With Complex Surface Patents (Class 362/309)
  • Patent number: 9377178
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a transparent substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a light source positioned to face the second surface, an optic having a first end with coplanar exit and input surfaces and a second end with a non-planar reflective surface, and at least one coupling material to optically and physically couple the coplanar exit and input surfaces to the first surface, the optic and the at least one coupling material being made of a material having a refractive index greater than that of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Saccomanno
  • Patent number: 9371981
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a heat conductive housing, a light source module and a light-pervious cover. The interior of the heat conductive housing is provided with a heat conductive partition plate capable of dividing the interior of the heat conductive housing thereby forming an accommodation space having a cavity at one end of the heat conductive housing. The light source module is disposed in the accommodation space and includes a circuit board and at least one LED disposed on the circuit board. The light-pervious cover is formed with a sleeve opening, and the periphery of the sleeve opening is protrudingly formed with an annular wall, the outer edge of the annular wall is mated and engaged with the inner edge of the cavity, thereby enabling the circuit board to be pressed by the annular wall so as to be tightly fastened on the heat conductive partition plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Yu-Syuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9329455
    Abstract: A light flux controlling member has an incidence region and an emission region. The incidence region is assumed to have a plurality of virtual quadrangles that are disposed in such a manner that one fits into another, and have the same number of apexes as one another, and includes a plurality of convex parts each of which has a ridge line along a first virtual straight line that connects two adjacent apexes of the virtual quadrangle, and a plurality of wall portions each of which is disposed along a second virtual straight line that connects respective corresponding apexes of the virtual quadrangles. The wall portion is disposed continuously between a connection portion of the convex parts at an innermost side and a connection portion of the convex parts at an outermost side in the second virtual straight line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 9312458
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device, comprising: a light source module comprising: at least one light source disposed on a printed circuit board; and a resin layer disposed on the printed circuit board so that the light source is embedded; an indirect light emission unit which is formed in at least any one of one side and another side of the light source module, and which reflects light irradiated from the light source; and a diffusion plate having an upper surface formed on the light source module, and a side wall which is integrally formed with the upper surface and which is adhered onto an outer side surface of the indirect light emission unit, wherein a first separated space is formed between the light source module and the upper surface of the diffusion plate, whereby flexibility of the product itself can be secured, and durability and reliability of the product can be also improved while indirect light emission using a flare effect can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Ho Park, Moo Ryong Park, Jin Hee Kim, Chul Hong Kim, Hyun Duck Yang
  • Patent number: 9263654
    Abstract: A LED (Light-Emitting Diode) package structure is provided. The LED package improved structure includes a base, a plurality of metallic nanoparticles and a LED unit. The base has an accommodating space, wherein the accommodating space has a bottom surface and at least one side surface surrounding the bottom surface. The metallic nanoparticles cover the bottom surface and/or the side surface. The LED unit is disposed in the accommodating spare, in which light emitted from the LED unit is reflected or scattered by the metallic nanoparticles, each of the metallic nanoparticles has a diameter smaller than 10 nm and is electrically isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PROLIGHT OPTO TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Lun Hsing Chen, Jung-Hao Hung, Ding-Yao Lin
  • Patent number: 9244282
    Abstract: Curved bezel-concealing display covers and display devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bezel-concealing display cover for coupling to a display device having a bezel and a display panel includes a curved perimeter portion having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the curved perimeter portion is configured to be offset from the bezel of the display device by a varying gap GA. The bezel-concealing display cover further includes an array of prisms on at least one of the first surface or the second surface of the curved perimeter portion. The array of prisms extends from an edge of the curved perimeter portion to a distance L. The array of prisms and the curved perimeter portion is configured to shift a portion of an image proximate the bezel produced by the display panel such that the shifted portion of the image appears over the bezel to an observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael Etienne, Jacques Gollier, Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Wendell Porter Weeks
  • Patent number: 9145686
    Abstract: A dome for a skylight; said dome formed of light transmitting material; at least an internal surface of said dome provided with prismatic structures arranged so as to direct incident light from without said dome to points below a lower periphery of said dome; said prismatic structures formed as adjoining facets of a plurality of curved ridges; each of said curved ridges extending from a first upper end to a second lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventor: Rodric Lindsay Fooks
  • Patent number: 9086521
    Abstract: Light transmissive structures include a light transmissive substrate that includes optical microstructures. The optical microstructures have a geometric feature that is configured to reduce glare in light transmitted through the light transmissive structure. Moreover, the plurality of optical microstructures also have a geometric feature that is configured to vary randomly and/or pseudorandomly across the light transmissive substrate so as to diffuse light transmitted through the light transmissive structure. Related fabrication methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Bright View Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rinehart, Robert L. Wood, Ken G. Purchase
  • Patent number: 9052086
    Abstract: A light source, for example a light emitting diode, can emit light and have an associated optical axis. The source can be deployed in applications where it is desirable to have illumination biased laterally relative to the optical axis, such as in a street luminaire where directing light towards a street is beneficial. The source can be coupled to an optic that comprises an inner surface facing the source and an outer surface that is opposite the inner surface. The inner surface can comprise a refractive surface that receives light headed away from the optical axis of the light source, for example opposite the street. The refractive surface can form the received light into a beam. The outer surface of the optic can reflect the beam back across the optical axis, for example so that light headed away from the street is redirected towards the street.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Kevin Charles Broughton
  • Patent number: 9028107
    Abstract: A lamp has an LED, a base, and a reflector. The base is rigidly connected to the LED and has a base contact surface. The reflector, which can be connected to the base, has a reflector contact surface, an entry opening, an exit opening, and a longitudinal direction (L) that runs from the exit opening to the entry opening. The reflector contact surface is arranged in the longitudinal direction (L) between the entry opening and the exit opening, and the base contact surface abuts the reflector contact surface. Thus, movement of the base and/or reflector towards each other is prevented when the reflector is connected to the base. The reflector is formed in such a way that a projection of the reflector contact surface in the longitudinal direction (L) of the reflector is free of undercuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Auer Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Becker, Markus Hoffmann
  • Publication number: 20150124460
    Abstract: A lens includes an optical axis, a light source recess arranged through the optical axis, a reflection surface crossing through the optical axis, and a critical reflection surface which is arranged in a spaced relationship with the optical axis. The critical reflection surface is arranged between the light source recess and the reflection surface and receives the light from the light source recess and the reflection surface and reflects the light from the light source recess and the reflection surface towards the reflection surface. The emission light of the lens is light emitted forward of the light emitting surface which is reflected via the reflection surface and the critical reflection surface. Therefore, people cannot receive directly light emitted forward of the LED after it cross through the lens. In result, high luminance light from the LED is prevented from ripping into eyes, which achieve the aim of anti-glare.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: NINGBO SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NINGBO HI-TECH PARK SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SELF ELECTRONICS USA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wanjiong Lin
  • Publication number: 20150124473
    Abstract: A headlamp assembly comprising a housing forming an internal chamber and forming an opening to one side, at least a first light source having a first illumination axis, the first light source mounted in a central portion of the internal chamber substantially at a first depth, at least a second light source having a second illumination axis, the second light source mounted in a circumferential portion of the chamber substantially at a second depth wherein the first depth is greater than the second depth, a first aspherical lens formed about a first optic axis, the first aspherical lens mounted within the opening with the first optic axis coaxially aligned with the first illumination axis and a second aspherical lens formed about a second optic axis, the second aspherical lens mounted within the opening with the second optic axis coaxially aligned with the second illumination axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Bradley William Kay
  • Patent number: 9022625
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp that is capable of optically distributing a spot portion of a light distribution pattern having a cutoff line to a cruising lane side is provided. The present invention includes semiconductor-type light sources 2L and 2R and lenses 3L and 3R. On emission surfaces 31L and 31R of the lenses 3L and 3R, peak portions 32L and 32R that form a spot portion SP of a light distribution pattern for low beam LP are respectively provided in given locations that are close to a cruising lane side with respect to optical axes ZL and ZR of the lenses 3L and 3R. As a result, the present invention can provide the vehicle headlamp that is capable of optically distributing the spot portion SP of the light distribution pattern for low beam LP having a cutoff line CL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Okubo
  • Publication number: 20150116634
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package includes: a light emitting diode (LED); and an LED lens over the LED, the LED lens having a symmetrical shape with respect to a central axis, wherein the LED lens includes a lower surface having first and second lower surfaces, an upper surface and a side surface connecting the lower surface and the upper surface, wherein the light through the first lower surface is totally reflected on the upper surface and is emitted though the side surface, wherein the first lower surface includes a first curved surface extending from the central axis and a second curved surface extending from a first end portion of the first curved surface, and wherein the second lower surface is flat and extends from a second end portion of the second curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kyu-Hwan LEE, Min-Su CHO, Gwan-Hoon PARK, Seo-Yoon LEE, Ji-Seok YANG, Seung-Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20150117016
    Abstract: A lens including an upper surface having a curved portion having a changing curvature in a direction extending away from a central axis of the lens, and a lower surface having a concave portion disposed on the central axis of the lens. The concave portion of the lower surface includes an entrance disposed on a lower region of the concave portion and configured to receive light emitted from a light-emitting diode chip, and an upper end surface disposed on an upper region of the concave portion. The concave portion includes a width that narrows in a direction extending away from the entrance. The upper end surface is nonplanar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Eun Ju KIM, Bang Hyun Kim, Young Eun Yang
  • Publication number: 20150092420
    Abstract: An optical system comprising a non-specular ceramic reflector surrounding one or more electrode-less bulbs containing a fill that forms a light-emitting plasma when excited with radio frequency, to be used in a fixture for illuminating subjects, for the purpose of high output lighting, such as lighting for image capture, horticulture, stadium, port, roadway, construction and area lighting. This ceramic reflector generates a uniform lambertian reflection specifically evening out the light emission from the electrode-less bulb producing a uniform beam of light with a spread between about 1 to about 300 degrees. This ceramic reflector greatly increases the amount of light falling on a given subject in comparison to the fixture without said reflector system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Miller, Robert Rutherford, Jaime Emmanuelli
  • Publication number: 20150085513
    Abstract: Lighting arrangement (1, 1?) comprising a light source (2) for generating light; a spreading element (3) realised to laterally spread the generated light in a spreading plane (S), defined by an optical axis (AO) of the light source (2) and a longitudinal axis (L) of the spreading element (3), to give an essentially uniform quantity of light per unit area at an emission face (41, 51) orthogonal to the spreading plane (S) and parallel to the longitudinal axis (L) of the spreading element (3) and a light redirecting element (4, 5) arranged to collect the spread light, which comprises a longitudinal planar emission face (41, 51), and is realised to collect the laterally spread light and to emit the collected light essentially uniformly from the emission face (41, 51).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Benno Spinger, Paul Scott Martin, Pascal Jean Henri Bloemen, Kuochou Tai
  • Patent number: 8979326
    Abstract: A lens includes a bottom face, a light incident face formed in the bottom face, a light emerging face opposite to the bottom face and a lateral face formed between the bottom face and the light emerging face. A light diverging protrusion is formed on the light incident face. The light diverging protrusion has a conical face gradually shrinking away from the light emerging face. An LED unit incorporating the lens is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chau-Jin Hu, Li-Ying Wang He
  • Patent number: 8979317
    Abstract: An illumination device (1) has a light-emitting element (6b), and a luminous flux control member (6c) that includes a first lens (10) and a second lens (20). The first lens (10) and the second lens (20) are assembled such that a first surface (10c) and a second rear surface (20a) are in contact, or such that a minute gap exists between the first surface (10c) and the second rear surface (20a). A first conical concave surface (10d) having its apex on the central axis (C) is formed by indenting a first rear surface (10a). A second concave surface (20d), having its apex on the central axis (C) and having a curved shape the curvature of which decreases as the distance from the central axis increases, is formed by indenting a second surface (20c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150062917
    Abstract: An illumination device includes a light reflector; a base member disposed below the light reflector, having an upper surface provided a light emitting unit for emitting a direct light beam that extends directly to an exterior of the reflector and an indirect light beam that extends to the exterior of the reflector only after being reflected from the reflector; an optical lens disposed within the reflector in such a manner so as to be located above, spaced apart from the light emitting unit at a predetermined distance and lied within a traveling path of the direct light beam such that the direct light beam is adapted to pass through the optical lens; and a lens seat mounted securely on the reflector, having a lower surface that faces the base member and that is formed with a plurality of light incident sections located adjacent to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: JENN FENG NEW ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Kung Yin
  • Publication number: 20150043218
    Abstract: The present disclose relates to a lens. The lens includes a bottom surface; a light input surface depressed from a center of the bottom surface; a light output surface opposite to the light input surface, the light output surface comprising a concave surface located at a center thereof and a convex surface surrounding the concave surface; and total reflective side surfaces. The side surface includes a first and a second side surfaces gradually slanting outwardly along a direction from the bottom surface to the light output surface, and a third side surface and a fourth side surface being perpendicular to the bottom surface. The present disclose also relates to a light source module with the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHAU-JIN HU, FENG-YUEN DAI, PO-CHOU CHEN
  • Patent number: 8944642
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light assembly, which includes a transparent main body and a lens. The transparent main body includes an interior chamber gradually expanding from bottom to top, an inner wall encircling the interior chamber, and an outer wall encircling the inner wall. The outer wall is a total internal reflection surface. The inner wall includes a plurality of first facets facing a first direction and a plurality of second facets facing a second direction which is different from the first direction. The first facets and the second facets are provided to encircle the interior chamber respectively. Either side of each of the first facets is connected to one of the second facets, and each of the two adjacent first facet and second facet form an angle therebetween. The lens is fitted into the main body and faces the interior chamber of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: B&M Optics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung-Pin Kuo
  • Patent number: 8915621
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a lamp structure with stacked light transparent boards. The lamp structure includes a lamp base, a light source module, plural transparent boards, and an electrical wire module. The light source module is placed inside the lamp base and is connected to an outside power supply by the electrical wire module, the transparent boards are stacked on the lamp base, and each of the transparent boards has a central hole, the central hole can be of different size for different transparent boards. The central holes of the transparent boards together form the designed light shape of the lamp structure. Lamp designs and productions by using the lamp structure of the present invention is easier and cheaper and full of plenty diversities. The repairing cost is low, since only replacement of the damaged portion of the lamp structure is required, but not throwing away the whole lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventors: Karl F. Alverson, Wei-Hao Du
  • Patent number: 8916895
    Abstract: This invention discloses an infrared light-emitting diode. The infrared light-emitting diode comprises: only one core for emitting infrared light; a packaging body which at least comprises a first surface that is convex and in front of the core and a second surface that is plane and on one side of the core; and leads connected to the core and extending to outside of the packaging body; wherein the infrared light emitted by the core forms at least two beams of infrared light in different directions after being emitted from the packaging body through the first surface and the second surface. With such infrared LED and the touch screen, touch system and interactive display based on the LED, at least two beams of infrared light in different directions can be emitted requiring only one core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Beijing IRTouch Systems Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xinlin Ye, Zhenzhong Zou, Jianjun Liu, Xinbin Liu
  • Publication number: 20140369051
    Abstract: A lamp includes a single emitter structure having a substrate with 25 or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged thereon and a power rating of 80 Watts or more, a total internal reflection (TIR) lens with a plurality of refractive surface regions disposed on the step-shaped upper surface of the optical body, and a holder having a plurality of tabs disposed along an inside rim of the holder and configured for radial compression fit with a flange of the lens, and three or more support members configured for centering the optical body member with respect to the single emitter structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: WU JIANG, XIANTAO YAN, DEBO A. ADEBIYI
  • Patent number: 8911118
    Abstract: An illumination system includes an LED module and an illuminated area. The LED module includes an LED, and a lens mounted in light path of the LED. The lens includes a light source recess, a first light emitting surface, a critical reflecting surface, and a second light emitting surface intersecting with the first light emitting surface and being on same side with the first light emitting surface. The first light emitting surface can receive more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. Although the light emitted from the first light emitting surface may have greater attenuation than the light emitted from the second light emitting surface, light emitted from the first light emitting surface can make up the intensity losses of attenuation as the first light emitting surface receives more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. As a result, the illumination system has a uniform illumination pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Ningbo Hi-Tech Park Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fawei Zhang, Le Xu, Wanjiong Lin
  • Patent number: 8912471
    Abstract: A heating cooker of the present invention includes a plurality of light emitting indicator units. The light emitting indicator units each have a temperature sensing unit that senses an ambient temperature of a light emission source. Therefore, deterioration of the light emission source of each of the light emitting indicator units can be suppressed to realize a further reduction in thickness, and to improve visibility of the indicator sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiko Shigeoka, Akira Kataoka, Eiji Matsui
  • Patent number: 8905593
    Abstract: A luminous flux control member that controls travelling direction of light emitted from a light source includes an incident area, an emission area, and a plurality of projecting sections. The plurality of projecting sections are constituted by an inner area, an intermediate area, and a peripheral area defined in the radial direction, and a first specific projecting section disposed in the inner area is configured such that a planar section that is used to measure the height of the first specific projecting section and is perpendicular to the optical axis is connected to an inner peripheral end and an outer peripheral end of a base end portion of the first specific projecting section. The projecting sections other than the first specific projecting section, in principle, come into contact internally or externally with another projecting section other than the first specific projecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohiro Saito
  • Publication number: 20140355273
    Abstract: A luminous flux control member (100) has: a light input region (110), to which light having been outputted from a light emitting element (210) is inputted; and a light output region (150), from which the light having been inputted from the light input region (110) is outputted. The input region (110) has: a refracting section (120); a reflection fresnel lens section (130), which is positioned outside of the refracting section (120); and a reflecting surface (140), which is positioned outside of the reflection fresnel lens section (130). The reflecting surface (140) reflects, toward the light output region (150), the light which has been inputted to the reflection fresnel lens section (130), and which has not been reflected (the light leaked from the reflection fresnel lens section (130)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Tomohiro Saito
  • Patent number: 8894250
    Abstract: In an illuminating device, when exiting lights come out from a lens sheet, the optical paths of the exiting lights are deflected in a direction opposite to an optical axis of a light source by means of a plurality of prisms which are included in a first lens group arranged on an inward side of the lens sheet located adjacent to the optical axis of the light source and each of which has a inclined face facing toward the optical axis of the light source, wherein the exiting lights from the light source via the first lens group of the lens sheet are adapted to mix with exiting lights from the light source via a second lens group located outside the first lens group, whereby the degree of color unevenness is reduced, that appears inherently when a pseudo white LED is used as the light source of the illuminating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Asai, Koji Sakai, Ryohei Takayama
  • Patent number: 8888321
    Abstract: A light emitting module may include: a PCB board; a light emitting assembly mounted on the PCB board; a lens and an encapsulating housing, the encapsulating housing encapsulating therein the PCB board, the light emitting assembly and part of the lens, and an exit surface of the lens being exposed out of the encapsulating housing, wherein the encapsulating housing is formed therein with a first concave region surrounding the exit surface and reducing light blocking, and at least a second concave region into the first concave region, wherein the second concave region is designed in such a way that water in the first concave region is drained via the second concave region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Yuanyuan He, Yaojun Feng, Yubao He, Yabin Luo
  • Patent number: 8876325
    Abstract: An elongated lens profile having reverse total internal reflection (TIR) features that improve light extraction when the lens is used in conjunction with a plurality of light emitters. Solid state light emitters, such as LEDs, are arranged proximate to the elongated lens along a longitudinal axis of the lens body. The emitters, which may be grouped in clusters, emit toward a receiving surface of the lens. The receiving surface includes a plurality of reverse TIR features, also disposed along the longitudinal axis. These features may be defined by a series of recessed areas spaced along the longitudinal axis to correspond with the light emitters which can protrude into the negative space created by the recessed features. The recessed features may have more than one shape. The reverse TIR features improve light output uniformity, reducing hot spots along the lens, and improve output efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Lu, Paul Kenneth Pickard
  • Patent number: 8864344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary optical lens for a light emitting diode (“LED”) light projector, comprising at least one lens unit, wherein the lens unit consists of a refraction portion in the centre and a total internal reflection portion on the outer ring; the central refraction portion has a convex surface on the bottom and is attached with a plurality of micro lenses; the bottom attached with a micro lens array; the total internal reflection portion on the outer ring of the lens unit comprises a cylindrical light incident surface with a slight draft angle, and a total internal reflection surface on the outer side, which adopts a diamondoid polyhedral flake design; and the top of the lens unit is a smooth plane surface used as the light emitting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Huizhou Light Engine Limited
    Inventors: Jin Bo Jiang, Tin Po Chu, Wa Hing Leung
  • Patent number: 8833978
    Abstract: A traffic signal light device that includes a spread window, a Fresnel lens, and an LED module for emitting light. The light emitted by the LED module passes through the Fresnel lens and to the spread window. The LED module is disposed at a position that is offset from an axis of the spread window that passes through a center of, and is perpendicular to, the spread window. The Fresnel lens can have a saw-toothed pattern of teeth formed as concentric circles on one surface of the Fresnel lens sharing a common center, where the size or height of the teeth vary. The spread window can have a plurality of protruding cells of varying size on a surface of the spread window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Leotek Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Ho Wu, Chin-Wang Tu, Shih-Chang Wang, Yi-Kai Cheng, Shu-Chun Chang, Bing-Yu Wu
  • Patent number: 8807759
    Abstract: A projection apparatus includes an optical engine base, a light source, a light valve, a projection lens, and an array lens module. The light source, the light valve, and the projection lens are installed to the optical engine base. The array lens module includes a frame body fixed to the optical engine base, a first array lens, and a second array lens. One of the first array lens and the frame body has a first positioning hole while the other one has a first positioning pillar inserted into the first positioning hole. One of the second array lens and the frame body has a second positioning hole while the other one has a second positioning pillar inserted into the second positioning hole. A light beam emitted by the light source passes through the first array lens, the second array lens, and the light valve sequentially to reach the projection lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventor: Shiuan-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 8810803
    Abstract: A fragmented lens system for creating an invisible light pattern useful to computer vision systems is disclosed. Random or semi-random dot patterns generated by the present system allow a computer to uniquely identify each patch of a pattern projected by a corresponding illuminator or light source. The computer may determine the position and distance of an object by identifying the illumination pattern on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Holding 67 LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Bell
  • Publication number: 20140211482
    Abstract: An illumination device, includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of LED light sources mounted on the printed circuit board, a hollow supporting post covering the plurality of LED light sources, a reflective cup located above the supporting post, a first lens received in a bottom portion of the reflective cup and a second lens located at a top portion of the reflective cup. The supporting post is connected to the printed circuit board, and the first lens is connected to the supporting post. The reflective cup includes a bottom portion adjacent to the LED light sources and a top portion remote from the LED light sources. The printed circuit board, the reflective cup, the first lens and the second lens are combined as a whole by the supporting post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: LI-YING WANG HE
  • Publication number: 20140192521
    Abstract: A light guide element (201) for modifying a light distribution pattern of a light source (202) is presented. The light source radiates first light beams to a first quarter-space and second light beams to a second quarter-space, where the first and second quarter-spaces are defined by mutually perpendicular spatial planes and one of the spatial planes constitutes a planar boundary between the first and second quarter-spaces. The light guide element includes transparent material (207) on a route of the first light beams for modifying the light distribution pattern of the first light beams and a reflective surface (208) for reflecting at least a part of the second light beams to the first quarter-space. A surface of solid material on a route of the second light beams includes grooves for spreading the light distribution pattern of the second light beams in the direction of the section line between the spatial planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LEDIL OY
    Inventor: Olli-Pekka LAAKKIO
  • Patent number: 8764198
    Abstract: A projection system including an illumination unit, a polarization conversion unit, a light valve, a projection lens, and a polarizing beam split (PBS) element is provided. The polarization conversion unit includes a V-shaped PBS element, a wave plate, and two reflective surfaces. The V-shaped PBS element includes a first PBS portion and a second PBS portion. The first PBS portion is adapted to be passed through by a first partial beam with a first polarization direction and reflect a second partial beam with a second polarization direction. The second PBS portion is adapted to be passed through by a third partial beam with the first polarization direction and reflect a fourth partial beam with the second polarization direction. The wave plate is disposed in the transmission paths of the first partial beam and the third partial beam. The reflective surfaces are located at opposite sides of the V-shaped PBS element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Himax Display, Inc., Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Chun-Min Chen, Ho-Chi Huang, Teng-Kuei Wu
  • Patent number: 8740417
    Abstract: A lens comprising: a lens body; a total reflection surface provided on an outer side of the lens body, the reflection surface being in the form of a scalelike polyhedron; a recess formed on a bottom side of the lens body at a central region thereof for accommodating a LED, the recess having a side surface and a central surface; a micro lens array formed at the central surface of the recess; and a light-emitting surface provided at a top side of the lens body; wherein a substantially uniform circular light spot is formed by the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Huizhou Light Engine Limited
    Inventors: Jin Bo Jiang, Wen Da Jiang
  • Publication number: 20140140070
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a base, a driving circuit board mounted to the base, a lighting module, a light guide member and a reflecting member. The lighting module includes a plurality of light emitting diodes that are disposed on and electrically connected to the driving circuit board. The light guide member has an open end portion that is connected to the base, that corresponds in position to the light emitting diodes, and that is disposed for receiving light emitted from the light emitting diodes, and a close end portion that is opposite to the open end portion. The reflecting member is disposed in and abuts against the light guide member for reflecting the light transmitted from the light guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Inventor: Ching-Tien Lin
  • Patent number: 8727576
    Abstract: A nonimaging light assembly for flashlights, including a light source and a lens symmetrical about an optical axis for receiving light from the light source and producing therefrom a light beam having concentrated and divergent components resulting in a high intensity core beam surrounded by a smoothly transitioning lower intensity surround beam. In a preferred embodiment utilizing a light emitting diode as the light source, the combined light beam produced by the light assembly has a substantially circular cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Surefire, LLC
    Inventors: Narkis E. Shatz, John C. Bortz
  • Patent number: 8721115
    Abstract: A light panel is disclosed. The light panel comprises a circuit assembly, a plurality of light sources, a light reflective structure, and a diffuser layer. The light reflective structure has a plurality of concaves, which are continuously connected to form a plurality of ridges. Each of the concaves has an opening formed on the bottom surface thereof, and each of the light sources is disposed corresponding to each of the openings of the concaves. The diffuser layer is supported by the ridges of the light reflective structure. In some aspects of the present invention, the diffuser layer may have a sloping inner surface or is coated with patterned diffuser coatings on the top surface. Each light source can be added with a lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Luxingtek, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chiun Ing, Wei-Hsin Hou, Zhi-Wei Koh, Chi-Jen Kao
  • Patent number: 8721088
    Abstract: A lens array module includes a light incident surface, a light emitting surface opposite to the light incident surface, and a plurality of first and second lens surfaces. The first lens surfaces are arranged on the light incident surface to form into an array. The second lens surfaces are arranged on the light emitting surface to form into an array. The center of curvature of each of the first lens surfaces located at two opposite sides of a first reference point on the light incident surface deviates away from the first reference point in a direction parallel to a first reference axis, and the center of curvature of each of the second lens surfaces located at two opposite sides of a second reference point on the light emitting surface deviates toward the second reference point in a direction parallel to the first reference axis. A projection apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Young Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Hao Kang, Jiunn-Lih Lin, Chia-Chang Lee, Chi-Tang Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140119029
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a substrate, a reflective cup, an illumination unit and a lens structure. The reflective cup is placed on the substrate, and includes a plurality of first fasteners. The first fasteners are placed on the outer surface of the reflective cup. The illumination unit is mounted on the substrate within the reflective cup. The lens structure covers the reflective cup, and includes a plurality of second fasteners. The second fasteners can be removably engaged with the first fasteners, so that the lens structure can be fastened on the reflective cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Lextar Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Chieh HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20140078746
    Abstract: A device for scattering light emitted from at least one light source includes, among other things, a light coupler configured for placement adjacent to the light source. The light coupler includes a first region proximal the light source where the first region has a first index of refraction and a second region abutting the first region to define a boundary therebetween. Being distal to the light source, the second region has a second index of refraction that is greater than the first index of refraction. Light emitted from the light source is scattered as a result of travelling through the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Venntis Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Wayne Caldwell, Justin Teitt
  • Patent number: 8672519
    Abstract: A reflector with an alignment recess is provided. The reflector has a recess portion that receives the base of a light emitting diode. At least a portion of an outer periphery of the base of the light emitting diode is adjacent at least portions of the recess portion of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Gary Eugene Schaefer, Hristea Mihalcea
  • Publication number: 20140071694
    Abstract: An illumination system includes at least an LED module, and at least an illuminated area. The LED module includes an LED, and a lens mounted in light path of the LED. The lens includes a light source recess, a first light emitting surface, a critical reflecting surface, and a second light emitting surface. The first light emitting surface can receive more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. In result, although the light emitted from the first light emitting surface may have greater attenuation than the light emitted from the second light emitting surface, light emitted from the first light emitting surface, which is father to the illuminated are, can make up the intensity losses of attenuation as the first light emitting surface receives more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. As a result, the illumination system has a uniform illumination pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: NINGBO SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NINGBO HI-TECH PARK COIL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NINGBO HI-TECH PARK SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SELF ELECTRONICS USA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wanjiong Lin
  • Publication number: 20140071692
    Abstract: An illumination system includes at least an LED module, and at least an illuminated area. The LED module includes an LED, and a lens mounted in light path of the LED. The lens includes a light source recess, a first light emitting surface, a critical reflecting surface, and a second light emitting surface intersecting with the first light emitting surface and being on same side with the first light emitting surface. The first light emitting surface can receive more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. Although the light emitted from the first light emitting surface may have greater attenuation than the light emitted from the second light emitting surface, light emitted from the first light emitting surface can make up the intensity losses of attenuation as the first light emitting surface receives more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. As a result, the illumination system 100 have uniform illumination pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: NINGBO SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NINGBO HI-TECH PARK COIL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NINGBO HI-TECH PARK SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SELF ELECTRONICS USA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wanjiong Lin
  • Publication number: 20140071693
    Abstract: An illumination system includes an LED module and an illuminated area. The LED module includes an LED, and a lens mounted in light path of the LED. The lens includes a light source recess, a first light emitting surface, a critical reflecting surface, and a second light emitting surface intersecting with the first light emitting surface and being on same side with the first light emitting surface. The first light emitting surface can receive more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. Although the light emitted from the first light emitting surface may have greater attenuation than the light emitted from the second light emitting surface, light emitted from the first light emitting surface can make up the intensity losses of attenuation as the first light emitting surface receives more light quantity than the second light emitting surface. As a result, the illumination system has a uniform illumination pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: NINGBO SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NINGBO HI-TECH PARK COIL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., NINGBO HI-TECH PARK SELF ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SELF ELECTRONICS USA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wanjiong Lin