Patents Examined by Steven Y Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 11946631
    Abstract: The present disclosure providing an LED lamp with a heat sink and with a power supply received in a housing, includes the housing, a body, the power supply received in the housing, and a first connecting member arranged between the housing and the body. The body includes the heat sink, and a plurality of first LED plates installed on the heat sink and electrically connected to the power supply; the first connecting member including an upper portion clamped with the housing, and a lower portion fixed with the heat sink. The present disclosure provides the first connecting member to separate the power supply from the heat sink and increase a distance between the power supply and the heat sink to reduce heat transferred from the first LED plates to the power supply; the first connecting member is clamped with the housing, which is convenient for assembling the LED lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SNC OPTO ELECTRONIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jianyong Xu, Nianhua Pan, Jianjun Xu, Xingrao Wu, Hongxiang Fu
  • Patent number: 11927318
    Abstract: A headlamp optical element with a III-region light shape forming structure that comprises a light collecting portion, a first light emitting portion, a reflecting portion, and optionally a second light emitting portion. The light collecting portion converges incident light and emits light via the first light emitting portion. Some light may be directly emitted to the second light emitting portion. The rest of the light may be reflected by the reflecting portion and emitted to the second light emitting portion. The reflecting portion is connected to the lower portion of the first light emitting portion, with a lower beam cut-off line structure at the other end thereof. The light emitting surface of the first light emitting portion comprises multiple step surfaces with segment differences or is a single curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: He Zhu, Zhiping Qiu, Wenhui Sang
  • Patent number: 11920738
    Abstract: A LED bulb apparatus has a bulb shell, a head cap, a driver circuit and at least one light strip. The bulb shell has a light passing shell and a bottom portion. A head cap has a neck portion, a first electrode and a second electrode. The neck portion of the head cap is connected to the bottom portion of the bulb shell forming a container space. A fluorescent layer covers the multiple LED modules. The driving current is transmitted via at least one of the top end and the bottom end of the light strip to the LED modules. The substrate has a light transmittance less than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Liang Cao, Cheng Zong Wu, Hong Kui Jiang, Yanzeng Gao
  • Patent number: 11919437
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system enabling micro-adjustments in headlamps having upper and lower modules. A link exists between the upper and lower modules, the length of the link is made to be adjustable. The lower module is located on a pivot so that adjustments made to the length of the link result in a desired lighting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventor: Colin Strate
  • Patent number: 11904763
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lighting grill assembly for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same, the lighting grill assembly for a vehicle a grill cover, a black paint portion painted using a black paint on a rear surface of the grill cover, and the black paint portion forming a light transmitting portion through which light passes by removing a part of the painted black paint, an inner lens spaced apart from the rear surface of the grill cover in a rearward direction, and a metal layer is deposited on a surface of the inner lens, and a light source configured to radiate light from a rear of the inner lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moon Sub Hwang, Soon Mo Lee
  • Patent number: 11890983
    Abstract: An optical axis adjustment device for a headlamp unit to be mounted in a vehicle is configured to adjust an optical axis of the headlamp unit. The optical axis adjustment device includes an engine temperature acquirer, a displacement amount calculator, and an optical axis adjuster. The engine temperature acquirer is configured to acquire a temperature in an engine compartment of the vehicle. The displacement amount calculator is configured to calculate a displacement amount of the optical axis on a basis of the acquired temperature. The optical axis adjuster is configured to adjust the optical axis of the headlamp unit on a basis of the calculated displacement amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentarou Yamasaki, Noriaki Asano
  • Patent number: 11884202
    Abstract: A laser-based fiber-coupled white light system is provided. The system includes a laser device comprising a gallium and nitrogen containing emitting region having an output facet configured to output a laser emission with a first wavelength ranging from 385 nm to 495 nm. The system further includes a phosphor member to receive the laser emission in a range of angles of incidence to a spot on a primary surface with a size greater than 5 ?m. The phosphor member converts the laser emission with the first wavelength to a phosphor emission with a second wavelength in either reflective or transmissive mode and mixed at least partially with laser emission to produce a white light emission. Additionally, the system includes a fiber coupled to the phosphor member to capture the white light emission to deliver the white light emission to a remote lighthead or distribute the white light emission directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain
  • Patent number: 11873972
    Abstract: A solar coach light configured to be mounted to a wall comprises a bracket to be mounted to the wall and a light fixture. The bracket comprises a mounting plate and an arm extending therefrom. The light fixture comprises a plurality of top faces and a bottom face defining together an enclosure; a solar panel mounted to one of the top faces; a battery cell housed by the enclosure; a socket mounted to the bottom face to plug a light bulb therein; and a removable shade assembly mounted to the bottom face comprising a plurality of removable shades. The removable shade assembly defines a space surrounding the bottom face providing protection from the environment. The solar coach light comprises a hanging assembly connecting the light fixture to the arm distant from the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LES PRODUITS SUNFORCE INC.
    Inventor: Michael Dahan
  • Patent number: 11837852
    Abstract: A spark plug electrode includes an electrode tip that is attached to or formed on an electrode base so that the electrode tip is directly thermally coupled to a heat dissipating core through an opening in the electrode base. This direct thermal coupling may take place on a side surface of a ground electrode or a center electrode and removes thermal energy away from the electrode tip in order to reduce thermal and/or other stresses. The heat dissipating core may have one or more core extensions that diverge or branch off of a core main body and extend into the opening in the electrode base for better thermal coupling to the electrode tip. The electrode tip can be attached to the electrode base via welding or it can be formed on the electrode base using a suitable additive manufacturing process, such as a powder bed fusion technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBH
    Inventor: Daniel Konig
  • Patent number: 11827139
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes: a first light source unit that forms at least a high-beam light distribution pattern; a second light source unit that forms an additional light distribution pattern and irradiates light with a luminous intensity higher than that of the first light source unit; a posture switching mechanism that switches between a first posture in which an optical axis of the second light source unit is parallel to an optical axis of the first light source unit and a second posture in which the optical axis of the second light source unit is deviated in the horizontal direction by a predetermined angle from the optical axis of the first light source unit; and a controller that controls an ON/OFF state of the second light source unit and an operation state of the posture switching mechanism according to a vehicle speed acquired from a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11828457
    Abstract: The invention provides a luminescent element (1000) comprising a solid luminescent body (100), wherein the solid luminescent body (100) comprises a luminescent material (200), wherein the luminescent material (200) is configured to generate luminescent material light (201) upon excitation with light having a wavelength where the luminescent material (200) is excitable, wherein the solid luminescent body (100) comprises luminescent body faces (120), wherein the luminescent element (1000) further comprises one or more reflective elements (300) associated to at least one luminescent body face (120), wherein the one or more reflective elements (300) are metallic, and wherein a surface coverage of the at least one luminescent body face (120) with the one or more reflective elements (300) is selected from the range of 5-40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Georges Marie Calon, Ties Van Bommel
  • Patent number: 11815260
    Abstract: A collapsible marshalling wand system that includes a marshalling wand that can be set in an elongated operational configuration while used, as well as a smaller collapsed configuration when not in use, and an accompanying recharging device, along with an accompanying charging station. The marshalling wand includes a plurality of wand portions integrated telescopically, with the wand portions including a lighting system and a wireless alert system. The charging station allows for multiple marshalling wands to be recharged simultaneously in a variety of locations. As such, the collapsible marshalling wand system allows all ground personnel to conveniently keep a marshalling wand with them at all times as well as for extra marshalling wands to be stored at a charging station positioned on runways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Andrea Vetere
  • Patent number: 11799271
    Abstract: Spark plugs are disclosed that include electrode arrangements to improve the charge flow into and out of the annular volume around the insulator nose and a pre-chamber volume of a pre-chamber device, thus directing a purge of exhaust gases trapped in the annular volume to a space formed by the exterior of the spark plug body and the interior of the pre-chamber device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: David Guillermo Gonzalez Medina, William Marshall Cover, Xu Han, Andrew Guy Kitchen, Daniel J. O'Connor, Alan C. Anderson, Nicholas James Welch, Jisang Sun
  • Patent number: 11788816
    Abstract: Firearm accessories and associated methods. A firearm accessory includes a mount for mounting the firearm accessory on a firearm. The mount can be adjustable to customize the mounting of the firearm accessory on the firearm. Electronic firearm accessories can include a longitudinally extending circuit structure having one or more electronic switches thereon facing laterally. A switch assembly can include a push member and a finger extending therefrom for actuating an associated electronic switch. Battery compartment features are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Crimson Trace Corporation
    Inventors: James Tayon, Matthew Kinamore, James Gianladis, Michael Cottrell, Tim Kinney, Dennis W. Cauley, Jr., Mark Dalton, Justin Burke, Anthony Vesich, Yu King Wai
  • Patent number: 11781737
    Abstract: A light source device of the present disclosure includes a sapphire plate having a first surface and a second surface facing each other, a wavelength conversion material located opposite the first surface of the sapphire plate, and a first excitation light source emitting a first excitation light having directivity to the wavelength conversion material through the second surface, in which an angle between the first surface and the second surface, and a c-axis of sapphire less than 10°, and an angle between the c-axis and an optical axis of the first excitation light is 5° or more and 75° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Kubo, Kazuyoshi Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 11758970
    Abstract: Disclosed is a kit for enhancing a pointe shoe for improving a dance technique or a dance performance by a performer. An example kit includes a pointe shoe cover comprising a body portion made from a material including at least polyester and configured to envelop the pointe shoe, a light-emitting diode (LED) ribbon, affixed to the body portion, affixed to at least a vamp or a binding of the pointe shoe cover, one or more membrane switches, affixed to the toe portion, configured to activate when the performer stands en pointe during the dance performance, a toggle switch configured to switch between different modes of the LED ribbon, a button cell affixed to an external side portion of the body portion, at least one wire connecting the button cell to the LED ribbon, the toggle switch, and the one or more membrane switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Emily Jane Sackett
  • Patent number: 11756939
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, a first phosphor sheet containing a first phosphor and a third phosphor, and covering a top face of the first light emitting element, and a second phosphor sheet containing a second phosphor and a fourth phosphor, and covering a top face of the second light emitting element, wherein a peak wavelength of light which is wavelength-converted by the first phosphor or the third phosphor is equal to or less than a peak wavelength of light which is wavelength-converted by the second phosphor or the fourth phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd., Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Suto, Jo Kinosita
  • Patent number: 11754253
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a heat dissipating structure for automotive LED headlight, which comprises a radiator formed integrally, wherein the radiator comprises one or more heat radiating arms. The heat radiating arm is provided with an embedded groove used for accommodating an assembly of a lamp bead board and a heat pipe. The beneficial effect of the present disclosure is that: the heat of the lamp bead board is transferred to the radiator, thus the heat dissipation efficiency has been greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AURORA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Qingbo Xie
  • Patent number: 11739901
    Abstract: A projection headlight for vehicles, having a first lighting unit containing a light source and a primary optical unit for pre-shaping light exiting the light source, a second lighting unit containing a light source and a primary optical unit for pre-shaping the light exiting the light source, a secondary optical unit for imaging the light exiting the primary optical unit of the first lighting unit in a region in front of the vehicle as a first light distribution and light exiting the primary optical unit of the second lighting unit as a second light distribution, an actuator for actuating the first lighting unit and the second lighting unit in order to generate the light distribution consisting of the first light distribution and the second light distribution, a diaphragm with a diaphragm edge for producing a light-dark boundary in the first light distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bjoern Dressler, Franz-Josef Kalze, Ronny Letzin
  • Patent number: 11725806
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photography lamp. The photography lamp includes a front housing, an ejector rod, a bracket, and a limiting structure. An accessory slot with a through-hole is arranged on a side of the front housing, the ejector rod is movably arranged into the through-hole, the bracket is arranged on another side of the front housing away from the accessory slot The photography lamp provided by the present disclosure can be operated conveniently. When the accessory is installed on the video lamp, the bracket is not susceptible to interference from the accessory of the photography lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: APUTURE IMAGING INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haijun Gu