Patents Examined by Joseph L. Williams
  • Patent number: 11221448
    Abstract: An optical device includes an array of lenses and a plurality of segments disposed under the array of lenses. The plurality of segments corresponds to a plurality of images. Upon tilting the device at different viewing angle, the array of lenses presents images sequentially. In some examples, individual ones of the segments can comprise specular reflecting, transparent, diffusely reflecting, and/or diffusely transmissive features. In some examples, individual ones of the segments can comprise transparent and non-transparent regions. Some examples can incorporate more than one region producing an optical effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: WAVEFRONT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Chapman Rich, Joel Mikael Petersen, Roger Winston Phillips, John Michael Tamkin
  • Patent number: 11221525
    Abstract: A display device and a flexible circuit board are provided. The display device includes: a display panel having a first bonding region, the first bonding region being provided with a plurality of first connection terminals; a touch panel having a second bonding region, the second bonding region being provided with a plurality of second connection terminals; a flexible circuit board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; first conductive structures disposed on the first surface of the flexible circuit board and configured to be connected with the plurality of first connection terminals; second conductive structures, disposed on the second surface of the flexible circuit board and configured to be connected with the plurality of second connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongda Ma
  • Patent number: 11217418
    Abstract: An electrical arrangement, which may, for example be a magnetron, has a sealed chamber and electrically insulating fluid contained within the chamber. A temperature expansion compensation bladder comprising a helical tube is located within the chamber, the helical tube having an end open to ambient atmosphere outside the chamber, and having a closed end within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TELEDYNE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Stuart William Andrews, Thomas Samuel Christopher, Daniel James Clay
  • Patent number: 11207610
    Abstract: An amusement device includes a housing and a light unit positioned on the housing. A mounting ring is rotatably positioned on the housing, encircling the light unit. The amusement device also includes a rotatable, dome-shaped cover sized and shaped so as to be mounted on the mounting ring for conjoint rotation therewith. The rotatable, dome-shaped cover has an outer hemispherical surface adapted for covering the light unit and for placement of markings thereon. The light unit is adapted to illuminate the rotatable cover and any markings placed thereon. A motor unit is positioned in the housing for rotating the mounting ring and hence the cover and any markings thereon. Optionally, the amusement device may be provided with a stationary, dome-shaped cover having an outer hemispherical surface which is sized and shaped so as to be positioned over the rotatable cover and in spaced relationship thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: LAROSE INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence Rosen, Parviz Daftari, Joseph Anthony Nardozza, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11209135
    Abstract: A modular troffer-style fixture particularly well-suited for use with solid state light sources. The fixture comprises a reflector that includes parallel rails running along its length, providing a mount mechanism and structural support. An exposed heat sink is disposed proximate to the reflector. The portion of the heat sink facing the reflector functions as a mount surface for the light sources. The heat sink is hollow through the center in the longitudinal direction. The hollow portion defines a conduit through which electrical conductors can be run to power light emitters. One or more light sources disposed along the heat sink mount surface emit light toward the reflector where it can be mixed and/or shaped before it is emitted from the troffer as useful light. End caps are arranged at both ends of the reflector and heat sink, allowing for the easy connection of multiple units in a serial arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Snell, James Michael Lay, Nick Nguyen, Patrick John O'Flaherty
  • Patent number: 11209127
    Abstract: An LED light apparatus includes a core column, a flexible filament, a mode switch, a driver, a bulb shell and a bulb cap. The flexible filament has multiple LED modules and the core column has a central bar to support the flexible filament. The mode switch is provided for a user to select one selected mode from multiple modes manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkui Jiang, Qingyue Liao
  • Patent number: 11203286
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle or other object that includes multiple functions. In one aspect, the lamp includes a first circuit for emitting a first color light (such as red light), and at least a second circuit for emitting a second color of light (such as amber light). In another aspect, the lamp optionally includes a microcontroller that may be programmed to control the activation of the different colored lamp circuits based on lamp location information, and based on an operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sankalp Pampattiwar, Yogesh Kubal, Cesar Perez-Bolivar
  • Patent number: 11199749
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a display device including: a display panel; a backlight module including a light-emitting diode group; the display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate successively along the direction from the backlight module, wherein the first substrate includes an exposed area which is not covered by the second substrate, and an orthographic projection of the light-emitting diode group on the first substrate lies in the exposed area; a protective cover plate on the light exit side of the display panel; a housing on the side of the backlight module away from the display panel, and is grounded; and a conductive structure, wherein an orthographic projection of the conductive structure on the first substrate at least partially overlaps with the orthographic projection of the light-emitting diode group on the first substrate, and the conductive structure connects the protective cover plate with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Wu, Xiaoping Zhang, Hui Yin, Qi Jing, Zheng Zhang, Gang CI, Xiao Ma, Zhenhua Luo, Luo Zhang, Xuewen Cao, Binbin Liu, Wei Su, Hyungkyu Kim, Site Cai
  • Patent number: 11195685
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a device with which it is possible to adjust the focal point of an electron beam both toward a shorter focal point and toward a longer focal point after an electronic gun was fitted on a counterpart device. The aforementioned problem can be solved by an electron gun including a photocathode, and an anode, the electron gun furthermore comprising an intermediate electrode disposed between the photocathode and the anode, the intermediate electrode comprising an electron-beam passage hole through which an electron beam released from the photocathode passes, and the electron-beam passage hole having formed therein a drift space in which, when an electrical field is formed between the photocathode and the anode due to application of a voltage, the effect of the electrical field can be disregarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Photo electron Soul Inc.
    Inventor: Hokuto Iijima
  • Patent number: 11189451
    Abstract: A charged particle beam source that may include an emitter that has a tip for emitting charged particles; a socket; electrodes; a filament that is connected to the electrodes and to the emitter; electrodes for providing electrical signals to the filament; a support element that is connected to the emitter; and a support structure that comprises one or more interfaces for contacting only a part of the support element while supporting the support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Itay Asulin, Ofer Yuli, Lavy Shavit, Yoram Uziel, Guy Eytan, Natan Schlimoff, Igor Krivts (Krayvitz), Jacob Levin, Israel Avneri
  • Patent number: 11187849
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source, a light guide plate, a chassis, a reflection sheet, and a supplementary member. The light guide plate is configured to guide light from the light source. The chassis includes a bottom for housing the light guide plate and recesses in the bottom. The reflection sheet is disposed between the light guide plate and the bottom and configured to reflect light toward the light guide plate. The supplementary member includes a body having a plate shape and is disposed between the reflection sheet and the bottom. The body includes a plate surface on a reflection sheet side including a flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshitake Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11181117
    Abstract: A first protrusion protruding from an upper lighting cover is fitted into a first installing portion provided in a cover and a second protrusion protruding from the upper lighting cover is inserted into a first hole provided in the cover. In a case where disassembly is performed from this state, disassembly can be accomplished by breaking a first breaking portion provided around the first installing portion. In a case where reassembly is performed from this state, the second protrusion protruding from the upper lighting cover is fitted into a second installing portion provided in the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiya Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kuramochi
  • Patent number: 11181782
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel P according to the present invention includes: a liquid crystal layer LC; and a pair of first and second substrates 100 and 200 disposed with the liquid crystal layer LC interposed therebetween and including an alignment film M formed on a surface of each of the first and second substrates facing the liquid crystal layer, or a surface of any one of the first and second substrates facing the liquid crystal layer. The alignment film M contains a carboxyl group-containing polymer containing a carboxyl group. The liquid crystal compound constituting the liquid crystal layer LC contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a cyano group, a heterocyclic ring, —OCF2—, a carbon-carbon triple bond and a trifluoromethyl group, contains an aliphatic alkyl group at a terminal thereof, and does not contain an isothiocyanate group. Antenna units are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Isamu Miyake
  • Patent number: 11181775
    Abstract: Provided in an illumination device including a display panel including a first surface configured to display an image, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of display pixels disposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a transmission window configured to transmit light incident on the second surface through the first surface, a light source disposed at the second surface of the display panel and configured to emit light to an object toward the display panel, and a light deliverer disposed between the light source and the display panel, the light deliverer configured to deliver the light emitted from the light source to the object as flood illumination through the transmission window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jangwoo You, Seunghoon Han, Namseop Kwon, Byunghoon Na, Minkyung Lee, Suyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11180073
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided for controlling the photometric distribution of light emitted by two or more LEDs. The lighting device may be integrated with a control system of the vehicle and may be controlled by a remote controller. The lighting device may be capable of being operated in one or more modes of operation based on operating conditions, user input, or both. Operating conditions may include vehicle conditions, environmental conditions, and user conditions. The controller may operate a software application to enable the user to modify, control, or otherwise regulate any mode of operation or other feature of the lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: JST Performance, LLC
    Inventors: Edgar A. Madril, Pete D. Sibitzky, Bradley J. LaMarche, Eric G. Lokken, Adam P. Boucher
  • Patent number: 11172620
    Abstract: Optical system for facilitating plant growth is provided. The optical system can produce a light beam having a full width at half-maximum (FWHM) angle of greater than 120 degrees in one or more transverse directions, wherein the transverse direction is perpendicular to the optical axis of the light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: VERDANT LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Liangliang Cao, Qian Zhang
  • Patent number: 11177455
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a flexible substrate having a display region and a non-display region located at an outer region of the display region, the non-display region being folded with respect to the display region; at least one organic light-emitting diode (OLED) on the display region of the flexible substrate; and an encapsulation member encapsulating the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungmi Choi, Yonghwan Park
  • Patent number: 11170983
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to an electron multiplier having a structure configured to suppress and stabilize a variation of a resistance value in a wider temperature range. The electron multiplier includes a resistance layer sandwiched between a substrate and a secondary electron emitting layer and configured using a Pt layer two-dimensionally formed on a layer formation surface which is coincident with or substantially parallel to a channel formation surface of the substrate. The resistance layer has a temperature characteristic within a range in which a resistance value at ?60° C. is 10 times or less, and a resistance value at +60° C. is 0.25 times or more, relative to a resistance value at a temperature of 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Daichi Masuko, Hajime Nishimura, Yasumasa Hamana, Hiroyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11168862
    Abstract: The invention describes a flexible lighting strip for use in a vehicle signaling light. The flexible lighting strip comprises a multitude of light-emitting diodes. The flexible lighting strip is arranged to be bended around at least two, more preferably three linear independent axes. Light-emitting diodes of at least a first group of the light-emitting diodes are inclined with respect to a longitudinal extension of the flexible lighting strip such that surface normals of light exit surfaces of the first group of the light-emitting diodes enclose a first angle of more than 0° with corresponding surface normals of a light emission surface of the flexible lighting strip. The invention further relates to a light assembly comprising such a flexible lighting strip. The invention finally relates to a vehicle signaling light comprising such a vehicle light assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets, Christian Kleijnen
  • Patent number: 11162672
    Abstract: A lighting device with changeable beam angle and fixed center beam candle power. The device may include a light source, an electronic driver for driving the light source to emit light, a beam shaping element for shaping a beam of light emitted by the light source, a beam angle adjustment mechanism configured to change a positional relationship between the light source and the beam shaping element, and a sensor configured to provide a signal indicative of a setting of the beam angle adjustment mechanism. The electronic driver is configured to adjust the luminous flux emitted by the light source depending on the signal provided by the sensor. Such a lighting device may keep the center beam candle power of the emitted light constant when the beam angle is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Jinhui Luo, Zhian Li, Jianxiong Deng