Wall Or Ceiling Patents (Class 362/147)
  • Patent number: 10151457
    Abstract: An assembling mechanism for LED downlight includes a cylindrical body, at least one spring fixed on the cylindrical body, and a cover assembled on the at least one spring. Each of the at least one spring includes a fixing portion, a reed extending from the fixing portion along a rotation direction of the cylindrical body, and a catching portion disposed on the reed. The catching portion extends along the radial direction of the cylindrical body. The cover includes at least one clamping gap. Each of the at least one clamping gap includes an open provided along the rotation direction of the cylindrical body. The catching portion is inserted into the clamping gap from the opening by rotating the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoyung Liu, Weibo Li
  • Patent number: 10145550
    Abstract: A downlight assembly comprising:—(i) a mounting ring having a tubular body with an opening at a rear, the mounting ring being formed from a material that withstands temperatures used for fire rating tests and having a lower peripheral annular flange extending outwardly from a bottom end of the tubular body, and an upper peripheral annular flange extending inwardly from an upper end of the tubular body, said upper peripheral annular flange enabling the rear of the mounting ring to be substantially closed if required; (ii) a solid state lighting element comprising one or more LEDs mounted on a circuit board formed from a material having a melting point lower than 1000 degrees C.; (iii) a heat sink formed from a material having a melting point lower than 1000 degrees C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AURORA LIMITED
    Inventor: Andrew Johnson
  • Patent number: 10139060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to LED related lighting methods and apparatus. An exemplary light assembly in accordance with the invention includes a first reflector, an LED downlight for emitting light in a downward direction through a cavity formed by the first reflector, and an LED uplight for emitting light in an upward direction, the first reflector being positioned above the LED uplight. In some embodiments, the light assembly also includes a second reflector positioned below said first reflector, said second reflector having a larger diameter than said first reflector. In some embodiments, the light assembly also includes a diffuser ring positioned above said LED up light for diffusing light emitted from said LED up light as it travels up towards reflective surfaces of said first and second reflectors. In some embodiments, the LED up light is a ring shaped assembly positioned inside a bottom portion of said second reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: WANGS ALLIANCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Basar Erdener, Voravit Puvanakijjakorn
  • Patent number: 10139061
    Abstract: Lighting fixtures having adjustable components configured to accommodate the application of force (e.g., from a moving patient bed) are provided. In one example embodiment, a lighting fixture can include a housing configured to house a light source. The lighting fixture can include a mounting bracket configured to attach with the housing to secure the housing to a surface. The mounting bracket can include a guide mechanism. The guide mechanism can define a guide channel. The housing is attachable to the mounting bracket such that at least a portion of the housing can move relative to the mounting bracket along the guide channel of the guide mechanism when a force is applied to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: John Hollander, Raymond A. Brown, Steven Holscher, Deepak Sud, Eric Miller, Taylor Aaron Jenson
  • Patent number: 10132477
    Abstract: A mounting assembly includes a mounting plate that has a central aperture and a plurality of elongated slots disposed on opposite sides of the central aperture. The plurality of elongated slots are configured to flexibly mount a light fixture to junction boxes or recessed cans of different sizes. Further, the mounting assembly includes one or more torsion spring brackets to mount the light fixture in recessed cans. The one or more torsion spring brackets are configured to toollessly couple with the mounting plate via one or more of the plurality of elongated slots. Once the light fixture is mounted to a junction box or a recessed can, the mounting plate allows the light fixture to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise along one or more of the plurality of elongated slots. Furthermore, the mounting assembly includes spring clip brackets and mousetrap like spring clips to surface mount the light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Philip Dean Winters
  • Patent number: 10125958
    Abstract: Recessed luminaire components include a lathing ring that is installed in a ceiling using fold-over tabs that are coupled to the lathing ring. The recessed luminaire components further include a rimless housing can and a plurality of flange clips that are removably coupled to the rimless housing can. The rimless housing can and flange clip assembly is installed in the ceiling fitted with the lathing ring. The recessed luminaire components also include a snap fit lathing ring that is configured to be coupled a housing instead of being coupled to the ceiling for an alternative installation. The snap fit lathing ring may include one or more snap tabs that are configured to engage corresponding notches in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Grzegorz Wronski, Jared Michael Davis, Charles Richard Vasquez, Zhihong Lin
  • Patent number: 10129952
    Abstract: A light fixture is described herein. The light fixture can include at least one light source. The light fixture can also include a controller coupled to the at least one light source, where the controller controls an output of the at least one light source based on a location of the light fixture in a facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Adikaramge Asiri Jayawardena, Joseph Michael Manahan, Richard E. Rothenberger, John M. Bonaccio
  • Patent number: 10125931
    Abstract: An integrated barrier or partition (e.g. suspended ceiling, wall, etc.) containing lightweight solid state light sources wherein the light emitting surface of the light sources are the primary heat dissipating surfaces of the light sources. The light sources consisting of light emitting diodes (LED) in thermal contact to light transmitting thermally conductive elements and combined with a reflector element to form a light recycling cavity, provide both convective and radiative cooling from their light emitting surfaces, eliminating the need for external appended heat sinks. Seismically safe suspended ceilings contain integrated lighting where the lighting adds less than one gram per square foot to the structure. The lighting, integrated into but without penetrating the barrier (suspended ceiling, ceiling, wall, floor, etc.), is nonflammable and does not promote flame spread or smoke generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventors: William R. Livesay, Scott M. Zimmerman, Richard L. Ross, Eduardo DeAnda
  • Patent number: 10125930
    Abstract: The electrical cover comprises a friction-held electrical cover for a recessed light fixture. Embodiments of the electrical cover described herein provide flexible finish material covers that guard recessed “can” light fixtures from paint, spackling, and other foreign materials. The frictionally-held finish material covers utilize specifically shaped features on the surfaces, such as negative draft, that contact the electrical components to increase the hold on the electrical device. Some of the shaped features of the frictionally-held covers also help minimize stress in the cover. Features are also molded into the parts to assist and strengthen the cover once installed, and thus protect against the intrusion of finish material behind the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: 2BR Creations, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Cohen, Brian Neece
  • Patent number: 10119688
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. The pendants and hangers may be sized and shaped so that the pendants trapped the ends of the hangers forming a supporting mechanical interlock therebetween. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10119697
    Abstract: A luminaire comprising a heat spreader and a heat sink disposed around and thermally communicates with the heat spreader. The heat sink forms a trim plate configured to be disposed completely external of a can light fixture or an electrical junction box. The luminaire also includes an optic securely retained relative to one of the heat spreader and the heat sink on one side of a plane defined by a lower surface of the trim plate and extends to the other side of the plane defined by the lower surface of the trim plate, as well as a light source disposed on the heat spreader and comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The plurality of LEDs are positioned entirely on one side of the plane defined by the lower surface of the trim plate. The light source is in thermal communication with the heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Lighting Science Group Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Boomgaarden, Richard LeClair, Yong Jiang
  • Patent number: 10119685
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement can include a mounting ring, a luminaire, locking arms, and posts. The mounting ring can extend along a central longitudinal axis. The luminaire can have a housing assembly and a light emitter. The locking arms can each include a circumferential portion extending about the central longitudinal axis. The circumferential portions can each extend from a first end to a second end distal relative to the first end and each can have an upper face and a lower face. The mounting ring and the luminaire can be interconnected by moving the posts past the second ends along the central longitudinal axis, rotating the mounting ring and the luminaire relative to one another about the central longitudinal axis to slide the posts along one of the upper and lower faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventors: Dave Boulanger, Maciej Nowakowski
  • Patent number: 10103811
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for enhancing indoor navigation using light-based communication (LCom). In some embodiments, an LCom-enabled luminaire configured as described herein may include access to a sensor configured to detect a given hazardous condition. In response to detection of a hazard, the LCom-enabled luminaire may adjust its light output, transmit an LCom signal, or both, in accordance with some embodiments. A given LCom signal may include data that may be utilized by a recipient computing device, for example, in providing emergency evacuation routing or other indoor navigation with hazard avoidance, emergency assistance, or both. In a network of such luminaires, data distribution via inter-luminaire communication may be provided, in accordance with some embodiments, via an optical interface or other wired or wireless communication means. In some cases, the network may include a luminaire that is not LCom-enabled yet still configured for inter-luminaire communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Stout, Christian Breuer, Anant Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 10098210
    Abstract: A luminaire includes: a main body having a placement surface on which a light-emitting module is placed to emit light forward; and a wireless communication module which receives, by wireless communication, a control signal for controlling the light-emitting module. The wireless communication module: includes a substrate, and a transceiver which is provided on the substrate and receives the control signal. The wireless communication module is secured to the main body in such an orientation that the transceiver is located forward of the main body and the substrate intersects the placement surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takafumi Arai
  • Patent number: 10088136
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. The pendants and hangers may be sized and shaped so that the pendants trapped the ends of the hangers forming a supporting mechanical interlock therebetween. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10084275
    Abstract: The invention is a system for simultaneously, yet safely, suspending and powering objects through connectors on a wall. The system includes one or more connectors, preferably pins, mounted to a wall. Each connector has a groove and a lip that houses an electrical conductor, which may be a metal rod. One or more suspendable objects, which may be storage bins or electrical appliances, are designed to engage with the connectors. Each suspendable object has at least one horizontal track that guides the lip of each connector into one or more openings in the track. When the lip engages an opening, the object is suspended from the wall. Each opening also contains an electrical conductor that engages with the electrical conductor within the connector, thereby providing power to the suspendable object. The connectors may be attached to rails, and the system may be utilized within an automated storage and retrieval system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Andrew Priddis, Braquel Burnett, Johnathan Conley
  • Patent number: 10082262
    Abstract: A modular lighting assembly includes two modular segments, each having a frame member. A coupler for forming an assembly, and an assembly formed by the coupler. In one example implementation, two members having abutment faces are drawn together using a coupler. Each of the members has a T having a T-shaped cross section, and the coupler has channel with a T-shaped cross section. The channel receives the ends of the rails. Each rail has an opening in its top face. Two screws are threaded into a back of the coupler and angled toward a center of the coupler, such that the ends of the screws engage sidewalls of the openings in the rails. As the screws are advanced into the coupler body, the ends of the screws are drawn together, drawing together the abutment faces of the two members. In other implementations, other rail and channel shapes may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Doyle Scott Butler, Robert Wayne Mock, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10083569
    Abstract: A gaming machine comprises: a gaming machine body; a recessed portion formed on the gaming machine body, being recessed from a front side to a back side of the gaming machine body, and having an inner side surface, the inner side surface being a reflective surface; and a reflective object at least partially positioned in a space defined by the recessed portion, and formed with a reflected image by means of the reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukie Takahashi, Takahiro Yoshino, Koichi Tomita
  • Patent number: 10082259
    Abstract: An aperture trim assembly for a recessed lighting fixture with an aperture trim that connects to a rotatable ring where the rotatable ring has a pair of tension springs attached. The tension springs connect the aperture trim assembly to a recessed lighting fixture, where the light may be rotated while the aperture trim remains fixed. The rotatable ring can rotate relative to the aperture trim allowing the aperture trim to remain fixed. A retention plate may further secure both a lens and the rotatable ring to the aperture trim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Focal Point, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Pahl
  • Patent number: 10077877
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a surround formed to receive a tile therein, the surround having an outward facing side. The surround includes tabs that permit suspension of the surround in a ceiling grid. A light emitting diode (LED) is mounted on the outward facing side of the surround. A driver is connected to the LED to provide power to the LED for directing light from the outward facing side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: APOGEE LIGHTING HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Nicolai, Martin Gaon
  • Patent number: 10072805
    Abstract: A recessed lighting unit for mounting to a ceiling or a wall is provided. The recessed lighting unit includes a thermally conductive housing, a light source module inside the housing, and an optical plate. The housing maybe engaged to a universal adapter through a simple twist and lock mechanism. The clips enable the universal adapter to be attached to junction boxes and recessed lighting can-type housings of different sizes. The universal adapter can receive different types of clips, without the use of screws, adhesives, or tools to attach the clips to the adapter. Such a recessed lighting unit may have a reduced set of components while ensuring its adaptability and easy installation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: DMF, INC.
    Inventor: Michael D. Bailey
  • Patent number: 10072835
    Abstract: A luminaire is providing comprising a heat spreader and a heat sink thermally coupled to the heat spreader, an outer optic retained relative to at least one of the heat spreader and the heat sink, a light source in thermal communication with the heat spreader and comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are disposed on the heat spreader such that the heat spreader dissipates heat from the plurality of LEDs, and a power conditioner configured to receive AC voltage and deliver DC voltage to the plurality of LEDs, the power conditioner being disposed on a same side of the heat spreader as the plurality of LEDs. A combination defined by the heat spreader, the heat sink and the outer optic is so dimensioned to cover an opening defined by a nominally sized can light fixture and cover an opening defined by a nominally sized electrical junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Inventors: Fredric S. Maxik, Raymond A. Reynolds, Addy S. Widjaja, Mark Penley Boomgaarden, Robert R. Soler, James Lynn Schellack
  • Patent number: 10067286
    Abstract: A lamp device includes a heat dissipating seat, a light emitting unit, a mounting seat and a light guide plate. The heat dissipating seat defines an accommodation space with an opening. The light emitting unit is fixed to the heat dissipating seat within the accommodation space. The mounting seat is disposed in the accommodation space through the opening, and covers the light emitting unit. A receiving space is defined by at least a portion of the mounting seat and extends in a direction away from the light emitting unit. The light guide plate has at least a portion inserted into and fixed within the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Ju, Guo-Hao Huang, Kun-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 10069636
    Abstract: The invention relates a system for controlling distribution of power to load elements via network connections (e.g. LAN). Low cost luminaires or other load elements can be powered via LAN connections (e.g. by power over Ethernet (PoE)) without featuring an Internet Protocol (IP) node. This is attractive because with such a system the installation cost down benefits of PoE can be applied also to installations that do not require advanced controls. This means that to switch them on or off, the power supply on the LAN port of the switch must be enabled or disabled. When load elements and load controllers (e.g. lighting controllers or light switches) are connected to the same switch, they are automatically paired to each other. This can be achieved through use of a network management protocol capability that some network switches have. This allows for easy installation and automatic intuitive commissioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Lennart Yseboodt, Stefan Marcus Verbrugh, Matthias Wendt, Bob Bernardus Anthonius Theunissen, Henricus Theodorus Van Der Zanden
  • Patent number: 10060137
    Abstract: The invention provides a wall or ceiling covering arrangement (10) comprising a covering material (100) and a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The covering material (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the covering material (100) and the covering material (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. The covering material comprises wallpapers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
  • Patent number: 10060609
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of bars, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters. In this manner systems can be formed easily and quickly to achieve systems having various esthetic and utilitarian configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10054299
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. The pendants and hangers may be sized and shaped so that the pendants trapped the ends of the hangers forming a supporting mechanical interlock therebetween. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10054295
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp comprising at least one OLED lighting means lying flat on an at least partially light-transmissive carrier plate (13) and formed as an OLED panel (14, 15, 16), in which at least two contact shoes respectively assigned to an OLED panel are attached on the rear side of the carrier plate that is facing away from the light-emitting side and respectively comprise means for contacting one pole each of the OLED panel. The solution according to the invention provides a lamp that ensures effective coupling out of the light emitted by the OLEDs and uniform distribution of the light over the light-radiating area of the carrier plate and at the same time is of a comparatively simple construction and an attractive design. The lamp according to the invention may for example be a pendant lamp, a suspended lamp, a surface-mounted ceiling lamp, a recessed ceiling lamp, a standard lamp or a table lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Emdedesign GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Emde, Christoph Petersen, Jonathan Meier
  • Patent number: 10047944
    Abstract: A recessed LED light fixture without need for a bulky, finned, metal heat sink. The recessed LED light fixture includes a Metal Core Printed Circuit Board (MCPCB) holding an array of LEDs that are arrange at the center thereof, and mounted to the printed circuit board using patterns of electrical and thermal conductors used to conduct a current and radiate heat. A mounting bracket holds the entire assembly for the light fixture together while spacing the LED driver and printed circuit board apart for further cooling, and wherein the upper side of the printed circuit board is exposed to the ambient air inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Cordelia Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron O'Brien, Seth Chang, Huan C. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10041662
    Abstract: A light bar includes an elongated body, a light source within said body and connectors disposed at the ends of the body. The connectors are sized and shaped to attach the light bar to a power bar. An interference fit is provided with the power bar to maintain the light bar in place. The light bar and the power bar preferably form a part of a modular lighting system with many different types of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10036540
    Abstract: In one arrangement, a luminaire, for example a luminaire for outdoor lighting, includes a main portion, a pivot member, a swivel member, and a light head. The pivot member and swivel member cooperate to allow the light head to be positioned in any of a number of rotational positions about a first axis and in any of a number of rotational positions about a second axis. The first axis may be vertical, and the second axis may be horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Vincent Sekowski, Brent James Smith, Rick Martin Kelly
  • Patent number: 10036545
    Abstract: A downlight is provided. The downlight includes an insulating housing, a power supply assembly, a reflection cup, a LED light source, and a diffusion cover, wherein, the interior of the insulating housing is divided into a first cavity and a second cavity, the power supply assembly is arranged in the first cavity, the reflection cup is arranged in the second cavity, the LED light source is arranged in the reflection cup and connected with the power supply assembly, the reflection cup is configured to dissipate the heat of the LED light source and reflect the light from it to the open end of the second cavity, and the diffusion cover encapsulated in the open end of the second cavity is configured to diffuse the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BOE OPTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pingping Huang
  • Patent number: 10018339
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters. In this manner systems can be formed easily and quickly to achieve systems having various esthetic and utilitarian configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Patent number: 10012375
    Abstract: A lamp assembly provides light in a downward direction as well as in an upward direction through the use of angled housing walls and windows in the lamp assembly housing. Modularity and sliding elements enable the lamp assembly to be easily assembled and also easily repaired. A back cover on the lamp assembly is configured such that the lamp assembly is easily installed. Lamp heat management includes active and passive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Nader Salessi
  • Patent number: 10012867
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device and the backlight module thereof are disclosed. The backlight module includes a back plate, at least one optical film, a plurality of optical fibers, and a reflector. The optical fibers are arranged to configure at least one light bar of the backlight module. The optical film and the back plate are spaced apart and opposite to each other to define a chamber for the light beams to be transmitted. The optical fibers positioned by the reflector are located at one lateral side of the chamber such that each of the optical fibers and the back plate form a predetermined inclined angle. In addition, the reflector is arranged at light-emitting locations of the optical fibers so as to adjust an emitting angle of the light beams entering the chamber. The back plate reflects the light beams irradiated on the back plate back to the optical film. The uniformity of the transmitted and mixed light beams is guaranteed when the backlight module is adopted in large-scale LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianyu Chang
  • Patent number: 10012365
    Abstract: A twist-and-lock mounting bracket secures a lighting fixture to a mounting surface. The twist-and-lock mounting bracket defines 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 is 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Feit Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Barry Feit, Brian Halliwell
  • Patent number: 10006605
    Abstract: A wall wash lighting assembly is provided for a recessed light fixture mountable on a ceiling. The lighting assembly includes an optical assembly and a trim face plate connected thereto. The optical assembly has a first kicker reflector, a second kicker reflector and a light-shaping optical film. The first kicker reflector reflects light from a light source. The second kicker reflector reflects light received from the first kicker reflector toward an adjacent wall. The light-shaping optical film spreads light from the light source and the first and second kicker reflectors in a uniform light pattern in a target area, such as onto the adjacent wall or downward in a direction parallel to the adjacent wall. The trim face plate has a trim opening through which light is outputted onto the target area. The lighting assembly can employ detachable fasteners to allow for the interchangeability of the optical film and the trim face plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Chi Zhang, Aaron P. Fryzek
  • Patent number: 9989205
    Abstract: Wall grazer light fixtures that are configured to illuminate portions of walls are provided. In one embodiment, a wall grazer light fixture can include one or more first light sources for providing wide angle illumination along a wall. In addition, the wall grazer light fixture can include one or more second light sources arranged in the wall grazer light fixture to provide vertical illumination along the wall. In some embodiments, the wall grazer light fixture can include a circuit configured to adjust a color temperature of the first light source(s) and/or the second light source(s) such that the color temperature of the first light source(s) matches the color temperature of the second light source(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jeremy W. Ogg, Cory A. Passerello
  • Patent number: 9983345
    Abstract: The present technology relates to luminaires including a housing and a luminaire module disposed within the housing, where the housing has apertures through which light that is output by the luminaire module exits the luminaire towards one or more target areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Quarkstar LLC
    Inventors: Wilson Dau, Allan Brent York, Louis Lerman, Ferdinand Schinagl, Hans Peter Stormberg
  • Patent number: 9951937
    Abstract: A lighting device and a lighting device assembling and disassembling method complying with safety regulations are provided. The lighting device includes a main body, a circuit module, a fixing module, and a backside plate. The backside plate includes a first electric connection slot corresponding to the fixing module and a second electric connection slot corresponding to a first electric connection part of the circuit module. In the assembling process, the fixing module is initially connected with the first electric connection slot, and the electric connection between these two components is established. While the fixing module is connected with the first electric connection slot, the electric connection between the first electric connection part and the second electric connection slot is established. Afterwards, the fixing module and the first electric connection slot are structurally connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LIVINGSTYLE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Yun Chen
  • Patent number: 9951915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planar strip light for installation in a plasterboard construction, wherein the strip light comprises an optical unit which has a reflector and an LED panel, wherein the light-emitting side of the LED panel is arranged at the edge of the reflector and substantially perpendicular to the reflector in order to reduce the installation depth of the strip light, and wherein the strip light comprises fasteners for its direct fastening to the plasterboard construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: H4X E.U.
    Inventor: Andreas Hierzer
  • Patent number: 9945537
    Abstract: A deflector controls the distribution of light emanating from an overhead light fixture defining at least two opposing first edges connected by at least two opposing second edges, the at least two first edges and at least two second edges substantially defining a rectangle. A panel is defined by at least two opposing horizontal edges and two opposing vertical edges to substantially form a rectangle. One of the horizontal edges is secured to a selected first edge of the light fixture with the panel hanging downwardly from the selected first edge of the light fixture, the selected first edge of the light fixture being located between the light fixture and an area where reduced light is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Campbell, Barry Pickles
  • Patent number: 9945548
    Abstract: A recessed lighting unit for mounting to a ceiling or a wall is provided. The recessed lighting unit includes an interface module having a through-duct. The through-duct may be coupled to a wire connector assembly to secure an electrical wire to the interface module and allow the electrical wire to reach a light source module. The wire connector assembly may be twisted and locked to the interface module without the use of tools. The lighting trim may be snapped on to an interface module through the use of a flexible retainer ring. The lighting trim may also be twisted and locked to an interface module without the use of tools. The present invention provides for a reduced set of components while ensuring adaptability and easy installation of lighting units. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: DMF, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent P. Williams, Michael Moss, Michael D. Bailey
  • Patent number: 9903566
    Abstract: A portable floor light emits light along a surface of the floor and at a shallow emitted angle to provide lighting during dark conditions. The housing of the portable floor light has a curved light emitting edge with a light emitting gap to project light across a wide area of the floor. The light emitting edge may be an arc that extends 60 degrees or more, such as 90 degrees or 180 degrees for example. The portable floor light has a motion sensor and ambient light sensor that provide input to a controller. The light will be activated when motion is detected and the ambient light is below a threshold value, or in darker conditions. The light emitted may have a wavelength no less than about 570 nm to avoid disrupting the circadian rhythms of people when they get up in the night, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Inventor: Darryl R. Johnston
  • Patent number: 9903548
    Abstract: A mounting system for a fixture includes a bracket configured to be mounted to a support structure that has at least one retaining member. A fixture is movably mounted to the bracket such that the fixture is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the bracket. The fixture includes at least one inclined surface engageable by the at least one retaining member such that movement of the fixture relative to the bracket between the first position and the second position moves the fixture toward the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan Creasman, Nathan Snell
  • Patent number: 9897280
    Abstract: The present application discloses a unitary gasket-reflector for use in light sources having at least one reflector and at least one gasket to seal the inside of the light sources against the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: The L.D. Kichler Co.
    Inventors: John J Andrisin, III, Christopher Robert Schmauder
  • Patent number: 9897305
    Abstract: Controlled environment light fixture configurations include an LED light source. The light fixtures can be installed and removed from below the ceiling. The light fixture can be installed and removed without opening the lens frame of the light fixture. The light fixture includes a sealed housing and seals to the ceiling when installed. The light fixtures are provided in exterior dimension sizes that allow the fixtures to be installed in a variety of controlled environment ceilings in recessed configurations. The lower surface exposed to the controlled environment is free of welds and grinds in order to provide a corrosion resistant surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Inventors: George B. Ryder, Agjah I. Libohova
  • Patent number: 9890935
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for illuminating decorations according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a light source and a diffuser. A connector may connect the light source to the decoration. A reflector may reflect light from the light source towards an anticipated observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Daniel J. Noblitt
  • Patent number: 9885460
    Abstract: A light assembly includes a case, a light member, an adjustment unit and a reflection unit. The light member is located on the support member at the center of the case, and the adjustment unit and the reflection unit are located within the case. The reflection unit includes multiple first reflection members, and multiple second reflection members. The light member is located at the position surrounded by the respective root portions of the first and second reflection members. The first and second reflection members are pivoted relative to the light member when the adjustment unit is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yi-Wen Tang, Shun-Li Yang
  • Patent number: 9874344
    Abstract: A demountable Wall system that includes a base trim that receives an accent lighting assembly. The lower trim of the demountable wall system includes one or more lighting base trim sections that receive an accent lighting assembly. The accent lighting assembly includes an extruded diffuser formed from a transparent plastic material. The diffuser receives a light strip having a series of spaced LED lights each positioned to project light through a curved, projection wall of the diffuser. When the accent lighting assembly is mounted to the lighting base trim member, the accent lighting assembly projects light downward toward the floor and onto an angled face wall of the lighting base trim member. The lighting base trim member can selectively replace decorative base trim members of the demountable wall system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Krueger International, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn D. Green