Patents Examined by Jose M Diaz
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Patent number: 12292166Abstract: A lighting system includes a light source unit and a light-distributing member. The light source unit includes a laser light source. The light-distributing member has the function of reflecting incident light that has been emitted as a beam of light from the light source unit toward a target space. The light-distributing member transforms the incident light into lighting light having a different light distribution property from the incident light and distributes the lighting light over the target space.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Kitano, Takanori Aketa, Taisuke Nishimori, Kenichiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 12288681Abstract: Sulfur arc lamp includes an arc chamber that has a cathode and an anode both made of refractory metals that include pure tungsten, pure molybdenum, tungsten alloy, molybdenum alloy or a composite in which tungsten is at least 90%, or a composite in which molybdenum is at least 90%; a plasma initiation gas filling the plasma chamber; power supply configured to switch on and off electric arc discharge between the cathode and anode; second chamber connected to the arc chamber for releasing sulfur vapor into the plasma arc chamber, thereby creating a sulfur-containing plasma gas when the discharge occurs, and configured to selectively remove the sulfur vapor from the sulfur-containing plasma gas when the discharge occurs, wherein the second chamber is configured to reduce a concentration of the sulfur vapor in the arc chamber below 1013 molecules per cm3 before the electric arc discharge is off.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Redshift Energy, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Gutsol, Yuriy Mirochnik
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Patent number: 12282226Abstract: A display apparatus is provided that includes: a printed circuit board (PCB); a light emitting diode (LED) chip mounted on the PCB and configured to emit light; an optical dome disposed over and enclosing the LED chip; a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) layer arranged on an upper surface of the LED chip; a liquid crystal panel configured to block or pass light output from the LED chip; an optical film arranged between the LED chip and the liquid crystal panel, wherein the optical film comprises a quantum dot sheet formed to enhance color reproducibility by making a change in wavelength of light.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2024Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Kyungsoo Park, Chunsoon Park, Kyehoon Lee
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Patent number: 12282248Abstract: A fluorescent light-emitting module includes: a light source, a phosphor wheel including yellow phosphor that emits first fluorescence when excited by excitation light emitted by the light source; a color wheel including a color filter that trims the first fluorescence to desired color light by cutting a part of the first fluorescence; a red phosphor that emits second fluorescence when excited by a part of the first fluorescence.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yosuke Honda, Yoshiyuki Takahira
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Patent number: 12281760Abstract: A LED filament (2,20) configured to provide LED filament light. The LED filament comprising an elongated carrier (7) extending in a lengthwise direction, said elongated carrier comprising a first major surface (7a). The LED filament further comprises a plurality of LEDs (8) arranged on said first major surface and configured to emit LED light, a first layer (9) free from a luminescent material encapsulating or covering said plurality of LEDs and at least partly encapsulating or covering said first major surface, said first elongated translucent layer having a width, W1, transverse to said lengthwise direction, and a second layer (10) comprising a luminescent material configured to partly convert said LED light, the second layer is arranged on an outer surface (9a) of said first layer, such that the second layer is contained within the width, W1, of the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Ties Van Bommel
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Patent number: 12276396Abstract: A light holding system having a light holder with wings that define an outer contoured surface. A channel extends inwardly of the outer contoured surface and has a bottom wall and lateral walls. The bottom wall has a ridge wall having a retention barb extending from a bottom surface. The wings are resiliently bendable between an uninstalled and an installed position. In the uninstalled position the tips of the wings are at a first distance from the retention barb and in the installed position the tips of the wings are at a second distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance. An end cap having an outer shell and a coped portion within the end may receive the light holder in the coped portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Sigma Switches Plus, Inc.Inventors: Brian Rothbauer, Adrian Byers, Nick Rothbauer
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Patent number: 12271076Abstract: A display device includes a first display unit emitting a red light having a first output spectrum corresponding to a highest gray level of the display device and a second display unit emitting a blue light having a second output spectrum corresponding to the highest gray level of the display device. The first output spectrum has a main wave with a first peak. The second output spectrum has a main wave with a second peak and a sub wave with a sub peak. The second peak corresponds to a main wavelength, the sub peak corresponds to a sub wavelength, and the main wavelength is less than the sub wavelength. An intensity of the second peak is greater than an intensity of the sub peak, and an intensity of the first peak is greater than the intensity of the sub peak.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Jia-Yuan Chen, Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee, Tsung-Han Tsai
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Patent number: 12253253Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of indoor electrical appliances, and in particular to a fan lamp, including a lamp head assembly, a lampshade, a PCB controller, a brushless motor fan and a filament assembly. In the present application, a fan, light and a light-transmitting lampshade are combined to provide a multifunctional usage scenario suitable for different needs; and the entire device becomes more compact by installing a PCB controller and a brushless motor fan in the center of the lampshade. Meanwhile, by disposing the PCB controller in an installation part, the overall structure is more integrated, and the exposure of external connecting wires is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2024Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Inventor: Qinghua Huang
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Patent number: 12253256Abstract: A control interface (10) for controlling a system, comprising a module comprising: a carrier (32) having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface; an elongate window formed in, or adjacent, the carrier; an elongate array of light sources (36) on the bottom surface of the carrier; a reflector arrangement (40) for reflecting light from the array of light sources towards the window (38) to escape from the top surface, such that a light path is formed between each light source and the window (38), with a portion of the light paths being parallel to the carrier (32), wherein the light sources are adapted to be turned on in response to a control signal; wherein the module further comprises: a user interface surface (20), comprising a track area (22) for receiving touch input from a user, wherein the window is formed beneath the track area; and a touch sensor circuit (34) beneath the track area (22), wherein the touch sensitive circuit (34) comprises a touch sensor region on the top surface of the carrier (32);Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Liang Zhou, Chen Hao Kou, Liwen Zhou, Qi Zhang
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Patent number: 12252067Abstract: A headlight system for a banking vehicle is provided. The headlight system includes a plurality of optical assemblies being arranged about an optical horizon and an optical vertical axis. Each of the plurality of optical assemblies includes an illumination source and an optical element. Each of the illumination sources is configured to direct light toward a corresponding one of the optical elements to produce an illumination region. The illumination regions combine to form an illumination pattern that includes at least one illumination region that is radial and is positioned relative an optical origin. The intersection between the optical horizon and the optical vertical axis defines the optical origin.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: J.W. SPEAKER CORPORATIONInventors: Bradley William Kay, Dragan Popovic
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Patent number: 12247710Abstract: A light source includes a plurality of light-transmissive members and a plurality of light emitting elements. Upper surfaces of the light-transmissive members are flush with each other. The light-transmissive members include a plurality of first light-transmissive members arranged to form a rectangular shape as a whole in a plan view, and a plurality of second light-transmissive members arranged in a rectangular frame shape as a whole surrounding the first light-transmissive members in the plan view. Each of the second light-transmissive members is smaller than each of the first light-transmissive members in the plan view. The light emitting elements are arranged under the first light-transmissive members with none of the light emitting elements being arranged under the second light-transmissive members.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2024Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Shintaro Noma, Tsuyoshi Okahisa
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Patent number: 12247717Abstract: A clip device for mounting a light fixture to a ceiling tile grid includes a base configured to be located on a surface of the light fixture. An edge portion extends from the base and is configured to be located in a recess in the surface of the light fixture. An arm extends from the edge portion through a first hinge such that the arm is bendable between a substantially horizontal orientation with respect to the surface of the light fixture to a substantially vertical orientation with respect to the surface of the light fixture when installed. A channel element extends from the arm through a second hinge such that the channel element is bendable to form a channel for receiving a portion of the ceiling tile grid to mount the light fixture. A light fixture system incorporating the clip device is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Westly Davis Hetrick
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Patent number: 12242157Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; and a light source apparatus including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are arranged where the plurality of LEDs include a plurality of first LEDs configured to be connected in series to each other by a wiring formed on the substrate, and a plurality of second LEDs configured to be connected in series to each other by a wiring formed on the substrate, and the substrate includes a first connection portion formed between a first LED of the plurality of first LEDs and a second LED of the plurality of second LEDs.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Taeyeon Kim, Sungyeol Kim, Hyukjun Jang, Hyungsuk Kim, Chunsoon Park
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Patent number: 12234979Abstract: A backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a backplane (1), a lamp board (2), a thermally conductive connecting layer (3), and a heat dissipation assembly (4), the backplane (1) has a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite each other; the lamp board (2) is arranged on the first surface of the backplane (1); the thermally conductive connecting layer (3) is arranged between the lamp board (2) and the backplane (1), and the thermally conductive connecting layer (3) is connected to the lamp board (2); the heat dissipation assembly (4) is arranged on the second surface of the backplane (1), and the heat dissipation assembly (4) passes through the backplane (1) and is then connected to the thermally conductive connecting layer (3).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: Beijing BOE Chatani Electronics Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qilin Li, Qing Tian
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Patent number: 12232695Abstract: An imaging system includes an image acquisition module, an image processing module, a comparison module, a diagnostic module, and a user interface module. The image acquisition module is configured to obtain a set of images of a human subject. The image processing module is configured to edit the set of images to produce a set of edited images. The comparison module is configured to select a set of reference images and generate a set of differences by comparing the set of edited images to the set of reference images. The diagnostic module is configured to process the set of differences to generate diagnostic information describing the human subject. The user interface module is configured to graphically present the diagnostic information to a user.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Inventor: Gustav Lo
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Patent number: 12238850Abstract: A neutron capture therapy system and a target material for a particle beam generation apparatus, the heat dissipation performance of a target material might be improved. A neutron capture therapy system includes a neutron generation apparatus and a beam shaping body, the neutron generation apparatus includes an accelerator and a target material, and a charged particle beam generated by means of acceleration of the accelerator acts with the target material to generate a neutron beam. The target material includes an active layer, an anti-foaming layer, a heat dissipation layer and a heat conduction layer, the active layer acts with a charged particle beam to generate a neutron beam; the anti-foaming layer suppresses foaming caused by the charged particle beam; the heat dissipation layer directly and rapidly conducts to the heat conduction layer, heat deposited on the active layer, and discharges by means of a cooling medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: NEUBORON THERAPY SYSTEM LTD.Inventors: Yuan-hao Liu, Chun-ting Lin
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Patent number: 12232461Abstract: A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: GREENLUX LIGHTING SOLUTIONS OYInventor: Lars Aikala
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Patent number: 12222637Abstract: A display device which includes a display component; a display frame; an embedded camera system, the embedded camera system including a camera component, the camera component being physically coupled to the display frame to embed the camera component within the display device and an electronic shutter component, the electronic shutter component being physically coupled to a display frame of the display device, the electronic shutter component restricting visual access to the camera component when the electronic shutter component is functioning in a camera off mode of operation, the electronic shutter component providing visual access to the camera component when the electronic shutter component is functioning in a camera on mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2024Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Guentaek Oh, Jae Hyun You, Eun Seok Kim
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Patent number: 12216357Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus may include a backlight unit (BLU) including an electronic integrated circuit layer, a photonic integrated circuit layer, a color conversion module, and a display interface layer. In some examples, a BLU may include at least one laser or may be configured to receive laser light from at least one external laser source. Laser light may be transmitted towards a portion of the display interface layer using the photonic integrated circuit. Color conversion modules may be used to convert the laser light into one or more desired colors. Example apparatus may be used in head-mounted devices such as augmented reality and/or virtual reality devices. Other devices, methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhimin Shi, Xi Wu, James Ronald Bonar, Yun Wang, Edward Buckley
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Patent number: 12209728Abstract: A lighting device includes a housing, a light source, a light guide panel, a lens, and a rotatable clip. The housing includes an internal cavity. The light guide panel is configured to diffuse light emitted by the one or more light sources. The lens includes a base, a first side wall, and a second side wall defining an internal cavity. The lens is coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of the housing is disposed within the internal cavity of the lens and at least a portion of the light diffused by the light guide panel is emitted through the base, the first side wall, and the second side wall of the lens. The rotatable clip is coupled to the housing and is configured to mount the lighting device to an external structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Inventors: David E. Doubek, Erik Salinas