Patents Examined by Peggy A. Neils
  • Patent number: 11713855
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide a light distribution element, a light source module and a lamp, the light distribution element includes a light entry surface, a first light exit surface and a second light exit surface, the first light exit surface is configured to receive part of light entering the light entry surface and emit the part of the light entering the light entry surface; the second light exit surface is a reflective surface, and the second light exit surface is configured to receive part of the light entering the light entry surface and reflect the part of the light entering the light entry surface; and a direction of the light emitted from the second light exit surface is different from a direction of the light emitted from the first light exit surface, it can be used for key lighting and lighting ceiling areas respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chenxi Bu, Shuchao Li, Yisheng Xiao
  • Patent number: 11713869
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a lighting device that provides light via one or more non-incandescent lamps that can be moved and arranged while operating. The lighting device includes a non-opaque shroud, or casing, that sits upon a base to create a volume within which the non-incandescent lamps rest and can be moved while still providing light. The non-incandescent lamp can use one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The non-incandescent lamps can provide illumination with minimal heat and low power consumption that contributes to user interaction and can be battery powered. In addition to a non-incandescent lamp, a lighting device having at least one of the non-incandescent lamps is disclosed. Additionally, a lighting system having at least one of the lighting devices and a lighting control application is provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Latin-Negocio, LLC
    Inventors: Brewster Waddell, Robert Landers
  • Patent number: 11709380
    Abstract: Eyewear including an optical element, a controller, a support structure configured to support the optical element and the controller, light sources coupled to the controller and supported by the support structure, and a diffuser positioned adjacent to the light sources and supported by the support structure, the diffuser including microstructures that diffuse light emitted by the light sources in a radial anisotropic diffusion pattern or a prism-like diffusion pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventor: Cècile Claire Madeleine Carlson
  • Patent number: 11703205
    Abstract: An angle-adjustable lamp comprises a lamp body, a plurality of heat sinks, a plurality of connecting rods, and a plurality of light-transmitting covers. The plurality of heat sinks are rotatably connected to a side wall of the lamp body respectively through the plurality of connecting rods. The plurality of heat sinks are rotationally symmetrically disposed around a longitudinal center axis of the lamp body. Each of the plurality of light-transmitting covers is disposed on a side of a corresponding one of the plurality of heat sinks facing away from the lamp body. When the plurality of heat sinks are rotated around the plurality of connecting rods, an angle between each of the plurality of light-transmitting covers and the lamp body is correspondingly changed, so that a light exit angle of light transmitted through each of the plurality of light-transmitting covers is correspondingly changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Xiamen Longstar Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xilong Li
  • Patent number: 11703196
    Abstract: A light fixture is disclosed. The light fixture includes: a mounting base, with a surface for interfacing with a wall; a fixture face plate; a decorative fixture element with a light socket; and a catch mechanism for securing the fixture face plate to the mounting base. The catch mechanism includes; at least one catch receiver, at least one catch aperture, and at least one catch insert. The mounting base is secured to a wall. The fixture face plate is secured to the mounting base when the at least one catch insert is inserted into the catch aperture and then rotated into the at least one catch receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Rose Fierman
  • Patent number: 11698181
    Abstract: A garden light with a modular design for convenient packaging and transportation includes a first light set, and a second light set substantially in the same shape of the first light set and proportionally enlarged, and the two light sets include a hollow column, a solar lighting module and a base, and the hollow column of the second light set can be sheathed on the outer periphery of the hollow column of the first light set, such that two bases and two solar lighting modules can be accommodated in the inner periphery of the hollow column of the first light set to reduce the packaging and transportation costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: METROMAX AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Christina Hwang
  • Patent number: 11692679
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decorative light, and aims to provide a waterfall string light. A printed circuit board (PCB), a counter circuit, a square wave generation circuit, and a protection circuit are arranged in a control module. The control module is configured to control main light beads to be normally on or intermittently flicker. The counter circuit is configured to control the number of the main light beads that are normally on when a main light strip is powered on. The square wave generation circuit is configured to control a flicker rate of the main light beads. The protection circuit is configured to automatically cut off the circuit when the light strip fails. The counter circuit is configured to perform high and low level control on corresponding pins by counting the number of pulses to achieve the normally on and flicker of the main light beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventor: Chengzhuo Yang
  • Patent number: 11674671
    Abstract: A lighting device (1000), which is arranged to be attached to a mounting surface of an object, comprises an LED strip (100). The LED strip (100) comprises (i) an elongated carrier (1100) with an upper surface (1110) having a first upper surface portion (1111), (ii) a plurality of light-emitting diodes (1200) arranged on the first upper surface portion (1111), and (iii) an attachment component (1300) for attaching the lighting device (1000) to the mounting surface. The attachment component (1300) comprises an adhesive surface (1301) that faces in at least one of a first direction (1121) and a second direction (1122), the first direction (1121) being parallel to the normal of the upper surface (1110), and the second direction (1122) being perpendicular to the normal of the upper surface (1110) and to the direction of elongation (1120) of the elongated carrier (1100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk, Robert Jacob Pet, Ties Van Bommel
  • Patent number: 11668443
    Abstract: An uplight device for use with a luminaire that has a housing configured to be supported from a surface by a stem with a wireway. The uplight device includes a body having a radially outwardly directed annular flange, a vertically oriented annular rim encircling the annular flange, and a passageway extending through the body, and an uplight substrate supported on a first side of the annular flange. The uplight substrate includes a plurality of light emitting sources arranged in an array on a first side of the uplight substrate. The uplight device further includes an optical lens covering the first side of the annular flange and the uplight substrate. The body of the uplight device is configured to be coupled between the stem and housing of the luminaire such that the passageway communicates with the wireway of the stem and a chamber of the luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LSI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Wright, Nikhil Kochar, Shane Jelliffe, Eric Jon Mooar, Christopher Linn Papa
  • Patent number: 11662089
    Abstract: A lighted decorative article includes an outer layer of material with a batting layer attached to the outer layer. The outer layer includes a number of light source apertures. A light source wiring harness includes a number of light sources operatively connected by electrical wire. The light sources are positioned within the light source apertures of the outer layer, and the electrical wire is secured to the batting layer. A liner is secured to the batting layer so as to cover the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
    Inventors: Jenny Leigh Villermin, Amanda Whitley Edwards
  • Patent number: 11661001
    Abstract: A system (100) and method (900) for illuminating the interior space (90) of a trailer (84). The system (100) can utilize a power box (200) to draw and store electricity from a tractor (82) and use that electricity to activate LED assemblies (300) within the trailer (84) is untethered from the tractor (82). The lights (310) can be activated by a motion sensor (340) associated with the location of the lights (310) being activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventors: Daryl Grady, Scott Grady
  • Patent number: 11644195
    Abstract: Color changing systems include a color changing article or device that includes a color, text, and pattern changing hardware. Smart devices or other standalone controllers provide software instructions to the color changing hardware to produce colors, patterns, and text which appear on the articles or devices. A software app running on the smart device or standalone controller initiates a method of changing colors, text, and patterns of apparel, devices, hard goods, and accessories. The color changing systems include fabrics and other materials including LEDs, LED fiber optic fabrics, electroluminescence (EL), bioluminescence, electrochromatics, E-ink, OLED, light guides, printed nano LEDs, photonic ink, and other materials. The systems selectively apply an analog voltage or data stream to the output material to produce an article with a selected color, text, or pattern. A camera or color detector can be used to select colors for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: JMad Creations, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Maderic
  • Patent number: 11644184
    Abstract: A recessed light fixture has a heat sink and a removable light engine assembly. A thermally conductive base of the light engine assembly has an LED and has a thermal interface adapted for thermal coupling to a thermal interface of the heat sink. A mechanical connector in the enclosure can connect the base of the light engine assembly to the heat sink and couple the thermal interfaces of the light engine assembly and heat sink. The base of the light engine assembly is insertable through an opening in the ceiling aligned and can be urged into connected and disconnected states, from within the room, with a minimal clearance between the opening in the ceiling and the base, whereby the light engine assembly can be replaced or serviced from within the room without disturbing the ceiling and without the use of a large diameter trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Wickham, Oriana J. Starr, Howard D. Delano, Frank Cogliano
  • Patent number: 11619357
    Abstract: A filament and a bulb are provided. The support in the filament includes a plurality of board bodies, and two adjacent board bodies are connected by a conductive connecting pin and an outer end of each of the board bodies at both ends is connected with a conductive pin. The bulb includes a lamp cap, a shell, a stem sealed with the shell, a conductive support fixed to the stem and a plurality of the LED filaments, the filaments are electrically connected to the conductive support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hangzhou Hangke Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianjun Yan, Yaoxing Wang, Zhaozhang Zheng, Lingli Ma
  • Patent number: 11618375
    Abstract: A cabin furnishing element for a cabin, such as a cabin of an aircraft, includes a panel having a panel body. The panel body includes an illumination surface having an illumination zone, and defines a lighting recess within the panel body relative to the illumination surface. The panel also includes a lighting system having a light source assembly and a light guide. The light source assembly and light guide are retained within the lighting recess defined by the panel body. The lighting system is adapted to selectively illuminate a portion of the illumination zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Zodiac Cabin Controls GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Antonczyk, Birger Timm, Lutz Neumann, Henrik Heine, Edwin van der Perk, Hermann Schotte, Rincke Bleicken
  • Patent number: 11608970
    Abstract: A clamping structure and a tactical light, wherein a sliding groove is provided on a bottom part of a clamping space; a plurality of first positioning areas are provided inside the sliding groove along its length direction; a sliding block is slidably provided inside the sliding groove; a plurality of first positioning portions are provided on a side of the sliding block facing the first positioning areas; an abutting component is fixed on the sliding block; when the sliding block slides inside the sliding groove, the abutting component slides along with the sliding block inside the clamping space to adjust the position of the sliding block relative to the clamping device, also, each first positioning portion moves from one first positioning area to another one, thereby fixing the sidling block inside the sliding groove, and realizing adjustment of the position of the clamping device relative to the sliding block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Zhengjun Jiang, Shuze Wu
  • Patent number: 11608962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of lighting for plant, and in particular, provides a multi-reflection panel lamp. The multi-reflection panel lamp includes a fixing frame, a plurality of panel lamps, and a plurality of reflectors. The plurality of panel lamps are embedded in the fixing frame parallel to each other. The reflectors and the panel lamps are parallelly disposed on the fixing frame. Compared to other panel lamps, in the present invention, reflectors are disposed between panel lamps to reflect, a plurality of times by using a multi-refraction mechanism of the reflectors of the panel lamps, rays of light emitted by the panel lamps, so that plants are irradiated with the rays of light at various angles, thereby improving lighting intensity and uniformity and ensuring normal growth of the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chanjuan Wu, Yingying Chen, Nana Li, Shaoqing Lin, Wenfa Wang, Liang Zeng
  • Patent number: 11608966
    Abstract: Light fixture adjustable riser systems, assemblies, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the adjustable riser assembly includes a lower plate having an alignment surface and an offset lip; a fastener removably may be secured between the alignment surface and the offset lip; and an adjustable upper plate may be adjustably secured about the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CLAROLUX, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Groat
  • Patent number: 11608978
    Abstract: A cooktop includes a knob assembly controls a heating part. The knob assembly includes: a knob body disposed at a front surface of a control panel and rotating around a rotation shaft extended in a front-rear direction, a light diffusing part disposed at a rear side of the knob body and diffusing light, and a light source part disposed at a rear side of the light diffusing part and including one or more light sources. The light diffusing part includes a light source corresponding part disposed at a position corresponding to one of the light sources, and a thickness of the light diffusing part along a first straight line that passes from a center of the light diffusing part through the light source corresponding part is greater than a thickness of the light diffusing part along a straight line that does not pass through the light source corresponding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Dae Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11603026
    Abstract: An illuminating bow roller assembly to facilitate loading a watercraft onto a trailer under dark conditions is disclosed. Example components of the assembly include a pair of end bells, a roller, and a yoke into one or more of which lighting elements are recessed into, and a fastening assembly to connect the components to form the assembly. Generally, the lighting elements are arranged such that light therefrom is emitted toward one or more of the end bells and roller. The end bells and roller are composed of a translucent material that propagates light emitted from the lighting elements, which extends illumination to areas surrounding the bow roller assembly in addition to the bow roller assembly itself. A water-activated switch can be implemented to control the illumination of the assembly such that the lighting elements only emit light when the trailer is contacting water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOATMATE TRAILERS, LLC
    Inventors: Ronnie C. Miller, William Charles Miller