Patents Examined by Omar Rojas
  • Patent number: 10866456
    Abstract: A light emitting module with a reduced thickness is provided. A method of manufacturing a light emitting module sequentially includes: providing a light guiding plate having a first main surface being a light emitting surface, and a second main surface on the side opposite to the first main surface; providing a plurality of light emitting elements on the light guiding plate; and forming a wiring electrically connecting the plurality of light emitting elements. A light emitting module includes: a light guiding plate having a first main surface and a second main surface; a plurality of wavelength conversion parts disposed at the second main surface of the light guiding plate so as to be spaced apart from each other; a plurality of light emitting elements respectively bonded to the plurality of wavelength conversion parts; and a wiring connected to the plurality of light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadao Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10865967
    Abstract: A modular electrical system for a plurality of accessories disposable on a support structure. In one embodiment, the support structure is a reconfigurable support system, such as a reconfigurable auto carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Emergency Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas V. Baker, Michael Walma, Brandon Jacobsen, David Cloud, Jonathan Lavelette
  • Patent number: 10838255
    Abstract: A direct view display device includes a light unit, a collimating unit, an image display unit, and a contrast enhancement unit. The contrast enhancement unit includes opposing first and second major surfaces. The first major surface includes an array of optical elements. The second major surface includes a light absorbing layer and an array of apertures in the light absorbing layer and corresponding to the array of optical elements. The optical elements are disposed between the light unit and the light absorbing layer. The collimating unit is disposed between the light unit and the contrast enhancement unit. The image display unit is disposed between the collimating unit and the contrast enhancement unit. The contrast enhancement unit and the image display unit are arranged such that each optical element of the contrast enhancement unit is aligned with at least one corresponding pixel of the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Jacques Gollier, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov
  • Patent number: 10822001
    Abstract: A rail vehicle lighting device includes: a plurality of short lighting fixtures assembled into a long lighting fixture having a shape matching with a shape of an irregular interior decoration. Each of the short lighting fixtures is provided with a section body. A light source is provided on the section body. The section body is twisted such that included angles between each of the light sources and a horizontal plane are consistent. In the rail vehicle lighting device, the plurality of short lighting fixtures is assembled into the long lighting fixture having the shape matching with the shape of the irregular interior decoration, thereby satisfying a requirement on a shape of a lighting fixture. By arranging the twisted section body, respective points of the long lighting fixture have consistent light source illumination angles, thereby achieving a satisfactory illumination effect inside a carriage having an irregular interior decoration, and accordingly improving the appearance of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Yongxu Li, Long Zhao, Xueliang Wang, Keshu Zhang, Zhiguo Li
  • Patent number: 10809452
    Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, a heat dissipation structure and a light guide element. The substrate includes a storage module, plural light-emitting elements and a connection interface. A first connection part and a second connection part of the connection interface are respectively disposed on a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface, located near a first lateral side of the substrate and electrically connected with an electronic device. The heat dissipation structure is partially connected with the substrate. The light guide element is assembled with or locked on the heat dissipation structure, and located near a second lateral side of the substrate. At least one channel is formed between the heat dissipation structure and the substrate. After the light beams of the light-emitting elements pass through the channel, the light beams are centralized or distributed on the light guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: G.SKILL INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chiung Huang Huang
  • Patent number: 10807518
    Abstract: A tailgate assembly includes a tailgate body having a first receiver at a first lateral end and a second receiver at a second later end, a first light module held in the first receiver and a second light module held in the second receiver. The tailgate assembly may also include a third light module. The light modules illuminate a cargo area on the ground adjacent the tailgate and may be removed to a remote location if desired. A related illumination method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jorge Adolfo Miranda Nieto
  • Patent number: 10808875
    Abstract: A light head for use in relining a pipe is disclosed. The light head comprises a proximal end cap, a distal end cap, and at least one body between the proximal end cap and the distal end cap. The proximal end cap also has an air inlet. The body has a longitudinal hole extending from the proximal end cap through the centre of the body towards the distal end cap and at least one air channel extending radially from the longitudinal hole to a radial air outlet. The longitudinal hole is configured to receive air from the air inlet such that in use air from the air inlet passes through the body and exits at the radial air outlet. The body is configured for supporting at least one light emitting diode on the periphery of the body in order to emit light radially from the light head towards the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PEANTA INVENTIONS AB
    Inventors: Andreas Lindelof, Taus Gerner-Rasmussen, Peter Larsson
  • Patent number: 10808896
    Abstract: A lighting assembly is provided which comprises a light fixture in combination with a support grid such as a drop ceiling t-bar. The light fixture can be configured to use a t-bar as the main form of support. The light fixture can be push-fit onto a t-bar or use a clip to join two or more portions of the light fixture to an installed t-bar. Once attached to the T-bar, the light fixture itself can provides support for a ceiling tile. Various embodiments are provided which achieve a variety of light distributions useful in typical illumination applications. Both recessed and suspended fixture types are achieved in various embodiments which are particularly well suited for LED lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ARON Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Josh Casement, Clay Mohrman, Jeffrey Corvese, Terence Yeo, Timothy Kelly
  • Patent number: 10794544
    Abstract: A LED lamp comprises a base, an envelope, a printed circuit board for mounting a plurality of LED chips and a supporting member for supporting the printed circuit board. The envelope has a bottom end coupled with the base. The envelope defines an interior between the base and the envelope, and the printed circuit board is disposed in the interior. The printed circuit board comprises a hollow structure. One end of the supporting member is assembled in the base, the other end of the supporting member is coupled with the printed circuit board. One end of the printed circuit board extends into the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Consumer Lighting (US), LLC
    Inventors: Xiaojun Ren, Kun Xiao, Zhifeng Bao, Zhiyong Wang, Yimin Zhu
  • Patent number: 10794561
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a projector lens, a first light source disposed behind the projector lens and configured to emit light for forming a low-beam light distribution pattern, a second light source disposed behind the projector lens and configured to emit light for forming an additional high-beam light distribution pattern, and a metal base member. The base member includes a first surface on which the first light source is disposed and a second surface on which the second light source is disposed. The second surface is inclined with respect to an optical axis such that an emission portion of the light emitting element faces obliquely forward and upward. A plurality of metal plate-shaped fins extending in a left-right direction and an upper-lower direction of the lamp are arranged along a front-rear direction of the lamp on a rear surface of the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Kazushi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10794566
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a light flux controlling member. The light flux controlling member includes an incidence surface and an emission surface, and is disposed such that, in a cross section of the light emitting device, light emitted at least ?1=81° from a light emission center of the light emitting element is incident on the rear surface of the light flux controlling member, and the emission surface is formed such that, in the cross section of the light emitting device, a curve of a graph with an abscissa of ?1 and an ordinate of ?2 includes an inflection point, wherein ?2 is an angle between a line orthogonal to the optical axis and a tangent to the emission surface at a point P, the point P being an arrival point of light emitted from the light emission center at angle ?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Fukuda, Kakeru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10781979
    Abstract: An LED lamp bulb, comprising: an LED lamp substrate (5) having at least one LED light source (51) mounted thereon; and an electrical isolation assembly (6a) disposed on the LED lamp substrate (5), wherein, the electrical isolation assembly (6a) electrically isolates the LED lamp substrate's charged part from outside of the LED lamp substrate (5). The LED lamp bulb can protect user from contacting the charged part inside the lamp housing (7) when the LED lamp bulb is broken and thereby avoid electric shock accidents. In addition, the directions of the light emitted by the LED light sources (51) can be changed to achieve different kinds of lighting effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Liqin Li, Zhixiang Zeng, Qifeng Ye, Shuanglang Li, Zhaosong Lin, Dingkai Wang, Weijun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10761254
    Abstract: The light-guiding optical system comprises at least one light guide (1) made from an optically transparent material with an associated collimating element (2), and a light unit (3) to emit light rays (10) into the collimating element (2). The light guide (1) comprises on its front side an output surface (12) for the output of light rays (10) conducted by the light guide (1) out of the light guide (1), and on its bottom or top side, a binding surface (11) to bind light rays (10) collimated by the collimating element (2) into the light guide (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Pavel Sousek, Tomas Socha
  • Patent number: 10753570
    Abstract: The invention proposes a light device casing formed by a wall made of an electrically insulating material, such as a polymer. The casing includes an inner surface forming a housing receiving a light module with a light-emitting diode and a light guide. The inner surface includes a zone reflecting light from the light module out of the casing, and a fixing zone for a control module of the light module. The light device includes a reflecting and electrically conductive coating, which covers both the reflecting zone and the fixing zone. The aluminum coating is cost-effective since it is applied in one step, and it ensures two functions, namely a reflection and a protection against the electromagnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION BELGIQUE
    Inventors: Cyril Herbin, Guillaume Larche, David Boudikian
  • Patent number: 10753577
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device (12) comprising at least one light source (12a, 12b) adapted to emit white light and ultraviolet light, a collimator (18) adapted to collimate the white light, and a light exit window (16) through which the collimated white light and the ultraviolet light may pass into the ambient, wherein the lighting device is adapted to emit the collimated white light while spreading the ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDINGS B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 10750140
    Abstract: A laser display system includes a red light semiconductor laser module (1), a green light semiconductor laser module (2), a blue light semiconductor laser module (3), a decoherence device (7, 8, 9), light valves (12, 13, 14), collimating and shaping devices (4, 5, 6), a heat dissipating modules (16-1, 16-2, 16-3), a temperature control module (17) and a semiconductor laser control module (18). The wavelength range output by the red light semiconductor laser module (1) is from 635 nm to 670 nm; the wavelength range output by the green light semiconductor laser module (2) is from 515 nm to 530 nm; the wavelength range output by the blue light semiconductor laser module (3) is from 440 nm to 460 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Zuyan Xu, Yong Bi, Ke Liu, Qinjun Peng, Weinan Gao, Nan Zong
  • Patent number: 10704750
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retrofitting an existing troffer light fixture, or for a new installation application, comprising a housing and a door assembly, wherein the door assembly comprises four side walls, a recessed cavity, a light source, one or more lens, and at least one support extension supporting the assembly are disclosed. The support extension may be a fixed horizontal protrusion of the frame of the retrofit assembly and configured to engage a T-bar of a ceiling system. The protrusion may rest on a horizontal portion of the T-bar to thereby support the assembly. Existing troffer light fixtures can be retrofitted to include a more efficient light source, replace components of a damaged troffer style light fixture, and/or otherwise upgrade or replace an existing fixture. The retrofit assembly may enable existing fixtures to be modified from a number of different fixture types without the need to remove and replace components of the existing fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventor: Nhien Trang
  • Patent number: 10683999
    Abstract: A light assembly includes an arm with a frame, a hinge, and a magnet, wherein the hinge is in contact with the magnet and is movable along a groove within the frame, and a lighting control unit that includes a first plate, a power circuit board configured to receive power for the light assembly, a light blender configured to transform movement information into one or more control signals to control one or more lighting parameters associated with a light source of the light assembly, and a second plate with a first side, wherein the light blender is mounted on the first side, and the second plate is rotatable in relation to the first plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: FADE STUDIO INC.
    Inventors: Bret Recor, Seth Murray, Matthew Swinton, Hsiao-wei Chang, Wen-pin Tsai
  • Patent number: 10684541
    Abstract: An optical module includes a light source, a phosphor wheel, a first driving unit, a color wheel, a second driving unit, a third driving unit and a control unit. The phosphor wheel includes a phosphor area. The color wheel includes a plurality of sector-shaped filters. At least one of the sector-shaped filters includes a plurality of filter areas. Central angles of the filter areas are identical. Colors of at least two adjacent filter areas are different. The control unit selectively controls one of the first driving unit and the second driving unit by a delay time to control an overlap ratio between the phosphor area and one of the filter areas. The control unit selectively controls the third driving unit to drive the color wheel to move with respect to the phosphor wheel, so as to move one of the filter areas to a position corresponding to the phosphor area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Yao Lin, Chi-Hung Hsiao
  • Patent number: 10670859
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for a pixelated light source that includes a plurality of pixels; a plurality of digital micromirrors configured to receive input light from the pixelated light source and configured to modify the input light to generate output light; and one or more controllers configured to control both the pixelated light source and the plurality of digital micromirrors to condition the output light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andrea Logiudice, Fabrizio Cortigiani