Patents Examined by Sean P. Gramling
  • Patent number: 10487987
    Abstract: An LED filament configured to emit omnidirectional light includes a linear array of LED chips operably interconnected to emit light upon energization and a conductive electrode. The linear array of LED chips is electrically connected with the conductive electrode. A light conversion coating encloses the linear array of the LED chip and the conductive electrode. The light conversion layer includes a top layer and a base layer conformally interconnected to form a unitary enclosure. The top layer is coated on a first side of the linear array of LED chips and the conductive electrode. The base layer is coated on a second side of the linear array of LED chips and the conductive electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Liqin Li
  • Patent number: 10492271
    Abstract: Control devices for controlling, switching or otherwise manipulating power and/or other operations of luminaires and/or other devices connected thereto via power, data or other connectors or interfaces are contemplated. The control devices may be included as part of a cap to facilitate a fast connection or a fast installation in a manner sufficient to be characterized as a FastCap™.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventor: Ronald P. Harwood
  • Patent number: 10480745
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light pipe arrangement for complex automotive lighting features. The light pipe arrangement includes proximately aligned light pipes comprising at least one grouping of reflecting facets for creating a striped aesthetic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Ziyi Li
  • Patent number: 10479266
    Abstract: A multifunctional lamp unit includes a side turn indicator including a housing for at least one light conductor with at least one illuminant, and a projection unit. A rearview device including the multifunctional lamp unit, a method of operating the rearview device, and a vehicle including the rearview device are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SMR Patents S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Eugen Meier, Oliver Schmidt, Volker Erhart, Raimund Negel, Arne Schmierer, Daniel Fritz, Andreas Herrmann
  • Patent number: 10485068
    Abstract: A presence or an absence of an occupant is detected, and an occupancy sensor signal is generated representative of an active state in which the presence of the occupant is detected, and an inactive state in which the absence of the occupant is detected. An ambient light sensor detects the ambient light level and generates an ambient light sensor signal representative of the ambient light level. Dimmable illumination is generated at a first dimming level, based on the ambient light level, corresponding to the active state and a second dimming level corresponding to the inactive state. A transition delay time between an onset of the inactive state and a transition between the first dimming level and the second dimming level may be controlled. The first dimming level, the second dimming level, and/or the transition delay time may be variably set or controlled locally or via a remote device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Digital Lumens, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Chemel, Frederick M. Morgan, Christopher L. Elledge, John Egan
  • Patent number: 10473312
    Abstract: The present application relates to a handle device for a surgical light. The handle device may include a grip element which is prepared for being arranged on a lamp holding body of the surgical light and which forms a grip surface at an outer area. A sensor module is detachably connected to the grip element, with the sensor module including at least one distance sensor which is designed for detecting a position of an object. The present application further includes a surgical light including such a handle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joachim Strölin
  • Patent number: 10473318
    Abstract: An LED fixture (200) that facilitates effective heat dissipation of an array of LEDs, having improved thermal performance; and is easy to mount or dismount. The LED fixture (200) includes a heat sink (202) having a hollow configuration, and a plurality of fins (204) extending circumferentially and outwardly from the heat sink (202). The LED fixture (200) further comprises a base (206) configured at an operative bottom portion of the heat sink (202), and a driver housing (208) connected to an operative top surface of the heat sink (202). The base (206) is configured to support an array of LEDs. The driver housing (208) is configured to accommodate a plurality of LED drivers. The driver housing (208) and the base (206) are arranged in a spaced apart configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Appleton Grp LLC
    Inventors: Harsha N. Devappa, Anoop R. Zutti, Dawn M. Grandsart, Chethan S B, Timothy E. Graff
  • Patent number: 10473271
    Abstract: An LED filament module and an LED light bulb are disclosed. The LED filament module includes one or more LED filaments, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The LED filaments are spaced from each other. Each of the LED filaments includes a first conductive electrode and a second conductive electrode opposite to the first conductive electrode. The first connecting portion is connected with the first conductive electrodes. The second connecting portion is connected with the second conductive electrodes. The LED filament module has a first type. The LED filaments, the first connecting portion, and the second connecting portion of the first type are in a three dimensional form. One or two between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion of the first type has a torus shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Liqin Li, Heping Fei, Wentao Yao, Lvhui Zhou, Cheng Wang, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 10473272
    Abstract: A lighting device comprises a holder for LED filaments. The holder has a first electrically conductive holding structure and a second electrically conductive holding structure. Each holding structure comprises an essentially longitudinal connection section and an attachment section essentially perpendicular to the connection section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Lene Haberkorn, HuaLi Yu, Klaus Eckert, Baijin Xu, Lambert Frye, Jitao Liu, Qian Xie, Liqin Li
  • Patent number: 10462978
    Abstract: A flip-chip fluorescent lens includes a light-permeable member and a fluorescent member. The light-permeable member includes a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. A light condensing portion protrudes from the first face. The second face is recessed toward the light condensing portion to form a chamber in which the fluorescent member is filled. The fluorescent member is exposed and is made of a mixture of a transparent colloid and fluorescent powder. A lighting module includes the flip-chip fluorescent lens and a light-emitting member covered by the fluorescent member and detachably engaged with the flip-chip fluorescent lens. The lighting module can be placed into a container to form an organism cultivation apparatus for growing plants. A lighting module modification method is provided to change the color of the light emitted by a lighting module to be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Hsiao-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 10465873
    Abstract: A light emitting device of the present invention includes a light-emitting section for generating fluorescence by receiving a laser beam, and a light irradiation unit for irradiating a light irradiated surface of the light emitting section with a laser beam that increases regularly in beam diameter in a direction in which the laser beam travels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Takahashi, Yoshiyuki Takahira
  • Patent number: 10458602
    Abstract: An LED light bulb includes a base board having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. A globe houses the base board. A plurality of light-emitting diodes is arranged on the first surface of the base board. A seal covers the plurality of light-emitting diodes and includes a wavelength conversion material. A first power supply lead and a second power supply lead support the base board. A base is disposed outside of the globe for receiving power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Takeuchi, Tsugihiro Matsuda, Hideo Nagai, Masahiro Miki, Yoshitaka Kurimoto
  • Patent number: 10459260
    Abstract: A backlight module, a display device and a driving method are disclosed. The backlight module includes a first light guide plate and a second light guide plate arranged oppositely, a first light source and a second light source. A surface of the first light guide plate facing the second light guide plate is a light exit surface of the first light guide plate. The first light source is arranged at a light entrance surface of the first light guide plate. The second light source is arranged at a light entrance surface of the second light guide plate. The first light guide plate includes a light guide element guiding light along a direction perpendicular to the light exit surface of the first light guide plate. The second light guide plate includes a scattering element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanbing Wu
  • Patent number: 10458603
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an assembly (10) is disclosed. The assembly (10) comprises a substrate (1) having a first surface (3) and a second surface (4). The substrate (1) is at least partially plastically deformable. The assembly (10) comprises a supporting surface (5) arranged to support at least a portion of the second surface (4). The substrate (1) is plastically deformed, thereby producing an elastic preload in at least a portion of the substrate (1). The substrate (1) is fixedly arranged in the assembly (10) such that the second surface (4) is placed against the supporting surface (5), wherein the elastic preload in the at least a portion of the substrate (1) produces a force between the at least a portion of the second surface (4) and the supporting surface (5), whereby the at least a portion of the second surface (4) becomes in abutment with the supporting surface (5) over the at least a portion of the second surface (4). A light source comprising the assembly (10) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Maria Rijken, Erik Paul Boonekamp, Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden, Henricus Johannes Joseph Bouwens, Giovanni Cennini
  • Patent number: 10458619
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle including a housing covered by a lens in a light main radiation direction, and at least one supporting plate for multiple illuminants. Partially different light functions are assigned to the illuminants. A recess, which is formed by the housing and which forms at least part of the function of a reflector, is assigned to one of the light functions. The recess has a volume which is multiple times smaller compared to the housing volume, and only such a part of the supporting plate, including at least one illuminant, projects into the recess which is multiple times smaller than a remaining part of the supporting plate, which supports the illuminants for the other light functions. Thus, it is possible to implement the additional light function of a side marker light using the compact lighting device, which has few components and is thus cost-effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Torsten Huebner, Gunnar Koether
  • Patent number: 10451742
    Abstract: There is provided a lighting device arranged to produce a controllable light beam for illuminating a scene. The device comprises an addressable spatial light modulator arranged to provide a selectable phase delay distribution to a beam of incident light. The device further comprises Fourier optics arranged to receive phase-modulated light from the spatial light modulator and form a light distribution. The device further comprises projection optics arranged to project the light distribution to form a pattern of illumination as said controllable light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Envisics Ltd.
    Inventors: Jamieson Christmas, Dackson Masiyano, Mikael Collin
  • Patent number: 10451259
    Abstract: A headlight featuring a laser light source and a converter for converting a short-wave laser beam generated by the laser light source into white light. The headlight also includes a light-forming element for creating a beam path using the white light of the laser light source, as well as an IR sensor for measuring the IR radiation generated by the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bernd Fischer, Susanne Köhler, Philip Stroop, Benjamin Willeke
  • Patent number: 10429010
    Abstract: A display device includes an organic fluorescent body unit and a display panel provided on the organic fluorescent body unit. The organic fluorescent body unit may include a light source unit including a light source substrate and a plurality of light sources on the light source substrate, a red organic fluorescent body layer covering the light sources and including a red organic fluorescent body, and a green organic fluorescent body layer provided on the red organic fluorescent body layer and including a green organic fluorescent body. The red organic fluorescent body layer may include a plurality of red organic fluorescent body patterns, each of which respectively covers one of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungkyun Kim, Hanmoe Cha, Donghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10422498
    Abstract: A lighting assembly that includes an LED source that generates a light cone (solid angle); and a transparent near field lens having a front surface, a collimating surface, and an aspherical groove. The collimating surface collimates the light cone into a beam that reflects off of the front surface toward the aspherical groove, and the aspherical groove directs the beam away from the lens as an exit cone from a virtual focal point, positive virtual focal ring or a negative virtual focal ring. The exit cone may be evenly distributed, substantially forward or substantially rearward from the virtual focal point or virtual focal ring. Parabolic or aparabolic reflectors can be employed with lighting assemblies having a virtual focal point or virtual focal ring, respectively, to reflect the exit cone in a vehicular exterior lighting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Durand
  • Patent number: 10422517
    Abstract: The present application relates to a handle device for a surgical light. The handle device may include a grip element which is prepared for being arranged on a lamp holding body of the surgical light and which forms a grip surface at an outer area. A sensor module is detachably connected to the grip element, with the sensor module including at least one distance sensor which is designed for detecting a position of an object. The present application further includes a surgical light including such a handle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Joachim Strölin