Patents Examined by Jong-Suk (James) Lee
  • Patent number: 11371681
    Abstract: A luminaire mounting kit including a luminaire having a mounting section with a recessed section carrying a first gear wheel portion, the recessed section being flanked by at least one protruding section carrying a second gear wheel portion and a mounting body for engaging with the mounting section, the mounting body having a protruding end portion carrying a first further gear wheel portion for engaging with the first gear wheel portion, and at least one recessed the portion flanking the end portion and carrying a second further gear wheel portion arranged to simultaneously engage with the second gear wheel portion when the first further gear wheel portion engages with the first gear wheel portion. Also disclosed is a luminaire assembly and a method of mounting such a luminaire kit onto a mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Signify Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Quanguo Wang, Yuhang Liu, Jianzhang Song, Feng Tian
  • Patent number: 11365873
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for levelling suspended luminaires. The system includes a shuttle and a thumb wheel disposed in a housing. The shuttle includes a gripper for securing the cable wires that attach to the luminaire. A rotational movement of the thumb wheel is translated to linear movement of the shuttle within a slot of the housing to allow adjustment of an attachment point of the cable wire relative to the rest of the luminaire to enable tool-free levelling of the luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: LMPG Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Tuulos
  • Patent number: 11365870
    Abstract: The holiday light attachment system is an extension structure. The holiday light attachment system includes an elevated anchor, a cable holder, a shaft mount, an extension shaft, and a light string. The cable holder attaches the light string to the elevated anchor. The shaft mount attaches to the extension shaft. The shaft mount is a tool that secures the cable holder to the elevated anchor. The holiday light attachment system attaches the light string to an elevated structure. By elevated structure is meant a surface that is above the reach of an individual. The holiday light attachment system allows the individual to attach the light string to the elevated structure without having to change the elevation of the individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Dennis Rafferty
  • Patent number: 11364840
    Abstract: A trim element for a motor vehicle front end includes a first trim part, a second trim part and a lighting device, which is at least substantially integrated into the first trim part and by which at least the second trim part is illuminated on the outside of the motor vehicle when the lighting device is activated. The lighting device has at least one illuminant, by which a front field in front of the motor vehicle front end can be specifically illuminated when the lighting device is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alf Guenther, Hans-Juergen Winkler
  • Patent number: 11353185
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate to electric lighting systems and charging and connection mechanisms thereof. In one example, an electric lighting system comprises a charger configured for electrical communication with a power source. The electric lighting system further comprises an electric light source removably couplable to, and configured for electrical communication with, the charger, the electric light source comprising a lighting element. The electric lighting system further comprises a light source holder removably couplable to the electric light source, wherein, when the electric light source is removably coupled to the light source holder, the electric light source and the light source holder share a central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Polygroup Limited (Macao Commercial Offshore)
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Ocegueda Gallaga, Yifeng Zhang, Shuangyi Lyu
  • Patent number: 11339956
    Abstract: A stage light with a speed reducer including a light head, a supporting arm and a bottom box. The light head is pivotally connected to the supporting arm by a pivot shaft. The supporting arm is pivotally connected to the bottom box by a pivot shaft. The pivot shaft of the light head and/or the pivot shaft of the supporting arm is connected to a drive shaft of a driving mechanism by the speed reducer. According to the stage light with the speed reducer, the pivot shaft of the light head and/or the pivot shaft of the supporting arm is connected to the speed reducer drive shaft of the driving mechanism, thereby realizing using a transmission part in the speed reducer for transmission, avoiding using a synchronous belt. The transmission part will not deform and cause inaccurate scanning positioning or fracture, and the product performance is more stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Weikai Jiang
  • Patent number: 11339953
    Abstract: Illumination devices 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: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Hourglass Medical LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy B. Ross
  • Patent number: 11333324
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of films and television lighting, and provides a lamp and an optical lens thereof, the lamp includes: a lamp body, a first housing and a second housing, the first housing is provided with slots, the second housing is movably sleeved inside the first housing, and an outer wall of the second housing is provided with a protruding member extending through the slots, the protruding member further simultaneously moves relative to the second housing while moves in the slot, to adjust a distance between the second housing and the lamp body. When the protruding member moves in the slot on the first housing, a part of the protruding member can also move relative to the second housing at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Aputure Imaging Industries Co.
    Inventors: Haijun Gu, Xiangjun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11320574
    Abstract: A light guide plate, a backlight module and a display device are provided. A plurality of blind holes is arranged at a surface of the light guide plate; the blind hole is filled with a light-converting unit; the light-converting unit includes an accommodating cavity made of a light-transmitting material, and a light-converting material located in the accommodating cavity; and a gap is between an outer wall of the accommodating cavity and an inner wall of the blind hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonglian Qi, Xue Dong, Huijuan Wang, Zezhou Yang, Hebin Zhao, Lianjie Qu, Shuai Liu
  • Patent number: 11320111
    Abstract: A lighting assembly for vehicles, having a number of light sources and light guide elements for generating different light functions, with a number of scattering optical elements assigned to the light exit side of the light guide elements for scattering the light. A headlamp lens is arranged at a distance in front of the light guide elements. The first light sources and the second light sources are arranged alternately in the direction of extension of the linear light signature. The scattering optical elements and/or the distance of the headlamp lens to the scattering optical elements and/or a distance in between adjacent first light sources running in the direction of extension are designed such that first light beams exiting in each case from the scattering optical elements assigned to the adjacent first light sources and adjacent in the direction of extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Martin Muegge
  • Patent number: 11313530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle lighting device including a lens intended to deflect the light rays emitted by a light source and including a wheel sector with a driven surface. The wheel sector is made in one piece with the lens as a whole. Also included is a driving means with a driving surface such that the driving surface is in contact with the driven surface, and movement of the driving surface drives movement of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Franck Dinant, Dirkie Sacchet, Florestan Debert
  • Patent number: 11306879
    Abstract: A lighting module disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the substrate and the light emitting device; a phosphor layer disposed on the resin layer; and a recess portion overlapping the light emitting device in a vertical direction, wherein an upper surface area of the recess portion includes a range of 50% to 150% of an upper surface area of the light emitting device, and the recess portion is formed to be concave toward the upper surface of the resin layer from the light emitting device and may include an inclined side surface lower than the upper surface of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Il Eom
  • Patent number: 11306904
    Abstract: A portable light including an elongate body having a first end and a second end, a plurality of extension poles slidably received in the elongate body, a light head pivotably coupled to an end of one of the plurality of extension poles, and a head assembly housing fixed to the first end of the elongate body. The portable light further includes a collar positioned around a portion of the elongate body, a movable handle coupled to the collar, and a plurality of legs pivotably coupled to the collar. Each leg includes a first end hingedly coupled to the collar. Each leg is also pivotally coupled to the second end of the elongate body by a leg link, wherein each leg link includes a pair of parallel members connected together by an offset portion, and wherein the offset portion extends perpendicularly from a longitudinal axis of the leg link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Harvey, Ross McIntyre, Michael Halverson, Eric Mackey, Justin Dorman
  • Patent number: 11300820
    Abstract: A display device includes a frame, a display module, and a plastic structure. The frame includes a bottom plate and a sidewall surrounding the bottom plate. The bottom plate has a concave surface. The display module is disposed above the frame and has a curved bottom surface. The sidewall of the frame is located at an outer edge of the display module. The concave surface of the bottom plate faces toward the curved bottom surface of the display module. The plastic structure is disposed at the sidewall of the frame and has a supporting surface facing away from the sidewall of the frame. The supporting surface is disposed between the sidewall of the frame and the display module. The plastic structure extends between and conformal to the curved bottom surface of the display module and the concave surface of the bottom plate of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yin-Ting Lee
  • Patent number: 11296433
    Abstract: A shelf includes a shelf support plate, an insulator formed at least partially of a first electrically insulating material, a first fastener, a second fastener and a shelf brace. The shelf support plate, the first fastener, the second fastener, and the shelf brace are formed at least partially of electrically conductive material. The shelf support plate includes a first aperture wall. The insulator includes second and third aperture walls. The shelf brace includes a brace plate, a shelf hook that extends from the brace plate, and a fourth aperture wall through the shelf brace. The insulator mounts between the shelf support plate and the shelf brace using the first fastener inserted into the first and second aperture walls and the second fastener inserted into the fourth and third aperture walls. The shelf hook connects to an electrical connector to provide current to the shelf brace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Sub-Zero Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith R. Wanta, Alan C. Wood, Sean T. Petersen, Matthew J. McMillin
  • Patent number: 11293619
    Abstract: A light system having: (a) a plurality of light sources connected to a vehicle and creating light that radiates away from the vehicle so that the light substantially surrounds the vehicle; and (b) one or more sensors that detect light from another light source; and wherein one or more of the plurality of light sources are turned off in a direction of the another light source while some of the plurality of light sources remain on so that a tunnel having a reduction or absence of light is formed in the direction of the another light source between the plurality of light sources that remain on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Brant Potter, Mark Pattison, John Orisich, Ambroise Servantie, Minesh Chaudhari, Frederick Roth
  • Patent number: 11293598
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of bulbs, and discloses a dual-resistor shatter-resistant bulb. The shatter-resistant bulb includes a lamp holder and a bulb shell, and further includes a core column, a fixing base and a light-emitting component. The dual-resistor shatter-resistant bulb has the following advantages. First, a hollow structure of the fixing base helps save costs. Second, the core column and the fixing base are formed by injection molding, which can reduce the assembly processes, and prevent the bulb from breaking due to the falling core column, thus improving the falling resistance and prolonging the service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN HUIHUAN LIGHTING CO, , LTD.
    Inventor: Song Wang
  • Patent number: 11287105
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a light guide member including: an emission region defined by a sectioning groove, a light source placement part located in the emission region, and a light adjusting hole that, in a schematic top view, is located between the sectioning groove and the light source placement part; and a light source disposed in the light source placement part. A refractive index of an inside of the light adjusting hole is lower than a refractive index of the light guide member. In the schematic top view, the light adjusting hole is positioned to intersect with a first straight line connecting a center of the light source and a farthest point in the sectioning groove, the farthest point being farthest from the center of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Nakabayashi, Toru Hashimoto, Keiji Emura
  • Patent number: 11287098
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headlamp lens for a vehicle headlamp, wherein the headlamp lens comprises a precision-molded body made of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel (108) and a light-conducting part (109) with at least one optically active light exit surface (102). The light tunnel (108) comprises at least one light entry surface (101) and merges with a bend (107) in the light-conducting part to depict the sharp bend as a light/dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated into the light entry surface. The surface of the light tunnel (108) is at least partially convexly curved in the region of the bend (107).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: DOCTER OPTICS SE
    Inventors: Manuel Tessmer, Mohsen Mozaffari-Afshar, Siemen Kühl, Wolfram Wintzer
  • Patent number: 11287257
    Abstract: A tilt detection device uses externally generated electromagnetic signal sources to detect changes in relative orientational positioning of an object. A sensor (18) monitors intensity characteristics of electromagnetic stimuli received from remotely located sources, and a controller (16) utilises changes in those characteristics to inform detection and/or measurement of a state of tilting of an object to which the sensor is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Wei Pien Lee