Patents Examined by Vip Patel
  • Patent number: 11237427
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to an ink composition for reflective sheet capable of preventing a luminance difference occurring at an upper or lower end of a display panel and display apparatus including the same and method of manufacturing the display apparatus. The display apparatus of the disclosed embodiment comprises a display panel to display an image, a light source configured to supply light to the display panel, a light guide plate configured to guide light emitted from the light source, a reflective sheet movable between a first state close to the lower surface of the light guide plate and a second state farther away from the lower surface of the light guide plate than the first state, and a reflective pattern provided on the reflective sheet and configured to be disposed in contact with the light guide plate in the first state, wherein the reflective pattern on the reflective sheet is formed of an acrylate resin including a multi-functional acrylate monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Yong Jung, Young Chul Lee, Jong Bin Kim, Jong Pil Jeon, Byoung-Jin Cho, Jean Hur
  • Patent number: 11232722
    Abstract: A foldable display device is provided. The foldable display device may comprise a lower module, a display module on the lower module, a functional module on the display module, and a window module on the functional module. The display module may include a main region having a display area. The display module may include a lower inorganic encapsulation structure and an upper inorganic encapsulation structure directly contacting each other to form an inorganic-inorganic contact closed loop that substantially surrounds the display area in a plan view. The upper inorganic encapsulation structure may include at least three layers. Both of the upper inorganic encapsulation structure and the window module may be flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myoung Seo Park
  • Patent number: 11221118
    Abstract: An illumination module, and a vehicle lamp and vehicle comprising the module. The illumination module, comprises a low-beam light source, a low-beam optical element, a high-beam light source, and a high-beam optical element. The low-beam optical element comprises a light incident portion and a reflection portion; the light incident portion is configured as a light gathering structure; the low-beam light source is provided at a position where the low-beam beam generated by the low-beam light source can pass through the light incoming parts; the reflection portion is provided below a light emission direction of the light incident portion, and a cut-off line is formed at a front end of the reflection portion; the high-beam light sources and the high-beam optical element are provided below the reflection portion. The illumination module is simple in structure and design and can improve light energy utilization efficiency while facilitating a compact and attractive design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: HASCO Vision Technology Co., LTD
    Inventors: He Zhu, Dapan Zhang, Zhiping Qiu
  • Patent number: 11221115
    Abstract: An optic for a light emitting diode array comprises an arrangement of optical structures for providing one or more down lighting distribution from the LED array; and a waveguide edge for providing one or more up-lighting distributions from the LED array. Luminaires are described comprising a light emitting diode (LED) array and the optic. Lighting systems are described comprising a plurality of the luminaires arranged over an area enclosed by walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Wilcox, Bin Hou
  • Patent number: 11221126
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements and a light controller. The light emitting elements are for emitting lights. The light controller is disposed on the light emitting elements for the lights passing through, which is switchable in a first state and a second state. The light controller collimates the lights in the first state and diffuses the lights in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11215343
    Abstract: A headlamp includes a strap, a bracket coupled to the strap, and a first lighting assembly pivotally coupled to the bracket and including a first light housing enclosing a first LED, a battery housing enclosing a battery configured to power the first LED, and a first actuator operable to toggle the first lighting assembly between a first plurality of operating modes. The headlamp also includes a second lighting assembly coupled to the strap and having a plurality of second LEDs and a second actuator operable to toggle the second lighting assembly between a second plurality of operating modes such that the lighting assemblies are operable independently. A wire extends between the lighting assemblies to provide power from the battery to the plurality of second LEDs. The second lighting assembly extends along more than 50% of a circumference of the strap and follows a curvature of the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin D. Gall, Sara M. Manulik, Alan Amundson
  • Patent number: 11217125
    Abstract: A display device and a flexible display screen thereof. The flexible display screen includes a display layer, a flexible cover plate layer, a rigid layer and a buffer layer. The flexible cover plate layer is disposed on a light emitting surface of the display layer. The rigid layer is light-transmitting and is disposed between the display layer and the flexible cover plate layer. The buffer layer is disposed between the display layer and the flexible cover plate layer. And a projection of the buffer layer on the flexible cover plate layer is located at an edge of the flexible cover plate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11199743
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a frame, a light source assembly, a reflective sheet, an optical film, and a light shielding sheet. The frame is disposed around the light guide plate. The light source assembly is disposed on a side surface of the light guide plate and fixed on the light guide plate and the frame. The reflective sheet is disposed on a bottom surface of the light guide plate. The optical film is disposed on a top surface of the light guide plate. The light shielding sheet is disposed on a surface of the optical film away from the light source assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gege Zhou
  • Patent number: 11199302
    Abstract: A light of a vehicle with a cover lens, the light having a light source for generating light, the light having a shifter for shifting the wavelength of at least a portion of the light generated by the light source in the visible, short-wave range into radiation in the long-wave range, the shifter being disposed in the light in such a way that the long-wave radiation generated by the shifter is directed towards the cover lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Stefan Groene, Julien Hansen, Philipp Lott, Arne Sebastian Saftig
  • Patent number: 11199319
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for deploying a fixture. The apparatus may include, and the methods may involve, apparatus for mounting a fixture in a hardscape. The apparatus may include a mount. The mount may include an anchor. The anchor may be configured to be secured to the hardscape. The apparatus may include a support. The support may be fixed to the anchor. The support may be configured to hold the fixture. The apparatus may include a connector. The connector may be configured to releasably connect to an electrical terminal of the fixture. Connection of the connector to the fixture may form a watertight enclosure about the terminal. The connector may include a casing defining a groove. The connector may include an elastomeric ring disposed in the groove. The connector may be configured to prevent movement of the connector relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Wangs Alliance Corporation
    Inventor: Rong Feng Yu
  • Patent number: 11189993
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a spark plug for a combustion engine, wherein the spark plug has at least two components which are joined by at least one welded joint which has been manufactured in a welding process, wherein for improving selected material properties of the welded joint a laser beam is directed to the welded joint and in that a powder which improves the selected material properties is introduced into the welded joint which is melted on its surface by the laser beam such that the powder melts and due to a connection of the melted powder with the melted aggregate structure of the surface of the welded joint a treated area with improved material properties results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Innio Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Roland Grabner, Johann Klausner, Manfred Langsenlehner
  • Patent number: 11187939
    Abstract: A light source, a light source assembly, a display device and a display method. The light source comprises a first light emitting region and a second light emitting region. The first light emitting region and the second light emitting region can control ON or OFF of the light emission separately. The first light emitting region and the second light emitting region are arranged alternately along a first direction. The first light emitting region and the second light emitting region of the light sources in this disclosure can be controlled separately. Hence, one light emitting region can be made to emit light while the other light emitting region can be made to be turned off. There is no stray light in the turned-off light emitting region, so as to avoid stray light crosstalk to light of the other light emitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weipin Hu, Chun Wang, Mingxiao Jiang, Congcong Wei, Xiao Sun, Xiang Feng
  • Patent number: 11173830
    Abstract: A decorative cover for motor vehicle wheels, which is detachably arranged in the space between spokes of a motor vehicle rim, wherein the decorative cover has active lighting, the electrical energy of which can be generated by an energy module fastened to the rear of the decorative cover, wherein the energy generation thereof works independently of the fixed components of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: DEMMEL AG
    Inventor: Daniel Miguel Pereyra-Garcia Bustamante
  • Patent number: 11168842
    Abstract: A lamp includes a base, a light-permeable bulb containing at least one light source, and a driver for powering the light source. The driver is located within the base. The bulb has outwardly leading supply lines on the base side, and the driver has at least one contact element which projects in the direction of the bulb into which a free-standing section of the respective supply line is inserted to make contact. The technology is particularly applicable to lamps with LEDs as light sources, in particular for replacement of conventional lamps such as incandescent lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Lene Haberkorn, Klaus Eckert
  • Patent number: 11169415
    Abstract: The invention is related to a back-light device. The back-light device comprises a reflection structure and a back-light plate. A plurality of light-emitting elements, disposed on the back-light plate, face a light-entering side of the reflection structure, and the emitted light of the light-emitting elements enters the light-entering side of the reflection structure and is reflected to a light-emitting side of the reflection structure by the reflection of the reflection structure for forming a back-light source emitted to a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Sitronix Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chuan-Pin Hsiung, Shun Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 11169318
    Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment is a lighting device comprising: a light conversion module including one surface and the other surface; and a light source module disposed at a side surface of the light conversion module, wherein the light source module comprises a plurality of light emitting elements disposed so as to be spaced in a first direction, the first direction is a thickness direction of the light conversion module, and at least one among the plurality of light emitting elements is disposed higher than the one surface of the light conversion module in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eay Jin Lim, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11168846
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of sub-electronic modules arranged side by side. Each of the sub-electronic modules includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls, and a light guide pipe mounted on one of the side walls. The light guide pipe has an incident end, an emergent end located at a front portion of the housing, and a main body located between the incident end and the emergent end and extending in a length direction of the housing. The incident ends of the light guide pipes located between at least a pair of adjacent housings are staggered by a predetermined distance in the length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiwang Jin, Hongqiang Han, WenYu Liu, Chenxi Wang, Xingjie Ge
  • Patent number: 11165226
    Abstract: A spark plug is provided, including a housing, an insulator situated within a housing, the insulator having a longitudinal axis, an insulator foot, body, head, and seat. Inside the housing is a housing seat which is in contact with the insulator seat of the insulator. An inner seal is situated between the housing seat and the insulator seat, so that the inner seal, the housing seat, and the insulator seat form a sealing system. The insulator seat includes a step that has a first section and a second section having an angle ? to one another that is greater than 0° and the first section being parallel to the insulator longitudinal axis. The inner seal is in contact with this first section, so that a radial sealing surface is formed at the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Herzberg, Chris Schimmel
  • Patent number: 11150397
    Abstract: A light guide structure, a manufacturing method of the light guide structure, a module and a display device are provided. The light guide structure includes: at least two light guide layers; and a plurality of dot structures between adjacent ones of the light guide layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: BOE OPTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 11143387
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a strip-like high flexibility region and a strip-like low flexibility region arranged alternately in a direction. The high flexibility region includes a flexible light-emitting panel. The low flexibility region includes the light-emitting panel and a support panel having a lower flexibility than that of the light-emitting panel and overlapping with the light-emitting panel. It is preferable that the light-emitting panel include an external connection electrode and that a length in the direction of a low flexibility region A that overlaps with the external connection electrode be longer than a length in the direction of a low flexibility region B that is closest to the region A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Akio Endo