Patents Issued in April 9, 2015
  • Publication number: 20150098194
    Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding memory card holder wherein the apparatus includes: a casing configured to enable a plurality of memory cards to be removably inserted into the casing; contact pads located within the casing configured to enable an electrical connection to be established between the contact pads and at least one memory card when the plurality of memory cards are inserted within the casing; and at least one mounting portion configured to enable the apparatus to be mounted on a circuit board such that a first portion of the apparatus is positioned above the circuit board and a second portion of the apparatus is positioned below the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Bocheng Hou, Shixiang Wu, Henrik Franck, Morten Rolighed Christensen, Han Tao, Yuk Fung Chan
  • Publication number: 20150098195
    Abstract: A foldable assembly includes a first plate component, a second plate component and a pivot assembly. The pivot assembly comprises a first pivot member, a second pivot member and a third pivot member. The first pivot member and the second pivot member are connected with the first plate component and the second plate component, respectively. Each of the first pivot member and the second pivot member has an axial hole and a plurality of recesses. Each of the two opposite sides of the third pivot member has a shaft and a protrusion located on an outer wall surface of the shaft. The two shafts are adapted for being rotatable on the two axial holes, respectively. The two protrusions are located on one of the plurality of recesses of the first pivot member and on the one of the plurality of recesses of the second pivot member, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicants: INVENTEC CORPORATION, Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Cheng LIN, Hsin-Liang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150098196
    Abstract: Printed circuit board apparatus with electromagnetic interference shields and methods of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Advanced Bionics AG
    Inventor: Logan Peter Palmer
  • Publication number: 20150098197
    Abstract: Terminal portions are arrayed at regular widths and regular intervals, and each face any enable terminal, and are electrically connected to the enable terminals by conductive particles. A lead portion is connected to the other terminal portion except for a pair of terminal portions which is a pair of terminal portions adjacent to each other, and extends from an overlap region to a lead region. A connection portion connects the respective terminal portions that are not connected with the lead portion to the adjacent terminal portions that are connected to the lead portion within an area of the overlap region. An interval between a pair of lead portions extending from a pair of connection portions located to sandwich a pair of terminal portions that are not connected with the lead portion therebetween is larger than an interval between the other adjacent lead portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Hideaki ABE, Yasushi NAKANO, Hitoshi KAWAGUCHI, Ryouhei SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150098198
    Abstract: A control apparatus has a housing and a first integral, multilayer printed circuit board with first, second and third parts. The first part carries electric and/or electronic components, the second part is electrically and mechanically connected to a contact pin of a first plug-in connector, and the third part connects the first and the second parts. A second integral, multilayer printed circuit board has first, second and third parts. The first part is equipped with electric and/or electronic components, the second part is electrically and mechanically connected to a contact pin of a second plug-in connector, and the third part connects the first and second parts. The two printed circuit boards in their third part are flexible or at least bendable. A connection element interconnects the first parts of the printed circuit boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Gregory Drew, Thomas Riepl
  • Publication number: 20150098199
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism includes a casing and a positioning component. The casing includes a base and at least one wall whereon an opening is formed. A bottom of the positioning component is disposed on the base, and a top of the positioning component includes a level difference structure, which includes a first support surface and a second support surface. The first support surface is formed on an inner of the level difference structure, and the second support surface surrounds the first support surface to form on an outer of the level difference structure. The first support surface is higher than the second support surface relative to the base. The positioning component contacts the circuit board via the first support surface or the second support surface according to a hole on the circuit board, so as to align a connector of the circuit board with the opening on the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: CHONG-XING ZHU
  • Publication number: 20150098200
    Abstract: An electronic enclosure device including an enclosure, an electric circuit device, and a sealing device is disclosed. The sealing device is provided as one, continuous gasket having a first gasket section configured to seal a first sealing area, a second gasket section configured to seal the second sealing area, and a third gasket section configured to seal the third sealing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Erik Spangberg
  • Publication number: 20150098201
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus which is capable of preventing a joint between a jack connector and a connector substrate from being broken due to prying after insertion of a plug without bringing about an increase in the size of the connector substrate. In a cantilever spring portion of a chassis, hooking portions that penetrate holes formed in the connector substrate and hook the connector substrate are provided on both sides in a width direction of the connector substrate which is vertical to a direction in which the plug is inserted. A screw, which fastens the connector substrate to the cantilever spring portion, is disposed in the same line as the plug insertion direction and on an opposite side of a plug insertion opening in the jack connector. When the connector substrate is not bent, a space is formed between the connector substrate and an end of the hooking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Dai Naito
  • Publication number: 20150098202
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component embedded in a board may include: a ceramic body including dielectric layers; a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed through both end surfaces of the ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes formed on both end portions of the ceramic body, respectively. The first external electrode may include a first base electrode and a first terminal electrode, the second external electrode may include a second base electrode and a second terminal electrode, 400 nm?Ra?600 nm may be satisfied when a surface roughness in a region of 50 ?m×50 ?m in the first and second terminal electrodes is defined as Ra, and 130 nm?Ra??400 nm may be satisfied when a surface roughness in a region of 10 ?m×10 ?m in the first and second terminal electrodes is defined as Ra?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Hwa LEE, Hai Joon LEE, Eun Hyuk CHAE, Bae Gen LEE, Jin Man JUNG
  • Publication number: 20150098203
    Abstract: In a first conductive layer and a third conductive layer that are respectively closest to a core layer having a storage portion that penetrates therethrough, four first penetrating holes and four first penetrating holes are formed so as to overlap part of an opening edge of the storage portion that is projected onto the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuro SAWATARI, Yuichi SUGIYAMA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA, Masaki NAGANUMA, Tetsuo SAJI
  • Publication number: 20150098204
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming a resin layer on an interlayer layer such that the resin layer has first openings exposing circuits in central portion and second openings exposing circuits in peripheral portion of the interlayer layer, forming solder bumps on the circuits in the first openings, forming a plating resist over the bumps and resin layer such that the resist has openings having diameters greater than the second openings and exposing the second openings, forming a seed layer on the resist, in the openings and on the circuits through the second openings, applying electrolytic plating on the resist such that electrolytic plating fills the openings and forms a plated film on the resist and metal posts in the openings, etching the plating such that the plated film is removed and recesses are formed on end surfaces of the posts, and removing the resist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro YOSHIKAWA, Takashi Kariya
  • Publication number: 20150098205
    Abstract: A composite laminate assembly for an electronic device provides integrated backlighting for one or more indicator shapes defined by the assembly. The assembly includes a substantially opaque cover member to obscure at least parts of the electronic device. Translucent indicator structures in the cover member define respective indicator shapes to allow backlighting to pass through the cover member. An optical matrix layer of an optically conductive material is attached to an inner face of the cover member, with a plurality of lighting devices embedded in the optical matrix layer and laterally offset from associated indicator structures. The plurality of lighting devices may be connected to an electric circuit carried on the inner face of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Antti Keränen, Mikko Heikkinen
  • Publication number: 20150098206
    Abstract: A lamp comprises an optically transmissive enclosure and a base. An LED assembly is located in the enclosure and is operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. The LED assembly comprises an LED and a lumophoric dome that surrounds the LED. A partially reflective pad is on the lumophoric dome for manipulating the pattern of light emitted from the lumophoric dome. A heat sink comprises a heat dissipating portion that is at least partially exposed to the ambient environment and a heat conducting portion that is thermally coupled to the LED. An optically transmissive lens emits light from the enclosure where the lens comprises an annular area defined by a textured surface and a transparent area interior of the annular area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Pickard, Elizabeth Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20150098207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid-state light source comprising one or several laser diodes (1) emitting a laser beam with a first wavelength, a rotatable support (6) arranged in a beam path of the laser beam and a reflector (4) arranged between the laser diodes (1) and the rotatable support (6). The rotatable support (6) is formed of a ring or of an optically transparent disc mounted to be rotatable around a rotation axis (9) such that the laser beam impinges on a ring-shaped area (7) of the rotatable support (6) during rotation. One or several segments of the ring-shaped area (7) comprise at least one wavelength converting material (8) emitting radiation of a second wavelength upon impingement of the laser beam. The reflector (4) allows the passage of the laser beam through a central portion of the reflector (4), collects the radiation emitted from a location of impingement of the laser beam on the ring-shaped area (7) and directs the collected radiation to an emission direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Weichmann, Jens Pollmann-Retsch
  • Publication number: 20150098208
    Abstract: A backlight module is provided, including a bottom plate, a light source, an edge frame, a diffusing sheet, a diffusing plate and a front frame. The light source is disposed on the bottom plate. The edge frame surrounds the light source and abuts the bottom plate to form a groove. The diffusing sheet includes a front side and a back side, wherein the front side is opposite the back side, and the diffusing sheet is disposed in a light-emitting direction of the light source. The diffusing plate is disposed on the front side of the diffusing sheet. The front frame includes a light-emitting opening, wherein a position groove is formed between the front frame and the edge frame, and the diffusing plate and the diffusing sheet are tightly clipped in the positioning groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: LEXTAR ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Yi SU, Yung-Long JIAN
  • Publication number: 20150098209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an optical device for a back light unit, and an optical device and an optical device array manufactured by the method, in which optical device chips constituting the optical device array are each laid the sides thereof on a printed circuit board in such a manner that light can be emitted from the optical device chips in a lateral direction, thus reducing the overall thickness of the back light unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Bum Mo Ahn, Seung Ho Park, Ki Myung Nam
  • Publication number: 20150098210
    Abstract: A light diffusion sheet capable of inhibiting emission of blue light, and a backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device. The light diffusion sheet includes: a transparent substrate layer; and a light diffusion layer overlaid on the front face side of the substrate layer. The light diffusion layer is a light diffusion sheet for a backlight unit of a liquid crystal display device containing a light-diffusing agent and a binder covering the light diffusing agent, and includes a component that attenuates blue light. The blue light attenuation component is preferably a yellow fluorescent material that generates yellow light through excitation by blue light, or a light absorbing agent that absorbs blue light. The light diffusion layer preferably includes the blue light attenuation component. Preferably, the light-diffusing agent is resin beads, and the blue light attenuation component is included in the resin beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Akira ARAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150098211
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the present invention have a first refractive surface whose distance from a central axis gradually increasing as being distanced from a rear surface, and light from a light source can be effectively emitted from a first refractive surface to a lateral direction or an upper lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Chang Hyuck Lee, Eun Sung Seo, Ki Cheol Kim, Hyun Ho Choi, Gi Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20150098212
    Abstract: A semiconductor nanocrystal composition including a semiconductor nanocrystal, an organic additive, and at least one polymerizable substance selected from a polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable oligomer, and a combination thereof, wherein the composition has haze of greater than or equal to about 40% after polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Na Youn Won, Hyun A KANG, Eun Joo JANG, Shin Ae JUN, Oul CHO
  • Publication number: 20150098213
    Abstract: A reading apparatus for assisting a person to read or view reading material, including from a lying down position, with the reading apparatus including in a lying down position. The reading apparatus comprises: an optical system including a tray for supporting the reading material, a reflecting mirror and an imaging mirror, said tray, said reflecting mirror and said imaging mirror being mechanically intercoupled in a manner that enables them to be positioned at predetermined, respective angles relative to each other, to enable the reading material located on said tray to be viewed by viewing an image formed by said imaging mirror. A support is configured to enable the optical system to be positioned in front of the person. The tray, the reflecting mirror and the imaging mirror can be folded onto each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Josef MULLER
  • Publication number: 20150098214
    Abstract: A LED assembly/structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The LED assembly comprises a housing body, one or more LED light emitting component hosting areas, a power unit hosting compartment, one or more light diffusing elements, and a cover. The housing body of the LED assembly serves as a thermal barrier between the power supply and the LED lighting elements, such that thermal stress is able to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jordon Musser, Randall Jones, Corey Barkhurst
  • Publication number: 20150098215
    Abstract: An indirect linear luminaire that produces a batwing photometric distribution. The luminaire includes a rectangular housing having a substantially rectangular chamber defined by two opposed bifold wings and a bi-concave door extending therebetween. A linear light engine emits light upwards towards the bi-concave door and bifold wings and the light is reflected off of the bifold wings and bi-concave door in a batwing distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Mozhgan Torabifard, Christopher Henry Wilson
  • Publication number: 20150098216
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for scanning a surface using a fan light element comprising a light source and a single lens. The fan light source generates divergent light and projects the divergent light onto a single element lens. The single element lens collimates the light and generates a fan line that may be used to scan an outer surface. By using triangulation of the reflections captured when projected onto a surface, the scanned surface may be reconstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: KAROL HATZILIAS, WESS ERIC SHARPE
  • Publication number: 20150098217
    Abstract: The invention features a color blending system and method to provide color blending. The optical assembly features a fixture base having a four-layer printed circuit assembly hosting all LED drivers, power conditioning and switched signal distribution for the fixture. The printed circuit assembly also hosts an array of connectors that accept modular LED shims whereby all light will emit outward at 30-degree radial increments around the semicircle area of the fixture roughly parallel to the plane of the printed circuit assembly in a blended fashion. The system features an integral heat sink and diffuser fingers which reflect and transmit light. Color combinations vary based on positioning of the fixtures in relation to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Deran Stinson Eaton
  • Publication number: 20150098218
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes: a substrate; first light emitting elements arranged circularly on the substrate and having a first light distribution angle (a narrow light distribution angle); and second light emitting elements arranged circularly to surround the plurality of first light emitting elements on the substrate, and having a second light distribution angle (a wide light distribution angle) different from the first light distribution angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto KAI, Takaari UEMOTO, Satoshi SHIDA
  • Publication number: 20150098219
    Abstract: A recessed light fixture includes an LED module, which includes a single LED package that is configured to generate all light emitted by the recessed light fixture. For example, the LED package can include multiple LEDs mounted to a common substrate. The LED package can be coupled to a heat sink for dissipating heat from the LEDs. The heat sink can include a core member from which fins extend. Each fin can include one or more straight and/or curved portions. A reflector housing may be coupled to the heat sink and configured to receive a reflector. The reflector can have any geometry, such as a bell-shaped geometry including two radii of curvature that join together at an inflection point. An optic coupler can be coupled to the reflector housing and configured to cover electrical connections at the substrate and to guide light emitted by the LED package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jerold Tickner, Scott David Wegner, Evans Edward Thompson, III
  • Publication number: 20150098220
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage part stores light output characteristic patterns each indicating a ratio of a change in a light output to a change in an input dimming level with respect to plural lighting loads. A display control unit causes a display unit to display plural selection parts corresponding to the lighting loads and to display thumbnail images of the light output characteristic patterns of the lighting loads stored in the storage part correspondingly to the selection parts. A setting unit selects the selection part displayed on the display unit and sets the light output characteristic pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoki Teisho
  • Publication number: 20150098221
    Abstract: Light indicator which comprises a support body to which multiple rows of LEDs and multiple lenses are fixed, each of which positioned in front of the corresponding row of LEDs, and provided with a rear surface directed towards the LEDs, and with a front surface directed in the sense opposite the aforesaid rear surface. In addition, the light indicator comprises multiple coupling bodies, each of which extended between two ends thereof, of which a rear end is engaged with the support body, and a front end is provided with a first bent portion engaged in abutment against the front surface of the corresponding lens in order to retain the latter integral with the support body itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Vincenzo DI GIOVINE
  • Publication number: 20150098222
    Abstract: A heat sink comprises skived fins and a base. The base has a first side and a second side. The skived fins are disposed on the first side, and at least one semiconductor device is mounted on the second side. The base has at least one channel for gas flow between the first side and the second side. The skived fins are formed by skiving segments from at least one layer of an alloy. The skived fins have one or more of the following patterns: a wavy skived pattern; a triangular skived pattern; and a block skived pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Jerry S. Lin
  • Publication number: 20150098223
    Abstract: An omnidirectional LED bulb has a base, a light-transmitting shell, a heat-dissipating pillar and an LED module. The light-transmitting shell is mounted on the base and has a lateral surface and a top surface. The heat-dissipating pillar is mounted on the base and has multiple mounting surfaces facing toward the lateral surface and the top surface of the light-transmitting shell. The LED module is mounted on the mounting surfaces of the heat-dissipating pillar. The LED module emits light through the lateral surface and the top surface of the light-transmitting shell to form an omnidirectional illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Chin-Feng Su
  • Publication number: 20150098224
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a light emitting device including a substrate, a light emitting structure disposed under the substrate, the light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conductive semiconductor layer, a sub-mount, first and second metal pads disposed on the sub-mount and electrically spaced apart from one another, a one first bump disposed between the first conductive semiconductor layer and the first metal pad and a second bump located between the second conductive semiconductor layer and the second metal pad. A plurality of active areas in which The first semiconductor layer and the active layer are disposed are spaced apart from one another when viewed in plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Ju HONG, Jung Hun OH
  • Publication number: 20150098225
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a substrate, a light-emitting element, and a sealing member. The light-emitting element emits light in a first wavelength range. The sealing member contains a material that converts the light in the first wavelength range to light in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range. The sealing member has a curved convex contour in at least one cross section that passes through the center of the light-emitting element and is perpendicular to a principal surface of the substrate. A curved line indicating a change in output angle that occurs upon a change in observation angle is approximated by a quadratic or trigonometric function that passes through the origin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masumi ABE, Toshifumi OGATA, Atsuyoshi ISHIMORI, Kenji SUGIURA, Yasufumi WADA
  • Publication number: 20150098226
    Abstract: An LED light source module includes a base, an LED light source positioned on the base, an optical lens located on the light path of the LED light source and a diffusion plate positioned above the optical lens. An upper surface of the base is a light reflective surface. The optical lens defines a through hole aligned with the LED light source. A reflecting body is protruded from the diffusion plate toward the through hole of the optical lens. When the light emitted from the LED light source is projected to the reflecting surface of the light reflecting body through the through hole, the light is reflected by the reflecting surface to reach the upper surface of the base, and then is reflected by the upper surface of the base to reach the diffusion plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: PO-CHOU CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150098227
    Abstract: A light source module of a lamp for a vehicle, may include an LED light source, a PCB substrate configured to control a supply of current to the LED light source, and a film coupled to a front surface of the PCB substrate, integrally formed with a plurality of reflecting protrusions and implementing a 3D image while reflecting light from the LED light source toward an outer lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jeong Gyu Yang
  • Publication number: 20150098228
    Abstract: An LED-based replacement light for a fluorescent light includes a plurality of LEDs and an elongate housing for the LEDs. The housing is defined at least in part by a lens and has a cross sectional profile that partially falls along a cross sectional profile of a fluorescent light that the LED-based light is designed to replace. In addition, at least a portion of the lens extends beyond the cross sectional profile of the fluorescent light. The LED-based light also includes at least one connector arranged at an end of the housing that is configured for engagement with a socket of a fluorescent light fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: David L. Simon, James M. Amrine, JR.
  • Publication number: 20150098229
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light emitting module having a module substrate and a semiconductor light emitting element mounted to the module substrate, a base including a mounting surface on which the light emitting module is mounted, a circuit unit provided at a side of a rear surface of the base opposite to the mounting surface and configured to drive the light emitting unit; and a circuit case which accommodates and holds the circuit unit in an internal space thereof. The circuit case includes a tubular portion having an opening arranged to face the rear surface of the base and an insulation portion interposed between the rear surface of the base and the circuit unit to cover the opening of the tubular portion. The insulation portion includes a window through which the internal space of the circuit case leads to the rear surface of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsushi TAMURA, Yukiya KANAZAWA, Takuya MATSUMOTO, Yoshitaka KURIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150098230
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light emitting module having a module substrate and a semiconductor light emitting element mounted to the module substrate, a base having a mounting surface on which the light emitting module is mounted, and a cover portion configured to cover an edge portion of the module substrate without pressing the edge portion. The module substrate includes a surface which is bonded to the mounting surface of the base through an adhesive layer. The base includes a protrusion provided to protrude upward from the mounting surface without being covered by the module substrate. The cover portion is provided on the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsushi TAMURA, Yukiya KANAZAWA, Takuya MATSUMOTO, Yoshitaka KURIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150098231
    Abstract: A mockup of a direct-type LED backlight module includes a base, a plurality of sliding bars slideably received in the base, a plurality of sliding plates slideably mounted the sliding bars, a supporting board positioned above the base and a plurality of connection elements fixing the supporting board to the base. A distance between the supporting board and the base is adjustable by manipulating the connection elements. A middle of an upper surface of the base is depressed downwardly to define a chamber, and the chamber is surrounded by a bottom surface, two opposite first lateral surfaces and two opposite second lateral surfaces. Each sliding bar is received in the chamber. Each sliding plate includes a holding plate on which an LED light source is mounted. A diffusion plate is mounted on the supporting board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: YUN-YU CHOU
  • Publication number: 20150098232
    Abstract: A method for changing a light bulb in a parking light pole, comprising disposing a housing on the top of a light pole for holding a lamp holder having a lamp disposed therein, holding the lamp holder in the housing by urging the lamp holder downward, removing the lamp holder by urging a removal apparatus up through an annulus in the center of the light pole to urge a plurality of pivoting members outward and away from the bottom surface of the lamp holder to allow the lamp holder to fall and be captured by the removal apparatus, replacing the lamp holder by disposing the lamp holder in an installation device, urging the installation device upward such that the lamp holder causes the pivoting members to urge outward, urging the installation device down in the annulus to allow the lamp holder to be urged downward, and removing the installation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: THOMAS NEVITT
  • Publication number: 20150098233
    Abstract: A light guiding device for a headlight includes a casing, a light guiding tube and a cover. The light guiding tube is connected to the front of the casing and the cover is connected to the casing. The light guiding tube is composed of a silicone tube and two Light Emitting Diode tubes. The silicone tube is made by silicone which allows light beams to evenly pass. The silicone tube has a flat surface formed on an underside thereof and a curved surface formed on the top thereof The silicone tube has a room defined therein and at least one passage is defined through the silicone tube. The two Light Emitting Diode tubes each have multiple Light Emitting Diodes and are located in the room. The light beams generated from the Light Emitting Diodes evenly pass through the silicone tube to provide illumination and warning features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Chen-Wei HSU
  • Publication number: 20150098234
    Abstract: A heat dissipating apparatus for a vehicle lamp is provided that simplifies the structure of a vehicle lamp using laser light and more effectively dissipates heat from the vehicle lamp. The heat dissipating apparatus includes a light source unit that is configured to generate laser light and a mirror that is configured to reflect the laser light and guide the laser light toward a lamp unit. The lamp unit is configured to emit light with a predetermined light distribution pattern. Further, a heat dissipation unit is disposed on one side of the mirror and is configured to dissipate heat from the mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Jang Hosung
  • Publication number: 20150098235
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling an LED of vehicle headlight without restricting a design of a housing is provided. The cooling device is comprised of an LED held in a housing sealed with a lens, a reflector that reflects a light emitted from the light source, a heat collector on which the LED is mounted, a heat sink disposed behind the reflector, and a pair of heat pipes thermally connecting the heat collector and the heat sink. The heat sink is arranged inside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: FUJIKURA, LTD.
    Inventors: Randeep SINGH, Masataka MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20150098236
    Abstract: A headlight includes a main reflective member having an oval reflective surface which has a first focal point and a second focal point. A light source is located at the first focal point of the main reflective member. At least one additional reflector is located on one side of the main reflective member, wherein the light source is located between the main reflective member and the additional reflector. The at least one additional reflector has a curved reflective surface which has a third focal point located close to the first focal point. The light beams generated from the light source are reflected by the at least one additional reflector and pass through the third focal point and the main reflective member and move forward. The tracks of the light beams are close to that of light beams that are directly reflected by the main reflective member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: TYC BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MIN-FENG LIN, MING-JHIH SHIH, JIN-HUA WU
  • Publication number: 20150098237
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable connecting structure includes: a substrate having a through hole; an optical element on a first surface of the substrate and having a light emitting unit such that the light emitting unit faces the substrate; an optical fiber cable on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface, an end face of the optical fiber cable on a substrate side being covered with a jacket; a guide positioning part that has an insertion hole into which the optical fiber cable is inserted, and is configured to position the optical fiber cable and the optical element; and an abutting part that has a taper-shaped opening and is configured to position the optical element and the optical fiber cable so as to be separated by a specified distance by fixing an outer periphery of the end face of the optical fiber cable by the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki MOTOHARA
  • Publication number: 20150098238
    Abstract: A lamp comprises has an optically transmissive enclosure and a base. At least one LED is located in the enclosure and is operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. A light non-transmissive portion defines a light transmissive portion where the light transmissive portion is illuminated when the at least one LED is energized. The light transmissive portion may define information such as branding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Norbert Walter Georg Hiller
  • Publication number: 20150098239
    Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed with remote down-converting material and, in particular, a solid state lighting device that forms multiple virtual light sources on remote down-converting material. The lighting devices utilizes a free-form optic having two or more focal points that generates two or more images of the light sources are formed from a single LED light source. Down-converting material is located at the two or more images of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gilles Jean-Baptiste Benoit, Michael Francis Weber, Catherine Anne Leatherdale
  • Publication number: 20150098240
    Abstract: A light source module optically coupled to an optical fiber which has a light incident surface is provided. The light source module includes a plurality of light sources and a concentrator. The light sources surround an axis, and the axis passes through a center of the light incident surface and is perpendicular to the light incident surface. Each of the light sources is capable of emitting a beam along a transmitting path toward the axis. The concentrator is disposed at the axis and includes a curvy reflective surface located on the transmitting paths for reflecting the beams to the light incident surface of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicants: KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG, Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsueh-Chih Chang, Hung-Lieh Hu, Chao-Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20150098241
    Abstract: Provided is a light source device which includes: a LD mounted on a stem; a cap fixed to the stem so as to cover the LD; a light converging lens capable of converging light flux emitted from the LD; an optical fiber connection portion to which an optical fiber is connected, the optical fiber receiving inputting of the light flux converged by the light converging lens; and a holder for holding the optical fiber connection portion, the holder being fixed to the cap. The optical fiber connection portion includes a position adjusting portion which adjusts a position of the optical fiber connection portion with respect to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji NAKANO, Mitoru YABE, Keiji NAKAMURA, Satoru OKAGAKI
  • Publication number: 20150098242
    Abstract: Provided is a light source apparatus including a plurality of semiconductor light sources that output beams of light having different wavelengths; a plurality of light collimating portions that convert the respective beams of light output from these light sources to collimated light beams; a combining portion that combines the plurality of collimated beams produced by these light collimating portions into a single light path; a light guide whose entrance end is disposed in the single light path; a focusing portion that focuses the collimated beams combined by the combining portion onto the entrance end; and a light-distribution-characteristics adjusting portion that adjusts beam diameters of the plurality of beams of light so that numerical apertures of the plurality of beams of light incident on the entrance end become substantially equal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunari HANANO
  • Publication number: 20150098243
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for an illumination system. In one aspect, the illumination system is a light guide that includes spaced-apart regions of medium containing diffractive features. For example, the medium may include holographic medium having holograms that are configured to redirect light, propagating through the light guide, out of the light guide. The spaces between the spaced-apart regions of media may be filled with a material having a lower refractive index than the light guide, thereby functioning as a reflective cladding in those spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Mems Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kebin Li, Zhengwu Li, Jian J. Ma, John H. Hong