Patents Examined by Jessica M Apenteng
  • Patent number: 11168872
    Abstract: A clip for mounting a linear LED lamp to an overhead dropped ceiling grid or to a planar support surface. The mounting clip has a pair of spaced resilient fingers extending downwardly and defining an interior region between the fingers sized to receive a portion of the linear LED lamp heat sink. Each finger has an internally facing engagement portion comprising protrusions configured to interlock with one or more external ridges of the heat sink of a linear LED lamp to securely retain the linear LED lamp between the fingers. In one form, the mounting clip has upper tab portions configured to engage and connect to a horizontally extending ledge of a channel member of the overhead dropped ceiling grid. In another form, the mounting clip is adapted to be secured to a planar support by means of a mechanical fastener or magnetically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Michael W. May
  • Patent number: 11150510
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display terminal are disclosed. As an example, the backlight module includes at least one lamp board, a plurality of LED lamps, and at least one wire terminal. The at least one lamp board includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plurality of LED lamps is arranged in an array on the first surface. The at least one wire terminal is disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the plurality of LED lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Tang, Jianguo Han, Ji Ma, Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11150400
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements (LEEs); a light guide extending in a forward direction from a first end to a second end to receive at the first end light emitted by the LEEs and to guide the received light to the second end; an optical extractor optically coupled to the second end to receive the guided light, the optical extractor including a redirecting surface to reflect a first portion of the guided light, the reflected light being output by the optical extractor in a backward angular range, and the redirecting surface having one or more transmissive portions to transmit a second portion of the guided light in the forward direction; and one or more optical elements optically coupled to the transmissive portions, the optical elements to modify the light transmitted through the transmissive portions and to output the modified light in a forward angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Allan Brent York, Hans Peter Stormberg, Louis Lerman, Ferdinand Schinagl, Wilson Dau
  • Patent number: 11131444
    Abstract: A luminaire assembly comprises a first luminaire structure and a second luminaire structure, each configured for positioning in an illuminatable position on an enclosure surface. Each of the first and second luminaire structures comprises a housing structure and an illumination structure extending outwardly from the housing structure. The illumination structure has at least one outer surface region which terminates at a longitudinal distal end region and at least one lateral edge region, wherein the respective lateral edge regions of the first and second luminaire structures are alignable to form an aligning interface therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Axis Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas James, Howard Yaphe, Andrew Miles, Jamie Katz
  • Patent number: 11125413
    Abstract: There is provided a method to manufacture a diffuser plate with better productivity and exhibiting an excellent diffusion property and having excellent durability with respect to light having large coherence, the microlens array diffuser plate including: a microlens group positioned on a surface of a transparent substrate. The diffuser plate includes two or more unit cells that are continuously set in array, the unit cell includes a plurality of microlenses positioned on the surface of the transparent substrate, and ridge lines between the microlenses adjacent to each other are nonparallel to each other, and are nonparallel to the transparent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hanashima, Akio Takada, Kazuyuki Shibuya, Yusuke Matsuno
  • Patent number: 11125421
    Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping work light. More particularly, the invention relates to a work light that has a housing with a clamping mechanism designed into the housing and which allows the light to nest into the housing or rotate out of the housing and the light may be aimed in any direction by a double-axis pivoting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Walter R. Tucker Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Cacciabeve
  • Patent number: 11121292
    Abstract: An LED light bulb, consisting of: a lamp housing doped with a golden yellow material or its surface coated with a yellow film; a bulb base connected to the lamp housing; a stem connected to the bulb base and located in the lamp housing, the stem comprises a stand extending to the center of the lamp housing; and a single LED filament, disposed in the lamp housing, the LED filament comprising: a light conversion layer, coated on at least two sides of the LED chip and the conductive electrodes, and a portion of each of the conductive electrodes is not coated with the light conversion layer, the light conversion layer has at least one top layer and one base layer, the top layer and the base layer are disposed on the opposing surface of the LED chip, wherein the top layer of the light conversion layer in the conductive section comprises a wavy concave structure with groove, the two adjacent grooves of the wavy concave structure have different width at the positions aligned in the axial direction of the LED filamen
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Weihong Xu, Yukihiro Saito, Hayato Unagike, Aiming Xiong, Junfeng Xu, Yiching Chen
  • Patent number: 11119265
    Abstract: A light guide plate assembly, includes a light conductive layer and a plurality of light exit structures. The light conductive layer is configured to cause light entering the light conductive layer to be transmitted between two opposite surfaces of the light conductive layer. The plurality of light exit structures are disposed on one of the two opposite surfaces and spaced apart. The plurality of light exit structures are configured to enable a portion of the light to emit from the light conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailong Li, Yudong Liu, Ning Wang, Xiaozhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 11121293
    Abstract: An LED light bulb, consisting of: a lamp housing; a bulb base connected to the lamp housing; a stem connected to the bulb base and located in the lamp housing, a single LED filament, disposed in the lamp housing, the LED filament comprising: two conductive supports, each of the two conductive supports connected with the stem and the flexible LED filament; a driving circuit, electrically connected with both the two conductive supports and the bulb base; and a plurality of supporting arms, each of the supporting arms comprise a first end and a second end opposite to the first end of the supporting arms, the first end of each of the supporting arms is connected with the stand while the second end of each of the supporting arms is connected with the LED filament; where anodes of LED sections are electrically connected together to serve as a first positive electrode P1 and/or a second positive electrode P2 of the flexible LED filament, cathodes of LED section serve as a first negative electrode N1 and/or a second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Weihong Xu, Yukihiro Saito, Hayato Unagike, Aiming Xiong, Junfeng Xu, Yiching Chen
  • Patent number: 11104396
    Abstract: A motorcycle includes a handle bar, a light operation part, and a control unit. The part is provided to the bar for operating light switching and passing operations. The light switching operation is an operation for switching between irradiating low beam and irradiating high beam of a headlight in a manual mode. The unit performs at least two modes among the manual mode, a first auto mode which is a mode for automatically switching between the low beam and the high beam, and a second auto mode which is a mode for automatically adjusting an irradiation area of the high beam. The unit switches the modes including at least two modes among the manual mode, the first auto mode, and the second auto mode when determining that a mode switching operation which is different from the light switching operation and the passing operation is performed using the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Daisuke Saeki
  • Patent number: 11106025
    Abstract: A multi-color LED illumination device and specifically a lens comprising a cylindrical opening extending into the lens from a light entry region at which one or more LEDs are configured. A concave spherical surface extends across the entirety of the light exit region of the lens, and a TIR outer surface shaped as a CPC extends between the light entry region and the light exit region. There are various diffusion surfaces placed on the sidewall surface of the cylindrical opening, as well as its upper planar surface and the exit surface of the lens. Lunes can also be configured on the sidewall surfaces of the cylindrical opening. The combination of lunes, diffusion elements, and the overall configuration of the lens provides improved color mixing and output brightness using three interactions in a first portion of light and two interactions in a second portion of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Fangxu Dong
  • Patent number: 11098883
    Abstract: A lamp base includes a lamp body, a ring frame and a circumferential projection component. The lamp body includes an illuminating component, a ring frame and a circumferential projection component. The ring frame surrounds the lamp body. Such that the lamp body is seated within the ring frame. The ring frame also rotates relative to the lamp body along a rotational axis of the lamp base. The circumferential projection component has an inner circular through hole to allow the lamp body to pass through. The circumferential projection component detachably and rotatably engages with the ring frame. The lamp body rotates relative to at least one of the ring frame and the circumferential projection component along the rotational axis, so as to adjust an illumination angle of the illuminating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Maojin Zeng, Qiqing Yu, Zhenkun Huang
  • Patent number: 11091091
    Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle includes a light source and a linear light emission element for emitting light, which is supplied by the light source via a coupling surface of the light emission element in the light emission element. A light conductor element is provided for distributing and/or directing light, which is supplied by the light emission element in the light conductor element. The lighting device is characterized in that the light source is linear and is arranged so as to extend parallel to the light emission element so that light from the light source can be coupled to a longitudinal side of the light-emitting element in an in-coupling surface in the light emission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesekkschaft
    Inventor: Peter Schreier
  • Patent number: 11092326
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Brandon Cohen
  • Patent number: 11079097
    Abstract: A lighting device fixing structure and a shelf lighting fixing structure are provided. The fixing structure of the lighting apparatus has a first fastener unit wrapping a surface of a shelf, a second fastener unit wrapping the surface of the shelf, wherein one of the first fastener unit and the second fastener unit is fixed to a light body, the first fastener unit and the second fastener unit are connected in a rotatable manner. The fixing structure of the lighting apparatus also has a fastener unit for locking the first fastener unit and the second fastener unit to each other, wherein the first fastener unit and the second fastener unit wrap and fix to a shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chunteng Chen, Yuanbin Yu, Biquan Lin
  • Patent number: 11079534
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device including a light source configured to emit diverging light a fiber bundle including a plurality of optical fibers bundled into a cross sectional shape configured to be optically coupled to the light source; and a coupling device configured to optically couple the light source to the fiber bundle, the coupling device including a reflecting portion configured to reflect the diverging light toward the optical fiber bundle and a blocking portion configured to block light from bleeding from the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry Grammer
  • Patent number: 11077784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component group for a vehicle body, having a headlamp housing, which has at least one connecting portion integrally formed in one piece for connection to an adjoining body part, and a predetermined breaking point for separation of the connecting portion from a neighboring portion. To minimize both the repair costs in the event of a collision at low speed in the region of the headlamp and also the costs for production and assembly, it is provided according to the invention that the neighboring portion has connecting structures for connection to a joining part with which the connecting portion is replaceable after its separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Kueppers, Martin Otto Alfred Konrad, Antje Sipido
  • Patent number: 11073253
    Abstract: A light emission device includes a light source that emits an excitation light beam, a light deflector, a wavelength converter that receives and converts the excitation light beam deflected by the light deflector to wavelength-converted light, and a light concentration section that focuses the excitation light beam on the wavelength converter. The light concentration section includes a first optical system disposed between the light source and the light deflector, and a second optical system disposed between the light deflector and the wavelength converter. In the second optical system, a focal length of an Ay-axis is shorter than a focal length of an Ax-axis, where the Ax-axis is defined as an axis that has a lowest beam parameter product of the excitation light beam, and the Ay-axis is defined as an axis orthogonal to the Ax-axis in a cross section perpendicular to a propagation direction of the excitation light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kimihiro Murakami
  • Patent number: 11073270
    Abstract: A vehicular headlight which, by using a fan, can efficiently cool a light source through a heat sink and also efficiently cool a light source drive circuit. The vehicular headlight includes a lamp housing, a lamp lens, a lamp unit, a fan, and a light source drive circuit. The lamp unit includes a light source, a heat sink, and a light control member. An outlet side of the fan faces the heat sink, and an intake side of the fan faces the light source drive circuit. The vehicular headlight can efficiently cool the light source through the heat sink and also efficiently cool the light source drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Ishii
  • Patent number: 11047554
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing, a light module, and a trim assembly. The trim assembly includes a trim body, an upper flange, and an adjustable collar attached to the upper flange. The adjustable collar can attach to the upper flange in a plurality of different positions easily permitting adjustment of the orientation of the trim assembly with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jay P. Bokros, Charles Vasquez, Jason Q. Paulsel