Patents Examined by Thomas M. Sember
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Patent number: 12075873Abstract: An illuminated hat assembly including a mounting bracket for being secured to a hat. A light assembly is removably connectable to the mounting bracket and includes at least one light emitter for emitting light in front of the hat. The mounting bracket includes a pair of rails that extend in spaced and parallel relationship with one another. The rails slideably receive the light assembly for connecting the light assembly to the mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Carhartt, Inc.Inventors: Colleen Hau, Jonathan West, Saif Islam, Sean Svendsen
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Patent number: 12072090Abstract: A display device is provided having light source boards each having a wiring pattern including a plurality of wires, a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on each light source board, switching on and off of which being controlled by a control board, board-side connectors each attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of light source boards, a flexible flat cable that has a multi-core structure including a flat-shaped insulator and a plurality of conductors aligned in a direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of the insulator that is connected at one end to the control board, and a plurality of cable-side connectors attached to the flexible flat cable and coupled to the board-side connectors to connect the flexible cable to the light source boards.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLCInventor: Takaharu Shimizu
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Patent number: 12072088Abstract: The present disclosure provides a scene lamp. The scene lamp includes a base plate, a light output cover, and at least one group of light sources, where the light sources are arranged on the base plate, and the light output cover is connected to the base plate; the light output cover has a main illumination region and a scene light region, and the scene light region is provided with an image layer; a height difference is formed between the scene light region and the main illumination region in a main light output direction of the main illumination region; and/or, the base plate includes a side wall, and a height difference is formed between the scene light region and the side wall in a main light output direction of the main illumination region. The scene lamp of the present disclosure is simple in structure, low in manufacturing cost.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: ETI SOLID STATE LIGHTING INC, CRAWFORD GLOBAL LIMITEDInventors: Donglei Wang, Jibin Cheng
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Patent number: 12066179Abstract: A sink system includes a basin, an apron, and a lighting system. The basin includes a bottom wall, a drain, a front wall, and a basin rim. The drain is disposed within the bottom wall. The front wall is contiguous with the bottom wall. The basin rim is contiguous with the front wall and separated from the bottom wall by the front wall. The apron is coupled to the basin rim. The apron includes an apron panel wall that has an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface. The interior surface is in confronting relation with the front wall. The lighting system includes an apron lighting element and a controller. The apron lighting element is coupled to the apron. The apron lighting element is configured to provide illumination to an apron illumination target disposed on the exterior surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Niels J Eilmus, Steven F. Ellingsen
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Patent number: 12054092Abstract: An apparatus for releasably attaching a tail light to a vehicle body of a motor vehicle. The tail light is or becomes connected to the vehicle body in an interlocking manner on at least two interlocking connection points. In order to simplify the releasable attachment of the tail light, the tail light is connected to the vehicle body by way of at least one latching connection in addition to the interlocking connection points in order to establish the tail light in an assembled position in all spatial directions.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2023Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Gerald Hiesl, Thomas Weiß
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Patent number: 12049996Abstract: When light is off, a transparent appearance is obtained, while when the light is on, light is seen through a transparent spot. The present invention includes a light source portion and a reflective portion. The light source portion emits light. The light source portion is disposed at a position shifted with respect to an emitting direction of emitted light from the reflective portion. The reflective portion reflects the light from the light source portion and emits it in a predetermined direction. The reflective portion is constituted by a transparent member with a refractive index at least in a visible light area larger than 1. As a result, in the present invention, the transparent appearance is obtained when the light is off, while the light is seen through the transparent spot when the light is on.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshiro Sato, Alejandro De-Arriba, Takaaki Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 12038146Abstract: A vehicular lamp fitting capable of suppressing vibration of a reflector (vibration that is occurred during vehicle travel, etc.) is provided. A vehicular lamp fitting comprising a first holding member that holds both a light source and a light control member that controls light emitted by the light source; a second holding member that holds the first holding member so as to be tiltable in the up, down, left and right directions; a vibration suppression unit that suppresses vibration of the first holding member relative to the second holding member; and the vibration suppression unit comprising: a first portion provided on the first holding member; a second portion, which is provided on the second holding member and suppresses the vibration of the first holding member with respect to the second holding member by abutting the first portion vibrating in the vibration direction of the first holding member.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiki Ueno, Shinya Koyama
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Patent number: 12038598Abstract: A touch module includes a touch sensor panel, a light guide plate, an adhesive layer and a shielding body. The touch sensor panel includes an opening. The adhesive layer includes a groove part. The light guide plate is located over the touch sensor panel. The adhesive layer is arranged between the touch sensor panel and the light guide plate. The touch sensor panel and the light guide plate are attached on each other through the adhesive layer. The groove part of the adhesive layer is in communication with the opening of the touch sensor panel to exhaust the gas. The shielding body surrounds the edge part of the light guide plate and the outer periphery part of the touch senor panel. Due to the shielding body, the light beam transferred in the light guide plate will not be leaked out.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.Inventors: Wei-Ping Chan, Ming-Hui Yeh
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Patent number: 12038145Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a light source part having a first light source and a second light source provided away from the first light source, a reflective part provided away from the first light source and second light source and reflecting light emitted from the first light source and second light source, and a support part facing the reflective part and supporting the light source part. The reflective part includes a plurality of reflective plates which are continuously provided. Each of the reflective plates provided adjacent to one another has a reflective surface which is shaped differently from one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Jang Weon Lee
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Patent number: 12038648Abstract: According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes red light emitting elements, green light emitting elements and blue light emitting elements opposing a first side surface of a first light guide, and the red light emitting elements, the green light emitting elements and the blue light emitting elements are disposed along the first side surface in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction, and, arranged to be symmetrical with respect to a central axis of the third direction of the first side surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Masafumi Okada, Shinichi Komura, Ken Onoda
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Patent number: 12032242Abstract: A BLU includes a 2D array of LEDs producing light with an angular distribution of nominally ±90 degrees around a center. A transparent solid material layer is positioned with a bottom surface over the 2D array of LEDs and configured to transform the light produced by the 2D array into light having an angular distribution of nominally less than ±90 degrees around the at a top surface of the transparent solid material layer. A diffuser film is positioned over the top surface of the transparent solid material layer configured to provide a FWHM of greater than 60 degrees and configured to diffuse the light produced at the top surface of the transparent solid material layer to produce diffused light at a top surface of the diffuser film. A BEF positioned over the top surface of the diffuser film and comprising a plurality of prism microstructures, where at least some prism microstructures have an apex angle of approximately ninety degrees.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2024Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: BrightView Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth L. Walker, Matthew K. Pope
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Patent number: 12031708Abstract: An elastic resin sheet that is a resin sheet formed using a resin composition containing a thermosetting resin and a curing agent, in which when a maximum height of a surface roughness on a first surface of the resin sheet is Rz1 (?m), a maximum height of a surface roughness on a second surface facing the first surface is Rz2 (?m), and a thickness is t (?m), the Rz1, the Rz2, and the thickness t (?m) satisfy relation of the following Formula (1): (Rz1+Rz2)/t?0.5 (1), the elastic resin sheet includes a light-diffusing portion having irregularities with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 0.3 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less on at least one of the first surface and the second surface, and the elastic resin sheet has an initial tensile modulus of 0.5 MPa or more and 500 MPa or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Fukao, Tomoaki Sawada, Kyosuke Michigami, Keiko Kashihara, Chihiro Horii
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Patent number: 12035432Abstract: A lighting device including a first light emitter including a plurality of light sources each being configured to emit light with a different color temperature, a second light emitter including at least one light emitting structure to emit light having a different color range than that emitted from the first light emitter, a controller to adjust characteristics of light emitted from the first and second light emitters, a user interface member configured to receive input of a user and connected to the controller, and a storage medium connected to the controller, in which each of the light sources includes a light-emitting diode chip and a wavelength conversion member to convert a wavelength range of light emitted from the light-emitting diode chip, and the controller is further configured to control the first and second light emitters according to a spectrum of light stored in the storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chung Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 12022965Abstract: An illuminable display assembly including (a) a housing having a base securable to a support surface, a platform detachably mounted to the base, and a generally enclosed interior bounded from above by the platform. The platform includes a plurality of illuminable windows spaced apart from each other therealong. The display assembly further includes (b) a plurality of retractable tethers mounted to the platform in the interior of the housing. The tethers fasten corresponding display containers to the platform and urge the display containers to predetermined positions adjacent corresponding windows. The display assembly further includes (c) a lighting system including one or more interior light sources in the interior of the housing for illuminating the windows and display containers from below.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: ALL PLASTIC, INC.Inventors: William Thomas Smith, Cheryl Ann Smith
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Patent number: 12020602Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a substrate, a first circuit layer, and a plurality of diodes. The substrate has a plurality of first through holes. The first circuit layer is disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of light through holes. The diodes disposed on the first circuit layer. One of the light through holes is located between two adjacent ones of the diodes, and the light through holes overlap a portion of the plurality of first through holes and do not overlap another portion of the plurality of first through holes in a normal direction of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Chung-Kuang Wei, Li-Wei Mao, Chi-Liang Chang, Chia-Hui Lin
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Patent number: 12017578Abstract: An automobile rear lighting includes a first emitter that emits a first light through a cover and a second emitter that emits a second light, different from the first light, through the cover such that an output light including the first light and the second light is emitted through the cover. The automobile rear lighting also includes a driving apparatus. The driving apparatus provides a first driving current to the first emitter and a second driving current to the second emitter. The driving apparatus adapts a magnitude of the first driving current and the second driving current based on at least one of at least one property of the cover or at least one optical component of the automobile rear lighting and a pre-defined color coordinates specification for the output light.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Peter Jost, Andreas Timinger
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Patent number: 12011628Abstract: An aiming assembly including a housing and a light source. The housing is configured to be coupled to a nozzle and includes at least one mounting feature configured to retain the housing in a desired position relative to the nozzle. The light source provided at least partially within the housing and configured to selectively generate a conical light beam, and generate a light image.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Tyco Fire Products LPInventor: Chad L. Ryczek
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Patent number: 12012037Abstract: The proposed vehicle interior trim part comprises a woven material having at least two parallel optical fibers that are able to laterally emit light and that extend in a longitudinal direction and having at least one further fiber and/or at least one further yarn. The vehicle interior trim part further comprises a reflective layer that is adjacent to the woven material and comprises a fleece material and that is configured to reflect light emitted by the at least two parallel optical fibers. The vehicle interior trim part additionally has a carrier that is adjacent to the reflective layer so that the reflective layer is located between the woven material and the carrier and having at least one light source that is optically connected to at least one of the at least two parallel optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbHInventor: Maxime Musy
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Patent number: 12007110Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bath caddy for use on a bathtub, where the bath caddy includes a tray having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a lighting assembly configured to couple to the bottom surface of the tray. The lighting assembly includes at least one light fixture configured to provide light to an interior of the bathtub. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a bath caddy including a tray and a lighting assembly configured to couple to the tray, where the lighting assembly is configured to provide light to an interior of the bathtub. Then lighting assembly includes at least one light fixture and a controller operably coupled to the at least one light fixture, where the controller is configured to adjust at least one of a color, tone, or brightness of the at least one light fixture.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventors: Xinyao Liu, Han Chew
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Patent number: 11999288Abstract: A light guide (1) is provided for an illuminable screen (2) of a motor vehicle seat (3). The light guide (7) has a pin-shaped light-introducing region (4) and a plate-shaped light-emitting region (5). The pin-shaped light-introducing region (4) transitions into the plate-shaped light-emitting region (5) over an arch region (6) expanding from the pin-shaped light-introducing region (4) to achieve a compact design.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AGInventors: Benjamin Rehfuss, Max Nitsch