Patents Issued in May 9, 2023
  • Patent number: 11644140
    Abstract: A flow dampener for dampening pulsation in a fluid flow includes a body shell, a flexible membrane, and two flow ports. The body shell has an interior surface and an elongate groove formed on the interior surface. The flexible membrane is sealed to the interior surface of the body shell and covers the elongate groove. In some embodiments, the flexible membrane is over-molded onto the body shell. The flexible membrane cooperates with the elongate groove to form an elongate flow path for the fluid flow. The flexible membrane has a thickness in a range from 0.5 mm to 6 mm. As the membrane is flexible, it vibrates as the fluid flows through the elongate flow path, absorbs kinetic energy in the fluid flow, and thereby dampens pulsation in the fluid flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PIRANHA PLASTICS, LLC
    Inventor: Charles A. Centofante
  • Patent number: 11644141
    Abstract: A controller, a water source heat pump and a computer useable medium are disclosed herein. In one embodiment the controller includes: (1) an interface configured to receive operating data and monitoring data from the water source heat pump and transmit control signals to components of thereof and (2) a processor configured to respond to the operating data or the monitoring data by operating at least one motor-operated valve of the water source heat pump via a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Perez, Steve Schneider, Harold Gene Havard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11644142
    Abstract: A broken pipe extractor for removing a broken pipe from a pipe joint includes a hollow pipe body, a first blocking block, a second blocking block, and a hook needle assembly. The first blocking block is located in the pipe body for fixing one end of the pipe joint. The first blocking block defines a through hole. A diameter of the through hole is greater than or equal to an inner diameter of the pipe joint. The second blocking block is movably fixed to one end of the pipe body for fixing another end of the pipe joint. The hook needle assembly is configured to be inserted through the through hole of the first blocking block and extend to the broken pipe to remove the broken pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Song-Hao Liu
  • Patent number: 11644143
    Abstract: A pipeline sphere is shown which houses an electronics package. The sphere is formed as a hollow elastomeric body having a predetermined wall thickness and an initially void interior. A carrier tube is positioned within the initially void interior of the sphere and is supported by oppositely arranged carrier plates which are themselves embedded within oppositely arranged end openings of the sphere. A removable inflation valve is contained in one of the valve plates at a first end of the carrier tube. The carrier tube has a plurality of apertures formed through its wall to enable inflating or deflating the sphere. One electronics package that can be used is an electrical tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: S & B Technical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Allen, Pamela C. Murrin
  • Patent number: 11644144
    Abstract: A closed conduit system is provided for use in a water supply. The system may include a recirculating unit having a pump and a filter, and first and second pig launch and recovery apparatuses. Each pig launch and recovery apparatus includes a flow tube having a first flow end coupled with the recirculating unit, an opposing second flow end mounted to a hydrant, and a main flow valve. A launch and recovery tube has a first launch end coupled to the flow tube between the first flow end and the main flow valve, and a second launch end fluidly coupled to the flow tube between the main flow valve and the second flow end. An isolated section of the water supply system is defined between the hydrants with the recirculating unit, the pig launch and recovery apparatuses and the isolated section forming a closed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NO-DES, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Eric Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 11644145
    Abstract: A pig loader device can include a breech assembly having a chamber body, a ramrod compartment, a breech, and a neck. A ramrod having a push plate, a rod, and a breech plate may be disposed within the ramrod compartment and configured to slideably traverse the ramrod compartment and the breech. In use, the device can be connected to an ancillary pipe via the neck, and a pig may be placed within the breech and aligned be to be slid within the breech and neck upon engagement with the ramrod to facilitate pigging operations of a pipeline. The ramrod may then be forced forward to an extended position, thereby urging the pig through the neck to be seated within the pipe. The device may then be detached from the pipe to enable continued pigging operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: John Anderson Construction, Inc.
    Inventors: John Anderson, John Shelley
  • Patent number: 11644146
    Abstract: A three-dimensional multi-shell insulation configured to conform to the shape of a spacecraft component to be insulated. The insulation may have a plurality of nested shell layers that are displaceable relative to each other for providing natural separation between the shell layers when the insulation is used in low-pressure and/or low-gravity space-related applications. To establish the spacing between shell layers, an edge clamp may be operatively coupled to an edge portion on at least one side of each shell layer. The shell layers may have sufficient flexibility and/or may be sufficiently displaceable relative to each other to allow the insulation to be installed or removed from the spacecraft component. One or more restraints may be provided in the space between the shell layers for restricting the relative lateral and/or transverse movement between shell layers for preventing contact. Additive manufacturing may be employed to fabricate the insulation and integrate features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Tracy M. Fiedler, Kurt S. Ketola, Andrew Truxel
  • Patent number: 11644147
    Abstract: A bracket for supporting an object, the bracket including a base; a pair of holding plates pivotably mounted to the base with a pivot; a pair of apertures, each aperture disposed on each holding plate; and a shaft including a first end, a second end and a spherical member disposed on the first end of the shaft, the spherical member is configured to be rotatably coupled to the pair of apertures of the pair of holding plates, wherein the object is configured to be supported on the second end of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Salvatore Anselmo
  • Patent number: 11644148
    Abstract: A device mounting apparatus that allows a device such as a smoke detector or carbon dioxide (CO2) detector, as well as other device including an alarm, a camera or a light to be selectively positioning at a location on a surface such as a wall. The apparatus comprises a preferably rectangular, hollow rod with rounded corners, and having a first end, second end, and outer surfaces. A device securing bracket that facilitates the attachment of a device to the rod includes a center section with a rod opening, a first side member and second side member, with each member having an angled section and at least one bore. An apparatus to surface securing bracket allows the apparatus to be attached to a surface such as a wall and has a center section with an outward extending first and second side wall, each side wall having a semi-circular segment, with the rod inserted through the space created when the two segments face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Grant Follis
  • Patent number: 11644149
    Abstract: A fitting and a method of using that fitting to install electrical boxes to a vertical ceiling support rod. This installation does not require a complex bracket that attaches to a wall or a stud in a wall. Prior installation problems of electrical box dropping and rotation are eliminated with this invention. Installation is simple and cost effective. Special tools are not required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Victor Manuel Flores
  • Patent number: 11644150
    Abstract: A thermal storage subsystem may include at least a first storage reservoir configured to contain a thermal storage liquid at a storage pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure. A liquid passage may have an inlet connectable to a thermal storage liquid source and configured to convey the thermal storage liquid to the liquid reservoir. A first heat exchanger may be provided in the liquid inlet passage and may be in fluid communication between the first compression stage and the accumulator, whereby thermal energy can be transferred from a compressed gas stream exiting a gas compressor/expander subsystem to the thermal storage liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Hydrostor Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Stradiotto, Cameron Lewis, Davin Young, Andrew McGillis
  • Patent number: 11644151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metalworking, in particular to producing vessels from non-heat-treatable aluminium alloys used for tanks and pressure vessels. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a vessel, the method including: forming a tube by rolling at least one flat blank and abutting the edges thereof, friction stir welding the abutted edges and working at least a part of the welded tube into a shape of the vessel, wherein the flat blank is a sheet of a non-heat-treatable aluminium alloy preliminarily subjected to cold working with permanent deformation within the range of 0.5-15%, and said working of at least one part of the welded tube is hot working at a temperature of 230-520° C. The technical effect is a reduction in vessel weight, an increase in vessel strength, a uniform vessel strength and a reduction in the number of hot working cycles during manufacturing of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Oleg Evgenievich Bogachek
  • Patent number: 11644152
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gas injection apparatus which measures and displays a gas amount supplied to a radiosonde instrument. The gas injection apparatus includes: a body which includes an inlet port through which the gas is introduced from the storage tank, a flow passage through which the gas introduced from the inlet port flows, and an outlet port through which the gas passing through the flow passage is discharged; a valve which opens/closes the flow passage, and a flow meter which is installed in the body and is configured to measure and display the flow rate of the gas supplied to the instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
    Inventors: Sung Eun Hwang, Byeong Taek Kim, Young Tae Lee, Ki Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11644153
    Abstract: Natural gas storage units and methods for reducing effects of fluctuating demand on natural gas, a natural gas storage facility including an adsorbed natural gas storage unit containing carbon-based adsorbents; a temperature control system coupled to the adsorbed natural gas storage unit to regulate temperature of the adsorbed natural gas storage unit; and a compressor system coupled to the adsorbed natural gas storage unit to regulate pressure of the adsorbed natural gas storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yuguo Wang, Rashid Othman, Richard Gunther, Ahmed Aman
  • Patent number: 11644154
    Abstract: To provide a safety joint that can immediately shut off a hydrogen gas flow path at the initial stage when a plug (nozzle side member) comes out of a socket (fueling apparatus side member) to prevent release of outgas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TATSUNO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Takezawa
  • Patent number: 11644155
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary system for starting or restarting the flow of gelled fluid contained in a pipeline (12) wherein the system comprises: at least one relief tank (13) fluidly connected (11) to the pipeline (12), wherein at least one relief tank (13) is suitable for receiving fluid from the pipeline (12); and at least one pressurising element upstream of at least one tank, suitable for pressurising the fluid in the pipeline (12), Additionally, the invention also provides an auxiliary method for starting or restarting the flow of gelled fluid in a pipeline (12) comprising at least one tank fluidly connected (11) to the pipeline (12) and at least one pressurising element upstream of at least one tank, wherein the method comprises the step of, at the start of the process, the pressurising element increasing the pressure in the pipeline (12) and filling at least one tank at least partially with fluid coming from the pipeline (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A,—PETROBRAS, UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLOGICA FEDERAL DO PARANA
    Inventors: Guilherme Dos Santos Vieira Lima, Cezar Otaviano Ribeiro Negrao, Eduardo Martinez Barreira, Nezia De Rosso, Paulo Henrique De Carvalho, Fernando Machado Kroetz
  • Patent number: 11644156
    Abstract: The utility model discloses a multi-angle lighting lamp, which comprises: a lamp holder, a plurality of lamp boards and a plurality of protective covers; a plurality of protective covers are connected to the lamp board one by one, and the protective covers are covered on the lamp beads; there is a heat sink between two adjacent protective covers, and the heat sinks are communicated with the lamp cavity, so that the convection channel can be formed inside the lamp cavity, so that the air flow can directly and effectively blow the heat dissipation part, and then the air flow can better take away the heat of the dissipation part, thus, the heat on the lamp board is effectively discharged through the heat dissipation part, so the overall heat dissipation efficiency of the lamp has been greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan Bixing Lighting Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenxing Wang, Dubei Qing
  • Patent number: 11644157
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a waveguide comprises a waveguide body having a coupling cavity defined by a coupling feature disposed within the waveguide body. A plug member comprises a first portion disposed in the coupling cavity and an outer surface substantially conforming to the coupling feature and a second portion extending from the first portion into the coupling cavity. The second portion includes a reflective surface adapted to direct light in the coupling cavity into the waveguide body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Bernd P. Keller, Eric J. Tarsa, Zongjie Yuan, Kurt S. Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11644158
    Abstract: The present application discloses a light pipe assembly having a light pipe with a proximal end, an opposing distal end, a length between the proximal end and the distal end, and a surface, the surface having an emitting portion and an overlay portion, where the light pipe is a material capable of transmitting light with a first refractive index; and a reflective secondary surface having a second refractive index and a width, the reflective secondary surface positioned adjacent the overlay portion of the light pipe, where the first refractive index is greater than the refractive index of air, and the second refractive index is greater than the first refractive index. In at least one embodiment, the reflective secondary surface is a non-metallic material capable of reflecting light. In at least one embodiment, the width of the reflective secondary surface varies along the length of the light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Glex-N-Gate Advanced Product Developlemt, LLC
    Inventors: Ronie George, James R. Rhodes
  • Patent number: 11644159
    Abstract: An indicator circuit for an emergency light, including: a charging circuit, in connection with a positive terminal of a lithium battery and configured to charge the lithium battery; a battery protection circuit, in connection with a negative terminal of the lithium battery and configured to provide protection against overvoltage and overcurrent of an electrical signal output by the lithium battery; a main control circuit, in connection with the negative terminal of the lithium battery and configured to compare the electrical signal output by the lithium battery with a reference voltage signal and output a control signal; and a drive circuit, in connection with the main control circuit and an indicator light, and configured to drive the indicator light to illuminate according to the control signal and turn off the indicator light in case of abnormal conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianxin Xie, Mingshu Xu, Tian Lan
  • Patent number: 11644160
    Abstract: A lamp and a lamp string are disclosed. According to the lamp base and the lampshade of the disclosure, the lampshade is connected with the lamp base, an inner wall of the lamp base is provided with a first flange and a second flange, an outer wall of the lampshade is formed with a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface, the first flange abuts against the first abutting surface, and the second flange abuts against the second abutting surface. The first abutting surface is a conical surface, a diameter of the lampshade at a position corresponding to the first abutting surface gradually decreases along a direction towards the lamp base, and an included angle between the first abutting surface and the second abutting surface is an obtuse angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LIGHT SHINES ELECTRIC LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventor: Qingjun Xu
  • Patent number: 11644161
    Abstract: A representative embodiment of a lighting system includes a carrying bag having a first opening with a control panel cover; a mounting bracket arranged in the carrying bag; a power supply coupled to or arranged on the mounting bracket; a control panel arranged within the first opening and coupled to the mounting bracket; a first flexible light strip; a second flexible light strip; and a power cable coupleable within the carrying bag to the control panel, the first flexible light strip, and the second flexible light strip. The first and second flexible light strips are coupleable to the power cable to receive DC power from the control panel, and may be extended throughout a structure, such as a tent, using a plurality of hangers. In a representative embodiment, the first flexible light strip provides white light and the second flexible light strip provides blackout light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Frontline Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Darrell Frank Marroncelli, Patrick William Maloney, James J. Levante, Anthony James Simons, Jeffrey Thomas Saunders
  • Patent number: 11644162
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a mounting housing comprising a junction box, a first flange and a plurality of heat dissipation fins, and a second housing comprising a second flange. The mounting housing is mountable in an aperture in a panel, and the second housing is mountable to the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ALLANSON LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Faiek Dabiet, Wayne Lee, Mahsa Ajilian, Horea Trifu
  • Patent number: 11644163
    Abstract: A cast concrete durable light fixture design and assembly that will allow in-ground lighting features for roadways, pathways and architectural features providing a simple installation for a drive over in-grade or in-ground lighting fixture. The cast concrete design enables curves and shapes to be manufactured as easily as straight or linear configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Laurence Robert St. Ives
  • Patent number: 11644164
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a housing, a first light source, a light guide plate, and a second light source. The housing has an inner cavity and a mounting hole, the mounting hole communicates the inner cavity with an external environment of the housing, the light guide plate is installed in the mounting hole. A side of the light guide plate faces the inner cavity, the other side of the light guide plate faces an outside of the housing. The second light source projects second light to the light guide plate, the second light is capable of being projected to the outside of the housing through the light guide plate. The first light source projects first light, and is configured such that the first light is projected to the outside of the housing through the light guide plate, and the housing is a non-light-transmitting housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuxin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11644165
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lamp for water mist in the shape of a flame, which includes a base, wherein a water tank is arranged on the top of the base, an ultrasonic atomizer is provided at the bottom of the water tank, an upwardly protruding component is centrally arranged at the bottom of the water tank, a plurality of supporting blocks are arranged at the bottom of the spacer plate near the through hole, and a baffle plate is arranged between the supporting blocks and the protruding component, a channel is formed between the spacer plate and the baffle plate, and a plurality of LED lights are provided on the top of the water tank, a housing is provided outside the water tank, the top part of the housing is provided with a top cover having a lamp hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: INTERTEC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hing Kin William Ma, Naxin Wang
  • Patent number: 11644166
    Abstract: The light-guiding optical unit (1) for a light device of motor vehicles comprises a light guide (2) that comprises at least one routing surface (3), and at least one light source (4) to generate light rays (10). The light-guide (2) further comprises a top surface (12) at least a part of which is constituted by the output surface (15), and a bottom surface (13) opposite the top surface (12) and fitted with a prismatic structure (16) comprising reflective surfaces (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Varroc Lighting Systems, S.r.o.
    Inventors: Michal Juhanak, Tomas Gloss, Jakub Hruska
  • Patent number: 11644167
    Abstract: A light system comprising: (a) one or more bezels; (b) an internal lens located within and in communication with the one or more bezels, wherein the internal lens has a height; and (c) a light source that directs light from the light system to a location outside of a vehicle that is configured to house the light system, wherein some of the light is directed to the location outside of the vehicle directly through the internal lens; wherein the one or more bezels include a reflector surface located outside of the height of the internal lens and some of the light from the light source is redirected by the internal lens to the reflector surface of the one or more bezels so that the light is redirected outside of the height of the internal lens to the location outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Colby Darlage, Brant Potter, Damien Cabanne, Drew Haywood, Jean Sebastien Delfosse, Gaurav Bhutani
  • Patent number: 11644168
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device for a vehicle with at least one lens comprising an optical axis, an output diopter, and an input diopter. The device including a light source arranged to emit light towards the input diopter of the at least one lens, with the at least one lens having an object focus located substantially on the input diopter of the lens. A section of the output diopter in a vertical plane parallel to the optical axis of the at least one lens includes one or more elliptical or substantially elliptical arcs which are modified relative to a reference elliptical shape, in which all the rays coming from the light source would be emitted parallel to the optical axis of the at least one lens at the output of a reference output diopter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jean Luc Meyrenaud, Kostadin Beev
  • Patent number: 11644169
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including a plurality of optical modules, in which the plurality of optical modules each includes a light source configured to emit light, an inner lens disposed forward of the light source, a lens holder disposed at one side of the inner lens and provided to be in close contact with the inner lens, and a bezel disposed at the other side of the inner lens and provided to be in close contact with the inner lens, in which a through-hole is provided in at least one lateral surface of the lens holder so that the light emitted from the light source passes through the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11644170
    Abstract: Provided is a lamp for a vehicle. The vehicle lamp comprises a light source unit for generating light, and a lens unit for forming a predetermined beam pattern by allowing the light incident through a plurality of incident lenses from the light source unit to be emitted through a plurality of emitting lenses corresponding to each of the plurality of incident lenses. The plurality of incident lenses comprises a first incident lens for allowing the light incident from the light source unit to be emitted in a first direction, and a second incident lens for allowing a first portion of the light incident from the light source unit to be emitted in the first direction, and a second portion of the light to be emitted in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Go, Hyo Jin Han, Joo Jin Chang
  • Patent number: 11644171
    Abstract: A vehicle perimeter lighting assembly includes, among other things, a base having a concave area and a support ledge, a light source supported on the support ledge such that light from the light source is emitted toward the concave area, and a reflector lining the concave area. The reflector is configured to redirect light emitted from the light source toward an area around a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Linsheng Chen
  • Patent number: 11644172
    Abstract: A headlight device includes an optical unit to emit light and a support mechanism to support the optical unit. The optical unit includes supported pins as a first supported part and supported groove parts as a second supported part. The support mechanism includes support groove parts as a first support part that is provided on a first straight line in a predetermined first direction and contacts the supported pins and support pins as a second support part that is provided on a second straight line in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and contacts the supported groove parts. The support mechanism supports the optical unit to be freely rotatable around the first straight line passing through the support groove parts and freely rotatable around the second straight line passing through the support pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ritsuya Oshima, Masashige Suwa, Muneharu Kuwata
  • Patent number: 11644173
    Abstract: Disclosed in a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including a light source configured to emit light, and a pattern conversion unit disposed forward of the light source and configured to form two or more types of light distribution patterns by receiving the light emitted from the light source, in which the pattern conversion unit includes a light-transmitting member disposed to face the light source and configured to transmit the light emitted from the light source, and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) member provided to be in close contact with one surface of the light-transmitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong Yeon Han
  • Patent number: 11644174
    Abstract: To improve design characteristics when the light fixture is turned on in a vehicle light fixture including a plate-shaped light guide. The plate-shaped light guide (32) is configured such that light from five light sources (40A1, 40A2, 40A3, 40A4 and 40A5) is totally reflected by a plurality of reflective elements (32s) formed on a first plate surface (32a) on a rear surface side of the plate-shaped light guide, and then emitted forward of a light fixture unit from a second plate surface (32b) of the plate-shaped light guide. At that time, five light emitting regions (32A1, 32A2, 32A3, 32A4 and 32A5) are arranged at intervals in a horizontal direction in the plate-shaped light guide (32), and then the reflective elements (32s) are arranged in a state of being continuously side by side along a line L extending in a direction intersecting the horizontal direction in each of the light emitting regions (32A1 to 32A5). Each reflective element (32s) is formed in a substantially concave spherical surface shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11644175
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit for generating light, a shield unit for selectively transmitting at least some of the light generated from the light source unit, and a lens unit for focusing the light that transmits trough the shield unit on a road surface. A main transmission light among the light that is transmitted through the shield unit forms a plurality of road surface patterns, and an auxiliary transmission light among the light that is transmitted through the shield unit is irradiated to one or more selected road surface pattern among the plurality of road surface patterns to increase brightness of the selected road surface pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Sungmin Woo, Changkyung Yun, Jaesun Lee, Gyosung Lim
  • Patent number: 11644176
    Abstract: An embodiment method for controlling heat dissipation of an LED lamp includes applying power to a first light source element to light the first light source element, generating a current using heat dissipation of the first light source element, supplying the current to a fan to drive the fan, and removing a residual heat of the first light source element using cold air generated by the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Moon Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11644177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ambiance lighting system that more than one of a translucent panel aligned and connected together to form a perimeter having a top edge, and an interior region. A light control panel comprises one or more light-emitting diode (LED), and a power source. One or more of a sleeve have an open edge, the light control panel slides into the open edge and is retained in the sleeve, the sleeve is secured across the top edge of the translucent panel, the light control panel is orientated within the sleeve so that the LED illuminate the interior region projecting light through the translucent panel creating an ambiance lighting effect. Exemplary embodiments include a handle for carrying, use of Fresnel lenses, and creating a kit of ambiance lighting system parts that a consumer can assemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Teresa Marie Guastella
  • Patent number: 11644178
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a base, a first light emitting element and a first light reflecting member disposed on the base and a lens member. The first light reflecting member is positioned with respect to the first light emitting element so that emitted light from the first light emitting element is divided into a portion of the emitted light from the first light emitting element irradiating onto the light reflecting face and a portion of the emitted light from the first light emitting element traveling outside of the light reflecting face by having an edge of the light reflecting face serve as a boundary. The lens member includes a reflected light passing region having a first lens shape configured to control the travelling direction of reflected light, and a non-reflected light passing region having a second lens shape configured to control a travelling direction of non-reflected light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soichiro Miura
  • Patent number: 11644179
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a lens member having at least one lens surface; a submount; and a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a row on an upper face of the submount, including a first light emitting element configured to emit first light having an emission peak at a first wavelength and a second light emitting element configured to emit second light having an emission peak at a second wavelength from a second light emission point, the second wavelength being different from the first wavelength, and the second light emission point being located farther from the lens member than a first plane that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens surface and that passes through the first light emission point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11644180
    Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination device comprising a domeshaped, cylindrical lens (7) having an optical focal line (19) and a plurality of light sources (3) arranged along the focal line and configured to emit light during operation. Said lens being disposed to receive and to deflect said light as a light beam having an angle y in a transverse direction, wherein 0?<=7<=30?. In transversal cross section the cylindrical lens comprises a central portion (21) flanked by a first side portion (23) and a second side portion (25). The illumination device further comprises an axially extending screen (27) disposed adjacent to the first side portion; and an axially extending diffuser (33) provided at the second side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Frank Walterus Franciscus Marie Van Kempen
  • Patent number: 11644181
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lamp head structure. The lamp head structure includes: a seat body having a hollow space, a top opening and a bottom opening communicating with the hollow space; and a connection member, detachably connected to the seat body at the top opening. The connection member and the seat body cooperatively define a wire inlet hole and a wire outlet hole, the wire inlet hole and the wire outlet hole communicating to the hollow space. The present disclosure provides a bulb lamp and a lamp string. The lamp head structure, the bulb lamp, and the lamp string each has a simplified structure and a low cost, and may be easily assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN TUOYING PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huisheng Zou
  • Patent number: 11644182
    Abstract: Provided in this disclosure is an apparatus for marking an implement, such as a snow plow. An elongated tubular member retains an illuminated member such an LED element within the interior. Conductor wiring connects a source of electrical energy to the LED. An enclosing cap includes a crimped end portion secured to the bottom end of the elongated tubular member. A cylindrical end portion has a hollow interior for admitting the conductor wiring for connection to the source of electrical energy. A perpendicular mounting bracket has a horizontal mounting surface and a vertical mounting surface, formed together at a right angle. The horizontal mounting surface is configured for connecting to the cylindrical end portion of the enclosing cap so that the elongated tubular member is disposed in a substantially vertical position. The vertical mounting surface is configured for connecting to a vertical portion of the snow plow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BUYERS PRODUCTS COMPANY
    Inventor: Michael Miller
  • Patent number: 11644183
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments disclosed herein may include: a shield member comprising a light shield including a seating portion provided therein, a first opening provided in a front surface of the light shield and connected to the seating portion, and a second opening provided in a side surface of the light shield and connected to the seating portion, the electronic device may further include a light guide including a light-receiving portion and a guide portion extending in one direction from the light-receiving portion, wherein the guide portion is disposed in the second opening and the light-receiving portion is seated on the seating portion, and may include a light-emitting portion comprising light-emitting circuitry disposed in the first opening of the light shield to close the first opening and face the light-receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Insuk Lyeo
  • Patent number: 11644184
    Abstract: A recessed light fixture has a heat sink and a removable light engine assembly. A thermally conductive base of the light engine assembly has an LED and has a thermal interface adapted for thermal coupling to a thermal interface of the heat sink. A mechanical connector in the enclosure can connect the base of the light engine assembly to the heat sink and couple the thermal interfaces of the light engine assembly and heat sink. The base of the light engine assembly is insertable through an opening in the ceiling aligned and can be urged into connected and disconnected states, from within the room, with a minimal clearance between the opening in the ceiling and the base, whereby the light engine assembly can be replaced or serviced from within the room without disturbing the ceiling and without the use of a large diameter trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Wickham, Oriana J. Starr, Howard D. Delano, Frank Cogliano
  • Patent number: 11644185
    Abstract: A twist-and-lock mounting bracket may secure a lighting fixture to a mounting surface. The twist-and-lock mounting bracket may define an aperture having features corresponding to the shape of a twist-and-lock element disposed on a housing of a lighting fixture. Accordingly, the twist-and-lock element may be configured to extend through the aperture while the corresponding features of the twist-and-lock element and the aperture are aligned. The housing may then be rotated such that the tabs do not align with the corresponding features of the aperture, and the twist-and-lock element is thereby prevented from sliding through the aperture. The mounting bracket may be secured to a junction box positioned within a mounting surface, or it may be secured to a biasing bracket having one or more second resilient members configured to engage the interior of a recessed can light, such that the lighting fixture may be secured to the recessed can light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: FEIT ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Alan Barry Feit, Brian Halliwell
  • Patent number: 11644186
    Abstract: A directional guidance device that has a half loop at one end that identifies that one end, and allows a number of functions relative to that one end. The directional guidance device produces a stream of or sequence of LED lights which started that one end and travel towards the other end. The half loop also is used to house a pull tab that can be removed to provide an adhesive attachment to a surface. The device attaches via a detachable connection to the adhesive plate, so that the device can be removed from the adhesive plate and a new adhesive plate can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: David Michael Strawn
  • Patent number: 11644187
    Abstract: Disclosure herein are aerodynamic surgical lights and methods of manufacturing and use thereof. The aerodynamic surgical lights may include a light head made of one or more substantially toroidal light housings. The substantially toroidal light housings contain and protect a plurality of LED lights and their respective reflectors that aim a light beam toward the lower side of the substantially toroidal light housings. The substantially toroidal light housings are vertically elongate. The vertically elongated substantially toroidal light housings include upper sections that are aerodynamically curved or pointed to streamline airflow past the light housings. The upper sections of the substantially toroidal light housings are made of molded plastic resin reinforced with carbon fibers or glass fibers and the lower sections of the substantially toroidal light housings are made of a clear moldable plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC
    Inventor: Scott D. Augustine
  • Patent number: 11644188
    Abstract: A wake-up light includes a shade, a housing, a power driver, a controller, a light source, and a timer. The power driver, the light source, the controller, and the timer are installed in a space enclosed by the shade and the housing; the power driver is externally connected to an alternating current, and supplies power to the timer and the light source; the timer is configured for real-time timing; the controller is connected to the light source and the timer; the controller receives timing information of the timer; when a first time set by a user is reached, the controller sends a light-source light-up signal to the light source so that a light intensity of the light source is gradually increased; and when a second time set by the user is reached, the controller sends an impulsive light signal to the light source so that the light source uninterruptedly emits impulsive light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD., SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoyang Shi, Jie Qiang, Jun Wu, Xiaoming Fan, Zhijun Li, Zhixian Zhou
  • Patent number: 11644189
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multifunctional LED lamp, which includes: a main lamp body; one or more LED light-emitting modules connected with the main lamp body; a face recognition module disposed on the main lamp body; an infrared sensing module disposed on the main lamp body; a photosensitive module disposed on the main lamp body; and a control module in communication connection with the face recognition module, the infrared sensing module, and the photosensitive module. The multifunctional LED lamp includes multiple working modes, and the control module controls working states of the face recognition module, the infrared sensing module, and the photosensitive module to switch the working modes. By installing different sensors, the LED lamp of the present disclosure integrates various functions such as lighting, security warning, entertainment, lighting, health, etc., and can realize different working modes by combining different sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co. Ltd., Shanghai Sansi Technology Co. Ltd., Jiashan Sansi Optoelectronic Technology Co. Ltd., Pujiang Sansi Optoelectronic Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xing Wen, Shan Li, Xiaobai Li, Yongchao Xing, Xiaoyong Wang