Patents Examined by Mary Ellen Bowman
  • Patent number: 11774667
    Abstract: A backlight comprises a plurality of light sources mounted on a mounting substrate in rows; lenses respectively arranged on the light sources; and a reflective sheet disposed on the mounting substrate and provided with through-holes through which the light sources protrude, wherein a first light source spacing of the plurality of light sources in a row direction is set to Px, an inter-row spacing of the plurality of light sources in other direction orthogonal to the row direction is set to Py, a first maximum length of each of the through-holes in the reflective sheet in the row direction is set to a, an inter-row maximum length of each of the through-holes in the reflective sheet in the other direction is set to b, the reflectivity of the reflective sheet is set to a and the reflectivity of the mounting substrate is set to ?, the following mathematical formula 1 is satisfied if P ? y > Px : ? ? ( P ? x - a ) + ? ? a ? ? ( P ? y - b ) + ? ? b ยท P ? y P ? x > 0 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Fujii
  • Patent number: 11774659
    Abstract: A display device includes an operation screen attached to an apparatus to accept instructions for the apparatus, display lamps each including a light emitter to provide notification of a state of the apparatus, a light source to emit light, a substrate on which the light source is mounted, a lens that makes up the light emitter of each one of the display lamps, a light guide to guide the light emitted from the light source to the lens, and a housing that covers the substrate. In the display device, the housing has an opening at which the lens is exposed, at an area including a corner formed by an edge of a top face on which the operation screen is disposed and a side face. In the display device, the lens and the light guide is coupled to each other at a coupling surface, and the coupling surface is orthogonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jumpei Aoyama, Satoshi Odanaka, Reo Kojima
  • Patent number: 11768326
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a back cover, a support plate, a plastic frame, an engaging member, and a film assembly. The back cover includes a bottom cover and a side cover. The side cover is connected with a periphery of the bottom cover. The side cover and the bottom cover cooperatively define an accommodation space. The support plate is connected with the side cover. The plastic frame includes a side wall and a top wall. The side wall is connected with a periphery of the top wall. The engaging member is located between the support plate and the top wall, and connected with the support plate or the top wall. The film assembly is mounted in the accommodation space. The film assembly includes a film assembly body and a tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: MIANYANG HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Danwang Song, Haijiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11767967
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a light emitting element configured to emit first light; a first wavelength conversion member disposed on the light emitting element and having a lower surface bonded to the light emitting element, an upper surface, and a lateral surface that meets the upper surface, the first wavelength conversion member being configured to emit second light when excited by the first light; a second wavelength conversion member covering the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member without covering the upper surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member having an oblique surface extending outward from the lateral surface of the first wavelength conversion member, the second wavelength conversion member being configured to emit third light when excited by at least one of the first light and the second light; and a first light reflecting member covering the oblique surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Hayashi, Satoshi Shichijo, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 11761592
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting structures, a window, and a reflector. The substrate has a luminous region and a non-luminous region. The plurality of light emitting structures is disposed on the luminous region of the substrate. The window has a dome shape and is disposed to cover the luminous region. The window is configured to control a traveling path of light emitted from the a plurality of light emitting structures. The reflector is configured to support the window and reflect the light emitted from the plurality of light emitting structures. The reflector has an opening that exposes the plurality of light emitting structures mounted on the substrate. A distance between two adjacent light emitting structures of the plurality of light emitting structures is 500 micrometers or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Yon Park, Jun Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11761621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a luminaire (1), which has a trough-shaped luminaire housing (10, 110) having a region (25, 125) for accommodating illuminants, which is surrounded by a seal (40), a cover (70, 80) which spans the region (25, 125) and abuts the seal (40) in a peripherally closed manner, a frame-like holding element (50, 150), which presses the cover (70, 80) into abutment with the seal (40). For the luminaire housing (10 110), the cover (70, 80) and the holding element (50, 150), are each available in at least two different variants, which can be combined in any way, wherein in order to form the luminaire (1) according to desired output properties and/or properties with regard to heat dissipation or moisture resistance, a suitable luminaire housing (10, 110), a cover (70, 80) and a holding element (50, 150) are in each case selected and the selected components are assembled to form the luminaire (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bechter, Michael Spiegel, Claudio Ender
  • Patent number: 11754230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical structure for producing a decorative lighting effect in a lighting device, and a lighting device comprising at least one of the optical structure, wherein the optical structure comprises an optical element formed in one piece and comprising at least one opening; and an LED-filament comprising a substrate and a plurality of light sources arranged on the substrate, the substrate being at least partly made of a flexible material; wherein the at least one opening is adapted to receive the LED-filament such that a portion of the LED-filament extends through and is at least partly enclosed by a surrounding wall of the at least one opening such that the LED-filament is guided by and held in place by means of the at least one opening of the optical element and wherein light emitted from the LED-filament interacts with the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 11754775
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes first and second light emitting elements; and a light guiding member including first and second light receiving portion corresponding to the first and second light emitting elements and configured to emit the light received by the first and second light receiving portions from a light emitting portion via a light guiding portion. The light guiding portion includes a reflecting surface forming portion between the first light receiving portion and the second light receiving portion in the first direction. The reflecting surface forming portion includes first and second reflecting surfaces. The first reflecting surface is formed by surfaces having different angles including a surface that reflects the light from the first light receiving portion to a side of the first light receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuto Ishihara, Yasuhito Tsubakimoto, Gakushi Tanaka, Akira Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11757075
    Abstract: Provided is a silica glass member for hermetic sealing of an ultraviolet SMD LED element to be suitably used for hermetic sealing of, and as a transmission window material for, a surface mount-type package (SMD) having an ultraviolet LED mounted thereon and configured to emit ultraviolet light in a wavelength range of from 200 nm to 350 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Fujinoki, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Akira Sato, Yuya Yokosawa, Tatsuya Mori
  • Patent number: 11747545
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a device body, a display module, a backlight module, and a fingerprint identification assembly. The display module is disposed on a surface of the device body. The backlight module includes a bearing frame and a light guide assembly. The bearing frame is fixedly disposed in the device body. The bearing frame is provided with a first through hole. The light guide assembly is disposed on the bearing frame. A first gap is formed between the light guide assembly and the display module. The fingerprint identification assembly includes a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter is disposed in the first gap. The receiver is disposed on a side of the bearing frame away from the light guide assembly and is corresponding to a position of the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang Xie, Xiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11751298
    Abstract: An upper surface of a lateral wall portion of a substrate includes a first upper surface portion exposed from a light-transmissive member in a first region, a second upper surface portion exposed from the light-transmissive member in a second region, and a third upper surface portion located between the first upper surface portion and the second upper surface portion in a second direction, and an upper surface of an outer peripheral portion of the light-transmissive member includes a first outer peripheral surface portion located in the first region. An area of the first upper surface portion of the lateral wall portion is greater than an area of the first outer peripheral surface portion of the outer peripheral portion of the light-transmissive member. A bonding member is disposed between the third upper surface portion of the lateral wall portion and the first lower surface portion of the light-transmissive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Sugimoto, Shinsuke Sannabe
  • Patent number: 11743406
    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor lighting unit including at least one light guide extending in a main scanning direction; a first light source group facing a first end surface of at least two end surfaces of the at least one light guide in the main scanning direction; and a second light source group facing a second end surface of the at least two end surfaces. The first light source group includes a first light source that emits light having a predetermined wavelength band. The second light source group includes a second light source that emits light having the wavelength band. An X-coordinate of the first light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system is equal in absolute value to an X-coordinate of the second light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system, with the at least one light guide viewed from the first end surface side in the main scanning direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Akira Bogaki, Naoki Tomigaki, Yuki Kiyose
  • Patent number: 11739908
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a panel light with a night light function, including a main surface ring, a night light surface ring, a backing plate, a diffusion ring, a scattering micro-lens ring, a main light bar, a night light bar, a diffusion plate, a light guide plate and a reflective sheet; the main surface ring is a hollow annular cavity, the diffusion ring and the scattering micro-lens ring are disposed inside the night light surface ring, the main light bar is fixedly disposed inside the annular cavity of the main surface ring, the night light bar is disposed in a cavity formed by enclosing the main surface ring and the night light surface ring, and the diffusion plate, the light guide plate and the reflective sheet are successively disposed in the annular cavity of the main surface ring from bottom to top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN EPHAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shuiqi Zou, Hao Tian
  • Patent number: 11735099
    Abstract: A display that can play dynamic video imagery using purely infrared light. Such dynamic video imagery is useful in testing infrared detection equipment. The display contains thousands of solid state infrared LEDs. Different infrared LED types are used. Each type of LED in use emits infrared light in some selected band of the infrared spectrum. The overall display can be designed to simulate infrared signal sources for a particular type of infrared detection system. If a particular infrared detection system detects infrared energy only in a specific range, the infrared LED display can be made to have a high resolution of LEDs within that specific range and a lower resolution of LEDs outside that specific range that would be useful for calibration purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DHPC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Yei Wo
  • Patent number: 11731555
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof panel, an opening defined by the roof panel and a movable panel assembly that is configured to move between a closed position and an open position with respect to the opening. A first track is located above the roof panel at a first lateral side of the movable panel, and a second track located above the roof panel at a second lateral side of the movable panel, wherein the movable panel is supported by the first track and the second track for movement between the closed position and the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Philipp J. Wolf, Samuel G. Fowle, Donald R. Monroe, John Raff, Antonio B. Martinez, Albert J. Golko, Ali Tavakoli Targhi, David J. Donohue, David E. Kingman, Ibuki Kamei
  • Patent number: 11726273
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an ultraviolet (UV) illumination system. The UV illumination system includes at least one UV light emitting diode (LED) and a light-diffusing optical fiber bundle. The light-diffusing optical fiber bundle includes a bundle jacket and a plurality of optical fibers disposed within the bundle jacket. Each optical fiber is made up of a glass core having a glass composition with less than 90 mol % silica and a cladding surrounding the glass core. At least one of the glass core or the cladding includes scattering centers. Further, the light-diffusing optical fiber bundle is optically coupled to the UV LED. Also disclosed herein are a UV light-diffusing fiber and a method of sterilizing an object using a UV illumination system contain a UV light-diffusing fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephan Lvovich Logunov
  • Patent number: 11725785
    Abstract: Carrying cases for electronic flares or other electronic signal emitting devices and related systems and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: James R. Selevan, Daniel Joseph Selevan
  • Patent number: 11719976
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, and a backlight unit configured to emit light to the liquid crystal panel. The backlight unit includes a substrate, a light emitting diode (LED) provided on the substrate and configured to emit light, and a refractive cover formed by being provided at a plurality of points separated from each other, and configured to enclose the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daesik Kim, Kyonghyong Kim, Doyoung Kwak, Jeongtaek Kim, Jongil Kim, Yasuhiro Nishida, Inyoul Seo, Byunghun Woo
  • Patent number: 11719974
    Abstract: A time required to manufacture a self-luminous body for a display apparatus is shortened. A self-luminous body for a display apparatus includes a backplane and a plurality of stacks. The plurality of stacks are arranged on a backplane. Each stack includes a plurality of integrated self-luminous elements. The plurality of self-luminous elements in each stack include at least two self-luminous elements that are arranged at a first pitch and emit light of the same color. The plurality of stacks include a first stack and a second stack adjacent to each other. The self-luminous element of the first stack and the self-luminous element of the second stack that emits light of the same color as a color of light emitted by the self-luminous element of the first stack are arranged at a second pitch larger than the first pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takanori Okumura, Kazumasa Katayama, Hidetada Tokioka, Masami Hayashi, Manabu Iwakawa, Shinsaku Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11715821
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic element module including a printed circuit board including a first insulating layer having a plurality of first openings, and a build-up structure disposed on one surface of the first insulating layer and having a first through-portion, wherein the plurality of first openings are disposed in the first through-portion on a plane; a conductive adhesive disposed in at least a portion of each of the plurality of first openings; and a first electronic element disposed in the first through-portion, and having a plurality of first electrode pads disposed. At least a portion of each of the plurality of first electrode pads is disposed in the plurality of first openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Oh Hwang