Patents Examined by Robert J May
  • Patent number: 12729822
    Abstract: A low-beam headlight includes a light source arrangement for generating a light cone consisting of light that is less divergent in a first transverse direction than in a second transverse direction perpendicular to the first transverse direction. The low-beam headlight includes beamforming optics for generating, on the basis of light, a light/dark distribution comprising a light/dark edge extending obliquely at least in portions with respect to the first transverse direction and the second transverse direction, wherein the beamforming optics comprises a condenser lens array for receiving incident light, and a projection lens array with a multitude of projection lenses for outputting light received by the condenser lens array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
    Inventors: Leo Maximilian Wilhelm, Peter Schreiber, Dmitrii Stefanidi
  • Patent number: 12721463
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a lightweight combined decorative tree with variable light effects. Some examples of the disclosure may show one or more of the following effects: in some examples, a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) light strips may be bent respectively to form different shapes, such that a light-emitting device may easily achieve lighting effects such as flowing light, blooming light, surrounding light, and running horse light. In some other examples, a central tree trunk and a branch rod assembly may be freely disassembled and assembled, which is more suitable for forming a small decorative tree and convenient for placement in various scenarios such as indoor spaces and corridors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: SHANGYOU JIAYI LIGHTING PRODUCT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yaowen He
  • Patent number: 12723745
    Abstract: A light fixture is provided. The light fixture includes a fixture housing, a number of light emitting elements supported by the fixture housing and each configured to emit visible light, and at least one tilt mechanism for adjusting an angular position of the light fixture. The tilt mechanism comprises a mount which is pivotally connected to the housing. The mount has a foot and an extension which is rotatably received in a receiver which is located in the housing. The mount and the receiver may be connected by a connector and a coupling member is positioned between the extension and the receiver to resist rotation of the mount relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: IP LLC a Series of Moda Light LLC
    Inventor: Mark Samson
  • Patent number: 12716580
    Abstract: A cabinet and a container disposed within the cabinet. The container defines a slot having a first length. A divider assembly of the refrigerator appliance includes a body and a bus bar is disposed between the cabinet and the container. A pin is coupled with the body, the pin is configured to be received by the slot of the container and slidably contact the bus bar. The bus bar electrically powers the pin. The pin is able to contact a non-discrete section of the bus bar along the first length of the slot. A lighting system is coupled with the body. The lighting system is powered by the pin electrically coupled with the bus system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Watanabe, John Alexander Gardner
  • Patent number: 12703293
    Abstract: A lighting accessory for a material handling vehicle may be provided. The lighting accessory may include a housing, a light source disposed within the housing, a window in the housing configured to allow light from the light source to illuminate a working area adjacent to the material handling vehicle, and a controller configured to selectively activate the light source based on data collected by a sensor. Light emitted from the light source may be projected substantially parallel to a ground plane. The housing may be configured to be coupled to a rotatable arm or a body of the material handling vehicle within or around an operator compartment of the material handling vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: The Raymond Corporation
    Inventor: Keith F. Dolezel
  • Patent number: 12699294
    Abstract: Backlight module and display modules are provided in the present disclosure. The backlight module includes a backboard, a light guide plate, and an optical film group. The backboard includes a bottom plate and lateral plates connected with the bottom plate. At least one groove is provided on inner walls of the lateral plates. The light guide plate is disposed on the bottom plate. The optical film group includes a film body and at least one first lug. The first lug extends from a lateral side of the film body towards the backboard and corresponds to the groove one by one. The film body is disposed on the light guide plate. The first lug correspondingly protrudes into the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shoudong Zhang, Zheng Zhou
  • Patent number: 12691813
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes an optical unit including a light source that emits at least a low beam light distribution pattern and a lamp control unit that controls the optical unit. When the vehicle is turning and an oncoming vehicle is present in front of a vehicle mounted with the vehicle lamp, the lamp control unit controls the optical unit to lower an emission direction of the low beam light distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: KOIT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetada Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12686327
    Abstract: A vehicle including a sensor unit, a plurality of exterior lights, a battery and a processor is disclosed. The sensor unit may detect a presence and a movement of a portable device in proximity to the vehicle. The processor may identify one or more parameters associated with the presence and the movement of the portable device in proximity to the vehicle based on inputs obtained from the sensor unit. The processor may further control an operation of the exterior lights based on the parameters and/or a state of charge (SoC) level of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, John Budaj, Timothy Thivierge, Jr., Joshua Talaga, John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Terry R. Lobsinger
  • Patent number: 12687291
    Abstract: A faucet base with a light-emitting lamp includes a faucet base main body, an annular light-emitting lamp body, and a lampshade. The faucet base main body includes an annular base body, an annular lamp cavity, an external threaded connector, an internal threaded cavity provided within a lower end of the faucet base main body, and a cord groove. The annular light-emitting lamp body includes a circuit board, a light emitter, and a power cord. The lampshade includes an annular top plate, an inner annular wall plate, an outer annular wall plate, an annular light emitter cavity, and an encapsulation cavity. The annular light-emitting lamp body is embedded into the annular light emitter cavity, and the encapsulation cavity is filled with an encapsulation adhesive to fix the annular light-emitting lamp body; and the power cord extends into an axial hole of the annular base body through the cord groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: CRANACH BATH AND KITCHEN LLC
    Inventor: Qinglan Hu
  • Patent number: 12663125
    Abstract: A portable lighting device capable of being used in multiple use configurations, defined by distinct positions and distinct states, to provide the user of the lighting device with greater operating flexibility, including the ability to be worn on an article of clothing. The portable lighting device includes a housing having an integral securement recess, an adjustable, deployable lighting element including a flexible LED array affixed to a flexible backing support member, and a coupling support extending from a central portion and that is pivotably coupled to the front portion of the housing. An electronics package includes a power source contained within the housing and operably coupled to said lighting element. An attachment means extends from the housing and is adapted to removably connect with an article of closing worn by a user of the device. Depending upon the particular need for illumination, the lighting element can be adjusted and deployed into a variety of states and positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Promier Products Inc.
    Inventor: Cody Duane Grandadam
  • Patent number: 12663136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a component for a motor vehicle lighting device, comprising a joining portion with an adhesive channel for forming an adhesive connection with a joining crosspiece of a second component. According to the invention, the joining portion has a solvent channel connected to the adhesive channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Mathias Drüppel, Odo Karger, Mathias Niedling, Heinz Pollmann, Simone Rohrberg, Christian Spork
  • Patent number: 12663143
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a serial-type light string and an installation method. The serial-type light string includes: a wire group including a positive wire, a negative wire and a connecting wire provided with a plurality of disconnecting holes; and a plurality of light-emitting assemblies arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the disconnecting holes. Each of the light-emitting assemblies includes a lamp holder and a lamp base, the lamp holder is provided with a first conductive member and a second conductive member arranged spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the lamp holder, one end of each of the first conductive member and the second conductive member is disposed within the lamp holder to be in conduction with the lamp base, and ends of the first conductive member and the second conductive member away from the lamp base are configured to be in conduction with the connecting wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Hunan Zhida Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li Chen
  • Patent number: 12655969
    Abstract: A lighting system for a watercraft includes a level sensor generating a level signal corresponding to a level of the watercraft. The system also includes a light source. The system also includes a plurality of elements optically coupled to the light source. The system also includes a controller coupled to the level sensor and the light source, said controller controlling the light source to illuminate selected elements less than all the elements to form a beam pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: POLARIS INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Benoit J. Renaud, Jacob Dewire, Kevin G. Mierzwa
  • Patent number: 12649411
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp mounted on a vehicle is capable of forming at least a first light distribution pattern projected onto an area below a cutoff line and a second light distribution pattern projected along the cutoff line to overlap with the cutoff line. At least a partial projection area of the second light distribution pattern is adjusted in luminous intensity according to a position of a target object outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kito, Hiroki Kawai, Akinori Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 12650209
    Abstract: An apparatus may have a light fixture including a housing and a light element located within the housing. The apparatus may also include a face plate coupled to the light fixture. The apparatus may further include a detector. The detector may be coupled to the housing at a location behind a back surface of the face plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Arthur B. Eck, Bomy Chen, Patrick McFarland, Steve Nagel
  • Patent number: 12644572
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes an optical unit including a spatial light modulator that provides a normal light distribution pattern and a road surface drawing, and an actuator that drives the optical unit so as to switch an illumination direction of the optical unit between a first direction for the normal light distribution pattern and a second direction for the road surface drawing, the second direction pointing more downward than the first direction. The spatial light modulator is configured to turn on at least part of an off area of the spatial light modulator for the normal light distribution pattern along with an on area of the spatial light modulator for the normal light distribution pattern, during a restoration operation of the actuator that drives the optical unit so as to restore the illumination direction of the optical unit upward from the second direction to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mariko Miwa, Saki Nakamura, Qiwei Ye
  • Patent number: 12637000
    Abstract: A rearview mirror with a light is provided, which includes a lens, a housing, and a fixing mechanism. The lens is assembled on a front of the housing, the fixing mechanism is provide on the housing, and the lens is assembled with an original vehicle rearview mirror; a light groove is provided in the housing, and a light source is provided in the light groove; the light source is connected to a circuit board, and the circuit board is connected to a battery. The battery and circuit board are provided together in the housing, and the light source, circuit board, and battery are covered in the housing by the lens. After installing the entire rearview mirror on the original rearview mirror, only turning on the light source can illuminate the back of the lens, enabling a user to look in the mirror, apply makeup, etc. in dim conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Inventor: Yongbao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12636998
    Abstract: A lighting system for a vehicle includes an illumination source disposed within the vehicle, configured to emit a light output through a panel of the vehicle. The panel includes a first substrate layer and a mask layer defining light-absorbing properties. The mask layer defines an aperture in registration with the illumination source to allow a first portion of the light output to pass through the first substrate layer. The mask layer is configured to absorb a second portion of the light output that is at least one of reflected or refracted by the first substrate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: EMERGENCY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Noah Bollo, Bradley Miller, Douglas V. Baker, David Salyer
  • Patent number: 12630150
    Abstract: A remote-controlled vehicle parking system provides illumination in the area of a user during a parking maneuver. After initiation of a remote-controlled parking maneuver by the user, an illumination device is activated for bringing about at least one of the following illumination processes during a remote-controlled parking maneuver at night or in low-light situations: (i) the illumination of the ground surface around the user; (ii) the illumination of the user themselves; and (iii) the projection of a warning symbol onto the ground surface to draw attention to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Roeber, Florian Vieten, John R. Van Wiemeersch
  • Patent number: 12617228
    Abstract: A mesmerizing way to create the illusion of enhanced perceived vertical space in a room. A wall-mounted light-emitting panel (1) is placed contiguously flush to a ceiling-mounted reflective panel (2) with a smooth surface, FIG. 1, whereby the light-emitting panel is reflected by the reflective panel, thereby producing the image of a larger object that appears to extend upwards past the ceiling. The image has a magnifying, mesmerizing and comforting effect besides affording savings in construction costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Inventor: Alfonso Ragus Llacuna