Patents Issued in December 6, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180347732
    Abstract: A grooved coupler according to the present invention includes: a gasket generally having a ring shape, and having an elastic part formed in a rectangular hollow pipe shape with a space therein at an outer part of the ring shape in a cross-section of the ring shape and inclined at lower and upper portions of the rectangular pipe and an elastic band communicating with the elastic part at an inner part of the ring shape; and a first coupling housing and a second coupling housing each having a pressurizing tube for covering the gasket in a direction perpendicular to the central axis of the ring shape to cover the gasket, in which the pressurizing tubes are each formed in an arc shape and have a radius of curvature different from the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: WONDAE TGK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanpyo Kang, Chul-Min Jang
  • Publication number: 20180347733
    Abstract: A fluid coupling has a first part (100) sealed to a sealing surface of a second part (200), wherein the first part carries a sealing part (300) and the second part includes a gap (G) in the sealing surface, across which the sealing part is arranged to transition. A vent (210) is provided between the sealing surface and the gap. An aperture to the vent on the sealing surface is relatively small so that fluid pressure does not act to deform the seal as it crosses said aperture. Said aperture is spaced off-set from the gap on the sealing surface. The off-set provides a portion of sealing surface adjacent the gap and between the gap and aperture against which the seal can contact. The vent acts to allow fluid (400) to enter the gap before the seal starts to cross the gap and to therefore act to equalise pressure on either side of the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Matt READMAN
  • Publication number: 20180347734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection assembly (1) for a fluid system, in particular for a coolant system, comprising a line, in particular a coolant line (2), and a connection element (3), wherein the line (2) is designed as a corrugated tube (4) with a corrugated structure (5), wherein the corrugated structure (5) extends up to at least one end (9) of the line (2), wherein the end (8) of the corrugated tube (2) is connected to a connecting piece (11) of the connection element (3), wherein the connecting piece (11) has an outer contour (12) in the shape of a pine tree, onto which the end (8) of the line (2) is pushed on using a plug-in length (10). According to the invention, the corrugated structure (5) on the end of the line is compressed across the push-in length (10). The invention also relates to a method for producing a connection assembly for a fluid system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: NORMA Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Claude BARATA
  • Publication number: 20180347735
    Abstract: Fluid delivery systems and methods for using fluid delivery systems are rotatable around two axes. In one embodiment, the fluid delivery system has a reduced swing radius and/or a reduced clearance area needed to rotate the fluid delivery device about one of the axes. The reduced swing radius and/or reduced clearance area allow for a more compact footprint of the fluid delivery system and a larger ratio of flow rate of fluid per unit of required clearance area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: ELKHART BRASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Prahl
  • Publication number: 20180347736
    Abstract: A spring clamp retainer includes a first end configured for retaining a spring clamp in an unclamped state until removed, a second end configured for grasping with at least one finger. An intermediate portion extends between the first and second end that includes a top and bottom surface wherein the top surface is configured for resting a thumb and holding in the palm of a hand, and the bottom surface is configured for grasping with at least one other finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin Felipe Garcia Lopez, Jonathan D'Andonaegui Pacheco
  • Publication number: 20180347737
    Abstract: A hose fitting includes a stem defining a conduit therein, a ridged axial portion, an opposing axial portion and a stem shoulder. The fitting also includes a swivel nut having threads and wrench flats, where the swivel nut defines a swivel nut end adjacent the threads, and the swivel nut is disposed on the opposing axial portion of the stem. The fitting also has a metallic wave spring washer disposed upon the stem between the stem shoulder and the swivel nut end, and a ferrule for securing a hose to the hose fitting at the ridged axial portion of the stem. In some cases, an inner fitting is disposed in the conduit at the opposing axial portion of the stem, and an inner hose may be in the conduit and attached to the inner fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: ContiTech USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew J. Speidel
  • Publication number: 20180347738
    Abstract: A garden hose with an outer flexible sheath of spirally wound and linked turns of sheet material, an inner tube of flexible polymer inside the sheath and end couplers with nipples press fit into ends of the tube and connector mechanisms connecting the couplers to the outer sheath. Each connector mechanism has inner and outer press fit shells at the end of the sheath, with flared ends separated by a washer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: E. MISHAN & SONS, INC.
    Inventor: Feibiao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180347739
    Abstract: A tubular quick coupling comprises a first tubular element with a hollow connector body defining an axial orifice that is to receive a second tubular element provided with a circular rib, a latch blocked axially in the first tubular element and radially actuatable to release the second tubular element from the first tubular element, and a security system that prevents the second tubular element being withdrawn. The security system is a flexible and breakable ring that has a perimeter portion inside the first tubular element between the inlet of the orifice of the body and the latch in order to block the second tubular element coaxially in the first tubular element in spite of actuating the latch, and the ring has at least one perimeter portion in the form of a breakable loop that projects outside the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Clément CHATELAIN, Quentin RABUT
  • Publication number: 20180347740
    Abstract: A weldless sample port assembly is provided herein that may be installed on a conduit carrying a fluid such as an exhaust stack, without a requirement for welding. The sample port assembly comprises a sample tube that passes through two holes in the exhaust stack. The sample port assembly further comprises first and second assemblies located at each end of the sample tube and which respectively provide a sealed interface with the two holes in the exhaust stack. At least one assembly of the first and second assemblies is a floating assembly that comprises a compressive body. The compressive body may help to compensate for expansion and contraction of the assembly and/or sample tube, as well as misalignment in the exhaust holes to ensure that the first and second assemblies maintain a positive seal at all times against the exhaust stack and the sample tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory Anthony Brown, Brian Bobyk
  • Publication number: 20180347741
    Abstract: A layer of mineral wool having a first and a second main side (2, 3) which are opposite each other and define a thickness between each other, the layer of mineral wool further having a circumferential side which extends between the first and the second main side, at least a part of the first main side being provided with a sprayed-on protective layer (4) which is non-intumescent and relatively thin in comparison to the layer of mineral wool, the protective layer being adherent to the mineral wool, wherein the protective layer (4) exhibits at atmospheric pressure, during an increase in ambient temperature, a drop in its thermal conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Johannes Alfred BEELE
  • Publication number: 20180347742
    Abstract: A track mounting system including a mount with a mounting plate with a back surface and a front surface, the back surface is opposite the front surface and at least one mounting stud coupled to the back surface of the mounting plate, each mounting stud includes a stem portion that extends outwardly from the back surface and an enlarged head portion disposed at a distal end of stem portion. The mount also includes a release mechanism coupled to the front surface to release the mount from a track. The track mounting system also includes an adaptor coupled to the front surface of the mounting plate wherein the adaptor releasably couples with an equipment interface of a piece of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Robert C. Chinn, Timothy Paul Schroeder, James C. West, III, Peter Smolan, Michal Vacula, Ladislav Turek
  • Publication number: 20180347743
    Abstract: A multifunctional and special cantilever holder structure, comprising a transfer platform, a connecting structure, a chassis, a tripod stand, and an inclined pillar forming a 90-degree angle with respect to a horizontal plane of the chassis, wherein the inclined pillar is able to rotate down by 190 degrees as a clamping wrench is opened, and the inclined pillar stands upside down between two foot pins of the tripod stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Yongjun PIAO
  • Publication number: 20180347744
    Abstract: An orientable support head (1) for optical or video-photographic equipment comprises a first articulation element (2) and a second articulation element (3) which can be fixed to a support element and to the equipment, respectively, and which can be mutually moved, the first articulation element (2) comprises a member (10) which is internally hollow and which defines a receiving cavity (11) for the second articulation element (3), with a support element (15) for receiving in abutment the second articulation element (4) and an abutment element (14) for the second articulation element (4), locking means (20) which can be actuated in order to move the second articulation element (4) along a locking axis (X) between a release position (W), in which the second articulation element (4) is free to slide in the cavity (11), and a locking configuration (W?), in which the second articulation element (4) is urged against the abutment element (14) and is locked in the cavity (11), the locking means (20) further comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Stelvio ZARPELLON
  • Publication number: 20180347745
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a tripod reinforcement beam for reinforcing a tripod grillage of a transmission tower. The tripod reinforcement beam may include top and bottom faces that are substantially planar surfaces, a rear face disposed substantially perpendicularly between a rear edge of the top face and a rear edge of the bottom face, and a front face disposed between a front edge of the top face and a front edge of the bottom face. The rear face may include first and second substantially planar rear face portions and an angled rear face portion. The front face may be include first and second substantially planar front face portions that are oriented parallel to the first and second substantially planar rear face portions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Kristopher Mark Neighbor
  • Publication number: 20180347746
    Abstract: Installation of a removable tripod foot is facilitated by a cross-axis aperture in the foot and loosening of the threaded connection of the foot and the tripod's leg is resisted by a resilient element engaging interfacing surfaces of the foot and the leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph M. JOHNSON, SR., Matthew L. BURI
  • Publication number: 20180347747
    Abstract: A unique foldable mounting bracket assembly for mounting and securing both vertically and horizontally disposed accessories for decks and patios. Both an upper and lower mounting bracket assembly are required when supporting a vertically disposed cylindrical post. These brackets are mounted to the vertical post and when used in conjunction with the railing of a deck the brackets can be mounted below the top railing horizontal support cross member and above the lower support cross member. When mounting in conjunction with a horizontally disposed accessory, only a single bracket is required; which can be mounted below the top railing horizontal support cross member. The bracket can be mounted such that the horizontally disposed accessory can be stored and not be removed. The mounting bracket assembly can support both vertically and horizontally disposed patio and deck accessories simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Lawrence John Thomas, Mary Catherine Thomas
  • Publication number: 20180347748
    Abstract: Support brackets for supporting panels, architectural panel systems, and methods of installing architectural panels on support structures. Support brackets can include opposite sides, four quadrants, through holes containing studs extending from one side of the plate, and a center hole. Architectural panel systems can include support brackets attaching architectural panels to a support structure, first fasteners attaching the support brackets to the architectural panels, and second fasteners attaching the support brackets to the support structure. Methods of installing an architectural panel system can include attaching architectural panels to support brackets with first fasteners, positioning the support brackets on a support structure, and attaching the support brackets to the support structure with second fasteners, for example, that extend through the support brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Edward Schock, Uriah Robert Bueller
  • Publication number: 20180347749
    Abstract: A mounting track includes a track section having a track base, two vertical track-rails, and horizontal track-beams laterally-spaced-apart from each other by a first distance. An endpiece is attachable to the track section and includes an endpiece base, a vertical endpiece rail, and horizontal endpiece beams. When attached to the track section, the track base and the endpiece base align, the vertical track-rails and the vertical endpiece rail align, and the horizontal track-beams and the horizontal endpiece beams align to form a continuous track within which a retention element of a mount assembly can move. The endpiece includes an insertion zone where opposing portions of the horizontal endpiece beams are spaced-apart from each other by a second distance that is larger than the first distance to facilitate insertion of the retention element into the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Publication number: 20180347750
    Abstract: The invention relates to any field that requires suctioning and/or dispensing fluids of various viscosities (i.e. oil, grease or other like fluids) through a nozzle into a container or mechanical assembly (such as but not limited to robotic RV reducers used in industrial robotic arms, general purpose gearboxes used in various mechanical assemblies such as conveyors and internal combustion engines) for the purposes of transfer of fluids (such as but not limited to lubricating a system, injecting lubricant fluids into light and heavy industrial machines etc). This apparatus can be used in fluid transfer, dispensing and injection applications requiring monitoring of flow pressure and volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Ramon Arreola
  • Publication number: 20180347751
    Abstract: A health meter has a decontamination device for dirty fluid with a metal casing with metal lid, inlet port and outlet port, an open bucket having a docking lid and a plurality of openings, a hollow tube with an opening, a central hollow rod with rod opening connected to an outlet port, a convex reinforcing spacer in the open bucket, a compressible decontamination media and a reinforcing seat in the open bucket. Dirty fluid flows into the metal casing between the open bucket and metal casing through openings in the docking lid into the compressible decontamination media sequentially into the hollow tube and then into the central hollow rod and out the outlet port while an outlet sensor and an inlet sensor communicate with a controller in communication with a network and a plurality of client devices for automatic remote monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Whiting, Andreas Nagel
  • Publication number: 20180347752
    Abstract: A perimeter safety device comprises a laser, detector, controller and an alarm. The laser emits optical laser radiation into a monitored zone. Laser radiation reflected from an object in the monitored zone is detected by the detector and a range to the object is determined by the controller. An alarm is activated if the object is determined to be in a location that is not authorized. The invention also reside in a network of perimeter safety devices that together define a monitored area formed of monitored zones. A central controller may define a pre-defined “safe” path through the monitored area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Neil COSTELLO, Jack BEACH
  • Publication number: 20180347753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an access control system for the monitoring of the access of objects to a monitored zone and comprises at least one first optoelectronic sensor that is configured for the recognition of a penetration of an object into the monitored zone; at least one second optoelectronic sensor that is configured for the spatially resolving monitoring of a forefield disposed in front of the monitored zone; and an evaluation unit that is in signal communication with the first and second sensors, with the evaluation unit being configured to trigger a safety function on the penetration of an object into the monitored zone and being configured to suppress the safety function when the penetrating object is classified as a permitted object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Frank BĂ–HLER
  • Publication number: 20180347754
    Abstract: A bagger safety system includes a controller, a heating element, a light-emitting device, a light-detecting device and a backing assembly. The backing assembly includes a backing bar, a pair of reflectors and a seal backing element movably coupled to the backing bar by at least one mechanical force generating member so as to create a space between the seal backing element and the backing bar when no external force is applied to the mechanical force generating member. Light emitted from a light-emitting device reflects off the reflectors to the light-detecting device when no external force is applied to the mechanical force generating member. Movement of the seal backing element toward the backing bar prevents light emitted from the light-emitting device from reaching the light-detecting device and the controller controls movement of the backing assembly toward the heating element based on whether light from light-emitting device reaches the light-detecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Chris Miller, Mark Stultz
  • Publication number: 20180347755
    Abstract: A composite pressure vessel assembly includes a first and second vessels aligned side-by-side. Each vessel has a liner defining respective chambers. First and second mid-layers of the assembly cover the respective liners with portions of the respective mid-layers being in contact with one-another. An outer layer of the vessel assembly is in contact with and substantially envelops both mid-layers except for the mid-layer portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Wenping ZHAO, Paul F. CROTEAU, Andrzej Ernest KUCZEK, Ellen Y. SUN, John P. WESSON
  • Publication number: 20180347756
    Abstract: A thin wall spinformed metallic tank shell includes a first region with a first thickness and at least one second region with a second thickness greater than the first thickness including structural features formed by an additive manufacturing process, where the features are added outside and inside of the metallic tank shell and can include: polar bosses added to one or both external polar regions of a spherical section of the tank; mounting tabs on a circumferential skirt of the tank; mounting rings containing threaded holes attached to the interior or exterior surface of the tank; mounting trunnions attached to the external surface of the tank; propellant management devices attached to the interior surface of the tank; structural reinforcement vanes and ribs attached to the inside surface of the tank; and brackets and/or shelves attached to the inside surface of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ian Ballinger, Wayne H. Tuttle
  • Publication number: 20180347757
    Abstract: A pressure vessel assembly includes a composite layer surrounding at least one chamber. A heating element is embedded in the composite layer for extracting gas from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Wenping Zhao, Bart Antonie van Hassel, Ellen Y. Sun
  • Publication number: 20180347758
    Abstract: Valve comprising a body housing a fluid circuit comprising a first end intended to be connected to the orifice of at least one storage facility, at least one second, draw-off end intended to be connected to a receiver circuit, at least one third, filling end intended to be connected to a source of gas under pressure, the second end and the third end being connected to the first end via a draw-off branch of the circuit and a filler branch of the circuit, respectively, the draw-off branch and the filler branch being connected in parallel to the first end of the circuit and each comprising a set of valves, characterized in that the draw-off branch and filler branch each comprise a respective valve in series with a respective unidirectional valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Yves Lacombe, Thierry Ott, Adrien Zanoto
  • Publication number: 20180347759
    Abstract: The design and structure of a regulated digital dispense apparatus is exhibited in this disclosure. The MEMS mass flow meter embedded with a Bluetooth communication device and powered by a battery pack is designed to replace the mechanical low pressure gauge in a conventional gas dispense regulator such that the dispensed gas flowrate as well as totalized dispensed gas volume in each session or in consequent sessions can be continuously and precisely registered. The measured data are further relayed to local users via the local display or physical data port as well as via a paired smart device running a customized APP that can further relay the data to a designated cloud for cloud data processing, and the data can be streamed reversely. This disclosure shall assist and realize the ultimate optimized management for the users, distributors and/or gas manufacturers in the gas dispensing industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Wisenstech Ltd.
    Inventors: Liji Huang, Chih-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20180347760
    Abstract: A tap for gas cylinder, comprising a body with an inlet, an outlet and a passage connecting the inlet with the outlet; an electronic indicator of the status of the tap and/or cylinder, the indicator being mounted on the body; a pressure sensor electrically connected to the electronic indicator and providing to the indicator the gas pressure at the inlet. The pressure sensor is mounted on the body at a location that is distinct from the mounting location of the electronic indicator. The invention is also directed to a tap assembly comprising the above tap and a cover housing the tap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Morgan Lamiable, Jean-Claude Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20180347761
    Abstract: Valve for storage of fluid under pressure, comprising a body housing a fluid circuit comprising a first end intended to be connected to the orifice of at least one pressurized fluid storage facility, at least one second, draw-off end, at least one third, filling end, the second end and the third end being connected to the first end via a draw-off branch of the circuit and a filler branch of the circuit, respectively, the draw-off branch and the filler branch being connected in parallel to the first end of the circuit and each comprising a set of valves, characterized in that the circuit includes two distinct draw-off ends fluidically connected to the draw-off branch and leading to the body of the valve at the level of two respective distinct orifices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Yves Lacombe, Thierry Ott, Adrien Zanoto
  • Publication number: 20180347762
    Abstract: A system for the storage and transportation of high pressure compressed natural gas. The system includes a gas distribution manifold having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is configured to be connectable to a natural gas supply source, and a plurality of storage vessels in fluid communication with the distribution manifold between the inlet and the outlet. The system further includes at least one isolation valve operatively connected between the gas distribution manifold and the plurality of storage vessels, wherein she at least one the isolation valve Is configured to control gas filling and discharging of the plurality of storage vessels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Neville A. Tomlinson
  • Publication number: 20180347763
    Abstract: Automated detection of pipeline ruptures using machine learning techniques. A plurality of independent rupture detection techniques each generate a status determination indicative of whether the pipeline is ruptured. A combiner utilizing a neural network algorithm analyzes the status determinations to generate a single, high-confidence status determination indicative of whether the pipeline is ruptured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Schneider Electric Software, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Howard Ford, Sarah Elizabeth Williams, Feili Huang, Joshua Allen Brown
  • Publication number: 20180347764
    Abstract: This system and method performs an acoustic scan of a non-pressurized pipe structure typical of septic and sewer systems to detect clogs, line breaks and any structural change in construction. An acoustic scan of the pipe structure is performed periodically by injecting a frequency band limited reference signal into the pipe structure. The pipe structure responds by modulating the reference signal and is representative of the pipe structure's physical construction. The system uses this modulated response to detect variations in the construction of the pipe structure by comparing against a known good calibration standard collected prior. An error score is generated based on the amount of variation from the calibration standard and is compared against a threshold to trigger an alarm condition. If the threshold is exceeded, indicating that a piping issue exists, an alarm is initiated so a user can take appropriate actions to resolve the condition well before a backup or flood begins to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: James M. Kellar
  • Publication number: 20180347765
    Abstract: An LED filament includes LED chips, two conductive electrodes, and an enclosure. The LED chips are arranged in an array along an axial direction of the LED filament and are electrically connected with one another. The two conductive electrodes are disposed corresponding to the array. Each of the two conductive electrodes is electrically connected to a corresponding LED chip at an end of the array. The enclosure is coated on two or more sides of the array and the two conductive electrodes. A portion of each of the two conductive electrodes is exposed from the enclosure. Postures of two or more of the LED chips related to an axis of the LED filament along the axial direction or related to a horizontal plane the LED filament is laid on are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Tao Jiang
  • Publication number: 20180347766
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module array including: a plurality of LED groups connected to each other in series, each LED group including a single rod-shaped LED module or a plurality of LED modules connected to each other in parallel, wherein a number of LED modules included in a first LED group is different from a number of LED modules included in a second LED group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Pun Jae Choi, Jin Wook Chung
  • Publication number: 20180347767
    Abstract: A lighting fixture (1) comprising: a strip (5) configured as a U-profile in which at least one guide path (9) is worked into both the legs (6, 7) which run parallel to one another a large number of LEDs (light-emitting diodes) (10) attached to the strip (5), by means of which the light waves are emitted in a lighting spread (11), and at least one light wave divider (12) that can be inserted into two guide paths (9) running parallel to one another, should firstly make possible the required illumination of rooms and, secondly, significantly reduce installation and manufacturing costs of the lighting fixture (1) compared to the lighting fixtures of prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Erich Koepplin
  • Publication number: 20180347768
    Abstract: A system can comprise tabs and notches or a twist-and-lock mount for detachably mounting components adjacent a light emitting diode that is utilized for illumination, for example in a luminaire. Representative mounted components can include protective covers and optics for managing light emitted by the light emitting diode. The tabs and notches can be located rear of an aperture in a recessed lighting fixture or in a cover of a luminaire, for example. That cover, or another cover that may not utilize a releasable mount, can extend circumferentially about a periphery of a light emitting diode to cover and protect wiring for the light emitting diode and to hide the wiring from view by people occupying an illuminated space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Vasquez, Jason Quentin Paulsel, Steven Walter Pyshos, Jyoti Kathawate
  • Publication number: 20180347769
    Abstract: A lamp includes a base unit and a shade unit. The base unit includes a case body, push button and rotary switches, and an interconnect member connected to the rotary switch. The shade unit includes a shade body connected to the interconnect member, a light module and a connect member. The shade unit is slidable along the interconnect member between a switch-on position, where the connect member is spaced apart from the pushbutton switch so that the light module is switched on and the shade body is rotatable to rotate the rotary switch to adjust brightness of the light module, and a switch-off position, where the connect member abuts against the pushbutton switch so that the light module is switched off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Pei-Lin HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20180347770
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies for a self-powered squeezed-light temperature regulation device are disclosed according various embodiments. The device can include an elastic anchor sheet, a thermostat regulator, a motion power transducer, and a squeezed-light cooling unit. The motion power transducer can be in electrical communication with the thermostat regulator. The squeezed-light cooling unit can be powered by the motion power transducer. The motion power transducer can include a flexible ionic diode that can be located between a first borophene sheet and a second borophene sheet, and a capacitor charge system that can be electrically connected to a collection wire that can direct an electric charge generated by the flexible ionic diode to the capacitor charge system. The squeezed-light cooling unit can include a microwave photon circuit that can create squeezed-light microwave photons and a squeezed-light cooling drum that can be in photonic communication with the microwave photon circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Innes, Sara Peek, Aubree Doernberg
  • Publication number: 20180347771
    Abstract: Lighting systems, devices, methods and apparatus for simulating a candle flame are disclosed. The systems and methods can employ spatially distributed, disjointed sets of light-emitting elements that are independently controlled (526) with randomized control signals to simulate a candle flame by forming spatially and temporally varying lighting effects. Further, the disjointed sets can be controlled (526) such that the total light intensity is essentially maintained. In addition, systems and methods can employ a transition probability model (508) to adjust intensities of light-emitting elements in a way that accurately mimics a candle flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Maria ANSEMS, Martinus Theodorus BENNEBROEK, Abraham Vamattathil SCARIA, Ramon Antoine Wiro CLOUT, Dragan SEKULOVSKI, Tim DEKKER
  • Publication number: 20180347772
    Abstract: An electronic candle with electromagnetic drive unit includes a casing, a wick assembly, a light source module, an electromagnetic drive unit, and a driving circuit. The casing has a top provided with an opening having a support, and the support is provided with an aperture. The wick assembly includes a wick element having a wick plate and a counterweight element which has a counterweight block. The counterweight block is combined with a magnet. The wick assembly swings freely by being supported by the support. The light source module projects light to the wick plate. The electromagnetic drive unit drives the magnet. The driving circuit electrically controls the light source module and the electromagnetic driving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Mao-Lung LIN, Lu-Kan WANG
  • Publication number: 20180347773
    Abstract: A light generating device, comprising: at least one light emitting diode having a semiconductor layer that emits a first primary light, and having a phosphor layer arranged on the semiconductor layer, and at least one laser for generating at least one laser beam composed of a second primary light, by means of which the phosphor layer is irradiatable, wherein the phosphor layer is configured for at least partly converting the first primary light into at least one first secondary light and for at least partly converting the second primary light into at least one second secondary light. The light generating device is configured to dynamically illuminate the phosphor layer by means of the second primary light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Krister Bergenek, Joerg Sorg
  • Publication number: 20180347774
    Abstract: A headlamp (1) for vehicles having at least one laser light module (3l, 3m, 3r) which has a laser light source (11) and a phosphorus element (13) which is arranged downstream of the latter in the beam path and a front-end optical system (16) in which the at least one laser light module is arranged in a housing (2) of the headlamp which has a projection optical system (4) for projecting the light distribution generated in the focal plane of the projection optical system of the at least one laser light module into the carriageway space, and at least one deflection prism (20; 22, 23) is integrated into the at least one front-end optical system (16), which deflection prism (20; 22, 23) lies in the region of the laser beam (15; 15-1, 15-2) which occurs when the phosphorus element (13) is defective or missing and which deflects this laser beam occurring in the event of disruption and keeps it away from the projection optical system and therefore from the carriageway space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Markus DANNER, Michael RIESENHUBER, Bettina REISINGER, Peter MAYER
  • Publication number: 20180347775
    Abstract: A solid state light source device includes N (an integer of two or more) sets of solid state light source assemblies having a plurality of solid state light source cells arranged in a matrix pattern a multiple lens block including N incidence faces facing the N sets of solid state light source assemblies and causing light emitted from the solid state light source cells to be incident through multiple lens cells of a matrix pattern and one emission face composing the light incident from the N incidence faces and a dichroic filter that is obliquely arranged on the incidence faces inside the multiple lens block and selectively reflects or transmits incident light based on the incident light wavelength. Light distribution characteristics and color temperature of light exiting the emission face of the multiple lens block are controlled by a ratio of power supplied to the solid state light source cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji HIRATA, Yuki NAGANO, Shoji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiho SEO
  • Publication number: 20180347776
    Abstract: A small and thin lighting device with high efficiency and good design and a headlight for a vehicle. A lighting device includes a first lens taking light generated by a light emitting device and emitting the light, and a second lens taking an emitted light from the first lens and emitting the light, in which the second lens is an anamorphic lens in which curvatures are different in a vertical direction and a right and left direction and a center of a lens surface in the vertical direction of the second lens is positioned in an upper direction with respect to an optical axis of the first lens. A headlight for a vehicle including the plural lighting devices is forming a low beam light distribution by superimposing lights from respective lighting devices for irradiation of the center, right and left in a horizontal direction respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuda, Masahiro Kasano
  • Publication number: 20180347777
    Abstract: A lighting device includes an LED light source and a concave reflector. The light source is arranged such that light emitted is reflected by the reflector. The shield is arranged in front of the reflector. A projection lens is arranged to project light passing the shield. In order to efficiently use light emitted from the LED light source and to enable a projected illumination beam of high luminous flux, the LED light source is arranged below an optical axis L of the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Felix Chen, Ping Wu, Meng Han
  • Publication number: 20180347778
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for controlling light distribution using steering information, the apparatus including a steering information detector configured to detect an amount of change of steering information sensed through a steering sensor that senses the steering information, a determiner configured to determine whether the amount of change of the steering information detected through the steering information detector is greater than or equal to a predetermined critical value and determine a direction in which the steering information is changed, and a controller configured to increase or decrease a margin of a shadow zone of a headlamp according to the amount of change of the steering information when the amount of change of the steering information is determined by the determiner to be greater than or equal to the predetermined critical value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Jun Young SUNG
  • Publication number: 20180347779
    Abstract: The preset invention provides a light unit attached to a vehicle, the unit including a ventilation mechanism configured to ventilate a space between an outer lens and a housing, wherein the ventilation mechanism includes a first passage including, at one end, a first opening connected to a communicating hole and communicating with the space, a second passage including, at one end, a second opening that opens to a front side of the vehicle, a third passage including, at one end, a third opening that opens to a rear side of the vehicle, and a connecting passage to which the other end of the first passage, the other end of the second passage, and the other end of the third passage are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Naoto Inoue, Ryuya Kawaji, Go Shimizu, Shunichi Nakano
  • Publication number: 20180347780
    Abstract: A dual printed circuit board assembly for vehicle lights, the dual printed circuit board including a dual printed circuit board and a dual connector. The dual printed circuit board having a first substrate with a first layout, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate with a second layout, and a common panel that supports the first substrate on a first side and the second substrate on a second side, wherein the first layout is populable by a first plurality of light sources to be used in a first light of the vehicle lights and the second layout is populable by a second plurality of light sources to be used in a second light of the vehicle lights. The dual connector having a first jumper connector electrically connected to the first layout, and a second jumper connector opposite to the first jumper connector and electrically connected to the second layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gavin WARNER, Patrick MARTIN, Cameron BETZ, Brian HUNT, Sergio AGUIRRE
  • Publication number: 20180347781
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly includes a low beam assembly configured to generate a low beam distribution. The low beam assembly includes a first low beam solid state light source module having a first laser solid state light source optically configured to emit a first luminous intensity distribution and a second laser solid state light source optically configured to emit a second luminous intensity distribution, and a second low beam solid state light source module having a solid state light source optically configured to emit a third luminous intensity distribution which at least partially overlaps at least one of the first and second luminous intensity distributions. The headlamp assembly also has a high beam assembly configured to generate a high beam distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Brant POTTER, John ORISICH