Patents Examined by Thai Pham
  • Patent number: 12146635
    Abstract: A lighting device (10) for a vehicle headlamp, comprising: —a light module (50), —a fan (100) configured to dissipate heat produced by the light module (50), —a support frame (70) configured to hold the light module (50), wherein the support frame (70) comprises a securing device (200) which is disposed on the support frame (70), wherein the securing device (200) is configured to secure the fan (100) in an end position (P2) on the securing device (200), wherein the securing device (200) comprises a protrusion (210) extending along an axis (Z) and a first fastening-element (220), wherein the fan (100) comprises an engaging-opening (110), and a second fastening-element (120), wherein the securing device (200) is arranged in a way, that allows the fan (100) to be brought into an intermediate position (P1) by inserting the engaging-opening (110) onto the protrusion (210), such that the fan (100) is mounted pivotable around the axis (Z) on the securing device (200), wherein the securing device (200) is arranged in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Andrej Zubaj, Robert Gutten
  • Patent number: 12142828
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a ground portion including a linear portion connecting a first point and a second point to each other along a first direction parallel to a surface of a substrate, on one side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a power feeding portion provided in a first range including the first point, and an element portion configured to receive power from the power feeding portion and formed in a conductor portion of the substrate that is insulated from the ground portion in a state in which the element portion protrudes from the first range toward the other side in the second direction. The element portion includes a first element portion protruding in the first range toward the other side in the second direction, and a second element portion extending along the first direction from the first element portion toward the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaki Matsushima, Nobuyasu Miwa, Michihiro Ogura, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Kaoru Nakagaki
  • Patent number: 12144097
    Abstract: In an embodiment a device includes a first housing in which a piezoelectric transformer is arranged and a second housing in which a control circuit is arranged, the control circuit configured to apply an input voltage to the piezoelectric transformer, wherein the piezoelectric transformer is configured to ionize a process medium, and wherein the device is configured to provide a circulating air operation so that the process medium is guided from the piezoelectric transformer through a catalytic converter and then back to the piezoelectric transformer and generate a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: Relyon Plasma GmbH, TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Johann Pichler, Georg Kügerl, Markus Puff, Pavol Kudela, Stefan Nettesheim, Dariusz Korzec, Dominik Burger
  • Patent number: 12144076
    Abstract: A lighting system comprises a lighting arrangement (153) and a controller for controlling the lighting arrangement. The lighting arrangement comprises an artificial skylight (161-163) and a functional general lighting device (166,168) for providing horizontal light. The functional general lighting device comprises a horizontal luminous surface. The functional general lighting device is positioned in parallel and adjacent to the artificial skylight. A spacing between the functional general lighting device and the artificial skylight does not exceed the width of the artificial skylight. The controller is configured to control the artificial skylight and the functional general lighting device to render different light effects of a dynamic light scene. The dynamic light scene specifies a temporal sequence of light effects for each of a plurality of lighting devices, including the artificial skylight and the functional general lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Philip Thursfield, Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden, Ramon Eugene Franciscus Van De Ven, Lennart Yseboodt
  • Patent number: 12142839
    Abstract: A base station antenna comprises a reflector, a plurality of first radiating elements arranged in a first column that extends in a vertical direction, a plurality of second radiating element arranged in a second column that extends in the vertical direction, and a plurality of parasitic elements, where the parasitic elements are arranged around the first radiating elements and/or second radiating elements. Each parasitic element is configured as a rod-shaped metal part, where a longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped metal part extends at an angle of between 70° to 110° with respect to a plane defined by the reflector, and the parasitic elements are positioned in front of the reflector in and are electrically floating with respect to the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
    Inventors: Hangsheng Wen, Xiaotuo Wang, Xun Zhang
  • Patent number: 12134344
    Abstract: A method for controlling a lighting system of a host motor vehicle with a plurality of selectively controllable elementary light sources, each able to emit an elementary light beam with the vertical angular opening of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object by a sensor system. Determining a vertical angle between a given point of the sensor system of the host vehicle and a detected point of the target object. Determining, from the vertical angle, a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the lighting system and, respectively, an upper cut-off and a lower cut-off intended to together vertically border the target object. Controlling the elementary light sources to emit a pixelated road light beam, as a function of the lower and upper angles, to generate, in the light beam, a dark area extending substantially between the upper and lower cut-offs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Fatima Benamar
  • Patent number: 12122524
    Abstract: A light system for an evacuation slide may include a readiness indicator light assembly. The readiness indicator light assembly may comprise a first light emitting diode configured to emit a first color and a second light emitting diode configured to emit a second color. The light system may be configured to power the first light emitting diode after initial deployment of the evacuation slide and to power the second light emitting diode after the internal pressure of the evacuation slide is greater than a minimum pressure threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy C Haynes, Drew Hartman
  • Patent number: 12126085
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an antenna module with a triplet of antennas on a substrate. The triplet may include a first antenna with a radiating element formed from a patch on the substrate and second and third antennas having radiating elements formed from patches on that extend across a smaller lateral area than the patch in the first antenna. The patches in the second and third antennas may have extended electrical lengths formed from parasitic patches embedded within the substrate that are coupled to opposing edges of the patches by fences of conductive vias. The antenna module may include phased antenna arrays for conveying centimeter/millimeter wave signals. Signal conductors for the antennas may be distributed across multiple metallization layers of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron J Cooper, Amin Tayebi, Ana Papio Toda, Carlo Di Nallo
  • Patent number: 12119568
    Abstract: Provided is an electric device including a display panel, and a first antenna disposed on the display panel and including a first patch part, a first transmission part, and a first additional transmission part, wherein the first transmission part faces a first side of the first patch part extending along a first cross direction, is spaced apart from the first patch part, and is capacitively coupled to the first patch part, and wherein the first additional transmission part faces a second side of the patch part extending in a second cross direction crossing the first cross direction, is symmetrical about a line of symmetry with the first transmission part, and is spaced apart from the first patch part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Gangil Byun, Jae-Kyoung Kim, Eunjin Sung, Kiseo Kim, Jinmyeong Heo
  • Patent number: 12119952
    Abstract: A LED based illumination source with integrated communications and processing functions, which can communicate via wireless communications to a mobile phone, smart phone, smart pad, key fob, notebook, tablet, desktop or other computing device. The LED based illumination source can be operated from a back-up battery source in the event that power is disrupted, can be programmed to operate autonomously, and is able to alter its behavior, based on the proximity of a controlling element. The communications and processing functions can be integrated into LED lighting household and commercial illumination devices, as well as electrical devices, such as wall outlets, light switches, plug in timers, appliances, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SMARTBOTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Crayford, Kelly Coffey, Speros Koulouras
  • Patent number: 12113287
    Abstract: An antenna structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a dielectric layer, and a plurality of antenna units arranged on a top surface of the dielectric layer. Each of the plurality of antenna units includes a radiator, a transmission line including a first transmission line and a second transmission line that extend in different directions to be connected to the radiator, an upper parasitic element adjacent to an upper portion of the radiator, and a lower parasitic element adjacent to a lower portion of the radiator and the transmission line. Feeding signals of different phases are applied to the first transmission line and the second transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD., KREEMO INC.
    Inventors: Ho Dong Yoon, Young Sub Son, Young Su Lee, In Seok Jang, Beak Jun Seong, Jung Woo Lee, Seong Tae Jeong, In Kyung Hong, John Joonho Park
  • Patent number: 12107321
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of this disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a housing including a non-conductive portion; an antenna structure arranged in the housing, wherein the antenna structure includes: a substrate including a first substrate surface facing a first direction and a second substrate surface facing opposite the first substrate surface; and at least one antenna element arranged on the substrate to form a beam pattern in the first direction; a conductive member including a plurality of first slits arranged in an inner space of the housing to at least partially face the second substrate surface and formed at a position where the plurality of first slits at least partially overlap the at least one antenna element when the first substrate surface is viewed from above; and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal in a predetermined frequency band through the at least one antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keumsu Song, Younghak Sin
  • Patent number: 12106955
    Abstract: An excimer lamp includes a plurality of arc tubes and an electrode pair. The electrode pair comprises a plurality of elongated electrode plates extending along a tube axis direction of the plurality of arc tubes. Each electrode plate comprises a polarity opposite that of an adjacent electrode plate (i.e., alternating polarities). The plurality of arc tubes and the plurality of electrode plates are disposed in an alternating side-by-side orientation such that an arc tube of the plurality of arc tubes is disposed between adjacent electrode plates of the plurality of electrode plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yongduk Lee, Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Patent number: 12107324
    Abstract: A multi-section antenna with a shared radiator and a wearable device applying the antenna. The multi-section antenna with a shared radiator comprises a plurality of antenna modules, a radio frequency module and at least one sensing module. The plurality of antenna modules are coupled to each other through a first capacitor structure. The radio frequency module is coupled with one of the antenna modules through a second capacitor structure. The radio frequency module is used to receive or transmit radio frequency signals by the antenna module. The sensing module is coupled with the antenna module through a first inductor, and the sensing module is used to sense a capacitance value of a parasitic capacitance of the antenna module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Silergy Micro (HK) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chia-Lin Chang
  • Patent number: 12100715
    Abstract: Example array substrates are provided. One example array substrate includes an underlying substrate, an antenna and a component layer, where the antenna and the component layer are located on a same side of the underlying substrate, where the component layer and the antenna are disposed at intervals, where the component layer includes a plurality of metal laminates and a plurality of dielectric laminates that are stacked, and where the plurality of metal laminates and the plurality of dielectric laminates are alternately disposed to form a plurality of thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huajun Cao, Guozhong Ma, Yukun Guo, Yong Lu
  • Patent number: 12082326
    Abstract: A light dimming system includes one or more lights and includes a local light controller that includes a dimming controller and a processing circuit, the dimming controller configured to provide an output to the one or more light drivers. One or more electronic processors are configured to receive a dimming input value indicating a desired dimming level for the one or more lights. The processors are further configured to determine a configuration of the one or more light drivers, wherein the configuration defines whether the one or more light drivers utilize a non-linear dimming curve or a linear dimming curve, and provides the dimming controller a dimming level to output a dimming control signal to the one or more light drivers equivalent to the received dimming input value based on a non-linear or linear calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Aclara Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peggy Rose Devereaux, Dennis Kelley, Robert Walter Richardson
  • Patent number: 12074361
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an electronic device includes: a housing; a first antenna structure provided in an inner space of the housing, the first antenna structure including: a first substrate having a first substrate surface facing a first direction and a second substrate surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, the first substrate including a plurality of first insulating layers and a first ground layer disposed on at least one of the plurality of first insulating layers; and a conductive patch disposed on one of the plurality of first insulating layers and overlapping the first ground layer; and a second antenna structure disposed in an opening of the first substrate in the inner space of the housing, the second antenna structure including: a second substrate having a third substrate surface facing the first direction and a fourth substrate surface facing the second direction, the second substrate including a plurality of second insulating layers that are stacked and a secon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongjin Park, Kiwon Kim, Hyunkee Min, Jaebong Chun, Ilpyo Hong
  • Patent number: 12069780
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a fixture housing. A circuit board is positioned in the fixture housing. The circuit board includes a driver circuit. A plurality of light emitters are disposed on the circuit board. The light emitters are operatively connected to the driver circuit to produce a light output. A temperature sensor is disposed on the circuit board, the temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the circuit board and output a signal. The driver circuit is configured to reduce the light output in response to the signal from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Sinphay, Dhavalkumar Patel, William Thomas
  • Patent number: 12063725
    Abstract: A display panel is disclosed. The display panel may include a plurality of LED elements, and may further include a substrate including a first driving circuit including a pulse width modulation (PWM) driving circuit and a second driving circuit including a pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) driving circuit. The plurality of LED elements may include a first LED element configured to emit light of a first color, and which is controlled by the first driving circuit, and a second LED element configured to emit light of a second color different from the first color, and which is controlled by the second driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Jung, Nari Kim, Kyongtae Park, Hongkook Lee, Yongkoo Her
  • Patent number: 12062851
    Abstract: An antenna device according to embodiments of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, an antenna unit disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer, the antenna unit including a radiator and a transmission line connected to the radiator, and a reflective pattern electrically and physically separated from the antenna unit and disposed on the top surface of the dielectric layer together with the antenna unit. A frequency or signal transfer between different communication devices can be implemented through the reflective pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Seok Oh, Dong Pil Park, Seung Hyun Shin