Patents Issued in December 13, 2016
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Patent number: 9518679Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining off-temperature accuracy information of a solenoid fluid control valve. The method comprises performing a current sweep at a first temperature, and for at least one command pressure, determining an error in a control pressure based on the current sweep. The error may be determined at the first temperature. A metric may then calculated based on the current sweep, and a pressure error offset may be determined for a second temperature based on the metric. The pressure error offset may describe a difference between the error in control pressure at the first temperature and an expected error in control pressure at the second temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLCInventors: David Seid, Ritchie Wycoco Baje, Hamid Najmolhoda
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Patent number: 9518680Abstract: A valve assembly may include a valve plate having an inlet hole through which working fluid passes from a vacuum muffler, a first discharge hole through which working fluid discharged from a cylinder passes, a second discharge hole through which the working fluid from the first discharge hole passes, and a pulsation and/or noise reducing passage through which the working fluid from the second discharge hole flows; a discharge valve at or in the valve plate configured to open and/or close the first discharge hole; a valve sheet having a first hole therein communicating with the first discharge hole and a second hole therein at an outlet of the pulsation and/or noise reducing passage; and a vacuum valve in the valve sheet configured to open and/or close the inlet hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Won Woong Lee
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Patent number: 9518681Abstract: A fixture for delivering a first fluid over the basin of a sink includes a supply inlet and a delivery outlet for the fluid, the inlet connected to the outlet through a hollow body of the fixture, the hollow body including two straight, hollow metal tubes: a first tube arranged to be mounted next to the basin of the sink in use, and a second tube joined to the wall of the first tube so as to project out over the basin of the sink in use. One or more inserts are provided inside the first metal tube and together define a curved elbow duct inside the first metal tube for guiding the fluid from the first metal tube into the second metal tube. The tubes can be cut at relatively low cost from conventional rolled steel tubing, and the curved elbow duct limits pressure losses inside the first tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Steven Grant Williamson
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Patent number: 9518682Abstract: A bottom-to-surface connection installation between a common floating support and the sea bottom, having a plurality of flexible lines such as flexible pipes extending between said floating support and the sea bottom. The flexible lines are supported by respective ones of a plurality of troughs each trough lying between two pipe portions defining a first flexible line portion in a hanging double catenary configuration between the floating support and the trough, and a second flexible line portion in a single catenary configuration between the trough and the point of contact of the flexible pipe with the sea bottom.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Saipem S.A.Inventor: François Régis Pionetti
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Patent number: 9518683Abstract: Clevis hanger systems including at least an upper bracket configured to connect to one or more support rods each able to receive one or more pipe hangers in various relative positions. I-beam sway bars, spacers and/or vertical plates may be incorporated in the clevis hanger systems as well.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Darren C. Heppler
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Patent number: 9518684Abstract: A pipe clip for fastening a pipe to a support structure includes an annular pipe clip body for surrounding the pipe to be fastened. The pipe clip body has a first and a second flange which in use are pulled towards each other by a male fastening element having a head and a shank. The second flange is associated with a female fastener via which the male fastening element is connected to the second flange. The first flange has a longitudinal slot which has an open end opposing the closed end, the open end opening up in an edge of the first flange for introducing the shank of the male fastening element into the slot. The first flange has an upstanding collar portion around the closed end of the cutout.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: J. van Walraven Holding B.V.Inventors: Marek Juzak, Frank Nijdam
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Patent number: 9518685Abstract: In various embodiments, a tubular comprises a tubular outer sheath defining an inner void; one or more core elements or assemblies disposed within the inner void; and a substantially solid filler in various embodiments disposed within and substantially filling the inner void, where the filler is adapted to give the tubular hoop strength in a crush situation and comprises a polymer with a density of at least 1.0. In some embodiments, these core assemblies comprise an extruded polymer layer typically extruded about core elements in a single pass, fitting about them without a sharp edge and defining an outer shape. The resulting tubular can comprise multiple regions which, though substantially filled, are filled with differing fillers densities.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Stephen Owen Mast, Fraser Hynd Thomson, Rosianita Balena, Flavio Vasconcelos
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Patent number: 9518686Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a threaded pipe assembly for use in a valve cartridge of a separable water faucet. The threaded pipe assembly includes a valve body, an aluminum casing pipe defining an external thread, a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe. The valve body is positioned in the aluminum casing pipe via injection molding. The water inlet pipe and the water outlet pipe are fixed to the valve body via injection molding. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the water inlet pipe, the water outlet pipe and the aluminum casing pipe are safely secured to the valve body via injection molding, which can simplify assembly process of the separable water faucet as well as avoid water leakage risk due to welded connection.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: DAHATA INC.Inventor: Jeffery Tzeng
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Patent number: 9518687Abstract: A device can be housed coaxially inside a sleeve in which the supplies are situated, and includes: a hollow cylindrical body that fits inside the sleeve and accepts the mechanism in the housing of the hollow body, with passages for respectively connecting the supplies to said mechanism; and a cover which is integrated or fixed, removably, on the front side of the cylindrical body and connects the hidden supplies to the respective passages of the body.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Augustin Curlier, Gilles Alain Charier, Olivier Belmonte
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Patent number: 9518688Abstract: An expansion joint in a vertical channel suitable for conducting hot particles. The expansion joint includes an upper channel portion including a lower end portion with a lower edge. A lower channel portion is sealingly connected by a flexible element connected on an outer side of the vertical channel. The lower channel portion includes an upper end portion with a horizontally extending upper plane. In a predetermined vertical level range, the upper end portion telescopically overlaps the lower end portion in a spaced relationship, to permit relative axial and lateral movements of the upper channel portion and the lower channel portion, whereby the upper plane is at a higher level than the lower edge. A sealing ring, including mutually connected sealing blocks positioned on an outer circumference of the lower end portion, is arranged on the upper plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: AMEC FOSTER WHEELER ENERGIA OYInventor: Pentti Lankinen
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Patent number: 9518689Abstract: Two piece male hose coupler assembly includes a nut and a separate expandable tube. The nut has a first end portion with male threads on the exterior surface, and a second end portion having a gripping collar on the exterior surface. The nut has an open through bore defining an interior surface. An expandable tube is positionable within the bore of the nut, wherein the tube is expanded outwardly to pinch one end of a hose between an exterior surface of the tube and the bore of the nut so that the hose is sealed between the tube and the nut. Further, the tube has a radial flange at one end that seats against a radial mating surface at or adjacent the first end of the nut. The assembly thus provides a relatively leak proof connection including sealing surfaces between the mating radial flanges, and also along the mating longitudinal surfaces of the nut and hose extending along the longitudinal axis of the hose. A method is provided for assembling the nut and tube at one end of the hose.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Swan Products, LLCInventor: Timothy O'Connor
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Patent number: 9518690Abstract: A girdle for a hose coupling has two halves. Each half has a rounded outer surface and a hollow cylindrical center portion configured to house a hose coupling. The center portion of the girdle has stepped shoulders on each end that engage with the hose coupling to maintain the position of the girdle over the hose coupling. The two halves of the girdle are joined around the hose coupling by one or more fasteners to form a prolate spheroid.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Dominique Bélisle
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Patent number: 9518691Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method including the steps of receiving a canister in a canister connection housing. The canister includes a canister fitment and a canister valve. The housing includes a receiver fitment and a door. The method includes the step of lowering the receiver fitment of the housing over the canister fitment. The lowering of the receiver fitment is caused by a closing of the housing door. The present disclosure further relates to an apparatus. An apparatus including a nest configured to receive a canister, a door configured to rotate about an angle so as to open and close, a receiver fitment configured to connect to a canister fitment, and an over-center movement mechanism connected to the door and the receiver fitment. The over-center movement mechanism is configured to move the receiver fitment along an axis as the door is rotated about the angle.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: The COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: C. Brad Green, Devon Browne, Joseph Lehman, Brent Burchfield
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Patent number: 9518692Abstract: An existing pipe that is to be rehabilitated has concavely curved portions and straight portions as viewed in cross-section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the existing pipe. For pipe rehabilitation at the curved portion of the existing pipe, a plurality of rectangular parallelepiped segments whose inner surface plate, side plates and end plates are all rectangular are used. A spacer is interposed between the end plates of the rectangular parallelepiped segments. The spacer has first and second contact surfaces that are inclined relative to each other and come into contact with the end plates of the rectangular parallelepiped segments when they are linked in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: SIIONAN GOSEI-JUSHI SEISAKUSHO K.K.Inventors: Takao Kamiyama, Makoto Ishida, Takeshi Hasegawa
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Patent number: 9518693Abstract: A pig receiver and method retrieve pigs in pipeline pigging operations. In one embodiment, a pig receiver includes a pig receiver unit. The pig receiver also includes a pig gate valve assembly disposed on the pig receiving unit. The pig gate valve assembly includes a gate valve. The pig gate valve assembly also includes a first actuator and a second actuator. The pig gate valve assembly further includes a cylinder guide. In addition, the pig gate valve assembly includes a tie bar. Actuation of the tie bar actuates the gate valve. An end of the tie bar is attached to the first actuator, and an opposing end of the tie bar is attached to the second actuator. The pig receiver also includes a system for removing contaminants from the pig receiver.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Power Associates International, LLCInventor: James R. Hodde
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Patent number: 9518694Abstract: Provided is a worm mechanism provided with a worm shaft including a worm, and a worm wheel that meshes with the worm, the worm mechanism including: a first holding member configured to join a drive source that drives the worm shaft to bearings that support the worm shaft at both sides so that the worm shaft is rotatable; and a first urging member configured to urge the first holding member in a first direction in which the worm meshes with the worm wheel.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshifumi Kori
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Patent number: 9518695Abstract: A flat screen television support device includes at least one vertical column extending upwardly from a piece of furniture and a cantilever support extending forwardly from the column and terminating in a free end. A vertical screen mount is connected to the free end of the cantilever support member. A flat screen television is connected to the flat screen television support device and has a rear wall spaced forward of the rear edge of the upper surface of the piece of furniture so that the flat screen television is supported over the piece of furniture between the front and rear edges of the upper surface of the piece of furniture. The piece of furniture may support the entire weight of the flat screen television if the support device is incorporated into a back structure of the furniture.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: LF CENTENNIAL LIMITEDInventors: Kenneth J. Whalen, Paul R. Jones
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Patent number: 9518696Abstract: A rack structure for a rack assembly includes: a base shaft including a first end surface, an opposite second end surface, an inserting recess recessed from the first end surface to the second end surface, an connecting surface located between the first and second end surfaces, and at least three connecting portions which are mounted on the connecting surface and inclined from the first end surface to the second end surface; and at least three connecting arms each including: a jointing portion formed at one end thereof and to be connected to the connecting potion, a support portion formed at another end opposite the jointing portion, and a plurality of hanging holes defined between the jointing portion and the support portion, wherein an extension plane of the second end surface is located between the support portion and the first end surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: SHYANG YUNG PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chieh Lung Lin
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Patent number: 9518697Abstract: Apparatus and methods for suspending a tool from a support arm having a mounting location are disclosed. The tool has a virtual work axis and a center of gravity. The apparatus may include a tool holder and a mounting interface located between the support arm and the tool holder. The mounting interface extends substantially along the virtual work axis. Selectable locations, configured to enable adjustable engagement of the support arm and/or the tool holder with the mounting interface, are part of or otherwise associated with the mounting interface. The center of gravity of the tool may be positioned below the mounting location using the selectable locations such that the tool is supported in a selected attitude or orientation.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Matthew Joseph Weigel
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Patent number: 9518698Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a single adjustment mechanism that allows for adjustment of an object supported on the clamp assembly along two axes. The adjustment mechanism connects to a bracket and a support rod on which the object is mounted to lock a desired position of the object in place when desired and to allow for adjustment of that position, when desired.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Kenneth J. Herzog
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Patent number: 9518699Abstract: The truss mounting bracket simplifies installation of electronic type equipment below fabricated trusses commonly used in warehouse and other buildings. The mounting bracket includes a housing having at one end thereof a structure for connecting with an electrical conduit section. The opposite end of the housing is adapted to allow securement below a fabricated truss. A head portion extends from a center portion of the housing and has a thread connection therewith. The head portion engages the truss and allows the housing to be tightened against the lower surface of the truss. The conduit and the housing allow electrical cables to pass through the conduit and at least partially through the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Chris Newhouse
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Patent number: 9518700Abstract: An impermeable and thermally insulated tank built into a load-bearing structure, the tank wall comprising: a thermally insulated barrier attached to a load-bearing wall and made of insulated blocks, juxtaposed in parallel rows separated from one another by gaps, an impermeable barrier supported by the thermally insulated barrier and made of welded metal sheets. Each insulated block carries, on the face of same opposite the load-bearing wall, two metal connecting strips arranged in parallel to the sides of the insulated block. The sheets of the membrane carried by the insulated block are welded to the strips. The connecting strips are rigidly connected to the insulated block carrying same. The sheets each have at least two orthogonal folds parallel to the sides of the insulated blocks, the folds being inserted into the gaps formed between two insulated blocks.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Gaztransport Et TechnigazInventors: Mickael Herry, Johan Bougault, Antoine Philippe, Benjamin Charpentier
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Patent number: 9518701Abstract: A pyrolyzed monolith carbon physical adsorbent that is characterized by at least one of the following characteristics: (a) a fill density measured for arsine gas at 25° C. and pressure of 650 torr that is greater than 400 grams arsine per liter of adsorbent; (b) at least 30% of overall porosity of the adsorbent including slit-shaped pores having a size in a range of from about 0.3 to about 0.72 nanometer, and at least 20% of the overall porosity including micropores of diameter <2 nanometers; and (c) having a bulk density of from about 0.80 to about 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter, preferably from 0.9 to 2.0 grams per cubic centimeter.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Entegris, Inc.Inventor: J. Donald Carruthers
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Patent number: 9518702Abstract: A valve for pressurized fluid, with or without incorporated pressure-reducing valve, comprising a body accommodating a fluid circuit having an upstream end and a downstream end, the circuit comprising an isolation valve element in order to selectively close off the circuit, the valve element being controlled by a lever mounted so as to pivot on the body between a rest position in which the isolation valve element is held in a position of closing the circuit and an active position in which the lever moves the isolation valve element into a position of opening the circuit, the lever provides protection for a functional member mounted on the body of the valve, there is no mechanical collision between the opening and the measuring member, and wherein no portion of the measuring member is within the volume of the lever.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges ClaudeInventors: Renaud Ligonesche, Tristan Debry, Romuald De Potter
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Patent number: 9518703Abstract: A disposable compressed gas cartridge has an envelope formed of a cylindrical wall portion, an end wall portion enclosing a first end of the cylindrical wall portion, a neck portion formed at a second end of the cylindrical wall portion, and a membrane spanning across the neck portion such that the envelope is arranged to contain gas under pressure therein. A resilient sealing member is integrally and externally supported on the second end of the envelope so as to abut the seat surface about a charging pin of a compressed gas consuming device. Sealing engagement between the cartridge and the device being charged with compressed gas by the cartridge is provided primarily by the sealing member on the cartridge which is replaced together with the cartridge to always ensure that the sealing between the cartridge and the device is accomplished with a new and effective sealing member.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Jeffrey James Quail
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Patent number: 9518704Abstract: An LED lamp includes an enclosure and a base. LEDs are mounted on a first portion of a substrate and an electrical contact is mounted on a second portion of the substrate. The LEDs emit light from the enclosure when energized through an electrical path from the base. A heat sink conducts heat to the ambient environment. The first portion of the substrate is mounted on an outside surface of a tower that extends into the enclosure. The second portion of the substrate is located inside of the tower. An extension is electrically coupled to the base and includes a second electrical contact that is electrically coupled to the first electrical contact.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Bart P. Reier
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Patent number: 9518705Abstract: A lens for an illumination device, in a cross section, includes a bottom surface, and a first side surface and a second side surface which respectively extend inclinedly upwards from two sides of the bottom surface and converge. The bottom surface includes a supporting surface and an incident surface, the incident surface defining an accommodation cavity for accommodating a light source of the illumination device. The first side surface includes a first emergent surface and a first reflective surface, the second side surface includes a second emergent surface. A first part of light from the incident surface emerges from the first emergent surface, and a second part of light from the incident surface at least emerges from the second emergent surface after reflected by the first reflective surface, such that the emergent light is distributed at an angle of 360°.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventors: Qihui Zhang, HongWei Zhang, Yuhua Liang, Hui Gui
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Patent number: 9518706Abstract: A linear light emitting diode (“LED”) light fixture includes LED modules that interface with one another to provide a substantially continuous array of LED's. This continuous array allows for substantially uniform light output from the LED light fixture. The LED modules can interface with one another via one or more connectors, which allow two or more LED modules to be electrically and mechanically coupled together. The connectors may be disposed beneath the LED's so that the connectors are not visible when the LED modules are coupled together. The connectors may be disposed along opposite ends of the modules to allow for end-to-end configurations of the modules and/or along side ends of the modules to allow for angled or curved configurations of the modules. The LED modules can be powered via one or more wires, magnets, or clips, which are coupled to a power source.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Chun Wah Chan, Anthony James Carney, Jerold Alan Tickner
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Patent number: 9518707Abstract: A strip LED comprises an LED chip, an embedded resistor, a magnet, a magnetic material, a strip encapsulation bracket and a power source. An installation bracket for the embedded resistor and the LED chip is provided between connection brackets. The connection bracket metal strips a and b and metal strips c and d are either a single narrow and thin metal strip or a plurality of thin metal wire structures. The magnet is fixed at one end of a wire, and another end of the wire is connected to the power source.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Rongbao Li
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Patent number: 9518708Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a plurality of LEDs arranged in a row; an elongated wiring board on which the LEDs are mounted; and an optical lens covering all the LEDs and controlling distribution of light emitted from each LED. The light emitted from each LED has an optical axis orthogonal to the wiring board. The optical lens is a converging lens and includes a first light incident surface on which the light emitted from the LED is incident, a medium that guides the light incident from the light incident surface, a light emitting surface, and a diffusion section that contains diffusing particles for causing the light incident from the LED to diffuse. The concentration of the diffusing particles in the diffusion section is high in the vicinity of the optical axis of the light emitted from the LED and gradually decreases as a distance from the optical axis increases.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Ohta, Atsushi Motoya
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Patent number: 9518709Abstract: The present invention provides a lighting article such as holiday decorations and lamps e.g. a glowing Santa Claus, and a method of preparing such articles. The lighting article comprises an elongated structure resembling an image such as Santa. A solid matrix embedded with a LED strip is fitted into a groove in the elongated structure. The light emitted from the strip irradiates upon the elongated structure, and makes Santa Claus shining.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: NINGBO SUNTEC LIGHTING CO., LTDInventors: Zhaowei Wang, Haisheng Tang
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Patent number: 9518710Abstract: An electronic flameless candle including a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a sidewall between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a cavity defined by the top surface, the bottom surface and the sidewall, the body configured in shape and size to simulate a true flame candle. The candle may also include a light source operably connected to the body, the light source electrically operated to illuminate in a way that simulates a natural flicker of a real candle flame. The candle may also include a scent component, operably connected to the body, the scent component configured to emit a scent when heated and/or a sensor component, operably connected to the body, the sensor component configured to sense an environmental condition and affect a mode of the light source upon the sensing of the environmental condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Xiaofeng Li
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Patent number: 9518711Abstract: A modular headlamp assembly includes a low beam headlamp module, a high beam headlamp module, and front turn/parking lamp module. The low beam headlamp module and the high beam headlamp module are supported by a reflector carrier. Each of the high and low beam headlamp modules includes a heat sink and mounting assembly with a heat sink portion bisecting a reflector member. The reflector carrier is adjustably fastened to a housing to allow for adjustment of the high and low beam headlamp modules within the modular headlamp assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Truck-Lite Co., LLCInventors: Mike Marley, Gregory Alan Stoi
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Patent number: 9518712Abstract: A light projecting device of the present invention includes: a light source unit including (i) a laser element for emitting light, (ii) a light converging lens for converging the light emitted from the laser element, and (iii) a light emitting section for emitting light upon receipt of the light converged by the light converging lens; and a reflector for projecting light emitted from the light source unit. The light source unit is provided so as to be attached to or detached from a fixed part to which the light source unit is to be fixed.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Koji Takahashi, Shigetoshi Ito, Yoshiyuki Takahira
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Patent number: 9518713Abstract: Disclosed is a bi function LED head lamp using a thin shield. The lamp includes: a low beam light source and a high beam light source installed at inner upper and lower sides of a reflector; a shield installed at a front end of the partition in the reflector; a lens holder in which the rear is joined to a front surface of the reflector; and a signal reflection surface installed at an inner lower end of the lens holder. The low beam and the high beam are implemented only by turning on and off an LED through applying the thin shield without an actuator.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTDInventor: Hyun Soo Lee
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Patent number: 9518714Abstract: A moisture removing lamp for a vehicle that autonomously generates electricity and may be charged with electricity by using a solenoid generator that uses vibration of the vehicle, thereby removing moisture in the lamp for a vehicle in an environmentally-friendly manner.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sang Min Ah
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Patent number: 9518715Abstract: Light engine modules comprise a support member and a solid state light emitter, in which (1) the emitter is mounted on the support member, (2) a region of the support member has a surface with a curved cross-section, (3) the emitter and a compensation circuit are mounted on the support member, (4) an electrical contact element extends to at least two surfaces of the support member, and/or (5) a substantial entirety of the module is located on one side of a plane and the emitter emits light into another side of the plane. Also, a module comprising means for supporting a light emitter and a light emitter. Also, a lighting device comprising a housing member and a light emitter mounted on a removable support member. Also, a lighting device comprising a module mounted in a lighting device element. Also, a method comprising mounting a module to a lighting device element.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventor: Antony Paul Van De Ven
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Patent number: 9518716Abstract: A linear wide area lighting system includes an elongated substrate having a linear light emitter array disposed on the substrate. The array includes a plurality of light emitters such as light emitting diodes or lamps. An elongated refractive lens is positioned over the substrate and linear light emitter array such that light emitted from the emitters is incident on the refractive lens and is refracted through the lens into a wide illumination area. The lens is extruded in some embodiments providing the lens with a substantially uniform extruded cross-sectional profile in some embodiments. The substrate is housed either between a base and the lens in some embodiments, or in an integrally formed bore in the lens body in other embodiments. One or more end caps are located on the longitudinal ends of the lens and base to fully enclose and seal the substrate and linear light emitter array.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: John R. Householder
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Patent number: 9518717Abstract: A lighting device 1 includes a planar light-emitting panel 4 and a translucent material 5 disposed on a light-emitting surface side of the planar light-emitting panel 4. The planar light-emitting panel 4 has a light-emitting region 4A and a non-light-emitting region 4B. The translucent material 5 has a reflection part 51 in a region facing the non-light-emitting region 4B. Light emitted from the planar light-emitting panel 4 and guided into the translucent material 5 is reflected by the reflection part 51 and emitted to the front side of the non-light-emitting region 4B. Accordingly, the front side of the non-light-emitting region 4B does not become a dark section, so that it is capable of increasing the light irradiation region and giving the light irradiation surface having uniform illuminance even if the plural lighting devices 1 are arranged in a matrix form.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Tanahashi, Yoshiyuki Miyake, Tadashi Murakami, Hideharu Kawachi
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Patent number: 9518718Abstract: Provided is a bandpass filter for a light emitting device that can improve the light emission efficiency in use for a light emitting device, and a light emitting device that can obtain the high light emission efficiency by using the bandpass filter. The light emitting device includes a substrate; a light emitting element disposed over the substrate; a phosphor-containing layer containing at least one kind of phosphor; and a bandpass filter disposed over a surface of the phosphor-containing layer on the light emitting element side, the bandpass filter including a multilayer film having a plurality of first and second dielectric layers, the second dielectric layer being disposed over the first dielectric layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Sanga, Tomonori Morizumi, Naoki Azuma, Keisuke Sejiki, Kunihito Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9518719Abstract: A light emitting device is provided. The light emitting device includes a first white light source emitting a white light of which color coordinates exist within a MacAdam 10-step ellipse from color coordinates (0.4822, 0.3980); a second white light source emitting a white light of which color coordinates exist within a MacAdam 10-step ellipse from color coordinates (0.4180, 0.4337); and a third white light source emitting a white light of which color coordinates exist within a MacAdam 10-step ellipse from color coordinates (0.2806, 0.2981).Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Euna Moon, Hongkyu Lee, Yeonhong Jung
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Patent number: 9518720Abstract: The present invention relates to an LED surface light-emitting device for easy shielding, and a manufacturing method thereof, and includes: an integrated type rear-surface case part having an accommodation space portion open toward the front surface portion thereof, wherein a substrate equipped with LEDs is accommodated in the accommodation space portion; a diffusion panel which covers the open front surface portion of the rear-surface case part, and diffuses light of the LEDs to be a surface light source; and a front-surface window frame, the rear surface of which is coupled to the boundary of the front surface portion of the rear-surface case part, with the diffusion panel located on the rear-surface case part. The present invention is configured as a single body without openings to prevent dust and insects from coming therein, and thus can prevent brightness from decreasing according to use.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: KMW INC.Inventor: Duk Yong Kim
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Patent number: 9518721Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus for light signaling may be provided. The apparatus may include, but not be limited to, a number of LED arrays and OLEDs, a number of LED lighting controllers connected to the number of LED arrays and OLEDs, a power supply connected to the number of LED lighting controllers, a number of protective elements covering the number of LED arrays and OLEDs, a housing containing the number of LED arrays and OLEDs, an electrical box attached to the housing and containing the power supply and the number of LED lighting controllers, and a number of mounting element connected to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Maurice Cohen
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Patent number: 9518722Abstract: An edge-lit lighting structure includes a first end panel and a second end panel. The edge-lit lighting structure further includes a first side panel extending between the first end panel and the second end panel at a first longitudinal side of the edge-lit lighting fixture. The edge-lit lighting structure also includes a second side panel extending between the first end panel and the second end panel at a second longitudinal side of the edge-lit lighting fixture opposite the first longitudinal side. Further, the edge-lit lighting structure includes a center beam having a hollow portion. The center beam is positioned between the first side panel and the second side panel and is attached to the first end panel and the second end panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: Gregg Arthur Lehman, Paul Wayne Lewis, Jr.
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Patent number: 9518723Abstract: A lighting assembly is disclosed having a light fixture with a light-source operable to emit light; and a sidewall having a dimension exceeding a maximum opening dimension of a light bulb recess, the light bulb recess defined by a ceiling and having a standard light-bulb outlet disposed therein and the maximum opening dimension limiting the dimension of objects insertable within the light bulb recess. The lighting assembly further includes a telescoping assembly electrically coupling the light-source to the standard light-bulb outlet for supplying power to the light-source.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: BRITE SHOT, INC.Inventors: Peter Ticktin, Andre Weliky
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Patent number: 9518724Abstract: A module array includes a light emitting device module. The light emitting device module includes a light source unit, a body provided at one surface thereof with a seat on which the light source unit is seated, a plurality of radiation fins disposed on the other surface of the body opposite to one surface of the body, and an air hole perforated in the body from the seat to the radiation fins for the flow of air.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jinsung Kwak, Junhyung Kim, Hongseok Kim, Yongjin Kim, Seoyoung Jeong
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Patent number: 9518725Abstract: A light source apparatus is provided which uses a plurality of semiconductor laser devices and which offers adequate heat dissipation. The light source apparatus using a plurality of semiconductor laser devices includes a holding member on which the plurality of semiconductor laser devices is arranged, wherein at least one semiconductor laser device among the plurality of semiconductor laser devices is arranged on the holding member such that a relative position of the semiconductor laser device in an optical axis direction with respect to an adjacent semiconductor laser device in a front view of the holding member is greater than a relative position of the semiconductor laser device in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction with respect to the adjacent semiconductor laser device.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Sasamuro, Hidenori Matsuo
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Patent number: 9518726Abstract: An LED module includes an LED, a printed circuit board (PCB), a lens, a lens mask and a heat dissipation component; the heat dissipation component includes an aluminum-made heat dissipation frame, a heat-conducting fin, a connection assembly part and a plurality of heat dissipation plates, the aluminum-made heat dissipation frame is provided with a plurality of heat dissipation plate mounting holes that are arranged in parallel, the heat dissipation plates are amounted in the heat dissipation plate mounting holes on the aluminum-made heat dissipation frame in an insertion mode, the PCB is fixed on a bottom surface of the aluminum-made heat dissipation frame, and the heat-conducting fin is located between the PCB and the heat dissipation plates on the aluminum-made heat dissipation frame; and the aluminum-made heat dissipation frame is provide with a wire-threading position, and a location of the wire-threading position is between a corresponding electrical interface and a corresponding power-on interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Lina Wang
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Patent number: 9518727Abstract: A demotivator encourages a human or animal target to cease moving. Demotivation is accomplished by conducting electricity through target tissue to cause pain or to cause skeletal muscle contractions. An accessory used with a security flashlight provides a remote stun function, demotivation at a distance from the operator of the flashlight by launching wire-tethered electrodes for contact with target tissue. For a demotivator that provides illumination projecting from the front of the demotivator, the accessory mounts over the front and includes a passage through which the illumination passes. The accessory may include a laser sight for aiming the electrodes. The accessory may include a socket for installing a field-replaceable cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: TASER International, Inc.Inventors: Ryan C. Markle, Daniel J. Wagner
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Patent number: 9518728Abstract: A sphere structure, of which an inner ball can be disposed with a light source, the sphere structure includes: a groove, formed on the inner ball based on a disposing path, being able to be installed with the light source; a containing portion, formed on the inner ball, being capable of being set with a power supply module, supplying electric power to the light source; and a first cover layer, covering the inner ball constituting an outer surface of the sphere structure, wherein at least one portion of the outer surface is distributed with a light transmitting region, so that the light of the light source is emitted from inside of the sphere structure to outside of the same by passing through the light transmitting region.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Inventor: Wei Hung Lin