Patents Examined by Jason M Han
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Patent number: 11326765Abstract: A lighting device configured for controlling a light radiation direction thereof, may include a housing provided with a light source; a lens unit provided in the housing, the lens unit being configured to concentrate the light generated from the light source; a length-variable unit mounted to the housing, the length-variable unit being configured so that a length thereof is changed, in a response to application of electricity thereto, in a direction in which the position of the lens unit is changed; and a controller configured to control a light radiation direction of the lens unit by setting a voltage of the electricity to be applied to the length-variable unit so that a length of the length-variable unit is changed according to a set voltage and the position of the lens unit is changed according to a change in the length of the length-variable unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jung Wook Lim, Byoung Suk Ahn, Seung Sik Han, Sung Ho Park, Ki Hong Lee
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Patent number: 11326752Abstract: The invention proposes a lighting device for a motor vehicle, including a first lighting module adapted to project a pixelized first beam with a first resolution and a second lighting module adapted to project a pixelized low beam type second beam with a second resolution lower than the first resolution, the first and second lighting modules being such that the first and second beams overlap vertically at least in part to form a global beam, the device including a control unit able to control selectively a plurality of pixels of the first and second beams so as to project a motif in the global beam.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Sebastien Roels, Marie Pellarin, Sophie Clade
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Patent number: 11325690Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of exterior aircraft assemblies integrating compatible elements. In one example, an integrated aircraft assembly includes an aerodynamic housing attachable to an aircraft, an antenna system including at least one antenna element housed within the aerodynamic housing, and a lighting system including at least one light fixture housed within the aerodynamic housing. The at least one antenna element and the at least one light fixture may be co-located within then housing or mounted separately on the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Joseph T. Graf, James B. West
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Patent number: 11326754Abstract: An illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a light source for emitting light of a first mixed color, said light source containing one or more laser diodes for generating monochromatic light and a first conversion element for converting the monochromatic light into the light of the first mixed color. The illumination apparatus also includes a first optical device which images the light source as a real image in an intermediate image plane, and a second optical device which generates a predefined light distribution from the real image in the intermediate image plane. A second conversion element is provided at the site of the real image in the intermediate image plane in order to convert the light of the first mixed color into light of a second mixed color.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Helmut Erdl, Abdelmalek Hanafi
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Patent number: 11326749Abstract: A multi-positional bar shaped light assembly includes a rear housing defining an interior and an open front. The housing further has a rear wall defining two identical sets of mounting holes therethrough, one at a midpoint of the housing and a second set at one end of the housing. The second set being oriented at a right angle with respect to the first set. A printed circuit assembly is mounted within the rear housing and includes a plurality of linearly aligned light emitting diodes arranged thereon oriented to emit light through the open front of the rear housing. A reflector has an open back and is mounted to the printed circuit assembly, and a translucent lens is attached to the rear housing at the open front. A support stand is affixed to the rear housing at one of the first and second sets of mounting holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Jem Accessories, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Garrett, Elie Chemtob
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Patent number: 11320110Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a planar light emitting body including a transparent base body, a light emitting portion disposed inside the base body, and an extraction electrode formed on the base body and configured to supply a current to the light emitting portion; and a flexible printed wiring board including a transparent wiring base, a connection electrode formed on the wiring base and connected to the extraction electrode, and a conductive portion connected to the connection electrode. The extraction electrode and the connection electrode are constituted by a plurality of metal wires respectively arranged at a predetermined interval.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomoaki Harada, Yoshiro Ito, Masaya Shido
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Patent number: 11307452Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight device and a display apparatus. The backlight device includes: a light guide plate having a light exit face and a light entrance face, and a plurality of light extraction structures disposed on the light exit face. A light beam is totally reflected in the light guide plate, and can enter the light extraction structure through a surface of the light extraction structure that is in contact with the light exit surface of the light guide plate. The light extraction structure is configured to converge its output light beam when the backlight device is used in a dark display state, and diverge its output light beam when the backlight device is used in the grayscale display state.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Tao Hong
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Patent number: 11300722Abstract: An object is to promote a reduction in thickness of a light guide plate and suppress brightness non-uniformity of the light guide plate. A light guide plate, including: a light exit surface from which light is emitted; an opposite surface on an opposite side of the light exit surface; a depressed portion provided on the opposite surface; and a plurality of scattering portions which are provided on the light exit surface, the opposite surface, and a bottom surface of the depressed portion and which refract and scatter light, wherein the depressed portion has a tapered surface which spreads from the bottom surface of the depressed portion toward an opening of the depressed portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shotaro Watanabe, Kazuhide Hirota, Naoki Ishimi
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Patent number: 11300264Abstract: A vehicle lighting system includes a light processing unit, a non-uniform projection unit, a sensing unit, a judgment unit, and an operation unit. The light processing unit is capable of changing an intensity profile of a light beam, and the judgment unit receives an image signal from the sensing unit to determine whether to change the intensity profile of the light beam according to the image signal. When the intensity profile needs to be changed in accordance with the judgment result, the operation unit calculates out a desired intensity profile and outputs a control signal containing information about the desired intensity profile to the light processing unit, and the light processing unit changes the intensity profile of the light beam according to the control signal and sends out the light beam with the desired intensity profile.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: YOUNG OPTICS INC.Inventor: Jyh-Horng Shyu
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Patent number: 11297886Abstract: A safety vest includes a vest body having front, back and sides, a light source, including a battery pack with at least one LED and a light flange, the light flange comprising a flat member mounted in proximity to the at least one LED such that light shining from the LED onto the flat member will light up the flat member, wherein the light source is removably mounted to the vest body such that the flat member provides a safety light mounted to the vest.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Coast Cutlery Co.Inventors: Todd Ernst, Brian Sheehy
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Patent number: 11293611Abstract: An exterior helicopter light is configured to be mounted to a helicopter, in particular to an underside of the helicopter, the helicopter having a longitudinal axis (A). The exterior helicopter light comprises: a first set of light sources configured for emitting, in operation, light of a first color into a at least one rear sector of a ground below the helicopter, the at least one rear sector spatially extending around a projection of a rear portion of the helicopter onto the ground; and second set of light sources configured for emitting, in operation, light of a second color, which differs from the first color, into at least two forward sectors of the ground below the helicopter.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl
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Patent number: 11291260Abstract: A light-emitting system is provided which is removably attachable to headgear for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system includes a housing that defines a receiving aperture and is configured to surround a portion of the headgear when the light-emitting system is removably attached to the headgear for use. The light-emitting system further includes at least one lens and a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the annular housing which are configured to selectively generate a halo or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing through the at least one lens to provide enhanced personal illumination.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Illumagear, Inc.Inventors: John Maxwell Baker, Andrew Royal, Raymond Walter Riley, Mark John Ramberg, Chad Austin Brinckerhoff, John R. Murkowski, Trent Robert Wetherbee, Alexander Michael Diener, Kristin Marie Will, Kyle S. Johnston, Clint Timothy Schneider, Evan William Mattingly, Keith W. Kirkwood, Jonathan Brandt Hadley
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Patent number: 11281085Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a first solid-state-based illumination module, a second solid-state-based illumination module, and a superposition unit, which couples first and the second luminescence radiation into an illumination beam path, in which said radiation is guided up to the end of the illumination beam path in order to illuminate a light modulator. A filter unit which filters light with a second color from the first luminescence radiation with a first color and from the second luminescence radiation such that light with the first and second color is present at the end of the illumination beam path.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Carl Zeiss Jena GmbHInventors: Marcus Heidkamp, Dirk Doering, Axel Krause, Peter Klopfleisch, Alexander Gratzke, Bryce Anton Moffat
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Patent number: 11274814Abstract: It is described herein various embodiments of a holder for a light source. In some embodiments, the holder comprises a first arm and a second arm with each arm attached to a pivot member (300) having a pivot member central axis. In other embodiments, the holder comprises a housing attached to a first planar surface of a mounting base with a first bracket attached to a second planar surface of the mounting base proximate with a mounting base first end and a second bracket attached to the second planar surface of the mounting base proximate with a mounting base second end which is opposite the mounting base first end.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: L.J. Star, IncorporatedInventors: Aarash Navabi, Michael Sadaway
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Patent number: 11273759Abstract: A vehicle cabin lighting system includes: a lighting device that is provided inside a vehicle cabin and that is configured to move a position of light; and a control section that is configured to determine whether or not an occupant sitting on a vehicle seat has an interest in interacting with another occupant inside the vehicle cabin based on operation of an operation section by the occupant or based on a state of the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat, and to control the lighting device so as to move the position of the light in order to direct a gaze direction of the occupant toward a vehicle width direction outer side in a case in which no interest in interacting has been determined.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Mizobata, Kazuma Uchibori
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Patent number: 11268690Abstract: A lighting system includes a first luminaire. The first luminaire includes a first light source that generates a first light output. The first luminaire also includes a first visual feedback response source that generates a first visual feedback response output. Additionally, the first luminaire includes a first speaker that generates a first audio output. Further, the lighting system includes a second luminaire. The second luminaire includes a second light source that generates a second light output and a second visual feedback response source that generates a second visual feedback response output. Furthermore, the second luminaire includes a second speaker that generates a second audio output. The second audio output is different from the first audio output such that the first speaker and the second speaker output different audio components of a multichannel audio protocol output.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLCInventors: Charles Jeffrey Spencer, Towfiq M. Chowdhury, Mohammad Bani Hani, Daniel Francis Posacki, Kyle Michael Bradd, Gregory Philip Frankiewicz, Feng Chen, John Glenn Serra, Darcie Renee Callison
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Patent number: 11260788Abstract: The invention describes a lighting assembly for use in a lighting arrangement of a vehicle. The lighting assembly includes a projection lens and a light source array, wherein a center of the light source array and an optical axis of the projection lens have a lateral offset, and light sources of the light source array are individually controllable to adjust a swivel angle of a light beam generated by that lighting assembly. The invention further describes a controller for controlling the light sources of such a lighting assembly. The invention also describes a lighting arrangement for a vehicle, comprising such a lighting assembly and such a controller for controlling the light sources of the lighting assembly to adjust the swivel angle of the light beam. The invention also describes a method of generating a front beam for a vehicle comprising such a lighting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Marten Sikkens, Marcel De Jong, Silvia Maria Booij, Martinus Petrus Creusen
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Patent number: 11265979Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of flicker lights, and particularly relates to a flicker light and a lighting shoe. The flicker light includes a lamp, and further includes a control module for generating irregular flicker signals. A signal output end of the control module is electrically connected with the lamp. Through the control module for generating the irregular flicker signals, the signal output end of the control module is electrically connected with the lamp, so that the work flicker time sequence of all LED lights on the lamp in the flicker light is irregular during work; moreover, the work time and number of the LED lights are different every time, thereby achieving a special flicker mode of the flicker light.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventor: Jinchun He
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Patent number: 11254384Abstract: This vehicular lighting equipment provided on a vehicle (100), which is capable of travelling around a corner by tilting the vehicle body toward the turning direction, comprises a light source, an optical member by which the light emitted from the light source is directed forward from the lighting equipment to form a predetermined light distribution pattern (PL), and a control unit for adjusting the predetermined light distribution pattern (PL) according to the tilted state of the vehicle body. The control unit is configured to adjust a predetermined light distribution pattern (PL2) such that in a light distribution pattern (PL1) corresponding to when the vehicle body is tilted, no light is irradiated in a region located outside the light distribution pattern (PL) corresponding to when the vehicle body is in the vertical state.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: KOITO MANUFACIURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
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Patent number: 11255532Abstract: A user-defined festoon lamp component, including a festoon lamp and a remote controller adapted to the festoon lamp. The festoon lamp includes a first MCU and a wireless receiving unit electrically connected to the first MCU, a first power supply unit, a white light LED unit and an RGB LED unit. The remote controller includes a second MCU and a wireless transmitting unit electrically connected to the second MCU, a second power supply unit and a button matrix unit for controlling the luminescent state of the white light LED unit and RGB LED unit. The festoon lamp is electrically connected to the wireless transmitting unit of remote controller through the wireless receiving unit. The button matrix unit includes an R button, a G button and a B button for independently increasing the R color, G color and B color in RGB LED unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Dongguan Jiedu Electronic Technology Company LimitedInventor: Kwong Sai Tong
