Patents Examined by William J Carter
  • Patent number: 10851963
    Abstract: A lens for a trailer light includes a body that transmits light when exposed to light, and a pad operable to mount the lens in front of a light emitting device. The body has a first edge and a second edge located opposite the first edge. The pad is configured to position the body away from the light emitting device such that, when the lens is mounted in front of the light emitting device, a passage is formed between the light emitting device and the body. The passage that is formed has a first opening defined by the first edge of the body, and a second opening defined by the second edge of the body. The first and second openings are configured such that water enters the passage when the lens is mounted to the light emitting device and the lens and light emitting device are submerged in water, and the passage does not hold water when the lens and light emitting device emerge from being submerged in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Mark Enfield
  • Patent number: 10838255
    Abstract: A direct view display device includes a light unit, a collimating unit, an image display unit, and a contrast enhancement unit. The contrast enhancement unit includes opposing first and second major surfaces. The first major surface includes an array of optical elements. The second major surface includes a light absorbing layer and an array of apertures in the light absorbing layer and corresponding to the array of optical elements. The optical elements are disposed between the light unit and the light absorbing layer. The collimating unit is disposed between the light unit and the contrast enhancement unit. The image display unit is disposed between the collimating unit and the contrast enhancement unit. The contrast enhancement unit and the image display unit are arranged such that each optical element of the contrast enhancement unit is aligned with at least one corresponding pixel of the image display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Thomas Gahagan, Jacques Gollier, Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov
  • Patent number: 10822001
    Abstract: A rail vehicle lighting device includes: a plurality of short lighting fixtures assembled into a long lighting fixture having a shape matching with a shape of an irregular interior decoration. Each of the short lighting fixtures is provided with a section body. A light source is provided on the section body. The section body is twisted such that included angles between each of the light sources and a horizontal plane are consistent. In the rail vehicle lighting device, the plurality of short lighting fixtures is assembled into the long lighting fixture having the shape matching with the shape of the irregular interior decoration, thereby satisfying a requirement on a shape of a lighting fixture. By arranging the twisted section body, respective points of the long lighting fixture have consistent light source illumination angles, thereby achieving a satisfactory illumination effect inside a carriage having an irregular interior decoration, and accordingly improving the appearance of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haiyan Zhang, Yongxu Li, Long Zhao, Xueliang Wang, Keshu Zhang, Zhiguo Li
  • Patent number: 10823906
    Abstract: Disclosed are a backlight unit for planar lighting apparatuses and a manufacturing method thereof. The backlight unit simplifies a layer structure to be formed into the shape of a vehicle interior trim part, and has a thin thickness and improved flexibility. The backlight unit includes a light emitting device configured to emit light; a light guide panel having polycarbonate and configured to disperse the light received from a light emitting device; a reflective sheet having fibers and provided below the light guide panel to reflect the light dispersed by the light guide panel; and an acrylic adhesive sheet interposed between the light guide panel and the reflective sheet. The reflective sheet includes pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hong Chan Jeon, Hong Mo Koo, Mi Jung Yun, Dong Kyu Oh, Seul Ah Lee, Byoung Chul Park
  • Patent number: 10821884
    Abstract: An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fascia and an emblem mounted or molded to the fascia, where the emblem includes a plurality of quantum dots. The apparatus also includes an energy source to excite the quantum dots. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing an emblem with a plurality of quantum dots, mounting or molding the emblem to a fascia, and selectively exciting the quantum dots to illuminate the emblem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron B. Johnson, Luciano Lukacs, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman
  • Patent number: 10809452
    Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, a heat dissipation structure and a light guide element. The substrate includes a storage module, plural light-emitting elements and a connection interface. A first connection part and a second connection part of the connection interface are respectively disposed on a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface, located near a first lateral side of the substrate and electrically connected with an electronic device. The heat dissipation structure is partially connected with the substrate. The light guide element is assembled with or locked on the heat dissipation structure, and located near a second lateral side of the substrate. At least one channel is formed between the heat dissipation structure and the substrate. After the light beams of the light-emitting elements pass through the channel, the light beams are centralized or distributed on the light guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: G.SKILL INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chiung Huang Huang
  • Patent number: 10807518
    Abstract: A tailgate assembly includes a tailgate body having a first receiver at a first lateral end and a second receiver at a second later end, a first light module held in the first receiver and a second light module held in the second receiver. The tailgate assembly may also include a third light module. The light modules illuminate a cargo area on the ground adjacent the tailgate and may be removed to a remote location if desired. A related illumination method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jorge Adolfo Miranda Nieto
  • Patent number: 10808875
    Abstract: A light head for use in relining a pipe is disclosed. The light head comprises a proximal end cap, a distal end cap, and at least one body between the proximal end cap and the distal end cap. The proximal end cap also has an air inlet. The body has a longitudinal hole extending from the proximal end cap through the centre of the body towards the distal end cap and at least one air channel extending radially from the longitudinal hole to a radial air outlet. The longitudinal hole is configured to receive air from the air inlet such that in use air from the air inlet passes through the body and exits at the radial air outlet. The body is configured for supporting at least one light emitting diode on the periphery of the body in order to emit light radially from the light head towards the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: PEANTA INVENTIONS AB
    Inventors: Andreas Lindelof, Taus Gerner-Rasmussen, Peter Larsson
  • Patent number: 10808896
    Abstract: A lighting assembly is provided which comprises a light fixture in combination with a support grid such as a drop ceiling t-bar. The light fixture can be configured to use a t-bar as the main form of support. The light fixture can be push-fit onto a t-bar or use a clip to join two or more portions of the light fixture to an installed t-bar. Once attached to the T-bar, the light fixture itself can provides support for a ceiling tile. Various embodiments are provided which achieve a variety of light distributions useful in typical illumination applications. Both recessed and suspended fixture types are achieved in various embodiments which are particularly well suited for LED lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ARON Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Josh Casement, Clay Mohrman, Jeffrey Corvese, Terence Yeo, Timothy Kelly
  • Patent number: 10800323
    Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a lamp, a moveable panel configured such that the lamp is operably mountable to the moveable panel under a first operating condition, and a fixed panel configured such that the lamp is operably mountable to the fixed panel under a different, second operating condition. The lamp is configured to be powered through the moveable panel when operably mounted to the moveable panel. The lamp is configured to be powered through the fixed panel when operably mounted to the fixed panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Albert Ekladyous, Lisa Hohmann, Hardyal Singh, Masoud Hashemi
  • Patent number: 10802335
    Abstract: A light diffusion plate for a direct-lit backlight unit is provided which is capable of inhibiting generation of defects in production, and which is superior in mechanical strength even if being formed to be thin. The light diffusion plate for a direct-lit backlight unit includes a resin matrix, and a diffusion agent dispersed in the resin matrix, in which a principal component of the resin matrix is a polycarbonate resin, a ratio Mw/Mn of a polystyrene equivalent weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn of the polycarbonate resin, as determined by gel permeation chromatography is no less than 1.8 and no greater than 3.2, and the weight average molecular weight Mw of the polycarbonate resin is no less than 3.0×104 and no greater than 6.5×104. The light diffusion plate has an average thickness of preferably no less than 0.1 mm and no greater than 1.0 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Keiwa Inc.
    Inventor: Motohiko Okabe
  • Patent number: 10801680
    Abstract: A light fixture comprising a mounting housing comprising a junction box and a first connector component and a light housing comprising at least one light emitting diode contained within the light housing and electrically coupled to a second connector component complementary to the first connector component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: ALLANSON LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Faiek Dabiet, Wayne Lee, Mahsa Ajilian, Horea Trifu
  • Patent number: 10795071
    Abstract: A solid-state luminaire module includes one or more light-emitting elements (LEEs) arranged to provide light; and a light guide including a receiving end arranged to receive the light provided by the LEEs and an opposing end, a pair of opposing side surfaces extending along a length of the light guide to guide the received light in a forward direction to the opposing end, and a redirecting end-face located at the opposing end and configured to reflect the guided light—that reaches the opposing end—back into the light guide as return light, such that substantially all the return light impinges on the pair of opposing side surfaces at incident angles larger than a critical incidence angle and transmits through the pair of opposing side surfaces into the ambient as output light of the luminaire module, the output light to propagate in backward directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Louis Lerman, Ferdinand Schinagl, Allan Brent York
  • Patent number: 10794562
    Abstract: An optical system is provided. The optical system includes a first lens and a second lens disposed in front of the first lens. In particular, the second lens has a concave incidence surface, a curvature ratio between the first lens and the second lens is in a range of about 1.2 to 3.0, and the optical system receives a light emitted by a light-emitting unit in a range of about 60° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Woon Kim, Hyeong Do Kim
  • Patent number: 10794561
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a projector lens, a first light source disposed behind the projector lens and configured to emit light for forming a low-beam light distribution pattern, a second light source disposed behind the projector lens and configured to emit light for forming an additional high-beam light distribution pattern, and a metal base member. The base member includes a first surface on which the first light source is disposed and a second surface on which the second light source is disposed. The second surface is inclined with respect to an optical axis such that an emission portion of the light emitting element faces obliquely forward and upward. A plurality of metal plate-shaped fins extending in a left-right direction and an upper-lower direction of the lamp are arranged along a front-rear direction of the lamp on a rear surface of the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Kazushi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 10794544
    Abstract: A LED lamp comprises a base, an envelope, a printed circuit board for mounting a plurality of LED chips and a supporting member for supporting the printed circuit board. The envelope has a bottom end coupled with the base. The envelope defines an interior between the base and the envelope, and the printed circuit board is disposed in the interior. The printed circuit board comprises a hollow structure. One end of the supporting member is assembled in the base, the other end of the supporting member is coupled with the printed circuit board. One end of the printed circuit board extends into the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Consumer Lighting (US), LLC
    Inventors: Xiaojun Ren, Kun Xiao, Zhifeng Bao, Zhiyong Wang, Yimin Zhu
  • Patent number: 10794566
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a light flux controlling member. The light flux controlling member includes an incidence surface and an emission surface, and is disposed such that, in a cross section of the light emitting device, light emitted at least ?1=81° from a light emission center of the light emitting element is incident on the rear surface of the light flux controlling member, and the emission surface is formed such that, in the cross section of the light emitting device, a curve of a graph with an abscissa of ?1 and an ordinate of ?2 includes an inflection point, wherein ?2 is an angle between a line orthogonal to the optical axis and a tangent to the emission surface at a point P, the point P being an arrival point of light emitted from the light emission center at angle ?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Fukuda, Kakeru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10781979
    Abstract: An LED lamp bulb, comprising: an LED lamp substrate (5) having at least one LED light source (51) mounted thereon; and an electrical isolation assembly (6a) disposed on the LED lamp substrate (5), wherein, the electrical isolation assembly (6a) electrically isolates the LED lamp substrate's charged part from outside of the LED lamp substrate (5). The LED lamp bulb can protect user from contacting the charged part inside the lamp housing (7) when the LED lamp bulb is broken and thereby avoid electric shock accidents. In addition, the directions of the light emitted by the LED light sources (51) can be changed to achieve different kinds of lighting effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Liqin Li, Zhixiang Zeng, Qifeng Ye, Shuanglang Li, Zhaosong Lin, Dingkai Wang, Weijun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10768354
    Abstract: A display device includes light guide plate, a light source, and a concealing plate. The light guide plate propagates light incident from an incident end surface, reflects the light with a prism provided on a reflection surface, and causes the light to emit from an emission surface facing the reflection surface. The light guide plate has a plurality of inclined surfaces on a side end surface excluding an incident end surface of the light guide plate and a facing end surface facing the incident end surface, and a line segment connecting a center of sides of the plurality of inclined surfaces and a center of the light source, and the sides of the inclined surfaces are substantially perpendicular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Takata, Wahei Agemizu
  • Patent number: 10761254
    Abstract: The light-guiding optical system comprises at least one light guide (1) made from an optically transparent material with an associated collimating element (2), and a light unit (3) to emit light rays (10) into the collimating element (2). The light guide (1) comprises on its front side an output surface (12) for the output of light rays (10) conducted by the light guide (1) out of the light guide (1), and on its bottom or top side, a binding surface (11) to bind light rays (10) collimated by the collimating element (2) into the light guide (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Varroc Lighting Systems, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Pavel Sousek, Tomas Socha