Patents Examined by Matthew J Peerce
  • Patent number: 12282183
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a plurality of first lighting units and a plurality of second lighting units. The first lighting unit includes a first light source, a first reflective layer, and a first light converting structure and emits a first output light. The second lighting unit includes a second light source, a second reflective layer, and a second light converting structure and emits a second output light. A normal intensity of a first sub peak of the first output light is less than a normal intensity of a second sub peak of the second output light, and the normal intensity of the first sub peak is in a range from 0.1% to 10% based on 100% of a normalized intensity of a normal intensity of the first main peak of the first output light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lang Lin, Tsung-Han Tsai
  • Patent number: 12281772
    Abstract: A lighting module is provided for generating two different lighting effects, and includes at least one light source, a first primary optical element, a second primary optical element, and a projection lens. The first primary optical element contains a diffusion surface diffusing the light beams from the light source to homogenously light the projections lens for a first lighting effect. The first primary optical element has a first reflector and second reflector. The first reflector reflects light beams from the light source in a boundary area between the diffusion surface and another section of the lighting module onto the second reflector to direct these light beams through the diffusion surface onto the projection lens. The second primary optical element directs light beams from the light source onto the projection lens to light the projection lens for a second lighting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Björn Dreßler, Fabian Schüler
  • Patent number: 12281770
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a light source capable of emitting light rays; a collector with a reflective surface configured to collect and reflect the light rays emitted by the light source into a light beam along an optical axis of the module; an optical system configured to project the light beam. The collector is configured so that a portion of the light rays of the light beam are parallel to the optical axis or have an angle of inclination ? smaller than or equal to 25° in a vertical plane with respect to said axis; and the optical system is configured to form an image of the reflective surface of the collector. The invention also relates to a light device comprising one or more such light modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventor: Sylvain Giraud
  • Patent number: 12280710
    Abstract: Provided is a lamp lighting control system including a turn lamp, a position lamp configured to provide a light-emitting face included in a light-emitting face provided by the turn lamp, an accessory lamp configured to provide a light-emitting face at least partially identical to the light-emitting face provided by the turn lamp, and a lighting control unit that is configured to control lighting states of the turn lamp, the position lamp, and the accessory lamp. The lighting control unit is configured to turn off the accessory lamp in a case where the position lamp is turned on and the turn lamp is turned on, and turn on the accessory lamp in a case where the position lam is turned on and the turn lamp is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harunori Kobayashi, Noriaki Asano
  • Patent number: 12264796
    Abstract: The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, Sten Heikman, James W. Raring
  • Patent number: 12241609
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a first optical module including a first light source part, a first sub-light source part that is lighted individually with the first light source part, and a first reflector that reflects a light beam irradiated from the first sub-light source part, a second optical module including a second light source part, a second sub-light source part that is lighted individually with the second light source part, and a second reflector that reflects a light beam irradiated from the second sub-light source part, and a third optical module including a third light source part, a third sub-light source part that is lighted individually with the third light source part, and a third reflector that reflects a light beam irradiated from the third sub-light source part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Ji Jin
  • Patent number: 12234965
    Abstract: Signal lamp for a vehicle configured to create an illumination pattern. It includes an illuminant configured to emit parallel light, a first optical element configured to receive light from the illuminant, and a second optical element configured to receive light from the first optical element. The light entry surface of the first optical element has a plurality of concave cylinder diverging lenses (CDLs), wherein the light exit surface of the second optical element has a plurality of convex cylinder converging lenses (CCLs). The CDLs are oriented on the light entry surface such that their cylinder axes are rotated by a first angle around a main axis, wherein the CCLs are oriented on the light exit surface such that their cylinder axes are rotated by a second angle around the main axis. The first and second angles are such that in a frontal view towards the light exit surface of the second optical element the CDLs overlap with the CCLs in order to form a lattice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventor: Reinaldo Arturo Zapata Pena
  • Patent number: 12234959
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle projection lamp that improves the definition of an image. An aspect of the present embodiment provides a vehicle projection lamp that reduces a distortion occurring in an image and improves the definition of the image when outputting the image to the ground. The projection lamp includes a light source; a substrate; a collimator located in front of the light source; a lens array unit; a fixing unit; an upper housing; and a lower housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: IL HEUNG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Mun Jeong, Ju Young Jung
  • Patent number: 12228262
    Abstract: The lighting device disclosed at an embodiment includes a substrate; a plurality of light sources arranged on the substrate; a resin layer scaling the plurality of light sources; a reflective member disposed between the resin layer and the substrate; and an antenna pattern disposed in a first region between the reflective member and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Hyun Ko, Moo Ryong Park, Woo Kil Jung, So Yeon Ham
  • Patent number: 12215836
    Abstract: A vehicular headlight (20) includes a first light source unit (41), a second light source unit (61), a temperature sensor (47), and a control unit (110). When the temperature derating is performed on the first light source unit (41) based on the temperature in a state where the light distribution pattern (910) of a low-beam is formed, the control unit (110) controls the power to be supplied to each of a plurality of light-emitting elements (43) so that the light amount of at least a part of the first light with which at least a region (911) of a first light distribution pattern (400) is irradiated decreases as compared with that before the temperature derating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Mochizuki, Atsushi Sugimoto, Tomoyuki Ohno, Takashi Terayama, Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, Atsushi Uesugi
  • Patent number: 12203627
    Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a resin layer covering the light source on the substrate; a light blocking layer having an opening portion on the resin layer; and a lens plate disposed on the light blocking layer, wherein the lens plate includes a light transmitting portion and a convex portion arranged on one surface or the other surface of the light transmitting portion, and the total area of the opening portions is 50% or less of an area of an emission surface through which light is emitted through the resin layer, and the interval between the lens plate and the light blocking layer may be greater than the length of the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Lee, Kwang Hyun Ko, Kyoung Soo Ahn
  • Patent number: 12194911
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp that achieves a slim design while forming an optimal beam pattern generates a beam pattern using a plurality of lamp modules. The plurality of lamp modules are arranged in one direction, and each of the plurality of lamp modules includes a light source that generate light; an optical guide unit, which guides incident light from the light source to be emitted forward; and an optical lens, which transmits the incident light from the optical guide unit therethrough to allow the beam pattern to be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Young Jung, Jun Tae Kim, Chang Deok Seo
  • Patent number: 12188629
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle that includes a light source part that generates and irradiates light, and a lens array provided on a front side of the light source part, the lens array includes a first lens part including a plurality of first micro lenses, to which the light is input from the light source part, and a second lens part including a plurality of second micro lenses that outputs the light input from the first lens part, and upward/downward sizes of at least some of the plurality of first micro lenses are smaller than upward/downward sizes of the second micro lenses provided at corresponding locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hwa Kang, Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 12181705
    Abstract: A heat transfer device for integrating with a backlight unit for an edge-lit motor vehicle display apparatus includes an anterior capillary tube operable to integrate with a rear side of the backlight unit, the anterior capillary tube further operable to dissipate heat from an anterior of a backlight unit of a motor vehicle display. The heat transfer device further includes a posterior capillary tube operable to be positioned away from the backlight unit, the posterior capillary tube further operable to dissipate heat from a posterior of a backlight unit of a motor vehicle display. The heat transfer device further comprises a phase changing medium operable to fluidly transfer between the first capillary tube and the second pillar tube during a heat transfer process, where the phase changing medium is operable to phase change between a gaseous state and a liquid state during the heat transfer process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Ling Chih (Daniel) Teng, Merilyn Ng, Huey Lin Joyce Ling, Zhixiong Jiang, Sheng Hoe Ching
  • Patent number: 12163636
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, wherein the lighting device has a circuit board with a multiplicity of light-emitting diodes arranged thereon, a transparent optical layer, and a reflector element, wherein the reflector element is arranged between the circuit board and the optical layer, wherein the reflector element has multiple segments into which the reflector element is subdivided, wherein a segment is associated with each light-emitting diode so that light emitted by the light-emitting diodes can be reflected by the reflector element and can pass through the optical layer. Two light-emitting diodes are arranged in a segment. In addition, a lighting system and a motor vehicle are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mathias Drueppel, Carsten Hohmann, Marc Kaup, Alfons Michaelis, Martin Muegge, Diana Mundt, Thomas Rettweiler, Jacek Roslak, Christian Schmidt, Dietmar Schroeder, Martin Vollmer
  • Patent number: 12152751
    Abstract: A headlight for a motor vehicle includes a housing which is provided with a translucent cover pane to allow light to exit from the headlight and in which a first lighting device and a second lighting device are located. The first lighting device is provided for generating at least one portion of a dipped beam and/or a full beam of the headlight, and the second lighting device is provided for generating at least one portion of a limiting light and/or a daytime running light of the headlight. The headlight also includes a diaphragm which is opaque in a predefined diaphragm section except for a plurality of light exit points provided therein. Light is emitted via the predefined diaphragm section toward the cover pane by the second lighting device in order to generate the at least one portion of the limiting light and/or the daytime running light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benedikt Buergers, Felix Kilbertus, Martin Simmet, Dean Smith
  • Patent number: 12146632
    Abstract: An exterior luminaire for a motor vehicle includes a number of light sources and one or more fiber bundles, each including a number of flexible light-guiding fibers. The exterior luminaire is configured such that, during operation, light originating from the light sources is fed into the fiber bundle(s), as a result of which a respective fiber bundle emits light along its length, the light passing at least partly via a light-transmissive covering sheet into the exterior of the motor vehicle. In the exterior luminaire, a respective fiber bundle is accommodated at least in sections in the longitudinal direction in one or more grooves, a respective groove including at least two joined-together holding components, which form the contour of the respective groove in cross section and which hold the respective fiber bundle by interlocking engagement and/or force-locking engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Erich Axt, Abdelmalek Hanafi, Joerg Kaelble
  • Patent number: 12140286
    Abstract: The lighting device disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate and emitting light in at least a first direction; a resin layer sealing the plurality of light emitting devices; and an optical member disposed on the resin layer, wherein the resin layer may include a first light blocking portion integrally formed with the resin layer and having a transmittance lower than that of the resin layer on an emission-side region of each of the plurality of light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Soo Ahn, Hyun Duck Yang, Young Min Moon, Kee Youn Jang
  • Patent number: 12123566
    Abstract: To reduce a sense of discomfort during sequential blinking. A lighting controller for a vehicular lamp to control lighting of the vehicular lamp, where the lighting controller is configured to control so that a light emitting region of the vehicular lamp is repeatedly lighted on and off with a first luminance and where, during the time when the light emitting region is lighted on, at a partial region of the light emitting region, one or more bright spots are set with a second luminance that is higher than the first luminance to be moved within the light emitting region, or during the time when the light emitting region is lighted on, at the partial region of the light emitting region, one or more dark spots are set with a third luminance that is lower than the first luminance to be moved within the light emitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Nakashima, Yasushi Kita, Takako Kimura, Kouki Kudo, Akihisa Kumakura, Hidetaka Okada, Shuto Oyama
  • Patent number: 12124071
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a light source; a light guide plate arranged to face the light source, having an end surface that light from the light source enters; and an emitting surface from which the entered light is emitted; a reflective plate bonded to a back surface side of the light guide plate via a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive film; and a casing having a front portion and a back portion, the casing configured to store the light source, the light guide plate, and the reflective plate. The backlight unit is configured so that light from the light source is free from entering a space between the low-refractive index layer and the reflective plate, or so that light that has entered the space between the low-refractive index layer and the reflective plate from a light source is free from being emitted from the emitting surface of the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshikawa, Daisuke Hattori, Ryota Morishima, Atsushi Kishi