Patents Examined by Peggy A. Neils
  • Patent number: 12147067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical system, and more particularly, to an optical system with optical fiber. According to an optical system with optical fiber and a method of controlling an optical system with optical fiber of the present invention, it is possible to implement two different light radiating functions by applying a side light emitting optical system to a vehicle lamp and applying light sources of different wavelengths to both sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiryong Song
  • Patent number: 12135164
    Abstract: An indication device for a refrigerator includes an indicator light or a plurality of indicator lights indicating synchronously, a first detection unit configured to detect an object activity situation around the refrigerator, a second detection unit configured to detect an open/closed state of at least one door body of the refrigerator, and a processor. The processor is communicatively connected to the first detection unit, the second detection unit, and the indicator light to be adapted to control the indicator light to indicate a first state or a second state, according to detection results of the first detection unit and the second detection unit. The first state is different than the second state. A corresponding refrigerator includes a number of indicative elements and related indication states on a surface of a refrigerator panel which are simplified, but ensure sufficient coverage of various sensing functions and improve user satisfaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Dawei Mi, Rong Zeng, Chenli Hu
  • Patent number: 12129991
    Abstract: A flexible mat light having a mat and a light. The mat includes a top and a base connected by hinges having at least one living hinge. The top of the mat includes an outer shell adapted to mount the light and protect the light. The mat and base may include magnets to attach the light to a metal surface or when folding the top and base of the mat through the living hinges to place the light in a carrying mode. Due to the flexibility of the mat, the light may be placed in a standing position wherein the light may be directed in multiple positions; or the light may be placed in a carrying mode; or the light may be attached to a metal surface, the low-profile of the light allowing it to be out of the work area; or the light may include a hook for hanging the light near the work area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Walter R. Tucker Enterprises, Ltd
    Inventor: Robert Cacciabeve
  • Patent number: 12130464
    Abstract: A luminaire includes alight source (110), an optical system (111), and a luminous areal element (LAE) (150a, 150b). The optical system (111) is configured to receive light from the light source (110) and output the light into a first far-field light distribution (145). The optical system includes one or more optical elements arranged to direct light from an input aperture (118) of the optical system to an output aperture (132) of the optical system, and one or more output surfaces at the output aperture through which light is emitted. The surface has a first dimension T. The LAE (150a, 150b) is spaced from the output aperture (132), and is configured to output light according to a second far-field light distribution (155a, 155b). The LAE has a light emission surface through which light is emitted having a second dimension W greater than T. The first and the second light distributions at least in part overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventor: Eric Bretschneider
  • Patent number: 12129988
    Abstract: An illumination device (100) includes an illumination unit (1, 2) which illuminates a surface (Ob). The position and the orientation of the illumination unit (1, 2) relative to the surface (Ob) can be changed. A distance sensor (4.1, 8.2) measures an indicator of the current distance between the illumination unit (1, 2) and the surface (Ob). A signal processing control unit (10) is configured to control an output unit (6.1, 6.2) of the illumination unit (1, 2). The controlled output unit (6.1, 6.2) outputs an indication of how much the measured distance deviates from a predetermined reference distance (Ref1, Ref2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Ralf Buchtal, Hanno Kretschmann
  • Patent number: 12129987
    Abstract: A landscape lighting fixture utilizes a cylindrical bollard shroud member which houses an electrical light source, e.g. an LED module. The shroud number extends upwardly from an elongated riser element. A vertically adjustable path hat support system affixed to a path hat circumscribes the shroud member, thereby allowing the path hat to be vertically adjustable in relation to the shroud member. The path hat and path hat support system can also be vertically adjustable along the riser element, without an attached shroud member. In either case, the adjustability of the path hat allows the lighting fixture to provide a wider or narrower light beam angle from the light source without adjusting the illumination from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: COASTAL SOURCE, LLC
    Inventors: Franco L D'Ascanio, Sean P Snowden, Harold Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 12130008
    Abstract: A light emission device includes a substrate, a light emission element, and a wavelength converter. The substrate has a first surface. The light emission element is mounted on the first surface and emits excitation light. The wavelength converter is positioned on at least a portion of the first surface and the light emission element. The wavelength converter converts the excitation light into illumination light. The substrate includes at least one of a recess or a projection. The recess has a second surface and a third surface. The second surface is positioned below the first surface. The third surface connects the second surface and the first surface to each other. The projection projects upward from the first surface. The wavelength converter is in contact with at least one of at least a portion of the second surface or at least a portion of the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Akira Miyake
  • Patent number: 12129989
    Abstract: A light supplying device includes a box and a light emitting device. The box is provided with a cavity and configured to be fully closed or semi-closed, and the light emitting device is arranged in the box and configured to provide ultraviolet light and/or visible light. The device supplies light to a light receiving device such as luminous sporting goods to excite the fluorescent agent on the surface to produce fluorescence effect and shows luminous effect at night or in the dark. In such a way, the light receiving device such as the luminous sporting goods may receive the light anytime and anywhere, without sunlight irradiation, thereby improving the user's experience. Moreover, the device is convenient and portable, and has simple structure and high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Huazhi Zhao
  • Patent number: 12123570
    Abstract: A street equipment assembly including a base and a plurality of poles. The poles can accommodate external devices, and the base is for receiving internal devices. The street equipment assembly allows sufficient electronic equipment to be installed on limited areas of roads, thereby in line with the needs of electronic equipment for smart urban development. The street equipment assembly in the present invention includes a connection pipe for guiding and connecting lines of the external and internal devices to the base. The connection pipe is further extended upwards to have its opening reach above top of the base to form a chimney structure. The chimney structure can prevent any liquid at the top of the base from entering the base through the opening of the connection pipe and can dissipate heat out of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: AGILEIOTS INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Hsiang Chiang
  • Patent number: 12117132
    Abstract: A light emitting device (1) comprising at least one LED filament (2) adapted for, in operation, emitting LED filament light, the at least one LED filament comprising a carrier (6) and a plurality of LEDs (5) arranged on the carrier and adapted for, in operation, emitting LED light, and a heat sink element (3), the at least one LED filament (2) being arranged extending spiraling around a vertical center axis LA of the light emitting device, wherein the heat sink element (3) further is arranged extending spiraling around the vertical center axis of the light emitting device, and wherein the heat sink element (3) is arranged extending from the at least one LED filament towards the vertical center axis of the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 12117152
    Abstract: A lighting unit including a hollow hemispherical body, a hemispherical holder, and a sphere. A center of a bottom half of the hollow hemispherical body contains the hemispherical holder which is configured to hold the sphere. The sphere includes a light source, a translucent portion, and an opaque portion. The light source is disposed inside of the sphere, and the sphere is configured to rotate within the hemispherical holder so as to vary a position of light emitted by the light source through the translucent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
    Inventors: Deemah Mohammed Almoaibed, Noran Kattan, Norizzah Khan, Duaa Alshurieh, Amjad Alshehri
  • Patent number: 12109940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for illuminating a cab of a utility vehicle, preferably a truck. The device has a roof region (10) and a storage compartment device (12), which is arranged in the roof region (10) and can be closed at least partially by means of a door element (22, 24). The device has an illumination element (38, 40), which is arranged on a roof liner (34) of the roof region (10) such that, by means of the illumination element (38, 40), a cab interior and an interior of the storage compartment device (12) behind the door element (22, 24) can be illuminated when the door element (22, 24) is completely open. The device thus provides function integration since the illumination element (38, 40) is used not only to illuminate the cab interior but also to illuminate the storage compartment device (12) or the luggage rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus SE
    Inventor: Andreas Schmitz
  • Patent number: 12111040
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for lighting. The apparatus may include a removable recess lighting assembly. The lighting assembly may include a light-emitting diode (“LED”) light source. The LED light source may include an LED. The lighting assembly may define a central axis. The apparatus may include a heat sink. The heat sink may be configured to be mounted in a structure. The heat sink may be configured to retain the lighting assembly. The heat sink may be configured to release the lighting assembly in response to a translation of the lighting assembly along the central axis. The translation may be a translation without a rotation of the light assembly about the central axis. In operation, the lighting assembly may be serviced without causing damage to the structure in which the apparatus is mounted. The lighting assembly may be removed through a defined aperture in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Wangs Alliance Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Ian Hoffman, Dunping Hu, Qianxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12111039
    Abstract: A prefab lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is installed in an interior of a vehicle and implements indoor lighting, includes a light-emitting diode (LED) block provided with an LED installed thereon and a connector formed on each of one side surface and the other side surface thereof and electrically connected to the LED, a lighting controller detachably connected to the LED block through the connector to control operation of the LED block, and an input unit connected to the lighting controller to input settings for the operation of the LED block, wherein the LED block is provided as a plurality of LED blocks detachably connected to each other through the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 12104769
    Abstract: A floodlight, comprising a lamp board, a lens, a radiator and a frame; wherein the lamp board has a light emitting side and a backlight side, and at least one mounting hole is provided on the lamp board; the lens is arranged on the light emitting side, and the lens has a near light side portion close to the lamp board, and at least one first connector is provided on the near light side portion corresponding to a position where the at least one mounting hole is provided; the radiator is arranged on the backlight side, and at least one second connector are arranged on the radiator corresponding to the position where the at least one mounting hole is provided; and one of the first connectors and the at least one second connector can pass through the at least one mounting hole and be detachably connected with the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Huadian Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongwei Wu, Huadong Wu, Wei Kang, Yuegui Li, Jide Zhang
  • Patent number: 12103192
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an assembled visual machete, including a first machete body and a second machete body; the first machete body and the second machete body are integrally assembled through a detachable bridging part; light emitting diode (LED) light strips are arranged on the first machete body and the second machete body; a control board and a battery are arranged in the bridging part; and the battery and the LED light strips are electrically connected to the control board. Therefore, when it is necessary to package and transport the entire assembled visual machete, the first machete body and the second machete body at both ends of the bridging part can be directly removed, and the bridging part, the first machete body and the second machete body in a detached state are placed in a package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Changsha Mobile Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hui Huang
  • Patent number: 12104771
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for lighting are provided. The apparatus may include a lighting assembly. The lighting assembly may include a radius. The lighting assembly may include a light-emitting diode (“LED”) light source. The LED light source may include an LED. The apparatus may include a heat sink. The heat sink may be configured to retain the lighting assembly. The lighting assembly may be configured to emit light from an aperture. The aperture may be included in a structure. The aperture may include a radius. The lighting assembly may be configured to tilt relative to the structure. The lighting assembly may be tilted by insertion of an item through the aperture. The difference between the lighting assembly radius and the aperture radius may be between 0.075 inches and 0.25 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Wangs Alliance Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Ian Hoffman, Dunping Hu, Qianxiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12103455
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dummy element, in particular a dummy vehicle, comprising a dummy body having an illumination area which simulates an illumination device to be simulated of an element to be simulated, in particular a vehicle, the illumination area having on its surface graphic contours which reproduce a frame of the Illumination device to be simulated, and an illuminant, wherein the dummy body comprises, in the Illumination area, an opening in which the illuminant is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: 4ACTIVESYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hafellner, Martin Fritz
  • Patent number: 12104764
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided having at least one receiving section configured for thermal coupling to at least one lighting module. The heat sink includes at least two connection sections on opposite sides of the at least one receiving section. Each of the at least two connection sections includes at least one reference pin protruding at least partially from a first surface of the at least one connection section and at least one alignment recess protruding into the first surface of the at least one connection section such that the heat sink is configured for thermal coupling to another heat sink via the at least two connection sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Wim Boogaard, Piet Verburg, Pieter Van Der Wekken
  • Patent number: 12098838
    Abstract: A microwave appliance is provided, including a cabinet including a plurality of walls forming a cooking chamber, wherein a plurality of cabinet openings is formed at a front wall. A door is positioned adjacent to the front wall when in a closed position. A lighting system is positioned at one or more of the plurality of cabinet openings. The lighting system includes a circuit board at which a light-emitting diode (LED) is operably coupled. The lighting system includes a diffuser coupled to the circuit board and positioned around the LED. The LED is positioned in adjacent arrangement along the circuit board. The circuit board is positioned on a mount structure configured to attach to the front wall of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Heimerdinger, Bagawathkumar Chellappan