Patents Examined by James Lee
  • Patent number: 11742502
    Abstract: A power system for an unmanned surface vehicle includes a fuel cell including a fuel cell stack, where the fuel cell stack includes a fuel inlet. The power system also includes a fuel storage including at least one fuel-storage module fluidly connected to the fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack. The fuel-storage module is a source of energy for the fuel cell. The power system also includes a fuel and thermal management system fluidly connected to the fuel inlet of the fuel cell stack. The fuel and thermal management system includes a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fuel cell stack for removing waste heat produced by the fuel cell stack during operation. The fuel and thermal management system also includes a flow valve, a pressure regulator, and a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Carralero, Jeffrey Scott Willcox
  • Patent number: 11739911
    Abstract: A projection device includes a first projection assembly. The first projection assembly includes a first light source assembly, a first lens, a driving device, and a light-transmitting lampshade. The first light source assembly includes a first light source configured to generate projection light. The first lens is arranged on a light path of the first light source. A plurality of first irregular plano-convex lenses are arranged on a light exit side of the first lens. The driving device is connected to the first lens. The driving device is configured to drive the first lens to rotate. The light-transmitting lampshade is arranged on the light path of the first light source and is arranged behind the first lens. The projection light generated by the first light source sequentially passes through the first lens and the light-transmitting lampshade and emits externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Lifang Liu
  • Patent number: 11735754
    Abstract: A separation membrane for a redox flow battery includes: a protective film formed on each of both surfaces of a sheet substrate along with pores, the sheet substrate having thereon a number of pores communicating between the both surfaces; and an ion-exchange membrane adhered to the protective film, the ion-exchange membrane having a matrix formed of an ion-exchange resin dispersed therein with an inorganic porous powdery body attached with the ion-exchange resin obtained as a result of sulfonating rosin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: NIDAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ohki Yamada
  • Patent number: 11735795
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged in a length direction, each of the battery cells including a vent; a plurality of insulation spacers, at least one of the insulation spacers being located between long side surfaces of an adjacent pair of the battery cells; a cover member; a top plate coupled to a top portion of the cover member and including ducts respectively corresponding to the vents of the battery cells and including opening holes respectively corresponding to the insulation spacers; a top cover coupled to a top portion of the top plate and including discharge holes located in an exhaust area and respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet located between the top cover and the top plate, configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a temperature exceeding a certain temperature and including opening holes located to correspond to the ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Taek Kim, Eun Ok Kwak, Jin Bhum Yun, Jang Hoon Kim, Jong Yeol Woo, Kwang Deuk Lee, Woo Sung Choi
  • 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: 11725807
    Abstract: A method of operating a portable light including placing a base housing on a support surface, such that a plurality of legs are spaced away from the support surface and collapsed against an elongate body, grasping a portion of the portable light adjacent a light head with a first hand of a user and lifting the base housing away from the support surface, grasping the handle with a second hand of the user, depressing an actuator on the handle with the second hand, which removes a locking member from a locking recess of the elongate body to enable movement of the collar relative to the elongate body in a direction along a longitudinal axis, and sliding the collar along the elongate body away from the light head to move the plurality of legs to be obliquely angled relative to the elongate body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Harvey, Ross McIntyre, Michael Halverson, Eric Mackey, Justin Dorman
  • Patent number: 11721825
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a fuel cell includes: a flexible substrate including a first fuel-tolerant material; a fitting on the flexible substrate, the fitting including first openings extending through an outer portion of the fitting; a primer coating on the outer portion of the fitting, the primer coating including a second fuel-tolerant material; first yarns strung through the first openings of the fitting, the first yarns stitched into the flexible substrate; and an encapsulant encapsulating the first yarns, the primer coating, and the outer portion of the fitting, the encapsulant disposed on the flexible substrate, the encapsulant including a third fuel-tolerant material, the third fuel-tolerant material chemically bonded to the second fuel-tolerant material and the first fuel-tolerant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: RESPONSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Allen Pettey, Edmund Francis Bard
  • 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: 11714222
    Abstract: Provided is an optical device including a first backlight configured to output first light of a first wavelength through a first output coupler, a first lens disposed to face the first output coupler and having a focal length with respect to the first light, a second backlight including a second output coupler, the second backlight being configured to output second light of a second wavelength through the second output coupler, a second lens disposed to face the second output coupler and having different focal lengths with respect to the first light and the second light, a third backlight including a third output coupler, the third backlight being configured to output third light of a third wavelength through the third output coupler, and a third lens disposed to face the third output coupler and having different focal lengths with respect to the first light, the second light, and the third light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Young Hong, Hoon Song, Jungkwuen An, Hongseok Lee
  • 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: 11715852
    Abstract: A nanofluid contact potential difference cell includes a cathode with a lower work function and an anode with a higher work function separated by a nanometer-scale spaced inter-electrode gap containing a nanofluid with intermediate work function nanoparticle clusters. The cathode comprises a refractory layer and a thin film of electrosprayed dipole nanoparticle clusters partially covering a surface of the refractory layer. A thermal power source, placed in thermal contact with the cathode, to drive an electrical current through an electrical circuit connecting the cathode and anode with an external electrical load in between. A switch is configured to intermittently connect the anode and the cathode to maintain non-equilibrium between a first current from the cathode to the anode and a second current from the anode to the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Birmingham Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph G. Birmingham
  • 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: 11692693
    Abstract: Illumination devices as include a frame intended to be worn by a user and one or more light sources (e.g., LEDs) positioned by the frame so as to be near a user's zygomatic bones and oriented to project light in a direction of the user's view when the illumination device is worn on the wearer's head. The frame may be shaped to be worn over the user's ears and behind the user's head, and may be made of one or more of plastic, metal and/or a metal alloy, carbon fiber, wood, cellulose acetate, natural horn and/or bone, leather, and an epoxy resin. An optional strap may be retractably attached to connect portions of the frame over the wearer's head. The LEDs may be included in respective panels swivelly mounted to booms of the frame and the panels may further include imaging devices, such as a camera, and/or a projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hourglass Medical LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy B. Ross
  • Patent number: 11692680
    Abstract: A projection lamp and a lamp holder include a housing defining a projection port, a lampshade covered on the projection port of the housing, and a projection lamp assembly. Light is emitted from the projection port. The projection lamp assembly includes at least two light sources and a first corrugated sheet. Patterns are provided on the first corrugated sheet. The at least two light sources are configured to emit the light. The light passes through the first corrugated sheet and the lampshade to emit out. Projection brightness of the at least two light sources is great and the first corrugated sheet is replaceable. A projected image is replaced by replacing a pattern-changing gear in tan inserting groove. Light strips are arranged on an outer wall of the projection lamp to create a visual atmosphere effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN XIANZHUO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bofeng Yang, Xianqi Lu
  • 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: 11680701
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for thermal regulation in a tiered rack growth system. A contact heat exchange converter is provided to remove thermal energy of a light fixture for the tiered rack growth system. A contact thermal exchange cavity defined in the contact heat exchange converter is dimensioned to cooperatively receive an arcuate thermal sink of the light fixture. A circulation conduit communicates a dense medium coolant to remove thermal energy carried by a thermal mass of the contact heat exchange converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventor: Mark Dieser
  • Patent number: 11680697
    Abstract: A light head for a medical device support system. The light head includes a housing base, an annular shape first lens, a housing cover, and a motion transfer member. The housing cover includes a cavity within which the annular shape first lens is rotatable about a rotation axis. The housing cover includes a second lens. The annular shape first lens and the second lens are in a light emitting path of the plurality of light emitting elements. The motion transfer member is configured to movably interact with a boss of the annular shape first lens to rotate the annular shape first lens about the rotation axis and within the cavity. A periphery of the annular shape first lens includes guide members configured to position the boss of the annular shape first lens to movably interact with the motion transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: David A. Westenfelder, II, Jill A. Sanders
  • Patent number: 11677105
    Abstract: Provided is a rechargeable battery system comprising at least a battery cell and an external cooling means, wherein the battery cell comprises an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte disposed between the anode and the cathode, a protective housing that at least partially encloses the anode, the cathode and the electrolyte, and at least one heat-spreader element disposed partially or entirely inside the protective housing and wherein the external cooling means is in thermal contact with the heat spreader element configured to enable transporting internal heat of the battery through the heat spreader element to the external cooling means. Also provided is a method of operating a rechargeable battery system, the method comprising implementing a heat spreader element in one or each of a plurality of battery cells and bringing the heat spreader element in thermal contact with one or a plurality of external cooling means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Global Graphene Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Hao-Hsun Chang, Yu-Ming Chen, Yu-Sheng Su, Bor Z. Jang