Patents Examined by Mary Ellen Bowman
  • Patent number: 11561289
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for an optical sensing system steering optical beams with a wedge prism. An exemplary system may include a scanner configured to steer an emitted optical beam towards an object. The system may further include a wedge prism configured to receive an optical beam returned from the object and refract the returned optical beam towards the scanner. The scanner is further configured to steer the refracted optical beam to form a receiving optical beam in a direction non-parallel to the emitted optical beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qin Zhou, Youmin Wang
  • Patent number: 11561338
    Abstract: A light-emitting module includes a light guide plate including a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a light-emitting device disposed at a second surface side of the light guide plate; a first light-reflective member provided at a periphery of the light-emitting device at the second surface side; and a second light-reflective member provided outward of the first light-reflective member at the second surface. A diffuse reflectance of the first light-reflective member for light emitted by the light-emitting device is greater than a diffuse reflectance of the second light-reflective member for the light emitted by the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Nakabayashi
  • Patent number: 11550086
    Abstract: An optical filter (1a) includes a light-absorbing layer (10). The light-absorbing layer absorbs light in at least a portion of the near-infrared region. When light with a wavelength of 300 to 1200 nm is incident on the optical filter (1a) at an incident angle of 0°, the optical filter (1a) satisfies given requirements. When light with a wavelength of 300 to 1200 nm is incident on the optical filter (1a) at incident angles of 0°, 30°, 35°, and 40°, the optical filter (1a) satisfies given requirements related to a normalized spectral transmittance. The normalized spectral transmittance is determined by normalization of a spectral transmittance for each incident angle so that the maximum of the spectral transmittance for each incident angle in the wavelength range of 400 to 650 nm is 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomitaka Takagi, Katsuhide Shimmo
  • Patent number: 11550094
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a cover plate, a light guide plate, a circuit board, a reflective layer, and a light source. The light guide plate is disposed under the cover plate and has a first hole corresponding to a light-shielding region of the cover plate. The circuit board is disposed under the light guide plate and includes a first substrate and a conductive layer having a through hole. The reflective layer is disposed between the light guide plate and the circuit board and has a second hole. The first substrate is in contact with the reflective layer. The conductive layer is disposed between the first substrate and the reflective layer having a recess recessed into the through hole. The light source is disposed on the circuit board, accommodated in the first hole and the second hole corresponding thereto, and in contact with the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Tsung-Hsun Chen
  • Patent number: 11549675
    Abstract: A solid-state lighting fixture assembly having a lighting fixture with a socket configured to receive a plug associated with one or more accessories to allow for easy in-field mounting of accessories, e.g., controls, onto installed lighting fixtures. The socket may be internally electrically connected to an auxiliary power output of a driver and/or to a battery power pack within the lighting fixture assembly, thereby providing direct-current voltage power for the accessory and, also, allowing for signal transmission to and from the accessory. Each accessory includes one or more sensors and communication components to provide the connected lighting fixture assembly with specific capabilities including, but not limited to, motion detection, ambient light level detection, ambient temperature measurement and wireless communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MAXLITE, INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh Raghavan, Aymen Chami, Eric Clohosey, Stephen Andrew Entrekin, Xiaoming Dai
  • Patent number: 11550186
    Abstract: An encapsulant sheet suitable for encapsulating a light-emitting element in a self-luminous display, etc. A resin sheet having a polyolefin as a base resin, wherein the resin sheet is created as an encapsulant sheet for a self-luminous display or for a direct backlight, the melt viscosity of the encapsulant sheet, at a shear velocity of 2.43×10 sec-1 and measured at a temperature of 120° C., being 5.0×103 poise to 1.0×105 poise inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuo Tsuzuki, Keita Arihara
  • Patent number: 11552060
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include apparatuses and method for a stacked light emitting diode (LED) display. A stacked LED display can include a first array of LEDs that are configured to emit red light, a second array of LEDs that are configured to emit green light, and a third array of LEDs that are configured to emit blue light. The stacked LED hologram display can include a number of actuators configured to adjust a position of a first array of LEDs in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, adjust a position of a second array of LEDs in the first direction and the second direction, and adjust a position of a third array of LEDs in the first direction and the second direction to control the packing scheme of the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Zahra Hosseinimakarem, Marta Egorova
  • Patent number: 11550093
    Abstract: A backlight unit for LCD displays including an optical waveguide having a light mixing area and a light extraction area, a flexible side-emitting LED strip incorporating a flexible printed circuit, a reflective layer positioning on a side of the waveguide, and an opaque housing incorporating a heat conductive element and covering two or more sides of the LED strip and at least a substantial portion of the light mixing area. The light extraction area has a two-dimensional pattern light extraction microstructures formed in a surface of the waveguide. The light-emitting surface of LED packages is oriented perpendicular to a major surface of the flexible printed circuit and has a first dimension which is greater than the thickness of the waveguide. The LED strip may be directly or indirectly attached or bonded to a front or back surface of the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Vasylyev
  • Patent number: 11543088
    Abstract: A portable lighting device including a shell, at least one luminous element, a lens component, a battery compartment, positive and negative terminals, at least one indicator mark disposed on the battery compartment, and light-transmitting channels is provided. The battery compartment is made of transparent and fluorescent materials. The indicator mark is used for indicating the positive or negative terminals. The light-transmitting channels allow the light emitted by the luminous element to irradiate and stimulate the battery compartment to emit light and exhibit an afterglow. Thus, by using the light from the battery compartment to illuminate the indication mark, the user can accurately determine the positive and negative terminals in the battery compartment in a dark environment, which is convenient to replace batteries or battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Wenjie Li
  • Patent number: 11543087
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light source module, an internal housing, an exterior housing and a sliding track. The light source module including a LED module. The LED module may include multiple types of LED chips of different parameters that may be controlled to mix a desired parameter. The internal housing has a light opening and a protruding block. The light source module is fixed to the internal housing and a light of the LED module passes through the light opening. An exterior housing having a sliding groove. The exterior housing encloses the internal housing and allows the protruding block of the internal housing moving along the sliding groove to change a tilt angle of the light with respect to the exterior housing. The sliding track is used for the exterior housing to move along the sliding track for further adjusting an output direction of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shouqiang Hou, Xiaoliang Wen, Yongzhe Dong
  • Patent number: 11543111
    Abstract: A wireless light socket assembly for remotely actuating a light bulb includes a socket unit that has a male connector that is threadable into an existing light socket in a building. The socket unit has a female coupler integrated into the socket for insertably receiving a light bulb and the female coupler is in communication with the male connector. A communication unit is integrated into the socket unit and the communication unit is in remote communication with a security system of the building. The communication unit actuates the female coupler when the communication unit receives an alert signal from the security system to visually alert an observer that the security system has been triggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: David Yeates
  • Patent number: 11545473
    Abstract: A light-emitting device according to the present invention comprises: a mounting board; a plurality of light-emitting elements that each include a supporting substrate and a semiconductor structure layer, the supporting substrate being disposed on the mounting board, and the semiconductor structure layer being formed on the supporting substrate and including a light-emitting layer, a wavelength conversion member that covers the plurality of light-emitting elements above the light-emitting elements and converts a wavelength of a light emitted from the light-emitting layer; a translucent member that covers a lower surface of the wavelength conversion member and covers the semiconductor structure layer on the supporting substrate; and a resin member filled between the plurality of light-emitting elements, the resin member being formed of a resin material containing particles having a light reflectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyotaro Koike, Ji-Hao Liang, Mitsunori Harada, Shunya Ide, Hiroshi Kotani, Soji Owada, Satoshi Ando
  • Patent number: 11541807
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof, an opening in the roof, and a window that is located forward from the opening, wherein the window has an upper end and the window is free from non-translucent structures near the upper end. A movable panel is connected to the roof for movement forward and rearward relative to the roof between a closed position and an open position. A seal is connected to the movable panel. The seal engages the window when the movable panel is in the closed position and the seal is disengaged from the window when the movable panel is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 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: 11535726
    Abstract: A UV-IR-absorbing composition according to the present invention includes: an absorber formed by a phosphonic acid represented by the following formula (a) and copper ion, the absorber being dispersed in the UV-IR-absorbing composition; a phosphoric acid ester allowing the absorber to be dispersed; a matrix resin; and an alkoxysilane monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Yuichiro Kubo, Katsuhide Shimmo
  • Patent number: 11538372
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a circuit board, a reflective housing, a plurality of light emitting diode units, and a diffusion film The reflective housing is disposed on the circuit board and has a plurality of recesses. The light emitting diode units are disposed in the recesses and are electrically connected to the circuit board. The diffusion film is disposed on the reflective housing and covers the recesses. The diffusion film includes a plurality of ink spots that are spaced apart from each other, and the ink spots correspond in position to the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: LITE-ON OPTO TECHNOLOGY (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD., LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin-Kuan Lin, Che-Chun Su, Ju-Ling Cheng, Yu-Kuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11525999
    Abstract: In one aspect, a handheld lighting system is disclosed, which comprises a handheld housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a light module disposed at least partially in the housing. The handheld lighting system further includes a removable and replaceable power module that is coupled to the housing (e.g., it is at least partially disposed within the housing) and is electrically coupled to the light module, e.g., through a pair of electrical leads, for providing electrical power thereto. Light intensity from the light module may be controlled from a knob on the power module. Various adapters can allow the lighting system to attach to a multitude of medical, industrial, dental or veterinary endoscopes or other instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Acera LLC
    Inventors: Thomas V. Root, Michael Cook, Thomas Davis, Michael S. Epstein, Carlton Jones, David Leo
  • Patent number: 11518302
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an auxiliary handle device configured to be used in entering or exiting a vehicle. The auxiliary handle device includes a cover unit including first and second movement guides, which define a movement path, a guide frame unit, which is connected to the cover unit so as to be slidably moved along a rail of a mounting plate mounted on a roof of the vehicle, and a handle unit, which is mounted on the cover unit so as to be selectively projected downwards from the mounting plate, the handle unit including a first guide pin and a second guide pin, which are respectively mounted in the first movement guide and the second movement guide such that the first and second guide pins are moved while being rotated so as to project the handle unit downwards from the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Ji Ah Kim, Jin Ho Hwang, Ha Ryung Park, Jae Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11513337
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to an insulating glass (IG) unit. A spacer is interposed between first and second substrates. The spacer helps maintain the substrates in substantially parallel spaced apart relation to one another, and helps define a cavity therebetween. First and second exterior surfaces of the spacer face interior surfaces of the first and second substrates, respectively. Third and fourth exterior surface of the spacer face towards and away from the cavity, respectively. A membrane is provided over at least a part of the fourth exterior surface of the spacer. A pin protrudes through holes in the third and fourth exterior surfaces of the spacer, and through the membrane. The pin is formed from an electrically conducting material. A structural seal for the IG unit is provided external to the spacer and at least partially surrounds a portion of the pin that protrudes through the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC
    Inventors: John Matuszewski, Lance Altizer
  • Patent number: 11510553
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to diagnostic, surgical, and/or therapeutic devices for being introduced into the human or animal body or for in vitro examination of human or animal blood samples or other body cells, in particular to an endoscope or a disposable endoscope that includes at least one illumination light guide and/or image guide for transmitting electromagnetic radiation, the illumination light guide or image guide having a proximal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation and a distal end face for incoupling or outcoupling of electromagnetic radiation. The proximal and/or distal end faces consist of plastic elements that are transparent at least partially or in sections thereof, the transparent plastic being biocompatible and/or having non-toxic properties to human or animal cell cultures for exposure durations of less than one day. This allows for the production of assemblies for disposable endoscopes, inter alia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Schultheis, Björn Bleisinger, Andreas Dietrich, Markus Kappel, Hubertus Russert, Martin Cramer, Thomas Weingärtner
  • Patent number: 11513281
    Abstract: A light source structure, a backlight module and a display are provided. The light source structure includes a substrate and plural light source groups. The light source groups are arranged on the substrate, in which each of the light source groups includes plural light-emitting units, and there is a first distance between any two adjacent light-emitting units in each of the light source groups, and there is a second distance between two closest light-emitting units that are respectively in any two adjacent light source groups. The second distance is smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Radiant Opto-Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Lin Chen, Pin-Hsun Lee, Yen-Ping Cheng, Yuan-Jhang Chen, Ruei-Lin Huang