Patents by Inventor Xintong Liu

Xintong Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9970602
    Abstract: A power supply module is applicable to an LED tube lamp adapted to install on a lamp socket, and having electric shock protection function, the LED tube lamp including a lamp tube; two end caps, each having a first external connection terminal, and each coupled to a respective end of the lamp tube, the first connection terminals of the two end caps for receiving an external signal; and an LED module configured for emitting light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Kanghong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180119893
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp includes a lamp tube; a first pin and a second pin coupled to a first end of the lamp tube, and a third pin coupled to a second end of the lamp tube; a first rectifying circuit comprising diodes and connected to the first and second pins, and a second rectifying circuit comprising diodes and connected to the third pin and an output terminal of the first rectifying circuit; a filtering circuit coupled to the two rectifying circuits and the LED module, for filtering the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal; an LED module comprising LEDs for emitting light, the LED module configured to be driven by the rectified signal or the filtered signal; and a driving circuit coupled between the two rectifying circuits and the LED module, and configured to drive the LED module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Xintong Liu, Aiming Xiong
  • Publication number: 20180100644
    Abstract: A ballast-bypass type LED tube lamp is provided herein, which implements the safety function for protecting the user from electric shock since it conducts only when both ends thereof have been correctly installed into a lamp socket. The ballast-bypass type LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube, two end caps, an LED module and a power supply module. The power supply module includes a detection module for temporarily conducting two detection terminals of the detection module during a detection stage, so that a pulse current is generated when the LED tube lamp is powered on. The detection module performs a detection based on the pulse current, so as to determine whether to conduct or cut off a current path between the first and the second detection terminals after the detection stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu
  • Patent number: 9939140
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is disclosed. An installation detection circuit is configured in the LED tube lamp configured to receive an external driving signal. The installation detection circuit includes: a pulse generating circuit configured to output one or more pulse signals; wherein the installation detection circuit is configured to detect during one or more pulse signals whether the LED tube lamp is properly installed on a lamp socket, based on detecting a signal generated from the external driving signal; and a switch circuit coupled to the pulse generating circuit, wherein the one or more pulse signals control turning on and off of the switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xintong Liu, Aiming Xiong, Tao Jiang, Feng Zou
  • Patent number: 9913336
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp includes: a lamp tube, for receiving an external driving signal, a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, and an LED module coupled to the filtering circuit and configured to receive a filtered signal for emitting light, wherein the LED module comprises an LED unit, a current-limiting element for receiving the external driving signal, the current-limiting element coupled to one or more of the external connection terminals, and coupled to or in the rectifying circuit, and a ballast interface circuit coupled to the current-limiting element and having a first terminal and a second terminal, for the LED tube lamp to be compatible with a ballast providing the external driving signal, wherein the ballast interface circuit comprises a detection circuit and a switching circuit coupled to the detection circuit, and the ballast interface circuit is configured to detect whether the external driving signal comes from a ballast, and to conduct or cut off the switching circuit based
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Yueqiang Zhang, Caihua Wang
  • Publication number: 20180045382
    Abstract: A power supply module is applicable to an LED tube lamp adapted to install on a lamp socket, and having electric shock protection function, the LED tube lamp including a lamp tube; two end caps, each having a first external connection terminal, and each coupled to a respective end of the lamp tube, the first connection terminals of the two end caps for receiving an external signal; and an LED module configured for emitting light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Kanghong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9890909
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is provided herein, which implements the safety function for protecting the user from electric shock since it conducts only when both ends thereof have been correctly installed into a lamp socket. The LED tube lamp includes an installation detection module configured in the LED tube lamp to detect an installation state between the LED tube lamp and the lamp socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xintong Liu, Tao Jiang, Aiming Xiong, Liqin Li
  • Patent number: 9894732
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is provided. The LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube having at least two external connection terminals, for receiving an external driving signal; a rectifying circuit for rectifying the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; an LED lighting module comprising an LED module, for emitting light; and a ballast interface circuit coupled between the external connection terminals and the LED lighting module, and comprising a detection circuit configured to determine whether the external driving signal is a high frequency or high voltage signal according to the frequency or voltage level of the rectified signal, wherein the ballast interface circuit is configured such that when the external driving signal is determined to be a high frequency or high voltage signal, the ballast interface circuit causes current conduction in the LED module for emitting light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Xiaojia Wu, Hechen Hu
  • Patent number: 9883558
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Xiaojia Wu, Hechen Hu
  • Patent number: 9860959
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is provided. The LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube including a first pin at a first end of the lamp tube and a second pin at a second end of the lamp tube, for receiving an external driving signal; a light strip disposed in the lamp tube, comprising an LED module for emitting light; a driving circuit configured to drive the LED module; a rectifying circuit for rectifying the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit, for filtering the rectified signal in order to drive the LED module; a first capacitor coupled to the first pin at the first end of the lamp tube; and a second capacitor coupled to the second pin at the second end of the lamp tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Xiaojia Wu, Hechen Hu
  • Patent number: 9841174
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is provided herein, which implements the safety function for protecting the user from electric shock since it conducts only when both ends thereof have been correctly installed into a lamp socket. The LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube; two end caps, each having an external connection terminal, and each coupled to a respective end of the lamp tube, wherein the external connection terminals are configured to receive an external driving signal; an LED module, configured to emit light based on the external driving signal; and an installation detection module, coupled on a power loop of the LED tube lamp and configured to detect a sampling signal on the power loop and compare the sampling signal with a predefined signal, wherein when a signal level of the sampling signal is smaller than the predefined signal, the installation detection module limits a current on the power loop less than 5 MIU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xintong Liu, Aiming Xiong, Tao Jiang
  • Patent number: 9820341
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube receiving an external driving signal; a rectifying circuit rectifying the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit filtering the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal; an LED lighting module comprising a driving circuit and an LED module, the driving circuit, in a first driving mode, receiving the filtered signal to produce a first driving signal for driving the LED module to emit light; and a mode switching circuit receiving the filtered signal as a second driving signal in a second driving mode for driving the LED module to emit light. Wherein, the first driving mode and the second driving mode are determined based on the external driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu
  • Publication number: 20170321849
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is disclosed. An installation detection circuit is configured in the LED tube lamp configured to receive an external driving signal. The installation detection circuit is configured to detect during one or more pulse signals whether the LED tube lamp is properly installed on a lamp socket, based on detecting a signal generated from the external driving signal. The installation detection circuit includes a switch circuit coupled to the pulse generating circuit, wherein the one or more pulse signals control turning on and off of the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu
  • Publication number: 20170290119
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is disclosed. An installation detection circuit is configured in the LED tube lamp configured to receive an external driving signal. The installation detection circuit is configured to detect during one or more pulse signals whether the LED tube lamp is properly installed on a lamp socket, based on detecting a signal generated from the external driving signal. The installation detection circuit includes a switch circuit coupled to the pulse generating circuit, wherein the one or more pulse signals control turning on and off of the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Kanghong Zhang
  • Patent number: 9775215
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp having an LED unit is disclosed. The LED tube lamp includes a control circuit that selectively determines whether to perform a first mode or a second mode of lighting operation according to a state of a property of an external driving signal and a switching circuit coupled to the control circuit and the LED unit. When the control circuit determines to perform the first mode of lighting operation, the control circuit controls the second circuit in a manner such that the switching circuit maintains its on state to allow continual current to flow through the LED unit, until the external driving signal is disconnected from the LED tube lamp, and when the control circuit determines to perform the second mode of lighting operation, the control circuit controls the switching circuit in a manner to regulate the continuity of current to flow through the LED unit by alternately turning on and off the switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Xiaojia Wu, Junren Chen
  • Patent number: 9756698
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is disclosed. The LED tube lamp includes an LED module for emitting light, the LED module comprising an LED unit comprising an LED; a rectifying circuit for rectifying an external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; and a mode determination circuit configured to detect a state of a property of the rectified signal, for selectively determining on performing a first mode or a second mode of lighting according to the state of the property of the rectified signal; wherein when the LED tube lamp performs the first mode of lighting, the mode determination circuit allows continual current to flow through the LED unit until the external driving signal is disconnected from the LED tube lamp; and when the LED tube lamp performs the second mode of lighting, the mode determination circuit regulates the continuity of current to flow through the LED unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Xiaojia Wu
  • Patent number: 9750096
    Abstract: The LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube configured to receive an external driving signal; a rectifying circuit configured to rectify the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit, and configured to filter the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal, wherein the filtering circuit has a first filtering output terminal and a second filtering output terminal; an LED lighting module coupled to the filtering circuit, wherein the LED lighting module includes a driving circuit having a first driving output terminal and a second driving output terminal and configured to receive the filtered signal to produce a driving signal, and an LED module configured to receive the driving signal and emit light; and a mode switching circuit coupled to at least one of the first and the second filtering output terminal and at least one of the first and the second driving output terminal, and configured to determine to perform one of a first driving mode and a se
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu
  • Patent number: 9689536
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is disclosed. An installation detection circuit is configured in the LED tube lamp configured to receive an external driving signal. The installation detection circuit is configured to detect during one or more pulse signals whether the LED tube lamp is properly installed on a lamp socket, based on detecting a signal generated from the external driving signal. The installation detection circuit includes a switch circuit coupled to the pulse generating circuit, wherein the one or more pulse signals control turning on and off of the switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Kanghong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170181239
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp includes: a lamp tube, for receiving an external driving signal, a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, and an LED module coupled to the filtering circuit and configured to receive a filtered signal for emitting light, wherein the LED module comprises an LED unit, a current-limiting element for receiving the external driving signal, the current-limiting element coupled to one or more of the external connection terminals, and coupled to or in the rectifying circuit, and a ballast interface circuit coupled to the current-limiting element and having a first terminal and a second terminal, for the LED tube lamp to be compatible with a ballast providing the external driving signal, wherein the ballast interface circuit comprises a detection circuit and a switching circuit coupled to the detection circuit, and the ballast interface circuit is configured to detect whether the external driving signal comes from a ballast, and to conduct or cut off the switching circuit based
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: AIMING XIONG, XINTONG LIU, YUEQIANG ZHANG, CAIHUA WANG
  • Publication number: 20170159923
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp is provided herein, which implements the safety function for protecting the user from electric shock since it conducts only when both ends thereof have been correctly installed into a lamp socket. The LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube; two end caps, each having an external connection terminal, and each coupled to a respective end of the lamp tube, wherein the external connection terminals are configured to receive an external driving signal; an LED module, configured to emit light based on the external driving signal; and an installation detection module, coupled on a power loop of the LED tube lamp and configured to detect a sampling signal on the power loop and compare the sampling signal with a predefined signal, wherein when a signal level of the sampling signal is smaller than the predefined signal, the installation detection module limits a current on the power loop less than 5 MIU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Xintong Liu, Aiming Xiong, Tao Jiang