Patents Examined by Mark Tsidulko
  • Patent number: 9675040
    Abstract: The disclosed device provides uniform illumination of variable intensity for a plant or animal container, e.g., a rodent cage, using infrared and broad spectrum light. Manual control or a timer can be provided. The device can mount on top of the container without need for substantial modification of the cage-or cage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Daniel Cleary, Carlos I. Fonck, Henry A. Lester, Michael P. Walsh
  • Patent number: 9659489
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed, which includes a display unit, an opening member, a light source, a light transmission member, and a buffer having a buffer main portion and a light block portion. The buffer main portion is held between the display unit and the light transmission member. The light block portion protrudes from the buffer main portion along an opposing surface of the light transmission member opposing the display unit, and covers a reached region of the opposing surface to which a direct light from the light source toward an opening of the opening member reaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuyuki Kurahashi
  • Patent number: 9651242
    Abstract: An illuminating device having folding solar panels, which comprises a lamp cover, a light source, two solar panels, and a folding holder on which the two solar panels are positioned. The opening of the lamp cover is smaller than the deployed area of the folding holder. When it is intended to place the light source, solar panels, and folding holder inside the lamp cover, the folding holder are folded by a predetermined angle so as to pass through the opening of the lamp cover. Accordingly, the illuminating device may significantly reduce the overall volume thereof without compromising the working efficiency. The illuminating device is flexible in arrangement and assembly, and is also more flexible in construction since the solar panels may be positioned at the highest portion to absorb more sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Kuei-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 9593818
    Abstract: An automobile headlamp includes a plurality of projection light source units disposed in a lamp chamber. Each of the plurality of projection light source units includes a projection lens; a cut-off line forming shade extending approximately horizontally and forward such that an extending tip section thereof is located in a vicinity of a rearward focal point of the projection lens; a light-emitting element as a light source provided on both upper and lower sides of the shade; and a reflector, which reflects light emitted from the light-emitting element to be guided to the projection lens, provided on both upper and lower sides of the shade. A low-beam distribution pattern having a predetermined cut-off line is formed by a light source unit section on an upper side formed of the projection lens, the shade, the light-emitting element on the upper side, and the reflector on the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9551100
    Abstract: A light source carpet includes a light source and a tufted carpet. The tufted carpet includes a primary backing layer having top and bottom faces. The primary backing layer further includes yarns integrated in the primary backing layer with tufts protruding from the primary backing layer at the top face, where the tufts form a carpet top face. The light source is configured to illuminate the primary backing layer. The intensity of the light at the carpet top face is smaller than the intensity of the light at the top face. The light source is further configured to generate light having a wavelength in the range of 200-400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen
  • Patent number: 9541252
    Abstract: A concentric lighting module with conical mirror for creating of a three-dimensional optical effect, especially in the outer brake and tail lights of a motor vehicle, has in the peripheral region of the conical mirror (3) a cylindrical output part (2c) of a light guide (2) provided by at least one offset (2d) on its outer side, which terminates in an active surface (2e) and which couples in the region beyond the conical mirror (3) to the collimator part (2b) of the light guide (2), formed by a parabolic collimator and a lens and applied by its input part (2a) against the light source (1) of the module, and at the transition between the collimator part (2b) and the output part (2c) of the light guide (2) the module is provided with a total internal light reflection surface (4), whose bottom part also forms an optical prism (4a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: VARROC LIGHTING SYSTEMS, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Miroslav Kropac, Libor Juttner, Tomas Nejezchleba, Ivana Chmielova
  • Patent number: 9541277
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a waterproof LED lamp is disclosed. The waterproof LED lamp includes a housing having one or more LEDs disposed within said housing. The housing comprises a housing base including a body with a first opening, the first opening having an edge surrounded by a first sealing portion. The housing further includes an optical cover comprising a shell having a second opening, the second opening having a border surrounded by a second sealing portion. The second sealing portion is configured to be removably inserted into the first sealing portion, forming a water-tight seal between the housing base and the optical cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Steve Germain
  • Patent number: 9520383
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device package and a lighting system. The light emitting device package includes a body, a first lead frame on the body, a plurality of light emitting diodes on the first lead frame, and a molding member on the light emitting diodes. The distance between the light emitting diodes includes a distance equal to or less than a length of a first side of a first light emitting diode of the light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyong Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 9506616
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp is provided with: a reflector having reflecting surfaces made of a parabola-based free curved face; and semiconductor-type light sources having a light emitting chip shaped like a planar rectangle. The reflecting surfaces 2U, 2D are made up of: a first reflecting surface forming a high luminous intensity zone; a second reflecting surface forming a middle luminous intensity zone; and a third reflecting surface forming a low luminous intensity zone. As a result, the vehicle headlamp allows downsizing, weight reduction, and cost reduction. In addition, precision of assembling optical elements can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ookubo
  • Patent number: 9506642
    Abstract: An LED light module and an LED chip are provided. LED wafers (1) are provided on one side of a heat spreading plate (3) made of copper, aluminum or copper-aluminum composite material with a thickness of more than 0.4 mm and with an area of 5 times of the sum area of the LED wafers larger to reduce the heat-flux density. A high-voltage insulation plate (2) made of a ceramic wafer with a thickness of more than 0.15 mm is provided on the other side of the heat spreading plate (3). The heat spreading plate (3) is separated and insulated by an outer layer insulator (4) with the high-voltage insulation plate (2). This kind design can effectively reduce the internal conduction thermal resistance and raise the insulation strength, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced effectively also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen Qin Bo Core Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Biao Qin
  • Patent number: 9476565
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes: a light source, and a lens sheet arranged on an optical axis of the light source on which a plurality of prisms arranged in concentric circles centered on the optical axis of the light source are formed. A light diffusing part including a plurality of hemispherical light scattering elements is provided on the lens sheet, the light diffusing part includes light scattering elements whose shape is distorted due to influence of light scattering elements that are adjacent in at least one direction, and the plurality of light scattering elements is arranged in concentric circles centered on the optical axis of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Sakai, Ryohei Takayama
  • Patent number: 9470902
    Abstract: A light source module includes a double refraction prism, an optical plate, a first laser source, a second laser source, and a third laser source. A first laser beam emitted from the first laser source and a second laser beam emitted from the second laser source are mixed by the double refraction prism and these are mixed together with a third laser beam emitted from the third laser source by the optical plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Po-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 9458991
    Abstract: The invention relates to a forward access optical framing projector assembly either forward of, or housed behind, a finished surface in which adjustments to the assembly can be made from the front end making it safer and easier to manage. The forward access design requires only a small opening behind a finished surface and can be adjusted by tool instead of hand. The invention has a light mask gate attached to a gate rotation sleeve, and a locking fastener parallel to the optical axis of the light source that pushes the light mask gate forward, making it possible to lock the light mask gate. A tool can be inserted into an opening in light masking shutters. Radial slots in a front cone flange combined with either a shutter gate with radial grooves or a nut retainer tab makes it possible to variably adjust and lock the light masking shutters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Jacksen, John Jacksen, Mark Jacksen
  • Patent number: 9447946
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical member, comprising: a light incidence surface; and a light-emitting surface which comprises a patterned portion intended for adjusting the intensity of light and formed at an area corresponding to a light source, and an adhesive portion disposed in an area other than the patterned portion. When the optical member of the present invention is applied to a backlight unit, the patterned portion, which diffuses the light from the light source, is formed in the area corresponding to the light source so as to effectively diffuse the light from the light source into the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: Joon-Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 9416954
    Abstract: A light fixture including an electronic housing and at least one optical chamber positioned on each side of the electronic housing. In some embodiments, the optical chambers are positioned a distance from the electronic housing so as to avoid creation of a thermal path between the optical chambers and the electronic housing. Each optical chamber includes a heat sink and a plurality of LEDs mounted on a PCB that is, in turn, mounted on the heat sink. A reflector is positioned over at least a portion of the PCB. In some embodiments, vents extend through the heat sink and a fin extends upwardly from the heat sink and angles at least partially over at least some of the vents. In use, air enters the optical chambers and exits the fixture through the top vents in the heat sink. The air circulates over the reflector, carrying heat from the reflectors during the process. Heat is also conducted to the air from the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventor: Michael Ray Miller
  • Patent number: 9412926
    Abstract: A high power semiconductor component structure having a semiconductor device arranged to operate in response to an electrical signal, with the device heating up during operation in response to the electrical signal. A heat sink is positioned in thermal contact with the semiconductor device such that heat from the device transmits into the first heat sink. The heat sink has at least partially a porous material region of a thermally conductive material in a 3-dimensional pore structure with the surfaces of the pore structure providing surface area for heat to dissipate into the ambient air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Bernd Keller, James Ibbetson
  • Patent number: 9400394
    Abstract: An illumination system including at least one light source such as an electroluminescent element, e.g. a light emitting diode (LED), and at least one optical element whose surface is structured by diffraction and/or refraction type optical microstructures. In order to shape the beam, the optical element includes at least two sections whose optical microstructures and therefore optical properties are different from one another. The pattern of the microstructures in each of the at least two sections is, at least over a predetermined angular range, rotationally symmetric with respect to the optical axis or another symmetry axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: HEPTAGON MICRO OPTICS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel Dias, Ville Kettunen, Markus Rossi
  • Patent number: 9366400
    Abstract: An illumination lamp with integrated switch and alarm functions includes a main body (1), batteries (2), a conductive seat (3), a controller (4), a light source assembly (5), an end cover (6) and an alarm (8). The alarm (8) is disposed within the inner cavity of the end cover (6), and the housing of the alarm (8) slidably matches the inner cavity of the end cover (6). The alarm (8) is electrically connected to the controller (4). The bottom of the alarm (8) works together with a light-touch switch (7), and the top of the alarm (8) is an operation end. During use, the alarm (8) is pressed downwards to touch and activate the light-touch switch (7), thereby realizing lighting function or alarming function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Guangdong Jetfast Portable Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yun-Zhao Liu
  • Patent number: 9357662
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light-guiding plate, a back-light source disposed at a side of the light-guiding plate, and a frame structure disposed surrounding the light-guiding plate. The frame structure includes a border component, at least one first convex, and at least one second convex. The border component includes at least one first border and at least one second border. The first border and the second border are adjacent to each other and distributed along a first direction and a second direction respectively. The first convex protrudes from the inner surface of the first border and extends inward along the second direction. The second convex protrudes from the inner surface of the second border and extends inward along the first direction. The first direction is vertical to the second direction, and the top of the vertical height of the first convex is lower than that of the second convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Shun Fan, Meng-Cheng Chu, Yung-Chih Liu
  • Patent number: 9328894
    Abstract: A light engine has a pillar with first and second ends; a circuit board on the first end of the pillar, a light source mounted on the circuit board encircling the pillar and facing towards the second end of the pillar, and a surface extending from the second end of the pillar, that surface and the exterior of the pillar between that surface and the circuit board being coated with a reflective remote phosphor that is excited by light from the light source. The light engine may be used in a light bulb, with a frosted globe enclosing the circuit board and mounted round the outer edge of the phosphor-coated surface, and an Edison screw or other standard base connected to the second end of the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC
    Inventors: Waqidi Falicoff, Yupin Sun, Will Shatford, William Parkyn