Patents Issued in December 19, 2017
  • Patent number: 9845907
    Abstract: A plug connection (1) for fluid lines, with two intermateable coupling parts (2, 3), which in an inserted state can be releasably locked via a locking device (4) consisting of two outer radial flange-like retaining ribs (21, 31) of the two coupling parts (2, 3), which are adjacent in an insertion direction (S) and axial (X-X) in inserted state and a retaining part (5) with an annular contour, which in preassembled state can be axially and radially fixed and undetachably assembled on one of the two coupling parts (3) and in an assembled state axially and radially encompasses the retaining ribs (21, 31) of the two coupling parts with at least one radially elastically moving retaining section (53) with a C-shaped axial section having two collars (51, 52). The plug connection incorporates features to ensure the undetachability of the retaining part (5) and minimize the space requirement, in particular during disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: VOSS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Jochem-Andreas Hess, Günter Sieper, Reinhard Plietsch, Frank Zenses
  • Patent number: 9845908
    Abstract: A lightweight quick connector system that is a more unitized, installation and dismantling structure and method for joining the ends of straight grooved pipe that uses o-ring fluid sealing. The connector system includes a grooved pipe receiving structure for support and stabilization of the o-ring sealing structure. The quick connector system also has the capability to operate as a size adapter for grooved pipe of different sizes and has the capability to act as a fitting adapter to enable interfitting of a grooved pipe to another size and type of pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AP Couplings, Inc.
    Inventor: Alfred J. Brunella
  • Patent number: 9845909
    Abstract: A quick connect/disconnect system including a male component having a first fluid channel, a first male coupling portion, and a second male coupling portion. A first ring assembly is supported by the male body and extends about the second male coupling portion and includes a male mating feature on an internal surface of the ring assembly. A female component includes a first female coupling portion, a second female coupling portion, and a second fluid channel sized to receive the second male coupling portion. A female mating feature is configured to rotatably engage the male mating feature, such that when the second female coupling portion is coupled with the second male coupling portion and the female mating feature is mated with the male mating feature, the first fluid channel is in fluid communication with the second fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Fiskars Oyj Abp
    Inventors: Charles A. Lehmann, Lawrence P. Heren, Robert R. Brimble
  • Patent number: 9845910
    Abstract: A pressure compensator for providing pressure compensation for a chamber of a subsea device is provided. The pressure compensator has an enclosure with at least an outer wall. A first compensation chamber is provided inside the enclosure. A flow connection from the first compensation chamber towards the chamber of the subsea device is further provided. As second compensation chamber is provided inside the enclosure. First and second separating walls are arranged inside the enclosure. A first bellows portion of the first separating wall and a second bellows portion of the second separating wall are deformable to provide pressure compensation between the chamber of the subsea device and a second inner volume around which the second separating wall extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Gregor Knoener
  • Patent number: 9845911
    Abstract: An article with at least two extruded thermoplastic polymer foam pieces that fit together to form a length of foam having a generally annular cross section, each piece having a concave surface such that the concave surfaces adjoin to form an internal edge defining a hole within the generally annular cross section; wherein each piece has a density less than 36 kilograms per cubic meter, a product of density times average cell size that is less than 17 millimeters*kilogram per cubic meter, and a thermal conductivity of 35 milliwatts per meter*Kelvin or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alain Sagnard, Lars Massueger, Jean-Francois Koenig, Ralph Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9845912
    Abstract: An anti-theft device for protecting a portable electronic device from theft or unauthorized removal in a retail environment is provided. The anti-theft device includes a shroud configured to at least partially receive and engage a portable electronic device. The anti-theft device also includes a dock configured to releasably engage the shroud. The dock is configured to engage the shroud in a locked configuration so as to prevent removal of the shroud and the portable electronic device from the dock and to disengage the shroud in an unlocked configuration so as to allow the shroud and the portable electronic device to be removed from the dock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: InVue Security Products Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Phillips, Larry T. McKinney, Erik L. van Bergen, Antonios L. Karagiannis, Mark D. Reeves, Matthew Thomas Kerley, John A. Buchanan, Daniel C. Symons, Darin J. Shaw, Joshua Abdollahzadeh, Scott M. Speck
  • Patent number: 9845913
    Abstract: System and method can support a servo system. The servo system comprises a motor with a rotor and a stator, wherein said rotor is arranged internally to said stator. Furthermore, said rotor, which is rotatable relative to said stator, can be configured to receive at least a portion of a functional module. Additionally, the servo system can be used for supporting a payload stabilization system, such as a gimbal system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SZ DJI OSMO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongjun Zhang, Xueli Yan, Ye Tao
  • Patent number: 9845914
    Abstract: The invention relates to a narrow gap inspection system, having a tube to be inspected, in particular a boiler tube, which extends in the axial direction and, surrounding this at a radial distance with a hollow-cylindrical gap, a casing, in particular a casing tube. The casing has an axially extending opening with an opening angle running perpendicular to the axial direction, and radially over the opening there is provided an axially mobile support system which supports a ring which is arranged in the gap and is able to rotate about the tube and has an inspection device that can be placed over the tube by means of a respective axial movement of the support system and a respective rotation of the ring in the gap. The invention also relates to a method for installing a narrow gap inspection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Riecker, Christian Röllig, Jens Meissner, Wolfgang Obierai, Phetoury Souvannavong
  • Patent number: 9845915
    Abstract: A stand attached to a baggage item includes a collapsible shaft having a proximal end attached to the baggage item and a distal end. In some embodiments, the stand includes a support on to which an object may be secured. In some embodiments, the stand includes one or more basal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Boban Jose
  • Patent number: 9845916
    Abstract: Method for filling a tank with pressurized hydrogen via a filling station comprising at least one buffer container and a fluid circuit connected to said at least one buffer container, the circuit of the filling station comprising a first end connected to at least one source of hydrogen gas, the circuit comprising a second end fitted with a transfer pipe intended to be connected removably to the tank that is to be filled, the method involving a step of purifying the hydrogen supplied by the source in a purification member before transferring same to the at least one buffer container, the circuit of the filling station further comprising at least one compression member for compressing the pressurized gas in order to fill the at least one buffer container, the method being characterized in that it comprises a step of transferring heat energy between, on the one hand, the compressed gas of the outlet from the compression member and, on the other hand, the purification member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Laurent Allidieres
  • Patent number: 9845917
    Abstract: A method for filling at least one buffer container of a hydrogen filling station, the station comprising a fluid circuit linked to said at least one buffer container, the circuit of the filling station comprising a first end linked to at least one source of hydrogen gas, the circuit comprising a second end provided with a transfer conduit intended to be removably connected to a tank, the method being characterized in that it comprises a step of determining the current concentration of at least one impurity in the hydrogen in the buffer container during the filling of same, a step of comparing said current concentration of the impurity relative to a predefined threshold concentration and, when the current concentration of the at least one impurity reaches said threshold concentration, stopping the filling of said buffer container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventor: Laurent Allidieres
  • Patent number: 9845918
    Abstract: A gas storage/supply system includes a gas storage material capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing a gas, a gas storage tank having the gas storage material sealed therein, a chemical heat storage material capable of making a forward reaction and a reverse reaction with an operation medium, a chemical heat storage tank having the chemical heat storage material sealed therein, a heat exchange mechanism for transferring heat between the gas storage tank and the chemical heat storage tank, and a control mechanism for controlling the gas storage/supply system such that gas absorption heat released upon absorption of the gas to the gas storage material is stored in the chemical heat storage tank and gas desorption heat which is necessary for desorption of the gas from the gas storage material is supplied from the chemical heat storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusho
    Inventors: Masakazu Aoki, Takafumi Yamauchi, Yasuki Hirota, Takashi Shimazu
  • Patent number: 9845919
    Abstract: A cryogenic plumbing support for supporting cryogenic plumbing having a first coefficient of thermal expansion associated with a cryogenic temperature may include a bracket. The bracket may include a second coefficient of thermal expansion approximately equal to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The cryogenic plumbing support may also include a slide assembly. The slide assembly may include first and second end blocks, at least one slider, and a plurality of rods. The first end block may be coupled in spaced relationship to the second end block by the plurality of rods. The at least one slider may be coupled to the bracket and slidably coupled to the plurality of rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Robbi Lynn McDonald, Ankur Harshkant Vayeda, Gregory Charles Harper
  • Patent number: 9845920
    Abstract: An oxygen liquefier system may be configured to defrost an oxygen line included therein. The system may include one or more sieve beds, a liquid oxygen reservoir, an oxygen line, a controller, a heating apparatus, and/or other components. The one or more sieve beds are configured to extract oxygen from air obtained from an ambient environment. The liquid oxygen reservoir is configured to store oxygen extracted at the one or more sieve beds that has been liquefied. The oxygen line is configured to provide fluid communication between the one or more sieve beds and the liquid oxygen reservoir. The controller is configured to detect a blockage caused by frozen liquid within the oxygen line based on a liquid oxygen production rate. The heating apparatus is configured to defrost the oxygen line to melt frozen liquid within the oxygen line responsive to the detection of the blockage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Laurent Brouqueyre, Brian Edward Dickerson
  • Patent number: 9845921
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting unit (100) comprising a housing (120) including a light source (110). The light source (110) is configured to provide light source light (111) through a light exit part (121) of the housing (120). The lighting unit (100) further comprises a light interception part (130) configured to intercept part of the light source light (111) as intercepted light source light (112), and a luminescent material (140) configured to convert at least part of the intercepted light source light (112) into luminescent material light (141). The housing (120) further comprises a light emitting part (150), configured to allow the luminescent material light (141) escape from the housing (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet
  • Patent number: 9845922
    Abstract: An LED lamp with a high color rendering index (CRI) is disclosed. Example embodiments of the invention provide an LED lamp with a relatively high color rendering index (CRI). In some embodiments, the lamp has other advantageous characteristics, such as good angular uniformity. In some embodiments, the LED lamp is sized and shaped as a replacement for a standard incandescent bulb, and includes an LED assembly with at least first and second LEDs operable to emit light of two different colors. In some embodiments, the lamp can emit light with a color rendering index (CRI) of at least 90 without remote wavelength conversion. In some embodiments, the LED lamp conforms some, most, or all of the product requirements for a 60-watt incandescent replacement for the L prize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Antony Paul van de Ven, Gerald H. Negley, Dong Lu
  • Patent number: 9845923
    Abstract: An LED tube lamp includes a lamp tube, two end caps, and an LED light strip. The two end caps are respectively at two opposite ends of the lamp tube. The LED light strip is in the lamp tube and is provided with one or more LED light sources mounted thereon. Each of the end caps includes an electrically insulating tube, two conductive pins, and two or more heat-dissipating openings. The two conductive pins are disposed on the electrically insulating tube. The two heat-dissipating openings are formed on the electrically insulating tube and are symmetric to each other with respect to a vertical central plane passing through the middle of a line connecting the two conductive pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Aiming Xiong
  • Patent number: 9845924
    Abstract: Apparatus and system for producing light using LED lighting with output within a predetermined desired color temperature range for commercial lighting uses. A preferred embodiment includes a first and second group of LEDs arranged in an alternating matrix configuration, each group of LEDs configured to produce light in a predetermined color temperature range. In a preferred embodiment, an LED light system includes a tubular LED lamp having substantially the same size and dimensions as a traditional fluorescent lamp tube and a control box for controlling power input and power gain to the first, second, or both groups of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: COLT INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING INC.
    Inventor: Guillermo Macias
  • Patent number: 9845925
    Abstract: A tangle-resistant decorative lighting assembly, comprising: a main portion including a plurality of wires and connectors, including first and second connectors and first and second lighted-extension portions extending transversely from the main portion. The first lighted extension portion including: a first connector configured to detachably connect to the first connector of the main portion, a first plurality of wires connected to the first connector, and a first plurality of lamp assemblies connected to the first plurality of wires. The second lighted-extension portion including: a second connector configured to detachably connect to the second connector of the main portion, a second plurality of wires connected to the second connector, and a second plurality of lamp assemblies connected to the second plurality of wires. The first connector of the main portion comprises a lock portion configured to engage with a lock portion of the first connector of the first lighted-extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Willis Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Patent number: 9845926
    Abstract: Various aspects of a light emitting apparatus include a substrate having at least one angled portion. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include at least one light emitting device arranged on the substrate. Some aspects of the light emitting apparatus include a plurality of conductors arranged on the substrate. In some aspects of the light emitting apparatus, the conductors are electrically coupled to the at least one light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGELUX INC.
    Inventor: Vladimir Odnoblyudov
  • Patent number: 9845927
    Abstract: A modular LED lighting system is presently disclosed, the system comprises at least one LED lamp housing configured to house and hold at least one longitudinally extending LED lamp or an array of LEDs. The LED lamp housing comprises two substantially parallel longitudinally extending sidewalls and two substantially parallel end walls, each end wall extends from edges of the sidewalls to form an LED lamp housing with a rectangular lower light opening. Each of the sidewalls are configured to abut with a sidewall of an adjacent LED lamp housing and each of the end walls are configured to abut with an end wall of an adjacent LED lamp housing, in the modular LED lighting system. Each of the at least one LED lamp housings in the modular LED lighting system are configured to adjoin with an adjacent LED lamp housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Litetronics International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Sorensen, Raghu Rao
  • Patent number: 9845928
    Abstract: An in-grade light fixture is provided with a corrugated housing design. The corrugated housing design enhances structural integrity and the flow of air within the light fixture to facilitate cooling. The light fixture includes an annular door with slots aligned with the corrugations to facilitate the influx of cool air into the housing and the exhaust of hot air from the housing. The light fixture includes a hot-aiming system that allows a tilt optic to be rotated via magnetic force within the light fixture using an external instrument, such as magnetic wand. The beam direction can be rotated using this hot-aiming system without opening the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: U.S.T.E., Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn M. Tyson, Michael P. Leonhardt
  • Patent number: 9845929
    Abstract: A sun-tracking light distributor system for use in an open-ended photo-bioreactor having an aqueous liquid for a photosynthetic culture, comprising: at least one light distributor each including a concentrator supporting section with a light entry surface adapted to receive sunlight rays, an elongated rod section with a light distribution surface adapted to redirect the received sunlight rays within the aqueous liquid, a light concentrating element provided at the light entry surface which concentrates within the elongated rod at least a portion of the sunlight rays received at the light entry surface; a displacement system operatively connected to the light distributors and adapted to change an orientation of the light entry surface of the light distributors to track a solar position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL D'OPTIQUE, CENTRE DE RECHERCHE INDUSTRIELLE DU QUEBEC
    Inventors: Marc Levesque, Denis Hotte, Denis Lepine
  • Patent number: 9845930
    Abstract: A fiber-optic conversion module is provided as part of a lighting device on a vehicle. The module includes optical fibers with connectors, a light exit head, and a converter mounted on a cooling element. Shorter wavelength excitation light is fed to the optical fibers that emit the excitation light towards the converter arranged at an angle relative to the beam direction, at a light spot that remits useful light in a radiation angle in form of a cone of useful light and reflects excitation light as a Fresnel reflection substantially outside the cone of useful light, where Fresnel reflection is made harmless by a light stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Bernd Wölfing, Volker Hagemann, Jürgen Meinl, Hubertus Russert, Thomas Reichert
  • Patent number: 9845931
    Abstract: A light source unit including: a first light source module; a second light source module; and a light source arrangement portion between the first light source module and the second light source module. The first light source module and the second light source module are staggered in at least one of a front-and-back direction and a left-and-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kosaku Arita
  • Patent number: 9845932
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical element (1) for a laser vehicle headlight (2), wherein the laser vehicle headlight (2) comprises at least one laser light source (3) and at least one luminous element (4) which can be irradiated by the laser light source (3) and can thus be excited to emit visible light, wherein the optical element (1) has at least one receptacle for the luminous element (4) and at least one reflection layer (9) which reflects light in the direction of the laser light source (3) is assigned to the optical element (1) at least on a side of the luminous element (4) which faces away from the laser light source (3) in the mounted state. The invention additionally relates to a light source module (16) comprising at least one optical element (1) of this type, and a vehicle headlight (2) comprising at least one optical element (1) of this type or comprising at least one light source module (16) as mentioned initially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ZKW GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Friedrich Bauer, Andreas Moser, Johann Altmann, Erich Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 9845933
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses an illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus comprises a cover comprising a second portion and a first portion, and a light source disposed within the cover. An average thickness of the first portion is greater than that of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Yao Chiu Lin, Been-Yu Liaw, Chih-Ming Wang, Ming-Chi Hsu, Yi-Jui Huang, Tsung-Xian Lee, Kuang-Ping Chao, Jhih-Sian Wang
  • Patent number: 9845934
    Abstract: In a lighting arrangement, in particular for escape route lighting, comprising a light source and an optical element assigned to the light source, said optical element being designed to emit asymmetrically the light emitted by the associated light source, the optical element can be positioned in different ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Schwaighofer, Tanja Illic, Marcel Kilga, Patrik Gassner
  • Patent number: 9845935
    Abstract: A solid state disk is provided, including: a main body, including a shell portion, a substrate disposed on the shell portion and a memory module disposed on the substrate, the shell portion having a light-penetrable shell portion, the substrate having a light-penetrable portion and a first face, the substrate integrally formed with the light-penetrable portion, the first face having a first coating layer which has an emergent light-penetrable portion corresponding to the light-penetrable portion, the light-penetrable shell portion corresponding to the emergent light-penetrable portion, the substrate including a transmission port, the memory module electrically connected to the transmission port; a light-emitting portion, disposed on the main body and electrically connected to the transmission port, a light emitted from the light-emitting portion being penetrable through the light-penetrable portion and the emergent light-penetrable portion and via the light-penetrable shell portion to an exterior of the solid
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ALSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Han-Hung Cheng, Chi-Fen Kuo, Wei-Di Cheng
  • Patent number: 9845936
    Abstract: A light shield includes a main portion and an overlap portion that is substantially perpendicular to the main portion. The main portion includes a first scored area and a base platform disposed below the first scored area. The first scored area includes a plurality of score lines that define one or more detachable panels. The overlap portion includes a second scored area and another base platform. The second scored area includes another plurality of score lines that define one or more detachable overlap panels. Further, the light shield includes a flange that extends substantially perpendicular to and along a length of a base platform of the light shield's main portion. A first interlocking arm extends from a first end of the flange and a second interlocking arm extends from a second end of the flange that is opposite to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Wilston Nigel Christopher Sayers, Reed Alan Bradford, Khurram Z. Moghal
  • Patent number: 9845937
    Abstract: An optical assembly for an LED light system with a LED light source is provided to control a light pattern of a light beam produced by the system, such as for spot or narrow flood light applications. The optical assembly includes a conical reflector with an interior reflective surface, a light diffuser and an optic holder. The light diffuser has an annular disk-shape with a central opening. The optic holder is mounted to a narrow open top of the reflector, and suspends the light diffuser inside of the reflector along an optical axis. The light diffuser is a cost-efficient optical element, which can be used in combination with the reflector to redistribute light in the system in order to soften a peripheral light area surrounding a center beam light area of the light pattern of the light beam, and reduce a harsh edge between the center beam and peripheral light areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Bin Hou, James G. Brand
  • Patent number: 9845938
    Abstract: A flashlight is protected from damage due to shock such as occurs when a flashlight is dropped, crushed or otherwise physically abused. A plastic molding can be attached to either the front or rear portion of a flashlight or to both portions to resiliently absorb shock forces. A series of thin fins projects axially outwardly from the molding to resiliently deform upon impact so as to absorb shock and distribute the shock around the ends of the flashlight and to reduce stress concentrations around the ends of the flashlight. A series of axially-extending and radially-extending ribs further protects the flashlight from axially and radially-directed shock forces and further absorb shock forces. An optional safety crush or clearance zone can be provided between each shock absorber and the flashlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas Kaye, Andrea Hoffmeier, John Oliver
  • Patent number: 9845939
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a plurality of light emitting modules each provided with a circuit board, and first to n-th light source groups disposed on the circuit board, n being an integer greater than two, wherein the first to n-th light source groups each include at least one light emitting diode (LED); a driving module supplying driving power to the plurality of light emitting modules, and determine a number of light source groups operating in each of the plurality of light emitting modules based on a level of the driving power; and a module connection unit connecting first to n-th light source groups provided in one of the plurality of light emitting modules and first to n-th light source groups provided in another light emitting module in parallel in a detachable manner, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 9845940
    Abstract: A lighting device (10) having a base housing (12) to receive one or more batteries therein to power a light source located in a light housing (14). The light housing (14) being pivotally attached to the base housing (12) at pivot points on both sides of the base housing (12), wherein a handle (24) is provided which extends along the axis of rotation (13) between the pivot points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Energizer Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Rugendyke, Angelo Kotsis, John Brown, Michael Squires
  • Patent number: 9845941
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement can include a first housing portion, a second housing portion, a first wire assembly, a driver board, a heat-shrinkable sleeve, a second negative wire, a second positive wire, and a light emitting diode with chip on board (LEDCOB). The first housing portion can be selectively engageable with one another through inwardly-directed threads and outwardly-directed threads to define an enclosed cavity extending along an axis. The first wire assembly can include a first positive wire, a first negative wire, and a ground wire. The driver board can be electrically coupled to the first positive wire and the first negative wire. The heat-shrinkable sleeve can enclose the driver board. The second positive wire and the second negative wire can be electrically coupled to the driver board and the LEDCOB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Shaokun Yang
  • Patent number: 9845942
    Abstract: A light strip system for securing luminaire units and supplying them with power having an elongate support structure, especially at least one support rail for securing the luminaire units and power supply extending along the support structure for supplying the luminaire units with power. The power supply includes first lines which extend along the support structure and define a first power supply circuit (I), and second lines which extend over part of the length of the first power supply circuit (I) along the support structure and define a second power supply circuit (II) which is designed to be in electrical contact with the luminaire units, the first power supply circuit (I) being coupled to the second power supply circuit (II) by a converter unit which converts a first supply voltage available in the first power supply circuit (I) to a second supply voltage suitable for operating the luminaire units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Gerald Ladstaetter
  • Patent number: 9845943
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments relate to improved lighting systems and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a lighting system includes a glass substrate with one or more apertures. An LED or other light source is disposed at one end of the aperture such that light from the LED directed through the aperture of the glass substrate exits the opposite end of the aperture. Inner surfaces of the aperture have a mirroring material such as silver to reflect the emitted light from the LED. In certain example embodiments, a remote phosphor article or layer is disposed opposite the LED at the other end of the aperture. In certain example embodiment, a lens is disposed in the aperture, between the remote phosphor article and the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLC
    Inventors: Vijayen S. Veerasamy, Jemssy Alvarez
  • Patent number: 9845944
    Abstract: An electronic device (300) is provided, having a housing (301). The housing has a cooling chamber (342) and a wireless-communication chamber (344). The cooling chamber comprises an electronic circuit (310) embedded in potting material. The potting material is arranged to conduct heat away from the electronic circuit. The wireless-communication chamber comprises a radio-frequency (RF) antenna (320) for wirelessly receiving one or more commands controlling the electronic device. The cooling chamber and the wireless-communication chamber are physically separated so that the radio-frequency antenna is free from potting material wherein the cooling chamber and the wireless-communication chamber share a common separation wall (340) formed from a non-conducting material to separate the cooling chamber and the wireless-communication chamber, and the separation wall (340) forms a non-zero angle with respect to a top opening of the housing (301; 401).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Yunfei Xu, Yacouba Louh, Xiaolin Wang
  • Patent number: 9845945
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an LED luminaire capable of providing full cutoff illumination in a base configuration, without the addition of reflectors or refractors. The LED luminaire is also interchangeably couplable to one or more different reflectors and refractors. In certain example embodiments, the present disclosure provides a dusk to dawn luminaire operable as a full cutoff luminaire in a base configuration and which is also compatible with an American Nation Standards Institute (ANSI) dusk to dawn reflector/refractor assembly. In an example embodiment, the LED luminaire also includes a housing with a front pivoting door configured to swing away from a mounting structure when opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Ronald Joseph Bednarick, Anthony Ryan Gibbs
  • Patent number: 9845946
    Abstract: A waterproof lighting assembly includes a housing that has a top portion that is hingedly coupled to a bottom portion. The top portion is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the bottom portion. A first cap is removably coupled to the bottom portion. A second cap is removably coupled to the first cap. A retainer is removably coupled to the top portion. A plurality of gaskets is provided. Selected ones of the gaskets are positionable between the first cap and the bottom portion, the first cap and the second cap, and the retainer and the top portion. The gaskets form a fluid impermeable seal. A lighting circuit is positioned within the housing such that the lighting circuit may emit light outwardly from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Robert Miller
  • Patent number: 9845947
    Abstract: Apparatus and method provide underwater lighting to illuminate a site within a body of water in which underwater lighting apparatus is immersed during a lighting cycle. A housing is constructed of a heat-conductive material and LED arrays are affixed to the housing, within a sealed chamber, to conduct heat from the LED arrays to the housing such that heat generated by the LED arrays during the lighting cycle will be conducted directly to the housing and dissipated by the housing to the surrounding body of water. Light provided by the LED arrays is passed through corresponding lens members located for directing light in different directions. At the same time, fouling by marine organisms is resisted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Richard James Shanahan, III
  • Patent number: 9845948
    Abstract: A Light device having built-in digital data means is powered by an unlimited power source for a lamp-holder, LED bulb, or light device connected to unlimited power source by prongs or a base that or conductive wires can be inserted into a socket that would otherwise receiving a bulb or light source. The device may take the form of a webcam having auto tracking added one of plurality functions to make different products and functions and retractable prongs that plug directly into a wall outlet or insert into existing lamp base or incorporate conductive wire to make electric connection at least one of built-in camera, storage unit, wireless kits, Bluetooth kits, motion sensor, light device. The said motion sensor and digital data related device(s) may in separated housing with light source assembly so people can upgrade the non-camera device to has built-in camera and digital device for their old non-camera security light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Tseng-Lu Chien
  • Patent number: 9845949
    Abstract: An in-line sound module for a modular stack light system provides electrical and mechanical connectors to allow it to be placed anywhere in the stack. Axial orientation of the audio transducer and a flexible jumpering system allow preservation of central connectors between modules. In-line configuration permits multiple sound modules to be used in a stack light and to be teamed with different beacon modules. In one embodiment the in-line sound module may also include lamps to provide beacon functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Feller, Will J. Preischel, Alvaro Sanchez
  • Patent number: 9845950
    Abstract: A method predicts an amount of wear that is expected to occur on the tubes of a steam generator as a result of vibration against another structure within the steam generator. The method includes determining a volumetric amount of material that has been worn from a location on a tube over a duration of time and employing that volume as a function of time to determine the volume of material of the tube wall that is predicted to be worn from the tube or another tube at a future time. The volumetric-based analysis enables more accurately prediction of the wear depth at a future time. This enables the plugging of only those tubes that are determined from a volumetric analysis to be in risk of breach at the future time, thus slowing the rate at which tubes of a steam generator will be plugged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventor: William K. Cullen
  • Patent number: 9845951
    Abstract: A grate step module (1) for a thrust combustion grate for the combustion of refuse in a large-scale plant has a carrier part (2) for the grate steps (3, 4), exactly one fixed grate step (3) and exactly one movable grate step (4) and also a grate step drive. The movable grate step (4) is displaceable back and forth with respect to the fixed grate step (3) by way of the grate step drive. The grate step module (1) is connectable in a row with further grate step modules (1) without a gap and in this way forms the thrust combustion grate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Martin GmbH fuer Umwelt-und Energietechnik
    Inventors: Joerg Bachmann, Peter Alpiger
  • Patent number: 9845952
    Abstract: An arrangement and method in connection with an electric filter of a boiler plant, the electric filter comprising an insulator chamber. The arrangement comprises a first scavenging duct for conveying warm scavenging gas to the insulator chamber. Said first scavenging duct is connected to a channel conveying process gas in the boiler plant, which means that it is possible to supply process gas to the insulator chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventor: Juha Tolvanen
  • Patent number: 9845953
    Abstract: The leakage reduction system includes a heat exchanger, a duct arrangement and a separation arrangement. The heat exchanger includes a rotor assembly rotatably mounted along a rotor post. The heat exchanger further includes a second inlet plenum, whereat the duct arrangement is configured. Further, the separation arrangement is incorporated at the duct arrangement dividing thereto into primary and secondary inlets. Through the primary inlet, a flue gas enriched with Oxygen is carried, and through the secondary inlet a recycled flue gas flow is allowed to be carried, keeping the Oxygen enriched recycled flue gas flow substantially away from turnover towards the flue gas flow to avoid turnover towards a flue gas flow, reducing leakage thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ARVOS LJUNGSTROM LLC
    Inventors: Hermann Muller-Odenwald, Friedrich Weyland
  • Patent number: 9845954
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to realize a combustion control device that reduces, when a pressure within a mixer is rapidly increased at the time of ignition of the combustion control device, the transmission of the temporarily increased pressure to a pressure sensor, that brings the pressure sensor into a non-operated state and that thereby can continue combustion in the combustion control device. Hence, a combustion control device is provided that includes: a combustion chamber which has a heat dissipation disc on a front surface and within which a combustion room is formed; a burner which is attached to the combustion chamber; a mixer which mixes a gas supplied to the burner with air; and a pressure sensor which is connected to the mixer through a pressure passage, where a pressure propagation delay means which reduces transmission to the pressure sensor caused by a temporary pressure increase within the mixer is provided partway along the pressure passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Shizuoka Seiki Co., LTD
    Inventor: Hiroaki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9845955
    Abstract: A lighter device (10) is provided having a handle (12), an ignitable material (14) carried by the handle, a striker material (16) for igniting the ignitable material (14), and a mirror (20) selectively carried by the handle. The mirror (20) can be slideably removable and can be reinserted into the handle of the lighter device (10), allowing for a person to use the mirror (20) as a signaling device. The mirror (20) can be bendable to form a reflective parabolic surface. The handle (12) of the lighter device (10) can be made of a combustible material that can be used to light a fire in wet conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Edmund D. Villarreal
  • Patent number: 9845956
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a system with a gas turbine engine including a first combustor and a second combustor. The first combustor includes a first end cover with a first geometry and the second combustor includes a second end cover with a second geometry. The first geometry has one or more geometric differences relative to the second geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Willy Steve Ziminsky, Sarah Lori Crothers