Patents Examined by Laura K. Tso
  • Patent number: 11529209
    Abstract: Disclosure herein are aerodynamic surgical lights and methods of manufacturing and use thereof. The aerodynamic surgical lights may include a light head made of one or more substantially tubular light housings. The substantially tubular light housings contain and protect a plurality of LED lights and their respective reflectors that aim a light beam toward the lower side of the substantially tubular light housings. The substantially tubular light housings are vertically elongate. The vertically elongated substantially tubular light housings include upper sections that are aerodynamically curved or pointed to streamline airflow past the light housings. The upper sections of the substantially tubular light housings are made of molded plastic resin reinforced with carbon fibers or glass fibers and the lower sections of the substantially tubular light housings are made of a clear moldable plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
    Inventor: Scott D. Augustine
  • Patent number: 11529905
    Abstract: A vehicle rearview mirror assembly is provided, including: a casing including a first shell body and a mounting board having an attachment portion with an aperture; a mirror attached to the mounting board and including a light-penetrable patterned portion spatially corresponding to the aperture; a light emitting module mounted to the attachment portion and including a second shell body, a light guide and a light source, the second shell body including an insertion slot therethrough, the light source being inserted through the insertion slot and engaged within the second shell body, and a binding member securing the light emitting module to the second shell body and sealing the insertion slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Nan-Hsin Chiang
  • Patent number: 11529906
    Abstract: A vehicle rearview mirror assembly is provided, including: a casing including a first shell body and a mounting board having an attachment portion with an aperture; a mirror attached to the mounting board and including a light-penetrable patterned portion spatially corresponding to the aperture; a light emitting module mounted to the attachment portion and including a second shell body, a light guide and a light source, the second shell body including an insertion slot therethrough, the light source being inserted through the insertion slot and engaged within the second shell body, and a binding member securing the light emitting module to the second shell body and sealing the insertion slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Nan-Hsin Chiang
  • Patent number: 11524622
    Abstract: A light mount for mounting a light to a steering arm on an axle may include a bracket designed to attach to the steering arm, wherein the bracket and, thus, the light pod rotate with rotation of the steering arm. The bracket may include a mounting frame, wherein a first edge of the mounting frame is concavely curved and wherein a plurality of mounting orifices extend through the mounting frame; and a mounting plate extending substantially perpendicularly from an upper edge of the mounting frame, wherein the mounting plate has a mounting orifice extending therethrough, the mounting orifice being sized to accommodate a fastener extending from a light pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Alexander Nathanel Apilado
  • Patent number: 11525947
    Abstract: Provided is a Fresnel lens and display device with such Fresnel lens, the Fresnel lens includes an entrance plane and an exit plane with multiple bump units. The bump units include a First Bump Unit, a Second Bump Unit, and a Third Bump Unit; on one side of the central axis of said lens, the First Bump Unit, Second Bump Unit and Third Bump Unit are placed successively along the radiation direction from the central axis toward the lens edge; on the other side of the central axis of said lens, the First Bump Unit, Second Bump Unit and Third Bump Unit are also placed successively along the radiation direction from the central axis toward the lens edge. The Bump Units on both sides of the central axis of the lens are symmetrical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU MID TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunyang Li, Di Pan, Yuqiao Xian, Hang Fan, Weitang Liang
  • Patent number: 11525281
    Abstract: A smart door lock device is installed on a door panel. The smart door lock device includes a base, a handle and a projection module. The base is combined with the door panel. The handle is installed on the base. The projection module is installed on the base. A safe door opening range image corresponding to a rotation range of the door panel can be projected on a ground by the projection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Ming Tsai, Li-Kuei Cheng, Chi-Hsiang Sun
  • Patent number: 11519571
    Abstract: A track light with phase-switching device includes a track assembly, a light source base, and a power module. The track assembly includes an installation base, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The first side wall and the second side wall are respectively disposed at opposite sides of the installation base. One end of the first side wall has a first fixation portion, and one end of the second side wall has a second fixation portion. The light source base is assembled with the track assembly. The light source base includes a heat dissipation base and a light source plate. The light source plate is located on the heat dissipation base. The power module includes wirings and a phase-switching device. The power module is electrically connected to the light source plate through the wirings. The phase-switching device is provided for switching a phase of the wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen PVTECH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuxing Lu, Sishan Liao
  • Patent number: 11519590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp, including a base, a height adjustable controller, a steering gear, a light source, and a control assembly electrically connected to the light source. The steering gear includes a seat body, a positioning ring, a spring, a tray, a steering ball, and a steering tube connected to the steering ball and the light source, the seat body has a first through hole and a first opening communicated with the first through hole, the positioning ring and the tray are mounted in the first through hole, the spring is clamped between the positioning ring and the tray, the tray is clamped between the spring and the steering ball, a part of the steering ball is located in the first through hole, and a remaining part of the steering ball is protruded out the first through hole from the first opening and connected with the steering tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Zhong Mai
  • Patent number: 11511664
    Abstract: An illumination module (1) for illuminating a region of a vehicle component (8), which includes a main body (9). The illumination module (1) includes a light source support (2) having at least one light source (3, 3?) and a housing half shell (4), which is connectable to a wall region of the main body (9) of the vehicle component (8) such that a housing defined by the housing half shell (4) of the illumination module, on the one hand, and by the wall region of the main body (9) of the vehicle component (8), on the other hand, is formed. The light source support (2) has the at least one light source received in the housing, at least in regions, and the housing includes at least one light outlet region (5, 5?), via which light emitted by the at least one light source can be decoupled from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Zsolt Wilke, Steffen Kolb
  • Patent number: 11512823
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a trompe-l'oeil skylight in a ceiling where a light emitting image of the sky is provided in a structure configured to emulate a skylight frame, including an embodiment of a unified non-rectangular sky image area in a substantially rectangular fixture which mount as a single unit into a substantially rectangular hole in a ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: The Sky Factory, LC
    Inventors: Radim Schreiber, Skye Witherspoon
  • Patent number: 11511906
    Abstract: A kit enabling creation of a personal keepsake by at least one user and methods of using same. A first container is openable by a user, and a plurality of candles are enclosed in the first container. Each candle has a wick at one end and an opposite end having a base width. The kit further includes a second container which is openable by the user, and a plurality of tubes enclosed in the second container. Each tube has at least one end which is initially open and defines a chamber having a chamber width and a chamber length to receive a storage medium, the initially open end adapted to receive the base width of one of the candles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Downing
  • Patent number: 11511661
    Abstract: A vehicular apparatus includes: a housing that is configured to be attached to a vehicle; and a first light source and a second light source that are provided in the housing to emit light having main wavelengths in mutually different wavelength ranges. The first light source emits light having a main wavelength in 490 nm-498 nm while the vehicle is being automatically driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Watanabe, Susumu Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11505121
    Abstract: A mounting assembly includes a lighting device, a vehicular interior component, and a light guide member mounting member with which the light guide member is mounted on the vehicular interior component. The lighting device includes a light source and a long light guide member. The vehicular interior component includes a through hole and a receiving member that includes a stopper hole near the through hole. The light guide member mounting member includes a support portion and a fitting portion that extends from the support portion and is fitted to the stopper hole. The support portion includes a curved wall that has a space defined by the curved wall and receives and supports a portion of the light guide member in the space to be opposite the through hole such that the light exits the light guide member is supplied to a vehicular interior surface side of the vehicular interior component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akifumi Hori, Ai Morishima, Takamasa Yamada, Hiroyasu Tahara
  • Patent number: 11499696
    Abstract: A light emitting module including a substrate, a light emitting device disposed on the substrate, and a lens disposed above the light emitting device to disperse light, the lens including a light incident portion through which light emitted from the light emitting device enters the lens and a light exit portion through which the light exits the lens, in which each of the light incident portion and the light exit portion has a major axis and a minor axis in plan view, the major axis of the light incident portion is disposed at a right angle with respect to the major axis of the light exit portion, the lens includes a plurality of legs formed on a lower surface of the lens to support the lens, and at least one of the legs includes a leg protrusion protruding downwards from a lower surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Eun Park, Eun Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 11493176
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) lamp is provided. The LED lamp may include a base; a first housing having a first end and a second end, the first end secured to the base; a second housing having at least in part a partially conical shape, an end of the second housing having a smaller diameter secured to the second end of the first housing; at least one LED secured within the second; driver circuitry secured within the LED flood lamp between the end of the base and the at least one LED; a reflector having a partially conical shape; and a diffuser element secured to at least one of a wider end of the reflector or the end of the second housing having the larger diameter. In some embodiments, the first or second housing may include one or more vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FEIT ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Alan Barry Feit
  • Patent number: 11486563
    Abstract: A fixture can include a frame having a central portion that is open and unobstructed. Magnets can be coupled to the frame. An adhesive can be configured to bond the frame to a surface. A decoration can have a metal frame that is configured to detachably couple to the magnets of the frame. The decoration can detachably extend from the frame and the surface, such that it is secured to the frame only by magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Tulip Home Goods, LLC
    Inventors: Lori Smyth, Paul van der Grient
  • Patent number: 11473747
    Abstract: A light system including: (a) a first light region configured to provide a first light function; (b) a second light region configured to provide a second light function that is different from the first light function; (c) a blocker located between the first light region and the second light region so that when the first light function is activated, light from the first light region is prevented from passing to the second light region by the blocker and when the second light function is activated, light from the second light region is prevented from passing to the first light region by the blocker; (d) a textured surface in the first light region, the second light region, or both; and (e) a texture shutoff located between the textured surface in the first light region, the second light region, or both and located between the textured surface and the blocker so that the texture surface prevents material of the first light region, the second light region, the blocker, or a combination thereof from forming flash
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Drew Haywood, Colby Darlage, Guilebaldo Munoz Ledo Espinosa
  • Patent number: 11477862
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical system for an induction cooking device with at least one induction coil (2) and an at least partially transparent or semi-transparent top plate (3), the optical system (10) comprising at least one light source (11) to be arranged in a central area of said induction coil (2) in order to provide light through a central opening (2.1) of said induction coil (2), light deflecting means (12) configured to receive light from the light source (11) and provide said light at one or more openings (12.1) and light guiding means (13) for guiding light provided at said one or more openings (12.1) in an area between the upper side of the induction coil (2) and the lower side of the top plate (3), said light guiding means (13) being configured to guide the light into a space between the induction coil (2) and the top plate (3) and provide a light indicator at the top side of the top plate (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Marco Saporetti, Jochen Holzinger, Jennifer Burkhardt, Michael Herzog, Peter Negretti
  • Patent number: 11460175
    Abstract: A reversible mounting arm that is universal in that it can be used to mount a light fixture to either a flat or curved mounting surface, such as, but not limited to, a round or rectilinear-shaped pole. More specifically, one end of the mounting arm is designed for mating with a round pole having a curved sidewall (or other curved mounting surfaces) whereas the opposing end of the mounting arm is designed for mating with poles having a flat sidewall (or other flat mounting surfaces).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Jon Eric Gibson, Eric Chang
  • Patent number: 11460155
    Abstract: A light projecting apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a head with first and second light sources. There is a first reflector and a second reflector respectively disposed proximate to the first and second light sources. Each of the first and second reflectors has a concave reflective surface and a convex reflective surface configured to form light emitted by the respective light source into an illumination pattern having a central region having a substantially uniform distribution of luminous intensity and a taper region having a tapered luminous intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Roy Burke McGovern, Jr.