Patents Examined by Jessica M Apenteng
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Patent number: 11506833Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including: a casing, a main body of which is provided with a light transmitting area; an indicating structure including a light emitting component and a light guide component which are fixedly coupled; the light guide component is configured to scatter the light emitted by the light emitting component and then emit the scattered light; the indicating structure is fixedly coupled to the casing, and a light exiting surface of the indicating structure corresponds to the light transmitting area.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: Hefei BOE Vision-Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Chao Wu
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Patent number: 11506353Abstract: A light guide for a lamp of an automobile includes at least one body made of elastic material adapted to conduct, at least partly, light rays within itself by total internal reflection; a supporting structure adapted to connect the at least one body to the lamp. The body comprises: at least one light inlet portion, from which the light rays emitted by at least one light source enter the body; a plurality of light emission portions, from which the light rays exit the light guide, so as to be visible to an observer. The light guide comprises at least two connection elements adapted to permit fastening the body to the supporting structure. The body includes at least one pliable portion between the at least two connection elements so that the body can be bent and/or curved to take a plurality of different conformations.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: OLSA S.P.A.Inventor: Frank Hallitschke
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Patent number: 11506829Abstract: A light-transmissible element and a lamp device using the light-transmissible element are provided. The light-transmissible element includes a light-inputting surface, a first light-outputting surface, a second light-outputting surface and plural microstructures. The first light-outputting surface and the second light-outputting surface are located beside two opposite sides of the light-inputting surface. The plural microstructures are formed on the second light-outputting surface. The plural light beams from the light-inputting surface are received and refracted by the plural microstructures. Consequently, a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each first refractive surface is higher than a luminous flux of the light beams received and refracted by each second refractive surface. Due to this design, the light extraction efficiency of the overall lamp device is increased, the light output range is adjustable and the generation of the light spots is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: LIVINGSTYLE ENTERPRISES LIMITEDInventor: Ming-Yun Chen
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Patent number: 11503681Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a light emission units, a control device, and an operating unit to be operated when the vehicle is started. The control device increases an emission intensity of light emission units in a first period. The first period includes a second period including a plurality of time intervals. The control device changes the emission intensity of light emission units in each time interval of the second period so that two light emission units in at least one pair of light emission units adjacent to each other differ from each other in light emission parameters. The light emission parameters include at least two parameters out of a magnitude of changing amount in emission intensity in the time interval, a direction indicating whether the emission intensity is increasing or decreasing in the time interval, and the emission intensity at an end point of the time interval.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Yamashita, Yoshiharu Okabe, Mitsuhisa Shida
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Patent number: 11493312Abstract: A non-pyrotechnic aerial display system may include a launcher configured to launch a non-pyrotechnic aerial display apparatus. The apparatus may include a head portion and a wing portion. The head portion may include a front portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of channels extending from the front portion toward the rear portion. The wing portion may extend rearward from the head portion. The wing portion may include a top surface, a bottom surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a rear edge extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and an airfoil extending along the leading edge. The wing portion may include a counterweight. The apparatus may include one or more forward-facing lights. The apparatus may include one or more rearward-facing lights. Other examples may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Flyerworks LLPInventors: Benjamin Dallas, Michael Gilbert
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Patent number: 11493311Abstract: A non-pyrotechnic aerial display apparatus may include a head portion and a wing portion. The head portion may include a front portion, a rear portion, and a plurality of channels extending from the front portion toward the rear portion. The wing portion may extend rearward from the head portion. The wing portion may include a top surface, a bottom surface, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a rear edge extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, and an airfoil extending along the leading edge. The wing portion may include a counterweight. The apparatus may include one or more forward-facing lights. The apparatus may include one or more rearward-facing lights. Other examples may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Flyerworks LLPInventors: Benjamin Dallas, Michael Gilbert, Mitchell Ross
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Patent number: 11486564Abstract: An optical light source cover configured to be fixed at a reaction bearing, the optical light source cover including an interlocking element configured to attach the optical light source cover at the reaction bearing, wherein the interlocking element includes an interlocking arm, wherein the interlocking arm extends from the optical light source cover in an insertion direction of the optical light source cover into the reaction bearing and includes a free end that is in front in the insertion direction and a connected end that is connected to the optical light source cover, wherein the interlocking element includes a first interlocking hook that is wedge shaped, wherein a first wedge tip of the first interlocking hook is oriented in a direction towards the free end of the interlocking element.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Olaf Baumeister, Philipp Henrici, Bastian Hunecke
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Patent number: 11487056Abstract: A light guide plate includes a light incident surface and a bottom surface arranged adjacently. The bottom surface is provided with a plurality of first columnar structures. Each of the first columnar structures extends along a first direction from a vicinity of the light incident surface and toward away from the light incident surface. An accommodating space is formed between any two adjacent first columnar structures. A side of these first columnar structures away from the bottom surface is provided with a plurality of light exit microstructures. The light guide plate has an effect of preventing scratches. A backlight module includes the light guide plate mentioned above and a light source.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Tzeng-Ke Shiau, Shih-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 11472968Abstract: The present specification relates to a color conversion film, and a backlight unit and a display device, including the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Ji Ho Kim, Dong Mok Shin, Nari Kim, Hye Mi Oh, Sung Yong Min
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Patent number: 11471758Abstract: An illumination device according to one or more embodiments may include: a light guide plate unit having a front light guide plate and a rear light guide plate; a light projecting unit having an LED configured to supply light to the front light guide plate and the rear light guide plate; a moving mechanism configured to cause the light guide plate unit to reciprocate in a depth direction; and a detector having a detection region in front of the light guide plate unit in the depth direction and configured to detect the presence or absence of an object without contacting. The moving mechanism may move the light guide plate unit in accordance with a detection result of the detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Onitsuka, Takahiro Ono, Tatsuya Adachi, Rei Asai, Takehiro Agata
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Patent number: 11466849Abstract: An integrated lighting module may have a driver cap, a heat sink module, a LED light chip, an optical reflector, and a holder. The driver cap may be configured to hold a driver within the driver cap to power the LED light chip. The driver cap may attach to a top of the heat sink module. The heat sink module may be finned at its upper portions, the heat sink module may have a larger diameter than a non-finned bottom portion. The holder may screw upon the bottom portion of the heat sink module with the optical reflector and the LED light chip disposed between the holder and the heat sink module. Trim, such as MR16 sized trim, a lamp, and/or a lens holder, may attach to bottom flanges of the holder. The integrated lighting module may be adjusted without interfering with the trim.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventor: Brandon Cohen
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Patent number: 11460623Abstract: An LED lighting lamp comprises an essentially annular perimetric frame positioned about an axis; a plurality of LEDs arranged along a radially inner perimetric edge of the frame and angularly spaced apart from one another about the axis; and a substantially flat and completely transparent light-guide plate, having two opposite faces substantially perpendicular to the axis and a radially outer perimetric edge facing the LEDs; at least one face of the light-guide plate is provided with an engraving pattern, formed by a plurality of notches shaped so as to extract light from the light-guide plate through said at least one face.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Inventor: Ernesto Gismondi
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Patent number: 11460181Abstract: In an embodiment an LED module includes a support having at least two segments, wherein each segment is configured to emit light, wherein each segment has at least two light-emitting diodes that differ in terms of their colors, wherein the support has a multilayer structure and/or wherein the support has a substrate having a ceramic material and the ceramic material includes aluminum nitride, aluminum oxide or a varistor ceramic, and wherein the LED module is configured to set a brightness and a color of the emitted light separately for each segment.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AGInventors: Franz Schrank, Thomas Feichtinger
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Patent number: 11454388Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator with an improved lighting structure. The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a light source provided on an inner surface of the storage compartment to provide light, and a lighting cover provided to cover the light source, wherein the lighting cover includes a first opening formed to irradiate light in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface of the storage compartment, and a second opening formed to be inclined with respect to the inner surface so that light is irradiated to the front of the storage compartment.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chun Seong Kim, Byoung Woo Ko, Jung Kwon Kim, Gwang Jin Jung, Jeong Su Han
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Patent number: 11441756Abstract: A light transmissive substrate for transforming a Lambertian light distribution includes a base film having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a plurality of first microstructures disposed on the first side of the base film and a plurality of first valleys. Each of the first valleys is defined by a pair of adjacent first microstructures. A filler material is disposed in the plurality of first valleys and defines a substantially planar surface spaced from and substantially parallel to the first side of the base film. The substrate also includes a plurality of second microstructures disposed on the substantially planar surface of the filler material and a plurality of second valleys. Each of the second valleys is defined by a pair of adjacent second microstructures.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Brightview Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jennifer Aspell, Kenneth L. Walker, Bing Shen
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Patent number: 11438558Abstract: An electronic device comprises a projector that is configured to project an image and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control an orientation of the image to be projected to a first orientation when the electronic device is in a first attitude, and to control the orientation of the image to be projected to a second orientation different from the first orientation when the electronic device is in a second attitude different from the first attitude.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Nikon CorporationInventors: Hirotake Nozaki, Nobuhiro Fujinawa
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Patent number: 11435046Abstract: Lighting module of a lighting and/or signalling device for a motor vehicle including at least one light source positioned on a source support, an optical element comprising an input face which receives light rays emitted by said at least one light source and is positioned facing the latter, and a frame supporting the optical element and fastened to said source support. The optical element has at least one stud having a free end projecting towards the source support, said at least one stud being made of the same material as the optical element and being in direct or indirect contact with the source support when the lighting module is assembled.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventors: Pierre Renaud, Benoit Delande
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Patent number: 11435056Abstract: A camp lantern includes a housing having an outer wall, a lower surface, and an upper surface with an LED module positioned thereon. A U-shaped handle attached to opposing sides of the outer wall allows the lantern to be easily transported to remote locations. Removably superimposable on the LED module is a frosted, semispherical cover that allows the lantern to be used as a portable light source. Any one of a plurality of interchangeable, substantially opaque covers with transparent, thematic design elements can be substituted for the frosted cover to convert the camping lantern to an image projector. When the LED module is activated, light only passes through the transparent portions to project the design elements onto a tent or cabin ceiling.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Jian Zhu
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Patent number: 11435041Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting apparatus (100) for a flagpole for illuminating a flag hoisted on the flagpole. The lighting apparatus (100) comprises a star polygon shaped disc (102) having an upper surface (102-1) and a lower surface (102-2), the lower surface (102-2) comprising a plurality of panels (106). Each of the plurality of panels (106) is inclined at an angle with respect to an adjacent panel (106). The lighting apparatus (100) further comprises a plurality of solar panels (104) installed on the upper surface (102-1) of the disc (102), and a plurality of lighting units (108) arranged in each of the plurality of panels (106) of the lower surface (102-2) of the disc (102). The lighting apparatus (100) emits light rays in the form of a star pattern and illuminates a wide coverage of the flag.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Scott Player
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Patent number: 11420412Abstract: Light-emitting quantum dot films, quantum dot lighting devices, and quantum dot-based backlight units are provided. Related compositions, components, and methods are also described. Improved quantum dot encapsulation and matrix materials are provided. Quantum dot films with protective barriers are described. High-efficiency, high brightness, and high-color purity quantum dot-based lighting devices are also included, as well as methods for improving efficiency and optical characteristics in quantum dot-based lighting devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Dubrow, William P. Freeman, Ernest Lee, Paul Furuta