Patents Issued in September 24, 2024
  • Patent number: 12099213
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for reducing specular reflection when an electronic device having a backlit screen is used in an environment with a large amount of ambient light. A specular reflection-reduction device includes a panel configured to extend from a bottom edge of a display screen of an electronic device and toward eyes of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SUNSEE, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Frailey
  • Patent number: 12099214
    Abstract: A near-eye display includes a light-guide optical element (LOE) (10) having first and second major external surfaces (11A, 11B) that are planar and mutually parallel. An image projector (2) introduces into the LOE illumination corresponding to an image so that the illumination propagates within said LOE by internal reflection at the major external surfaces. A coupling-out arrangement couples the illumination out of the LOE towards the eye of the observer. The coupling-out arrangement may be a set of mutually-parallel, partially-reflective surfaces (12A) deployed at an oblique angle within the LOE. Various arrangements for suppressing reflections of ambient light sources include obstructing baffles oriented so as to avoid reduction of peripheral field of view, various non-reflective coatings and various deployments of polarization filters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LUMUS LTD.
    Inventors: Eitan Ronen, Yochay Danziger, Jonathan Gelberg, Tsion Eisenfeld, Amir Shapira
  • Patent number: 12099215
    Abstract: A viewing angle limiting apparatus and a display apparatus are provided. The apparatus comprises a first optical member having a plurality of lower light shielding members, and a second optical member having a plurality of upper light shielding members and facing the first optical member. Each of the plurality of upper light shielding members may be spaced apart from each of the plurality of lower light shielding members in a thickness direction of the first optical member and disposed to be alternate with each of the plurality of lower shielding members. Therefore, since a length of each of the lower light shielding members and the upper light shielding members may be formed to be short, the light shielding members may be manufactured more easily than the case that one light shielding member is provided longitudinally up and down, and a defect rate may be lowered, whereby productivity may be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JinRyun Kim, JaeJung Han
  • Patent number: 12099216
    Abstract: The present invention provides a surface light source projection device, which includes a light emitting module and a diffractive optical module. Wherein, the diffractive optical module has two micron diffractive layers, the micron diffractive layers include a plurality of micron structures, and the shape of the micron structures is set to be cone, disc or any combination of the above. The micron structures have an outer diameter, and the outer diameter of the micron structures is between 5 times and 200 times of the incident wavelength of the light beam output from the light emitting module. Thereby, the surface light source projection device capable of enduring heat accumulation generated after continuous irradiation of high-energy laser is provided to facilitate long-term irradiation and long-distance sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Tech. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Wen Chung, Hsu-Wen Fu, Lu-Lang Hsu
  • Patent number: 12099217
    Abstract: A mirror includes an ultralight substrate. A reflective layer is disposed on the ultralight substrate. A bonding layer may be disposed between the reflective layer and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Uri Pomerantz, Nir Goren, Yuval Ofir
  • Patent number: 12099218
    Abstract: A low reflective film includes a first resin layer. The first resin layer includes a binder resin and an organic resin particle having an average particle size D50 of 2 to 20 ?m. A surface of the first resin layer has a reflectance and gloss values satisfying the following relationships: (1) regular reflectance at 70 degrees: 0.0% or more and 2.5% or less (wavelength 550 nm); (2) specular gloss value at 60 degrees: 0.0% or more and 6.0% or less; specular gloss value at 75 degrees: 0.0% or more and 6.0% or less; specular gloss value at 85 degrees: 0.0% or more and 6.0% or less; and (3) a sum of a specular gloss value at 20°, a specular gloss value at 45°, the specular gloss value at 60°, the specular gloss value at 75°, and the specular gloss value at 85° is 7.5% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KIMOTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nozawa, Tsuyoshi Nagahama, Shuzo Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 12099219
    Abstract: A doubly curved reflector for compact storage in a folded state includes a plurality of gores, each gore having on either long side a gore side curve. At least one hinge is mechanically coupled between each adjacent gore, the at least one hinge including a fold roll hinge or a living hinge. In a stowed doubly curved reflector state each gore folds about the at least one hinge when folded closed such that a face surface of each gore folds against an adjacent face surface of another gore into a substantially cylindrical structure. In a deployed doubly curved reflector state, each hinge. A doubly curved reflector for compact storage in a folded state and a locked open state, a method of manufacture, and a method for designing a substantially wrinkle free doubly curved foldable reflector having gores of a composite material are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Opterus Research and Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas W. Murphey, Patrick A. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 12099220
    Abstract: A retroreflective article including a binder layer and a plurality of retroreflective elements. Each retroreflective element includes a transparent microsphere partially embedded in the binder layer. At least some of the retroreflective elements include a reflective layer that is embedded between the transparent microsphere and the binder layer. At least some of the embedded reflective layers are localized reflective layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kui Chen-Ho, Ann M. Gilman, Kevin W. Gotrik, Scott J. Jones, Daniel M. Lentz, Michael A. McCoy, Shri Niwas, Matthew S. Stay, Ramasubramani Kuduva Raman Thanumoorthy, Ying Xia
  • Patent number: 12099221
    Abstract: An optical filter includes a transmission portion transmitting light and an absorption portion absorbing light between a plane of incidence and a plane of emission, and the volume of the transmission portion is larger than the volume of the absorption portion. For the optical filter, when the transmission spectrum S0 of light incident at an incidence angle of 0° and the transmission spectrum S60 of light incident at an incidence angle of 60° are superimposed, the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 60° is lower than the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 0° by 15% or more for a first wavelength band, and the difference between the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 60° and the transmittance (%) at an incidence angle of 0° is 10% or less for a second wavelength band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Dexerials Corporation
    Inventors: Shunichi Kajiya, Hiroshi Tazawa, Kazuhiko Noda, Kyoko Sakurai
  • Patent number: 12099222
    Abstract: Photochromic article having first and second opposed major surfaces comprising a first, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the first layer comprising thermoplastic, a second, transparent layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, the second layer comprising photochromic dye and amorphous copolyester, wherein the first major surface of the second layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the first layer, and a third layer having first and second opposed major surfaces, wherein the first major surface of the third layer is adjacent to the second major surface of the second layer. Embodiments of photochromic article described herein are useful, for example in eyewear, window films, security films, decorative films, electronic devices (i.e., having a display with a photochromic article).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kevin T. Huseby, Michael Benton Free, Victor Ho, Stephen A. Johnson, Christopher W. A. Krohe
  • Patent number: 12099223
    Abstract: An optical construction includes a reflective polarizer layer having a first pass axis and an absorptive polarizer layer having a second pass axis that is substantially aligned with the first pass axis. At least one electrically conductive light scattering layer is arranged between the reflective polarizer layer and the absorptive polarizer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew H. Frey, Craig R. Schardt, Gary T. Boyd, Eric J. Borchers, Nicole D. Petkovich
  • Patent number: 12099224
    Abstract: An optical laminate includes two optically anisotropic layers, an A-plate and a C-plate, in which the adhesiveness between the layers, the liquid crystal alignment of the C-plate, and the adhesiveness between the A-plate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive, are excellent. The optical laminate includes first and second optically anisotropic layers which are A-plate and C-plate formed of a first and second liquid crystal compound, respectively, and a mixed layer disposed between the layers, including components derived from the first and second liquid crystal compounds, and an optical alignment compound, in which a surface energy of the first optically anisotropic layer on a side opposite to the mixed layer is 25 mN/m or more, and where a component in a depth direction is analyzed with time-of-flight type secondary ion mass spectrometry while irradiating ion beams from a surface of the optical laminate on the first, toward the second, optically anisotropic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Shuntaro Ibuki
  • Patent number: 12099225
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical element in which the occurrence of sidelobe is suppressed and a reflectivity is high, an image display apparatus, a head-mounted display, a sensing apparatus, and an eye tracking apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sato, Yukito Saitoh
  • Patent number: 12099226
    Abstract: An optical system for displaying an image to a viewer includes a pixelated display including a plurality of pixels emitting unpolarized image light; a partial reflector having an average optical reflectance of at least 30% in a predetermined wavelength range; a first retarder layer disposed between the pixelated display and the partial reflector; a second retarder layer disposed between the first retarder layer and the partial reflector; and a reflective polarizer disposed between the first and second retarder layers. The reflective polarizer is adapted to increase a brightness of a pixelated image emitted by the pixelated display and displayed to the viewer by recycling at least a portion of unpolarized image light emitted by the pixels; and receive an image ray reflected by the partial reflector and reflect the received image ray toward the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy L. Wong, David J. W. Aastuen, Takashi Fujita, Zhisheng Yun, Timothy J. Nevitt
  • Patent number: 12099227
    Abstract: Illuminated tinsel garland comprising, according to a first exemplary embodiment, an elongated flexible transparent tube; a flexible electrically powered illumination string disposed in the tube; and a plurality of radially directed fiber optic filaments secured to an exterior of the tube. According to a second exemplary embodiment, the illuminated tinsel garland comprises a flexible electrically powered illumination string including a plurality of lamps spaced apart no more than about 3 cm along the string; and a bundle of fiber optic filaments in light-transmissive communication with each one of the plurality of lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Joseph Schneider
  • Patent number: 12099228
    Abstract: First light is incident on a diffuser, and scattered light emerges from the diffuser. The diffuser includes one light incident surface on which the first light is incident in a first direction and a first light transmitting surface. The light incident surface is formed on an end surface of the diffuser. First transmitted light emerges from the first light transmitting surface. Second transmitted light emerges from second light transmitting surface that is a surface other than the first light transmitting surface of the diffuser. Intensity of the first transmitted light increases as a direction in which the first transmitted light emerges approaches the first direction. Correlated color temperature of the first light is lower than correlated color temperature of the first transmitted light and higher than correlated color temperature of the second transmitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Masatoshi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12099229
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, an illumination device includes: a first light source; a first light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a first end face configured to face the first light source and receive incident light, a first main surface, and a second main surface; a first sheet including one main surface as a third main surface configured to face the first main surface and a fourth main surface; a second light source; and a second light guide plate including at least a part of an outer circumferential end face as a second end face configured to face the second light source, a fifth main surface, and a sixth main surface configured to face the fourth main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shugo Yagi, Junichi Masuda, Yuuichi Kanbayashi, Satoshi Tsubooka
  • Patent number: 12099230
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a panel and a backlight module arranged corresponding to the panel. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a first optical light module and a second optical module. The first optical element is arranged on the light guide plate, and has a first prism structure. The second optical element is arranged on the first optical element, and has a second prism structure. The first prism structure has a first vertex angle, and the second prism structure has a second vertex angle greater than the first vertex angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Wen Su, Wei-Tsung Hsu
  • Patent number: 12099231
    Abstract: A user interface including: a) one or more light guides, each light guide including: i) a rear wall; ii) an outer wall projecting from the rear wall; iii) one or more guide walls having opposing guide surfaces angled away from the rear wall; iv) a plurality of light pockets, each light pocket defined by the space between one or more guide walls, the outer wall, or any combination thereof; b) a plurality of light emitting devices, one or more light emitting devices residing within and/or aligned with the plurality of light pockets; and c) one or more diffusers located opposite the rear wall, the one or more diffusers distanced from the one or more guide walls such as to create a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Automated Pet Care Products, LLC
    Inventor: Adam Freeman
  • Patent number: 12099232
    Abstract: The present application discloses a backlight module and a mobile terminal. The backlight module includes a reflection layer and a light adjustment layer that are arranged oppositely, wherein he reflection layer is disposed at a periphery of each of light sources, the light adjustment layer includes first light guide portions and a second light guide portion, a light transmittance of each of the first light guide portions is lower than a light transmittance of the second light guide portion, and the reflection layer includes a diffuse reflection sub-layer at least partially overlapping with at least one of the second light guide portion, and a specular reflection sub-layer at least partially overlapping with at least one of the first light guide portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Yang, Jiedong Han, Fancheng Liu, Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 12099233
    Abstract: The present invention provides a large-effective-mode-area low-loss optical fiber with optimized cladding components, which comprises a core layer and a cladding comprising, from the inside to the outside, a first sinking layer, a second sinking layer, an optional third sinking layer, and an outer cladding. In the present invention, phosphorus and aluminum are co-doped in the optical fiber cladding, to form a tetrahedron [AlPO4] in glass, thus optimizing the viscosity of the cladding while effectively reducing the refractive index of the cladding, without causing increased hydrogen loss. The process is simple, and highly repeatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU ETERN OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Longfei Wang, Fan Li, Lihong Sui
  • Patent number: 12099234
    Abstract: Methods are known for producing an anti-resonant hollow-core fiber which has a hollow core extending along a fiber longitudinal axis and an inner jacket region that surrounds the hollow core, said jacket region comprising multiple anti-resonant elements. The known methods have the steps of: providing a cladding tube that has a cladding tube inner bore and a cladding tube longitudinal axis along which a cladding tube wall extends that is delimited by an interior and an exterior; providing a number of tubular anti-resonant element preforms; arranging the anti-resonant element preforms at target positions of the interior of the cladding tube wall, thereby forming a primary preform which has a hollow core region and an inner jacket region; and elongating the primary preform in order to form the hollow-core fiber or further processing the primary preform in order to form a secondary preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HERAEUS QUARZGLAS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manuel Rosenberger, Michael Hünermann, Martin Trommer, Kay Schuster, Steffen Weimann
  • Patent number: 12099235
    Abstract: An amplification fiber includes a core which is doped with an erbium ion and a cladding which surrounds the core and has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core, and a relative refractive index difference ?n51 between the core and the cladding is not more than a smaller one of values of a relative refractive index difference ?n1 expressed as a predetermined expression related to a radius a of the core and a relative refractive index difference ?n2 expressed as a predetermined expression related to the radius a of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ono, Yutaka Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12099236
    Abstract: An optical subassembly includes a planar dielectric waveguide structure that is deposited at temperatures below 400 C. The waveguide provides low film stress and low optical signal loss. Optical and electrical devices mounted onto the subassembly are aligned to planar optical waveguides using alignment marks and stops. Optical signals are delivered to the submount assembly via optical fibers. The dielectric stack structure used to fabricate the waveguide provides cavity walls that produce a cavity, within which optical, optoelectronic, and electronic devices can be mounted. The dielectric stack is deposited on an interconnect layer on a substrate, and the intermetal dielectric can contain thermally conductive dielectric layers to provide pathways for heat dissipation from heat generating optoelectronic devices such as lasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: POET Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh Venkatesan, Yee Loy Lam
  • Patent number: 12099237
    Abstract: A fixture for retaining an optical connector holder and optical fibers for splicing in an optical fiber stripping machine is disclosed. The fixture enables for two optical fibers of the connector to be appropriately aligned such that they can be simultaneously stripped in a standard optical fiber stripping machine. In one example, the fixture includes a main body extending between a first end and a second, a cavity defined within the main body the cavity, the cavity being for receiving an optical cable holder of an optical fiber connector, a first fiber retention structure for holding the optical fibers extending from the connector holder, and a second fiber retention structure for holding the optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mark D. Narum, Gregory Robert Mosier, Scott L. Carlson
  • Patent number: 12099238
    Abstract: A device for realizing the splicing of an array fiber and a large-size quartz end cap comprises a carbon dioxide laser, a light splitter, a light beam shaper, a high reflectivity mirror, an image detection module, an array fiber and a carrier thereof, a large-size quartz end cap and a carrier thereof, a stepping motor, a thermodetector, and a computer; a laser beam emitted by the carbon dioxide laser is divided into two light beams through a light splitter, after the two light beams respectively pass through the beam shaper and the high reflectivity mirror, two strip-shaped light spots with uniform power density are integrally formed to heat a splicing face of the large-size quartz end cap, a uniform temperature field of a target splicing area is achieved through indirect heating and heat conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Haibo Zhang, Menghao Wu, Bing He, Yu Lei, Jun Zhou, Yunfeng Qi, Zhijun Yuan, Ren Ye
  • Patent number: 12099239
    Abstract: An optical system may include (1) a light-guide optical element formed from transparent material and having at least first and second mutually-parallel major external surfaces for supporting propagation of an image by internal reflection, and (2) a mediating layer adjacent at least one of the at least first and second mutually-parallel major external surfaces, the mediating layer configured such that (1) reflectivity, averaged over the visible spectrum, of light coupled into the LOE and transmitted between the at least first and second mutually-parallel major external surfaces at angles below the critical angle is higher than the reflectivity that would have been expected absent the mediating layer and (2) reflectivity of purely white light lies closer to a purely white color point for an angular range from angles below the critical angle to the critical angle than the reflectivity that would have been expected absent the mediating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lumus Ltd.
    Inventors: Elad Sharlin, Tsion Eisenfeld, Ronen Chriki
  • Patent number: 12099240
    Abstract: A splitter includes an optical input section, N optical branch sections, and at least (N?1) optical filter structures. Each optical filter structure reflects an optical signal of one wavelength. The at least (N?1) optical filter structures include a special optical filter structure and at least (N?3) common optical filter structures, and a wavelength of an optical signal reflected by each of the common optical filter structures is a common wavelength. A wavelength of an optical signal reflected by a first/second special optical filter structure is a first/second special wavelength. At least (N?3) common wavelengths constitute an arithmetic sequence, a difference between the first special wavelength and a largest common wavelength is greater than a tolerance of the arithmetic sequence, and a difference between the second special wavelength and a smallest common wavelength is greater than the tolerance of the arithmetic sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Biao Qi, Qi Zhang, Zhenhua Dong
  • Patent number: 12099241
    Abstract: A method for forming a device structure is disclosed. The method of forming a device structure includes forming a variable-depth structure in a device material layer using a laser ablation. A plurality of device structures is formed in the variable-depth structure to define slanted device structures therein. The variable-depth structure and the slanted device structures are formed using an etch process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Kurunczi, Joseph C. Olson, Morgan Evans, Rutger Meyer Timmerman Thijssen
  • Patent number: 12099242
    Abstract: A connector system has a first connector device including a first universal module and a first configuration module, and has a second connector device including a second universal module identical to the first universal module and a second configuration module. The universal modules each include an optical contact and the configuration modules each define a connector gender, and the first connector device and the second connector device are suitable for entering into a common plug connection when assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ODU GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Remo Hoechli, Georg Wittmann, Rudolf Weidenspointner
  • Patent number: 12099243
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a ferrule, an optical fiber, a tube, and a holding component. The ferrule includes a guide hole. The ferrule is formed from either crystallized glass, borosilicate glass, or quartz glass. The optical fiber includes an optical fiber body and a cover that covers the optical fiber body. The tube is disposed on the fiber extension side of one end of the guide hole and houses the optical fiber extending out from the fiber extension side. The tube is formed from either glass or polyimide resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Shikama, Atsushi Aratake
  • Patent number: 12099244
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light receiving module according to an embodiment includes positioning a light receiving element, positioning a lens that causes light to converge on the light receiving element, and positioning an optical fiber such that an end surface of the optical fiber is located at a position spaced apart from the lens by a certain distance. The certain distance is a distance that is offset from a focal length of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Natsume
  • Patent number: 12099245
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include optical packages. In an embodiment, an optical package comprises a package substrate, where the package substrate comprises a recessed edge. In an embodiment, a compute die is on the package substrate, and an optics die on the package substrate and overhanging the recessed edge of the package substrate. In an embodiment, an integrated heat spreader (IHS) is over the compute die and the optics die. In an embodiment, a lid covers the recess in the package substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Asako Toda, Chia-Pin Chiu, Xiaoqian Li, Yiqun Bai
  • Patent number: 12099246
    Abstract: An optical fiber distribution element includes a chassis defining an interior; a movable tray slidably movable from within the chassis to a position at least partially outside the chassis, the tray defining a front end and a rear end; a slide mechanism which connects the movable tray to the chassis; at least one hingedly mounted frame member within the tray which hinges about an axis perpendicular to the direction of movement of the movable tray; and a cover mounted adjacent the rear end of the tray and movable between an access position and an operational position when the tray is in the open position, only the operational position of the cover allowing the tray to move from the open position to the closed position, the access position al lowing access to the at least one hingedly mounted frame member, and the cover in the access position preventing the tray from moving from the open to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Willem Lea Marcel De Vis, David Jan Irma Van Baelen, Eric Marcel M. Keustermans, Heidi Bleus, Geert Antoon Parton
  • Patent number: 12099247
    Abstract: A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of modules removably mounted within the chassis. The modules include one or more fiber optic signal input locations. The modules include optical equipment for splitting the input signals into customer output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Telecommunications (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuanzhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 12099248
    Abstract: An optical component includes an active optical surface, a back surface opposite the active optical surface, and an installation surface connecting the active optical surface and the back surface. At least one of the active optical surface or the back surface is formed with a metal layer on at least a portion of an area located away from a center of the at least one of the active optical surface or the back surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLIGHT TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Dengqun Yu, Yuzhou Sun, Long Chen
  • Patent number: 12099249
    Abstract: A lens support mechanism (10) comprises a fourth lens group unit (24), a sixth lens group unit (26), a rectilinear cylinder 11, a cam cylinder (12), and a guide shaft (29a). The rectilinear cylinder 11 is provided on the outer peripheral side of the fourth lens group unit 24 and the sixth lens group unit 26, and has a rectilinear groove 11e into which a cam follower 24b and a main cam follower 26ba are inserted to restrict the rotation of the fourth lens group unit 24. A cam groove 12e and a cam groove 12h with which the cam follower 24b and the main cam follower 26ba are engaged are formed in the cam cylinder 12, and when the cam cylinder 12 rotates with respect to the rectilinear cylinder 11, this moves the fourth lens group unit 24 and the sixth lens group unit 26 in the optical axis OP direction. The guide shaft 29a is fixed at a first end to the fourth lens group unit 24 and inserted into the insertion opening 26c to guide the sixth lens group unit 26 in the optical axis OP direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 12099250
    Abstract: An actuator assembly (4001) includes a first part (4002), a second part (4004), a bearing arrangement (4003) and a drive arrangement (4005). The bearing arrangement (4003) includes first to fourth flexures (40151, 40152, 40153, 40154) arranged about a primary axis (4009) passing through the actuator assembly (4001). The bearing arrangement (4003) supports the second part (4004) on the first part (4002). The second part (4004) is tiltable about first and/or second axes (4011, 4012) which are not parallel and which are perpendicular to the primary axis (4009). The drive arrangement (4005) includes four lengths of shape memory alloy wire (40101, 40102, 40103, 40104). The four lengths of shape memory alloy wire (40101, 40102, 40103, 40104) are coupled to the second part (4004) and to the first part (4002).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Adam South, Robert Langhorne, James Howarth, Emily Kwok
  • Patent number: 12099251
    Abstract: An optical component driving mechanism is provided. The optical component driving mechanism includes a first movable portion, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly, and a first support assembly. The first movable portion is configured to connect the first optical component. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion via the first support assembly. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion in a first dimension within a first-limit range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Yi-Ho Chen
  • Patent number: 12099252
    Abstract: A driving method is provided. The driving method includes providing first driving information to a first driving element to drive a first movable portion to move relative a fixed portion in a first direction. The first driving information has a total duration, and includes positive driving signal, negative driving signal, and middle driving signal. The positive driving signal has a positive duration, the negative driving signal has a negative duration, and the middle driving signal has a middle duration. The positive duration, the negative duration, and the middle duration add up as the total duration. A ratio of the positive duration to the total duration is between 0.1 and 0.15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP
    Inventors: Shu-Shan Chen, Pai-Jui Cheng
  • Patent number: 12099253
    Abstract: A lens barrel capable of increasing the moving range of a lens includes: a lens retainer frame for holding a lens; a drive unit for driving the lens retainer frame along the optical axis direction; a first cylinder that holds the drive unit and has a cam follower; a second cylinder that has a cam groove for engaging the cam follower; and a bias part for biasing the first cylinder along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: NIKON CORPORATION, TOCHIGI NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Shimizu, Satoshi Waizumi, Takehiro Koizumi
  • Patent number: 12099254
    Abstract: It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a lens barrel with which looseness caused by a gap formed between a fixed barrel and a cam barrel can be effectively suppressed without increasing the rotational torque of the cam barrel, as well as a camera equipped with this lens barrel. A lens barrel 100 comprises first to seventh lens group units 21 to 27, a substantially cylindrical rectilinear barrel 11, a substantially cylindrical cam barrel 12, and spacers 11ga, 11gb, 11ha, 11hb, 11ia and 11ib. The cam barrel 12 moves the third to seventh lens group units 23 to 27 in the optical axis OP direction by being rotated with respect to the rectilinear barrel 11 in a state in which main cam followers 11b and main cam grooves 12b are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 12099255
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly including, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. Each of the first lens to the seventh lens has refractive power. The first lens has positive refractive power, and the third lens has negative refractive power. Half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on an imaging plane of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies: ImgH>5 mm; and a relative F number Fno of the optical imaging lens assembly satisfies Fno<1.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNNY OPTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yabin Hu, Fujian Dai, Liefeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12099256
    Abstract: An optical system, a lens module, and a terminal device are provided. The optical system includes a first lens and a fifth lens, each of which has a positive refractive power. The optical system also includes multiple lenses with refractive powers. Each of the first lens, a second lens, and a seventh lens has an object-side surface which is convex at an optical axis. Each of the third lens and a fifth lens has an image-side surface which is convex at the optical axis. The seventh lens has an image-side surface which is concave at the optical axis. The seventh lens has an inflection point on the object-side surface and/or the image-side surface. The optical system satisfies the expressions tan ?/ƒ>0.21 mm?1 and Y2/Y1+Y3/Y1+Y4/Y1<3.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGXI JINGCHAO OPTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Xie, Binbin Liu, Ming Li, Hairong Zou
  • Patent number: 12099257
    Abstract: An optical photographing system includes seven lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. Each of the seven lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. The object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. At least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface of at least one lens element of the optical photographing system has at least one inflection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Sen Wang, Kuo-Jui Wang, Kuan-Ting Yeh, Tzu-Chieh Kuo
  • Patent number: 12099258
    Abstract: Techniques are described for applying an edge sealant to the edge of a multi-layer optical device. In particular, embodiments provide an apparatus that performs a precision measurement of the perimeter of an eyepiece, applying the edge sealant (e.g., polymer) based on the precision-measured perimeter, and subsequently cures the edge sealant, using ultraviolet (UV) light that is directed at the edge sealant. The curing process may be performed within a short time following the application of the edge sealant, to ensure that any wicking of the edge sealant between the layers of the eyepiece is controlled to be no greater than a particular depth tolerance. In some examples, the edge sealant is applied to the optical device prevent, or at least reduce, the leakage of light from the optical device, and also to ensure and maintain the structure of the multi-layer optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Wendong Xing, Neal Paul Ricks, Thomas Mercier, William Hudson Welch
  • Patent number: 12099259
    Abstract: A lens element and a one-piece contact apparatus having a lens element and a holding device for fixing a patient's eye to a laser applicator of an ophthalmological laser therapy system and a corresponding production method. The production method is conceptually simple and user-friendly and allows a high degree of automation while at the same time meeting the high requirements for mechanical and optical precision of the lens element. The lens element has an optically effective zone and a joining zone. The joining zone also has a functional zone for joining the lens element to a holding device which is arranged continuously circumferentially or interrupted circumferentially at the outer edge of the lens element. The contact apparatus includes a lens element and a holding device, which are permanently connected to one another, wherein the lens element and the holding device are not connected to one another by adhesive-bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
    Inventors: Dirk Preuss, Beate Böhme, Gregor Stobrawa, Andreas Wirth, Mark Bischoff
  • Patent number: 12099260
    Abstract: A progressive addition lens includes: a near portion for viewing a near distance, a distance portion for viewing a distance farther than the near distance, and an intermediate portion between the near portion and the distance portion and having a progressive refraction function. A transmission astigmatism is added to at least the near portion and the intermediate portion, and in the near portion and the intermediate portion to which the transmission astigmatism is added, after subtracting the refractive power for astigmatism correction, the progressive addition lens further includes a portion where the amount of vertical refractive power is greater than the amount of horizontal refractive power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Asami, Yasunori Izawa, Tadashi Kaga
  • Patent number: 12099261
    Abstract: A system includes an electronic contact lens that obtains sensor measurements from integrated motion sensors or other types of sensors and a processing module that estimates a mental state of an individual based on the sensor measurements. The processing module identifies patterns of eye movements and analyzes how these patterns change over time. Based on anatomical relationships between eye movement and mental state, the processing module estimates characteristics of the individual such as fatigue, intoxication, injury, or a medical condition that have known effects on eye movement patterns. The electronic contact lens system generates an output indicative of the estimated mental state to alert the individual to the detected condition or to initiate an automated action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TECTUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ramin Mirjalili, Abhishek Deepak Bhat
  • Patent number: 12099262
    Abstract: A side shield for use with an eyeglass frame includes an attachment body having an upper portion and a lower portion. The attachment body is sized and configured to be insertable within a respective inner periphery of the eyeglass frame. An upper projection extends from the upper portion of the attachment body and is configured to be engageable with a respective lens frame body. A lower projection extends from the lower portion of the attachment body and is configured to be engageable with the respective lens frame body. A side shielding wall is connected to the attachment body and includes an upper edge at least partially defining a void sized to allow for pivotal movement of a respective one of the pair of temple arms when the upper and lower projections are engaged with the respective lens frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Bolle Brands Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Hicks