Patents Examined by Omar Rojas Cadima
  • Patent number: 12271020
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display device, the display device includes a frame area. The display device includes a backplate, a light guide plate, and an optical diaphragm. A receiving cavity is defined in the backplate, the light guide plate is located in the receiving cavity, the light guide plate includes at least one light guide plate extension part, the light guide plate extension part is located in the frame area, the optical diaphragm is arranged on the light guide plate, the optical diaphragm includes at least one diaphragm extension part, and the diaphragm extension part is located in the frame area. The diaphragm extension part is engaged together and connected with the light guide plate extension part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbin Wang, Lijian Xiao, Zhonghong Guan, Guanqiao Zhao, He Peng, Wenbin Lu
  • Patent number: 12270524
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly includes a solid state light emitter mounted on a first side of a substrate. A second side of the substrate is connected or adjacent to a heatsink. The heatsink may have a lower thermal conductivity than the second side of the substrate. A blower fluidly engages with the heatsink to flow fluid, e.g., air, through passages in the heatsink. The heatsink can include at least one aperture such that the moving fluid from the blower contacts at least a portion of the second side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Exteriors Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Christopher Hlavach, Abishek Sadhu Anchan
  • Patent number: 12270522
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device including a housing with a first module for emitting a first beam, a second module for emitting a second beam, extending above the first, a third module for emitting a third segmented beam, extending above the second beam, and an optical projection system. The second module is arranged below the first module, the third module is arranged below the second module, and each of the modules includes a plurality of light sources, a collector for collecting and reflecting the rays emitted by the plurality of light sources into a beam, and a portion of the optical projection system that is arranged to project the beam, the portion forming an image of the collector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Yves Gromfeld
  • Patent number: 12259099
    Abstract: A projection headlamp is provided including a shield disposed between the reflector and aspherical lens of the lamp to control light emission area of the headlamp. The projection headlamp includes a dark part improvement element configured to optimize a shield design to add some light to the dark part or advance light blocked for providing the dark part to a far-field part. This dark part improvement is advantageous for driving, thereby improving a driver's driving stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hong Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 12259101
    Abstract: A vehicular lamp includes a light source, a reflector, and a projection lens. The vehicular lamp is configured to radiate, toward front of the lamp via the projection lens, light from the light source, the light being reflected by the reflector. A reflective surface of the reflector includes a reflective region configured to illuminate a short-distance road surface within 5 m in front of the lamp. A light diffusing treatment for diffusing and reflecting emitted light from the light source is applied to the reflective region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Suzuki, Takaya Shimizu, Toshiyuki Fujimura
  • Patent number: 12247709
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lamp bulb structure and a lamp with the same. The lamp bulb structure includes a lamp housing, a lamp head, a connection base and a wick assembly mounted on the connection base and electrically connected to the lamp head, the lamp housing includes a lighting part having a lighting cavity and a connecting portion having an annular opening communicating with the lighting cavity; the connection base includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member; the first connecting member is inserted in the annular opening by interference fit, and the first connecting member forms a recess having an opening facing away from the lighting cavity; the second connecting member is inserted in the recess by interference fit; the lamp head is sleeved on an outer wall of the connecting portion and covers the annular opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Nanning City Hong Cai Illuminations Technology Company Limited
    Inventor: Faquan Liang
  • Patent number: 12247713
    Abstract: A light-guide-part has width that gradually increases from first-end toward second-end and shape in which both sides of the light-guide-part in widthwise direction having optical axis interposed between are curved toward one-direction. An incidence-part has incidence-surface located in central part of the first-end of the light-guide-part and facing light source. The incidence-surface has shape in which both sides of the incidence-surface in the widthwise direction having the optical axis interposed between are curved toward the one-direction, curved in concave shape when the light-guide-part is seen from the one-direction, and curved in convex shape in cross section in thickness direction of the light-guide-part parallel to the optical axis. A reflecting-part has reflecting-surface inclined toward the one-direction on the second-end of the light-guide-part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Nakashima
  • Patent number: 12241612
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle includes a base plate having a plurality of mounting portions and a plurality of lighting modules detachably mounted to the plurality of mounting portions. The plurality of lighting modules is configured to radiate light and to define a design of the lighting apparatus depending on locations at which the lighting modules are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Hoon Choi, Byeong Ho Jeong
  • Patent number: 12225662
    Abstract: A lighting module of a motor vehicle signaling device includes a ceramic substrate having opposite first and second faces, and a plurality of selectively activatable light sources mounted on the first face of the ceramic substrate. Each of the first and second faces of the ceramic substrate are provided with at least a first and a second respective interconnection layer. The ceramic substrate comprises a plurality of through holes designed to interconnect the first interconnection layer to the second interconnection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Alexandre Val, Samuel Daroussin, Zdravko Zojceski, Antoine De Lamberterie
  • Patent number: 12215835
    Abstract: A headlight module includes a light source to emit light; and a light guide projection optical element including an incidence surface to condense the light, thereby forming a first light, a first reflecting surface to reflect partial light as part of the first light, thereby forming light in a first light distribution pattern having a cutoff line from light other than the partial light, and a second reflecting surface inclined with respect to an optical axis of the light source so as to be farther from the optical axis as a distance from the light source along the optical axis increases. The second reflecting surface forms light in a second light distribution pattern by reflecting second light formed of the partial light reflected by the first reflecting surface and adds the light in the second light distribution pattern to the light in the first light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohide Morimoto, Masashige Suwa
  • Patent number: 12208687
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes: a first transparent or translucent layer comprising a pictogram, a second transparent or translucent layer, covering the pictogram, a liquid crystal display, arranged in line with the pictogram, and a light source configured to emit light to illuminate the pictogram by passing through the liquid crystal display and the second layer. The liquid crystal display at least partially covers the second layer, and an assembly formed by the first layer and the second layer is rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Christophe Cuvillier, Armand Brousselle
  • Patent number: 12209725
    Abstract: A light source distribution element for headlight device includes: a first light guide portion that is located between a first joint surface of an incident portion and a first emission portion, and is to guide light from the first joint surface of the incident portion to the first emission portion; and a second light guide portion that is located between a second joint surface of the incident portion and a second emission portion, has a first reflection surface formed on one of opposite side faces of the second light guide portion and a second reflection surface formed on the other one of the opposite side faces, and is to reflect light from the second joint surface of the incident portion by using the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface to guide the light to the second emission portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashige Suwa, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Patent number: 12202398
    Abstract: Described herein are examples of devices which include a tie-down bracket including side-facing lighting. The side-facing lighting is configured to provide lighting and illumination in the lateral direction of the movement of the vehicle. The side-facing lighting assembly components are prepared from a light source, a gasket, a lens, and a bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Wehunt, Christopher Wehunt
  • Patent number: 12202181
    Abstract: A method for producing a light module for a lighting device of a motor vehicle, wherein the module comprises a support component and a light-outcoupling component. According to the invention, a connection element for establishing a retaining connection between the support component and the light-outcoupling component is molded at least onto the support component by means of an injection molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Brinkmeier, Michael Lakenbrink, Ulrich Temme, Thomas Wiese
  • Patent number: 12197076
    Abstract: The present application provides a backlight module, an in-vehicle display panel, and a vehicle. The backlight module includes a first backlight module and a second backlight module. The first backlight module includes an opening. The second backlight module is installed in the opening. The first backlight module and the second backlight module are of different types, so the first backlight module and the second backlight module can emit light separately according to different backlight control types, and therefore, a fault tolerance of the backlight module is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventors: Zheng Zhou, Suimang Song
  • Patent number: 12181116
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp module for a vehicle including a first light source that outputs light, and a light guide part provided on a front side of the first light source, and having a first recessed area, to which the light output from the first light source is input and which has a shape that is recessed upwards from a lower surface thereof, the light guide part includes a rear light guide section defining a rear area of the light guide part, and a front light guide section provided on a front side of the rear light guide section, and defining a front area of the light guide part, the rear light guide section includes a total reflection surface, which the light output from the first light source reaches and that totally reflects the light and deliver the light to the front light guide section, the total reflection surface is formed on an upper surface of the rear light guide section, and the light that was reflected by the total reflection surface and reached the front light guide section is output to an outside
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 12181133
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a light source assembly, including a light source element, a circuit board and a light source holder which are sequentially stacked. The circuit board is provided with an elastic member, and the light source element is elastically connected to the circuit board through the elastic member, the light source holder is provided with a snap-fit portion, and an entirety constituted by the light source element and the circuit board is snap-fitted at the light source holder through the snap-fit portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTNG CO., LTD., OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Quanbiao Wang
  • Patent number: 12181147
    Abstract: This invention relates to a safety measure taken against unsafe exposure of high-intensity laser light that is relevant for the reliable and safer operation of laser-based lighting devices. According to this invention, a lighting device comprises a first light-emitting semiconductor device and a light-conversion device. The first light-emitting semiconductor device is a laser device configured to generate a first light output and the 5light-conversion device is configured to receive the first light output and convert at least part of the first light output into a converted light output. The lighting device further comprises an optical element configured to receive the converted light output from the light-conversion device. The optical element is configured to transmit the converted light output and the first light output, and attenuate the first light output above a threshold value of the first light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Van Asselt, Dominique Maria Bruls, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 12175896
    Abstract: An LED arc display includes at least one LED matrix array module. Each LED matrix array module is composed of a plurality of LED matrix units arranged regularly. Each LED matrix unit includes a display surface, and the display surface has an outer contour. The outer contour is a non-quadrilateral. Therefore, a non-smooth visual experience caused by assembly tolerances of the plurality of LED matrix units can be improved by using non-quadrilateral outer contours of each LED matrix unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: STAR ASIA VISION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu Huang, Shang-Chien Wu, Tsung-Huai Lee
  • Patent number: 12169049
    Abstract: A support element for a lamp module adapted to precisely accommodate at least one part of the lamp module that comprises an alignment member of the part, wherein the support element comprises at least one alignment member of the element, wherein the alignment member of the part forms, with the alignment member of the element, a pair of specially shaped complementary alignment members adapted to define the relative position of the support element and the given part by tightly fitting a protrusion on one member of the pair into a gap on the other member of the same pair. Furthermore, the object of the invention is a lamp module comprising the support element and a method of lamp module assembly on such a support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O.
    Inventors: David Machýček, Marek Budiš, Robert Fabián, Jiří Kubíček, Tomas Tempir