Patents Examined by Y. M. Quach Lee
  • Patent number: 10761360
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a substrate and a display driving component mounted on the substrate; a backlight unit; and a heat dissipation member present on that surface of the substrate which is opposite to the region in which a display driving component is mounted and on that side of the backlight unit which is opposite to the display panel, the heat dissipation member being made of a highly thermally conductive material and having slits for discharging gas inside the heat dissipation member to outside the heat dissipation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoya Ide, Shigenori Morioka, Tokumi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10746915
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light-emitting units. The plurality of light-emitting units emit light toward a light incident surface of the light guide plate. The plurality of light-emitting units are attached to the light incident surface of the light guide plate and arranged along a target direction in manner of spacing between two adjacent light-emitting units. A plurality of light-converging portions are arranged along the target direction in an end portion of the light guide plate where the light incident surface is located, and the plurality of light-converging portions are disposed at locations of the light guide each of which is corresponding to the spacing. The plurality of light-converging portions are configured to converge light incident into the light-converging portions through the light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lichuan Xiao
  • Patent number: 10731830
    Abstract: A twist-and-lock mounting bracket may secure a lighting fixture to a mounting surface. The twist-and-lock mounting bracket may define an aperture having features corresponding to the shape of a twist-and-lock element disposed on a housing of a lighting fixture. Accordingly, the twist-and-lock element may be configured to extend through the aperture while the corresponding features of the twist-and-lock element and the aperture are aligned. The housing may then be rotated such that the tabs do not align with the corresponding features of the aperture, and the twist-and-lock element is thereby prevented from sliding through the aperture. The mounting bracket may be secured to a junction box positioned within a mounting surface, or it may be secured to a biasing bracket having one or more second resilient members configured to engage the interior of a recessed can light, such that the lighting fixture may be secured to the recessed can light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Barry Feit, Brian Halliwell
  • Patent number: 10732338
    Abstract: The display assembly includes: a light source configured to emit light; a light guide plate disposed to receive light emitted from the light source on a lateral side; and a color transformer disposed proximate to an edge of the light guide plate, and configured to change a color of light incident to the color transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kye Hoon Lee, Dae Kuen Yang, Nae-won Jang
  • Patent number: 10724693
    Abstract: A portable tower trailer having a light tower housing constructed to allow for both stacking and nesting which is beneficial in both storage and shipping of light towers is disclosed. The portable tower trailer employs a frame having a hinged axle that allows the wheels to operate in a conventional manner. The hinged axle further allows the wheels to be rotated upward allowing the frame to rest flush on the ground or stacked upon a similar shaped portable tower. The stackable light tower is constructed having a base employing an engine system and a fuel tank; and a mast pivotally coupled to the base and movable between a storage configuration and a positioning configuration. The storage configuration is when the mast is folded over an upper surface of the base whereby an additional light tower base or tower trailer may be placed or stacked over the top of the first light tower base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventor: Gino Kennedy
  • Patent number: 10724789
    Abstract: A shelf for a domestic cooling device has a base plate with an edge face, an edge strip extending along the edge face of the base plate where the edge strip has a strip body covering the edge face, and at least one light source element where the strip body forms a light reflection surface which is arranged in a propagation path of the light of the at least one light source element and has a diffuse reflecting effect for at least a portion of the light that is incident thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Inventors: Manfredi Signorino, Martin Brabec, Johann Schenkl
  • Patent number: 10725233
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display module are disclosed. The backlight module includes: a back plate and an optical component, wherein at least one positioning structure is disposed on the back plate, the optical component is provided with an opening which is matched with the positioning structure, and a surface of the positioning structure facing an inner wall of the opening is a curved surface. The backlight module can reduce or avoid the deformation of the positioning structure when being subjected to an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongda Ma, Yong Qiao, Jianbo Xian
  • Patent number: 10711956
    Abstract: A lighting device comprises at least one LED element for emitting light into an emission direction. A bendable light guide is arranged to guide light emitted from the LED element. The bendable light guide comprises at least a first portion formed of an elastic, light transmitting light guide material covering at least the emission direction of the LED element, and a second portion formed of an elastic, light transmitting light guide material. In order to be able to function under varying environmental conditions, the second portion is arranged spaced from the first portion in the emission direction by a separation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Florent Monestier, Christian Kleijnen
  • Patent number: 10712493
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light source generating a light, a display panel receiving the light from the light source and including a display area displaying an image and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area, and first and second optical sheets disposed under the display panel. Each of the first and second optical sheets includes a body portion overlapped with the display area and a wing portion connected to one side portion of the body portion in the first direction to overlap with a portion of the non-display area. A length of the wing portion of the first optical sheet in the second direction is shorter than a length of the wing portion of the second optical sheet in the second direction, and the wing portion of the first optical sheet is entirely overlapped with the wing portion of the second optical sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangwoon Jung, Jee-na Lee, Hyeonmi Lee
  • Patent number: 10711955
    Abstract: A resiliently flexible, rubberized light housing for sealingly enclosing and protecting a light bulb or fixture against moisture and other intrusion. The housing has an elongated, generally tubular body with an open first end and a closed second end. The open first end may receive and retain a bulb or fixture that has an exposed bulb or element or is environmentally sealed. If the bulb or fixture is sealed, then the same may hermetically seal the open first end. If the bulb or fixture is not sealed, then a lens may be included to hermetically seal the open first end with the bulb or fixture in the interior. Electrical wires for connection to the bulb or fixture may be passed through a sealing port on the closed send end. The plurality of ribs are configured for friction contact with the inside of a lighting can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Nate Mullen
  • Patent number: 10704761
    Abstract: An inflatable decorative system includes an inflatable hollow bag body provided with an inflation port and a line hole, a plurality of first fixing portions having perforations or hook portions and arranged on an inner wall of the bag body, and a light string system. At least an end portion extends out of the bag body from the line hole, and the remaining portions are arranged inside the bag body and fixed among the plurality of first fixing portions so that the light string system is unfolded into a preset shape in the bag body after the bag body is inflated. The light string system can be directly hung among the plurality of fixing portions, and can also be fixed among the plurality of fixing portions by a reinforcing strip or reinforcing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: GANZHOU SHANGJIE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianjun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10705336
    Abstract: A head-up display assembly including a printed circuit board having a plurality of light emitting elements. A display element is illuminated by the plurality of light emitting elements. A total internal reflection (TIR) lens array includes a plurality of TIR lenses. Each one of the plurality of TIR lenses is aligned with a different one of the plurality of light emitting elements to reflect light emitted by the plurality of light emitting elements to the display element to illuminate the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Olga Adeyshvili, Reben Werman, Kelly Farner
  • Patent number: 10704762
    Abstract: A decorative optical element that has an appearance of a glass optical element includes an optically transparent body having a faceted globular portion defined by a solid volume of polymeric material. A luminaire, such as for a street light, employs the decorative optical element and an LED circuit board mounted to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CorLed Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Mallory, Brian Wells, John Kahl, Dianna Stadtherr
  • Patent number: 10690324
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for mounting a luminaire on a support. For example, there is provided a mechanism that includes a plate adapted to couple with an end of a luminaire. The plate includes a support member adapted to mate with the support. The mechanism further includes a tensioning member adapted to couple with the support member to secure the support in a channel region of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Eden Dubuc, Robert David Spivock, Justin Rioux
  • Patent number: 10690318
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) apparatus is provided. The LED apparatus includes: an LED layer including a plurality of LEDs corresponding to a plurality of sub-pixels; a phosphor layer which is stacked on a top of the LED layer and includes a phosphor corresponding to at least a part of the plurality of sub-pixels; and a filter layer which is stacked on a top of the phosphor layer and includes a plurality of color filters corresponding to the plurality of sub-pixels, and each of the plurality of color filters includes a plurality of absorption films which are spaced from one another at predetermined intervals to absorb external light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nishida, Dae-sik Kim, Tetsuya Shigeta, Ji-Hoon Kang
  • Patent number: 10690330
    Abstract: A modular fan includes a casing and a heat dissipating module. The casing includes an outer frame, a first accommodating chamber and a second accommodating chamber, and the first and second accommodating chambers are disposed at both ends of the casing. The outer frame and the first and second accommodating chambers are integrally formed. The heat dissipating module includes a first fan and a second fan, and the first and second fans are accommodated in the first and second accommodating chambers respectively; four endpoints of the diagonals of the outer frame have a fixed portion. separately Compared with the conventional single fan required to be installed on a 240 mm-radiator one by one, the modular fan of the present invention can be installed on the 240 mm-radiator directly to reduce the inconvenience of installation. In addition, the invention provides a better heat dissipating efficiency than the conventional single fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Dongguan Thinkcool Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haoqiang Deng
  • Patent number: 10690312
    Abstract: An LED signal light includes, in one embodiment, a printed circuit board, an LED light source, and electronic control circuitry. The printed circuit board includes a substrate layer and a metal layer. The metal layer is adjacent to the substrate layer. The metal layer includes a first pad and a second pad spaced apart from the first pad in a radial direction to thermally isolate the second pad from the first pad. The LED light source electrically coupled to the second pad. The electronic control circuitry is electrically coupled to the first pad. The electronic control circuitry is configured to supply electrical energy to the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TRI LITE, INC.
    Inventor: Michael P. Mackin
  • Patent number: 10677433
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a rail unit, a body unit which emits light at an object to be lit up and is coupled to a rail unit, and a fixing unit that is fixed to the rail unit together with the body unit and guides the supply of rail unit power to the body unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: FEELUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Yeon Cho, Ha Young Jhun
  • Patent number: 10670800
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate film having a first side and a second side, and a number of light sources configured to emit light. A plastic lightguide layer is molded onto the first side of the substrate film. The plastic lightguide layer being of optically at least translucent material to transmit light. The device also includes a masking layer provided on the outer surface of the plastic lightguide layer. The masking layer defines a window for letting the light emitted by the embedded light sources to pass through the masking layer towards the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: TACTOTEK OY
    Inventors: Antti Keränen, Mikko Heikkinen
  • Patent number: 10656318
    Abstract: There is provided an optical body including: a base material; and a light extraction unit that is formed on a surface of the base material and that extracts, to an outside of the base material, internally propagating light that is injected in an inside of the base material from a side surface of the base material. The light extraction unit is formed of a convex microlens array, and a maximum inclination angle of the convex microlens array substantially coincides with a maximum propagation angle of the internally propagating light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Hanashima, Koji Sasaki