Patents Examined by William J Carter
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Patent number: 11965625Abstract: A light emitting device (1) adapted for projecting a light beam (15) onto a target surface, the light emitting device (1) comprising a light engine (2) comprising a light source (3), a light mixing chamber (4), and an optical component (5) having a spherical shape with a curved light-receiving surface (51), where the light source (3) is arranged to, in operation, emit light towards a light exit window (41) of the at least one light mixing 5 chamber, the light exit window (41) of the at least one light mixing chamber (4) thereby acting as an extended light source with a curved light-emitting surface, where the optical component (5) is provided adjacent to the light exit window (41) of the light mixing chamber, and where the curved light emitting surface of the at least one light mixing chamber (4) is conformal to an the curved light-receiving surface (51) of the optical component (5) and 10 coincident with a focal surface (52) of the optical component (5).Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V.Inventors: Erik Paul Boonekamp, Ludovicus Johannes Lambertus Haenen, Joris Jan Vrehen
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Patent number: 11966049Abstract: A near-eye display apparatus comprises a spatial light modulator illuminated by a directional backlight and a magnifying lens arranged to provide a magnified wide field of view image to an eye of a user. The directional backlight comprises an array of light sources and a stepped waveguide comprising a curved reflective end. Light propagates along the waveguide without loss and is reflected from the reflective end. The steps of the waveguide are arranged to provide a virtual optical window for each light source. The magnifying lens images the virtual optical window to a real pupil window in an eyebox. The real pupil window may be steered in response to the measured location of the user's pupil. High illumination efficiency is provided to the user in a thin form factor.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: RealD Spark, LLCInventors: Graham J. Woodgate, Michael G. Robinson
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Patent number: 11959620Abstract: A light fixture includes a housing for supporting a light source and an enclosure for supporting a driver in electrical communication with the light source. The enclosure is selectively supported in one of a first position and a second position while maintaining electrical communication between the driver and the light source in both positions. The enclosure is directly coupled to the housing in the first position, and the enclosure is supported separately from the housing in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Progress Lighting, LLCInventors: Luis Morales, Anthony Sinphay
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Patent number: 11953163Abstract: A light source unit for plant cultivation includes: a first light emitter emitting a primary light and a converter disposed on a path of the primary light to produce a first light, and a second light emitter emitting a second light, wherein combined light emitted from the first light emitter and the second light emitter produces a basic spectrum including at least three peak wavelengths, with a difference between relative intensities of at least two of the peak wavelengths being less than 20%.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Min Ko, Jin Won Kim
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Patent number: 11953195Abstract: There is provided a light emitting device, for example a grow-light, comprising: a first solid-state light source that generates blue light with a blue photon flux; and a second solid-state light source that generates red light with a red photon flux; wherein a ratio of the blue photon flux to red photon flux is from about 1:3 to about 3:1. It may be that the broadband blue light substantially matches at least one of: the absorption peak wavelength of chlorophyll-a; the absorption peak wavelength of chlorophyll-b; and the absorption peak wavelength of carotenoid.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Bridgelux, Inc.Inventors: Yi-Qun Li, Jing Qiong Zhang
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Patent number: 11953715Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, a fixing element and an elastic element. The light guide plate has a light incident surface. The light source has a light-emitting side and a back side opposite to the light-emitting side, and the light-emitting side faces the light incident surface. The fixing element is disposed to be opposite to the back side. The elastic element is connected to the fixing element, wherein the elastic element is adapted to push the light source to be against the light incident surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AUO Display Plus CorporationInventor: Chih-Kao Chang
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Patent number: 11955586Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp having high color-rendering property includes a lamp housing, a light source board, a plurality of white LEDs and a plurality of purple LEDs. The light source board is disposed in the lamp housing. The white LEDs are disposed on the light source board. The purple LEDs are disposed on the light source board. The wavelength range of the lights emitted by the purple LEDs is within the ultraviolet A (UVA) band.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Xiamen PVTECH Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fuxing Lu, Zhirong Lin
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Patent number: 11957032Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display system. The display system includes a backlight configured to emit substantially collimated polarized light from an emission surface thereof. The emitted polarized light is polarized along a polarization direction. The display system further includes a display panel configured to receive an illumination light and form an image. The display system further includes a grating system substantially coextensive in length and width with the display panel and the emission surface. The grating system includes a plurality of substantially parallel elongated features extending along an in-plane first direction and arranged along an orthogonal in-plane second direction. The grating system is configured to receive and transmit an incident polarized light as a first transmitted light having different first and second polarization states in response to different respective first and second signals applied to the grating system.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Stephen J. Etzkorn, Michael L. Steiner, Kevin W. Gotrik, Luke A. Schroeder, Nicholas A. Johnson, John A. Wheatley
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Patent number: 11947101Abstract: According to one aspect, the invention relates to a device (200) for transporting and controlling light beams comprising a light guide (40) comprising a bundle (50) of uncoupled single-mode optical fibers (Fi), each single-mode optical fiber (Fi) being intended to receive an elementary light beam (B1i) at a proximal end and to emit a light beam (B2i) at a distal end, said bundle of single-mode optical fibers comprising, in operation, a minimum radius of curvature corresponding to a maximum curvature of the bundle of fibers.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université d'Aix-Marseille, Université de Lille, Ecole Centrale de MarseilleInventors: Hervé Rigneault, Géraud Bouwmans, Esben Andresen, Siddarth Sivankutty, Viktor Tsvirkun, Olivier Vanvincq
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Patent number: 11946606Abstract: Provided is a wavelength conversion member capable of improving brightness of a light source device. Wavelength conversion member according to the present disclosure includes: first phosphor layer that is disposed on an incidence side where excitation light enters, and contains a plurality of first phosphor particles; and second phosphor layer that is disposed on a side reverse to the incidence side and contains a plurality of second phosphor particles. First phosphor particles include an activation component, second phosphor particles include an activation component same as or different from the activation component included in first phosphor particles, and a concentration of the activation component in first phosphor layer is lower than a concentration of the activation component in second phosphor layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Ueda, Masayuki Hogiri, Yoshihisa Nagasaki, Kojiro Okuyama
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Patent number: 11946625Abstract: A site light including a body, an arm coupled to the body having an adjustable arm length, a light assembly coupled to the arm opposite the body, and a drive assembly configured to alter the arm length. The drive assembly, in turn, includes a drive wheel mounted for rotation with respect to the body, an idle wheel mounted for rotation with respect to the body, and a biasing member configured to bias the idle wheel toward the drive wheel. The site light also includes a cable coupled to the arm where the cable is positioned between and engaged by both the drive wheel and the idle wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: David Proeber, Ross McIntyre, Jason D. Thurner, Michael A. Verhagen, Gareth Mueckl, Brian Cornell, Dalton F. Hansen, Anthony R. Sleck, John S. Scott, Scott T. Moeller
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Patent number: 11920779Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device comprising a plurality of light cells arranged in a row, wherein each of the light cells comprises an illumination element configured to emit light, a rectangular front lens, and a light guide configured to guide the light emitted from the illumination element to the rectangular front lens, and to an illumination device comprising a housing in which the plurality of light cells are arranged, wherein each light cell is separated from a neighboring light cell in the row by a separator which separates an edge of the front lens from one of the plurality of light cells from the edge of the front lens of the neighboring front lens by a first width, wherein the plurality of light cells comprise outer light cells in where a side surface of housing abuts one of the edges of the corresponding front lens of the outer light cell, wherein the side surface abuting one of the edges of the front lens has a thickness which is half of the first width.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Harman Professional Denmark APSInventor: Wouter Verlinden
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Patent number: 11906135Abstract: An adsorption bed utilizing Metal Organic Framework canisters to process flue gasses exiting from power generation plants. High temperature flue gas from a power generation is cooled and enters MOF containers where CO2 is adsorbed. CO2 is then de-adsorbed with additional high temperature flue gas. CO2 is collected and removed from flue gas. Electricity is generated using the heat differential and collected to power the device. Electronic control system uses sensors and controls valves, pumps, cooling system and MOF gates.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventors: Abdullah Alrasheed, Majed AlHarbi
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Patent number: 11892143Abstract: The invention provides a light generating device (1000) comprising (i) a plurality of n light sources (100), and (ii) an optical component (1200) comprising an array (200) of prismatic elements (300), wherein: (a) the plurality of n light sources (100) comprise a first subset of one or more first light sources (110) configured to generate collimated first light source light (111) and a second subset of one or more second light sources (120) configured to generate collimated second light source light (121), wherein n>2; (b) the array (200) of prismatic elements (300) is configured in a light receiving relationship with the n light sources (100), wherein the array of prismatic elements (300) comprises k1 parallel arranged first prismatic faces (201) and k2 parallel arranged second prismatic faces (202), wherein k1>2 and wherein k2>2, wherein the first prismatic faces (201) and the second prismatic faces (202) are not mutually parallel; (c) the first light sources (110) are configured to irradiate the fType: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Olexandr Valentynovych Vdovin, Robert Van Asselt, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
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Patent number: 11885614Abstract: Embodiments of the present specification provide an apparatus for detecting an angle of rotation of a rotating member. A light source emits light rays which are conditioned by a light conditioner to control a light beam geometry and emission pattern of the light rays. The conditioned rays are incident on an optical disk that emits refracted rays in form of a light spot on an optical detector. The optical disk rotates in synchronization with the rotating member. The optical detector uses position of the light spot to output an analog signal continuous and ratio-metric to the angle of rotation of the rotating member.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: OSI Optoelectronics, Inc.Inventors: Jean-Pierre Maufras, Michael John Frick, Michel Chiasson, Teodor Petrea
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Patent number: 11885999Abstract: An optical construction includes a reflective polarizer and an optically diffusive film disposed on the reflective polarizer. The reflective polarizer includes an outer layer including a plurality of first particles partially protruding from a first major surface thereof to form a structured major surface. A first optically diffusive layer is conformably disposed on the structured major surface. The optically diffusive film includes a second optically diffusive layer including a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed therein, and a structured layer including a structured major surface. For a substantially normally incident light and a visible wavelength range from about 450 nm to about 650 nm and an infrared wavelength range from about 930 nm to about 970 nm, the second optically diffusive layer has an average specular transmittance Vs in the visible wavelength range and an average specular transmittance Is in the infrared wavelength range, where Is/Vs?2.5.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: 3M INNOVATION PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Bharat R. Acharya, Robert D. Taylor, Joseph P. Attard, Benjamin J. Forsythe, David T. Yust, Matthew E. Sousa, Jason S. Petaja, Anthony M. Renstrom, William Blake Kolb, Matthew S. Cole, Matthew S. Stay, Matthew R.D. Smith, Jeremy O. Swanson, Tri D. Pham, David A. Rosen, Qunyi Chen, Lisa A. DeNicola, Quinn D. Sanford, Carl A. Stover, Lin Zhao, Gilles J. Benoit
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Patent number: 11885483Abstract: A base module of an electronic device is adapted to provide a basic functionality, wherein the base module comprises a connection device for electrically contacting the base module, and wherein the connection device is adapted to establish an electrical connection between the base module and an extension module for functional extension of the base module, so that the base module may be electrically contacted through the extension module. Furthermore, an extension module and an electronic device with extended functionality are proposed.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBHInventors: Dominik Tiefel, Michael Koch, Johann Asam, Lambert Frye
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Patent number: 11884419Abstract: An exterior aircraft light that can be used on an aircraft includes a dome-shaped light transmissive cover, a light emission assembly, and an interface assembly. The light emission assembly comprises a light emission tower portion, having a cover-facing end and an opposite aircraft-facing end and having a hollow channel extending between the aircraft-facing end and the cover-facing end, a platform portion, and at least one light source and at least one optical element, arranged on the platform portion. The interface assembly extends through the hollow channel of the light emission tower portion and comprises an elevated base, which is configured for mechanically supporting and electrically connecting an electric component, the electric component being at least one of a data reception component, a data transmission component, and a data generation component. The interface assembly further comprises at least one signal line, which extends from the elevated base through the interface assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Robert Trinschek, Jens Leuschner, John D. Edquist
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Patent number: 11879602Abstract: Disclosed herein are a light source module for plant cultivation and a light device including the same. The light source module for plant cultivation may include at least one main light source emitting white light. The white light from the main light source is provided to a plant during cultivation to improve the growth and phytochemical content of the plant. In addition, the white light may have peak wavelengths of 430 nm or less, 440 nm to 460 nm, 510 nm to 530 nm, and 600 nm to 630 nm.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sang Min Ko
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Patent number: 11878367Abstract: In an optical device capable of adjusting a focal position of laser light, the accuracy of laser processing is improved. An optical device which processes a subject by irradiating the subject with laser light, includes: a focal position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a focal position of the laser light; an incident position adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an incident position of the laser light incident on the subject in a direction perpendicular to a focal direction of the laser light; and a control unit configured to control driving of the focal position adjustment mechanism and the incident position adjustment mechanism, wherein the control unit controls the driving of the incident position adjustment mechanism based on an amount of driving of the focal position adjustment mechanism to correct a shift of the incident position due to change of the focal position.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yukihiro Inoue