Patents Examined by Omar Rojas Cadima
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Patent number: 11435048Abstract: A light module of a light unit of a vehicle, having a light generating unit, an optical system, a cover plate, a cover frame and a carrier, wherein in an assembled state of the light module, the light generating unit, the optical system and the cover plate are arranged in the aforementioned order between the carrier and the cover frame, and wherein the cover frame has a plurality of positioner for positioning the light generating unit, the optical system and the cover plate relative to the cover frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Paul Friesen, Joerg Sieme
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Patent number: 11421845Abstract: The invention relates to a luminous module (1) comprising a first series of at least one illuminating unit associated with a projecting optical system (2) that is configured to produce a first exit beam from light output from the first series, the first beam forming a motor-vehicle lighting function, characterized in that it comprises a second series of at least one illuminating unit associated with the projecting system (2), the projecting system being configured to produce a second exit beam from light output from the second series, the second beam forming a motor-vehicle signaling function, and wherein the first and second series comprise exit dioptric interfaces (13) located in the same focal plane of the projecting system (2).Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: VALEO VISIONInventor: Yves Gromfeld
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Patent number: 11419447Abstract: A drink maker (100) includes a body (110); a fluid system in the fluid system (147) disposed in the body; a control unit (180) to control the fluid system (147) for preparation of a beverage and a beverage container placement area (115); a recess (160) introduced in the body (110), being externally accessible and with at least one boundary wall (161, 162); a dispensing device (120) for dispensing the prepared beverage which is disposed in the recess (160); and an illumination device (170) for illuminating the recess (160). The illumination device (170) features a flat lighting body (171) disposed in the recess (160) for emitting light into the recess (160) and a light source (172) which can emit light into the lighting body (171).Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: MIELE & CIE. KGInventor: Michael Wüstefeld
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Patent number: 11408574Abstract: A lamp assembly for a vehicle comprising a housing, a reflector mounted in the housing, a light source, a printed circuit board or PCB mounted on a heatsink of the lamp assembly and coupled to the light source to control operation of the light source. The PCB has a first connector for coupling to a second connector comprising a body having a plurality of resilient or elastic arms that each have a detent for locking the connector to the component and retain electrical contact with the PCB. The wall of the heatsink defines an aperture for receiving the second connector and provides a locking surface that deflects the arms towards the body while engaging and cooperating with the detents to lock the connector to the PCB. The free end of the arms extend beyond the mounting wall and are actuated to unlock the connector from the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.Inventors: Brian Jeffrey Hunt, Jonathan Blandin
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Patent number: 11408577Abstract: A transparent light conductor (5) is provided with an optical stop structure (5a) and comprises an incident surface (5b), an exit surface (5c) and upper and lower reflection surfaces (5d, 5e); a part of incident light is irradiated to a reflection surface (2a) of a reflection mirror (2) and is directly reflected to a lens (4); another part of the incident light is irradiated to the incident surface (5b) of the transparent light conductor (5) and refracted to the interior of the transparent light conductor (5), and passes through the incident surface (5b), and then is refracted to the lens (4) by the exit surface (5c).Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jie Zhang
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Patent number: 11408606Abstract: An illumination system is provided that includes a laser light source, a light guide, a connector, and an emission element. The laser light source has a numerical aperture. The light guide has a proximal end and a distal end. The connector has a connector housing and connects and/or assigns the laser light source at the proximal end. The emission element is at the distal end. The connector housing has a device that reduce an influence of a range of variation of the numerical aperture so that an emission behaviour of the emission element is independent of a range of variation of the numerical aperture.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: SCHOTT AGInventors: Bernd Schultheis, Oliver Keiper, Hubertus Russert, Andreas Dietrich
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Patent number: 11398460Abstract: The light-emitting device includes a first light-emitting element having an emission peak wavelength of 430 nm or more and less than 490 nm, a second light-emitting element having an emission peak wavelength of 490 nm or more and 570 nm or less, a support body at which the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element are disposed, and a light-transmissive member containing a red phosphor and covering the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element. A content density of the red phosphor in the light-transmissive member in a space between the first and second light-emitting elements is higher in a part below an upper surface of the second light-emitting element than in a part above the upper surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsushi Yamamoto, Keiko Ono, Saiki Yamamoto, Tomokazu Maruyama, Takeshi Morikawa, Seitaro Akagawa
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Patent number: 11396987Abstract: A lamp unit according to an embodiment is a lamp unit that irradiates with light from a light source, and includes: a circuit board on which the light source is mounted; a housing configured to have an internal space for accommodating the circuit board; a lens configured to be attached to the housing and emit the light from the light source to the outside of the housing, wherein the housing include an insertion hole for inserting the circuit board into the internal space from the outside of the housing to which the lens is attached.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: MURAKAMI CORPORATIONInventors: Kota Iseki, Dinh Dong Van, Kosuke Muto
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Patent number: 11378841Abstract: According to one embodiment, a light emitting device includes a light guide plate with a plurality of first protrusion parts arranged along a first direction and extending along a second direction which crosses the first direction, and a prism sheet, wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the first protrusion parts along the first direction has an apex angle between 55 degrees and 65 degrees, inclusive, the light guide plate includes a plurality of second protrusion parts which extend along the first direction and are arranged along the second direction, and a cross-sectional shape of each of the second protrusion parts along the second direction has a base angle between 1 degree and 3 degrees, inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Masafumi Okada, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Makoto Hasegawa
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Patent number: 11378243Abstract: The invention pertains to an illumination device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein said illumination device (1) comprises the following: an optical assembly (100), which comprises at least one light source and a cooling element (110) that has at least three first openings (111), a supporting frame (200), which has at least three second openings (210) that are assigned to the at least three first openings (111), and an adapter component (300), which has a number of dowel pins (310) that corresponds to the number of first openings (111), with the dowel pins (310) respectively having a threaded bore (311) and respectively being inserted into a first opening (111), wherein a screw unit (400) with a mating thread (410) corresponding to the threaded bore (311) is provided for each dowel pin (310), wherein said screw unit (400) penetrates the supporting frame (200) through a second opening (210) of the supporting frame (200) and is screwed into the respective dowel pin (310), and wherein the dowel pinsType: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Martin Artner, Johann Roland, Maximilian Hahn
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Patent number: 11365858Abstract: Disclosed are a lighting module, a vehicle lamp and a vehicle. The lighting module includes a plurality of high-beam light sources, a plurality of low-beam light sources, a high-beam optical element and a low-beam optical element. The high-beam optical element includes a plurality of high-beam light guide bodies, which are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of high-beam light sources. The low-beam optical element includes at least one low-beam light guide body, the plurality of low-beam light sources are disposed at a rear end of the at least one low-beam light guide body, and a front end of the at least one low-beam light guide body forms a continuous low-beam light emitting surface. The low-beam optical element and the high-beam optical element are disposed one above the other, an upper boundary of the high-beam light emitting surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cong Li, Zhiping Qiu, He Zhu, Wenhui Sang
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Patent number: 11359787Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a light emission system; and an optical system disposed in front of the light emission system. The optical system is configured to allow light incident thereto from the light emission system to exit through a plurality of optical modules to form a predefined light irradiation pattern, and each of the plurality of optical modules includes an incident lens and an exit lens. Further, the light emission system includes a plurality of light sources; and a plurality of reflectors configured to allow a plurality of light beams respectively emitted from the plurality of light sources to be respectively directed to a plurality of regions of the optical system.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Jeong Su Lee, Jong Woon Kim, Nak Jung Choi
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Patent number: 11363704Abstract: Modules, devices, systems and methods that allow for remotely changing the white colors of LEDS (light emitting diodes) in overhead or wall mounted lights, as well as in ceiling fan lights by a remote control or wall switch, without requiring a three-position mechanical switch mounted on the light.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.Inventors: Charles E. Bucher, Zachary Zauhar
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Patent number: 11346517Abstract: A lens holding structure, comprising a first holding member, a first lens disposed ahead of the first holding member, a second lens disposed ahead of the first lens, a second holding member disposed ahead of the second lens, and a fixing unit that fixes the first holding member and the second holding member in a state of holding the first lens and the second lens between the first holding member and the second holding member, wherein the first lens and the second lens are held between the first holding member and the second holding member in a state of the optical surface of the second lens being surface-contacted with the optical surface of the first lens.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kurosu, Takumi Tanokura, Hidetaka Okada
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Patent number: 11326755Abstract: A vehicle light includes a base having a compartment. At least one first light emitter and a plurality of second light emitters are disposed on a circuit board mounted in the compartment. A reflective seat is disposed in the compartment and is located in front of the first and second light emitters. The reflective seat includes at least one hollow portion aligned with the at least one first light emitter and at least one first reflective face substantially surrounding the at least one hollow portion. The at least one first light emitter is configured to emit light rays which are reflected forwards by the at least one first reflective face. A lens includes a light incoming face and a light outgoing face. The plurality of second light emitters is configured to emit light rays which are incident to the light incoming face and which exits via the light outgoing face.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: MIN HSIANG CORPORATIONInventors: Shang-Kuei Tai, I-Ta Tu, Hui-Ching Cheng
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Patent number: 11330688Abstract: An LED luminaire comprising LED arrays, a buck circuit with a switching portion comprising a transformer, and an LED driving circuit comprising a feedback control circuit is used to replace a conventional luminaire with a severe temporal light artifact. The buck circuit with the switching portion is configured to generate a variable DC voltage with a low-frequency ripple associated with AC mains. The feedback control circuit is configured to feedback a mixed voltage and current control signal to the buck circuit with the switching portion to compensate the low-frequency ripple so as to regulate an LED driving voltage with a ripple-reduced LED current to drive the LED arrays with a flicker-reduced light emission that may protect users of the LED luminaire from possible health hazards such as seizures, headaches, eyestrain, reduced visual performance, migraines, etc.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Aleddra Inc.Inventor: Chungho Hsia
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Patent number: 11326582Abstract: Provided is a beacon illumination device for signaling the presence of a wind turbine to aircraft, including an illuminator device having at least one light-emitting diode, at least one beacon light that can be mounted on an end part of the wind turbine at a distance from the illuminator device, at least one light conductor having optical fibers for transmitting light from the illuminator device to the beacon light, with the optical fibers being grouped in at least one bundle of optical fibers, with the illuminator device also having an optical collimator with at least one collimator lens disposed between the light inlet of the optical fibers and the light-emitting diode, for converting scattered light emitted by the light-emitting diode into a parallel beam of light and transmitting same towards the light inlet of the optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: ADWEN OFFSHORE, S.L.Inventor: Javier López Ezquerro
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Patent number: 11320133Abstract: A lighting fixture is provided. The lighting fixture includes a lamp body, a light source component and an optical element; the lamp body and the optical element form a closed cavity, the light source component is accommodated in the closed cavity; the light source component includes a light source substrate and a light emitting unit located on a front surface of the light source substrate, and the optical element is located in a light emission direction of the light emitting unit; the light source substrate includes a back surface facing away from the front surface, the lamp body is formed with a heat dissipation structure, and the heat dissipation structure is in contact with the back surface of the light source substrate. The lighting fixture provided by the present disclosure has good heat dissipation performance.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.Inventors: Guoping Wang, Qingjun Wei, Hongbo Wang, Jianzhu Du, Zenglong Zhu
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Patent number: 11307344Abstract: A dual view zone backlight and dual-mode display employ a first backlight region to provide directional emitted light toward a first view zone and a second backlight region to provide broad-angle emitted light toward the first and a second view zone in a first mode. The dual-mode display includes a second backlight to provide broad-angle light toward both the first view zone and the second view zone in a second mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: LEIA INC.Inventors: David A. Fattal, Andre Krebbers
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Patent number: 11299092Abstract: An indoor illumination lamp includes a housing to be attached to an interior ceiling of a vehicle and provided with an opening, an interior light lens arranged at the opening of the housing, a chamber provided in the housing and surrounding the opening where the interior light lens is arranged, a light emitting diode arranged at a corner of the chamber and capable of emitting light toward the interior light lens, and a reflector arranged on an inner face in the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Takayuki Ikeda, Ken Suzuki