Patents Examined by Sean P. Gramling
  • Patent number: 11441746
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a panel light mounting structure, a panel light and mounting method thereof. The panel light mounting structure comprises a fixing slot disposed on the back of the light body and a mounting bracket to snap-connect with the matching fixing slot. The present invention adopts a sliding and snap-in method to match and connect the panel light body with the mounting bracket. The installation is easy and fast, and the ceiling-mount effect is excellent. In addition, the present invention may also achieve the blinds operation during the panel light installation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ningbo Jinghui Opto-Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guohui Bai
  • Patent number: 11435058
    Abstract: A lamp capable of radiating radial pattern is disclosed, comprising a base, a transparent lampshade provided with multiple outer convex lens portions on its circumferential side and an inner recesses provided between every two adjacent outer convex lens portions, and a luminous lamp assembly located between the base and the transparent lampshade and provided with multiple luminous lamp beads. Each lamp bead is arranged corresponding to each inner recess, so that light emitted by each lamp bead respectively enters the outer convex lens portion located on both sides of each corresponding inner recess and then is refracted and converged thereby to form a radiation beam located outside the transparent lampshade and gradually shrinking from the inside to the outside, thus to radiate a brightening pattern in a circumferentially radial shape, which can greatly improve the aesthetic property and also bring people a more impressive visual impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN YUSEN LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianquan Lu
  • Patent number: 11435516
    Abstract: A daylight responsive lighting fixture employing two or more groups of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to emit light in different color temperatures, an optically transmissive light distribution sheet, and an LED driver electrically connected to the LEDs and having two or more LED intensity control channels and one or more pulse width modulation (PWM) circuits. The LED driver is configured to independently control the light output from the LED groups so as to vary the color temperature of the lighting fixture and to provide dimming of the LEDs in response to a change of the intensity of natural daylight incident onto an area of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Sergiy Vasylyev
  • Patent number: 11435051
    Abstract: Provided is an optical unit capable of preventing unintended light distribution and having a small assembly error while using a plurality of light sources and a plurality of lenses. An optical unit (10) includes: a plurality of light sources (26); a plurality of first lenses (30) integrally formed, respectively arranged to correspond to each of the light sources (26), condensing light from the corresponding light sources (26), and forming corresponding light source images on a predetermined virtual plane; a second lens (12) projecting projected images of the light source images forward; and a light-shielding member (31) extending between two adjacent first lenses (30) in the first lenses (30), and shielding light passing through one first lens (30) so as not to enter the other first lens (30), in which the light-shielding member (31) and the first lenses (30) are integrally formed by two-color molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenta Mukojima
  • Patent number: 11428397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighting device comprising a main body (10), a lighting body (20) and an anodized metal filter (30), in which said metal comprises a superficial porous layer of an oxide of said metal comprising at least one antimicrobial substance. In one embodiment, the filter comprises a plurality of threadlike elements of said anodized metal, at least partially in non-permanent contact with each other, randomly deformed to form a plurality of non-linear pathways. The air to be treated passes through said filter owing to the effect of a difference in temperature and/or the action of a mechanical device. In other embodiments, the filter comprises a metal sheet with holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CAIMI BREVETTI S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Zambelli
  • Patent number: 11421829
    Abstract: A light emitting device including a board, light emitting elements, a wavelength conversion member, and first and second metal plates. The board has a first surface and an opposite second surface, and is longer in a first direction than in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The light emitting elements are mounted on the first surface and are arrayed in a row along the first direction. The wavelength conversion member includes a first portion covering the light emitting elements and a second portion covering the second surface. The light emitting elements includes a first light emitting element located closest to the first metal plate, and a second light emitting element located closest to the second metal plate. The light emitting elements on the first surface are located between a first end surface of the first metal plate and a first end surface of the second metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tanda, Toshio Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11421854
    Abstract: There are provided a light emitting unit using a wavelength conversion member which may be put to practical use, and a display and a lighting apparatus which include the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit includes: a light source; an optical part including a light incident surface, the light incident surface facing the light source; a wavelength conversion member provided between the light source and the light incident surface; and a holding member holding the wavelength conversion member at a position between the light source and the light incident surface of the optical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Tomoharu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11408569
    Abstract: Lighting retrofit systems and methods are disclosed that can be used with different light fixtures, but that are particularly adapted for use with retrofitting troffer-style fixtures with LED based light engines. The retrofit systems being assembled without disturbing the lighting or troffer pan or housing (“troffer pan”) for the lighting system being retrofitted. Some of these embodiments can comprise a mounting fixture or frame that can be mounted in an opening in a ceiling grid, and held in place between the grid and the troffer pan edge. The fixture or frame can comprise an opening for a light engine, with the engine being quickly and easily connected to electrical power in the troffer pan and then mountable within the frame opening. These embodiments can allow for the quick and easy construction of the retrofit system without the need for adhesives and fasteners such brackets and screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC
    Inventors: S. Scott Pratt, Patrick O'Flaherty, James Michael Lay, Nathan Snell
  • Patent number: 11396990
    Abstract: A phosphor module for a laser light source includes a radiating body, a phosphor layer disposed at the radiating body, the phosphor layer being configured to absorb light having a first wavelength and emit light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, a reflective layer that surrounds a side surface of the phosphor layer and is configured to reflect light, and a black matrix layer disposed at the reflective layer and configured to absorb light. The black matrix layer is disposed at an edge of the phosphor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jongmoo Lee, Eunyoung Kim, Mongkwon Jung, Byungwoo Jeoung
  • Patent number: 11396996
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a wavelength conversion member disposed to face the plurality of light sources; and a diffusion member disposed between the wavelength conversion member and the plurality of light sources, and configured to uniformize distribution of traveling direction angle of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Koichi Yamamoto, Kenji Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 11396992
    Abstract: A vehicular lighting device includes a scanning light source that includes a semiconductor light source and a motor, and scans a region in front of the lighting device, with light emitted from the semiconductor light source, in accordance with motion of the motor, and a lighting circuit that changes the light quantity of the semiconductor light source in synchronization with the motion of the motor, during a normal lighting period, so as to obtain a predetermined light distribution pattern. The lighting circuit starts the motion of the motor, in response to a lighting command for headlight flashing during a stop period of the motor, and continuously lights the semiconductor light source asynchronously with the motion of the motor, during a start-up period that precedes the normal lighting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentarou Murakami, Atsushi Uesugi
  • Patent number: 11391434
    Abstract: An lighting device 100 includes a light source, a reflector, an actuator, and a controller. The reflector has a first reflection surface that is concave recessed toward a direction away from the light source and is configured to receive light emitted from the light source. The actuator is configured to rotate the reflector with an axis passing through the light source being a rotation axis. The controller is configured to keep the light source on over a time shorter than a rotation period of the reflector according to a rotation angle of the reflector while controlling the actuator to rotate the reflector. A casting direction of light emitted from the first reflection surface is inclined with respect to an extension direction of the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventor: Wataru Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11391426
    Abstract: A light source device includes: light sources configured to emit kinds of light having wavelength band different from one another; dichroic mirrors that are respectively arranged on a first optical path, the dichroic mirrors having light transmission characteristics different from one another, each dichroic mirror being configured to reflect or pass light emitted from any one of the light sources; light sensors that are respectively positioned on second optical paths, each second optical path being a different optical path from the first optical path and being an optical path propagating light reflected on or passed through the dichroic mirror, each light sensor being configured to detect a light amount of light that propagates through the second optical path; and a controller configured to control a light amount ratio of the kinds of light based on the light amount respectively detected by the light sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Motoki Tabata, Shuhei Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 11378995
    Abstract: An ambient light device for a dial type shifting apparatus is provided. The ambient light device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to a main housing, a light source fixed to the PCB, a light guide coupled to the main housing and configured to deliver light of the light source, and a light emitting mechanism provided in a shift dial coupled rotatably with respect to the main housing and configured to reflect the light of the light source delivered through the light guide to emit it outside of the shift dial in an ambient light form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sung Hoon Lee, Min Gwon Lee, Joo Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11378255
    Abstract: Starting sheet material (1) adapted for forming a reflector (2) for a lighting device (40), the starting sheet material (1) comprising a flat reflective sheet material (14) shaped as a sector of an annulus bendable into a parabolic reflector or a truncated cone reflector, the flat reflective sheet material (1) comprising a first surface (3), a second surface (4), a first edge (5) shaped as a segment of a circle with a first radius and a second edge (6) shaped as a segment of a circle with a second radius, the second radius being smaller than the first radius, a third edge (7) and a fourth edge (8), the third edge (7) and the fourth edge (8) extending between said first edge (5) and said second edge (6), wherein optical structures (9) are provided on at least a part of one of the first surface (3) and the second surface (4), said optical structures (9) enabling collimation and beam shaping of incident light, said optical structures (9) being applied to the flat reflective sheet material (14) along a direction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel, Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems
  • Patent number: 11365869
    Abstract: The invention refers to a lighting device (18) comprising a light-emitting module (2) and an optical system. The optical system comprises a first reference face (16), wherein the first reference face (16) is configured to accommodate the light-emitting module (2); and at least one spring element (20) is provided for fixing the light-emitting module (2) to the optical system in a clamping position, wherein the at least one spring element (20) comprises a first spring section (26) configured to exert a spring force in a first spatial direction (f1) towards the first reference face (16) in the clamping position, wherein the at least one spring element further comprises a second spring section (28) configured to exert a spring force towards a second spatial direction (f2) in the clamping position, and wherein the second spatial direction (f2) is different from the first spatial direction (f1). The invention further relates to a method for fixing a light-emitting module (2) to an optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Holtrup, Marcus Jozef Henricus Kessels
  • Patent number: 11365876
    Abstract: A luminaire head comprising: a thermally conductive metal body comprising a plate like portion, a tube portion and at least one cooling fin; said plate like portion extending in a longitudinal direction (L) of the metal body and having a flat first surface and a second surface opposite said first surface, said tube portion extending in said longitudinal direction at said second surface; said at least one cooling fin extending away from said second surface adjacent to the tube portion; and at least one support substrate with a plurality of light emitting elements, said at least one support substrate being arranged against the first surface, at least in an area opposite the tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Schreder S.A.
    Inventor: Luc Damhaut
  • Patent number: 11359771
    Abstract: A lighting assembly including a shell, wherein the shell includes an inner wall defining an inner lumen, an outer wall encircling the inner wall, a set of radial fins connecting the inner and outer walls, the set of fins cooperatively defining a set of cooling channels between adjacent fins, the inner wall, and the outer wall; an insert removably mounted within the inner lumen, the insert defining a power storage lumen; a power storage unit arranged within the power storage lumen; a circuit board coupled to the power storage unit, the circuit board comprising a processor and communication module; a lighting module electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the lighting module includes a substrate and a set of light emitting elements mounted to a first broad face of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Phillip Anthony Bosua, Marc Alexander
  • Patent number: 11353193
    Abstract: A lighting module disclosed in an embodiment of the invention may comprise: a substrate; a reflective portion disposed on the substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate; a resin layer disposed on the reflective portion and the light emitting devices; and a diffusion layer disposed on the resin layer. The resin layer includes a light-blocking portion that is a recessed area formed to be concave on the upper surface of the resin layer, and the light emitting devices emit light in a first direction, wherein the light-blocking portion may comprise: a first region overlapping the light emitting devices; a second region extending in the first direction from the first region; a third region extending from the second region in the direction of a first side of the substrate; and a fourth region extending from the second region in the direction of a second side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Lee, Jung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11347053
    Abstract: A backlit transparent display and a transparent display system provide a displayed image while enabling a background scene to be visible through the display. The backlit transparent display includes a light guide, a plurality of scattering elements, and an array of light valves configured to modulate emitted light scattered from the light guide to provide modulated emitted light representing a displayed image. Transparency of the backlit transparent display is configured to enable the background scene to be visible through the backlit transparent display. The transparent display system includes the array of light valves and a transparent backlight. The transparent display system is configured to provide the displayed image as superimposed on the background scene visible through the transparent display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LEIA INC.
    Inventor: David A. Fattal