Patents Examined by Zachary J Snyder
  • Patent number: 8926120
    Abstract: A LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp capable of effectively dissipating heat to the outside and distinguishing borders of bright portions and dark portions in a tube cap is provided. The LED lamp includes: a tube; a support member, including a heat dissipation component extending in an axial direction of the tube, and accommodated in the tube; a plurality of LED chips, accommodated in the tube and supported by the support member; and an adhesive layer, disposed between the heat dissipation component and the tube, and used for adhering the heat dissipation component and the tube. The LED lamp further includes a tube cap formed by a first semi-cylinder portion and a second semi-cylinder portion. A light passing space allowing light emitted from each LED chip to pass through is formed in the tube. The first semi-cylinder portion and the second semi-cylinder portion together surround the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8911113
    Abstract: A laser pointer suitable for a touch display panel is provided. The laser pointer includes a main body, a laser diode and a wave plate. The main body has a containing space. The laser diode is disposed in the containing space and has a light emitting end. The wave plate is disposed on the light emitting end, wherein the laser diode is suitable for emitting a laser beam having linear polarization from the light emitting end, and the wave plate is suitable for transforming the laser beam having linear polarization into a laser beam having circular polarization, such that the laser beam is suitable for being an input signal for the touch display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Intergrated Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yang-Hui Chang, Shen-Tai Liaw, Nae-Jye Hwang
  • Patent number: 8896191
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low pressure metal halide fluorescent lamp. The metal halide fluorescent lamp may have an oblate spheroid cavity discharge vessel filled with an ionizable metal halide surrounding an exciter housing. An exciter within the exciter housing may drive the ionizable metal halide in an inductively coupled electrode-less manner. One or more embodiments may include one or more heat spreaders and/or thermal transfer pipes for transferring heat from the exciter to a surface of the oblate discharge vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventor: Philip E. Moskowitz
  • Patent number: 8894237
    Abstract: A backlight unit 12 according to the present invention includes an LED 17, an LED board 18, a connector 25, a chassis-side reflection sheet 22, and a support 26. The LED 17 is a light source. The LED 17 is mounted on the LED board 18. The connector 25 is a mounted component mounted on a mounting surface 18a of the LED board 18 on which the LED 17 is mounted. The chassis-side reflection sheet 22 is a reflection sheet 21 configured to reflect light and arranged on a side on which the mounting surface 18a is arranged. The mounting surface 18a is the surface on which the LED 17 and the connector 25 are mounted. The support 26 holds the chassis-side reflection sheet 22 away from the mounting surface 18a of the LED board 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
  • Patent number: 8888327
    Abstract: A lamp assembly comprising a housing having a front surface, a cavity, and a mounting rod, a reflector having an opening and mounted within the cavity, a light source removably mounted within the cavity and the opening, a cap removably secured to the housing, a lens disposed between the cap and the housing, a heat shield, and wherein the heat shield is disposed between the lens and the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn, Marcus J. Shotey
  • Patent number: 8884511
    Abstract: Luminescent materials include a plurality of nanocrystals. At least some of the nanocrystals may be configured to emit electromagnetic radiation upon stimulation, and the plurality of nanocrystals may exhibit a multi-modal energy level distribution. The distribution of the nanocrystals may be selectively configured to enhance the luminescence efficiency of a fraction of the plurality of nanocrystals that exhibits one energy level mode of the multi-modal energy level distribution. Light-emitting diodes and electronic devices include such luminescent materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gary A. Gibson, Xia Sheng
  • Patent number: 8882305
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in a constricted part of a globe, one end is set to a minimum diameter, the other end is set to a maximum diameter, and a diameter thereof increases from the one end side to the other end side. The constricted part of the globe is concaved into the inside of an imaginary straight line connecting an outer edge of the one end and an outer edge of the other end when viewed in section. A light source part includes a semiconductor light-emitting element and is contained in the globe so that a light-emitting part is positioned between both the ends of the constricted part of the globe. A cap is positioned on one end side of the globe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Sasaki, Ryotaro Matsuda, Naoto Mori, Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Hideki Okawa, Takeo Yasuda
  • Patent number: 8882289
    Abstract: This aims to provide a support (10) comprising a bracket (7) attached to a predetermined structure, and a generally cylindrical holder (6) retained in the bracket (7). This bracket (7) has a receiving hole (112) for accommodating the holder (6). This holder (6) has a first rib (122) erected on a curved outer circumference, and an elastic portion (124) for giving the first rib (122) the degree of freedom for motions in the substantially radial direction. This also aims to provide a lighting unit (20) characterized by comprising a board (2), in which light emitting portions (23) having semiconductor light emitting devices are arrayed on the upper face side along the longitudinal direction, reflector members (3A and 3B) mounted on the side of the upper face of the board and having reflecting portions (34a and 34b) for covering the light emitting units and for reflecting the lights from the light emitting units, and a case member (4) disposed to support the board and the reflector members upward and downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Nichia Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ozeki, Hiroshi Miyairi, Masato Ono
  • Patent number: 8864341
    Abstract: A fiber-based reflective lighting device. The lighting device includes a source configured to generate a primary light, a substrate including a mat of reflective nanofibers, and a light exit configured to emanate the reflected light. The fibers have an average fiber diameter AFD less than 500 nm which diffusively reflects visible light upon illumination with at least the primary light. The mat has a basis weight less than 40 gram per square meter (gsm) and a reflectance greater than 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: James Lynn Davis, Larry Charles Michael, Karmann C. Mills
  • Patent number: 8860289
    Abstract: An LED light bulb device including a bulb body, heat sink stems and LEDs. The bulb body defines an exterior and an interior region. The heat sink stems are discrete from one another and extend along the bulb body in a circumferentially spaced fashion. A first LED is directly supported by the first heat sink stem, and a second LED is directly supported by the second heat sink stem. Light from the LEDs is directed inwardly into the interior region and then outwardly from the interior region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Forever Bulb, LLC
    Inventors: David W. Carroll, Wendell L. Carroll
  • Patent number: 8851952
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The OLED display includes: a display panel assembly including a first substrate having a display area and a mounting area, a second substrate coupled to the display area of the first substrate, and an integrated circuit chip mounted in the mounting area of the first substrate; a cover window disposed opposite the second substrate and the integrated circuit chip and covering the display panel assembly; and an adhesive layer which fills up a space between the second substrate and the cover window, and a space between the mounting area of the first substrate and the cover window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk-Jin Lee, Woo-Suk Jung, Sang-Hun Park, Kyu-Ho Jung, Noh-Min Kwak
  • Patent number: 8847473
    Abstract: A self-cooling screw bulb-type electromagnetic induction lamp comprises a bulb body, an inner tube, amalgam and a coupler, wherein the inner tube is arranged inside the bulb body, and the coupler is arranged inside the inner tube; besides, the lamp further comprises a screw-type lamp cap and a radiating piece, wherein the bulb body is connected on the screw-type lamp cap through the radiating piece, and the coupler is connected with the radiating piece. The disclosure effectively solves the problem that the installation of the electromagnetic induction lamp is incompatible with the conventional lighting fitting, while effectively improving the heat-radiating efficiency and the performances, thereby facilitating the promotion, popularization, application and development of the electromagnetic induction lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Lianying Ye
  • Patent number: 8834007
    Abstract: A display module includes an outer frame, a light emitting unit, a panel device, and a light guide plate having a light entrance surface and a connecting side. A first recessed portion is formed on the connecting side. The outer frame is disposed on the light guide plate and has a second recessed portion formed thereon corresponding to the first recessed portion. The second recessed portion is complementarily connected to the first recessed portion. The light emitting unit is disposed in the outer frame corresponding to the light entrance surface for emitting light into the light guide plate via the light entrance surface. The panel device is disposed on the light guide plate and contained in the outer frame for receiving the light emitted from the light guide plate. The ratio of the length of the first recessed portion to the length of the connecting side is greater than 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jia-Lang Hsu, Szu-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 8829779
    Abstract: A conversion element (3) comprising a ceramic material (31) with a multiplicity of pores (32) provided for at least the partial absorption of at least one primary radiation (52) and for transforming the primary radiation (52) into at least one secondary radiation (53), wherein the conversion element (3) has a density greater than or equal to 97% of the theoretical solid-state density of the ceramic material (31), and the pores (32) in the conversion element (3) have a diameter substantially between 200 nm and 5000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Schmidt, Hans-Helmut Bechtel, Wolfgang Busselt, Baby-Seriyati Schreinemacher
  • Patent number: 8829771
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a heat sink for dissipating heat from a light source. The heat sink is located between an inner case and an outer case, and a power controller is located in the inner case. The light source may include one or more light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Jin Kang, Tae Young Choi, Sungho Hong, Dong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8827516
    Abstract: An interior grab handle and lamp assembly for a vehicle including a bracket configured for attachment by fasteners to a structural roof member. The bracket is disposed on an back side surface of a headliner. An elongate handle is operably connected to the bracket via first and second mounting members disposed on an visible surface of the headliner. A light source is operably connected with an intermediate portion of the bracket. The light source is disposed on the visible surface of the headliner between the first and second mounting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Andrew Stakoe, Chi Li, Bhavani Thota, Guillermo Alanis, Jesus Miranda Lujan
  • Patent number: 8823257
    Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided which includes: a cathode; an anode; at least one light-emitting layer which is provided between the cathode and the anode and which emits light when a voltage is applied between the cathode and the anode; a cathode terminal which is provided at a portion not in contact with the anode and the light-emitting layer and which supplies electrons to the cathode; and an electron adjust layer which includes a material having insulating properties and which adjusts the amount of electrons supplied from the cathode terminal to the cathode, and in the light-emitting device described above, the cathode is connected to the cathode terminal with the electron adjust layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Fujita, Etsuo Mitsuhashi, Suguru Akagawa
  • Patent number: 8814412
    Abstract: An area light source device has a diffusion plate and a prism sheet stacked on a light guide plate, and a light source disposed opposite an end face of the light guide plate. Light emitted from the light source is introduced to an inside of the light guide plate from the end face. Area light emission is obtained by outputting the light diffused in the light guide plate from the diffusion plate and the prism sheet through a front face disposed opposite the diffusion plate. The light guide plate includes a light guide section that includes the end face disposed opposite the light source, a light emitting section that is disposed opposite the diffusion plate, and a joining section that joins the light guide section and the light emitting section. The front surface in the joining section includes an inclined surface that is gradually retreated toward a rear surface on an opposite side from the light guide section toward the light emitting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Yabe, Koichi Takemura, Kazuhide Hirota, Chih Bun Shiu
  • Patent number: 8794791
    Abstract: The embodiments of a light-emitting-diode-based (LED-based) light bulb and an LED assembly described provide mechanisms of reflecting generated by LED emitters toward the back of the LED-based light bulb. An upper substrate and a lower substrate are used to support upper and lower LED emitters. A slanted and reflective surface between the upper substrate and the lower substrate reflects light generated by the lower LED emitters toward the backside of the LED-based light bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Shin Guo, Wei-Yu Yeh, Chih-Hsuan Sun, Pei-Wen Ko
  • Patent number: 8789993
    Abstract: It is disclosed a light-emitting device (100) comprising a light guide (101), comprising a first (101a) and a second (101b) output surface portion. The light-emitting device (100) further comprises a plurality of light-outcoupling elements (103) and an array of beam-forming structures (104). The light-outcoupling elements (103) are positionally arranged relatively to the beam-forming structures (104) such as to enable light that is impinging on at least one of the light-outcoupling elements (103) and subsequently being incident on a surface portion of a beam-forming structure (104) to be within a predetermined angle interval with respect to the surface portion. Each of the beam-forming structures (104) is adapted to enable light leaving a surface portion of the beam-forming structure (104) to be within a predetermined angle interval with respect to the surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Giorgia Tordini