Patents Examined by Ismael Negron
  • Flashlight assembly having rotary cam-actuated push-button switch
    Patent number: 11181257
    Abstract: A flashlight including a light source, a power source, at least one push button electrically coupled to the light source and power source, and a rotatable switch assembly comprising a wheel, a cam fixed to the wheel, and a spring, wherein rotation of the wheel to different positions causes the cam to interact with the spring such that the at least one push button is selectively depressed, resulting in adjustment of the light source between different states of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan R. Sharrah
  • LED fixture housing with hinged side door
    Patent number: 11181253
    Abstract: An LED lighting fixture including a side access door and a compartment for housing electrical components required for operation of the LED fixture. The side access door secured to the compartment by a hinge structure, such that the side door is retained when in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Appleton Grp LLC
    Inventors: Harish P. Kulkarni, Timothy E. Graff, Santosh K. Patil
  • Lighting apparatus with light source plate secured between two connector portions
    Patent number: 11175027
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a driver configured to convert external power to a driving current, a light source connector with top and bottom portions separated by a distance, and a light source provided on a light source plate including a conductive patch. The light source plate is held between the top portion and the bottom portion, such that the driving current is supplied to the light source plate by the conductive path routed via the light source connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Digen Shen
  • LED lamp structure having water tanks, lens member, and support means
    Patent number: 11168881
    Abstract: A lamp structure includes top case, a bottom case coupled to the top case, a lamp shade coupled to the bottom case, and an LED base board provided between the lamp shade and bottom case. The top case includes a hollow member formed on a top surface, a projecting member inside the hollow member such that a first tank is defined between the hollow member and the first projecting member, a first elastic ring inside the first projecting member, and a first latch member inserted in the first projecting member and configured to press the first elastic ring. The bottom case includes a second projecting member configured to cooperate with an interior surface of the bottom case to define a second tank, a second elastic ring inside the second projecting member, and a second latch member inserted in the second projecting member and configured to press the second elastic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nan Ya Photonics Incorporation
    Inventors: Jung-Huang Lo, Tung-Hsing Chou, Yen-Yi Chen, Tsung-Kun Yang, Yi-Chih Yin
  • Projection lamp having LEDs, rotatable modifier, and speaker
    Patent number: 11156352
    Abstract: A projection lamp includes a top cover, a patterned translucent member, a chassis, a rotating disc, a motor for rotating the disc, a diffusing light transmitting reflector, a first light-emitting diode provided above the diffusing light transmitting reflector, a second light-emitting diode provided below the diffusing light transmitting reflector, a speaker, a control board for controlling the light-emitting diodes and the motor, a battery, and a plastic bottom case configured to cooperate with the top cover to form a housing of the projection lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Juwei Li
  • Apparatus with lighting devices and wiring box connected by wires
    Patent number: 11149935
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a wiring box, a wiring board, multiple wires and a manual switch. The wiring box has a top cover and a bottom cover together forming a container space. The wiring board is disposed in the container space. Multiple wires are used. Each wire has a first end attached to the wiring board and a first detachable connector for respectively connecting to a second detachable connector of a light device. The manual switch is provided for a user to operate to control the light devices, and may be a button for turning on or turning off one or all light devices, or multiple buttons respectively for controlling different light devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhenkun Huang, Shouqiang Hou, Xiaoliang Wen, Yongzhe Dong
  • Vehicle lighting assembly condensation management system and method
    Patent number: 11137130
    Abstract: A condensation management system includes a vehicle lighting assembly with an interior vented to an ambient environment through a conduit, a moisture control assembly with a desiccant assembly positioned such that air passing through the conduit passes through the desiccant assembly, and a heater for heating the desiccant assembly in response to a difference between the interior and the ambient environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, David A. Brown, Brian Robert Spahn
  • Pole climbing device for positioning a luminaire in a connector atop a pole
    Patent number: 11125423
    Abstract: A pole climbing device that includes a gripping mechanism for gripping a pole, a drive mechanism for moving the pole climbing device along the pole, and a connector for connecting the pole climbing device to a luminaire support. The pole climbing device might be configured to be remotely controlled by a user to carry a luminaire up the pole to be coupled to a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: REMOTECH AS
    Inventors: Stian Hatlem, Torgeir Jensen, Endre Naess
  • Projection apparatus with illumination system having plurality of laser modules
    Patent number: 11112684
    Abstract: A projection apparatus including a projection lens, a light valve module, and an illumination system optically coupled to produce an image beam is provided. The illumination system further includes a plurality of first laser source modules adapted to emit a plurality of first laser beams, and a diffusion component disposed on transmission paths of the plurality of first laser beams, such that the plurality of first laser beams form a plurality of light spots at a plurality of locations on the diffusion component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Wei Liu, Chien-Chung Liao
  • Illumination systems including light diffusing optical fibers with nano-sized particles, and light sources projecting light at an angle into an input end face of the optical fibers
    Patent number: 11105967
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source, and an optical fiber having opposed first and second end faces, a core, a cladding surrounding the core, an outer surface, and a plurality of nano-sized structures configured to scatter light traveling within the optic fibers towards the outer surface. The light source has an effective numerical aperture NAO, the optical fiber has a numerical aperture NALDF which is more than the effective numerical aperture NAO of the light source. The light source is optically coupled to the first end of the optical fiber such that a propagation pathway of light outputted by the light source forms an incident angle ?i, with respect to the first end face, that is non-orthogonal to the first end face and within approximately 5° of sin?1 NALDF?sin?1 NAO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephan Lvovich Logunov
  • Display apparatus having light guide member with tapered optical fibers
    Patent number: 11092835
    Abstract: A light guide member has a plurality of optical fibers extending from a light receiving surface to a light emitting surface, and an extension part formed on the light emitting surface extending laterally, with respect to the light receiving surface, in a width direction. At least one part of the plurality of optical fibers is configured that the dimension of each optical fiber in the width direction is greater on the light emitting surface than the light receiving surface. The light guide member is configured to be provided on the outer periphery of at least two adjacent display panels to reduce non-display areas of a multi-display arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro Asamizu
  • Lamp having multiple light emitting surfaces and plurality of connection ports
    Patent number: 11085630
    Abstract: The lamp includes a body defining at least front, bottom, rear and end surfaces; a primary light source configured to project light through at least a portion of the front and bottom surface; a secondary light source configured to project light through at least a portion of the rear surface; a processor electrically connected to the primary and secondary light sources; a switch to control the processor; and ports provided on the end surfaces. A sub-lamp assembly and a socket component, each including port configured to connect to the ports on the lamp, might be combined with the lamp to form a luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Guangrong Xu, Zhongjie Sun, Xiangjun Yu
  • Display backlight module having light guide plate with through hole and embedded optic fibers
    Patent number: 11086067
    Abstract: A light guide plate includes a through hole; at least one light transmitting component disposed within the light guide plate; at least one light incident surface; at least one light source; and at least one lens structure located between the light source and the incident surface. The light transmitting component is configured to transmit a portion of light that enters the light incident surface to a first region of the light guide plate that would otherwise be masked by the through hole. The light guide plate might backlight a display panel. A method for manufacturing the light guide plate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liyu Fang, Lingyu Sun, Xiuyun Chen, Jingjun Du, Fei Liang, Tingxiu Hou, Peng Zhong
  • Light emitting device having luminous flux control member with recess radially distant from a light incident surface
    Patent number: 11079628
    Abstract: A light emitting device has a light emitter defining an optical axis; and a luminous flux control member with an incident surface in a back surface and intersecting the optical axis, a reflection surface opposite the back surface, an emission surface connecting the back surface to the reflection surface, and a first recessed portion formed on the back surface farther from the optical axis than the incident surface and having a first inclined surface closer to the reflection surface with increasing distance from the optical axis, a front end of the first inclined surface such that a substantial portion of light emitted from the center region of the light emitter and reflected by the reflection surface do not strike the first inclined surface, and such that a substantial portion of light emitted from the light emitter and not reflected by the reflection surface strikes the first inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Kyouhei Yamada, Masayo Takizawa
  • Lighting system with light guiding body having trivalent cerium luminescent material
    Patent number: 11079530
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a plurality of light sources; an elongated luminescent body defining a length (L) and a height or diameter (H), and having a light input face, a light output face, and at least one side face bridging the height or diameter (H); a garnet type A3B5O12 luminescent material including trivalent cerium, provided in the elongated luminescent body with a height dependent concentration range defined by a minimum concentration ymin=0.036*x?1 and a maximum concentration ymax=0.17*x?1, where y is the trivalent cerium concentration in % relative to the A element, and x is the height (H) in mm; at least one heat transfer elements in thermal contact with the elongated luminescent body; and a reflector provided opposite the light sources on the elongated luminescent body. The garnet type A3B5O12 luminescent material converts at least part of light from the light sources into converted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer, Dominique Maria Bruls, Gerardus Everardus Marie Hannen
  • Illumination device having a plurality of different colored LEDs coupled to a solid waveguide
    Patent number: 11067734
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a solid waveguide; a plurality of light emitting diodes emitting light of different colors and arranged to project light into at least one of the surfaces of the waveguide; and one or more phosphor materials for converting light emitted by one of the LEDs from one color to another, such that an out-coupling region of the waveguide outputs a mixture of light from at least some of the LEDs and light converted by the phosphors materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: JUGANU LTD.
    Inventors: Ada Lotan, Tania Kosoburd, Alexander Bilchinsky, Eran Ben Shimul
  • Electronic device mount with extendable arms fixed by a magnet for light fixtures
    Patent number: 11060704
    Abstract: A mounting system, for use in securing an electronic device to a recessed light fixture, includes a top hub with an electrical connector, a central hub with a magnet, a bottom hub configured to receive the electronic device, an upper mounting arm coupling the top hub to the central hub, and a lower mounting arm coupling the bottom hub to the central hub and configured to slide through the central hub to adjust the position of the bottom hub relative to the central hub. The magnet is configured to apply force to at least one of the upper and lower mounting arms to fix a position of the bottom hub with respect to the central hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Hines
  • LED light strip with terminal block connector
    Patent number: 11043762
    Abstract: An LED light strip includes a plurality of LEDs provided at regularly spaced intervals on a printed circuit board (PCB), and a two-port screw-in terminal connector provided at opposite ends of the PCB and electrically connected to the plurality of LEDs for allowing the LED light strip to be connected to a power source, additional LED light strips, as well as other DC powered components via wire conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: GJAK, LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Kalliche
  • Lightguides with asymmetric light extracting structures
    Patent number: 11041985
    Abstract: A lightguide defines an optical axis and has an optical absorption coefficient of at least 0.02 cm?1 at a wavelength of 500 nm. The light guide includes a plurality of discrete light extracting structures, each with a first surface configured to extract light propagating in a first direction along the light guide, a second surface configured to extract light propagating in a second direction along the light guide, and a light extraction efficiency of less than 2%. The first surface and the second surface in each of the light extracting structures making an angle with each other larger than 90 degrees; the angle between the first and second surfaces of at least one of the light extracting structures being different from the angle between the first and second surfaces of at least another one of the light extracting structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Fei Lu
  • Lighting fixture with 2D array of closely-packed LED components
    Patent number: 11028975
    Abstract: An LED lighting fixture includes a housing; a substrate located within the housing; a plurality of LED groups of various colors mounted on the substrate, each LED color group including multiple LED components; at least one circuit communicating with a power supply and adapted for powering the LED components; and an optical component located at an output end of the housing. The LED components are arranged along first and second directions orthogonal to one another, such that no two LED of the same color reside adjacent one another along both of the first and second directions, and each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance no greater than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: The Light Source, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Eugene Von Fange, Jeff Wright, Kevin J. Russell