Patents Examined by Michael Chiang
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Patent number: 10760773Abstract: The present invention discloses a focus-adjustable lamp, provided with an illuminating mechanism on the top end thereof, wherein the illuminating mechanism comprises a light-emitting element, a shield body shielding the outer side of the light-emitting element, a heat dissipating member closely matched with the light-emitting element, and a cover body located on the top end of the illuminating mechanism, the illuminating mechanism is further provided with a light-converging cylinder rotationally sleeving the outer side of the shield body, and the light-converging cylinder is capable of rotating back and forth along a circumferential direction of the shield body to adjust the size of a light spot projected by the light-emitting element on the ground.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: JIANGSU SUR LIGHTING CO., LTDInventors: Haicheng Zhang, Honggui Xie, Zhengen Li, Yuejian Xun, Kanrui Han
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Patent number: 10724704Abstract: A water heating device (5) includes an infrared light emitting diode (50) configured to emit a light beam in a wavelength band including a wavelength of 1.4 ?m or more. With the application of an infrared light beam emitted from the infrared light emitting diode (50) toward an applied body (e.g., a front cover (11)), at least a part of the infrared light beam is absorbed into water attached to the applied body to heat the water.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuaki Tsutsumi
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Patent number: 10704771Abstract: A lighting assembly for illuminating an architectural space includes a mounting bracket with an axial portion, a trim flange ring including an outer surface, and a light fixture including a flange with an external surface such that the lighting assembly has an installed configuration. The axial portion includes an annular cross-section and at least one open end. In the installed configuration, at least a portion of the light fixture is disposed inside the axial portion. In the installed configuration, the trim flange ring is disposed between the mounting bracket and the light fixture. In the installed configuration, the outer surface faces the architectural space such that the outer surface is a concentric ring around the external surface of the flange of the light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLCInventor: Matthew John Schubert
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Patent number: 10697611Abstract: A non-circular optic is described that includes a base region, the base region including a rim and an exit surface. The non-circular optic further includes a projection that projects from the base region, the projection including a cavity. The cavity includes an open end, a bottom surface, and first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls that extend from the open end to the bottom surface. A first, second, third, and fourth total internally reflective surfaces each extend from the open end of the cavity to the rim of the base region.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Wilston Nigel Christopher Sayers
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Patent number: 10697603Abstract: A lens of vehicular light has an entrance surface comprising: an upper part entrance surface for allowing light from the light source to enter, the light source being irradiated in an upper direction at a greater angle than a predetermined upper irradiation angle; a lower part entrance surface for allowing light from the light source to enter, the light source being irradiated in a lower direction at a greater angle than a predetermined lower irradiation angle; and a central entrance surface between the upper part entrance surface and the lower part entrance surface. The lower part entrance surface has a first lower part entrance surface on the light source optical axis side, and a second lower part entrance surface below the first lower part entrance surface. The lens performs the light distribution control whereby the light entering in the second lower part entrance surface is irradiated in a lower direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Okubo
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Patent number: 10697613Abstract: A light source guiding device comprises a light source refracting unit and a light source reflecting unit. The light source refracting unit receives a part of a light beam emitted by a light source, and the light source refracting unit utilizes geometric shapes disposed on inner and outer surfaces to form a rectangular light spot on a light-receiving surface by the part of the light beam. The light source reflecting unit receives another part of the light beam emitted by the light source, and the light source reflecting unit reflects the other part of the light beam emitted by the light source to form another rectangular light spot by using geometric shapes disposed on its surface, and the two rectangular light spots are overlapped with each other to enhance an illuminance of the rectangular light spot.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Chung-Min Jou
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Patent number: 10688922Abstract: Provided is a soft upper trim of a vehicle door, in which an upper substrate, foam, and a transparent skin are laminated, and particularly, to a soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, in which a switch, which is configured to preserve continuity of a transparent skin and display lock and unlock symbols on the transparent skin, is easily assembled to an upper substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD., SEOYON AMERICA CORPORATIONInventors: Ji Hyun Cho, Dong Suk Kim, Jong Kyu Kim, Sung Won Lee
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Patent number: 10684410Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a backlight module thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a backlight source and a light guide plate. The backlight source is disposed at a side surface of the light guide plate. The light guide plate has an accommodation section for accommodating a functional module. The backlight module includes a compensation light source that is disposed on the light guide plate. The accommodation section is located between the backlight source and the compensation light source. The backlight module includes a compensation light source, and the backlight source and the compensation light source are located at two opposite sides of the accommodation section. The compensation light source may compensate for the illumination light in the light guide plate blocked by the functional module, so as to solve the non-uniform display problem of blocking the illumination light from the backlight source by the functional module.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaoling Li
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Patent number: 10683982Abstract: A helicopter search light comprises a housing with a mounting portion, which is configured to be mounted to a helicopter, a light source support arranged within the housing and at least one optical system. Each optical system includes a group of at least two light sources with different light emission characteristics, which are arranged on the light source support; and a reflector, which is movable between at least two discrete positions, each position being associated with one of the at least two light sources, with the reflector in each position only reflecting light emitted by the associated light source. The helicopter search light further comprises at least one actuator, which is configured for selectively moving the reflector between the at least two discrete positions.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Anil Kumar Jha, Robert Trinschek
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Patent number: 10677443Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an illuminating device including a light engine, a housing and a driver contained in the housing, wherein the illuminating device further includes a heat dissipation device disposed in the housing which includes a substrate for supporting the light engine and an insert ring in thermal-conductive contact with the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBHInventors: Rencheng Li, Tingbiao Lan, Ran Lin, Zhian Li
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Patent number: 10663642Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a light guide member below the display panel, a light source adjacent to at least one surface of the light guide member, and an optical member between the light guide member and the display panel. The optical member includes a wavelength conversion layer configured to convert a wavelength band of incident light. A low refractive index layer between the wavelength conversion layer and the light guide member and including a plurality of pores, and an inorganic layer between the low refractive index layer and the wavelength conversion layer. A volume ratio occupied by the pores within the low refractive index layer increases as being closer to the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hongbeom Lee, Dongwoo Kim, Minsu Kim, Keunwoo Park, Seongyeon Lee, Taewoo Lim
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Patent number: 10634294Abstract: A light source is realized in a wall portion and a base portion forming a flexible structure, the wall portion having a plurality of inward facing LEDs, a bottom edge of the wall portion being adjacent to an edge of the wide portion. The resulting well is subsequently filled with a material to form an optical cavity, the height of the resultant optical cavity being matching a top edge of the wall portion. The top surface of the optical cavity is spin coated with a thin layer of quantum dots which serve to shift a wavelength of light emitted from the LEDs. Finally, a protective layer is applied to fix and protect the thin layer of quantum dots. Thus, a light source is realized which can reliably provide light at a specific wavelength defined by the interaction between the LEDs and quantum dots.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: OPÄ“, LLCInventors: Joshua Norman Smith, Robert Chad McCollum, Richard Earl Preston
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Patent number: 10634837Abstract: Lightguides that include a plurality of discrete spaced apart light extracting structures are described. Each light extracting structure includes opposing inclined first and second sidewalls extending from a first side of the lightguide toward an optical axis of the light guide and meeting at an elongated peak extending along a first direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis, and may include opposing first and second endwalls extending between the first and second sidewalls from the first side of the lightguide to the elongated peak to form a notch extending into a core of the lightguide. The first and second sidewalls are adapted to extract light propagating along the lightguide from an opposite second side of the lightguide by reflecting the propagating light toward the second side. The notch may have raised edges along at least a portion of a perimeter of the notch.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Tao Liu, Brent A. Hedding, David C. Mercord, Brian W. Ostlie
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Patent number: 10634327Abstract: An area light includes a base having a first end and a second end, a pair of legs rotatably coupled to the first end of base, where the pair of legs is rotated towards the base when the light is in a stowed configuration and is rotated away from the base when the light is in an open configuration, and a light body having a light head. The light body is rotatably coupled to the base on the first end of the base, wherein the light body is rotated towards the base when the light is in the stowed configuration and is rotated away from the base when the light is in the open configuration. A light deploy mechanism couples the light body to the base. The light deploy mechanism is adjustable to move the light body between the stowed configuration and the open configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Brian Cornell, Duane W. Wenzel, Alan Amundson, Ross McIntyre, Jason D. Thurner
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Patent number: 10627560Abstract: An optical system for a lighting device, comprising a light-guiding optical part configured for spreading light beams generated by light sources situated opposite to a rear side of the optical part. Light beams are coupled into the light-guiding optical part, and after passing through the light-guiding optical part the light beams are emitted through its output surface. Rear side of light-guiding optical part is equipped with macroscopic cavities, each pair of adjacent macroscopic cavities forming between themselves an optical segment, whose two sides, which separate the optical segment from the pair of macroscopic cavities, comprise a reflective surface. The optical segment comprises a rear surface on the rear side, opposite to which a light source is positioned. The reflective surfaces are configured for reflecting a part of the light beams, which were coupled through the rear surface into the optical segment, and then directing them to the output surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.Inventors: Tomas Gloss, Vit Simurda, Jakub Hruska
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Patent number: 10625817Abstract: An electrically power assisted bicycle includes an electric motor that generates an assist force assisting human power of a rider, a detachable battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor, a headlight, and an operation panel including a display that displays information, a power button that turns on or off the electrically power assisted bicycle, an illuminance sensor that outputs a signal in accordance with received light, and a controller configured or programmed to control the headlight to be on or off. The power button and the illuminance sensor are located close to each other on or in the operation panel. After a predetermined time period passes after the controller is activated by the power button being pressed by the rider, the controller starts controlling the headlight to be on or off in accordance with the signal output by the illuminance sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirokatsu Kishita, Satoshi Katayama, Toshio Koga
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Patent number: 10619803Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module, configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as optical component comprising a compound consisting essentially of the elements neodymium (Nd) and fluorine (F), and optionally including one or more other elements. The lighting apparatus is configured to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the generated visible light using the compound. The at least one component can comprise a NdFxOy compound with values of x and y determining a content ratio F/O, which may be adjusted during manufacturing of the NdFxOy compound to provide desired output light parameters of the apparatus including at least a desired output light spectrum realized by filtering the generated visible light using the NdFxOy compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Consumer Lighting (U.S.), LLCInventors: Kevin Jeffrey Benner, Thomas J. Boyle, Dengke Cai, Thomas Clynne, William Erwin Cohen, Jean-Patrick Ducroux, Jianmin He, Jon Bennett Jansma, Chuan Lin, Juliana P. Reisman, Alok Mani Srivastava, Benjamin James Ward, Zhiyong Wang, William Robert Wright, Qing Yi
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Patent number: 10612735Abstract: A lighting device comprising a grid sheet carrier 3 mounted via its border 4 on a base part and having an open surface area 5 of a plurality of openings 7 and having carrier material 9 surrounding said openings. The carrier material 9 being arranged in a two-dimensional, first pattern 11. The lighting device further comprises a plurality of LEDs 13 mounted on one main face 15 of the carrier material 9 and arranged in a two-dimensional, second pattern 17. The second pattern 17 is coinciding with the first pattern 11 when superimposed and the second pattern 17 is at least a sub-pattern of the first pattern 11. Furthermore, R is a ratio between the plurality of LEDs 13 and the plurality of openings 7, wherein R>=3.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Tim Dekker, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Siebe Tjerk De Zwart
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Patent number: 10604061Abstract: A headlight system includes a headlight module having at least one headlight device arranged on a vehicle and having a predefined illuminating range; a driving module having at least one driving unit configured to adjust the illuminating direction of the headlight device within the predefined illuminating range; a gaze detecting device detecting a driver's gaze direction; an input device receiving a direction adjusting command issued by the driver; and a control unit electrically connected to the driving module, the gaze detecting device and the input device, wherein when the input device receives the direction adjusting command from the driver, and the control unit determines whether the drivers' gaze direction falls within the predefined illuminating range; if so, the control unit controls the driving unit to adjust the illuminating direction of the headlight device toward the driver's gaze direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: Shanghai XPT Technology Limited, INTELLIGENCE & PARTNER LIMITED, Mindtronic AI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mu-Jen Huang, Ya-Li Tai, Yu-Sian Jiang
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Patent number: 10605417Abstract: A multi-function flashlight that includes a flashlight body, an optic having a focusing portion and a non-focusing portion, a main LED positioned to direct light through the focusing portion, and one or more additional LEDs positioned to direct light through the non-focusing portion. A power source may be disposed within the flashlight body adapted to provide power to the main and additional LEDs, and a first control may be included that is configured to selectively provide power to the primary LED.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Coast Cutlery Co.Inventors: Gregory David Windom, Hai Rong Shi, Chao Jun Ding