Patents Examined by Zachary J Snyder
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Patent number: 9562680Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: LG INNOTEK., LTD.Inventors: Seok Jin Kang, Tae Young Choi, Sungho Hong, Dong Soo Kim
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Patent number: 9557038Abstract: An illumination device may include a body having twelve sides, the body being formed by a first body portion including six sides of the twelve sides, and a second body portion including six sides of the twelve sides. The first body portion and the second body portion may be coupled to one another at a first interface and at a second interface disposed radially inward of the first interface, wherein the first interface may be positioned in a plurality of planes, and wherein the second interface may be positioned in a single plane. At least a portion of each of the twelve sides may include a transparent window. The illumination device may include a resilient cover disposed around the body.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Night Angel Products, LLCInventors: Kevin J. Blair, Kevin D. Sullivan, Richard A. Roberts, Michael M. Muehlemann
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Patent number: 9557047Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a hollow connector, an LED module mounted on the connector, and a fin unit received in the connector. The connector has an inlet and an outlet couple to the inlet. Heat generated from the LED module is transferred to the connector to dissipate. The fan unit includes a first fan and a second fan rotating along contrary directions.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Ming-Ta Tsai, Chung-Min Chang, Hao-Xiang Lin
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Patent number: 9541256Abstract: A light conversion film including a first barrier film, a light conversion layer disposed on the first barrier film, the light conversion layer including a matrix resin and red quantum dots that are dispersed into the matrix resin, and a second barrier film disposed on the light conversion layer. The light conversion film satisfies following Equation (1): 5?(weight of quantum dot within light conversion layer/total weight of light conversion layer)×100×t?50, where, t is a thickness of the light conversion layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jinwoo Sung, Jinmok Oh, Byoungkwon Cho, Moongoo Choi
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Patent number: 9541701Abstract: This application describes a back-lit transmissive display including a transmissive display (620) and a variable index light extraction layer (640) optically coupled to a lightguide (630). The variable index light extraction layer has first regions (140) of nanovoided polymeric material and second regions (130) of the nanovoided polymeric material and an additional material. The first and second regions are disposed such that for light being transported at a supercritical angle in the lightguide, the variable index light extraction layer selectively extracts the light in a predetermined way based on the geometric arrangement of the first and second regions. The transmissive display may be a transmissive display panel or a polymeric film such as a graphic.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: David Scott Thompson, Kevin R. Schaffer, Zhaohui Yang, Encai Hao, Audrey A. Sherman, Michael A. Meis, John A. Wheatley, Matthew S. Stay, Robert F. Kamrath, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Steven D. Solomonson
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Patent number: 9528671Abstract: A laser optical system for a head lamp may include a laser diode emitting light, a PCB substrate to which the laser diode is attached, the PCB substrate controlling supply of current to the laser diode, a fluorescent body located in front of the laser diode, reacting with the light emitted from the laser diode and thereby outputting white light, a guide path located in front of the laser diode and guiding light, which is outputted from the laser diode, to the fluorescent body, and an internal reflecting surface located between the fluorescent body and the guide path and connected to the guide path, the internal reflecting surface reflecting light, which has been incident on the fluorescent body and scattered backwards, to the fluorescent body.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byoung Suk Ahn, Tae Won Lee
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Patent number: 9525153Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, a sealing substrate on the display unit, a sealing member around the display unit and bonding the substrate and the sealing substrate, and a filler inside the sealing member and filling a gap between the substrate and the sealing substrate, wherein the filler is a non-hardening type, and a molecular weight of the filler is from about 100 kg/mol to about 5,000 kg/mol.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Joon Oh, Kie-Hyun Nam
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Patent number: 9507197Abstract: A lighting device includes: a light guide plate; a light source; and a light modulation element disposed on a surface of or in the inside of the light guide plate, and adhered to the light guide plate. The light modulation element has a pair of transparent substrates, a first electrode provided on a surface of one of the transparent substrates, a second electrode provided on a surface of the other of the transparent substrates, and a light modulation layer, provided in a gap between the transparent substrates, exhibiting a light-scattering property or a light-transmitting property concerning light from the light source depending on intensity of an electric field. One or both of the first and second electrodes include partial electrodes. First partial electrodes of the partial electrodes are adjacent to second partial electrodes of the partial electrodes, and have irregular shapes on edges adjacent to the second partial electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignees: Sony Corporation, Tohoku UniversityInventors: Tatsuo Uchida, Takahiro Ishinabe, Tohru Kawakami, Kentaro Okuyama, Mamoru Mizuno
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Patent number: 9488343Abstract: An interchangeable lighting assembly is disclosed which comprises an inner plate member having depending leg portions each having an aperture for receiving a fastening device, an interchangeable cladding member having an aperture that is aligned with one of the apertures of one of the depending leg portions of the inner plate member, a fastening device for securing the interchangeable cladding member to the inner plate member through the aperture of the interchangeable cladding member aligned with the aperture of the depending leg portion, and a light source assembly connected to the inner plate member and depending therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Inventor: Mark Kaner
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Patent number: 9490450Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, an organic light emitting portion comprising a plurality of organic light emitting devices formed on the substrate, and an encapsulation portion for encapsulating the organic light emitting portion. The encapsulation portion includes a porous layer formed on the organic light emitting portion, a planarization layer formed on the porous layer, and a barrier layer formed on the planarization layer. The porous layer prevents impurities from being concentrated at a part of the porous layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2012Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae-Wook Kang, Dong-Won Han, Young-Seo Choi, Jin-Ho Kwack
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Patent number: 9488332Abstract: A light emitting device wherein discoloration of a reflective layer in an optical component can be prevented and a stable optical output power can be maintained, and a method of manufacturing an optical component used in the light emitting device. The optical component includes a supporting member defining a through-hole, a reflective layer formed on an inner wall defining the through-hole, a protective layer formed on the reflective layer, and a light transmissive member having a light incident surface, a light emitting surface, and an outer circumference side-surface, and disposed in the through hole. The light transmissive member is fixed in the through-hole with a joining portion where the outer circumference side-surface and the protective layer are joined, and an end portion at the light emitting side of the joining portion is covered with a second protective layer disposed continuously on the protective layer and the light transmissive member.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro Hayashi, Naoto Morizumi, Takeshi Okada
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Patent number: 9476577Abstract: A backlight device according to the present invention is provided with: a chassis having a bottom plate 22a and a side plate; LED substrates 25 disposed on the bottom plate 22a of the chassis in a manner so that one end surface of the LED substrates and the side plate face each other; LEDs disposed on the LED substrates 25 with the obverse side as the light exit side; a wiring pattern 35 disposed on the LED substrates 25; a first connector 31 connected to the wiring pattern 35 and disposed on the end on the side provided with the one end surface among the ends of the LED substrates 25; a second connecting member that is electrically connected to the first connector 31 with the direction of connection being a direction that is along the plate surface of the bottom plate 22a, forming in a plan view an angle with the first side edge 22a1 that faces the one end surface, and facing the first side edge 22a1 from the reverse side from the first side edge 22a1 sandwiching the first connector 31; and a power supply wiType: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yasumori Kuromizu
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Patent number: 9470378Abstract: Provided is an LED lamp in which a lens for diffusing light from an LED can be received in and fixed to a reflector without interfering with the outer side of the lens. The LED lamp of the present invention includes a lamp unit configured to emit light; a lamp housing unit configured to have the lamp unit embedded in the lamp housing unit and to have the front opened so that the light of the lamp unit is scanned to the front; a front cover unit fixed in front of the lamp housing unit and configured to have the inside hollowed; and glass fixed in front of the lamp housing unit by means of the front cover unit and configured to transmit the light of the lamp unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Inventor: Jong-Chen Kim
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Patent number: 9464789Abstract: A modular LED explosion-proof lamp usable in any environment includes a body, a wiring box assembly, an illumination unit and a positioning assembly. The body includes a first coupling port, a second coupling port and a third coupling port. The wiring box assembly is connected to the first coupling port, or the second coupling port or the third coupling port. The illumination unit is connected to the first coupling port, or the second coupling port or the third coupling port. The positioning assembly is connected to the first coupling port, or the second coupling port or the third coupling port. Hence the wiring box assembly, the illumination unit or the positioning assembly can be selectively connected to the first coupling port, or the second coupling port or the third coupling port. Thus the modular LED explosion-proof lamp can be assembled in a plurality of implementation fashions.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: LI-HONG SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventors: Ming-Tien Chien, Ching-Yuan Juan, Han-Wen Chang
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Patent number: 9458984Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a frame having an opening; at least one light emitting diode (LED) disposed on the frame; a reflector disposed on the frame; and a reflective protrusion projecting from the reflector, wherein light emitted from at least one light emitting diode is reflected by the reflector through the opening, wherein the vertical axis of the reflective protrusion is perpendicular to a plane formed by extending the upper surface of the frame, wherein the upper surface of the frame contacts the reflector, and wherein a distance between two LEDs with one LED placed therebetween is greater than a distance between one LED and the reflector. Because a light source is disposed on the frame of the light emitting device, it is possible to easily exchange the light source of the light emitting diode by removing and attaching the frame without disassembling the entire lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Kee Youn Jang
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Patent number: 9458989Abstract: Disclosed herein are transparent color displays with nanoparticles made with nonlinear materials and/or designed to exhibit optical resonances. These nanoparticles are embedded in or hosted on a transparent substrate, such as a flexible piece of clear plastic or acrylic. Illuminating the nanoparticles with invisible light (e.g., infrared or ultraviolet light) causes them to emit visible light. For example, a rare-earth doped nanoparticle may emit visible light when illuminated simultaneoulsy with a first infrared beam at a first wavelength ?1 and a second infrared beam at a second wavelength ?2. And a frequency-doubling nanoparticle may emit visible light when illuminated with a single infrared beam at the nanoparticle's resonant frequency. Selectively addressing these nanoparticles with appropiately selected pump beams yields visible light emitted from the nanoparticles hosted by the transparent substrate in a desired pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Chia Wei Hsu, Wenjun Qiu, Bo Zhen, Ofer Shapira, Marin Soljacic
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Patent number: 9431796Abstract: A method for manufacturing a spark plug includes a transfer step of transferring a first tip to a joining position where the first tip is joined to a tip-mating member. The transfer step includes a step of performing positional correction for the first tip before the first tip reaches the joining position.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Ichihara
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Patent number: 9423653Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a bottom chassis including a lower portion and side portions enclosing the lower portion; a light source plate to which a light source is attached; a diffuser configured to diffuse light generated from the light source; an optical sheet disposed on the diffuser and adapted to further diffuse the light diffused by the diffuser; and a first mold including a first inclined portion which is disposed between the diffuser and the optical sheet and may prevent the diffuser and the optical sheet from contacting each other, the first inclined portion may reflect light transmitted by the diffuser and emitted from the side of the diffuser toward the bottom chassis.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Chang Lee, Byung Kook Sim, Sung-Hun Lee, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hyun Su Park
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Patent number: 9423101Abstract: A lighting device (1) comprises a light source (2) and a lens (3, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63) positioned in front of the light source (2). The lens (3, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63) is provided with a light entrance surface on a side facing the light source (2) and a light exit surface (14, 38) on a side remote from the light source (2). The lens (3, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63) comprises a number of strip-shaped interconnected elongated light guiding elements (4, 24, 34, 54, 64), of which first ends (7, 27, 37, 57) and spaced apart second ends (5, 25, 35, 55, 65) comprise the light entrance surface and light exit surface, respectively. Light beams emitted by the light source (2) are transmitted by total internal reflection in the elongated light guiding elements (4, 24, 34, 54, 64) from the first ends (7, 27, 37, 57) to the spaced apart seconds ends (5, 25, 35, 55, 65).Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Petrus Adrianus Josephus Holten, Giorgia Tordini
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Patent number: 9416940Abstract: An embodiment of an illumination device comprising a broad band artificial light source and a non-liquid chromatic diffuser transparent to visible light comprising a dispersion of elements of nanometrical dimensions of a first material with of certain refractive index in a second material with different refractive index, wherein the light is scattered producing a separation and different distribution between cold and hot components of the light originally produced by the source, according to a scattering process in “Rayleigh” regime. The device allows illumination effects similar to those of natural outdoor environments to be reproduced in indoor environments.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Light in Light S.R.L.Inventors: Paolo Di Trapani, Marta Cecilia Pigazzini