Patents Examined by Omar Rojas Cadima
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Patent number: 11828428Abstract: A vehicle lamp structure includes a heat dissipating device, an LED light source, a reflector, a supporting frame, a light-blocking plate, and a lens unit. The LED light source, the reflector, and the supporting frame are disposed on the heat dissipating device. The LED light source includes a substrate and LED units that are arranged along a lengthwise direction. The reflector has reflection surfaces that are respectively located above the LED units such that light emitted by the LED units is reflected by the reflection surfaces. The light-blocking plate is disposed in the supporting frame and has a frame body and at least one baffle, and the baffle is disposed in the frame body, such that through holes are formed in the frame body so that the light reflected by the plurality of reflection surfaces can pass through the through holes, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SONAR AUTO PARTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chung-Yi Chang
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Patent number: 11828431Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide body provided forward of the light source and configured to allow the light to enter the light guide body, in which the light guide body includes a body portion, the body portion includes a recessed region formed in a lower surface of the body portion and recessed upward, the recessed region includes a first section extending to be inclined upward in a forward direction, and a second section provided forward of the first section and extending forward or downward from the first section, and a material layer configured to reflect or absorb the light is provided on a surface of the second section.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee
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Patent number: 11821603Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a socket; a substrate; and one first and four second light emitting elements. A square luminance distribution region is defined on light irradiation sides of first and second light emitting elements. A center of distribution region overlaps central axis of device. Distribution region is equally divided into four square first regions whose corners overlap center of distribution region. Each of first regions is equally divided into nine square second regions. A length of one side of second region is 0.8 mm. Luminance of distribution region is 90% or more of a total luminance of light emitted from device. In twenty second regions arranged along sides of distribution region, luminance of one second region is 2% or less of total luminance. In sixteen second regions provided inside twenty second regions, luminance of one second region is 3% or more and 10% or less of total luminance.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Matsuo
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Patent number: 11821601Abstract: A lighting assembly for a motor vehicle is described, comprising: a first transparent surface, which is configured to transmit, in use, a low beam; and a second transparent surface, which is configured to transmit, in use, a high beam; an opaque element, which is movable between a first operating position, in which it is far from the first and second surfaces, and a second operating position, in which it obstructs at least one of the first and second surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2023Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: FERRARI S.p.A.Inventor: Gian Luca Nagliati
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Patent number: 11813975Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: a housing installed inside the front of a vehicle and formed one side thereof with an opening, a plurality of light emitting units installed inside the housing and configured to emit light toward the opening, and a plurality of flap units rotatably installed in the housing, disposed to face the plurality of light emitting units, and configured to open or close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Soon Mo Lee, Moo Kwan Kim
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Patent number: 11815239Abstract: Provided is a vehicular lamp that forms a light distribution pattern for traveling having a lower end portion overlapping an upper end portion of a light distribution pattern for passing and is downsized with a simple configuration. The vehicular lamp includes a projection lens that projects light emitted from a first light source to form the light distribution pattern for passing and projects light emitted from a second light source to form the light distribution pattern for traveling. A lower lens part and an upper lens part are set in the projection lens about a lens axis as a center, a lower focus is set on the lens axis in the lower lens part, and an upper focus shorter in focal length than the lower focus is set on the lens axis in the upper lens part.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroya Imamura, Takashi Muto, Eiji Suzuki
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Patent number: 11809040Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, and a light conversion sheet between the display panel and the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a substrate and light-emitting sections arranged on the substrate, one or more light sources are disposed in each of the light-emitting sections, the light conversion sheet includes first partition walls and light conversion sections arranged to correspond to the light-emitting sections, a first partition wall of the first partition walls is disposed between adjacent light conversion sections of the light conversion sections. Each of the light conversion sections includes first quantum dots emitting a first light and second quantum dots emitting a second light having a color different from a color of the first light, and the at least one light source provides light of a predetermined wavelength to the light conversion sheet.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Wook Kim, Soo Kyung Kwon, Jaeyong Lee
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Patent number: 11808413Abstract: A lamp base includes a housing for at least partial accommodation of a carrier for a light source. Two mutually-opposing guide rails are provided in the housing for the form-fitted insertion of the carrier. The technology is particularly applicable to carriers with LEDs as light sources and addresses problems with adhesive or soldered attachment of the light source carrier.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBHInventors: Peter Hollaender, Max Zimmermann, Ulrich Biebel
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Patent number: 11796136Abstract: A replacement lighting apparatus for automobiles is slim and includes an industry-leading footprint to fit into modern headlamps' minimal housing space. The lighting apparatus employs chip scale package light emitting diodes (CSP LEDs), flexible metal heat sinks, an improved collar having a watertight seal formed with an elastomeric gasket and the use of at least one, if not multiple, set screws, a wire harness with a nylon braided sleeve, and a solid-state design for maximum performance, long life, and superior scientifically proven heat mitigation.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Putco, Inc.Inventors: Conner Schramm, Parker Freeman, Seth Hoogendoorn, Nicholas Niemeyer, Paul Thomas Adair, James P. Elwell
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Patent number: 11800616Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire comprising a battery-backup portion is used to replace a luminaire operated only with alternate-current (AC) mains. The battery-backup portion comprises a rechargeable battery, a self-diagnostic circuit, and a front-end communication circuit. The self-diagnostic circuit comprises timers and is configured to provide test schedules and to auto-evaluate battery performance according to the test schedules with test results stored. The LED luminaire further comprises a remote user interface and a concentrator communication circuit configured to communicate with the front-end communication circuit configured to send the test results to the concentrator communication circuit as soon as a rechargeable battery test is performed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Aleddra Inc.Inventor: Chungho Hsia
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Patent number: 11796137Abstract: A corn lamp is provided includes a lamp body assembly having a mounting lamp holder, a connecting bracket and a lamp cap. A lamp source module is mounted on the mounting lamp holder. The connecting bracket is arranged between the mounting lamp holder and the lamp cap. The mounting lamp holder is fixed with the lamp cap through the connecting bracket. A mounting base for mounting other external lamp bodies is arranged on an inner side of the mounting lamp holder. A first mounting cavity corresponding to the lamp cap is formed on an inner side of the mounting base, and the mounting base is detachably connected with lamp caps of other external lamp bodies through threads. The corn lamp is convenient to assemble and disassemble. A plurality of lamp body assemblies can be assembled and disassembled to meet the lighting requirements of different scenes.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NINGBO JINGHUI OPTO-ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Guohui Bai, Xia Xiao, Guohuan Feng
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Patent number: 11781722Abstract: A cover unit for selectively covering an opening in a structure, including: at least a first cover element having a first axial end coupled to a first driving mechanism, and a second axial end coupled to a second driving mechanism; the first driving mechanism and the second driving mechanism configured to move the first cover element between a closed position and an opened position; each including: an arm configured to be rotatively coupled to the structure, at least one drive unit configured to drive a movement of the arm, and a joint configured to couple the arm to the axial end of the first cover element, the joint configured to allow a two-axis rotation and one linear axis movement, wherein the joint is configured to allow the first axial end and the second axial end of the first cover element to be moved differently during an opening movement and/or a closing movement.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Alborz Sedaghat Amoli, Oskar Blank, Thomas Lippert
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Patent number: 11784281Abstract: A method is disclosed. For example, the method includes printing an image on a substrate, applying an adhesive on select portions of the image, coupling the image to a wave guide such that the adhesive contacts a surface of the wave guide, and providing a light through the wave guide such that the light is emitted through the wave guide and the adhesive and the light is reflected by the select portions of the image back through the adhesive and the wave guide.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: David C. Craig, Ka Hei Fung, Brendan McNamara
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Patent number: 11767962Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a socket; a substrate; and one first and four second light emitting elements. A square luminance distribution region is defined on light irradiation sides of first and second light emitting elements. A center of distribution region overlaps central axis of device. Distribution region is equally divided into four square first regions whose corners overlap center of distribution region. Each of first regions is equally divided into nine square second regions. A length of one side of second region is 0.8 mm. Luminance of distribution region is 90% or more of a total luminance of light emitted from device. In twenty second regions arranged along sides of distribution region, luminance of one second region is 2% or less of total luminance. In sixteen second regions provided inside twenty second regions, luminance of one second region is 3% or more and 10% or less of total luminance.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology CorporationInventor: Tomohiro Matsuo
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Patent number: 11754770Abstract: A light guide module includes a cover plate, a light-shielding layer, a light guide plate, and at least one light source. The light-shielding layer is disposed under the cover plate and has a width less than about 4 mm. The light guide plate is disposed under the cover plate. The light guide plate has a reflective surface and a light-exiting surface opposite to each other, and a light-incident surface and three side surfaces connected between the reflective surface and the light-exiting surface. The light source is configured to emit light toward the light-incident surface. A surface roughness of the three side surfaces ranges from about 300 nm to about 400 nm, so that a change rate of brightness measured by any adjacent two of measuring points evenly distributed on the light-exiting surface is between about 8% and about 12%.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.Inventors: Jian Xing Luo, Jian Bin Yan, Kai Lun Dai, Zhang Zheng Yang
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Patent number: 11745639Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a headlamp optical element comprising a light collecting part, a light emitting part and a reflecting part connected in sequence. The reflecting part comprises a low beam or high beam cutoff line structure. The end of the light collecting part comprises an outer contour surface and a concave cavity including a cambered front light incident surface and a lateral light incident surface that is curved with a smaller circumference closer to the reflecting part. The outer contour surface is curved with a larger circumference closer to the reflecting part. A lower portion of the light collecting part is provided with a region III light-shape forming structure, wherein part of light converged can be emitted from region III and under the reflecting part in sequence forming a light-shape of a low beam region III. The headlamp optical element is simple, compact, and lighter in weight.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: He Zhu, Zhiping Qiu, Wenhui Sang
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Patent number: 11746965Abstract: There is provided a lighting device comprising an exhaust tube and a wireless communication antenna arranged inside the exhaust tube. There is also provided a method for producing such a lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Yacouba Louh, Frank Jan Baas
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Patent number: 11739906Abstract: A vehicle lamp module, a vehicle lamp and a vehicle. The vehicle lamp module comprises a circuit board, at least one reflector and light shields in one-to-one correspondence with the reflectors. Each of the light shields comprises a plurality of light shield positioning plugs, and the circuit board comprises light shield positioning sockets corresponding to the light shield positioning plugs, thereby realizing direct positioning of the light shields and the circuit board. The light shields and the reflector are respectively and directly positioned with the circuit board, such that accurate and good positioning among vehicle lamp optical element systems consisting of the circuit board, the light shields and the reflectors is realized, and position errors caused by indirect positioning among optical elements due to the fact that a radiator is used as a positioning piece are avoided, ensuring light form effect, and improving the module performance.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Liu, He Zhu, Wenhui Sang, Zhaoyu Chen, Shiqun He
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Patent number: 11738680Abstract: An illumination device for a motor vehicle headlight, which illumination device (10) comprises: a light module (100) comprising: at least one light source (110), a primary optics (200), a heat sink (300), and a holding body (400) set up to hold the primary optics (200) in their position, the holding body (400) and the heat sink (300) being connected to one another by means of a fastening means (500), and a support frame (700) on which the light module (100) is fastened via an adjustment screw (800) which comprises a screw head (810) and a screw section along a longitudinal axis (A), which screw head (810) is mounted in an articulated manner on the light module (100), the light module (100) comprising a bearing device (900), which bearing device (900) comprises a first and a second bearing shell (910, 920) which together form a joint socket, the first bearing shell (910) being arranged on the holding body (400) and the second bearing shell (920) being arranged on the heat sink (300), and the bearing deviType: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventor: Johann Steinkellner
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Patent number: 11732865Abstract: An LED module includes a heat sink. The heat sink has a mounting surface that defines, with respect to ambient light incident thereon, one main direction of a beam perpendicular to the mounting surface and secondary directions of the beam inclined to the main direction of the beam at angles having absolute values smaller than or equal to 90 degrees. The heat sink also has a reflection surface oriented such that, with respect to the ambient light incident on thereon, a main direction of the beam of the reflection surface is perpendicular to the reflection surface and points in a direction included in the angle range determined by the main direction of the beam of the mounting surface and the secondary directions of the beam of the mounting surface. The LED module further includes an LED light source on the mounting face and pigments on the reflection surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Thorsten Lenzen, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria Jacobs, Matthias Holtrup, Marc Droegeler, Frank Giese