Patents Examined by Naomi M Wolford
  • Patent number: 9797555
    Abstract: An LED device includes a plurality of LED dies, a plurality of lens, a diffuser plate and a collimator lens. The collimator lens is positioned between the diffuser plate and the lens. The collimator lens includes a plurality of fresnel lenses. A focus of each fresnel lens is equal to a distance between a plane where the fresnel lens places and a light outputting surface of the LED die. Light emitted from the LED dies is adjusted to collimator light and striking perpendicularly into the diffuser plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Po-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 9772073
    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 phosphor light converting appliance covering a cluster of LEDs providing a channel of light which is reflected upward. The predetermined blends of phosphors provide a predetermined range of illumination wavelengths in the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ecosense Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Raghuram L. V. Petluri, Paul Kenneth Pickard, Robert Fletcher
  • Patent number: 9759388
    Abstract: A light bulb assembly comprising a base, a helical body portion, a LED assembly and an electrical drive. The base includes a cap electrically connectable to a power source. The helical body portion has an outer cylindrical upstanding portion. The helical body portion extends from the base upwardly and has a helical groove disposed along an outer surface. The LED assembly has a strip including a plurality of LED elements that are in a spaced apart orientation. The strip is positionable in the helical groove of the helical body portion. The electrical drive is configured to supply power from the power source to the LED elements. The electrical drive is positioned within the cavity created by at least one of the base and the helical body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Ningbo QTOP Import & Export Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Boyd Edward Berends
  • Patent number: 9739438
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp outer case, a reflection-type first lamp unit, a direct emission-type second lamp unit, and a compound lens. The lamp outer case includes a cover and a lamp housing. The first lamp unit has a first light source, a reflector and a shade and forms a collective optical system. The second lamp unit has a second light source, which directly emits light, and forms a defuse optical system. The compound lens is disposed along an inner surface of the cover, and has an outer surface facing the inner surface of the cover that is formed as a curved light emitting surface. The cover also includes first and second control portions. The light emitting surface has a shape which is displaced to the rear as it extends transversely outwards of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Uchida
  • Patent number: 9732930
    Abstract: A light bulb shaped lamp according to the present invention includes a translucent base board, an LED chip mounted on the base board, a base for receiving power from outside, at least two power-supply leads for supplying power to the LED chip, and a globe partially attached to the base for housing the base board, the LED chip, and the power-supply leads. Each of the two power-supply leads extends from a side of the base toward inside of the globe and connected to the base board, and the LED chip is provided between a portion at which one of the two power-supply leads and the base board are connected and a portion at which the other of the two power-supply leads and the base board are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Yoshitaka Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 9726354
    Abstract: A light fixture has a frame with an aperture and an enclosure having a driver compartment and a junction compartment. The enclosure is movable relative to the frame. In an operation position, the driver and junction compartments are laterally displaced from the aperture and a lighting module is mountable in the aperture from a room-facing side of the light fixture. In a service position, an opening of the driver compartment is laterally aligned with the aperture such that the lighting driver is removably mountable in the driver compartment through the aperture and the opening of the driver compartment, from the room-facing side of the light fixture. In an inspection position, an opening of the junction compartment is laterally aligned with the aperture, and an interior of the junction compartment is visible through the aperture and the opening of the junction compartment, from a room-facing side of the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: USAI, LLC
    Inventors: Howard D. Delano, Frank Cogliano
  • Patent number: 9726333
    Abstract: A lamp that has a housing with a base containing a main lighting device lamp with an internal circumferential wall arrange with a visible ring of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) with Surface Mounted Device (SMD) Light Emitting Diode (LED) characteristic of a halo of more than one visible Single color or Multiple color LED arranged symmetrically with light illumination facing forward and outward from the headlight and controlled by a user with a wireless signal transmitting device sending signals to a wireless receiving device to control the LED color shade, intensity and pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Curtis Anthony Giametta
  • Patent number: 9671609
    Abstract: A display device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of light emitting members, an anti-moiré member spaced away from the plurality of light emitting members at about a first distance (d), and a frame member receiving the PCB such that the PCB is interposed between the anti-moiré and the frame member. The anti-moiré member includes a first layer disposed to face the PCB and having a first foil with a randomized pattern surface. The first distance (d) equals L/(2*tan (?)). The second distance (L) is a shortest distance between two adjacent light emitting members. Each of the array of light emitting members has a radiation angle ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: SCT TECHNOLOGY, LTD., DISPLAY SYSTEMS AS
    Inventors: Shahnad Nadershahi, Kjetil Osa Edvardsen
  • Patent number: 9648767
    Abstract: A lighting equipment enclosure comprises a front plate assembly and a back plate assembly. The back plate assembly comprises a back plate including a partition that defines an area of the back plate, wherein the area includes a first access point and a second access point. The back plate assembly also comprises a snap electrical connector, a set of wires that extend from the snap electrical connector, and a partition cover that is attachable to the back plate, wherein when the partition cover is in a closed position, the partition cover covers a substantial portion of the area. The partition and the partition cover form a space in which electrical wires from independent power supplies may be attached to the sets of wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International LLC
    Inventors: Radu C. Rapeanu, Michel Lambert
  • Patent number: 9625637
    Abstract: Extended area lighting devices include a light guide and diffractive surface features on a major surface of the light guide. The diffractive surface features provide low distortion for viewing objects through the light guide. Light from discrete light source(s) is injected into the light guide, and the diffractive surface features interact with the injected light to couple guided-mode light out of the light guide. The out-coupled light produces one or more bands whose apparent shape changes with viewing position. The bands may be bright bands that correspond to the discrete light sources, or dark bands associated with an optional non-uniform reflective structure extending along a side surface of the light guide. Multiple bands may form a pattern that changes with viewing position, the pattern of bands having a 3-dimensional appearance for at least some viewing positions. The lighting devices can be used as luminaires for general lighting or decorative lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Zhaohui Yang, David S. Thompson, Vivian W. Jones
  • Patent number: 9618171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting building element (1) comprising a plurality of solid-state light sources (19); and a sound-absorbing element (10) having an optically reflective side (15). The sound-absorbing element (10) is arranged such that the optically reflective side (15) faces the plurality of solid-state light sources (19), and comprises a plurality of holes (17) through the sound-absorbing element from the optically reflective side to an opposite side (16) of the sound-absorbing element. Each of the holes (17) is configured such that a projection of the hole in a plane parallel to the sound-absorbing element (10) is smaller than a smallest area of a cross-section of the hole (17), the cross-section being perpendicular to a normal of the sound-absorbing element (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ruslan Akhmedovich Sepkhanov, Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen
  • Patent number: 9605839
    Abstract: A purse illumination assembly including a power source, a light emitting portion, a voice-sensitive switch, and a circuit assembly connecting the light emitting portion to the power source through the voice-sensitive switch. The light emitting portion may be a light emitting fabric or may include EL wire alone or in combination with LED lights to provide both lighting and a decorative effect. A driver circuit may be included for driving both the EL wire and the LED lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Cynthia K. Tait
  • Patent number: 9599295
    Abstract: A light fixture has a mount to attach the light fixture to a support structure. A yoke is connected to the mount and is operable to rotate relative to the mount at least 360 degrees about a rotation axis passing through an illumination aperture of the light fixture. A lamp is connected to the yoke and is operable to rotate with the yoke about the rotation axis. A proximal end of a junction box is connected to the yoke and is operable to rotate at least 360 degrees relative to the yoke about the rotation axis, to maintain a rotational orientation of the junction box relative to the mount during rotation of the yoke and lamp. The junction box is operable to pivot relative to the yoke, about a pivot axis perpendicular to the rotation axis and to contact the support structure on a distal free end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: USAI, LLC
    Inventor: Howard D. Delano
  • Patent number: 9581315
    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 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LICC Manufacturing Company (Far East) Ltd.
    Inventor: Ying Cheung
  • Patent number: 9575361
    Abstract: A reflection sheet and backlight unit including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the reflection sheet includes a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces, each extending from the bottom surface and having an edge opposing the bottom surface, and a first cutting line formed in at least a first one of the side surfaces from a boundary between the first side surface and the bottom surface toward the opposing edge of the first side surface. The reflection sheet also includes a cover surface extending from the opposing edge of the first side surface, wherein the cover surface comprises a protruding surface protruding toward the first cutting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Wook Choi, Young Min Park, Young Keun Lee, Jae Sang Lee, Sang Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 9568426
    Abstract: A cabinet capable of guiding light, which is used for detecting a biological sample strained with a fluorescent dye, includes a main body, at least one light source, and at least one light guiding structure. The main body has a sample table to place the biological sample. The at least one light source is provided on the main body and near the sample table, wherein the at least one light source provides light required to excite the fluorescent dye incorporated in the biological sample. The at least one light guiding structure is provided between the sample table and the at least one light source to refract the light provided by the at least one light source onto the sample table and the biological sample. Whereby, the biological sample is exposed to more light, and therefore the intensity of the light released from the biological sample is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SMOBIO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Chen-Sheng Wu, Chun-Hsien Kuo, Kuan-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 9563074
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a back cover, a light source panel positioned on the back cover, a frame connected with the back cover and an optical film assembled to the frame. A pair of reflective plates are positioned between the frame and the back cover, and a plurality of through holes are defined on the pair of reflective plates. A chamber is cooperatively defined between the pair of reflective plates and the back cover, and inner surfaces of the chamber have a high reflectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shao-Han Chang
  • Patent number: 9557019
    Abstract: A work light string removably physically mounts and electrically attaches lamps anywhere along it is length, with ready hand positioning and re-positioning of desired numbers of lamps at desired positions, and replacement of damaged lamps. The work light string can have one, or, more preferably two separate electrical circuit in which case each lamp and any external electrical load(s) can be powered by either circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventor: Casey James Mahr
  • Patent number: 9557036
    Abstract: A lighting device comprises a housing carrying a linear array of light radiation sources and one or more elongated diffusive screens arranged facing the array of light sources so as to be passed through by the light radiation. The screen or screens have a pattern of geometric features for producing a radiation pattern of the light radiation emitted by the lighting device as a result of passing through the diffusive screen or screens. By replacing the diffusive screen or screens with screens which have a different pattern of geometric features it is possible to vary the radiation pattern of the light radiation emitted by the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Dina Pasqualini, Mario Boehmer, Simon Bobbo, Simone Capeleto, Alberto Alfier
  • Patent number: 9551482
    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: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Alan D. Seward, Martin C. Werr, David J. Rector, Randy K. Lewis, Raymond A. Brown