Patents Examined by Meghan Dunwiddie
  • Patent number: 8851698
    Abstract: The present invention is an articulating hand power tool which in one embodiment includes a head portion including a head housing configured to articulate with a main housing, a bit holder rotatably positioned within the head housing, and a lighting assembly configured to emit a first elongated beam pattern from the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jon Parrinello
  • Patent number: 8845154
    Abstract: A motorcycle wherein an attachment angle of a tail light bulb is increased to reduce a distance between a seat and a tail light unit, to improve the flexibility of a short tail design around a tail light of a motorcycle. The motorcycle includes a rear cowl attached to a rear part of a vehicle body frame, a seat catch arranged on a rear end portion of the vehicle body frame and configured to lock and to unlock an openable/closable seat, a tail light unit arranged behind the seat catch and attached to the rear cowl, a tail light bulb attached to the tail light unit in a forward-tilted state, and a rear fender covering an upper part of a rear wheel WR. An opening that allows access to the tail light bulb is formed at a portion of the rear fender facing the tail light bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hamauzu, Kotaro Fujiyama, Jun Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8833959
    Abstract: A display arrangement includes a decoration layer, a light source underneath the decoration layer, and a lens layer arranged between the decoration layer and the light source. The decoration layer includes at least one void formed in the shape of a character when viewed from above. The lens layer is at least semi-transparent to permit transmission of light from the light source through the void. An optical structure is arranged in alignment with the void and is adapted to reduce intensity of the light in a peripheral region of the void so as to reduce a halo effect. The decoration layer may be formed as an external layer of a key or a button of a portable electronic device, or an outer casing of a portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Hsin Chin Lee, Antanas Matthew Broga, Ka Ho Liu
  • Patent number: 8827482
    Abstract: A backlight unit 12 according to the present invention includes LEDs 17 as light sources, an LED board 18 mounting the LEDs 17 thereon, a chassis 14 that stores the LED board 18 therein and includes an attachment hole 14e, a body portion 24 that sandwiches the LED board 18 between the body portion 24 and the chassis 14 and holds the LED board 18, and a board holding member 20 including an attachment portion 25 that is protruded from the body portion 24 toward the chassis 14 to be inserted into the attachment hole 14e, and the board holding member 20 is configured to be rotatable along a plate surface of the chassis 14 between a holding position at which the attachment portion 25 overlaps with an edge of the attachment hole 14e in a plan view and sandwiches the edge of the attachment hole 14e between the attachment portion 25 and the body portion 24 and a non-holding position at which the attachment portion 25 does not overlap with the edge of the attachment hole 14e in a plan view and attaching and detaching
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takahiro Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 8820958
    Abstract: The exemplary lamp devices have polygon lamp devices, polygon-round lamp devices and round lamp devices which can be used indoor and outdoor for illumination of a surrounding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventor: Min Carroll
  • Patent number: 8814394
    Abstract: A bracket coupling a headlamp module to a fixed structure is sandwiched between two ribs that constrain the bracket in only the cross-car direction. Internal clearances in the bracket or rib features for accepting attachment bolts are designed to provide fore/aft and up/down position adjustments. The sandwich structure can be locked in (i.e., compressed) for a rigid, final attachment to the vehicle which will nevertheless allow sliding of the bracket within the ribs when subjected to the forces corresponding to an impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony N. Aquilina, Ketan K. Desai, Ivan Estrada Sanchez, Gary E. Henige, Stephen K. Helwig
  • Patent number: 8807787
    Abstract: The illumination device has a lamp fixing on the upper end of the support rod standing on the walkway to be located in a side of the roadway. An inside circumferential surface of the lamp fixing has a first arrangement surface inclined upwardly from the walkway to the roadway and a second arrangement surface inclined upwardly from the roadway to the walkway. The first arrangement surface and the second arrangement surface are provided with the light emitting diodes, respectively. The color of the light of the light emitting diode on the first arrangement surface and the second arrangement surface are set such that the S/P ratio of the scotopic luminance to the photopic luminance of the light emitting diode on the second arrangement surface is greater than that of the first arrangement surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Saito
  • Patent number: 8807797
    Abstract: An ornamental fixture having a support structure and a plurality of ornaments mounted to the support structure in a substantially completely spherical arrangement of ornaments. The ornaments may be glass crystal ornaments, for example, octagonal glass crystals, and a light may be mounted within the fixture. The support structure may include an upper support ring and at least one lower support ring vertically spaced from the upper support ring and a plurality of arcuate sector assemblies removably mounted to the upper support ring and the at least one lower support ring. The sector assemblies retain the ornaments to provide a substantially continuous 360-degree array of ornaments. The sector assemblies can also be disassembled from the support structure for maintenance, servicing, relamping, and cleaning of the fixture. For example, the disassembled components of the fixture may be washed in a dishwasher without damaging the ornaments or the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Swarovski Lighting, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cyrus Myers, Jr., Timothy Patnode
  • Patent number: 8807803
    Abstract: AN LED lighting device of an aircraft for maneuvers of landing, and/or take-off, and/or taxiing, and/or searching comprising: one or more light-emitting modules including a light-emitting semiconductor device configured for emitting a light radiation; a supporting substrate carrying the light-emitting semiconductor device; a curved reflector having a concave reflecting surface and defining a plane of emission, wherein the concave reflecting surface has a semiparabolic shape obtained by sectioning a semiparaboloid along two mutually parallel cutting planes, and is arranged facing the light-emitting semiconductor device in such a way as to collect the light radiation and generate a radiation reflected through the plane of emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sirio Panel S.p.A.
    Inventors: Francesco Fabbri, Paolo Vanni, David La Paola
  • Patent number: 8807804
    Abstract: A miniature SMD-HPLED replaceable lamp (10) comprising a main body (1) which can be alternatively made of ceramic or metallic material, an electrical connector (20) housed in said main body (1) and a PCB (3a) embedding an HPLED lighting source. The connector (20) is suitably designed both for assuring an electrical continuity between PCB (3a) and an external power supply and locking it in a slot (2) formed on said main body (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventor: Marco Gaeta
  • Patent number: 8807790
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus is disclosed herein that may omni-directionally radiate light emitted from a light emitting diode (LED). The lighting apparatus may include a heat sink and a mounting block provided over the heat sink. A light emitting module may be provided on a side surface of the mounting block. A reflector may be provided over the heat sink, adjacent to a lower end of the mounting block, to reflect light from the LED. An enclosure may be provided over the heat sink to surround the mounting block to diffuse the light. The light axis of the LED may be directed to a side region of the bulb and the reflector may include an inclined surface that is inclined at a second prescribed angle away from the light axis to distribute the light in an omni-directional angular region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hankyu Cho, Jaehwan Kim, Donki Paik
  • Patent number: 8807791
    Abstract: An illuminating device with adjustable light beams and a method for assembling the same. The light-emitting units are disposed on the substrate. The optical element is disposed in the path of a light emitted by at least one of the light-emitting units. The driving unit drives a first or second set of the light-emitting units, wherein a light beam formed by light that is emitted by the first set of the light-emitting units and passes through the optical element has a different shape or projection angle from a light beam formed by light that is emitted by the second set of the light-emitting units and passes through the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Av Tech Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Ru Huang, Chien-Yueh Chen
  • Patent number: 8807805
    Abstract: To prevent uneven brightness in a backlight unit, a backlight unit 12 includes: a hot cathode tube 17 that is a light source; a chassis 14 housing the hot cathode tube 17; a reflection sheet 20 arranged inside the chassis 14 and configured to reflect light; an optical member 15 arranged on a light exit side with respect to the hot cathode tube 17; and a support member 21 including a support portion 26 that has an axis extending in a space inside the chassis 14 and supports the optical member 15 from a side opposite to the light exit side. The support member 21 has a pressing surface 28 enabled to press the reflection sheet 20 from the light exit side and the pressing surface crosses an axial direction of the support portion 26 and crosses a direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Patent number: 8807782
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a housing, a light emitting unit, plural supporters and a light guiding plate. The housing includes a base and a first frame and a second frame arranged on two opposite sides of the base. Each supporter includes two supporting portions placed on two opposite sides of the light emitting unit. Each supporting portion includes a supporting surface facing the light emitting unit, wherein the supporting surface is slant. A distance between two opposite supporting portions is increased along a direction from the base to a top surface of the supporter. The light guiding plate is arranged on the supporting surfaces of the supporters. The light guiding plate includes a light input surface facing to the light emitting unit and a light output surface facing the first frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Chen Lai
  • Patent number: 8807809
    Abstract: A lighting device for vehicles with a plurality of light sources arranged like a matrix in a light generation level, with a light forming optic unit arranged in front of the light sources in a primary direction of emission, and with another optic unit arranged between the light forming optic unit and the light sources, comprising a plurality of optic elements, with the optic elements being arranged like a matrix and one optic element each being allocated to a light source, with the additional optic unit being embodied as a widening optic unit with a plurality of band reflector segments arranged intersecting to form polygonal reflectors as optic elements and with a plurality of light forming elements, which are arranged like a matrix corresponding to the light sources and arranged between the light sources and the polygonal reflectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Hella KGaA
    Inventor: Gerhard Kloos
  • Patent number: 8807779
    Abstract: An illumination device for use with a firearm and a method of using the same are disclosed. The illumination device can include a gun grip cover configured to attach to a gun grip. The illumination device can have a first illumination element extending to the left of the gun grip cover and a second illumination element extending to the right of the gun grip cover. The illumination elements can deliver a spread of light to illuminate a large area. The illumination elements can be laterally adjacent to the barrel. The illumination elements can be controlled by a control switch positioned below the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Battle Tek Industries Incorporated
    Inventors: Terry Izumi, Adam M. Gettings, Nathan D. Gettings
  • Patent number: 8807780
    Abstract: A low voltage cable for providing low voltage power to an electrically-powered assembly, such as a luminaire fixture, and for attaching the luminaire fixture to the cable and to structure using a cable gripping device in such a way that the assembly can be adjusted, is disclosed. The cable comprises a conductive strand composed of a first metallic material, and a plurality of strength strands wound around the conductive strand, where the plurality of strength strands is of a second metallic material. The first metallic material is substantially more conductive than the second metallic material, and the second metallic material has substantially greater tensile strength than the first metallic material. This allows the cable to conduct a low voltage feed across the conductive strand, and allows the strength strands cable to mostly support the tension load particularly of a hanging luminaire fixture as well as resisting lateral compressive forces from a cable gripping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Griplock Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Hugo Napier, Ryan Kwast
  • Patent number: 8807814
    Abstract: A light and fan assembly has a generally tubular housing that has a turbine fan located on one end the fan discharging a stream of air therefrom, and a light is located on the opposing end, the light discharging a light beam therefrom in opposite direction to the air stream. A clip clips the housing to an appropriate surface such as a hat brim. The fan can draw air from one of two intakes with one of the intakes allowing air to pass over a heat sink of the light to help cool the light assembly and warm the air stream or resistive heating elements can be provided in order to heat the air stream. A magnifying lens is attached, fixedly or pivotally and possibly rotatably, to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Gregory Glenn
  • Patent number: 8801249
    Abstract: A transformation optic arrangement for vehicles to convert a planar light distribution into an angular light distribution with a plurality of light sources arranged in one level like a matrix to generate the planar light distribution and with an optic unit arranged in front of the light sources in a primary direction of emission to deflect the light, with the optic unit comprising at least one first lens, with at least one additional lens being provided between the first lens and the light sources, arranged coaxially in reference to the z-axis extending in the primary direction of emission and distanced from the first lens, and that the first lens and at least one additional lens each show non-spherically shaped coupling surfaces and decoupling surfaces as flat sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: HELLA KGaA
    Inventor: Gerhard Kloos
  • Patent number: 8801214
    Abstract: Mounting brackets hold solar-powered lanterns such as used for garden and pathway lighting. The lanterns make useful hand held lighting if they are releasably mounted in the mounting bracket where they will get sunshine for charging and where a user will often need to use a lantern. They may be mounted for example beside doors or on fence or gate posts, or on walls such as the outside walls of buildings or enclosures such as storage sheds, metal storage containers, etc. A user has no trouble locating the closest lantern after dark as the lanterns automatically turn their lighting elements on when it gets dark. The user may then merely pull the lantern by its stalk, which now serves as the lantern handle, and the resilient tongs of the mounting bracket releases the lantern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Solarklip Enterprises Ltd.
    Inventor: Van Chrysanthous