Patents Examined by Peggy A. Neils
  • Patent number: 11365868
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a housing, having an opening, a substrate, a light source, and a light guide. The opening extends through the housing from a first side to a second side of the housing, and includes a first space and a second space. The light guide is disposed across the first space and the second space. The housing has a wall surface that faces the second space and contacts the light guide, a guide rib that extends in a second direction, and a fitting wall that extends in a third direction. The light guide has a first contact surface that contacts the wall surface so as to position the light guide in a first direction, and a guide groove that is fitted to the guide rib so as to position the light guide in the third direction while guiding movement of the light guide in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiromi Motoi
  • Patent number: 11365872
    Abstract: A utility light including a main body, a first light assembly coupled to the main body having a first light source disposed within a first light housing, and a second light assembly coupled to the main body having a second light source disposed within a second light housing. The first light housing and second light housing are both pivotable and rotatable relative to the main body. The utility light further includes a handle disposed above the first light assembly and the second light assembly. The handle includes a lower surface and an upper surface that collectively define a gripping portion. The utility light further includes a rechargeable battery supported by the main body and a power actuator disposed on the upper surface of the handle and capable of sending a signal to a processor to supply power to the first light assembly and the second light assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Harvey, Jason D. Thurner, David Proeber, Justin D. Dorman
  • Patent number: 11359775
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plurality of LED packages that are connected in a parallel array. A plurality of parallel arrays can also be connected in series to form a light string. The LED packages present a standardized impedance in which the resistive values of a series resistor and a parallel resistor are selected to moderate the flow of current when the LEDs become either shorted or open circuited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Ledup Manufacturing Group Limited
    Inventors: Franco Li, Jing Jing Yu
  • Patent number: 11353183
    Abstract: A starry sky projection apparatus relates to the technical field of projection lamps, comprising a starry sky lamp body, wherein the starry sky lamp body is provided with a base and a housing, and a projection lamp assembly is disposed in the housing, and the projection lamp assembly comprises: a gobo mapper, wherein the gobo mapper is provided with a slot, and the housing is provided with a replacement slot on one side adjacent to the slot, and the slot is for a user to insert different gobos through the replacement slot. An optical lens is detachably provided on the housing. The optical lens is provided with a plurality of different mirror surfaces, and the plurality of optical lenses can be replaced by the user to display a variety of different nebulae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BI RAY ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xugai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11346538
    Abstract: An LED lighting module has a main body section on which LED lights are mounted and informational wiring data and electrical power wiring which extends through the module. The module has first and second cavities, each cavity having two prongs located therein, the two prongs in the first cavity being electrically connected to the electrical power wiring and the two prongs in the second cavity being connected to the informational data wiring. Female connection members having informational data and electrical power wiring are inserted into the two cavities and plugged into the prongs to provide informational data and establish electrical power into the module. Multiple LED modules can be connected in one system having a single electrical power source and a single informational data processor by attaching the female connectors between multiple LED modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventor: Sikai Chen
  • Patent number: 11346515
    Abstract: A light troffer assembly has a cover panel. A T-bar frame has a right T-bar parallel to a left T-bar, and with a rear T-bar parallel to a front T-bar. A bracket frame is mounted between the cover panel and the T-bar frame. The bracket frame includes a first mounting bracket mounted above the right T-bar, a second mounting bracket mounted above the left T-bar, and a first mounting rail and a second mounting rail connecting the first mounting bracket to the second mounting bracket. The mounting bracket frame is sandwiched between the cover panel and the T-bar frame. An LED panel has an LED panel power supply, pivot hook latches and pivot pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Haitao Yang, Lin Yang, Xingwei Huang, Julong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11346530
    Abstract: A portable lighting device includes a light source, a body supporting the light source, the body including a first aperture, a second aperture, and a base with a bottom surface opposite the light source. The first and second apertures are configured to receive an electrical cable such that the electrical cable extends through both the first and second apertures. The portable lighting device also includes a mounting assembly coupled to the base and including a movable tab. The tab is movable relative to the base between a stored position and a deployed position, and the tab is configured to at least partially support the portable lighting device when the tab is in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Duane W. Wenzel, Brian Cornell, David Proeber
  • Patent number: 11346529
    Abstract: A lamp comprises a motor having a shaft. A rotor is driven by the shaft to rotate about a first rotational axis and having an offset support defining a second rotational axis that is not parallel to the first rotational axis and that is offset from the first rotational axis. A light source is mounted to the offset support so as to rotate about the second rotational axis, the light source having one or more lights. A system constrains movement of the light source relative to the second rotational axis when the rotor rotates about the first rotational axis. A controller unit actuates the motor and the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ENTA DESIGN INC
    Inventor: Michel Morand
  • Patent number: 11346539
    Abstract: This document describes techniques directed to active thermal-control of a floodlight and associated floodlights. As described, an example floodlight includes a first heat-transfer subsystem that uses a fully enclosed heat sink to transfer heat from an array of LEDs to a first housing component of the floodlight. The floodlight further includes a second heat-transfer subsystem to transfer heat from one or more PSUs to a second housing component of the floodlight. Described techniques include using thermistors located throughout the floodlight to actively monitor a temperature profile within the floodlight and, if one or more operating-temperature thresholds are violated, reducing power consumption within the floodlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ihab A. Ali, Duen Hsing Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11333318
    Abstract: Disclosed are a switch display apparatus and an assembling method thereof. The apparatus includes a display unit (1), a support unit (2), and a base unit (3) that are arranged sequentially from top to bottom. The display unit (1) includes a display device (4), a combined lens (5), and a display device and combined lens support component (6). The combined lens (5) is located above the display device (4). Both the display device (4) and the combined lens (5) are located inside the display device and combined lens support component (6). The display device and combined lens support component (6) includes a first support part (9) used for providing structural support for the combined lens (5), and a second support part (10) used for providing structural support for the display device (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Shandong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yongping Miao, Weihui Liu, Da Chen, Bing Chen, Junying Wei, Kun Dai
  • Patent number: 11326766
    Abstract: An LED light with a shift switch related to the technical field of LED lights includes a diffuser, a light body, and a light head sequentially connected from top to bottom. A driving power board and an LED light source board are provided in the light body. A position hole is provided on a side wall of the light body. The driving power board is provided with the shift switch, and the shift switch is provided with a shift handle which passes through the position hole. According to the present application, the effects of reducing the difficulty of modification and replacement and improving the convenience of using the LED light are achieved by controlling the color temperature, the timing or the light intensity of the LED light by multiple positions of the shift switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG YANKON MEGA LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Li, Huanliang Wang, Junhua Fu, Xuan Zhao, Bin Yu
  • Patent number: 11326760
    Abstract: A heater system for an LED light assembly having a lens and a plurality of LED lights includes a heating element positioned behind and spaced from the lens and having openings aligned with the LED lights for allowing light from the LED lights to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: TRAMEC TERMICO TECH, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael M. Cubon, Alec Michael Holm
  • Patent number: 11320122
    Abstract: A suspension wire structure comprises a conductive wire, a plurality of supporting stranded wires and a protective layer. The conductive wire has a first strand made of a first material. The plurality of supporting stranded wires surround the conductive wire, and each of the supporting stranded wires has a plurality of supporting strands made of a second material. The protective layer covers the surface of the conductive wire and is located between the conductive wire and the plurality of supporting stranded wires. The plurality of supporting stranded wires and the protective layer are conductive, and the protective layer is made of a third material. The first material, the second material and the third material are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Guo-Hao Huang, Shang-Chia Liu, Chun-Yi Sun
  • Patent number: 11317671
    Abstract: Various embodiments for a headlamp having a detachable flashlight are disclosed. The headlamp includes a head guard and a detachable flashlight. The head guard is adapted to be worn on a head of an operator, and includes a first battery, a first electrical contact, and a first magnet. The detachable flashlight is configured to detachably attach to the head guard, and includes a second battery, a second electrical contact and a second magnet. When the second magnet is positioned near the first magnet, the detachable flashlight magnetically couples to the head guard and aligns the second electrical contact with the first electrical contact/The head guard includes processing circuitry configured to provide power to and charge the second battery of the detachable flashlight in an instance in which the detachable flashlight is coupled to the head guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: LB Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas R. Kaye, Kevin Joseph Brown, Harold Morrison Barber, Jr., Elvis Perez
  • Patent number: 11320119
    Abstract: It is herein proposed a novel beacon light device with a circuit board and an enclosure which at least partially encloses the circuit board. The circuit board features a leading board section and a neck board section which is narrower than the leading board section. The enclosure features a wide opening section which has a width equal to or greater than that of the leading board section for permitting passage of the leading board section through the opening. The enclosure also features a narrow opening section which has a width that is smaller than that of the leading board section for preventing passage of the leading board section through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Obelux Oy
    Inventor: Sami Riihilahti
  • Patent number: 11313542
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a foldable LED light, comprising: a mounting base and a first mounting plate rotatably provided in the mounting base, wherein, the first mounting plate is provided with two mounting holes at an end away from the mounting base, the mounting holes are rotatably provided with a second mounting plate, wherein, the second mounting plate is fixedly provided with a plug-in shaft at an end, the plug-in shaft is inserted into the mounting hole, the plug-in shaft is a cavity structure with openings at both ends, the plug-in shaft is provided with a plurality of openings in a side wall, and a bump is fixedly provided on outside of the plug-in shaft, the plug-in shaft is plugged with a column at an upper end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: Xueping Zhu
  • Patent number: 11313996
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) light source is disclosed. The LED light source comprises a lens structure that includes a hemispherical dome with a base. The LED light source comprises a cavity in the base. The cavity has an opening and a taper such that a cross-section area within the cavity is smaller than an area of the opening. The LED light source comprises a light emitting device comprising an LED die contacting the taper. The taper allows for easy insertion of the LED die into the lens structure. The taper serves to accurately align the LED die when the LED die is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Walter Daeschner, Mikhail Fouksman, Mohiuddin Mala, Ashim Shatil Haque
  • Patent number: 11306881
    Abstract: A decorative lighting assembly comprises a first power wire electrically connected to a first power contact and a second power wire electrically connected to a second power contact. The first power wire and the second power wire cooperate to surround a display area of the decorative lighting assembly. Lamp assemblies are distributed across the display area. The lamp assemblies include a first row of lamp assemblies aligned along a first line, a second row aligned along a second line, a third row aligned along a third line, and a fourth row of lamp aligned along a fourth line. A first cord is disposed along a first zig-zag path connecting the lamp assemblies in the first row with the lamp assemblies in the second row. Intermediate wires are disposed along a second zig-zag path connecting the lamp assemblies in the second row with the lamp assemblies in the third row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 11306910
    Abstract: An example electric lighting system includes a lighting device that includes a housing including a lighting element and a power device holding portion. The power device holding portion includes a cavity. The cavity includes a first and a second electrical contact disposed within the cavity. The power device includes a third and a fourth electrical contact. The power device includes a coupling component. The coupling component is removably couplable to the power device holding portion such that an electrical communication is established when the power device is inserted into the cavity at any rotational position relative to the lighting device about a shared central axis. The power device is operable to power the lighting device through the electrical communication. The electrical communication is established between the first electrical contact and the third electrical contact and between the second electrical contact and the fourth electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Voltra Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Baptiste Robin Guedez, Timothy James Alexander Ross
  • Patent number: 11300269
    Abstract: A structurally reinforced illumination panel which includes a multiwall structural panel having a pair of optically transmissive sheets joined using transverse ribs that define a series of linear hollow chambers. The linear hollow chambers extend parallel to each other between opposite edges of the panel. The panel further includes two or more strips of a thin and flexible substrate material positioned within the respective chambers, and two or more linear arrays of electrically interconnected LED sources which are distributed over a length of the respective strips and mounted to the surfaces of the strips. A thickness of the optically transmissive sheets is less than 1 mm, and thickness of at least one of the transverse ribs is less than the thickness of the optically transmissive sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Vasylyev