Patents Examined by Sharon Payne
  • Patent number: 8783923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auto lamp structure, which comprises a reflector, a light source, and a covering part. The reflector exhibits a first ellipse in the direction of a first axis about a center, and exhibits a second ellipse in the direction of a second axis about the center. The long axis or the short axis of the first ellipse is different from the long axis or the short axis of the second ellipse. In addition. the reflector has an opening. The light source is disposed in the reflector, and illuminates light via the opening. The covering part is disposed above the reflector for controlling the distribution pattern of the light. Thereby, the present invention uses a reflector of a complex ellipse structure to control the distribution pattern of the light of the light source for complying with the regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventors: Ming Chang, Wen-Bin Chen, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8783886
    Abstract: An illumination system for use in a projection device is provided. The illumination system comprises a first light source, a second light source, an optical device, a wavelength transformer and a first dichroic mirror. The first light source and the second light source emit a first light beam and a second light beam respectively. The optical device defines a main optical axis and focuses the first light beam and the second light beam on a first focal point and a second focal point respectively, wherein the first focal point and the second focal point are disposed on two opposite sides of the main optical axis respectively. The wavelength transformer is disposed on the second focal point and transforms the second light beam into a third light beam. The first dichroic mirror is disposed between the light sources and the optical device. The first light beam and the second light beam are allowed to pass through the first dichroic mirror, and the third light beam is reflected by the first dichroic mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: June-Jei Huang
  • Patent number: 8764225
    Abstract: An embodiment discloses a light-emitting apparatus including a light source for emitting a first light; a wavelength-converting layer, having a first arcuate shape, spaced apart from the light source, the wavelength-converting layer configured to absorb at least a portion of the first light and emit a second light; a transparent member disposed between the light source and the wavelength-converting layer; and a monolithic reflective layer having a second arcuate shape and configured to be reflective of at least the second light; wherein the wavelength-converting layer is positioned between the monolithic reflective layer and the light source, and the monolithic reflective layer is separated from the wavelength-converting layer by a space; and wherein the second light is configured to pass through the space before being reflected by the monolithic reflective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Nadarajah Narendran, Yimin Gu
  • Patent number: 8752970
    Abstract: A solar simulator for testing photovoltaic cells is disclosed herein. The solar simulator includes a housing having an opening through which light is emitted. The solar simulator employs a plurality of concave cylindrical mirrors and a plurality of flat mirrors that reflect and redirect images of an illuminated light source such that an observer at a target area outside the housing will perceive multiple instances of the illuminated light source. The housing also contains a flat top cover mirror and a flat bottom cover mirror that function to reflect additional light through the opening and toward the target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Douglas Jungwirth
  • Patent number: 8746935
    Abstract: An adapter lens includes an inner converging lens part; a convex light output region; a front conical light output region; an outer reflector part; a rearwardly open blind hole defining surface including a flat base surface and a frustoconical side surface that together define a light incidence region and a frustoconical hole having an inner end diameter, an outer end diameter, and allowing for longitudinal movement therein of a LED light source along an optical axis of the adapter lens within the frustoconical hole for changing a light cone emitted from the adapter lens. The adapter lens has a height H and a maximum diameter MD, and the ratio of the height H to the maximum diameter MD is greater than 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: XGlow P/T, LLC
    Inventors: Richard S. Popper, Jensen Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 8740437
    Abstract: A lighting module includes a case having a main base, a first and a second extension parts extending from both sides of the main base in perpendicular direction to the surface of the main base, and a first and a second auxiliary bases extending from the first and the second extension parts respectively toward the center of the main base, a substrate seated in a cavity formed by structurally connecting the main base, the first and the second extension parts and the first and the second auxiliary bases, a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on one side of the substrate in the longitudinal direction of the substrate, and a driving driver disposed on the other side of the substrate. At least one of the first and the second extension parts has an opening such that the driving driver is inserted into the first and the second extension parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Gyoul Kim, Hwa Young Kim, Il Yeong Kang, Hyun Ha Shin, Sang Hoon Lee, Jin Wook Kim, Ji Hoo Kim, Jae Myeong Noh
  • Patent number: 8740432
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmission of laser pulses with high output beam quality using large core step-index silica optical fibers having thick cladding, are described. The thick cladding suppresses diffusion of modal power to higher order modes at the core-cladding interface, thereby enabling higher beam quality, M2, than are observed for large core, thin cladding optical fibers. For a given NA and core size, the thicker the cladding, the better the output beam quality. Mode coupling coefficients, D, has been found to scale approximately as the inverse square of the cladding dimension and the inverse square root of the wavelength. Output from a 2 m long silica optical fiber having a 100 ?m core and a 660 ?m cladding was found to be close to single mode, with an M2=1.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Azer P. Yalin, Sachin Joshi
  • Patent number: 8727564
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination apparatus is provided with a substrate, a radiator, a lens, a lens holder and a metal component. A wiring layer is formed on the front face of the substrate and semiconductor light emitting elements are mounted on the wiring layer. The rear face of the substrate is attached to the radiator. The lens controls light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting elements. The lens holder is made insulative. The lens holder is provided with a holder portion for holding the lens and an attachment base to be attached to the radiator by way of the substrate. The metal component is attached to the radiator from the front face of the attachment base of the lens holder by way of the attachment base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Hiroaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8721122
    Abstract: A decorative system comprises a body, a biasing member, a head, and a light string system. The decorative system can further comprise a base. The biasing member is carried by the body such that a first end of the biasing member is in communication with the body and the second end is in communication with the head. The head is adapted to wobble or bobble relative to the body upon contact with the body or head. The decorative system can comprise an inner body and an outer body wherein the outer body is adapted to wobble or bobble relative to the inner body. The light string system can be carried by the body, the biasing member, and/or the head. The light string system comprises a plug for insertion into an outlet, wiring, a plurality of bulb assemblies, wherein each bulb assembly comprises a light source and a socket assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI)
    Inventor: Ricky Tong
  • Patent number: 8714781
    Abstract: A flexible translucent sheet is folded to have portions of its bounding edge closely situated in overlapping relationship, and these overlapping portions are illuminated by a light source. The illumination is transmitted through the interior of the sheet to any adjacent unfolded area of the sheet, which may bear emission areas which are treated so that the light emits from the sheet at these areas. Preferred versions of the invention have a series of legs cut into one edge of the sheet, and the legs are then bundled in stacked relationship, with a light source providing light input into the bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: FLEx Lighting II, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony J. Nichol
  • Patent number: 8690377
    Abstract: A portable light or other device having a safety lock may comprise: a light body for receiving a source of electrical power; a light head including a light source for producing light and engaging the light body; and a lock mechanism engaging the light body or the light head and including a threaded member and a lock member. Rotating the threaded member moves the lock member radially relative to the light body and light head for engaging the lock for preventing removal of the light head from the light body unless the lock mechanism is released by a tool. A lock support may be disposed for supporting the lock member when the lock mechanism is engaged. The lock mechanism may be retained on the light body or the light head when the lock mechanism is engaged and when the lock mechanism is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy S. Weber
  • Patent number: 8684550
    Abstract: A light source includes a heat-dissipating plate, a heat-dissipating pin protruding from the heat-dissipating plate, a light emitting chip for emitting light, and a housing surrounding the light emitting chip, the housing having a receiving space spanning from a top surface to a bottom surface of the housing, wherein the heat-dissipating plate is disposed on the bottom surface of the housing, wherein the light emitting chip is disposed on the heat-dissipating plate exposed by the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Woan Cho, Seong-Sik Choi, Se-Ki Park
  • Patent number: 8672507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an illumination assembly comprising a specific combination of one or more white LEDs and one or more red-orange LEDs with improved spectral characteristics (e.g., specific color performance characteristics, such as a desirable color rendering index and color temperature).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Brandon Medical Company Limited
    Inventors: Graeme Hall, Euan Morrison
  • Patent number: 8651717
    Abstract: A lamp includes a projection lens, a light-emitting element disposed rearwardly of a rear-side focal point of the projection lens to be directed upward, a reflector disposed to cover the light-emitting element from an upper side to reflect light from the light-emitting element toward the projection lens, and a shade disposed with an upper end edge thereof passing closely below the rear-side focal point to block part of reflected light from the reflector. Generally the entirety of a portion of the projection lens positioned above the optical axis is cut away. A reflective surface that reflects downward the reflected light from the main reflector is formed on a rear surface of the shade. A sub reflector that reflects forward the reflected light from the reflector reflected by the reflective surface of the shade so as not to be incident on the projection lens is disposed below the shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahito Naganawa
  • Patent number: 8646934
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide a lighting system and apparatus that may be utilized with aquariums. The features and functionality of the lighting system and apparatus provide easy access to the opening of an aquarium for various purposes, such as cleaning and maintenance. In addition, the features and functionality of some embodiments provide a lighting system that does not require ballasts, light sockets, or a multitude of wiring, and includes a modular design. Further, for some embodiments, features of the present invention allow the lighting apparatus to illuminate the aquarium, while simultaneously limiting the evaporation of water from the aquarium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Cogent Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis Fredricks
  • Patent number: 8636385
    Abstract: A relocatable add-on control sensor module is described which electrically connects and controls at least one recessed light fixture. The add-on control sensor module includes a sensor ethernet socket that may be electrically connected by an ethernet cable to a light fixture ethernet socket of the at least one recessed light fixture so that the add-on control sensor module may control the at least one recessed light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: William Fabbri, Roy B. Crane
  • Patent number: 8632208
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a methodology of creating lighting of white color with the intended correlated color temperature (CCT) by having a processing means to instruct several lighting means groups, wherein each group has different CCT ranges, that are arranged together, to provide lighting of a fixed CCT, wherein the lighting means groups comprises lighting means with dominant wavelength (DWL) range of 585 nm and 595 nm representing amber, CCT range of 2500K and 3700K representing warm white and CCT range of 3700K and 5000K representing white and CCT range of 5000K and 7000K representing cool white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Itramas International, Inc.
    Inventor: Weng Onn Choong
  • Patent number: 8632227
    Abstract: One heat removal assembly includes a plurality of fins configured to receive heat from a light emitting diode. In the plurality of fins, two adjacent fins are separated by a gap width, and each fin has a fin length. The heat removal assembly also includes a duct configured to draw a stack-effect airflow through the plurality of fins to remove heat from the plurality of fins. The gap width separating two adjacent fins and the fin length of each of the fins are configured to prevent boundary layer choking the plurality of fins. The heat removal assembly also includes a conductor and a thermal storage system configured to receive heat from the light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Lumenetix, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Weaver
  • Patent number: 8632224
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first light emission element which emits a first light; a second light emission element which emits a second light; a first reflection surface which reflects the first light; and a second reflection surface which reflects the second light, wherein the first light emission element and the second light emission element are laminated in a first direction and disposed in such positions that the emission direction of the first light and the emission direction of the second light become parallel with each other and that the first light emission element and the second light emission element do not overlap with each other as viewed in the first direction, and the traveling direction of the first light reflected by the first reflection surface and the traveling direction of the second light reflected by the second reflection surface become parallel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Kaseya
  • Patent number: 8628219
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compact omnidirectional light emitting diode (LED) light. In one embodiment, the compact omnidirectional light includes a metal base including a stalk, a power supply coupled to the metal base, a reflector including one or more reflector cups coupled to the metal base and enclosing the power supply, an LED circuit board including one or more LEDs coupled to the reflector and a lens coupled to the metal base and enclosing the LED circuit board and the reflector, wherein the lens surface is smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Dialight Corporation
    Inventors: John Patrick Peck, Anthony Verdes, Kevin A. Hebborn