Patents Examined by Tsion Tumebo
  • Lighting and ventilating system and method
    Patent number: 10801743
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a lighting and ventilating system including a main housing. The main housing can include an inlet through which air can be received within the main housing and an outlet through which the air can exit the main housing. A fan wheel can be supported in the main housing and it can be operable to generate a flow of air. A grille can be coupled to the main housing and the grille can comprise at least one aperture. The system can include a plate coupled to the grille and the plate can include a recess. Also, a set of illumination devices can be at least partially disposed within the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLC
    Inventors: Mirko Zakula, Corey Scott Jacak
  • Hybrid lens for controlled light distribution
    Patent number: 10804448
    Abstract: A lens for distribution of light from a light emitter having an emitter axis. The lens comprising an inner surface and an output surface with faceted and smooth outer regions. At least one of the faceted outer regions is formed by a plurality of pairs of transverse outer regions extending in direction of a plane of bilateral symmetry of the lens. The inner surface defines an inner cavity about the emitter axis and has inner-surface stepwise discontinuities formed by a plurality of pairs of transverse inner regions with intersection regions therebetween. The lens may also have at least two secondary surface portions spaced apart and extending along two sides of the inner surface, the secondary surface portions being configured for total internal reflection (TIR) of light received from the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC
    Inventors: Eric Tarsa, Kurt Wilcox, Bin Hou, Ted Lowes
  • Bi-functional light module with common illuminated surface
    Patent number: 10801687
    Abstract: A light module, notably for a motor vehicle, including a first reflecting surface), of the elliptical type, with a first focus and a second focus; a second reflecting surface, of the parabolic type, with a focus corresponding to the second focus of the first reflecting surface; light rays emitted by a first light source located at the first focus of the first reflecting surface being reflected by the first and second reflecting surfaces to form a first light beam; and a third reflecting surface adjacent to the second focus of the first reflecting surface and configured to reflect, towards the second reflecting surface, light rays emitted by a second light source, in order to form a second light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Maxime Laminette, Jean-Francois Doha, Sylvain Giraud, Lionel Floc'h
  • Slide adjustable hinge and latch securement for a light emitting diode (LED) fixture retrofit kit
    Patent number: 10794576
    Abstract: A hinge apparatus and method of use are provided for securing to a slide of a retrofit kit and to an opening of a fixture. The hinge apparatus includes a hinge configured to couple to the opening of the fixture, a top section coupled to the hinge, a lower section coupled to the top section and having a cavity formed therebetween, the cavity configured to be coupleable to the retrofit kit, a hinge brake securement device coupled to the top section, a neck extending outwardly from the hinge brake securement device, a hinge brake coupled to the neck, and a notch coupled to the hinge brake, the notch configured to be receivable at the slide of the retrofit kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John Helms
  • Light guide plate and its fabricating method, as well as backlight module
    Patent number: 10782469
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light guide plate and its fabricating method, as well as a backlight module. The light guide plate comprises a light-transmitting plate body provided with a plurality of light guide dots on a light-exiting surface thereof, and further provided with a plurality of dimming pits, wherein a plurality of light guide dots are provided around each of the dimming pits; an inner wall of each of the dimming pits sequentially includes multiple levels of dimming surfaces along a depth direction of the dimming pits, for reflecting light incident thereon to the light guide dots. The backlight module comprises the light guide plate provided in the above-described technical solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yinwei Chen, Heling Zhu, Liang Xiao, Yezhou Tan
  • Explosion-proof enclosure with flame path maintenance and protection means
    Patent number: 10775035
    Abstract: Explosion-proof enclosures having one or more flame paths and one or more grooves for protecting the flame paths and/or assisting in accessing and measuring the flame paths, and methods for coating the explosion-proof enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Robert Treible, Jr., Budd Shaw Honda
  • Brake control system for suspensions
    Patent number: 10767811
    Abstract: A medical device assembly including a support member, a first arm rotatably connected to the support member at a first rotary axis, a second arm rotatably connected to the first arm at a second rotary axis, and a medical unit connected to an end of the second arm opposite the first arm. The first arm is prevented from rotating about the first rotary axis when the first arm and the second arm are substantially aligned. The first arm and/or the second arm can also be prevented from rotating to prevent the medical device assembly from abutting against an obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventor: Wojciech Kazimierz Timoszyk
  • Light source device and projector
    Patent number: 10768517
    Abstract: A light source device includes: a light emission element; a condensing optical system on which a first component of light emitted from the light emission element is incident; an optical element on which the first component transmitted through the condensing optical system is incident; and a pickup optical system on which the first component having travelled via the optical element is incident. At least one of the condensing optical system and the pickup optical system includes a first lens formed of quartz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Akiyama, Akihiro Kashiwagi, Chigusa Takagi
  • Light bulb apparatus
    Patent number: 10767816
    Abstract: A light bulb apparatus includes a light bulb shell, a bulb head, and a heat sink cup. The heat sink cup has a first end connected to the light bulb shell, and a second end connected to the bulb head. The light bulb apparatus includes a flexible filament and a central support. The flexible filament has a first terminal and a second terminal, and the central support provides a first electrode electrically connected to the first terminal, and provides a second electrode for electrically connected to the second terminal. The light bulb apparatus includes an expanding structure and a driver module. The expanding structure is mechanically coupled to the central support, and includes a plurality of holding portions for holding the flexible filament. The driver module is electrically connected to the bulb head and the central support for providing electrical power to the flexible filament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chenjun Wu, Chengzong Wu, Hongkui Jiang
  • Waterproof stage light with efficient heat dissipation
    Patent number: 10753594
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a waterproof stage light with efficient heat dissipation comprising a light source component, a heat dissipating system and a waterproof main housing, wherein an opening is arranged at the rear end of the main housing, the heat dissipating system is in seal connection with the opening; one end of the heat dissipating system is positioned inside the main housing and the other end is positioned outside the main housing; and the light source component is arranged on the end of the heat dissipating system that is positioned inside the main housing. The stage light according to the present invention, which is simple in structure and convenient in use, improves the operation effect, normal service life, and reliability and stability of the stage light, and has a waterproof function, the stage light thus can be normally used outdoors with expanding application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Guangzhou Haoyang Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Weikai Jiang
  • Optical device and lighting device
    Patent number: 10753573
    Abstract: An optical device includes: a plurality of walls disposed to meet along a first axis and having reflecting surfaces facing a space interposed between the walls; and a plurality of partitions, each having a funnel-like shape and each having an outer surface that includes a curved reflecting surface, the partitions disposed in the space interposed between the walls coaxially with the first axis at multiple levels along the first axis; wherein the outer surface of a first of the partitions located at an upper level is configured to receive at least some light through an opening of a second of the partitions located at lower level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Itahana, Akira Nagahashi
  • Backlight module
    Patent number: 10746919
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate that has a first side and a second side, a light emitting element, and a light guide element. The light emitting element is adjacent to the first side of the light guide plate. The light guide element is disposed between the first side and the second side, and forms a first opening therein. The light guide element includes a first refractive part and a second refractive part. The first refractive part has a first refractive index, the second refractive part has a second refractive index, and the first refractive index and the second refractive index are different from a refractive index of the light guide plate. The orthogonal projections of the first refractive part and the second refractive part on the first side are non-overlapped with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen-Hua Lo, Hsin-Chun Huang
  • Lighting apparatus
    Patent number: 10731844
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides an LED light, including: a light cap, a hollow heat sink, a drive assembly, a speaker assembly, a light source assembly and a lampshade, wherein the light cap, the hollow heat sink and the lampshade are sequentially connected and form a receiving space, the drive assembly, the speaker assembly and the light source assembly sequentially arranged in the receiving space in the direction of the light cap to the lampshade, and the speaker assembly and the light source assembly are respectively electrically connected with the driving assembly, and the surface of the hollow heat sink provided with multiple holes, and the speaker assembly arranged facing the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Runfu Zhang, Jiaqing Zhuang, Zhenqi Yan
  • Push cart
    Patent number: 10731812
    Abstract: A push cart according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a wheel, a body frame, and a lighting device. The body frame includes a handle portion and rotatably supports the wheel. The body frame is configured to be able to mount a loading platform on the body frame. The handle portion is gripped by a user of the push cart. The lighting device emits light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonobu Nashimoto, Tetsuya Kiuchi, Katsuna Hayashi, Kouichi Takeda
  • Combined safety and flashlight
    Patent number: 10731802
    Abstract: A combined safety and flashlight includes a frame portion and a housing rotatable with respect to the frame portion. The housing features a plug, a switch, a battery charged via the plug, and a light source powered via the battery and switched on and off via the switch. A compound lens is disposed about the light source and includes a central lens disposed above the light source and configured to collimate light from the light source and an outer lens about the central lens configured to convert light from the light source having a lambertian profile to an isotropic profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Delta Cycle Corporation
    Inventors: Edward DeHoog, Joseph Molinari
  • Optical member and display device including the same
    Patent number: 10725224
    Abstract: An optical member includes a light guide plate, a first low refractive layer, a wavelength conversion layer, and a passivation layer. The first low refractive layer is disposed on the light guide plate. A refractive index of the first low refractive layer is smaller than a refractive index of the light guide plate. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed on the first low refractive layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the wavelength conversion layer. The passivation layer covers a side surface of the wavelength conversion layer and a side surface of the first low refractive layer on at least one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Yong Hwang, Jin Ho Park, Tae Gil Kang, Hyuk Hwan Kim, Sang Won Lee, Jae Jin Choi
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10725338
    Abstract: A display device includes a display, a light source, a housing, an optical component, and a support component. The support component includes a translucent main body, a base having a portion that protrudes outward relative to the main body, and a second holding portion provided to the base and being held by a first holding portion. The main body extends towards the optical component from a first location of a first surface of the portion of the base. The second holding portion extends from a location of the base that is spaced apart from a second location of a second surface of the portion of the base, the second location of the portion of the base being directly opposite the first location of the portion of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Nitanai
  • Underwater light having a sealed polymer housing and method of manufacture therefor
    Patent number: 10718507
    Abstract: An underwater light having a sealed polymer housing includes a rear housing component formed at least in part from a thermally conductive and electrically insulative material, an electronic assembly having at least one light-emitting element mounted thereto, the electronic assembly in thermal communication with the rear housing component, and a lens mounted to the rear housing component and forming a watertight seal therebetween, the lens and the rear housing component enclosing the electronic assembly. At least a portion of the rear housing component conducts heat away from the electronic assembly to cool the electronic assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Hayard Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Potucek, James Carter, James Murdock, Joe Diorio, Steven Mitchell
  • Light module comprising an organic light emitting diode
    Patent number: 10711982
    Abstract: A light module, comprising: a support comprising at least one first surface called a separating surface and at least one organic light-emitting diode comprising a first light-emitting part, a connecting part or means for attaching the diode to the support and an electrical connector or means for electrically 10 connecting the diode. The means for attaching the diode and the electrical connector or means for electrically connecting the diode are borne by a part of this diode, called a connecting part. Additionally, the separating surface of the support delimits a light-scattering area into which the first light-emitting part of the diode extends, and separates this light-scattering area from a 15 masked area, into which connecting part of the diode extends, such that the connecting part is occulted by the separating surface of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Christophe Dubosc, Damien Cabanne, Benoit Reiss, Eric Moisy
  • Multi-tiered floating water lantern
    Patent number: 10711959
    Abstract: A water lantern for floating on water with an LED candle is provided. The water lantern includes a base, dowel rods and a curtain. The base is designed with a tiered structure extending to a top surface with apertures formed therein to receive the dowel rods and a central recess for receiving the LED candle. The curtain is removably positioned over the base with the dowel rods maintaining the curtain in an expanded open position. The tiered structure of the base enhances the floating stability of the water lantern while also holding the LED candle above the water level to protect the LED candle from splashing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: One World Lantern Festival, LLC
    Inventors: David D. Knight, Michael J. Schaefer