Patents Examined by Jacob R Stern
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Patent number: 10901137Abstract: A lighting fixture can include a first panel and a second panel. The lighting fixture can include a first set of LEDs positioned adjacent to a first edge of the first panel. The lighting fixture can further include a second set of LEDs positioned adjacent to a second edge of the second panel. The lighting fixture can include an illuminated surface positioned to receive light from at least one of the first panel and the second panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Sean M. Hawthorne, Timothy S. Farrell, Michael F. Conroy, Rachel L. Sidiropoulos
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Patent number: 10900643Abstract: A trim assembly includes a rimless trim, a reflector coupled to the rimless trim, and an optical lens disposed on the reflector. Further, the trim assembly includes a lens holder having pressure tabs formed on an inner surface thereof. The lens holder is disposed in the trim assembly such that the pressure tabs engage the optical lens to releasably seal the optical lens to the reflector for preventing entry of water. The lens holder stretches sideways to release the seal and at least partially separate the optical lens form the reflector when a force is applied on the optical lens. The partial separation between the optical lens and the reflector exposes a surface of the reflector that provides a grip to remove the trim assembly comprising the rimless trim from a mounting surface when the trim assembly is recess mounted in a mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Kevin R. Harpenau, Zhihong Lin, Xiaolei Zhang
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Patent number: 10895365Abstract: A lighting apparatus is provided with a first housing assembly formed from a thermally conductive material and a second housing assembly formed of a thermally conductive material. At least one electrical component is positioned within the first housing assembly and the at least one electrical component is in thermally conductive contact with the first housing assembly. At least one light source is in thermally conductive contact with the second housing assembly. The second housing assembly is not in thermally conductive contact with the first housing assembly, such that thermal energy from the first housing assembly does not directly transfer to the second housing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Ideal Industries Lighting LLCInventors: Mario A. Castillo, Kurt S. Wilcox, William L. Dungan, Russell S. Schultz, Brian Kinnune
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Patent number: 10895360Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a projection lens and a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in parallel in a required direction behind the projection lens, and is configured to irradiate light emitted from each of the light emitting elements toward a front side through the projection lens. A plurality of diffusing lens elements that diffuse the light emitted from each of the light emitting elements in the required direction are provided on a front surface and/or a rear surface of the projection lens in a stripe shape to extend in a direction orthogonal to the required direction when viewed from the front side of the lamp.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Makiko Suetsugu
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Patent number: 10895679Abstract: An optical structure and corresponding process of manufacture for light guide optical elements (LOEs) which guide light by reflection at major surfaces. The structure further includes light directing surfaces for coupling light out of the LOE, obliquely inclined with respect to the major surfaces. The optical structure is formed from a stack of multiple optically transparent layers each of which has a surface pattern of regions configured as light directing surfaces which are arranged in an X-Z plane in a spaced-apart relationship along at least the X-axis with optically transparent regions between them. The layers are stacked along a Y-axis so that each of the surface patterns is located at an interface between two adjacent layers and the patterns of the layers are aligned with a shift of a predetermined value along one or both of the X-axis and Z-axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: LUMUS LTD.Inventors: Yuval Ofir, Edgar Friedmann, Meir Tzion Bitan
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Patent number: 10883712Abstract: A luminaire with a heat sink (1), which heat sink is formed by one integral piece of cold forged aluminum, comprising an essentially flat base portion (2), having a base surface with a center (2a) and an outer periphery (2b) and a set of heat dissipating fins (3, 4) extending from a first side of the base surface, in a direction normal to the base surface. The set includes at least one radial heat dissipating fin (3) having a cross section in a plane parallel to the base surface which cross section extends substantially in a radial direction from the center (2a) towards the outer periphery (2b), and at least one peripheral heat dissipating fin (4) having a cross section in a plane parallel to the base surface which cross section includes a portion extending in a direction parallel to the outer periphery (2b), wherein the peripheral heat dissipating fins (4) are arranged radially outside the radial heat dissipating fins (3).Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Feihong Chen, Xia Wang
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Patent number: 10883702Abstract: An indirect troffer. Embodiments of the present invention provide a troffer-style fixture that is particularly well-suited for use with solid state light sources, such as LEDs. The troffer comprises a light engine unit that is surrounded on its perimeter by a reflective pan. A back reflector defines a reflective interior surface of the light engine. To facilitate thermal dissipation, a heat sink is disposed proximate to the back reflector. A portion of the heat sink is exposed to the ambient room environment while another portion functions as a mount surface for the light sources that faces the back reflector. One or more light sources disposed along the heat sink mount surface emit light into an interior cavity where it can be mixed and/or shaped prior to emission. In some embodiments, one or more lens plates extend from the heat sink out to the back reflector.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Ideal Industries Lighting LLCInventors: Mark Edmond, Dong Lu, Paul Pickard, Nick Nguyen, Gerald Negley, Gary David Trott
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Patent number: 10886091Abstract: A feedthrough device for protecting a system from an electrical transient may include a housing having a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end in a longitudinal direction. A conductive line may extend through the housing from the first end to the second end of the housing. The conductive line may define an input end proximate the first end of the housing and an output end proximate the second end of the housing for connecting the feedthrough device with the system to be protected. A filter may be disposed within the housing and coupled with the conductive line at a first location. A gas discharge tube may be disposed within the housing and coupled with the conductive line at a second location on the conductive line that is proximate the filter and between the input end of the conductive line and the first location.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: AVX CorporationInventors: Ronald Stephan Demcko, Michael W. Kirk
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Patent number: 10884292Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device including a first substrate including a plurality of unit regions, a unit electrode portion disposed on the first substrate in one unit region, an opposed electrode facing the unit electrode portion, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the unit electrode portion and the opposed electrode, and a protrusion interposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and protruded toward the liquid crystal layer. The protrusion includes a pair of horizontal portions facing each other and including a side parallel to a first direction, a pair of vertical portions facing each other and including a side parallel to a second direction different from the first direction, and at least one corner portion including a first oblique side parallel to a direction oblique with respect to the first and second directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Inventors: Jeong Man Son, Min Wook Park, Jong-Keun Kim, Sang-Je Lee
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Patent number: 10883696Abstract: A lighting tool for a vehicle includes a first light source unit having a plurality of first light emitting elements and a first heat conductive substrate on which the first light emitting elements are mounted, and a second light source unit having at least one or a plurality of second light emitting elements and a second heat conductive substrate on which the second light emitting element is mounted, wherein the first heat conductive substrate is thermally bonded to the second heat conductive substrate in a state in which the first heat conductive substrate and the second heat conductive substrate are overlapped with each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yosuke Kondo
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Patent number: 10886710Abstract: A pre-chamber spark plug for an internal combustion engine having: a body with a passage in which an insulator is fastened and a center electrode protrudes; at least one ground electrode extending in a straight line forms a spark gap with the center electrode; a pre-chamber-forming cap which delimits a pre-chamber and shields the center and ground electrodes from a combustion chamber after the spark plug has been installed in the engine, wherein the cap has at least one opening which permits a gas exchange between the pre-chamber and the space outside the pre-chamber. The ground electrode includes a reinforcing component welded to an end surface of a supporting component, and the supporting component is either welded to an end surface of the body or is welded to a step that is formed on the end surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBHInventors: Werner Niessner, Matthias Blankmeister
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Patent number: 10883683Abstract: A streetlight system includes a streetlight housing that houses a light source and a driver device. The driver device includes a driver circuit for driving the light source in the streetlight housing. The driver device is exterior to the streetlight housing. The streetlight housing is coupled to the driver device by a connector configured to electrically connect the driver circuit to the light source. The driver circuit is configured to receive electrical power through the connector from a power source in the streetlight housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: CIMCON Lighting, Inc.Inventors: William Anthony White, III, Anil Agrawal
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Patent number: 10883679Abstract: A lamp is provided and includes: a light-emitting flexible lamp sheet; a movable rod on a first side of the flexible lamp sheet and having a first end connected to a middle part of the flexible lamp sheet; and a plurality of support rods on the first side of the flexible lamp sheet, each of the plurality of support rods having a first end connected to an edge of the flexible lamp sheet, wherein the movable rod and the plurality of support rods are configured to perform relative motion substantially along an extension direction of the movable rod to change a shape of the flexible lamp sheet.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hang Dong, Guowei Chen
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Patent number: 10875445Abstract: A bearing configuration is disclosed, particularly for a pivotable holder of a light module in a carrier frame for a headlamp. A detent bearing element is provided that is positioned on the light module and that has a pivot bearing section that is held by the formation of a latch mechanism in a bearing shell formed on the carrier frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Marco Ludwig, Gerd Pawliczek
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Patent number: 10870386Abstract: A vehicle lamp comprising: mask-object detecting means that detects a mask-object to be masked ahead of a self-vehicle; prediction means that predicts a position of the mask-object detected by the mask-object detecting means; and a lamp unit that forms, a light distribution pattern including a non-illumination region that does not illuminate the mask-object positioned at the position predicted by the prediction means, wherein the position of the mask-object predicted by the prediction means is a position of the mask-object after the lapse of the predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Naoki Muramatsu
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Patent number: 10869431Abstract: A lamp for growing plants in a greenhouse, having an elongated shape with a longitudinal axis, includes one or more LEDs and connectors, configured to connect two adjacent lamps in series, wherein the longitudinal axis of the connector providing a connection between two adjacent lamps is oriented orthogonally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the lamp.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Inventors: Alessandro Pasini, Enzo Cuoghi, Paolo Versari, Mirco Berti
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Patent number: 10866354Abstract: A display device includes a light guiding panel 2 having an incoming surface 2a formed on one of side surfaces, a plurality of light sources (3-1 to 3-4) respectively corresponding to a plurality of patterns that can be displayed, and a controller 6 for controlling on and off of the plurality of light sources.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Omron CorporationInventors: Shogo Ikeda, Yoshihiko Takagi, Jun Kishimoto, Junya Fujita, Shohei Hisaki, Masanori Mori
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Patent number: 10868409Abstract: Disclosed is a spark plug in which a first electrode has a tip joined to an electrode base through a fusion zone. In a cross section of the first electrode taken along a center axis, an interface of the fusion zone and a tip includes a first region, a second region and a base point present on at least one side of the cross section. The base point is a point connection of the first and second regions and is located farthest away from the imaginary straight line in the direction parallel to the center axis. The base point is positioned so as to satisfy a condition of 0.1?X/W?0.4 where W is a length of the interface in a direction perpendicular to the center axis; and X is a distance between the base point and the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryouki Yagi, Masahiro Inoue
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Patent number: 10859247Abstract: A method of determining pose of a moving head light fixture, comprising a support structure and a rotatable structure rotatable connected to the support structure. The rotatable structure comprises at least one light source generating a light beam and a position indicating the position of the position indicator. The method comprises the steps of arranging the position indicator at at least three different positions around the axis of rotation by rotating the rotatable structure; and a step of obtaining the position of the position indicator at each of the at least three different positions. The pose of the moving head light fixture can be obtained based on the obtained positions.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Inventors: Niels Jorgen Rasmussen, Christian Quist Nielsen
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Patent number: 10823346Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module is disclosed having an elongated flat support with a first long end, a second long end opposite the first long end, and electrically conductive regions. The disclosed LED module includes at least one LED mounted on the flat support as well as an electronic driver with at least one electronic driver component mounted on the flat support for driving the at least one LED. The electrically conductive regions have a first pair of contact points on one of the two long ends for connection of the LED module to a current source and a second pair of contact points on one of the two long ends for connection of a smoothing capacitor on the LED module.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBHInventor: Bernhard Rieder