Refractor Type Modifier Patents (Class 362/244)
  • Patent number: 11940143
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, an output shaft, a chip-on-board light emitting diode, and a light cover. The output shaft is rotated by a rotational force of the motor. The chip-on-board light emitting diode is disposed around the output shaft. The chip-on-board light emitting diode includes: a substrate having a circular ring portion; and an LED chip disposed on a front surface of the circular ring portion. The light cover is fixed to the substrate. The light cover includes: an inner cylindrical portion disposed radially inside with respect to the circular ring portion; and a light transmission portion through which light emitted from the LED chip passes. The inner cylindrical portion includes a cover slope that totally reflects light from the LED chip forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Chikaraishi, Akihiro Hozumi, Yutaka Ogiso
  • Patent number: 11913613
    Abstract: A lighting assembly includes at least one light source array provided in a housing and a light scattering primary transmissive optical element having at least one focal region positioned substantially parallel or concentric with the light source array. Lens features of the optical element may include a Fresnel lens pattern to produce at least one focal region. An auxiliary transmissive optical element may be provided to further control light distribution and brightness uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Fusion Optix, Inc.
    Inventors: Terence Yeo, John Montminy, Lee Mantha, Michael Demas, Timothy Kelly
  • Patent number: 11889603
    Abstract: A system for illuminating an environment, includes a first and second angularly varying light emitting devices operable to adjust light flux output into different angular bins individually, the second angularly varying light emitting device further comprises an imager positioned to receive light reflected from the environment from the first and second angularly varying light emitting devices, wherein when the first angularly varying light emitting device emits first light flux onto on object or individual in the environment and the object or individual occludes the first light flux creating a shadow region on a surface of the environment, the second angularly varying light emitting device emits second light flux from one or more second light sources into an angular bin that illuminates the shadow region. In one embodiment, the shadow region is identified in part by differentiating between a possible dark surface and a region comprising a shadow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Zane Coleman
  • Patent number: 11880119
    Abstract: A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; a light source; and an optical unit, wherein the image sensor is spaced apart from a rear of the lens module so that the image sensor and the lens module are formed to operate as a camera, the light source is disposed to be coplanar with the image sensor and disposed at a peripheral portion of the image sensor, the optical unit is disposed in front of the light source so that light emitted from the light source is directed to a rear end of the lens module, and the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is formed to operate as a puddle lamp by the light source and the optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Hyun Seok Lee, Eun Ho Choi, Tae Youn Lee
  • Patent number: 11873957
    Abstract: An optical light beam projection device, notably for a motor vehicle, includes upstream in the direction of propagation of the light rays, a set of at least two associated submatrices each provided with primary light sources capable of emitting light rays. Downstream, a primary optical system is provided with a plurality of convergent optics, at least one convergent optic being associated with each submatrix and arranged downstream thereof, the separation between the optical axes of two adjacent convergent optics corresponds respectively to the separation between the centers of the corresponding adjacent submatrices. Another subject of the invention is an optical module comprising the device and a motor vehicle headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marine Courcier, Vanesa Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11843445
    Abstract: A telecommunications (telecom) system includes cellular transceivers, a core network, and at least one streetlight-mountable telecom support unit providing communications connectivity between the cellular transceivers and the core network. The cellular transceivers may be mounted to other streetlights. The telecom support unit includes a housing mountable to streetlight, a powerline interface, and a communication interface. The powerline interface is integrated or configured though a boundary structure of the housing and connectable to a complementary powerline interface of the streetlight. The communication interface provides communicative coupling to one or more of the remote cellular transceivers and may be configured through a second boundary structure of the housing. The telecom support unit may also include a clamp configured to enable mechanical coupling of the housing to a support structure of the streetlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Ubicquia, Inc.
    Inventors: Joerg Christian Lehnich, Steve Paul Wines
  • Patent number: 11791442
    Abstract: An LED package comprising a submount having a top and bottom surface with a plurality of top electrically and thermally conductive elements on its top surface. An LED is included on one of the top elements such that an electrical signal applied to the top elements causes the LED to emit light. The electrically conductive elements also spread heat from the LED across the majority of the submount top surface. A bottom thermally conductive element is included on the bottom surface of said submount and spreads heat from the submount, and a lens is formed directly over the LED. A method for fabricating LED packages comprising providing a submount panel sized to be separated into a plurality of LED package submounts. Top conductive elements are formed on one surface of the submount panel for a plurality of LED packages, and LEDs are attached to the top elements. Lenses are molded over the LEDs and the substrate panel is singulated to separate it into a plurality of LED packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Keller, Nicholas Medendorp, Jr., Thomas Yuan
  • Patent number: 11788703
    Abstract: Lighting device of a motor vehicle headlamp, comprising a lens (1, 10) and at least one light source (2), wherein a lighting pattern (LI) can be generated by the at least one light source (2), wherein the lighting pattern (LI) generated by the light source (2) can be projected in front of the lighting device in the form of a light distribution by means of the lens (1, 10), wherein the lens (1, 10) has at least one projection optics (3, 30, 31) and one projection optics holder (4, 40), wherein at least one receiving means (5, 50, 51) is designed in the projection optics holder (4, 40), wherein the at least one receiving means (5, 50, 51) corresponds to the at least one projection optics (3, 30, 31), the at least one projection optics (3, 30, 31) is accommodated in the at least one receiving means (5, 50, 51), wherein a reference point system (6, 60, 61) is defined in the at least one receiving means (5, 50, 51) for determining a position of the projection optics (3, 30, 31) accommodated in this receiving means
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Mitterlehner, Günter Karlinger
  • Patent number: 11725800
    Abstract: A lens including a light entering part having a concave shape in a lower region of the lens, and on which light emitted from a light emitting device is to be incident, and a light exiting part through which the incident light is emitted to an outside of the lens, in which each of the light entering part and the light exiting part has a major axis and a minor axis in plan view, and the major axis of the light entering part is orthogonal to the major axis of the light exiting part, the light entering part includes a light incident vertical surface extending from a lower surface of the lens, and a light incident inclined surface extending upward from the light incident vertical surface, and the light incident vertical surface surrounds the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Ju Kim, Jae Eun Park
  • Patent number: 11608947
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light bar, a backlight assembly and a display device. The light bar includes a substrate; a first metal layer disposed on a first side of the substrate and comprising a plurality of first metal segments disposed at intervals along a length direction of the light bar; a second metal layer disposed on a second side opposite to the first side of the substrate and comprising a plurality of second metal segments disposed at intervals along the length direction of the light bar, a projection of the interval between two adjacent first metal segments on the substrate falls into projections of the second metal segments on the substrate, and a projection of the interval between two adjacent second metal segments on the substrate falls into projections of the first metal segments on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shouyang Leng, Wenyang Li, Rui Han, Zeyuan Tong, Dong Cui, Zhipeng Zhang, Bin Long, Zan Zhang, Yue Zhai, Dong Guan, Weining Chi, Fengping Wang
  • Patent number: 11566773
    Abstract: A lens cover for a plurality of light emitting devices is provided. The lens cover includes a base substrate and an optical lens element. The optical lens element extends from the base substrate and defines a focal center. The optical lens element includes a length and a width and includes an exterior surface and interior surface. The exterior surface extends from the base substrate along an outer perimeter and is symmetrical about the focal center. The interior surface is symmetrical about the focal center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HGCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Huo, Dengke Cai
  • Patent number: 11549659
    Abstract: An optical member includes a curved portion comprising an optically transmissive material. The enclosure has an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. At least one light redirection feature protrudes from the inner surface. At least one indentation defined on the outer surface is configured to refract light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLC
    Inventors: Mario O Castillo, Kurt S Wilcox, Andrew Dan Bendtsen, Brian Kinnune, Sandeep Pawar, David P Goelz
  • Patent number: 11499689
    Abstract: A light system comprising: (a) a plurality of printed circuit boards; (b) a plurality of sets of light sources on each of the plurality of printed circuit boards that are configured to provide a different lighting function, wherein each of the plurality of sets of light sources include one or more light source that generates light; (c) a plurality of light bars that distribute the light from each of the plurality of sets of light sources; and (d) one or more light guides on each of the plurality of light bars, wherein each of the one or more light guides is aligned with one or more of the one or more light sources so that the light passes from the one or more light sources into one of the one or more light guides and into one of the plurality of light bars to provide one of the different lighting functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Guilebaldo Munoz Ledo Espinosa, Sergio Aguirre Contreras, Diana Cuellar Alcala, Mark Singleton, Damien Cabanne
  • Patent number: 11473749
    Abstract: A high-definition vehicular headlamp has a light module configured to produce a matrix of light-emitting points each of which has a coordinate pair. The headlamp generates a light image in front of the vehicle, and the light image is divided into a matrix of pixels that correspond respectively to the light-emitting points of the light module. A specified partial image content is generated in a partial region of the light image. The partial image content acts upon a set of coordinate pairs of light-emitting points, including coordinate pairs having defective light-emitting points that could cause pixel errors. A displacement vector is formed by comparing coordinate pairs of defective light-emitting points with the set of coordinate pairs of the light-emitting points on which the partial image content acts, and the partial image content is reproduced in the partial region of the light image that has been displaced by the displacement vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Hummel, Dominik Walter, Maximilian Bossler, Peter Heimpel, Robert Haehle, Johannes Grabowski
  • Patent number: 11467472
    Abstract: A Fresnel lens includes multiple different zones. At least one of the zones may be an asymmetric zone that is radially asymmetric. The asymmetric zone may redirect light received from a light source located within a focal length of the Fresnel lens to a portion of a field of view of an image sensor. In some embodiments, multiple asymmetric zones may be implemented within the same Fresnel lens, which may have different radial asymmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Blake M. Coughenour
  • Patent number: 11454370
    Abstract: A line source lighting system including the following: lamp holder; printed circuit board; a plurality of point light sources; at least one lens, located in a light-emitting direction of the point light source for adjusting the light distribution of the point light source on a plane perpendicular to the length direction of the lamp holder; strip-shaped convex lens array, arranged along the length direction of the lamp holder for converting each point light source into a plurality of continuous sub-point light sources, the sub-point light sources converted by the adjacent point source is connected or coincident. the invention adopts a strip-shaped convex lens array for diffusing light from the point source only in the length direction of the lamp holder to form a line source, which can well prevent the light from diffusing in multiple directions, so that the line source get purified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Huangfeng Pan, Jianguo Dong, Zuping He, Xiaoyun Liu
  • Patent number: 11365876
    Abstract: A luminaire head comprising: a thermally conductive metal body comprising a plate like portion, a tube portion and at least one cooling fin; said plate like portion extending in a longitudinal direction (L) of the metal body and having a flat first surface and a second surface opposite said first surface, said tube portion extending in said longitudinal direction at said second surface; said at least one cooling fin extending away from said second surface adjacent to the tube portion; and at least one support substrate with a plurality of light emitting elements, said at least one support substrate being arranged against the first surface, at least in an area opposite the tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Schreder S.A.
    Inventor: Luc Damhaut
  • Patent number: 11326763
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for fabricating light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that include polarizing or wavefront-altering optical components are described in which additional optical components are added to the LED package to filter or modify the polarization of the emitted photons. Packaged LEDs that include polarizing or wavefront-altering optical components are also described. The packaged LEDs may emit infrared light that is polarized or otherwise altered by the optical components added during the fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Keenan Molner, Qiong Huang, Emanuele Mandelli, Edward A. Valko, Martin Haller, Tom Sengelaub
  • Patent number: 11320131
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fire resistant LED module, including a metal mask and a printed circuit board (PCB). A layer of flame-retardant glue is coated on one side, facing the PCB, of the metal mask, and the metal mask is pasted with the PCB through the flame-retardant glue. A sub-black insulating surface layer is disposed on the metal mask. The present disclosure further provides a manufacturing method of the fire resistant LED module, including following steps: processing surfaces of the metal mask after etching to form the sub-black insulating surface layer; coating the flame-retardant glue on one surface of the metal mask facing the PCB; and covering the metal mask on the PCB through the flame-retardant glue. The sub-black insulating surface layer is formed through processing the surfaces of the metal mask 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN XINGHE PIXEL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sheng Li, Jie Zhou, Guangming Song, Youhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 11280472
    Abstract: A modular lighting system and method having a control PCB, an LED and a housing with a housing base. The LED is attached to a module PCB, wherein the LED and the module PCB are part of an LED module, wherein the module PCB of the LED module is electrically connected to the control PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Ovidiu Petru Balaj, Remus Pompiliu Dinu, Marius Nicolae Dragomir, Adrian Ciprian Firu, Adrian Emanuel Maghet, Florin Ovidiu Matei, Ovidiu Cristian Pardut, Gabriel Sirbu, George Cristian Oproiu
  • Patent number: 11240892
    Abstract: LED retrofitting system for retrofitting High Intensity Discharge Lighting (HID) fixtures with Light Emitting Diode (LED) arrays and the method for retrofitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventor: Kenneth Nickum
  • Patent number: 11215874
    Abstract: A light collimation device, a backlight module and a display panel are provided. The light collimation device includes a lampshade and a light guiding part, wherein the lampshade includes a plurality of curved reflecting parts, a first total reflecting part and a second total reflecting part. The curved reflecting part is configured to reflect part of light from a light source arranged at a focal point of curved reflecting part to the first total reflecting part. The first total reflecting part is configured to reflect part of incident light to the second total reflecting part and directly direct another part of light to the light guiding part. The second total reflecting part is configured to reflect incident light to the light guiding part. The light guiding part is configured to cause incident light to propagate in a total reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sen Ma, Qian Wang, Tao Hong, Wenqing Zhao, Qingxun Zhang, Zhongxiao Li
  • Patent number: 11199307
    Abstract: A lens including a light entering part having a concave shape in a lower region of the lens, and on which light emitted from a light emitting device is to be incident, and a light exiting part through which the incident light is emitted to the outside, in which each of the light entering part and the light exiting part has a major axis and a minor axis in plan view, and the major axis of the light entering part is orthogonal to the major axis of the light exiting part, and the light entering part includes a light incident vertical surface extending from a lower surface of the lens and a light incident inclined surface extending upward from the light incident vertical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Ju Kim, Jae Eun Park
  • Patent number: 11131798
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a tight source layer, a light guiding layer and a dotted layer, a plurality of light emitting units is arranged on the light source layer; a plurality of reflective prism units is arranged on one side of the light guiding layer away from the light source layer, and positions of the plurality of reflective prism units are corresponding to the plurality of light emitting units respectively; the reflective prism unit is configured to reflect a light emitted by the light emitting unit into the light guiding layer and cause total reflection of the reflected light within the light guiding layer; and an optical structure for extracting light from the light guiding layer is provided with the dotted layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiandong Meng, Wei Wang, Jifeng Tan, Xiaochuan Chen, Jian Gao, Xianqin Meng
  • Patent number: 11118756
    Abstract: A diffusion lens may include a plurality of diffusion portions which contacts with an LED, is symmetrical to each other with respect to an optical axis which is a straight direction of the light emitted from the LED, and has convex surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-Yong An, Kyoung-Chun Kweon, Hyun-Min Kim, Chae-Eun Son
  • Patent number: 11115575
    Abstract: Device for acquiring images inside a vehicle, comprising an illuminator to illuminate a field of view, an image sensor that is arranged to acquire images from the field of view, and an optical element having a light-transparent portion and a light-blocking portion, wherein the light-transparent portion is arranged so that light of the illuminator being emitted to the field of view passes through the light-transparent portion, and wherein the light-blocking portion is arranged to block light of the illuminator being emitted in a direction towards the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Andrzej Polak
  • Patent number: 10989364
    Abstract: A ruggedized, high efficiency, diffuse luminaire with a shaped lens diffuser that is composed of a semi-soft, flexible material that helps withstand damaging impacts and protects the internal electrical components. The lens diffuser may enclose one or more internal mirrors or employ an innovative Fresnel-like lens that projects light omni-directionally and that wraps around the inside of the lens for more efficient distribution of illumination and the elimination of up and down loss through re-projecting vertical losses onto the horizontal plane. The lens diffuser may incorporate a UV filtration compound molded directly into the materials composing the lens rather than applied or painted onto the surface or surfaces of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: ACE AIRCRAFT INC.
    Inventor: David V. Zantop
  • Patent number: 10966303
    Abstract: A spotlight and a method of controlling the spotlight with an external device. The spotlight having a first light source including a center spotlight, a second light source including area lights, a power supply, a transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with the external device, and a processor. The processor is operable to receive a first input from the external device specifying a first amount of power to be provided to the first light source, and receive a second input from the external device specifying a second amount of power to be provided to the second light source. The processor is also operable to control the power supply to provide the first amount of power to the first light source in response to the first input, and control the power supply to provide the second amount of power to the second light source in response to the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Harvey, Alan Amundson, Ross McIntyre
  • Patent number: 10955121
    Abstract: An improved vehicle light apparatus including an auxiliary light having a housing defining a front opening extending in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. A light emitting device is mounted in the housing. A transparent cover is mounted over the front opening. A rib extends rearwardly from the housing opposite the front opening and a plurality of fins are mounted on the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Bestop Baja, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Johnson
  • Patent number: 10890307
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention provide a multi-focal collimating lens and a bi-function headlight assembly. With the relative positions referring to the mounting position of the multi-focal collimating lens within the bi-function headlight assembly, the multi-focal collimating lens includes a lower collimating lens part and an upper collimating lens part located on top of the lower collimating lens part. One focal point of the lower collimating lens part is located on a vertical symmetry plane of the lower collimating lens part, and two focal points of the upper collimating lens part are symmetrically located on both sides of a vertical symmetry plane of the upper collimating lens part, so that a cut-off line of a low beam can be generated in a far-field light pattern of the multi-focal collimating lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventor: Kang Lu
  • Patent number: 10874227
    Abstract: A strip light used in showcase, comprising strip light holder; circuit board; at least three light sources; at least three optical components; the optical components comprising first light splitting member, including two first light splitting surfaces distributed on two sides of the optical axis of the light source; the first light splitting surface directs light of the light source at the optical axis and its vicinity outward along the width direction of the strip light holder and projects the light to the distal end of the illumination surface; light stretching member, being located between two adjacent groups of first light splitting members, and used for diffusing the light of the light source along the length direction of the strip light holder and projecting it onto the illumination surface directly in front of the first light splitting member of the adjacent group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zuping He, Huangfeng Pan, Quan Zhu
  • Patent number: 10876701
    Abstract: A programmable glare-free high beam device onboard a vehicle includes a plurality of light sources and an input coupler for combining light from the plurality of light sources. A focusing lens is adapted to receive light emitted from the input coupler and focus the light onto a digital micro-mirror device (DMD). The DMD has a plurality of individual micro-mirrors for reflecting light received from the focusing lens. A projection lens is adapted to receive light from the DMD and to project the light to form a spot distribution of a high beam light pattern. A plurality of auxiliary optics are adapted to form a broadened distribution of the high beam light pattern. A controller is provided for adaptively controlling the plurality of LEDs, the DMD, and the plurality of auxiliary optics to actively dim or turn off portions of the high beam light pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Ronie George, Matthew Steven Beilfuss
  • Patent number: 10876716
    Abstract: A lighting fixture comprising: an elongate housing having an outer surface and an inner surface and having an elongate opening extending in a longitudinal direction of the housing; wherein the elongate housing comprises a first wall and a second wall extending towards the elongate opening; a light module for emitting light having a first face through which light is emitted and an opposite second face; a plurality of retainer means provided at the second face and configured for engaging the first and second walls such that the light module is retained within the elongate housing; a stopper means for preventing inward displacements of the light module past a predetermined boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Schreder S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Budavari, Csaba Horvath, Péter Balázs Bedo, Peter Pelbart
  • Patent number: 10775012
    Abstract: A pixel light source includes having a light source array, an optical system and an imager matrix arrangement, wherein the optical system maps light radiated by the light source array onto the imager matrix arrangement, the light source array includes a plurality of light emitting diode elements and a plurality of LARP elements, and the optical system is configured to map the light radiated by at least one of the LARP elements into a gap in the angular aperture situated between the light radiated by the light emitting diode elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Groetsch, Julia Rothneichner
  • Patent number: 10722792
    Abstract: A virtual image interaction method and relevant devices are disclosed. The virtual image interaction method for use in a master virtualization device includes: projecting a first virtual image to a first predetermined position, and transmitting projection data for projection of the first virtual image to a slave virtualization device; acquiring an operational instruction for the first virtual image; updating the first virtual image in accordance with the operational instruction, to acquire a second virtual image; and projecting the second virtual image to the first predetermined position, and transmitting projection data for projection of the second virtual image to the slave virtualization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xitong Ma, Naifu Wu, Tianyue Zhao
  • Patent number: 10720031
    Abstract: A warning light beacon having a base, a lens providing a dome over the base, and a circuit board extending upright from the base perpendicular to the base. The circuit board has two surfaces with mounted light sources, such as LEDs, providing a same or different colors of light. One or more light blocking elements, each preferably a non-operative electrical component, are mounted upon each of the surfaces, each between groups of one or more light sources, to dispose each of the groups to substantially illuminate a different one of a plurality of regions about 360 degrees of the lens. Sequential illumination of each of the regions along the 360 degrees of the lens by at least one light source associated with the region enables perception of rotating light outward via the lens. Such regions along the lens may also be illuminated simultaneously to provide solid-on or flashing patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.
    Inventor: James J. Cronmiller
  • Patent number: 10718473
    Abstract: Apparatus and system for producing light using LED lighting with output within a predetermined desired color temperature range for commercial lighting uses. A preferred embodiment includes a first and second group of LEDs arranged in an alternating matrix configuration, each group of LEDs configured to produce light in a predetermined color temperature range. In a preferred embodiment, an LED light system includes a tubular LED lamp having substantially the same size and dimensions as a traditional fluorescent lamp tube and a control box for controlling power input and power gain to the first, second, or both groups of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: COLT INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING INC.
    Inventor: Guillermo Macias
  • Patent number: 10704765
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for forming a composite optical element having a transparent lens carrier and a lens attached to the transparent lens carrier. The lens is formed from liquid silicone rubber. The Young's modulus of the material of the lens carrier is higher than that of liquid silicone rubber. The lens carrier includes a plurality of surface features configured to interface with the transparent lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Shellhause, Bo Stout, Newel Stephens
  • Patent number: 10697613
    Abstract: A light source guiding device comprises a light source refracting unit and a light source reflecting unit. The light source refracting unit receives a part of a light beam emitted by a light source, and the light source refracting unit utilizes geometric shapes disposed on inner and outer surfaces to form a rectangular light spot on a light-receiving surface by the part of the light beam. The light source reflecting unit receives another part of the light beam emitted by the light source, and the light source reflecting unit reflects the other part of the light beam emitted by the light source to form another rectangular light spot by using geometric shapes disposed on its surface, and the two rectangular light spots are overlapped with each other to enhance an illuminance of the rectangular light spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Chung-Min Jou
  • Patent number: 10534123
    Abstract: A white light source includes an array of light emitting elements arranged to a light guide. A light in-coupling array is arranged so that each light emitting element faces a light in-coupling element to incouple in the light guide a portion of the divergent light beams so that the in-coupled angle of at least a part of the light rays of the in-coupled light beam is higher than 45°. An array of light homogenizing elements is arranged so that each light homogenizing element faces a light incoupling element and so that the deflection angle of at least a fraction of the incident part of the in-coupled light beam incident on each of said homogenizing elements is higher than 45°. The white light source provides a uniform outcoupled white light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Rolando Ferrini, Oscar Fernandez, Guillaume Basset
  • Patent number: 10422484
    Abstract: A light emitting apparatus comprises: an LED-based light source; a spherical, spheroidal, or toroidal diffuser generating a Lambertian light intensity distribution output at any point on the diffuser surface responsive to illumination inside the diffuser; and a base including a base connector. The LED based light source, the diffuser, and the base are secured together as a unitary LED lamp installable in a lighting socket by connecting the base connector with the lighting socket. The diffuser is shaped and arranged respective to the LED based light source in the unitary LED lamp to conform with an isolux surface of the LED based light source. The base is operatively connected with the LED based light source in the unitary LED lamp to electrically power the LED based light source using electrical power received at the base connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Gary R. Allen, David C. Dudik, Boris Kolodin, Joshua I. Rintamaki, Bruce R. Roberts
  • Patent number: 10378724
    Abstract: A device for providing light including: a housing; an array of a plurality of LED lights mounted to the housing, wherein, when active, each LED emits a highest intensity beam of light along a primary axis and emits a lower intensity beam of light along a secondary axis; a lens mounted to the housing, the lens including an optic element corresponding to each of the plurality of LED lights, each optic element intersected by the primary axis of the corresponding LED light; and a translucent edge-light diffusing layer located between two or more of the plurality of LED lights, the edge diffusing layer is not intersected by the primary axis and is intersected by the secondary axis of the LED lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Oculus-Shift, LLC
    Inventor: Cory D Dedick
  • Patent number: 10367123
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base substrate; a plurality of unit regions provided on the base substrate; a barrier disposed at a boundary of the unit regions to surround each of the unit regions; a dam disposed in each of the unit regions to be spaced apart from the barrier; a first electrode provided in each of unit light emitting regions surrounded by the dam; a second electrode disposed in each of the unit light emitting regions, the second electrode of which at least one region is provided opposite to the first electrode; and one or more LEDs provided in each of the unit light emitting regions, the one or more LEDs being electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Deok Im, Jong Hyuk Kang, Dae Hyun Kim, Joo Yeol Lee, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 10288226
    Abstract: An LED light bulb has a hollow LED support/heat sink (222, 602, 702, 900, 802, 1002, 1102, 1216, 1404, 1502, 1606, 1906) with fins (234, 406, 604, 706, 804, 904, 906,1008, 1106, 1620) extending internally and openings at two ends (230, 232, 1522). Heat generated by the LEDs (238, 908, 1242, 1624, 2504) is conducted through the heat sink fins and is removed by a convectively driven air flow that flows through the LED support/heat sink. LEDs are mounted on multiple external faces (236, 404, 910, 1524, 1622) of the LED support/heat sink thereby providing illumination in all directions. Lenses (1246, 2102, 2104) are provided for the LEDs to make the illumination highly uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Premysler
  • Patent number: 10071684
    Abstract: A vehicle display assembly includes a light source and a flexible light guide configured to emit light therefrom. The assembly may include a steering wheel assembly to which the flexible light guide is operably coupled. The vehicle display assembly may be configured to emit light in at least first, second, and third colors. For example, the vehicle display assembly may be configured to illuminate the flexible light guide in the first color in a first mode, in the second color in a second mode, and in the third color in a third mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Cristina Gascón Rivera, Jesus Fernando Escalante Rosas, Hiram Aburto Crespo, Edgar Diaz-Sanchez
  • Patent number: 9969324
    Abstract: The invention discloses a vehicle cover decoration strip comprising a decoration strip body (1) connected to a vehicle cover, the decoration strip body (1) is provided with a placing board (2), and the placing board (2) is at least provided with a lighting device (3) downward irradiating a vehicle head. In a process of driving at night, by projecting light on the vehicle head through the lighting device, the light forms reflection on the vehicle head, such that 1, a good decoration effect is achieved for the vehicle, and 2, a good warning effect is achieved, a driver from the opposite side can better observe a distance from a self vehicle to the opposite vehicle, and a phenomenon of scraping is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Ningbo Zhongxin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mingkui Tong
  • Patent number: 9945527
    Abstract: An LED light unit, in particular for a passenger transportation vehicle, such as an aircraft, a road vehicle, a ship or a rail car, has a support portion a light source having at least one LED, the light source being arranged on the support portion, and a refractive optical element having an inner surface and an outer surface the refractive optical element being attached to the support portion and being arranged over the light source. The refractive optical element has a chamfer portion adjacent the support portion, wherein at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface has at least one chamfer surface in the chamfer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Jha, Christian Schoen, Andre Hessling von Heimendahl
  • Patent number: 9909742
    Abstract: A compact, environmentally isolated platform for mounting optical components, comprising a plurality of similarly shaped substantially flat plates, an enclosing structural element, and an interior structural element. The similarly shaped substantially flat plates define planes generally parallel to each other. The enclosing structural element is shaped to generally contain the plurality of similarly shaped substantially flat plates with an interior surface shaped to accommodate the perimeters of the plurality of similarly shaped substantially flat plates, and surrounds the perimeters of the plurality of similarly shaped substantially flat plates. The interior structural element passes through or connecting at least two of the plurality of similarly shaped substantially flat plates to provide structural support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Photometics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian N. Pierce, Lawrence A. Zulch
  • Patent number: 9890922
    Abstract: The light emitting device includes a light emitting diode and an optical lens, the optical lens includes a light incidence surface and a light exit surface, the light incidence surface includes a first light incidence surface and a second light incidence surface, herein the ratios of the minimum ones to the maximum ones of the distances between respective points, on the first light incidence surface or the second light incidence surface, and the center of the light emission surface respectively belongs to [0.5, 0.7] or [0.683, 0.695]; and the convex surface includes a first light exit surface and a second light exit surface, herein the ratios of the minimum ones to the maximum ones of the distances between respective points, on the first light exit surface or the second light exit surface, and the center of the light emission surface respectively belongs to [0.771, 0.913], or [0.883, 0.921].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: HISENSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD., HISENSE USA CORPORATION, HISENSE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoping Li, Qiang Zhong, Mingsheng Qiao
  • Patent number: 9853196
    Abstract: A light-emitting display device includes a substrate, several light emitting units for emitting light with different wavelengths, and an optical lens. The substrate has at least one receiver for containing these light emitting units. A light guide structure of the light-emitting display device can be the receiver with a specific designed, a frame body with at least one corresponding through hole formed on the corresponding receiver, or at least one optical element formed on the corresponding receiver, so as the light emitted by the light emitting units can be reflected towards the preset optical axis. And the optical lens is formed on the light guide structure as medium for mixing lights of different wavelengths for achieving a uniform lighting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: LITE-ON OPTO TECHNOLOGY (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD., LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hung-Jui Chen, Kuo-Ming Chiu, Shih-Chiang Yen