Patents Issued in September 24, 2019
  • Patent number: 10422455
    Abstract: A flange pipe terminus is attached to a mirror image terminus by a pair of pivoting C-shaped collars. The collars are locked after installation by a lever coupled to one collar that engage a radial abutment at the non-hinged end of the other collar. The lever is terminated with a swinging loop that engages a notch in the abutment. Additional security from accidental opening is provided by a secondary lock that blocks the movement of the loop or lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TERMINAL MANUFACTURING CO., LLC
    Inventor: Steven John Mellinger
  • Patent number: 10422456
    Abstract: A hollow tube connector is used to make detachable fluid-tight connection of two connector parts. The tube connector includes a first connector part, wherein a first of its two axial ends is configured to connect to a pipeline on a vessel, and a second connector part, wherein a first of its two axial ends is configured to connect to a pipeline on an STP-buoy. The coupling surfaces of the second axial ends include a non-crossing groove circumferentially around the contact surfaces, and a groove located on one of the contact surfaces and having a mirror-imaged groove located on the other contact surface. The two opposite grooves form an encompassing cavity upon contact of the contact surfaces. At least one of the contact surfaces is tapered relative to an axis perpendicularly to a center axis and forms a pre-tensioned abutment which increases the resistance to relative motions between the contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: APL TECHNOLOGY AS
    Inventor: Sigmund Askestad
  • Patent number: 10422457
    Abstract: A swivel knuckle assembly for interconnecting a motor and a supply line. The knuckle assembly may include a bearing member to reduce a coefficient of friction. A locking mechanism is disclosed to connect members of the knuckle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Singer, Ken Riedel, Juan P. Angulo
  • Patent number: 10422458
    Abstract: An exemplary duct system includes a rigid duct member, a first duct connector connected to the rigid duct member, a first sealing member disposed between the rigid duct member and the first duct connector, a flexible duct, a second duct connector connected to the flexible duct, and a second sealing member disposed between the first duct connector and the second duct connector. The first duct connector is assembled to the second duct connector to compress the second sealing member and form a seal between the first duct connector and the second duct connector and thereby form a seal between the rigid duct member and the flexible duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Howard Smith, Neil Robert Hettler, Katrina Keeley, Weigang Qi, David H. Wolf, Clarke Berdan, II, Frank Sidney Tyler, James Rinne
  • Patent number: 10422459
    Abstract: A conduit connector has a housing with primary and secondary latch retainers. The primary latch includes a base, a biasing member and a conduit receiving member. The conduit receiving member includes a pair of arms defining an elliptical opening with a gap between distal ends of the arms. The secondary latch retainer including a base, a verification mechanism and a retaining member. The verification mechanism includes a pair of legs and a slide member. In a locked position an enlarged annulus, of a conduit entering the housing, expands the legs enabling the retaining member to enter the housing toward the axis. A portion of the slide member projects beyond the housing indicating a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Norma U.S. Holding LLC
    Inventors: Carl Jones, Nicholas Ward, Douglas Fansler, Brian Ignaczak
  • Patent number: 10422460
    Abstract: A fluid connector assembly includes a connector body receiving a tubular member locked in place by a retainer clap carried on the connector body. An assurance cap mounted over the tubular member is movable to a forward most latched position on the connector body relative to the tubular member only when the tubular member is in the fully inserted, latched position in the connector body. The assurance cap body includes a plurality of alternating primary latch fingers and step fingers respectively engageable with a recess groove in the connector body and a raised surface on the tubular member. Secondary latches can include an inner support ring carried on the assurance cap body comprising an inner end engageable with a raised surface on the tubular member when the primary latched fingers are engaged with the recessed groove in the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Oetiker NY, Inc.
    Inventor: James Anthony Kujawski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10422461
    Abstract: A wide-range coupling includes a body, the body defining a first body end and a second body end, a body bore defined extending through the body from the first body end to the second body end, the body bore defining an axis; a gasket positioned within the body bore; a sleeve positioned at least partially within the body bore proximate to the first body end; and a sleeve actuator attached to the body, the sleeve actuator mechanically engaging the sleeve, the sleeve actuator configured to axially translate the sleeve relative to the axis of the body bore about and between a disengaged position and an engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy J. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10422462
    Abstract: A pipe splitting assembly includes an articulating hammer nose assembly having a pipe splitting cutter and a rotatable joint coupled with the pipe splitting cutter. A pneumatic hammer is distal to the articulating hammer nose assembly. The pneumatic hammer is configured to drive the articulating hammer nose assembly proximally away from the pneumatic hammer. The rotatable joint is coupled between the pipe splitting cutter and the pneumatic hammer, and the articulating hammer nose assembly is rotatable into one or more angles relative to the pneumatic hammer through the rotatable joint. A cable coupling is interposed between the pneumatic hammer and the articulated hammer nose assembly. The cable coupling is configured to attach a cable to the pipe splitting assembly. The cable coupling and the rotatable joint are configured to transmit to the pipe splitting cutter a compression force from the cable coupling and dynamic percussive forces from the pneumatic hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TT Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Tjader
  • Patent number: 10422463
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for lining a pipe line having a first pipe section in communication with a second pipe section where the first pipe section has an inside diameter greater than an inside diameter of the second pipe section. A transition tube having an outside diameter substantially equal to the inside diameter of the second pipe section and a length substantially equal to or greater than the length of the first pipe section is inverted into the pipe line along with a liner. A resinous material applied to the liner cures and hardens the liner after inversion. The transition tube creates a surface against which the liner can be compressed to help prevent the liner from being overstretched in the wider first pipe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LMK Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Larry W. Kiest, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10422464
    Abstract: An exemplary insulator for a flue of a residential oven includes a bendable insulating body having a first end, a second end, and a bending portion. A first cut is disposed between the bending portion and the first end and a second cut is disposed between the bending portion and the second end. The first cut is expandable to form a first opening and the second cut is expandable to form a second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Jason M. Seward
  • Patent number: 10422465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a base assembly for supporting a crane pedestal. The base assembly comprises four base units, each having a first end and a second end, and each base unit being of an L-shape with an outside beveled corner. Fastening devices connect each base unit at their first and second end to respective first and second ends of another of the four base units. The four base units are dimensioned so that, when connected by said fastening devices, they form an octagonal-shaped base structure. The four base units are also dimensioned to support four pads that each rest on a face of each unit adjacent to its beveled corner when the four base units are assembled in the octagonal-shaped base structure. Also disclosed is a method for assembling a base assembly for supporting a crane pedestal and a fastening device for connecting the ends of two units together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: John Rene Spronken
  • Patent number: 10422466
    Abstract: A portable electronic device holder for holding and supporting a portable electronic device includes a holding assembly with a holding mechanism and an insert. The holding mechanism having a rear surface and a concave portion extending therefrom with a tab disposed distally from the rear surface. The holding mechanism is configured to selectively connect to a mounting surface. The holder further includes a band and retainer attached to the holding assembly. The band configured to receive at least one hook extending generally rearward from the band to engage the portable electronic device or its cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SUC-IT, LLC
    Inventors: Kyriakos Papapanos, Jared Salinsky
  • Patent number: 10422467
    Abstract: A quick detach connector for an imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Really Right Stuff, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Johnson, Sr., Verent Chan
  • Patent number: 10422468
    Abstract: The present application discloses an articulating support arm with one or more improved friction joint designs that use a non-annular bushing. In particular, the bushing is designed to interact with another portion of the friction joint to prevent rotational movement of the bushing, thereby minimizing the risk of joint malfunction. A bushing that interacts with a larger percentage of the width of a friction cylinder as compared to prior art devices, thereby improving the performance of the joint, is also disclosed. The improved friction joint according to the present invention may comprise an arm joint and/or tilter joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Innovative Office Products, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen J. Bowman, Carl J. Hochberg, Michael P. Smith, Mickey Lam
  • Patent number: 10422469
    Abstract: An improved tripod head including a cylindrical body having a cavity and a ball joint rotationally positioned into the cavity. A stem is attached to the ball joint, the stem having an attached camera mount configured to accept and hold a camera steady during operation. A positional feature provided on a front portion of the cylindrical body, the positional feature providing to a larger range of motion when the stem is in a horizontal position compared to the prior art. The stem in a horizontal position corresponds to portrait mode photography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: New Ideas Manufacturing LLC
    Inventor: Graham Clark
  • Patent number: 10422470
    Abstract: A hub and arm assembly for mounting on a pole, the assembly including a hub having an inner wall and an outer wall with at least one reinforced area formed thereon, the inner wall having a bottom surface, a plurality of transversely extending walls extending between the outer wall and the inner wall with at least one channel being defined therebetween, a supporting member having a vertical segment sized to fit within the channel, and a support arm extending outwardly from the vertical segment, the support arm having a downwardly extending segment designed to abut the reinforced portion of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Paul L. Cote
  • Patent number: 10422471
    Abstract: A magnetic hanging device for use in combination with a magnetically attractive surface. The device includes: a magnetic hanger comprising a magnetic sheet and a magnetic-sheet reinforcement suspending layer having a rear side to which the magnetic sheet is fixed and a front side having a hanging member attached thereto; and a plurality of spaced apart ribs disposed on the front side of the hanger, at least one of the ribs being a single-piece non-segmented rib. The hanger is configured in proportion to Young's modulus of elasticity; the length of the ribs; the cube of the thickness of the reinforcement suspending layer; and indirectly proportional to the average distance between the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: D. R. BIKE LTD.
    Inventor: David Reingewirtz
  • Patent number: 10422472
    Abstract: An accessory bracket is described for weight lifting accessories and/or fitness accessories which may be able to fit onto each of the three common sizes of gym rigging implements without alterations. The accessory bracket may be able to hold the accessories rigidly and strongly even with the application of forces from all directions, including upwards. Gym rigging may be perforated with a number of holes that may be used for attaching the accessory bracket. These holes are often as close to each other to allow for a great deal of adjustability in the height of accessories which may be mounted to the gym rigging implement. The diameter of the perforations are sized so that a quick detach pin can go through the perforations and through corresponding holes in the bracket to secure the bracket, and any attached accessory, to the gym rigging implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Warren Inouye
  • Patent number: 10422473
    Abstract: Multi-use mounting brackets having an extension configured to support one or more therapeutic apparatuses or other equipment accessories. A single multi-use mounting bracket fits gym rigging or gym racks of different sizes and hole configurations. This accomplished by including multiple pairs of holes that are sized and positioned to be compatible with different gym rigging configurations. The multi-use mounting brackets are advantageously designed to resist both downward and upward forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventor: Warren Inouye
  • Patent number: 10422474
    Abstract: A clip for coupling a portable computing device to a shopping cart comprises an inner sleeve. The inner sleeve partially encircles and applies a force to a tubular element of the shopping cart. An outer sleeve partially encircles the inner sleeve and couples the inner sleeve to the tubular element of the shopping cart. One of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve includes a protrusion that mates with a groove in the other of the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve for locking the inner sleeve in the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve further includes a interlock slide that extends from a region of the inner sleeve not encircled by the outer sleeve for communicating with a mobile device cradle. The portable computing device is coupled to the mobile device cradle. A mobile device holder holds a mobile device for a shopper while shopping in a retail store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: WALMART APOLLO, LLC
    Inventor: Yurgis Mauro Bacallao
  • Patent number: 10422475
    Abstract: A method of executing a lubrication plan for lubricating a plurality of machines with grease is provided. Each machine includes one or more lubrication points where grease is delivered. The method defines a set of instructions for the lubrication plan, including at least a series of prescribed grease volumes to be delivered at a corresponding series of lubrication points; generating an image of each lubrication point in the series, including a visual indication of the location of that lubrication point on the machine; storing the set of instructions and each generated image in a system including a grease meter and a display device; displaying a generated image of a lubrication point on the display device, including the prescribed grease volume be delivered there; delivering grease at that lubrication point via the grease meter, displaying a generated image of a further lubrication point, including the prescribed grease volume be delivered there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Guus Willems, Julien Meunier
  • Patent number: 10422476
    Abstract: A method of deaerating a mixture of fluid and air according to an example of the present disclosure includes the steps of communicating a mixture of a fluid and air into an open area of a reservoir directly against a wall of the reservoir to separate at least some of the fluid from at least some of the air. The reservoir is disposed about an axis of a rotatable shaft, and the reservoir has a curved radially outer wall and a curved radially inner wall joined by curved end walls that face circumferentially relative to the axis. The mixture is communicated against a first one of the curved end walls. The fluid is held within the reservoir after the separating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Dean A. Norem, Timothy P. Walgren
  • Patent number: 10422477
    Abstract: A composite vessel assembly includes a circumferentially continuous wall and an end cap. The wall includes a plurality of layers, and the end cap includes a plurality of steps. Each step of the plurality of steps is engaged to a respective layer of the plurality of layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenping Zhao, Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Ellen Y. Sun
  • Patent number: 10422478
    Abstract: A novel tank cryogenic-compatible composite pressure vessel that beneficially utilizes Vapor Cooled Shielding (VCS) is introduced to minimize thermal gradients along support structures and reduces heat loads on cryogenic systems. In particular, the configurations and mechanisms to be utilized herein include: providing for a desired number of passageways and a given thickness of the VCS, reducing the thermal conductivity of the VCS material, and increasing the cooling capacitance of the hydrogen vapors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jacob William Leachman, Patrick Marshall Adam
  • Patent number: 10422479
    Abstract: A control method comprises: receiving from a first vehicle, first information including a first required amount of the energy source; receiving from a second vehicle, second information including a second required amount of the energy source; and determining, when a total sum of required amounts of the energy source received from two or more vehicles including the first vehicle and the second vehicle is larger than a remaining amount in a storage reservoir, i) a first reserved supply amount of the energy source for the first vehicle, wherein the first reserved supply amount is smaller than the first required amount, and ii) a second reserved supply amount of the energy source for the second vehicle. The second reserved supply amount is determined within a range where a total sum of the first reserved supply amount and the second reserved supply amount does not exceed the remaining amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideshi Aoki, Akira Asai, Mikiya Nakata, Mikiko Matsuo, Norihiro Miyamura, Ryunosuke Inui
  • Patent number: 10422480
    Abstract: The invention is related to a storage vessel (1) comprising a shaped body (3) of a porous solid, wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises a wall (5) with a section (7) comprising at least one inlet (9), wherein the storage vessel (1) has a central axis (11) and the central axis (11) is a longitudinal axis of the storage vessel (1) and/or perpendicular to a cross-sectional area of the at least one inlet (9), wherein the shaped body (3) covers at least 85% of an inner volume (13) of the storage vessel (1) and the shaped body (3) comprises an opening (19) in an axial direction (17), axial referring to the central axis (11) of the storage vessel (1), wherein the opening (19) extends from a first end (21) of the shaped body (3) to an opposing second end (23) of the shaped body (3) and wherein the storage vessel (1) comprises exactly one shaped body (3), which is formed in one piece. The invention is further related to a shaped body and use of the shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Weickert, Stefan Marx, Ulrich Müller, Lena Arnold, Adam Lack, Joseph Lynch, William Dolan, Michael Santamaria
  • Patent number: 10422481
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system for controlling the temperature within a gas adsorbent storage vessel of a vehicle may include an air conditioning system forming a continuous flow loop of heat exchange fluid that is cycled between a heated flow and a cooled flow. The system may also include at least one fluid by-pass line extending at least partially within the gas adsorbent storage vessel. The fluid by-pass line(s) may be configured to receive a by-pass flow including at least a portion of the heated flow or the cooled flow of the heat exchange fluid at one or more input locations and expel the by-pass flow back into the continuous flow loop at one or more output locations, wherein the by-pass flow is directed through the gas adsorbent storage vessel via the by-pass line(s) so as to adjust an internal temperature within the gas adsorbent storage vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Tamburello, Donald L. Anton, Bruce J. Hardy, Claudio Corgnale
  • Patent number: 10422482
    Abstract: A device for supplying pressurized fluid including a pressurized fluid cylinder, at least one first tap connected to the pressurized fluid cylinder, the tap including an internal fluid circuit including an isolation valve, the device including an electronic apparatus for the wireless remote communication of data via electromagnetic waves, the electronic communication apparatus including a communication element designed to communicate wirelessly using at least one of the following frequency-modulation and/or phase-modulation low-consumption and long-range communication technologies: LoRa communication technology, communication technology from Sigfox, where the device includes a protective cap mounted on the cylinder in order to protect the first tap and a second tap connected detachably to the first tap, and the electronic communication apparatus being situated either on the cylinder, on the cap, on the first tap, or on the second tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Philippe Bernard, Patrick Bacot, David Laurent
  • Patent number: 10422483
    Abstract: A well isolation unit has an inlet, an outlet, at least one flow pathway connected between the inlet and the outlet, and at least one bleed-off manifold connected between the inlet and the outlet. A method includes isolating well-side equipment of a wellbore operation system from pump-side equipment of the wellbore operation system, wherein the pump-side equipment is connected to a well isolation unit via a single primary inlet to the well isolation unit and the well-side equipment is connected to the well isolation unit via a single primary outlet of the well isolation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Cook
  • Patent number: 10422484
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus comprises: an LED-based light source; a spherical, spheroidal, or toroidal diffuser generating a Lambertian light intensity distribution output at any point on the diffuser surface responsive to illumination inside the diffuser; and a base including a base connector. The LED based light source, the diffuser, and the base are secured together as a unitary LED lamp installable in a lighting socket by connecting the base connector with the lighting socket. The diffuser is shaped and arranged respective to the LED based light source in the unitary LED lamp to conform with an isolux surface of the LED based light source. The base is operatively connected with the LED based light source in the unitary LED lamp to electrically power the LED based light source using electrical power received at the base connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Allen, David C. Dudik, Boris Kolodin, Joshua I. Rintamaki, Bruce R. Roberts
  • Patent number: 10422485
    Abstract: A luminous means is disclosed, the luminous means having LEDs on a substrate, an outer bulb in which the substrate having the LEDs is arranged, and a cap, wherein at least two partial surfaces of the substrate are folded out with respect to the remaining substrate around a bridge area in each case, via which the particular partial surface is connected to the remaining substrate, and are thus set obliquely with respect to the remaining substrate which is flat per se, wherein, for each side surface of the remaining substrate, which side surfaces are opposite one another with respect to a thickness direction of the remaining substrate, at least one partial surface is folded out in each case, and wherein at least one of the LEDs is arranged on each of the partial surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Krister Bergenek, Florian Bösl, Andreas Dobner, Tobias Schmidt, Andreas Kloss, Frank Vollkommer
  • Patent number: 10422486
    Abstract: A lighting device comprises a lamp housing, a lighting body provided in the lamp housing and having a working voltage of direct-current 3V-36V, and a lamp base detachably connected with the lamp housing and in detachable electrical connection the lighting body. The lamp housing and the lamp base are made from a plastic material. A lamp string comprises a lamp wire and lighting devices electrically connected thereto. The lighting device and the lamp string are more convenient to assemble, do not require vacuum or filling of an inert gas. The lighting body, when damaged, can be disassembled and replaced at any time, with low production, maintenance and using costs. Using the plastic lamp base and lamp housing makes the lighting device more durable. No adapter is provided inside the lighting device, so that the internal structure of the lighting device is more simplified, and it is safer to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HANGZHOU BINARY OPTOELECTRONICS & TECH., LTD.
    Inventor: Gaole Zhang
  • Patent number: 10422487
    Abstract: A fiber optic light source in which input light with short and narrow band wavelength is converted/transformed into multi-band visible white light with high intensity output power is provided. The new light source comprises at least one homogenizing light guide element, and at least one photoluminescence element. It may also comprise at least one input element and an optical fiber. All or some of the elements may be integrated into an optical waveguide. In some embodiments, the at least one input element increases light transfer efficiency from a ray source to the at least one homogenizing light guide element component of the fiber optic light source. The at least one photoluminescence element can be a point or an extended form like a line or surface. The fiber optic light source output beam may also contain the input ray wavelength, which in turn can be from a fiber optic laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: biolitec Unternehmensbeteiligungs II AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Neuberger, Alexey Solomatin
  • Patent number: 10422488
    Abstract: A module for manually converting a Harp System Lamp having single female Edison up-socket to a multi-function LED lighting system, the rapid conversion not requiring any modification of the wiring of the conventional lamp and not requiring the use of tools or any special skills, providing significantly more light for the same or less power, providing greater control over the amount and quality of light available, and preserving the aesthetics of the original lamp by retaining the original body, harp and shade. The module expands the area under the shade from which light may be emitted to include space radially outside the harp thus increasing the flexibility as to both the direction and the wavelengths of the light provided by the converted lamp. Methods of making the conversion are disclosed some of which do not require removal of the harp from the lamp being converted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventors: John McEllen, L. Lawton Rogers, III
  • Patent number: 10422489
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a plurality of excitation light sources; a fluorescent plate for receiving the excitation light and emitting fluorescent light; and an optical system for causing excitation light from each of the plurality of excitation light sources to be incident on the fluorescent plate, the optical system includes a plurality of reflection surfaces for redirecting the output from the respective excitation light sources into a divergent light pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Osamu Osawa
  • Patent number: 10422490
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology include a banner lighting system for providing decorative lighting. The banner lighting system comprises a plurality of light groups each having a plurality of segments. Each segment hangs to provide a decorative arrangement having the appearance of a banner. The segments of the light groups can be arranged electrically in series while the light groups can be arranged electrically in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI)
    Inventors: Ricky Tong, Chi Yin Alan Leung
  • Patent number: 10422491
    Abstract: A light emitting diode device is disclosed. The light emitting diode device includes a flexible printed circuit board having at least one light emitting diode mounted thereon. The at least one light emitting diode includes an emitting portion configured to emit light. The light emitting diode device also includes an encapsulation structure disposed over the flexible printed circuit board having a reflective side and a light emission side opposite of the reflective side. The light emitting diode also includes a reflective portion disposed over the reflective side of the encapsulation structure, and the emitting portion of the light emitting diode is oriented to emit light towards the reflective side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Xue Tian, Houli Chen
  • Patent number: 10422492
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a wallpack lighting fixture is provided herein for use with solid state lighting and which is configurable to selectively utilize different quantities, up to a maximum, of solid state lighting modules, allowing for different levels and patterns of light output. In a second aspect, a wallpack lighting fixture is provided herein for use with solid state lighting which includes a main housing and a secondary enclosure removably mountable to the main housing. In a further aspect, a wallpack lighting fixture is provided herein for use with solid state lighting which includes a housing having a wall mountable back panel and a door portion hingeably, and detachably, connected to the back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: MAXLITE, INC.
    Inventors: Jun Xiang, Amro El-Adle
  • Patent number: 10422493
    Abstract: A night light includes a housing, a dimmable light source operatively connected to a rotatable light source controller rotatable about an axis and at least one first sensor mounted within the housing operative to sense rotation of the rotatable light source. The at least one first sensor outputs a signal representative of the rotation. Further, the rotatable light source can be rotated by a hand of a user. Still further, the light night can be controlled via wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: 1842728 Ontario Inc
    Inventors: Mitchell Thompson, David Snaith, Daniel Kowalewski, Steve A. Copeland
  • Patent number: 10422494
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a light emitting diode module, a driver housing, and a hollow connector that connects the driver housing and the light emitting diode module. The driver housing includes a rotatable cap and a driver that provides power to the light emitting diode module. The rotatable cap permits rotation of the hollow connector and the light emitting diode module in order to direct the light from the light emitting diode module in a desired direction. The light emitting diode module includes a plurality of optics wherein each optic covers at least one light emitting diode and at least one vent adjacent to each optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Khurram Z. Moghal, Bobby Brooks
  • Patent number: 10422495
    Abstract: A flame lamp comprises a light module. An example light module comprises a circuit board having a first side and a second side and defining a module axis; and a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) packages. At least one LED package is mounted to each of the first and second side of the circuit board. The example light module further comprises an optical sleeve. The circuit board is mounted within the optical sleeve. The optical sleeve comprises a plurality of optical columns each having a light emitting surface. Each light emitting surface has a profile such that one or more profiles of one or more light emitting surfaces define an ellipse in a cross-section of the light module taken perpendicular to the module axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventor: John D. Mitchell, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10422496
    Abstract: Electric lighting devices are described having a candle body with an upper surface coupled to a sidewall. A flame element is disposed entirely outside of the candle body and include one or more magnets or a ferrous material. The flame element is supported above the upper surface by a support member that extends upwardly from the upper surface and terminates at a first end disposed within the flame element. This allows the flame element some degree of movement about the support member that combined with a light source configured to illuminate a surface of the flame element creates a flickering flame effect. The device can also include a drive mechanism such as an electromagnet that generates an electromagnetic field that interacts with the magnets of the flame element to thereby cause movement of the flame element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: L&L Candle Company, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Patton, Kanchana Sanjaya Gunesekera Karunaratne, Gary Bordenkicher, Jeffrey Thompson
  • Patent number: 10422497
    Abstract: Window glass having sun-facing daylight redirecting optical structures with an embedded surface diffuser patterned on them. The optical structures are generally linear and formed from a repeating unit cell. Each unit cell has a base, two or more peaks opposite the base, and at least one curved side between the base and the peaks. The other sides between the base and the peaks can be substantially straight, curved, or a series of facets approximating a curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas R. Hoffend, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10422498
    Abstract: A lighting assembly that includes an LED source that generates a light cone (solid angle); and a transparent near field lens having a front surface, a collimating surface, and an aspherical groove. The collimating surface collimates the light cone into a beam that reflects off of the front surface toward the aspherical groove, and the aspherical groove directs the beam away from the lens as an exit cone from a virtual focal point, positive virtual focal ring or a negative virtual focal ring. The exit cone may be evenly distributed, substantially forward or substantially rearward from the virtual focal point or virtual focal ring. Parabolic or aparabolic reflectors can be employed with lighting assemblies having a virtual focal point or virtual focal ring, respectively, to reflect the exit cone in a vehicular exterior lighting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Durand
  • Patent number: 10422499
    Abstract: A reflective laser activated remote phosphor (LARP) package comprising: a phosphor platelet oriented in a first plane defined by an x-y plane; a laser diode (LD) positioned to be offset along the x-axis from the phosphor platelet and above the first plane along a z-axis perpendicular to the x-y plane, the LD comprising: an output facet configured for emitting a laser beam (LB), the LB comprising: a slow axis oriented in a first direction along which the LB diverges at a first angle; and a fast axis oriented in a second direction along which the LB diverges at a second angle greater than the first angle; wherein the LD is oriented such that: the LB is bisected by the phosphor platelet such that the slow axis of the LB lies in an x-z plane and the fast axis of the LB is perpendicular to an x-z plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignees: OSRAM GmbH., OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Alan L. Lenef, Joerg Sorg, Jan Oliver Drumm, Sergey Kudaev
  • Patent number: 10422500
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes: a light source unit including at least one light source configured to generate light; a lens that is arranged closer to a front of the vehicle lamp as compared to the light source unit, the lens configured to transmit the light generated by the light source unit; and a shield that is arranged between the light source unit and the lens, and configured to receive the light generated by the light source and allow at least a portion of the received light to pass therethrough, wherein the shield includes a plurality of pixels having respective light transmittances that are configured to be variably controlled, and wherein each of the plurality of pixels is configured to allow independent control of respective light transmittances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Taeyoung Na
  • Patent number: 10422501
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting assembly is provided herein. The vehicle lighting assembly includes a back panel configured to couple to a vehicle. A plurality of light sources emit a common wavelength of light. A first portion of the plurality of light sources is operably coupled with a luminescent structure. A second portion of light sources emits the common wavelength of light from an overmold material that is disposed outboard of the first and second portions of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Matthew Cramer Mullen, Christopher Charles Hunt, Doug H. Randlett
  • Patent number: 10422502
    Abstract: A motor vehicle light includes an optical waveguide system and a reflector. The optical waveguide system is arranged in the focal line of the reflector and is configured to project a plurality of light beams onto the reflector to generate a light signature having a plurality of parallel light beams emitting from the motor vehicle light. The motor vehicle light may include a housing with a transparent cover lens in order to protect the optical waveguide system from environmental influences such as sunlight and mechanical stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sebastian Groenewald, Alexander Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10422503
    Abstract: A one-piece optical member with a plurality of secondary lenses over corresponding LED light sources, the one-piece optical member comprises (a) each with an outward lens flange surrounding a light-transmitting portion which is formed by a plurality of layers and has an asymmetric inner surface defining a pair of cavities with at least one of the plurality of layers at least partially extending between the pair of cavities, a portion of the inner-surface which defines one of the cavities is at least partially formed by another of the plurality of layers which is bonded to the at least one layer extending between the pair of cavities. The polymeric materials may be different; e.g., the innermost lens layer may be of an LSR material. The invention is also a method of manufacturing the one-piece optical member and an LED light fixture with the one-piece member over a plurality of LED light sources spaced on a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Craig Raleigh, Kurt S. Wilcox
  • Patent number: 10422504
    Abstract: A luminaire is provided for illuminating a task surface and a volume of space above and about the task surface, including a limited human occupiable space proximate the task surface. The luminaire includes a generally vertical riser portion and a generally horizontal extension arm portion. A task lighting element on the extension arm portion directs light in a directional light distribution pattern toward a task surface. A source of light associated with the riser portion of the luminaire produces light in a generally diffuse light distribution pattern which, when the luminaire is supported in its operative position relative to the task surface, illuminates the volume over and about the task surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Y. Y. Ngai