Patents Examined by Glenn Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11738689
    Abstract: An external rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a housing, and one or more of at least one light emitting or a receiving device, including one or more of at least one light producing device or at least one camera device arranged within the housing, and at least one at least partially transparent element closing an opening provided by the housing, the at least partially transparent element being provided in form of a first module attached to the housing, and the one or more of the light producing device or the camera device being provided in form of a second module attached to the first module, the first module and the second module being mechanically releasably coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Steve Horne, Andrew Lettis, Graham Rehill, Andreas Herrmann
  • Patent number: 11725801
    Abstract: An optical lens capable of facilitating efficient light distribution control with a simple configuration includes a plurality of light distribution control parts arranged in a bilateral direction such that each of the light distribution control parts corresponds to each column of LEDs. The light distribution control parts define optical paths of light from the LEDs. The optical paths are sequentially shortened from one end side to the other end side in the bilateral direction. The light distribution control parts guide the light in a direction that intersects optical axes of the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyo Kojima, Youmei Kaminaga
  • Patent number: 11714275
    Abstract: A dual phosphor wheel projection system is provided. A first dichroic mirror directs blue light from a first blue laser to a second dichroic mirror which directs the blue light to at least one integrator. The first dichroic mirror directs blue light from a second blue laser to a first phosphor/phosphor wheel, which converts the blue light to longer wavelengths that includes red light. The second dichroic mirror directs the red light to the integrator and transmit others of the longer wavelengths. The integrator combines the red light with red light from a red laser. A third dichroic mirror directs the red light from the red laser to the integrator and directs blue light from a third blue laser to a second phosphor/phosphor wheel, which converts the blue light to respective longer wavelengths that includes green light. The third dichroic mirror transmits the green light to the integrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Perkins, Mang Li, Abdul Waheed Salimi
  • Patent number: 11713868
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light emitting device and a light-emitting connecting line. The light emitting device includes an LED light strip, a first clamping seat, a first light strip fixing pressing sheet, a second clamping seat and a second light strip fixing pressing sheet, the first clamping seat of the light emitting device may be clamped on a plug of a connecting harness or one end of cables of the connecting harness, and the second clamping seat may be clamped on the other ends of the cables of the connecting harness. According to the present invention, the LED light strip is convenient to mount and dismount, and after the light emitting device is assembled with the connecting harness via the two clamping seats, the connecting harness can achieve a colorful light emitting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN XINGYANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weixing Chen
  • Patent number: 11709415
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module including a substrate, a wavelength conversion layer and at least one wing is provided. The substrate has a wavelength conversion area, a non-wavelength conversion area and at least one through hole. The through hole penetrates through the substrate and is located in the non-wavelength conversion area. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed in the wavelength conversion area of the substrate. The wing is disposed in the non-wavelength conversion area of the substrate. When the substrate reaches a first temperature range, the wing closes the through hole. When the substrate reaches a second temperature range, at least one airflow channel is formed between the wing and the through hole. The wavelength conversion module of the invention and the projection device using the same effectively reduce a temperature of the wavelength conversion module, and thus have better reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: CORETRONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fa-Chih Chen
  • Patent number: 11693303
    Abstract: A wavelength converter includes a base having a first surface, a wavelength conversion part that has a second surface facing the first surface and converts first light that belongs to a second wavelength band into fluorescence that belongs to a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, junctions that join the wavelength conversion part and the base to each other, and an air layer located in a region that the first light enters and surrounded by the wavelength conversion part, the base, and the junctions. The first surface of the base has a first region curved in a direction, and the second surface of the wavelength conversion part has a second region facing the first region and curved in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masaya Masuda
  • Patent number: 11692678
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to examples of housing for a luminaire. In one example, the housing includes a bioplastic base formed to receive a light emitting diode and a driver and a lens coupled to the bioplastic base. The bioplastic base may include a bioplastic and is formed with a non-biodegradable or a biodegradable plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Dialight Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth Jenkins, Samual Boege, Jason DiPasquale, Anthony Verdes
  • Patent number: 11686460
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses for providing light, such as through lighting wiring apparatuses. Some apparatuses may include three wires extending along a similar direction, such as a first component wire, a second component wire, and a return wire. The three wires may have a first and second predominantly terminal section, and the first predominantly terminal section of the first component wire may be connected to the first predominantly terminal section of the second component wire near the first end of the apparatus. The second predominantly terminal sections of the three wires may be connected near the second end of the apparatus and a plurality of diodes may be connected to the first component wire and the second component wire at periodic distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Belgravia Wood Limited
    Inventor: Chi Yin Alan Leung
  • Patent number: 11655966
    Abstract: Sealed LED lighting fixtures operated under certain conditions (e.g., outdoors, in cold ambient environments, at high operating current, and/or in non-hermetic environments) will oftentimes exhibit condensation on an inner surface of the emitting face of the fixture. When occurring, said condensation impairs the ability to produce useful light—namely, light harnessed and directed in a manner so to provide lighting for a task (or otherwise desired)—by diffusing light emitted from the lighting fixture. Envisioned are apparatus, methods, and systems to reduce moisture in sealed LED lighting fixtures so to reduce or eliminate condensation, and in a manner that addresses both fixtures already in the field and those being assembled in a factory setting. In one form, a carrier embedded with desiccant is positionally mounted inside the fixture in a desired position which has no or minimal impact on light output from the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel P. Gromotka, Kurt C. Herr, Jr., Luke C. McKee
  • Patent number: 11655948
    Abstract: A luminaire comprising: a chassis (100), the chassis (100) comprising: four walls joined to form a rectangular cavity, each wall of the four walls comprising: —a heat sink (107); —a wiring channel (111, 112); —a first receiving channel (114) on a first side of the heat sink (107); and—a second receiving channel (116) on a second side of the heat sink (107); a light emitting diode board (130) attached to a first wall of the four walls; a first extrusion (344) attached to a second wall of the four walls; a second extrusion (345) attached to a third wall of the four walls; wherein the light emitting diode board (130) comprises a first protrusion that fits into the first receiving channel and a second protrusion that fits into the second receiving channel; and wherein the light emitting diode board (130) rests on the heat sink (107) of the first wall when the first protrusion is fit into the first receiving channel and the second protrusion is fit into the second receiving channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Gregory Parker, Alexander Ross, Ashley Pickens, Kevin Strickfaden, William Getzinger, Stephen Geyer, Timothy Bingaman
  • Patent number: 11655968
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes: a semiconductor light-emitting element; a circuit board on which a lighting control circuit configured to perform control to turn on and off the semiconductor light-emitting element is provided; and an element metal plate on which the semiconductor light-emitting element is mounted. The circuit board is a resin substrate in which a wiring portion connecting the semiconductor light-emitting element and the lighting control circuit is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Tomoyuki Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 11644172
    Abstract: A headlight device includes an optical unit to emit light and a support mechanism to support the optical unit. The optical unit includes supported pins as a first supported part and supported groove parts as a second supported part. The support mechanism includes support groove parts as a first support part that is provided on a first straight line in a predetermined first direction and contacts the supported pins and support pins as a second support part that is provided on a second straight line in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and contacts the supported groove parts. The support mechanism supports the optical unit to be freely rotatable around the first straight line passing through the support groove parts and freely rotatable around the second straight line passing through the support pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Masashige Suwa, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Patent number: 11633045
    Abstract: A light-emitting seat, comprising a chair frame, a furniture light-emitting assembly, and a skin layer. The furniture light-emitting assembly comprises a fixing part, a strip light, a light guide material layer, and a power supply assembly. The strip light is disposed on the fixing part, the light guide material layer covers the strip light, and the power supply assembly is electrically connected to the strip light. In addition, the fixing part of the furniture light-emitting assembly may cover the chair frame, and the skin layer covers the chair frame and the furniture light-emitting assembly; or, the fixing part may be disposed on the light guide material layer, and the light guide material layer covers the chair frame, the skin layer covers the chair frame and the furniture light-emitting assembly. And, at least an area of the skin layer covering the furniture light-emitting assembly is a light-transmitting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: DAKANG HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rujia Mao, Xiaoyu He, Guofei Yuan, Haitao Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11635189
    Abstract: A phosphor element includes: a phosphor part having an incident face for excitation light, an opposing face opposing the incident face, and a side face, the phosphor part converting at least a part of the excitation light incident onto the incident face into a fluorescence and emitting the fluorescence from the incident face; an integral low refractive index layer on the side face and opposing face of the phosphor part and having a refractive index lower than that of the phosphor part; and an integral reflection film covering a surface of the low refractive index layer. The area of the incident face of the phosphor part is larger than the area of the opposing face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jungo Kondo, Naotake Okada, Yuichi Iwata, Keiichiro Asai, Yudai Uno
  • Patent number: 11624975
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion module, including a first substrate, a second substrate, a counterweight ring, a first wavelength conversion layer, and a second wavelength conversion layer, is provided. The first substrate has a first upper surface. The second substrate has a second upper surface. The counterweight ring is disposed on the first upper surface of the first substrate and the second upper surface of the second substrate to connect the first substrate to the second substrate. The first wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the first upper surface of the first substrate and located around the counterweight ring. The second wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the second upper surface of the second substrate and located around the counterweight ring. A wavelength of a first excited beam emitted by the first wavelength conversion layer is greater than a wavelength of a second excited beam emitted by the second wavelength conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: I-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 11609039
    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: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ElectraLED, Inc.
    Inventors: James Thomas, Vladimir Volochine
  • Patent number: 11598507
    Abstract: A lighting assembly that includes a heatsink housing, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) modules, and a power supply disposed within a power supply casing, wherein the power supply is for providing power to the LED modules. Each LED module includes a plurality of LEDs and is thermally connected to the heatsink housing. The power supply casing includes a structure for cooling the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Christopher Nolan, Joseph Casper, Joseph Witkowski, Jonathan Hull
  • Patent number: 11543104
    Abstract: Disclosed are RCLED lamp bead packaging process and RCLED lamp bead, which comprises steps of: dispensing a die-bonding glue, mounting a chip, baking, welding a bonding wire, dispensing a first layer of anti-reflection adhesive, baking, dispensing a second layer of anti-reflection adhesive, baking, and testing. Anti-reflection adhesive is dispensed in corresponding area to cover part capable of reflecting light in RCLED lamp bead and eliminate reflection effect effectively. The first layer of anti-reflection adhesive fills in specified area rapidly to achieve high production efficiency. The second layer of anti-reflection adhesive flows slowly after glue dispensing, so that the glue dispensing precision is improved and the light-emitting hole is prevent from being covered. When bonding wire is welded, a bracket is the first welding spot and a PAD of the chip is the second welding spot to achieve a lower radian of the bonding wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PSG OPTO DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: San Su
  • Patent number: 10285308
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) module including a housing, a circuit board and a fluorine engineered fluid. The housing includes an accommodating space and an opening on a side thereof. The circuit board has at least a DRAM chip disposed thereon. The circuit board is received in the accommodating space and one end of the circuit board has at least a circuit contact protruding from the opening to the exterior of the housing. The fluorine electronic engineering fluid is sealed in the accommodating space and is thermally connected to at least one of the DRAM chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ADATA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Min Chang, Feng-Mi Tsai, Shih-Huang Tsai, Ching-Sen Chan
  • Patent number: 10274665
    Abstract: Provided is a back light unit (BLU) for holographic display. The BLU includes a first diffraction grating attached to a waveguide, a second diffraction grating that supplies light to the first diffraction grating, a light source that supplies light to the second diffraction grating, and a light reflection element that reflects light towards the first diffraction grating. The back light unit may further include a lens that is disposed in front of the waveguide. The light reflection element may be disposed parallel to a rear surface of the waveguide. The light reflection element may be inclined with respect to the rear surface of the waveguide. The light reflection element may be a mirror or a prism array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunil Kim, Juwon Seo, Wontaek Seo, Chilsung Choi