Patents Examined by Nathaniel Lee
  • Low inductance light source module
    Patent number: 8888331
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a low inductance light source module comprising a connector having a layer of insulating material sandwiched between first and second conducting layers and a semiconducting light source that seats in a recess extending through the first conducting layer and the insulating later and has first and second electrical contacts for receiving power electrically connected to the first and second conducting layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David Mandelboum, David Cohen, Giora Yahav
  • Light sources adapted to spectral sensitivity of diurnal avians and humans
    Patent number: 8876313
    Abstract: A method of illuminating livestock with artificial light sources. The method includes generating a first light having a first light output that provides white light at typical lumen levels for workers. Then by using a dimming device the light source can be dimmed to provide a blue light at under 3 lumen in order to provide artificial light to the diurnal avians representative of moonlight to cause the occurrence of a predetermined characteristic visual spectral response of the diurnal avian substantially enclosed habitat for diurnal avians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Once Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Zdenko Grajcar
  • Illumination device and display device
    Patent number: 8876356
    Abstract: An illumination device including: a support member accommodating therein a light guiding plate, and having a board placement space in a region where being along a longitudinal direction of an end surface of the light guiding plate, and extending from the end surface side of the light guiding plate to a back surface side thereof; and a light source circuit unit including a bendable circuit board including first and second regions, the first region including light emitting chips, and the second region being formed with a densely-packed portion of a wiring pattern of the light emitting chips. The light source circuit unit is placed in the board placement space after being bent to allow the light emitting chips to face the end surface of the light guiding plate, and to allow the densely-packed portion of the wiring pattern to come on the back surface side of the light guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Koichi Yamamoto
  • Light fixtures and multi-plane light modifying elements
    Patent number: 8876337
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a light fixture is provided that includes an enclosure with an aperture plane and two or more linear light emitting diode (LED) arrays configured to mount within the enclosure on LED array mounting features that are oriented at an angle between about 80 degrees and about 135 degrees relative to a back surface plane of the enclosure. The light fixture may further include a lens with an axis of symmetry defining two opposing lens halves that define substantially planar outer portions and curved inner portions. The two lens halves may be configured to intersect or join in proximity to the axis of symmetry that is disposed parallel, and above or in proximity to the two or more linear LED arrays. The outer edges of the substantially planar outer lens portions are disposed in proximity to opposing edges of the aperture plane of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Southpac Trust International, Inc.
    Inventor: Leslie David Howe
  • Lamp body and vehicle lamp body unit
    Patent number: 8870425
    Abstract: In a lamp body, a second reflective surface, which reflects light reflected from a first reflective surface to a front side again so as to emit the light toward the front side, is formed on a back surface of a lens main body; fixing portions protrude outward from an outer peripheral portion of the lens main body and are fixed to a seating section; the first reflective surface is formed in a shape of a band which extends in one direction and of which both end portions reach the outer peripheral portion of the lens main body; constricted portions, which are recessed inward, are formed at the outer peripheral portion of the lens main body near at least one of the both end portions of the first reflective surface; and the fixing portions are disposed in the constricted portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd, Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Furukawa, Hitoshi Aoki, Koji Fukura, Daisen Kojima, Naoki Akita, Taku Saito, Hidemi Tanaka, Seiji Hasegawa, Kosuke Shiohama
  • Light sources adapted to spectral sensitivity of diurnal avians and humans
    Patent number: 8858005
    Abstract: Various apparatus and associated methods involve a light source that provides light at wavelengths that substantially correlate to local maxima in the spectral sensitivity of a diurnal avian. In an illustrative example, the light source may output light primarily in wavelength bands that are not substantially absorbed by colored oil droplets and/or visual pigment in at least one type of cone in the eye of a diurnal avian. In some embodiments, the light source may include a light-emitting diode (LED) light source. Exemplary light sources may output spectral components to illuminate diurnal avians with local maxima of intensity at wavelengths that substantially correspond to local maxima in a spectral sensitivity visual response characteristic of the diurnal avians.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Once Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Zdenko Grajcar
  • Seamless connecting shell and lighting device using the same
    Patent number: 8851704
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shell for a lighting device. The shell comprises a first lamp body, a second lamp body, a first connecting part, and a second connecting part. The ends of the second lamp body have a first end surface and a second end surface. The first connecting part lying along a first direction is set in the first end surface and threads through the first bottom surface. The second connecting part lying along a direction opposite to the first direction is set in the second end surface and threads through the second bottom surface. When the first lamp body is connected with the second lamp body, the two ends of the first lamp body are disposed extending over edges of the first end surface and the second end surface separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: GEEE Creations, Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Chung Peng, Yarn-Chen Chen
  • Light guide plate with light entrance structure and manufacture method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8840296
    Abstract: A light guide plate and manufacture methods thereof are provided. The light guide plate includes a plate body, an optical adhesive layer, and a light entrance structure layer. The plate body has a light exit surface and a light entrance surface. The light entrance surface is connected to a side of the light exit surface and intersects the light exit surface with an angle. The optical adhesive layer is attached on the light entrance surface while the light entrance structure layer is attached to the optical adhesive layer. The light entrance structure layer includes a substrate and a light-cured or thermal-cured structure. The light-cured or thermal-cured structure is made of light or thermal curable material and firmly formed on a structured surface of the substrate through a light or thermal curing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: BriView Corporation
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Pan, Jen-Shun Lin, Bai-Chen Chang
  • Field emission cathode device
    Patent number: 8841830
    Abstract: A field emission cathode device includes a substrate and a carbon nanotube structure. The substrate includes a first surface. The carbon nanotube structure defines a contact body and an emission body. The contact body is contacted to the first surface of substrate. The emission body is curved away from the first surface. The carbon nanotube structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes joined end to end from the contact body to the emission body to form a continuous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Light-source unit, back-light unit having the same, and display device having the same
    Patent number: 8834000
    Abstract: A light-source unit for providing light to a display panel includes at least one light-source. The at least one light-source is mounted in a circuit board. A body portion having a housing space houses the circuit board on which the at least one light-source is mounted. A reflection portion reflects light emitted from the at least one light-source. The reflection portion has a parabola shape. The light is reflected by the reflection portion to proceed straight and in a direction perpendicular to a direction that the light is emitted from the at least one light-source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Min Kim, Seung-Hwa Ha, Seong-Yong Hwang, Youra Kim, Seki Park
  • Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8816579
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode disposed on a substrate, a first bank covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, the first bank having a first opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode covering the exposed portion of the first pixel electrode through the first opening, the second pixel electrode covering at least a portion of the first bank, an organic light-emitting layer covering the second pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode covering the organic light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Il Kim
  • Lighting assembly
    Patent number: 8801235
    Abstract: A lighting assembly for illuminating an area is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing and at least one light socket disposed within the housing. The light socket is configured to receive at least one light source to emit light therefrom. The assembly also includes a reflective body disposed about the at least one light socket for uniformly disbursing the light, emitted from the light source, out of the lighting assembly. The reflective body includes an array of first reflectors and an array of second reflectors, each disposed about a central axis. Adjacent first reflectors are in an obtuse angular relationship with one another. Each of the second reflectors include a left face and a right face. A reflex angle is formed between the left and right faces of the second reflectors. Each of the adjacent second reflectors are in an obtuse angular relationship with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Best Lights
    Inventor: Gary D. Yurich
  • Lighting device
    Patent number: 8789974
    Abstract: A lighting device 1 includes a heat sink 2, a substrate 3 attached to a mounting portion 11 of the heat sink 2, a plurality of light sources 4 mounted on the substrate 3, and a cap 6 electrically connected to the substrate 3 while fixed to a rear portion of the heat sink 2 through a casing 5. The heat sink 2 has a three-dimensional shape including a plurality of mounting portions 11a, 11b and 11c facing in directions different from each other and provided at least at a front-end surface 12 of the heat sink 2. At least the front-end surface 12 is exposed to outside, and a plurality of heat-releasing fins 2a is provided around the front-end surface 12. The lighting device has a higher heat-releasing property, and can enlarge an illuminated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Watanabe
  • Master glass having structure capable of preventing damage caused by static electricity
    Patent number: 8786173
    Abstract: There is provided a master glass having a structure capable of preventing damage caused by static electricity. The master glass is a substrate on which a deposition process is experimentally performed by being experimentally loaded loading the master glass into a deposition apparatus before starting the deposition process of the substrate for electronic devices. In one embodiment, a master glass includes first conductive patterns and a second conductive pattern. The first conductive patterns are formed to correspond to a deposition pattern required in a substrate for electronic devices. The second conductive pattern electrically connects all the first conductive patterns to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Yong Lee, Won-Kyu Kwak, Jae-Jung Kim, Tae-Jin Park, Dong-Young Sung
  • LED-based light source reflector with shell elements
    Patent number: 8770800
    Abstract: An optical element that may be replaceably mounted to an LED based illumination device. The optical element includes a hollow shell reflector and a plurality of annular shell elements disposed within the hollow shell reflector at different distances from the input port of the optical element. An annular shell element that is closer to the input port of the optical element has a radius that is less than the radius of an annular shell element farther from the input port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Xicato, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Yriberri, Christopher R. Reed, Jim W. Li, Gerard Harbers
  • Illumination device, light source, and light module
    Patent number: 8764228
    Abstract: An illumination device including a base, a light bar, and a cover is provided. The base has a cavity. The light bar is disposed at the bottom of the cavity and includes a plurality of dot light sources arranged along a first axial direction. The cover is assembled to the base for correspondingly covering the light bar and has a plurality of openings. The distribution density of the openings increases from a corresponding location of a dot light source towards two opposite ends along the first axial direction. A light source and a light module are also provided. Another illumination device including a base and a plurality of light sources is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Chun-Chuan Lin, Kuo-Tung Tiao, Chao-We Li, Hung-Lieh Hu, Chen-Kun Chen
  • Integrated power outage lighting system controller
    Patent number: 8764242
    Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for systems and methods that provide for a power outage lighting management within an environment, comprising a power outage detection device adapted to detect a power outage condition and to wirelessly transmit power outage indication data to a plurality of lighting systems within the environment, where at least one of the plurality of lighting systems include an LED light source that is powered by an internal power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Wireless Environment, LLC
    Inventors: Michael V. Recker, David B. Levine
  • Vehicle lamp assembly having uniform lit appearance
    Patent number: 8752986
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp assembly includes a lamp housing, a primary lamp unit, and an auxiliary lamp unit. The primary lamp unit and the auxiliary lamp unit are provided within the lamp housing. The auxiliary lamp unit includes a first lighting device, a second lighting device and a supplemental lighting device. The first lighting device is configured to illuminate a portion of the lamp housing in a first direction and the second lighting device is configured to illuminate a portion of the lamp housing in a second direction. The supplemental lighting device is positioned in the lamp housing at an intersection of the first and second directions to provide a uniform lit appearance at a transition of the first lighting device and the second lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., North American Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Roger Wuerthele, Jeremy Sasena, Michael Douglas Van Hoef
  • Display device
    Patent number: 8733979
    Abstract: A display device includes a light source, a first light emitting portion, a second light emitting portion, a light modulating portion and a light focusing portion. The first light emitting portion is disposed in a display area and emits a light that is provided by the light source and has a first luminous state. The second light emitting portion is disposed adjacent to the first light emitting portion in the display area and emits a light that is provided by the light source and has a second luminous state different from the first luminous state. The light modulating portion modulates a state of the light emitted from the light source into the first luminous state. The light focusing portion focuses the light modulated by the light modulating portion on the first light emitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Kunitachi
  • Compact beauty station
    Patent number: 8727559
    Abstract: A beauty station formed as a cabinet adapted to be hung on a wall, the cabinet comprising a main structural frame generally shaped as a box having side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, and a front wall defining an interior space. The front wall being formed as a flip down lid member pivotally connected at one edge to the bottom wall to thereby open and close the interior space. A mobile section adapted to move upwards and outwards from the interior space when the lid member is pivoted to open the interior space, and including a mirror, and at least one light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel Boyer