Patents Examined by Kevin Quarterman
  • Patent number: 11231607
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel laminate structure and its manufacturing method. The display panel laminate structure includes a liquid crystal panel, a first support layer, a cover plate, a second support layer, and a sealant layer. The first support layer includes a first hollow portion, and a first medium is positioned in the first hollow portion. The second support layer includes a second hollow portion, and a second medium is positioned in the second hollow portion. A refractive index of the first medium and a refractive index of the second medium are both smaller than a refractive index of the sealant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventor: Chingyuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11221120
    Abstract: A light module includes at least one light source, a light source support, and an optical element suitable for receiving rays emitted by the light source. The optical element includes structure for positioning the optical element in a predefined position on the support and an elastic attachment device for attaching the optical element in the predefined position on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Michel Hermitte, Sebastien Bera
  • Patent number: 11217968
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spark plug. The method includes: furnishing an insulator; introducing into the insulator a material mixture that is configured to constitute a resistor paste, the material mixture containing ZrO2 and SiO2; heating the insulator and the material mixture present therein to a temperature T of at least 870° C., so that ZrO2 and SiO2 in the material mixture react at least partly to ZrSiO4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Benedikt Reinsch, Hubertus Braun, Patrick Armstrong, Stefan Nufer
  • Patent number: 11211530
    Abstract: A light source and an illumination device including the light source are provided. By adjusting peak wavelengths, peak intensities and color coordinates of blue light, red light and green light in the illumination light emitted by the light source to preset ranges, the illumination light emitted by the light source has a specific spectral distribution. In another embodiment, a specific light color is achieved by a specific phosphor ratio. Not only the color theory is considered for the evaluation of the lighting effect, but also the influence of the spectrum on the actual lighting effect is considered. At the same time, the influence of the luminescent material on the spectrum is considered. Thus, a light source having a high comfort, a high preference, a high color rendering index, and a high color gamut index is obtained, and the light source has a similar effect to the sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixian Zhou, Jie Qiang
  • Patent number: 11209144
    Abstract: Described examples include a projection system having a light source. The projection system also has a light integrator having an output face, the light integrator configured to receive an output of the light source, wherein a length of the light integrator is less than at least one diametric measurement of the output face of the light integrator. The projection system also has a spatial light modulator and focusing optics configured to receive a light output of the light integrator and configured to focus the light output of the light integrator onto the spatial light modulator. The projection system also has projection optics configured to project modulated light from the spatial light modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Alexander Lyubarsky
  • Patent number: 11204457
    Abstract: A multiview backlight and a multiview display employ a microstructured multibeam element to emit a plurality of directional light beams having principal angular directions corresponding to view directions of the multiview display. The multiview backlight includes a light guide and the microstructured multibeam element adjacent and external to a surface of the light guide. The microstructured multibeam element has an input aperture configured to receive a portion of guided light from the light guide and an output aperture configured to emit the plurality of directional light beams. The microstructured multibeam element comprises a microstructure having an interior surface configured to reflect the received guided light portion to provide the plurality of directional light beams at the output aperture. The multiview display includes the multiview backlight and an array of multiview pixels configured to provide different views of the multiview display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: David A. Fattal, Ming Ma, Xuejian Li
  • Patent number: 11199311
    Abstract: The LED lighting device for explosive atmospheres has an optical chamber accommodating an optical system, at least one LED mounted on a printed circuit board, a lens covering the printed circuit board, and a control chamber accommodating a supply device of the printed circuit board and control device of the supply device. The optical chamber and the control chamber extend within a closed enclosure to withstand any impacts coming from the environment outside the lighting device or coming from the optical chamber and/or the control chamber. The lens of the optical system is defined by a silicone lens that is an integral part of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Fabien Gastineau, Fabrice Martins
  • Patent number: 11199755
    Abstract: A device includes a light-emitting device (LED) having at least two vertical light-emitting sides, and a ring-shaped light guide having a bottom side, a top side comprising a light-emitting surface, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall defining an indentation having at least two vertical in-coupling surfaces mated to the at least two vertical light-emitting sides of the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Varun Dev Kakkar, Arjen Van Der Sijde, Erno Fancsali, Chunxia Feng, Nicola Bettina Pfeffer
  • Patent number: 11175010
    Abstract: Provided are an illumination device and an electronic apparatus. The illumination device includes a light source configured to emit light, a surface light source layer configured to convert the light emitted from the light source to surface light, a focusing lens configured to focus the surface light from the surface light source layer, and a display panel including an aperture through which light focused by the focusing lens passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunghoon Han, Jangwoo You, Minkyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11177424
    Abstract: A dual in-line package (DIP) light emitting diode (LED) device includes a molded member, a positive lead passing through and fixed to the molded member, the positive lead comprising an upper end and lower end, a negative lead passing through and fixed to the molded member, the negative lead comprising an upper end and lower end, and at least one LED body connected to the top ends of the positive lead and the negative lead. The lower ends of the positive lead and the negative lead are flush with each other. The top end of the positive lead is higher than the top end of the negative lead. The positive lead and the negative lead are both bent at the top ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Inventor: Xiaojun Xu
  • Patent number: 11156338
    Abstract: A lamp unit includes a light source, and a socket on which the light source unit is mounted. The socket includes a light source holder that holds the light source, and a connector that supplies power to the light source, and the light source holder includes a recess extending along a light source unit mounting surface from an outside to a portion immediately below the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Murata, Takuya Serita
  • Patent number: 11148577
    Abstract: Problem: To enhance the accuracy of the information collected from around a vehicle by always keeping constant the relative positions of a plurality of sensors provided at different parts of a vehicle body. Means to Solve the Problem: In a front module panel 11 provided to the front surface of a vehicle body, a panel body 12 is integrally molded by a synthetic resin material, a front grille portion 13 is provided at the center thereof, a front bumper portion 14 is formed below the grille portion, and a translucent cover portion 16 of a head lamp 15 is two-color molded by a transparent resin material at each of both right ends of the panel body 12. A camera is built in each of the head lamps 15, a millimeter wave radar 21 is mounted to an emblem 17, a LIDAR 22 is built in each fog lamp 18, and ultrasonic sensors 23 are disposed near the lower edge of the front bumper portion 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuaki Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11143363
    Abstract: An omnidirectional LED filament holder and lighting device comprising the same comprises a filament tree supporting a plurality of linear LED filaments having a twisted orientation relative to a central support stalk of the filament tree. When arranged within a globe of a lighting device, the omnidirectional LED filament holder provides a lighting device providing omnidirectional light emission usable for general lighting applications while providing a desirable aesthetic for the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Barry Feit
  • Patent number: 11143927
    Abstract: The present invention has: a reflective liquid crystal display element (30) that is formed in a first region (R) on a TFT substrate (20) and having at least the upper surface thereof comprising an inorganic insulating film (25b), and that has a reflective electrode (31), a liquid crystal layer (32), and a counter electrode (33); and a light-emitting element (40) that is formed in a second region (T) above the insulating layer of the TFT substrate, and that has a first electrode (41), a light-emitting layer (43), and a second electrode (44). In addition, the light-emitting element has an encapsulating layer (45) formed of an inorganic insulating layer that covers the entirety of each light-emitting region, and an end portion of the encapsulating layer is bonded to the inorganic insulating film of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION, SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Kishimoto, Yozo Narutaki, Shinji Shimada, Kiyoshi Minoura
  • Patent number: 11143368
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to wallpacks containing at least one light source, such as a light-emitting diode (LED). The wallpack light fixtures disclosed herein generally contain a housing, at least one light source, a power supply, and a plurality of heat sink fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Andrew F. Scarlata, Virginia Merriam, Pradeep Bangalore Venugopal, Priya Ranjan Haridasan, Ramashesan Subramaniyan, Pareekshith Parashiva Murthy, Daniel Treible, Patrick Blincoe, Gangadhar Mestri
  • Patent number: 11137535
    Abstract: Provided is a polarizing plate having high transmittance characteristics and high durability. A polarizing plate 1 with a wire grid structure includes a transparent substrate 10, and a grid-shaped projecting portion 11 which is arranged on the transparent substrate 10 at a pitch shorter than a wavelength of light in a used bandwidth and extends in a predetermined direction. The grid-shaped projecting portion 11 includes a reflection layer 12, a dielectric layer 13, and an absorption layer 14 in this order from the side of the transparent substrate 10. A protection layer 15 is provided on a surface of the grid-shaped projecting portion 11, and covers all of an upper surface and a side surface of the absorption layer 14 and all of a side surface of the dielectric layer 13, and at least a part of a side surface of the reflection layer 12. The protection layer 15 on the side surface of the reflection layer 12 is thinner than the protection layer 15 on the side surface of the absorption layer 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Oowada
  • Patent number: 11137665
    Abstract: A device includes a light-emitting device (LED) having at least two vertical light-emitting sides, and a ring-shaped light guide having a bottom side, a top side comprising a light-emitting surface, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall defining an indentation having at least two vertical in-coupling surfaces mated to the at least two vertical light-emitting sides of the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Varun Dev Kakkar, Arjen Van Der Sijde, Erno Fancsali, Chunxia Feng, Nicola Pfeffer
  • Patent number: 11137128
    Abstract: A warning device. In some embodiments, the warning device can include: a plurality of light sources forming an array; a plurality of reflectors, with at least one reflector being associated with each of the plurality of lights; and a plurality of lenses, with at least one lens being associated with each of the plurality of lights. In some examples, each of the plurality of reflectors and the plurality of lenses is tilted along a principal axis to collimate light and to direct the light from one of the plurality of lights to one of a plurality of far field light spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent S. Fleszewski, Jeffery M. Loftus
  • Patent number: 11119267
    Abstract: A reflective sheet of a display apparatus includes a sheet configured to reflect light; and a beading pattern protruding from a surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungjin Cho, Yoonki Park, Jongbin Kim, Wonyeop Jang
  • Patent number: 11114651
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for manufacturing a curved display panel are provided. The apparatus includes a carrying machine, a flexible bag, a supporting machine, and an infusion equipment. The carrying machine is used to carry a curved cover. The flexible bag is used to fasten a flexible display device. The supporting machine is used to fasten the flexible bag. The infusion equipment is used to infuse a liquid substance into the flexible bag so that the flexible display device is attached the curved cover. The disclosure can avoid gaps presented between the flexible display device and the curved cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guoqiang Jiang