Patents Examined by Hargobind S. Sawhney
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Patent number: 9719658Abstract: A lighting device with improved optical performance and efficiency is provided. The lighting device includes a source of energy, a light source, a reflector and a holder. The reflector has a first open end, a second end, and a parabolic profile extending between the first open end and second end. The focus of the parabolic profile is located outside of the profile. The reflector may also be movable relative to the light source. The lighting device may include a circuit that delivers a pulsed or thermally compensated pulsed current to the light source. The light device may also include a heat sink housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MAG INSTRUMENT, INC.Inventors: Anthony Maglica, Stacey H. West, John K. O'Farrell
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Patent number: 9719672Abstract: A light module includes a cover, a circuit board, a gasket, a bottom covering, and an optional optic assembly. The cover includes an inner and an outer wall extending outwardly from the cover, where the outer wall surrounds the inner wall and forms a groove therebetween. The circuit board is positioned within the inner wall's profile and includes a plurality of LEDs. The gasket is disposed within the groove. The bottom covering is positioned adjacent to the circuit board and is coupled to the cover. The gasket provides a seal between the cover and the bottom covering. The optic assembly is disposed within the inner wall's profile and between the cover and the circuit board. The optic assembly includes one or more apertures and one or more optics disposed around at least some of the apertures. Each optic is aligned with one or more LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Khurram Zeshan Moghal, Philip Dean Winters, Sridhar Reddy Nimma
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Patent number: 9719645Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight having at least one first light source and a headlight lens which comprising, for example, a blank-molded integrally formed body which is made from a transparent material, and which comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-conducting part having at least one optically effective light exit surface, wherein the light tunnel comprises, an optically effective, light entry surface and merges, while forming a kink, into the light-conducting part for imaging the kink as a light-dark boundary by means of light coupled in or radiated into the light entry surface from the first light source, wherein the light tunnel has a transition region in which the surface delimiting the light tunnel at the top rises in the direction of the light-conducting part.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Docter Optics SEInventors: Wolfram Wintzer, Dmitry Fedosik
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Patent number: 9701423Abstract: An aircraft cabin arrangement for a passenger aircraft, extending along a cabin axis which runs centrally through the aircraft cabin arrangement, having a ceiling trim arrangement provided in the upwardly pointing part of the outer wall of the aircraft cabin arrangement and is arranged above the cabin axis, wherein the ceiling trim arrangement comprises a central ceiling panel element and lateral ceiling panel elements which have a panel element, wherein the central ceiling panel element is arranged vertically above the cabin axis, wherein the lateral ceiling panel elements adjoin the central ceiling panel element on both sides in the lateral direction perpendicularly with respect to the cabin axis, wherein one or more of the central ceiling panel element and the lateral ceiling panel elements has a flat lighting device which is embodied in a flat fashion such that it extends over a surface section of the ceiling panel element.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbHInventors: Benedikt Kircher, Paul Edwards, Hans-Tillmann Karrenbrock
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Patent number: 9698322Abstract: A lighting device comprises a solid state light emitter on a circuit board, and an optic held in place relative to the first circuit board, a voltage drop across the emitter at least 60 volts. A lighting device comprises a solid state light emitter on a first circuit board, an optic held in place relative to the first circuit board, and a non-isolated power supply. A lighting device comprises a solid state light emitter on a first circuit board, and a flame-rated optic held in place relative to the first circuit board. An optic, comprising a translucent region, a first dimension not larger than about 10 mm, a second dimension not larger than 15 mm. A flame-rated optic comprising a translucent region, structure configured to hold the optic in place relative to a circuit board. Methods of making lighting devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Paul Kenneth Pickard
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Patent number: 9690031Abstract: A mood lamp may include a light source disposed at one side, a light guide panel transmitting and guiding light emitted from the light source to a front side, and a surface member disposed over a front surface of the light guide panel and having apertures for passing the light transmitted and guided by the light guide panel to the front side. The light guide panel may include optic protrusions formed on a rear surface of the light guide panel at locations corresponding to the apertures of the surface member and reflecting the light traveling through the light guide panel to the apertures. The light reflected by the optic protrusions is transmitted through the apertures of the surface member.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Byeong Ho Jeong
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Patent number: 9683708Abstract: An LED lightbulb is disclosed. The LED lightbulb includes an LED array mounted to a circuit board having at least two different sets of LEDs that emit correspondingly different spectra when energized. The LED lightbulb also include a interior reflective surfaces and a dome shaped diffuser lens that eclipses a portion of the LED array. The LED array, the interior reflective surfaces and the dome shaped diffuser lens are position within a cavity formed by a housing with cooling fins and an outside diffuser lens. The LED lightbulb also include a base portion for electrically coupling to a power source of a light fixture that is either an incandescent light fixture or a fluorescent light fixture. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention the LED lightbulb include a driver circuit for providing output power to the LED array from a power source having a ballast or a power source without a ballast.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Green Creative Ltd.Inventors: Guillaume Vidal, Li Hang Ju, Yao Zuo Hong
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Patent number: 9683720Abstract: A reflecting structure includes at least one light source; and a reflector, in which the light source is disposed to emit light, including at least one light intercepting plate and a main body, wherein the light intercepting plate includes an inner surface which is a plane serving as a light intercepting surface intercepting the light from the light source, at least one reflecting surface extending from the light intercepting surface and perpendicularly toward an outer surface of the light intercepting plate and at least one positioning structure; the main body is joined to the light intercepting surface and includes at least two convex curved surfaces disposed on two opposite sides of a vertical line extending through the light source to reflect light from the light source directly and the light reflected by the light intercepting surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: TAIWAN NETWORK COMPUTER & ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Chia-Mei Peng, Hsieh-Chen Chuang, Ping-Han Chuang
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Patent number: 9669754Abstract: Provided is a turn signal lamp including a light source, a light guide, and a camera having an image capture device, which are installed within a lamp chamber formed by a lamp body and an outer cover. At least a portion of the light guide is formed in an area that extends from the camera in a direction following a vehicle surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoki Tatara, Toshihiro Okamura, Kenji Nobuhara, Hiroya Koizumi, Kazuyuki Ishikawa
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Patent number: 9664340Abstract: This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a first electrode part; a second electrode part; a third electrode part, spaced apart from the first electrode part and the second electrode part; and a light-emitting unit partially covering the first electrode part and the second electrode part and fully covering the second electrode part, the light-emitting unit having a conductive structure contacting the second electrode part.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATIONInventors: Chiu-Lin Yao, Min-Hsun Hsieh, Been-Yu Liaw, Wei-Chiang Hu, Po-Hung Lai, Chun-Hung Liu, Shih-An Liao, Yu-His Sung, Ming-Chi Hsu
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Patent number: 9664351Abstract: The invention relates to a light source module (1) for a vehicle headlight (2), wherein the light source module (1) has at least one laser light source (3) and at least one luminous element (4) which can be excited by illumination with laser light to emit visible light and which can be irradiated by the laser light source (3), wherein the laser light source (3) and the luminous element (4) are arranged spaced apart from one another on a carrier element (5) and light source module (1) has means (5?, 6?; 5?, 6?) which are arranged on the carrier element (5) in order to be detachably mounted in the vehicle headlight. The invention also relates to a vehicle headlight (2) with at least one such light source module (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBHInventors: Friedrich Bauer, Andreas Moser, Johann Altmann, Erich Kaufmann, Christian Jackl
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Patent number: 9651204Abstract: The backlight according to the present disclosure may include a monochromatic laser diode, a reflector and a beam-expanding prism. The monochromatic laser diode and the beam-expanding prism may be arranged on the reflector, and monochromatic laser beams from the monochromatic laser diode may be expanded after being reflected by the beam-expanding prism.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Shang Wang, Zhihong Du, Lilei Zhang
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Patent number: 9644802Abstract: Lighting equipment is provided that enables illumination light having a stable FCI to be obtained, without influence from the lighting conditions. To this end, lighting equipment 1 performs control of lighting a first light-emitting element 12a while substantially not lighting a second light-emitting element 12b when a red light-emitting element 12c is lit under first lighting conditions where a peak wavelength of light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a first value, and of lighting the second light-emitting element 12b while substantially not lighting the first light-emitting element 12a when the red light-emitting element 12c is lit under second lighting conditions where the peak wavelength of the light from the red light-emitting element 12c has a second value, the second value being greater than the first value.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naoko Takei, Kohji Hiramatsu, Tomoya Iwahashi
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Patent number: 9644809Abstract: A light source unit includes a socket, a heat dissipation member, a board and a semiconductor light emitting element. The socket has a first thermal conductivity and includes a portion that defines a first side and a second side. The heat dissipation member has a second thermal conductivity being higher than the first thermal conductivity. The board is disposed on the first side. The semiconductor light emitting element is supported by the board. The socket is an injection-molded member. The heat dissipation member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed on the first side, extends in a first direction, and supports the board. The second portion includes a portion extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, as a result of being subjected to bending processing. A part of the second portion is disposed on the second side.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryujiro Ikuta, Takayuki Otsubo, Atsushi Ozawa, Takuya Serita
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Patent number: 9638410Abstract: A mirror assembly can include a housing, a mirror, and a light source. In certain embodiments, the mirror includes a light pipe configured to emit a substantially constant amount of light along a periphery of the mirror. In some embodiments, the mirror assembly includes a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly can be configured to adjust the amount of emitted light based on the position of a user in relation to the mirror. Certain embodiments of the mirror include an algorithm to adjust light based on the position of a user relative to the mirror, the level of ambient light, and/or the activation of different light modes.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: simplehuman, LLCInventors: Frank Yang, David Wolbert, Joseph Sandor, Orlando Cardenas, Frederick N. Bushroe
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Patent number: 9632358Abstract: A display apparatus capable of improving distortion of an image displayed on a video wall by having the display apparatus provided with an ultra-slim bezel. The display apparatus includes a display panel on which an image is displayed, a light source positioned at a rear of the display panel, a bottom chassis in which the light source is accommodated, and a fixing mold configured to fix a front surface of the display panel and formed of transparent material, wherein the fixing mold is provided at an inner surface thereof with an accommodation portion into which a side end of the display panel is inserted so that the display panel is fixed.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seung Min Kim, Jeong Shan Na
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Patent number: 9634414Abstract: A simple female terminal includes a mounting base, a weld leg, and an elastic plate. One end of the mounting base bends to form the weld leg. Another end of the mounting base bends to form the elastic plate. A head of the elastic plate bends toward the mounting base to form a contact head. While a male terminal comes into contact with the elastic plate, the contact head is pushed by the male terminal so that the contact head can rest against the mounting base. A connector and an LED lamp adapted to the simple female terminal are also disclosed. The structure of the female terminal is simplified, so the structure of the connector and the LED lamp are also simplified to obtain an easy installation and reduce the cost.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Inventor: Bingshui Chen
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Patent number: 9625110Abstract: A suspendable includes a housing including a light reflective material. The housing defines an aperture proximate the center of the housing configured to receive a light source. The housing further defines at least two pairs of through holes; a first channel extending between the a first pair of the at least two pairs of through holes and a second channel extending between the second pair of the at least two pairs of through holes, the first channel and the second channel collectively defining a pathway entirely through the housing; the first and second channels each being curvilinear; an at least two substantially arcuate grooves.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Milyon, LLCInventor: Roman Torres
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Patent number: 9625134Abstract: An LED light device includes track means with removable LED-units which clip-on anywhere along the length of the track means or which may be added-on from ends of the track means to form an LED fluorescent tube, LED light bar, LED bulb, LED PL lamp, or other LED Lamp sealed inside a protective means finish the light source so that it appears similar to a non-LED light source. The removable LED-units or LED-assemblies with built-in LED elements allow people to adjust the position of the LED-units or LED-assemblies to a desired location, position, or orientation in in three dimensional space and obtain the best illumination with a minimum number of LED elements and lower power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventor: Tseng-Lu Chien
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Patent number: 9625126Abstract: There is provided a luminaire apparatus for illuminating an object. The luminaire apparatus may also include a light module housing that is to be substantially parallel to the object and includes a light module recess. Further, the luminaire apparatus includes lighting module configured to be disposed within the light module recess and configured to be oriented substantially parallel to the object. Additionally, the luminaire apparatus includes a housing mounting member configured to be attached to the light module housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Inventors: John Thomas Adinolfi, Michael Eugene McGehee