Patents Examined by James M Endo
  • Patent number: 11060700
    Abstract: A motor braking system of a stage light includes a controlled component, a braking motor that drives the controlled component to move, and a controller, wherein the braking motor includes a motor unit and a braking unit for braking the motor unit; the braking motor is a power-off locking motor; the motor unit and the braking unit are both electrically connected to the controller; and when detecting that the motor unit is powered on, the controller controls the motor unit to provide a holding torque, and controls the braking unit to be powered on to release a locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Weikai Jiang
  • Patent number: 11041610
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for a laterally extendable backup light system for placement on the trailer of the 18-wheeler tractor trailer truck device. The light is mounted underneath an outer edge of the trailer of the tractor-trailer so that they would be extendable laterally away from the edge of the trailer so that the light portion of the present invention would extend far enough outwardly to travel beyond the outer edge of the trailer so that the beam of light emanating therefrom would illuminate the area behind the rear of the trailer. An air cylinder operated by an electrical actuator controlled by the driver and/or the transmission of the truck would actuate the light portion so that the light portion would extends from an enclosure and beyond the edge of the trailer of the truck-trailer when the transmission is placed in reverse and then the light portion would be retracted back into the enclosure by an electrical actuator when the transmission is taken out of reverse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: James C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11035531
    Abstract: A shelf light assembly is provided that includes a trim configured to mount to a shelf, a light assembly including a plurality of lights, a first end cap housing, and a second end cap housing. The light assembly is mounted to the trim. The first end cap housing is mounted to the trim on a first side of the light assembly. The second end cap housing is mounted to the trim on a second side of the light assembly. The first side is opposite the second side. The first end cap housing is attached to the first side of the light assembly. An expansion gap is located between the second end cap housing and the second side of the light assembly to support movement of the light assembly relative to the second end cap housing longitudinally along the trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith R. Wanta, Alan C. Wood, Sean T. Petersen, Matthias J. Wallner, Georg J. Spießl, Manfredi Signorino
  • Patent number: 11034493
    Abstract: A combination box and lighting system includes the box having a body forming a cavity between integral side walls; a lid to engage with the body and having a top surface; a visual element secured to the lid; the lighting system carried within the inner cavity of the box, the lighting system having a light source to create beams of light that pass through the lid and illuminates the visual element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Thor Daniel Hjaltason
  • Patent number: 11022742
    Abstract: A light guide device includes a light guide plate that induces a light emission of a light source. The light guide plate includes an incident portion that is incident light emitted from a light source, a reflecting portion that reflects the light from the incident portion to an inside of the light guide plate, and an emitting portion that emits the light from the reflecting portion to an outside of the light guide plate. The emitting portion is provided in a thin elongated shape on a first portion of a circumferential surface of the light guide plate. The reflecting portion includes an expansion surface that expands the light from the incident portion to a circumferential direction of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Ohtawa, Kimiaki Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11022282
    Abstract: An LED support clip enables mounting of light-emitting diode (LED) modules onto support elements which may be pre-existing, such as tubing, while avoiding problems with current mounting methods. One or more LED light modules may be clamped into the LED support clip without the need for adhesives or screws, thereby forming an LED light assembly. One or more LED light assemblies may be clamped onto the support element. The LED support clip may comprise multiple clamps configured with spring tension jaws designed into the manufacturing process of the LED support clip. Support elements may be oriented horizontally, vertically or at various angles and may have a variety of cross-sectional shapes, including: square, triangular, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, “I”-shaped, “L”-shaped, and round, over a wide cross-sectional dimension range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Curtis Alan Roys, Sidney Howard Norton
  • Patent number: 11022257
    Abstract: A lighting engine, system and method of fabrication are described. The engine contains a chassis having a side wall and bottom surface that define a cavity. A recess is formed in the bottom surface. A flexible printed circuit (FPC) is on the side wall and LEDs are mounted on the FPC to emit light toward a center of the cavity. A light guide positioned within the cavity receives light emitted by the LEDs through an edge of the light guide. A gasket disposed within the recess is in contact with a first surface of the light guide. A reflector within the cavity is adjacent to a second surface of the light guide opposite the first surface of the light guide. A backplate is attached to the chassis and configured to seal the cavity. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Stephane Diana, Seng-Hup Teoh, Michael Wasilko
  • Patent number: 11015769
    Abstract: A lighting device including a glass tube; a solid state lighting assembly in said glass tube, said assembly having an electrically insulating optical film having at least one arcuate portion lining a part of the inner surface of the glass tube, wherein the glass tube further has a further part defining a light exit portion; and a plurality of solid state lighting elements on a carrier, said carrier contacting said optical film; a thermally conductive member in between at least a part of the solid state lighting assembly and the glass tube for thermally coupling the solid state lighting elements to the glass tube; and a transparent or translucent electrically insulating cover contacting the electrically insulating optical film and covering the solid state lighting elements. A luminaire including such a lighting device and a lighting device assembly method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Qun Luo, YueJun Sun, Xing Peng Yang, Min Chen, Dirk Gehrels, Ximei Lian, Mark Sipkes, Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden
  • Patent number: 11016339
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and an in-vehicle display device. The backlight module includes a back plate, a light board, a diffusion plate, and a bracket layer. The bracket layer is arranged between the light board and the diffusion plate. The bracket layer is used to support the diffusion plate and spaces the light board apart from the diffusion plate to form a light mixture space. By adjusting a height of the bracket layer, it is convenient to adjust a distance of the light mixture space formed between the diffusion plate and the light board. Accordingly, backlight display performance of the backlight module and the in-vehicle display device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fubao Jin
  • Patent number: 11015777
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the field of support structures, and discloses a magnetic suspension support structure including a hollowed-out mounting base and a magnetic suspension assembly. The magnetic suspension assembly is located within the mounting base, and includes a first permanent magnet, a second permanent magnet, a suspension piece for mounting a display object, and a movable positioning piece for restricting turn-over of the suspension piece. The first permanent magnet is arranged on the suspension piece and located above the second permanent magnet. The second permanent magnet is arranged on the mounting base or the positioning piece. The first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet repel each other to produce a support force acting on the suspension piece in a magnetic repelling direction. One end of the suspension piece protrudes from the mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: AE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenfeng Wu
  • Patent number: 11009195
    Abstract: An apparatus for simulating an open candle flame having a swing holder located within a casing and engaging with a connecting rod, the connecting rod pivotally and rotatably connecting to the swing holder to form a first pivot structure for allowing the connecting rod to turn about a first axis, the swing holder pivotally and rotatably connecting to the casing to form a second pivot structure for allowing the swing holder and the connecting rod to turn about a second axis. The swinging mechanism of the apparatus is able to minimize the cost and the number of parts, ease and simplify assembly, and insure the flame display stays in place after manufacturing and during transit and handling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Candle Company Limited
    Inventor: Chak-yin Cheng
  • Patent number: 11002437
    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: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: First-Light USA, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy B. Ross
  • Patent number: 10989855
    Abstract: Described herein is an illumination device for projecting light in a predetermined illumination pattern on a surface. The illumination device includes a light module having a light source and a light pipe configured to transmit light in any suitable manner. The illumination device also includes a housing having a cavity, an entrance opening for receiving the light emitted from the light source, and an aperture at a second housing end. Within the housing between the entrance opening and the aperture is a screen at least partially disposed in the cavity, the screen having at least one opening defining a base pattern configuration corresponding to the predetermined illumination pattern. The light pipe is configured to selectively transmit light from the light source to the cavity and may be linear or non-linear such that the light source and the surface to be illuminated do not need to face one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: AGM Automotive, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Matthew Albert Cox, Cye David Bittner
  • Patent number: 10982828
    Abstract: A multi-sectional artificial tree with a tree lighting system. The tree includes a DC power converter, and lower and upper tree sections. Each tree section includes a tree frame with groups of branches and light sets in a ratio of one light set per branch. The thin, single-conductor wires of each light set are affixed only to a single branch to prevent bending and breaking. Each group of branches and light sets is positioned at a particular height on the trunk of the tree. An upper tree section includes fewer branches per group, as compared to a lower section, and thus includes fewer light sets per group. The light sets are wired in series from branch-to-branch, though the number of light sets per group varies from section to section. Consequently, a resistive load is used in the upper tree section to adjust a voltage applied to individual light sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 10976599
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a first light guide plate, a second light guide plate disposed over the first light guide plate, and a first wavelength conversion layer disposed between the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee Kwang Song, Ju Young Yoon, Ki Se Lee
  • Patent number: 10976012
    Abstract: A light source apparatus and a lighting device are provided. The light source apparatus includes a light source assembly, a power source assembly, a first end cap, and a second end cap. The light source assembly includes a light source part and a light diffuser. An interior of the light diffuser includes a first receiving space which extends along a lengthwise direction of the light diffuser and penetrates the light diffuser. The light source part is mounted in the first receiving space along a lengthwise direction of the light diffuser. The power source assembly includes a power source part and a power source cover. An interior of the power source cover includes a second receiving space which extends along a lengthwise direction of the power source cover and penetrates the power source cover. The power source part is mounted in the second receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoping Wang, Xuejun Feng, Hongbo Wang
  • Patent number: 10962197
    Abstract: A face-lit waveguide illumination system employing a planar sheet of an optically transmissive material. A strip of side-emitting LEDs is positioned adjacent to a major surface of the planar sheet and optically coupled to the planar sheet. The planar sheet is configured to guide light using optical transmission and total internal reflection. Light extraction features located along the prevailing path of light propagation extract light from the planar sheet and emit the light towards a surface normal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Victorovich Vasylyev
  • Patent number: 10962176
    Abstract: An LED light source device includes an LED light source dot at least emitting light of one color and a light emission portion emitting light of different colors. The light emission portion includes a light emission portion for a main illumination and for emitting a white light and a light emission portion for a scene illumination and for emitting a colored light. The light emission portion for the main illumination emits the white light and the light emission portion for the scene illumination emits the colored light simultaneously. The LED light source device is a bulb lamp, a candle lamp or other lamps of which a front side and a lateral side both emits light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chaobo Liu, Hongbo Wang, Kun Bai, Liang Cao
  • Patent number: 10955108
    Abstract: A ceiling lamp may include: a base plate and a light emitting component arranged on the base plate. The ceiling lamp further includes a diffusing structural member, arranged outside the light emitting component and configured to evenly diffuse light emitted by the light emitting component; and a light transmitting structural member, arranged outside the diffusing structural member. The light transmitting structural member is provided with a microprism structure, and is configured to allow the light evenly diffused by diffusing structural member to form into a pattern corresponding to the microprism structure on the light transmitting structural member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoxiang Li, Shitao Deng, Zhengwang Xu
  • Patent number: 10953786
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with a headlamp assembly, and a corresponding method. In an example, a motor vehicle includes a fascia including an opening and a rear face having one of a projection and a recess. The motor vehicle further includes a lamp including a front face having the other of the projection and the recess. The projection and the recess are configured such that when the projection is received in the recess a lens of the lamp is aligned with the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Alejandro Arguello, Davinder Basra, Sydney Schaaf, Martin D. Lopez