Patents Examined by Naomi M Wolford
  • Patent number: 10302284
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches and describes an illumination device that may be coupled to a variety of objects to help provide lighting to an area. The illumination device has at least two sections that are connected by a hinge and rotate around that hinge. The illumination device further has adapters to increase the grip and hold of the device. The device may be lockable or use tension to hold it in a particular configuration. The illumination device has a number of light emitting diodes placed on the various surfaces of the device. The light emitting diodes provide lighting to assist individuals in performing tasks in dark or poorly lit areas. The lighting is controlled by a power switch which may also change the intensity of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventor: Jarret Ammer
  • Patent number: 10288259
    Abstract: There are provided a light emitting unit using a wavelength conversion member which may be put to practical use, and a display and a lighting apparatus which include the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit includes: a light source; an optical part including a light incident surface, the light incident surface facing the light source; a wavelength conversion member provided between the light source and the light incident surface; and a holding member holding the wavelength conversion member at a position between the light source and the light incident surface of the optical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoharu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10247399
    Abstract: A lighting structure includes a junction box that has a cavity, and a mounting plate that has an inner section and a perimeter section. The junction box is attached to the mounting plate, and the mounting plate has a wire opening therethrough for routing an electrical wire from the junction box to a light source. The perimeter section of the mounting place is outside the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Philip Dean Winters, Grzegorz Wronski
  • Patent number: 10247389
    Abstract: A light fixture assembly includes a housing having an interior surface, a ballast mounted on the interior surface of the housing, a first reflector releasably coupled to the interior surface of the housing, the ballast being substantially enclosed between the housing and the first reflector when the first reflector is in a first, closed position and being exposed when the first reflector is in a second, open position spaced from at least a portion of the interior surface, a lens releasably coupled to the housing, the first reflector being substantially enclosed between the lens and the housing when the lens is in a first, closed position and substantially exposed when the lens is in a second, open position. This construction provides relatively easy and quick access to the ballast for replacement and from below the fixture if it is mounted in or on the ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan D. Seward, Martin C. Werr, David J. Rector, Randy K. Lewis, Raymond A. Brown
  • Patent number: 10234619
    Abstract: A backlight module for light-emitting keyboard includes light guide plate having reflective surface, opposing light-emitting surface and plurality of recessed dots located on reflective surface to create optical path of continuous wave-like reflecting portion for facing toward key switch unit in light-emitting keyboard. The spacing between the centers of each two adjacent recessed dots is smaller than or equal to diameter of one single recessed dot. The continuous wave-like reflecting portion exhibits a continuous ring-shaped pattern formed of a series of ring-shaped square waves, triangular waves, sawtooth waves or sine waves and consisting of at least one different cycle waveforms having varying cycle periods, amplitudes or peak-to-peak values that are interleaved in regular or irregular manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Wen Chen, Wei-Hao Cheng
  • Patent number: 10228115
    Abstract: A movable lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass includes a frame, main support legs supporting the frame, and casters attached to the lower ends of the main support legs. A movable beam is provided such that it can be advanced and retracted relative to the frame in a left-right direction. A stationary beam is fixed to the frame. A sub-support leg is provided at an advancement direction forward end portion of the movable beam so as to support a distal end of the movable beam when the movable beam is advanced. A caster is attached to the lower end of the sub-support leg. LED lamps are attached to the movable beam and the stationary beam. When the movable beam is retracted, the lower end of the caster of the sub-support leg is moved to a position above the lower ends of the casters of the main support legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: SHOWA DENKO K.K., SEKISHIN DENKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogata, Shigetoshi Jogan, Kouichi Ishitaka
  • Patent number: 10222012
    Abstract: Auditorium pathways, such as vertical and horizontal aisle ways, are illuminated by light fixtures located above the pathways, the light fixtures comprising a plurality of LEDs whose light is focused into a light beam of a width selected to illuminate the pathway. In one embodiment, the light beam is configured such that it may be disposed between a plurality of patrons and a stage or screen to illuminate a pathway while remaining invisible to the patrons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Tempo Industries, LLC
    Inventors: David Kim, Thomas Lueken, Michael D. Bremser, Mark Shurtleff, Dennis Pearson
  • Patent number: 10222039
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a light source having a light-emitting element, and a communication device configured to transmit and/or receive a communication signal by wireless communication. The luminaire further includes a power supply configured to supply electric power to the light source and the communication device, and a housing configured to contain the communication device and the power supply. The light source is configured to be held by the housing. The housing is provided with an opening. The housing has a rectangular parallelepiped shape with electrically conductive walls to form a rectangular waveguide having a cutoff frequency. The housing is set to have a dimension in a width direction thereof such that a radio frequency of the communication signal is equal to or more than the cutoff frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Ando, Shigeo Goto
  • Patent number: 10197226
    Abstract: An optical cup which mixes multiple channels of light to form a blended output, the device having discreet zones or channels including a plurality of reflective cavities each having a remote light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of luminescence materials provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output. The remote light converting appliances may be provided as frustoconical elements within frustoconical reflective cavities with a void between the light converting appliances and the associated LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Robert Fletcher
  • Patent number: 10173578
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting device (100) for an optical body (1) for a motor vehicle headlight or for a light module for a motor vehicle headlight, which optical body (1) has a number of adjacently arranged ancillary optical systems (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), wherein each ancillary optical system (11-15) is formed from a light-guiding material and each ancillary optical system (11-15) has a light coupling-in face (11a-15a) and a light decoupling face (11b-15b), wherein the ancillary optical systems (11-15) are mechanically interconnected in the region of the light decoupling faces (11b-15b) by at least one connecting web (21, 22) extending transversely to the ancillary optical systems (11-15), wherein the at least one connecting web (21, 22) is optically ineffective at least in regions, wherein the mounting device has a main body (101) having receptacles (121, 122) for the optical body (1), and a retaining body (102), which holds the optical body in the main body by means of camping elements (102b, 102c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Udo Maier, Oliver Reitegger, Lukas Taudt
  • Patent number: 10168012
    Abstract: A modular vapor-tight light fixture is provided herein which generally includes first and second vapor-tight light modules, and a coupling for connecting the first and second vapor-tight light modules. Each of the vapor-tight light modules includes: a channel housing; a lens secured to the channel housing; a plurality of solid state light generating elements; and, first and second end caps. Each of the channel housings includes first and second rails which each define a mounting channel. The coupling includes mounting strip portions configured such that, with the first and second vapor-tight light modules being adjacent, the mounting strip portions are simultaneously received in the mounting channels of both the first and second vapor-tight light modules. Advantageously, with the subject invention, fully enclosed vapor-tight light modules may be provided at shorter lengths which are connected by the coupling to provide a fixture comparable in length to prior-art vapor-tight light fixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MAXLITE, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Raghavan, Jun Xiang
  • Patent number: 10168468
    Abstract: Provided are an illumination device and a display device capable of even illumination. A positioning recess provided in a light guide plate and a peripheral portion of the recess are covered by a cover from one surface side of the light guide plate. As a result, the cover suppresses the emission of light emitted from the vicinity of the recess on the one surface of the light guide plate onto the outside of a backlight unit that functions as an illumination device. Thus, even if light is scattered at the recess of the light guide plate and the brightness of the vicinity of the recess is greater than the brightness of other portions, the leaking of excessively bright light onto the outside of the backlight unit (in this case, onto the display panel side) is suppressed. That is, brightness unevenness caused by the recess of the light guide plate is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Arimasa Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10160377
    Abstract: A fog lamp for use in an automobile includes a plurality of reflectors each sharing a common focus point, a light emitting diode array positioned at the common focus point, and a circular, non-optic window. The window fits through a standard-sized opening in an automobile fascia substantially two inches in diameter. The reflectors include a central reflector, a pair of lateral reflectors surrounding the central reflector and angled toward a center axis of the fog lamp, and a pair of converging reflectors surrounding the lateral reflectors and angled more sharply toward the center axis of the fog lamp. The central reflector and lateral reflectors produce beams of reflected light through the outer circumference of the window. The converging reflectors produce beams of reflected light converging at a secondary focus point within the fog lamp and transmitting through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Myotek Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert T. Harrington, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10161623
    Abstract: A buoyant illuminated board having a board assembly with a deck, a bottom, first and second lateral sides, and at least one aperture. An electrical system has a power source, and at least one light source within the at least one aperture. A hatch assembly has a lid, and a housing that defines a cavity. The electrical system further comprises a controller, an amplifier, and a battery charger connector that are housed within the hatch assembly along with the power source. The at least one aperture may be elongated to define a channel. The at least one light source is a bulb, a light, a lamp, a light-emitting diode, a light-emitting diode strip, or rope lighting. The board assembly also has an exterior cover that covers the at least one light source within the at least one aperture, and may have a battery charger to recharge the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Inventor: Franco Martinangeli
  • Patent number: 10161596
    Abstract: Chromatic components are presented which alleviate the usage in various applications in that this chromatic component is, according to a first aspect of the present application, made-up of a mirroring surface and a diffusing layer in front of the mirroring surface, which preferentially scatters short-wavelength components of impinging light with respect to long-wavelength components of the impinging light, and in that according to another aspect, the chromatic component is made up of a stratified-glass panel which comprises two less sheets sandwiching an adhesive transparent polymeric film wherein the adhesive transparent polymeric film forms a diffusing layer which preferentially scatters short-wavelength components of light passing the stratified-glass panel with respect to long-wavelength components of this light with respect to long-wavelength components of the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CoeLux S.r.l.
    Inventor: Paolo Di Trapani
  • Patent number: 10132464
    Abstract: A light output apparatus includes a light source that emits light shoving different light orientation distributions in a first direction and a second direction and having a high optical intensity area larger in the first direction than in the second direction, a collimator lens that parallelizes the light emitted from the light source, and a Powell lens that spreads the parallelized light from the collimator lens in the first direction, maintains the parallelized direction provided by the collimator lens in the second direction, and outputs the resultant light along a third direction that is perpendicular to the first and second directions and serves as a central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sakai, Noriyuki Hirano
  • Patent number: 10107489
    Abstract: The invention provides a water-activatable luminescent particulate material (1) comprising particles (100), wherein each particle (100) comprises a solid state light source (10) functionally coupled with a water-activatable battery (20) and a water absorbing shell (120) enclosing at least part of the water-activatable battery (20). The invention also provides a luminescent particulate material spray device comprising a container configured to host the water-activatable luminescent particulate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Eric Cornelis Egbertus Van Grunsven, Marc Andre De Samber, Egbertus Reinier Jacobs, Esther Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda Janssen
  • Patent number: 10099601
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lamp including an operation unit configured to operate an optical axis adjustment bevel gear provided in a lamp to be axially rotated. An axial rotation force transfer body of the operation unit includes an operation rod operated to be axially rotated, a driving rod engaged with the gear, and a wire interconnecting the operation rod and the driving rod in an axial rotation direction, and the driving rod is formed of a metal which is hard to rust. The driving rod is formed by a metal/injection/molding (MIM) technique. A support member extends between the driving rod and the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeyuki Tachiiwa
  • Patent number: 10072823
    Abstract: A laser-pointing device includes a housing having a front opening, a laser-generating mechanism for generation of a pointing light beam through the front opening, a support member movably supporting the laser-generating mechanism in the housing, a controller, and a drive mechanism connected with the laser-generating mechanism and used for driving the laser-generating mechanism to move along a predetermined track in the housing under control of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: LICC MANUFACTURING COMPANY (FAR EAST) LTD.
    Inventor: Ying Cheung
  • Patent number: 10041648
    Abstract: There are provided a light emitting unit using a wavelength conversion member which may be put to practical use, and a display and a lighting apparatus which include the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit includes: a light source; an optical part including a light incident surface, the light incident surface facing the light source; a wavelength conversion member provided between the light source and the light incident surface; and a holding member holding the wavelength conversion member at a position between the light source and the light incident surface of the optical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoharu Nakamura