Patents Issued in January 2, 2018
  • Patent number: 9857023
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for mounting an antenna to a support structure includes an attachment bracket coupled to a support structure. The mounting assembly includes a support member coupled to the attachment bracket and extending along a support member axis. The support member has a body defining a substantially hollow interior that extends substantially co-axially along the support member axis. A support arm supports an antenna. The support arm is received within the substantially hollow interior of the support member. The support arm is in a locked position or an unlocked position relative to the support member. In the locked position, the support arm is fixed with respect to the support member. In the unlocked position, the support arm is movable with respect to the support member along the support member axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PREFORMED LINE PRODUCTS CO.
    Inventors: Rebecca Marie Alban, Jay David Duffy, Robert John Peterson
  • Patent number: 9857024
    Abstract: An overhead equipment support system for a patient treatment zone, such as an operating room. The support system may comprise an assembly of service hubs interconnected by runway segments to partially or completely circumscribe the treatment zone at the ceiling level while leaving the area immediately above the treatment zone open for other services, such as laminar flow air-handling equipment. An extreme load extension arm may be supported on one or more of the hubs; each such arm is capable of supporting even the heaviest types of medical equipment commonly demanded in surgical suites, especially those supported on booms or articulating arms, thereby greatly increasing the potential operating sphere of each such device. Trolleys are supported on the runway for movement between service hubs. Each trolley can support a medical device in a range of positions around the periphery of the zone as needed by the surgical team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Modular Services Company
    Inventor: Taylor C. Culpepper
  • Patent number: 9857025
    Abstract: A self-propelled working device has a housing and an operating element arranged on the housing. A pivot bearing is arranged on the housing. A lid is pivotably arranged on the housing so as to pivot about a pivot axis of the lid, wherein the lid has a closed state in which the lid covers the operating element and an open state enabling access to the operating element. The lid has a bearing section interacting with the pivot bearing, wherein the bearing section and the pivot bearing define the pivot axis of the lid. A first Hall sensor is arranged in the housing and monitors a pivot position of the lid. A first magnet is arranged on the bearing section of the lid. The first magnet rotates when the lid pivots about the pivot axis and the magnetic field of the first magnet is detected by the first Hall sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Viking GmbH
    Inventors: Clemens Gottinger, Gerhard Auer, Herbert Eidherr-Schmid
  • Patent number: 9857026
    Abstract: A foldable unit comprised of linkages in the form of tubular prisms is provided. The unit may be additionally comprised of polygonal panels. Linkages and panels correspond to a central polyhedral design that may be specified from a wide variety of geometric arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Hoberman
  • Patent number: 9857027
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for chemical delivery are provided herein. In some embodiments, a first reservoir holds a first volume of fluid, receives a carrier gas, and outputs the carrier gas together with vapor derived from the first volume of fluid. A second reservoir holds a second volume of fluid and is capable of delivering a part of the second volume of fluid to the first reservoir. A self-regulating tube extends from the first reservoir to a region above the second volume of fluid in the second reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Jeff Salinas, Youqun Dong, David Thompson, Mei Chang
  • Patent number: 9857028
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a pressure control assembly includes a cylindrical hollow body having an opening to receive a ballast gas, a first and second flange, and a first and second cone. The first flange is coupled to a first end of the body, and a second flange is coupled to an opposing end of the body. The first cone is coupled to the first flange, and the second cone is coupled to the second flange. A method for controlling pressure in a chamber includes measuring a pressure of the chamber and a pressure of an exhaust system coupled to the chamber. The method includes dynamically adjusting the pressure in the exhaust system in order to adjust the pressure in the chamber, by creating a first pressure drop that is greater than a second pressure drop in the exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: David K. Carlson
  • Patent number: 9857029
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure vessel comprising a heat exchanger for a cryogenically stored medium, especially for use in a motor vehicle, especially for use as a pressure tank for hydrogen. Said pressure vessel includes a cylindrical jacket and rounded-off end faces which are rolled onto the ends of the jacket and which have centrally arranged openings closed by welded-in inserts, at least one first insert having filling and removal devices. The invention is characterized in that the inserts form bearings on which at least one in-tank heat exchanger is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bastian Landeck, Klaus Szoucsek
  • Patent number: 9857030
    Abstract: A cryogenic tank includes a membrane anchor mechanism which fixes a membrane provided on an inner wall surface side of a concrete wall via a heat insulating material to the concrete wall, a pressing par which is provided by the membrane anchor mechanism and presses the membrane from the inside of the cryogenic tank, and an interposition part which is interposed between the pressing part of the membrane anchor mechanism and the membrane, and includes a first abutment surface coming into surface-contact with the pressing part and a second abutment surface coming into surface-contact with the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuzo Kanno, Michitaka Furikoma, Eiji Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9857031
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device includes at least one LED assembly comprising a substrate and two or more LEDs configured to generate light spaced apart along the substrate. A cured structural coating is disposed on at least a portion of the LED assembly, wherein the cured structural coating is configured to maintain the LED assembly in a predetermined shape. The substrate of the LED assembly may comprise an elongated and/or flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Janos Veres, Philipp Schmaelzle, Christopher Paulson, Ashish Pattekar, Patrick Y. Maeda
  • Patent number: 9857032
    Abstract: A LED lighting device is disclosed, which includes a LED lighting source, a printed circuit board, a heat sink and a transparent cover. The LED lighting source is provided on the printed circuit board, and the cover is attached to the heat sink for protecting the LED lighting source and the printed circuit board. The LED lighting device further includes a rivet made of plastics, which is used to fix the printed circuit board to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ledvance GmbH
    Inventors: Aiai Li, Tingming Liu, Yusheng Ming, Shengmei Zheng
  • Patent number: 9857033
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting apparatus, having a quadrangular lighting surface, wherein the quadrangular lighting surface has a first lateral edge a and an opposing lateral edge ag, wherein the quadrangular lighting surface has a second lateral edge b and an opposing lateral edge bg, wherein the quadrangular lighting surface is constructed modularly from at least a first lighting module and further lighting modules. The at least first lighting module is triangular, wherein the base surface of the first lighting module has a lateral edge b1 and a vertex E1 opposing this lateral edge b1, wherein a connecting path between the vertex E1 and an intersection point L1 of a normal line with the lateral edge b1 is a height h1 of the first lighting module, where 0<h1?a and b=b1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Stich
  • Patent number: 9857034
    Abstract: Systems and devices for collimating beams of light emitted by a light emitting diode are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical device comprises a bowl shaped reflector base, a light emitting diode (LED) physically attached to the bowl shaped reflector base, a central reflector in a shape of a hyperbolic cone formed above the LED about a center of the bowl shaped reflector base, and a transparent plate formed around a base of the hyperbolic cone. In the embodiment, the central reflector in the shape of the hyperbolic cone is configured to reflect a portion of light emitted from the LED to an outer edge of the bowl shaped reflector base which in turn substantially reflect the portion of light via the transparent plate almost parallel to an optical axis of the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Emil Aslanov, Nikolay Petrov, Alexey Borodulin, Georgy Tananaev, Seokhoon Kang
  • Patent number: 9857035
    Abstract: A light emitting device that emits white light includes first and second light emitting elements which have different emission peak wavelengths within a range of 440 nm to 495 nm. The device also includes a wavelength conversion material which converts a wavelength of light emitted by at least one of the first and second light emitting elements. The white light has an emission spectrum peaked at a first peak wavelength and a second peak wavelength. The first peak wavelength corresponds to the emission peak wavelength of the first light emitting element, and the second peak wavelength corresponds to the emission peak wavelength of the second light emitting element. Where a light intensity at one of the first peak wavelength and the second peak wavelength is 1, a light intensity at a bottom of a valley between the first and second peak wavelengths is 0.5 or higher but lower than 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Omura, Toshiaki Kurachi
  • Patent number: 9857036
    Abstract: A servo includes a servo casing, a servo cover connected to the servo casing, a circuit board, a light emitting member, and a light guide. The servo cover and the servo casing defines a receiving space. The circuit board is received in the receiving space. The light emitting member is arranged on the circuit board and electrically coupled to the circuit board. The light emitting member is capable of emitting light according to signals indicative of a motion state from the circuit board. The light guide includes a light incident surface that is located adjacent to the light emitting member, and a light exit surface that is exposed to an external surface of the servo cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wenquan Shu, Youjun Xiong
  • Patent number: 9857037
    Abstract: The present invention provides an assembling structure for LED luminaire, including a main support, at least one LED luminaire and at least one connecting part. The main support includes front faces on radial side, slide tracks on the front faces, and two side faces. The LED luminaire includes a cap-like housing and a lamp-connecting portion. The connecting part includes a first locating block provided in one slide track, a second locating block passing through each side face and provided in another slide track different from that for the first locating block, and a support body connected with the first and second locating blocks while extending far away from the main support. The support body is connected, at one end far away from the first and second locating blocks, with the lamp-connecting portion, while the connecting part and LED luminaire are pivoted with respect to the main support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: GLT Corporation
    Inventors: Wen-Liang Wu, Kuan-Ling Tseng
  • Patent number: 9857038
    Abstract: A recessed downlight fixture and method for installation is provided. The recessed downlight fixture can be installed in a retrofit application, after a ceiling is installed, through a pre-existing opening in that ceiling. Alternatively, a recessed downlight fixture according to a second embodiment can be installed before a ceiling is present. In either embodiment, the light source coupled to, for example, a heat sink, can be universally moved in three degrees of movement, rotationally, along a tilt axis, or further within the ceiling to increase or decrease the recess. All such universal adjustments can take place through and below the ceiling opening during or after installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ketra, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven F. Coakley, John P. Michalko, Derek E. Logan
  • Patent number: 9857039
    Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed, which comprises a light transmitting element extending along a perimeter such that a hollow is defined by the light transmitting element. The light transmitting element comprises a light in-coupling surface adapted to couple light emitted by at least one light emitting element into the light transmitting element, and a light out-coupling surface adapted to couple light out of the light transmitting element. The lighting device is combined with a light reflecting envelope arranged to enclose the lighting device such that light emitted from the light out-coupling surface is reflected at an inner surface of the envelope. Thereby a reflected image may be produced, having an appearance resembling a candle flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Johannes Boudewijn Jagt, Christian Kleijnen, Wouter Dekkers, Olexandr Valentynovych Vdovin
  • Patent number: 9857040
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may relate to a system comprising a plurality of optical elements, comprising at least a first optical element and one or more secondary optical elements, a heliostat comprising the first optical element, where the heliostat is operable to move the first optical element to continuously reflect light from a non-stationary light source in a beam towards a first of the secondary optical elements, and where the secondary optical elements are arranged to re-direct the reflected beam of light towards an illumination target. The system further includes a controller configured to receive position data indicative of the position of the non-stationary light source over time, and in response to the position data, control at least the heliostat to continuously direct the beam of light towards the first of the secondary optical elements, such that the beam of light is continuously re-directed towards the illumination target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Bitterman, Eli Reekmans
  • Patent number: 9857041
    Abstract: Provided is a daylighting device (10) including a daylighting member (11) that has a base having light transparency, a plurality of daylighting portions that are provided on one surface of the base and have light transparency, and gap portions provided between the plurality of daylighting portions; and a light diffusion member (12) that is arranged on a light output surface side of the daylighting member (11) and diffuses light output from the daylighting member (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shun Ueki, Shumpei Nishinaka, Daisuke Shinozaki, Tsuyoshi Kamada
  • Patent number: 9857042
    Abstract: A light source module includes a frame having a plurality of mounting surfaces at different levels and side surfaces respectively connected to the plurality of mounting surfaces; a plurality of heat dissipaters respectively disposed on the plurality of mounting surfaces and extending to cover a side surface of the frame; and a light source including a plurality of light emitting devices respectively disposed on the plurality of heat dissipaters and respectively positioned above the plurality of mounting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Kwan Song
  • Patent number: 9857043
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a LED lamp unit replacing an H4 bulb in a headlamp. The LED lamp unit (2) at least comprises two LED light sources (5) arranged on two opposing sides of a support member (11) to emit in opposed half-spaces, a heat sink (12, 3) and an electrical connector socket. The electrical connector socket is designed to fit in a lamp holder of a H4 headlamp such that the plane (6) separating the opposed half-spaces is tilted around the optical axis (7) of the headlamp by an angle of between 5° and 30° against the horizontal plane when the connector socket is mounted in the lamp holder. The proposed LED lamp unit replaces H4 bulbs in H4 headlamps and achieves the required legal beam pattern without changing the optical design of the headlamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Lukas Kuepper, Nadin Roesler
  • Patent number: 9857044
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes an LED, a first lens unit provided above the LED and a cylindrical lens provided above the first lens unit. The first lens unit receives light from the LED and emits the light toward the cylindrical lens. The cylindrical lens emits the light to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Fukui, Shohroh Mochida, Takayuki Yamaguchi, Tomoyuki Ogata
  • Patent number: 9857045
    Abstract: A rear combination lamp is configured to include a door-side lamp portion, which has a first LED, a first housing, and a first lens, and a fender-side lamp portion, which has a second LED, a second housing, and a second lens. The door-side lamp portion and the fender-side lamp portion are disposed adjacent to one another in the vehicle width direction. Moreover, a second lamp-side reflector that reflects toward the second lens the light emitted from the second LED is disposed between the second housing and the second lens. Part of the second lamp-side reflector is configured as an interstitial reflecting portion that reflects the light emitted from the second LED between the first lens and the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Noritake, Ken Nishioka
  • Patent number: 9857046
    Abstract: In a conventional lamp for vehicles, there may be a case in which any shuddering is generated. The present invention comprises a semiconductor-type light source, a lens, a lens holder, and a heat sink member. An attachment hook section is provided in the lens holder. Attachment sections are provided in the heat sink member. The attachment sections of the heat sink member are interposed between the lens holder and the attachment hook section. The present invention is capable of attaching the lens holder to the heat sink member without any shuddering being generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ICHIKOH INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiya Abe
  • Patent number: 9857047
    Abstract: A cooling member for a lighting and/or signaling device for a motor vehicle, the member comprising a base configured to support a light source of the device, and at least one heat dissipating device in thermal conduction connection with the base, the heat dissipating device comprising a plurality of heat dissipation fins, the base having large faces linked by a wafer, each of the fins extending from one of the large faces, the base extending in shape such that junction areas of at least two of the fins with the base extend in different planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Heine, Christine Roucoules
  • Patent number: 9857048
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a body portion, a collar having a first end coupled to the body portion, a plate coupled to a second end of the collar, a light source disposed at the second end of the collar, and a shade including a sidewall and a cap defining a plurality of interfaces. The plurality of interfaces and the plate cooperate to releasably secure the shade in a storage orientation and an extended orientation. The light source includes one or more LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Goal Zero LLC
    Inventors: Robert E. Workman, Norman L. Krantz, Jaremy T. Butler, Fred K. Lillywhite
  • Patent number: 9857049
    Abstract: A LED illumination device includes a carrier structure, a suspension structure, and a light-emitting structure. The carrier structure includes a carrier body and a first heat-conducting body fixedly disposed inside the carrier body. The carrier body has an outer thread structure disposed on an outer perimeter surface. The first heat-conducting body has a bottom contacting surface exposed from a bottom side of the carrier body. The suspension structure includes a first suspension element detachably disposed on a top side of the carrier body. The light-emitting structure includes a circuit substrate and a light-emitting unit. The circuit substrate is detachably disposed on the bottom side of the carrier body to contact the bottom contacting surface of the first heat-conducting body, and the light-emitting unit is disposed on the circuit substrate. Therefore, heat generated by the light-emitting unit is guided to the first heat-conducting body through the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PARAGON SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Tin Chung, Shen-Ta Yang, Shiou-Liang Yeh
  • Patent number: 9857050
    Abstract: A lighting device may include a light radiation source board carrying at least one electrically powered light radiation source, e.g. a LED source, and a frame-like housing having a window, the board of the light radiation source being arranged in the housing with the light radiation source facing window. A glass cover covering the window is inserted in the housing by sliding along the housing or by tilting against the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Bobbo, Alessandro Scordino
  • Patent number: 9857051
    Abstract: An optical element is provided. When in a xz cross section, an angle which a ray travelling from the origin at ?r forms with the normal to the light receiving surface is designated as ?x, an angle which a ray travelling from b in the z axis direction forms, after the surface, with the z axis direction is designated as ?ib, in a yz cross section, an angle which a ray travelling from the origin at ?r forms with the normal to the light receiving surface is designated as ?y, angles which a ray travelling from a in the z axis direction forms, after the light receiving and exiting surfaces, with the z axis direction are designated as ?ia and ?ea, and an angle which a ray travelling from the origin at arctan(a/ha) forms, after the light exiting surface, with the z axis direction is designated as ?eha, ?y>?x (0<?r<60°) ?eha>45° ?ea>45° ?ia>?ib are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NALUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsumoto Ikeda, Daisuke Seki
  • Patent number: 9857052
    Abstract: An optical element for uniformly dispersing light from a plurality of linearly aligned LEDs includes a body made of a transparent polymeric material, in which the body has a longitudinally extending center portion having a transverse cross-sectional profile that is uniform along the length of the optical element, and legs extending away from opposite sides of the center portion and extending downwardly to define a recess. The center portion has a top surface and a bottom surface that together define a longitudinally extending lens portion that collects light from the LEDs and refracts the light to produce a desired beam pattern. Uniformly and closely spaced apart transverse grooves can be provided on the top surface of the longitudinally extending lens portion to uniformly spread light on an illuminated surface and eliminate the appearance of dark and light areas on the lens portion when it is illuminated by the LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: CoreLED Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Mallory, Brian C. Wells
  • Patent number: 9857053
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire adopts LED light sources (LEDs) and a corrugated light exit window. Light rays emitting at different angles from the LEDs launch onto the corrugated light exit window with numerous light images of the LEDs. The light images are so heavily overlapped that smooth out hot spots with dark spots, an effect of averaging, creating a uniform illumination output. The LED luminaire is capable of averaging white light emissions from a plurality of LEDs, mixing light emissions from various white LEDs at different correlated color temperatures (CCTs), or mixing light emissions from various white LEDs at a specific CCT with emissions from LEDs having saturated colors, rendering a uniform illumination with a consistent intensity or color hue within viewing angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ALEDDRA INC.
    Inventor: Chungho Hsia
  • Patent number: 9857054
    Abstract: In various embodiments described herein, an optical beam shaping arrangement is disclosed. In one example, the optical beam shaping arrangement comprises a collimator for receiving light from an optical source, and providing a more collimated output, and an optical plate for receiving the more collimated output, the optical plate comprises a two dimensional array of lenses on an input side and a corresponding two dimensional array of lenses on the opposite output side. In at least one embodiment, the lenses on the input side each have a focal point at a corresponding lens on the output side, and the lenses on the output side each have a focal point at a corresponding lens on the input side, and at least some of the lenses on the output side are tilted with respect to the general plane of the optical plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Silvia Maria Booij, Hendrikus Hubertus Petrus Gommans
  • Patent number: 9857055
    Abstract: A lens has a plurality of first, second, and third optical regions. The first, second and third optical regions are arranged in sequential order. Space angle defined between each first, second, and third optical region and an optical axis of the lens are different from each other. Each first, second and third optical region includes a refracting surface and a reflecting surface which are arranged in different planes. The invention also relates to an LED module having the lens described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chau-Jin Hu, Feng-Yuen Dai, Po-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 9857056
    Abstract: A light bar for illuminating a surface that is substantially perpendicular to the light bar includes an elongated housing extending along an edge of the surface to be illuminated. The housing has a wall adjacent the surface to be illuminated, and at least portions of that wall are transparent. A series of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted within the housing and spaced along the length of the housing for illuminating the surface, and a connector couples the LEDs to an electrical power source for energizing the LEDs to produce light that illuminates the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Triplet Music Products Inc.
    Inventors: John G. McGowan, Jean Giroux, Mark William Boycott, Colin Peter Roberts, John Scott Gibson
  • Patent number: 9857057
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus which has a light emitter that emits light of a different wavelength from a laser light with which the lighting apparatus is irradiated is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a condenser lens that condenses the laser light, a focusing lens that focuses the laser light that has passed through the condenser lens, and an optical component disposed between the condenser lens and the focusing lens. The optical component includes a plurality of lenses disposed at a plurality of locations on circumferences of virtual concentric circles. The virtual concentric circles include a center which is an origin. Lenses which are adjacent along a radial axis passing through the origin, among the plurality of lenses, have different phases with respect to the radial axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Nakano
  • Patent number: 9857058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a beacon light shield or an obstruction light shield. The beacon or obstruction light shield includes a base for receiving the light fixture, a plurality of ribs mounted on the base, and concentrically rings mounted to the ribs. The concentric rings include an inner ring mounted at a first distance away from the center of the base and an outer ring mounted at a second distance away from the center of the base. The beacon or obstruction light shield masks light from the ground at both distances and at locations close to the tower, and does not interfere with the function of the required lighting for the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: BCE Inc.
    Inventor: Mike Powell
  • Patent number: 9857059
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a ceramic substrate including a mounting surface on which the light emitting element is mounted, and a non-mounting surface opposite to the mounting surface and on which the light emitting element is not mounted, and a metal reflection film formed on the non-mounting surface. The metal reflection film reflects light from light emitting element that has passed through the ceramic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeshi Kamikawa
  • Patent number: 9857060
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus has a circular base plate and a plurality of tracks arranged radially about the base plate. LED modules are disposed upon the tracks, and transmission members coupled to the LED modules move the LED modules along the tracks. A distance measurement sensor is mounted on one side of the base plate, and is used to measure a distance value of an illuminated object. A processor is configured to determine a desired radius value for the plurality of LED modules based on the distance value and move the transmission members according to the desired radius value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Wing Kong Lo
  • Patent number: 9857061
    Abstract: A projector for projecting moving decorative lights has a back housing containing a transparent lens sphere with an array of lens, rotating on an axis in the back housing, a motor in the back housing, entirely rearward of the sphere axis, a gear train chassis carrying the motor, mounted to the back housing and extending to the sphere axis, a gear train on the chassis rotates the lens sphere slowly compared to the motor, a post fixed to the back housing and extending into the lens sphere, a circuit and LED board fixed to the post, having at least one LED activated to cast light through the lenses, the light being projected to a plurality of locations and moving as the lens sphere rotates, a front housing covering a front end of the back housing and a stand for supporting the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: E. Mishan & Sons, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Deng
  • Patent number: 9857062
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode includes a substrate with a top; an organic layer on the top that generates radiation; first and second electrical contact area at or on the top that electrically contacts the diode; a holding device by which the diode is mechanically supported and electrically contacted; and a cover sheet on a side of the organic layer remote from the substrate that protects the organic layer, wherein at least one opening is in the cover sheet and the opening, in plan view, is surrounded by the cover sheet and the organic layer; the areas are located at an edge of the opening and freely accessible; the device engages through the opening; the first area has a different average distance from the opening than the second area; and the electrical areas are each arranged concentrically around the opening and partially or completely surround the opening in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Kilian Regau, Karsten Diekmann, Christian Kristukat
  • Patent number: 9857063
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lighting module. The lighting module includes a heat sink, a board disposed over the heat sink, and a bonding component that bonds the heat sink and the board together. The bonding component contains a combination of a first metal and a second metal. The lighting module also includes a photonic lighting device disposed over the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Yu Yeh
  • Patent number: 9857064
    Abstract: A light with retractable sleeve comprises a housing, a retractable sleeve disposed inside the housing, and a light body embedded in a front end of the retractable sleeve and protruding out of the housing; the retractable sleeve comprising an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed outside the inner sleeve, and a connector; the inner sleeve having a gear rack; the outer sleeve having thereon a button corresponding to the gear rack; the button being attached on the gear rack via a resilient element to prevent the outer sleeve from undesirably moving out of the inner sleeve along the axial direction; the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve can be extended with each other, so that the outer sleeve is extended out of the housing, thereby facilitating the light body installed thereon, the structure is simple and easy to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: YONGGUAN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY (D.G.) LTD
    Inventor: Chi Kang Hung
  • Patent number: 9857065
    Abstract: A ceiling-embedded type linear lighting device includes: a housing having a receiving space formed therein and having an open side at one end; and at least one lighting module including: a light emitting body including a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on a substrate in a length direction thereof, a fixing plate allowing the light emitting body to be fixed thereto, and elastic portions disposed to be inclined from both side surfaces of the fixing plate so as to be elastically supported by an inside surface of the housing at the receiving space, so that the lighting module is vertically, detachably coupled to an interior of the receiving space from a front of the open side of the receiving space of the housing. The elastic portions and the inside surface of the housing at the receiving space are provided with two coupling portions that are engaged to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: LINNO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Yong Park
  • Patent number: 9857066
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a sealed path between a group of LED modules and a sensor cavity. The light fixture performs self-diagnosis and implements corrective measures upon detection of one or more environmental condition changes in the sealed path. In response to detecting an environmental condition change, the light fixture will automatically implement a corrective measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Ephesus Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Walten Peter Owens, Christopher D. Nolan, Joseph R. Casper
  • Patent number: 9857067
    Abstract: A light member includes a housing having a top side and a bottom side. The top side faces away from a space to be lit, and the bottom side faces the space to be lit. A lighting control region is disposed on the bottom side of the housing that illuminates the space and has a first control channel, a second control channel, and a neutral channel. A first light-emitting module is electrically connected to the first control channel and the neutral channel and a second light-emitting module is electrically connected to the second control channel and the neutral channel. A switch assembly is coupled to the housing and is operable to selectively deliver power to the first control channel and the second control channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Allen, Thomas Lutz
  • Patent number: 9857068
    Abstract: An LED illumination system is operable to irradiate plant materials with photosynthetically active radiation. A lighting assembly includes a plurality of different LED types. Each LED lamp has a different spectral power matched to an absorption peak of the plant materials. All of the LED lamps of each different lamp type are driven by a different dedicated power source. Each power source can be independently modulated to vary the collective spectral power output of the LED illumination system. The lighting assembly includes fluid conduits disposed proximate to the LED lamps and a cooling fluid is flowed through the fluid conduits to removed thermal energy from the LED lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventors: Ken Nguyen, Rick DePalma, Ming Zhang, Matthew Steinbroner
  • Patent number: 9857069
    Abstract: A spherical lamp with easy heat dissipation comprises: a lower substrate and an upper substrate, in each of which a plurality of LEDs are embedded; a substrate support portion having a plate shape, to which the lower and upper substrates are coupled and fixed to lower and upper portions thereof, respectively; lower and upper covers, which are fixed to lower and upper portions of the substrate support portion, respectively, and each of which has a semi-spherical shape; a support portion, which is connected to an upper center portion of the substrate support portion and is exposed to the exterior through a center portion of the upper cover; and a heat dissipation plate which is formed on a rear surface of the heat dissipation plate and provided with a coupling portion into which an end of the support portion is inserted and fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventor: Duk Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 9857070
    Abstract: This new utility invention discloses a waterproof LED lamp comprising a power supply box and an LED lighting module block detachably connected to the power supply box. A power driving board and an LED controller are disposed in the power supply box. The LED lighting module block includes at least one LED module, which includes a module heat dissipater. The power supply box and the LED module are arrayed side-by-side in a parallel manner, and a lateral surface of the power supply box matches a lateral surface of the LED module in size and shape so that the power supply box and the LED module may be in close contact. The power supply box and the LED lighting module block are electrically connected with a conducting wire, which is arranged to go through the wiring hole and the slot. The power driving board provides power to the LED controller and the light board, and the LED controller drives the LED lighting beads on the light board to illuminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen Hipower Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Peng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9857071
    Abstract: A medicine cabinet with a horizontally oriented internal wire management and electronic component raceway structure where electrical wires from the building or home power supply and electronic components are housed. The uppermost portion of the internal wire management and electronic component raceway structure forms a shelf in the medicine cabinet with a translucent shelf surface. An LED light strip inserted inside the internal wire management and electronic component raceway activated by a motion sensor switch provides illumination in the cabinet through the translucent shelf. Electrical receptacles and USB ports protrude from the front face of the shelf/wire management and electronic component raceway shelf. These receptacles and ports are powered by the electrical wires from the house or building fed into the shelf/wire management and electronic component raceway. Defogger strips are located between the two mirrored faces of the cabinet door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: American Glasscrafters, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Cano, Michael B. Balagyozyan, Robert P. Pandorf
  • Patent number: 9857072
    Abstract: One feature pertains to an illuminating panel. The illuminating panel may include a pane stack having a perimeter and a perimeter light source having a plurality of light sources positioned outside of the pane stack and around the perimeter of the pane stack. The perimeter light source may be adapted to provide light to the pane stack through side surfaces of the pane stack. The illuminating panel also includes a housing that houses the pane stack and the perimeter light source. A control unit, which may be remote controlled, may also communicatively couple to the perimeter light source and provide power and communication signals to the perimeter light source that changes at least one of a color, brightness, blinking pattern, and/or special effects of the perimeter light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: American Heating Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Armond Vartanian, Raymond Vartanian