Patents Examined by Steven Y Horikoshi
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Patent number: 11725806Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: APUTURE IMAGING INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Haijun Gu
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Patent number: 11725797Abstract: An illuminating device for vehicles, including a housing, in which a light source and an optical unit for generating a predefined light distribution are arranged, including a cover shield, which closes an opening of the housing and through which light passes from an interior of the housing into surroundings, including means for condensation removal and/or deicing of the cover shield, characterized in that the cover shield includes a temperature-dependent light absorber, with the aid of which light is converted into heat depending on the temperature.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaAInventors: Stefan Groene, Philipp Lott
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Patent number: 11680698Abstract: The present application relates to a lamp bead support and a light fixture, wherein the lamp bead support comprises a frame body and a first circuit board which is connected with the frame body; the first circuit board comprises a first weld portion and a second weld portion which extend out of the frame body; and the first weld portion and the second weld portion form a snipping opening at the outside of the frame body.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: CHONGYI JINGYI LIGHTING PRODUCTS CO., LTDInventor: Yaoquan He
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Patent number: 11680687Abstract: An example embodiment of a backlit lamp comprises a housing, a forward facing directional light source and a rear facing directional light source. The housing may comprise a bowl portion comprising a first joining end and a forward emitting end; and a neck portion comprising a second joining end. The bowl and neck portions are joined at the first and second joining ends. The forward facing directional light source is mounted within the housing and configured to emit light in the direction of the forward emitting end. The rear facing directional light source is mounted within the housing and configured to emit light in an opposite direction from the light emitted by the forward facing directional light source. In an example embodiment, the forward facing and rear facing directional light source comprise light emitting diodes (LEDs).Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: FEIT ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Alan Barry Feit, Jose Mata
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Patent number: 11667235Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Moon Sub Hwang, Soon Mo Lee
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Patent number: 11629840Abstract: A lighting and/or signalling device for motor vehicles, comprising: a container body, a lenticular body that forms a housing chamber; at least one light source, arranged inside the housing chamber; a first gasket made of elastomeric material, which extends along at least one part of a perimeter edge of the container body and which defines a barrier to the ingress of water and/or foreign bodies between the container body and the bodywork. The housing body includes one or more spacer elements, each of which consists of an appendix which protrudes from the housing body in a predetermined position and abuts against the bodywork in the housing seat. Each spacer element is provided with a cap made of elastomeric material applied to cover at least one free end portion of the spacer element.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING ITALY S.p.A.Inventors: Michele Vuerli, Giancarlo Cella
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Patent number: 11613212Abstract: An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head, a mirror mounting structure configured to adjustably mount the mirror head at an interior portion of the vehicle, and a receiving portion for receiving a portable accessory module. A retaining element is configured to attach at the mirror casing at the receiving portion to releasably secure the portable accessory module at the receiving portion. With the retaining element at least partially detached from the mirror casing, the portable accessory module is insertable into and removable from the receiving portion. With the portable accessory module inserted into and received at the receiving portion and with the retaining element attached at the mirror casing, the retaining element overlaps a lower portion of the portable accessory module to secure the portable accessory module at the receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Darryl P. De Wind, John T. Uken, Christopher R. Koetje
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Patent number: 11566768Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a first optical module that forms a first light distribution pattern with light irradiated by a first light source part, a second optical module that forms a second light distribution pattern with light irradiated by a second light source part, a third optical module that forms a third light distribution pattern with light irradiated by a third light source part, a movement part connected to the first light source part and that moves the first light source part, a link part connected to the second light source part and that rotates the second light source part in conjunction with the movement part, and a driving part that provides driving power to the movement part and the link part.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Seok Huyn Kim
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Patent number: 11561333Abstract: A white light generating device, for generating white light from an excitation light of a laser light having a wavelength of from 280 nm-495 nm, includes a fluorescent body generating a fluorescence having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the excitation light. The fluorescent body includes an emission-side end surface emitting excitation light and fluorescence, an opposing end surface on an opposite side of the emission-side end surface, and an outer peripheral surface. The emission-side end surface has an area larger than an area of the opposing end surface, and the outer peripheral surface of the fluorescent body includes a part inclined with respect to a central axis of the fluorescent body by from 3.4°-23° over an entire periphery of the fluorescent body. The emission-side end surface has an area of from 0.3 mm2-1.52 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Jungo Kondo, Yuichi Iwata, Tetsuya Ejiri
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Patent number: 11543095Abstract: A lens holder which supports a projection lens is screwed and fixed to a bracket which supports a spatial light modulator. A positioning pin configured to position the lens holder in a left-right direction with respect to the bracket is inserted into a long hole which is formed in the bracket and extends in a lamp front-rear direction. The screwing and fixing is performed in a state where the positioning pin is inserted into the long hole and is appropriately moved in the lamp front-rear direction, so that the lens holder is restricted from being displaced in a left-right direction with respect to the bracket, and it is possible to finely adjust a positional relationship between the projection lens and the spatial light modulator in the lamp front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuho Sato, Yukinobu Hiranaka, Takahiko Honda, Yosuke Ohashi, Takashi Ito
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Patent number: 11541804Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting device that includes a means for emitting a first cut-off light beam along an optical axis where the cut-off is a substantially horizontal line that includes a cut where the cut extends in a coordinate system formed by a horizontal reference axis (HR) that is parallel to a first horizontal axis (HI) passing through the substantially horizontal line; and a vertical reference axis (VR) that is perpendicular to the horizontal reference axis (HR) and to an optical axis; where the optical axis passes through the coordinate system's center; Also is included a means for emitting a second light beam that is horizontally divided into a multitude of selectively activated light segments where the light segments illuminate a zone located astride of the first horizontal axis (HI) that is characterized by the cut, which includes a proximal longitudinal end along the horizontal reference axis (HR) between 1.25° and 1.5° or between ?1.25° and ?1.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Valeo VisionInventors: Alexandre Joerg, Orane Marchal
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Patent number: 11536428Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a light passing cover, a battery, a power circuit, a power switch and a light source plate. The top cover has an opening part for defining a light opening. The bottom cover is fixed to the top cover forming a containing space. The light passing cover has a larger diameter than the light opening. A peripheral edge of the light passing cover engages an inner surface of the opening part of the top cover. The battery is stored in the container space. The power circuit is connected to the battery for providing a current to the LED modules of the light source plate. The power switch is connected to the power circuit to control the LED modules. The light source plate has a top side mounted with multiple LED modules.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTDInventors: Shouqiang Hou, Xiaoliang Wen, Qingguang Zeng
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Patent number: 11525950Abstract: A white light generating device, for generating white light from an excitation light of a laser light having a wavelength of from 280 nm-495 nm, includes a fluorescent body generating a fluorescence having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the excitation light. The fluorescent body includes an emission-side end surface emitting excitation light and fluorescence, an opposing end surface on an opposite side of the emission-side end surface, and an outer peripheral surface. The emission-side end surface has an area larger than an area of the opposing end surface, and the outer peripheral surface of the fluorescent body includes a part inclined with respect to a central axis of the fluorescent body by from 3.4°-23° over an entire periphery of the fluorescent body. The emission-side end surface has an area of from 0.3 mm2-1.52 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.Inventors: Jungo Kondo, Yuichi Iwata, Tetsuya Ejiri
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Patent number: 11519569Abstract: A cordless light attachment for an object includes a housing that has a proximal end and a distal end, and an interior cavity that extends from the proximal end to the distal end, forming an opening extending through the housing from the proximal end to the distal end. The device receives therein an object and removably attaches to the object. The device has at least one light source powered by a cordless power source arranged on or within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: PATHY MEDICAL, LLCInventor: Vinod V. Pathy
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Patent number: 11511880Abstract: An embedded light source in a composite panel. A first electrode and a second electrode are associated with a first layer of material. A light source is positioned in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode. An assembly comprising the first layer of material, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the light source is processed to form a multilayer panel with an embedded light source.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Abhishek Pradeep Kulkarni, John Christopher Wilde, Xiaoxi Wang, Nathanial C. Cuddy
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Patent number: 11473750Abstract: The optical unit includes a light source, an electromagnetic wave generator, a first reflector configured to reflect emitted light emitted from the light source and electromagnetic waves emitted by the electromagnetic wave generator in a first reflection region whose reflection direction is changed periodically, and a second reflector configured to reflect first reflected light reflected by the first reflector and first electromagnetic waves again in a second reflection region whose reflection direction is changed periodically. The first reflector is configured to scan the second reflection region with the first reflected light and the first electromagnetic waves. The second reflector is configured to form a light distribution pattern by performing scanning with second reflected light, and to detect a surrounding object by performing scanning with second electromagnetic waves.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Akitaka Kanamori
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Patent number: 11464276Abstract: Disclosed are systems, kits and methods for smart footwear for dance performances, as well as computer-implemented methods to train performers using the smart footwear. An example method for improving a dance technique or a dance performance by a performer, comprises receiving, using a radio frequency (RF) transceiver on a wireless device, a signal from an RF transmitter on a pointe shoe, determining, based on the signal, an activation status of each of a plurality of pressure sensors on the pointe shoe, and providing, based on the activation status, an indication of an accuracy or efficacy of the performer standing en pointe during the dance technique or dance performance.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Emily Jane SackettInventor: Emily Jane Sackett
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Patent number: 11452264Abstract: A grow light for stimulating plant growth is presented herein. The grow light includes a plurality of primary light modules with LEDs fixedly mounted to a support assembly and spaced a distance away from a plant canopy, and one or more secondary light modules movably or pivotally mounted to an end of one or more of the primary light modules. A positioning assembly is disposed interconnected light modules for manually or automatically movably disposing the secondary light modules into different angular positions relative to the plant. A height adjustment assembly is also include to movably position the light assembly, such as the plurality of primary light modules or the secondary light modules in a vertical direction. Additional features can be included, such as positioning sensors, environmental sensors, CO2 delivery systems, water cooling systems, ground wire interconnections, and light frequency control.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Growgenics LLCInventors: Richard A. Genga, Jr., Hamid Pishdadian
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Patent number: 11448384Abstract: An adjustable lighting apparatus includes a lighting module that is rotatably adjustable about a first rotation axis relative to an adjustable mount. The lighting module may include a heat sink, a driver, and a light source. The adjustable mount may include a base structure, a retainer, a shield, and a secondary shield. A trim may also be coupled to the adjustable mount. In some implementations, the lighting module translates along a first translation axis defined by the adjustable mount while rotating about the first rotation axis in order to reorient the light source while reducing shading losses caused by the adjustable mount. Openings in the base structure and the shield may be substantially covered at all rotational positions of the lighting module using a combination of the shield, the trim, the heat sink, and the secondary shield, thus eliminating the need for an additional enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: DMF, Inc.Inventors: Ali A. Nikooyan, Amir Lotfi, Michael D. Danesh, William Wai-Loong Young
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Patent number: 11424599Abstract: A spark plug including a center electrode that has a large-diameter portion having an outside diameter that is largest in the center electrode. The large-diameter portion is retained at a rear facing surface in an axial hole of an insulator. A metal shell has a diameter increased portion on a rear end side with respect to the center electrode, the diameter increased portion having an inside diameter that is increased toward the rear end side. The insulator has a first portion which is a portion of the insulator in a region from a rear end of the rear facing surface to a front end of the diameter increased portion. The first portion has a thickness that is the largest in the region, and is disposed at least on an outer periphery of the large-diameter portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Tanahashi, Naoki Nishio, Yusuke Kawashima