310
    Abstract: A lighting device including a light emitting diode (LED) luminaire assembly and a bracket body. The bracket body includes at least one arm configured to support the LED luminaire assembly, and a cavity configured to receive a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Nolan, Joseph Casper, Joseph Witkowski, Jonathan Hull
  • Patent number: 10527272
    Abstract: An adapter for mounting a luminaire to a track of a track lighting system includes a main body and a head having axes that are angled with respect to each other. The head is configured to be insertable into the track and rotatable to align the adapter body with the track ant to make electrical contact with conductors within the track. The rotation required is less than 70 degrees, and may be as little as 13 degrees or less, enabling installation of track lighting near obstructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Layne, James G. Brand
  • Patent number: 10522781
    Abstract: An electroluminescence device and a display device including an electroluminescence device are provided. The electroluminescence device includes an anode including silver, wherein at least a portion of the anode substantially extends in a horizontal direction; a first layer provided over the anode; an organic layer including a luminescent layer; a cathode provided over the organic layer; and an insulating layer provided over an end portion of the anode and an end portion of the first layer, wherein at least a portion of the cathode substantially extends in the horizontal direction in a light emission region, wherein a surface of the insulating layer has a curved portion, and wherein at least a portion of the cathode within a region of the insulating layer above the curved portion extends along a first angled upward direction between the horizontal direction and the thickness direction of the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Hanawa, Jiro Yamada, Takashi Hirano
  • Patent number: 10520177
    Abstract: A mounting adaptor for an electric light fixture to be mounted on a surface. The mounting adaptor comprising: a base and a joining member each having an interfacing face and an electrical interface, one of the base and the joining member comprising on its interfacing face a groove, the other one of the base and the joining member comprising on its interfacing face a lip adapted to cooperate with the groove thereby providing a capability to assemble releasably the joining member with the base; a locking mechanism adapted to lock the base and the joining member in a mounted position relatively to each other; the base comprising a mounting element adapted to mount the base to the surface; and the joining member comprising a joint element adapted to mount the electric light fixture to the joining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: LES PRODUITS SUNFORCE INC.
    Inventors: Simon Bailey, Michael Dahan, Leslie Wexelman
  • Patent number: 10502394
    Abstract: A display device includes board with a display region, and a light source that emits an illumination light having a polarization direction along a direction of a first absorption axis or a direction of a second absorption axis perpendicular to the first absorption axis. The display region includes a first region including a region polarization-microfabricated in the direction of the first absorption axis, a second absorption axis, and a third region that transmits the light. Only the first region and the third region are displayed on the display board by emitting the light having a polarization direction along the direction of the second absorption axis. Only the second region and the third region are displayed on the display board by the emitting the light having a polarization direction along the direction of the first absorption axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10502892
    Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a back plate; at least one positioning mechanism is disposed inside the bottom plate of the back plate, each positioning mechanism includes at least one positioning stud, each positioning stud includes a main body and a flexible sleeve wrapping the main body. The backlight module further includes a light guide plate; a groove matched with at least one positioning mechanism is provided on the light guide plate, an inner wall of the groove is in contact with the flexible sleeve of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongda Ma, Xinyin Wu, Yong Qiao
  • Patent number: 10480775
    Abstract: In order to provide a light emitting decoration, a method for laying a light emitting decoration, a laying object, and a method for forming a light emitting design, each which provides a light emitting design having excellent visibility with less light emission source and energy consumed, the light emitting decoration includes: a woven fabric having a side emission optical fiber woven in a line shape over one end side and the other end side, and the woven fabric is visually recognized in a state where the other end side is located on the front side and the one end side is located on the back side; and a light source which introduces light to advance from the one end side toward the other end side in the optical fiber. The laying object includes the light emitting decoration laid thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takamasa Yamada
  • Patent number: 10480756
    Abstract: A focusable lighting system is provided, comprising a base body, a first light source light source, a cover body, second light sources, convex lenses, and focus controllers. The first light source is disposed on the front surface portion of the base body. The cover body has a front opening portion connected to an inside of the cover body, a rear cover portion, top and bottom edge portions provided between the front opening portion and the rear cover portion, and two side portions. Each focus controller is installed on each convex lens in the inner space portion of the cover body and configured for controlling a distance between the corresponding second light source and convex lens and providing a light beam ranging from a directional narrow focused spot light to a wide spreading flood light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kwang J. Oh, Heidi Oh, Loren Oh, Austin Oh
  • Patent number: 10465896
    Abstract: An LED linkable light system including LED light assemblies having LED light fixtures which are linkable together to enable linked individual LED lights to be turned on or off individually or together. Any number of LED linkable light fixtures can be linked together, and electricity is provided by a power cord being linked to one of the linked LED light fixtures and to a power source. The LED lamps are preferably LED shop lights or LED strip lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: ETi Solid State Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Gary Van Winkle
  • Patent number: 10465890
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a main body and a lamp body assembly arranged on an upper portion of the main body. A automatic telescopic mechanism assembly connecting the main body and the lamp body assembly is arranged between the main body and the lamp body assembly to change a height of the lamp body assembly. A controller, a power supply, a data memory, a wireless communication transmission unit for communicating with an external mobile terminal, an alerter for generating an alarm sound in case of an emergency, a sound device, and a voltage stabilizer are arranged inside the main body. A touch display screen and a plurality of control buttons are arranged on a front surface of the main body. A radiator for a real time heat dissipation of the LED lamp is arranged inside the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Xiaojun Liu
  • Patent number: 10463177
    Abstract: An apparatus for the display of artwork including a central box, the central box housing the artwork, a lighting tray located above the central box, the lighting tray housing lights that shine into the central box onto the artwork, a lighting power source, and a peephole in the central box, the peephole having a convex lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventors: Rowena Rubio, Edward Ikeguchi, Griffin Michael Kearney
  • Patent number: 10458637
    Abstract: A high-intelligent LED street lamp includes a control box, a signal display box arranged on an upper portion of the control box, and a support rod arranged on an upper portion of the signal display box. An LED street lamp assembly, a solar panel assembly, and a wind power generation assembly are sequentially arranged on the support rod. A controller, a rectify and filter unit, a constant-current protection unit, a power supply, a data memory, a wireless communication transmission unit; an alerter, a sound device, and a voltage stabilizer are arranged inside the control box. The wireless communication transmission unit is configured to communicate with external mobile terminals and the alerter is configured to generate an alarm sound in case of an emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Xiaojun Liu
  • Patent number: 10451260
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lamp strip, wherein the lamp strip comprises an outer casing, an inner casing and a light-emitting component, the light-emitting component comprises a substrate and an LED light source, wherein the inner casing is provided with a light exit through which the light of the LED light source directly passes. Cut marks are arranged between the light exits, and the side facing the LED light source of the outer casing is of light transmission. The invention facilitates the user to cut the lamp strip and greatly prolongs the service life of the lamp strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OML TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Huabo Liu, Xiaoping Li
  • Patent number: 10451788
    Abstract: A front light module including a plurality of stacked transparent materials and a plurality of light sources is provided. The light sources are configured to provide light beams, and are disposed beside the light incident surface of the transparent materials. An edge portion is at a location of at least one of these transparent materials which is adjacent to the light sources. The edge portion includes a plurality of first sub-edges and a plurality of second sub-edges. The first sub-edges are disposed corresponding to the light sources. The first sub-edges and the second sub-edges are arranged alternately in a row, and one of the distances from the first sub-edges to the light entering surface is greater than one of the distances from the second sub-edges to the light entering surface. Furthermore, a display module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Huan Liao, Tsai-Wei Shei
  • Patent number: 10437042
    Abstract: Phosphor elements comprising phosphors in a host material having a phosphorescence-emitting surface with surface nanostructures are disclosed. Phosphor wheels having such phosphor elements, methods of making such phosphor elements, and methods of using such phosphor elements are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Sprague, Michael P. Newell
  • Patent number: 10429664
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor laser includes a semiconductor laser element. A drive current which is composed of a direct current and an alternating current superposed thereon is applied to the semiconductor laser element. A waveform of the alternating current is a non-square wave. A frequency of the alternating current is from 50 Hz to 500 kHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Youichi Asakawa, Ken Onoda, Toshihiko Fukuma, Shinichi Komura
  • Patent number: 10429035
    Abstract: An optical device for modifying a light distribution pattern of a light source is presented. The light source radiates first light beams to a first geometric quarter-space and second light beams to a second geometric quarter-space, where the first and second quarter-spaces are defined by mutually perpendicular geometric planes one of which constitutes a boundary between the first and second geometric quarter-spaces. The optical device may include a lens-section for modifying a light distribution pattern of the first light beams and a reflector surface for reflecting at least a part of the second light beams from the second geometric quarter-space to the first geometric quarter-space. The reflector surface is shaped to resemble a wedge that points towards the first geometric quarter-space so as to provide total internal reflection and to direct the reflected second light beams to sideward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ledil Oy
    Inventors: Hannu Hukkanen, Kimmo Harjunpää