Having Light-emitting Diode Patents (Class 362/311.02)
  • Patent number: 12135125
    Abstract: A light emitting module including a substrate having an insulating region and including a conductive pattern, a light source disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive pattern, a lens including a lower surface, a light incident region, a light exit surface, a leg protruding from the lower surface of the lens, and an adhesion material coupling the leg to the upper surface of the substrate, in which the light incident region has a central axis, the light incident region includes a protrusion facet, the protrusion facet having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and the protrusion facet is protruded toward the central axis with respect to an imaginary linear line connecting the first end and the second end of the protrusion facet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Eun Park, Eun Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 12018833
    Abstract: Solid-state lighting devices, and more particularly, asymmetric light-emitting diode (LED) optic for asymmetric luminaire applications for LED packages are disclosed. The asymmetric LED optic can be a lens or other type of refractive element that has one or more indentations or other features that cause internal reflection such that some portion of the light exits a refractive element in a first direction and a portion may instead be refracted to exit the lens elsewhere. The LED package comprising these refractive elements can thus provide asymmetric illumination to a lighting area. One exemplary application could be street lighting, where light can be preferentially directed toward a roadway and away from houses or other areas away from the road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Wegner
  • Patent number: 12013614
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided that includes: a printed circuit board (PCB); a light emitting diode (LED) chip mounted on the PCB and configured to emit light; an optical dome disposed over and enclosing the LED chip; a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) layer arranged on an upper surface of the LED chip; a liquid crystal panel configured to block or pass light output from the LED chip; and an optical film arranged between the LED chip and the liquid crystal panel. A ratio of a height of the optical dome to a diameter of a bottom surface of the optical dome is 0.25 to 0.31, and the optical film includes a quantum dot sheet formed to enhance color reproducibility by making a change in wavelength of light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Kyungsoo Park, Chunsoon Park, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11796138
    Abstract: An indicator light (1) includes a light source, a lens (4), and a cylindrical globe (5). The light source includes a center LED (2A) disposed on a disposition surface parallel to a central axis (C1) and having an optical axis perpendicular to the disposition surface and a pair of side LEDs (2B, 2C). The lens includes a central lens portion (4A) and a pair of side lens portions (4B, 4C). The central lens portion emits light to a central radiation angle range (A1) centering on a central light-emission reference line (L1) along a reference normal line (BN) of the disposition surface. The pair of side lens portions (2B, 2C) emit light to a pair of side radiation angle ranges (A2, A3), respectively, that contain a pair of side light-emission reference lines (L2, L3), respectively, that are inclined mutually-opposite directions at an inclined angle of 60° with respect to the central light-emission reference line (L1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: PATLITE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimatsu, Masao Tomimoto
  • Patent number: 11703289
    Abstract: Devices for radiative cooling and optical waveguiding are provided, wherein the devices comprise a fabric including one or more fibers extending for a length in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of void structures positioned within each of the one or more fibers and extended over the length of each of the one or more fibers. Each of the plurality of void structures is configured to scatter at least a portion of an electromagnetic radiation received thereon to thereby radiatively cool the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Nanfang Yu, Norman Shi, Meng Tian
  • Patent number: 11681180
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit includes a plurality of lenses; and two or more light-emitting devices covered by each of the lenses, and the two or more light-emitting devices covered by one lens of the lenses are electrically separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventor: Takaharu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11460171
    Abstract: This invention relates to selectively-adjustable beam angle lamps, and in particular, selectively-adjustable beam angle LED lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Volt, LLC
    Inventors: Lauren Christine Wilkerson, Michael Lee Caselnova, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11454966
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for routing an autonomous vehicles based on an assessment of its limitations. The autonomous vehicle can avoid problematic routes by applying a set of rules to a map, where the set of rules are associated with a feature that causes a failure of the autonomous vehicle due to an autonomous vehicle limitation. Based on the application of the set of rules, a portion of a route on the map that is associated with the feature can be identified, and an identifier can be applied to the identified portion of the route associated with the feature on a routing map. The portion of the route can be omitted from a routable graph applied to the routing map, such that the route for the autonomous vehicle is generated in accordance with the routable graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Michael Rusignola, Brian Donohue, Lucio Rech, Stephen Worlow, Daniel Blick, Varun Bharadwaj
  • Patent number: 11359778
    Abstract: Provided is an LED downlight device including: a downlight body having an LED module having multiple LEDs, a heat sink receiving the LED module therein and dissipating heat generated from the LEDs, a reflector coupled to an inner side of a lower surface of the heat sink and reflecting light from an LED light source, a diffuser cover detachably coupled to the reflector and diffusing light from the LED light source, and a housing coupled to an outer side of the lower surface of the heat sink and protecting the reflector and the diffuser cover; an LED driver performing switching from AC to DC and supplying an appropriate voltage to the LED module; a first connector unit connecting a first electric wire with a second electric wire; and a second connector unit integrated with the LED driver, and connecting the second electric wire with a third electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: SEOHYUN INTERNATIONAL CORP.
    Inventor: Doo Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11353163
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising solid state light-emitting elements mounted on a carrier substrate, an encapsulant comprising a luminescent material, the encapsulant enclosing the light emitting surfaces of the solid state light-emitting elements and being configured to at least partly convert light emitted by the solid state light-emitting element to wavelength converted light, and a plurality of light-transmissive particles contained at least partly within the encapsulant, the light-transmissive particles having an average longest dimension extension in the range 0.4 to 1.5 times a layer thickness of said encapsulant over the light emitting surfaces. The light-transmissive particles may disrupt the luminescent effect of the encapsulant material to create a sparkling effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
  • Patent number: 11302732
    Abstract: The invention describes a light emitting diode array module comprising at least two light emitting diodes and a lens, wherein the lens comprises one common lens segment, wherein the common lens segment comprises a multitude of sections at least partly encompassing an axis perpendicular to the lens, wherein the sections shape an uneven surface of the lens, wherein the light emitting diodes are arranged to illuminate at least two non-overlapping target areas in a reference plane, and wherein the sections are arranged such that at least one light emitting diode illuminates one respective target area of the target areas. The invention further describes a flash light comprising at least one light emitting diode array module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Arjen Van Der Sijde, Nicola Pfeffer, Emanuel Nicolaas Hermanus Johannes Stassar
  • Patent number: 11262620
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus and light source device which includes an optical dome having a specifically defined shape to be able to maintain an optical profile of a light source. A display apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a light emitting diode (LED) chip mounted on the PCB and emitting light, an optical dome formed to enclose the LED chip by being dispensed on the LED chip, a liquid crystal panel blocking or passing light output from the LED chip, and an optical film arranged between the LED chip and the liquid crystal panel, wherein a ratio of height of the optical dome to a diameter of a bottom surface of the optical dome may be 0.25 to 0.31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungyeol Kim, Kyungsoo Park, Chunsoon Park, Kyehoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11221109
    Abstract: A filament structure and a bulb having the filament structure. The filament structure comprises at least three filament substrates. Each of the at least three filament substrates has a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other. Respective sections between the first ends and the second ends of the at least three filament substrates rotatably extend around an axis. An angle at which the sections of the at least three filament substrates between the first ends and the second ends are wound around the axis is not greater than 720 degrees. The filament structure and the bulb having the filament structure are convenient to process and install, achieve multi-angle omni-directional illumination, and meet the requirements of heat dissipation. The filament structure has an attractive appearance that is easily used for decoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventor: Tiehan Ge
  • Patent number: 11204143
    Abstract: A solar disk light has a central body and an annular shelf surrounding the central body and attached to the central body by one or more struts, defining a gap between an inner surface of the annular shelf and the central body. LEDs are disposed on the annular shelf. The central body has solar cells for harvesting solar energy and detecting ambient light. The central body contains a rechargeable battery for storing harvested solar energy, a switch, and wiring and driver electronics for operably connecting the solar cells, battery, switch, and LEDs. A translucent shell is on the disk light body, covering the annular shelf and LEDs, such that light emitted by the LEDs shines through the shell. The shell has an opening for receiving the central body such that the solar cells are not covered by the shell, the shell having an inner wall received in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: E. Mishan & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Hollinger, Robert Chung, Thomas Chung
  • Patent number: 11077872
    Abstract: A signal light assembly is provided that comprises a multi-position Fresnel lens having a circumference, a first side and a second side. The signal light assembly further comprises a main housing configured to attach to the multi-position Fresnel lens. The multi-position Fresnel lens includes a first plurality of pads and a second plurality of pads on the first side of the multi-position Fresnel lens such that the first plurality of pads and the second plurality of pads are different and alternatively disposed. The first plurality of pads corresponds to a first range operation related to a first focal length. The second plurality of pads corresponds to a second range operation related to a second focal length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Mobility, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard C. Bohme
  • Patent number: 11073726
    Abstract: A display device including a backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes: a substrate, a backlight cavity, a plurality of light emitting elements, and an optical adjustment layer. The backlight cavity is located on the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements is disposed in the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer covers the plurality of light emitting elements and fills the remaining space of the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer has a refractive index n greater than the refractive index n0 of the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Ming-Hui Chu, Fang-Ho Lin, Chia-Lun Chen, Yen-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 11054117
    Abstract: Accessories for LED lamp systems and methods of attaching accessories to illumination sources (e.g., LED lamps) are disclosed. A beam shaping accessories mechanically affixed to the LED lamp. The lens is designed to adapt to a first fixture that is mechanically attached to the lens. Accessories are designed to have a second fixture for mating to the first fixture such that the first fixture and the second fixture are configured to produce a retaining force between the first accessory and the lens. The retaining force is a mechanical force that is accomplished by mechanical mating of mechanical fixtures, or the retaining force is a magnetic force and is accomplished by magnetic fixtures configured to have attracting magnetic forces. In some embodiments, the accessory is treated to modulate an emanated light pattern (e.g., a rectangular, or square, or oval, or circular or diffused emanated light pattern). A USB connector is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ECOSENSE LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Frank Tin Chung Shum, Artem Mishin, Zinovy Dolgonosov, Clifford Jue, Abdul Assaad, Aurelien J. F. David, Wilfred Martis
  • Patent number: 11032888
    Abstract: An elongated lamp tube has an elongated tube shell, two caps, a LED light source, a first power supply circuit, a second power supply circuit and a frequency switch circuit. The elongated lamp tube may be connected to first electrodes of a lamp fixture without a ballast or a lamp fixture with a ballast. The ballast converts an external power of an industrial frequency to a converted power of a working frequency. The frequency switch circuit is connected to the first power supply and the second power supply for blocking one of the first power supply circuit and the second power supply to supply driving current to the LED light source according to an input frequency of a received power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Qi Liu, Qiyuan Wang, Zongyan Liu, Cantian Wu, Wei Liu, Yongjun Bao
  • Patent number: 11022842
    Abstract: A planar light source device has: a housing, a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting devices each having a light-emitting element and a light-beam control member; and a light diffusing member. The housing has: a bottom surface and two inclined surfaces. In the light distribution characteristics of a light-emitting device, a light ray with the largest angle relative to the optical axis in an angular range within which a luminous intensity equal to or more than 70% of the maximum luminous intensity is exhibited reaches the inclined surfaces. A first angle between the optical axis of the light-emitting element and a light ray having the maximum luminous intensity emitted from the light-emitting device is larger than a second angle between the optical axis of the light-emitting element and a straight line connecting the luminescence center of the light-emitting element to the opening-side end portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Nonaka, Kyouhei Yamada
  • Patent number: 11022274
    Abstract: A light emitting module including a light emitting device, and a lens disposed above the light emitting device to disperse light emitted from the light emitting device, in which the lens includes a light incident portion through which light emitted from the light emitting device enters the lens and a light exit portion through which the light exits the lens, in which each of the light incident portion and the light exit portion has a major axis and a minor axis in plan view, the major axis of the light incident portion is disposed at a right angle with respect to the major axis of the light exit portion, and a lower surface of the lens includes a horizontal surface and a slanted surface downwardly slanted from the horizontal surface in an outward direction of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Eun Park
  • Patent number: 11002413
    Abstract: A light bulb apparatus includes a bulb shell, a bulb head and a light source module. The bulb shell has a light passing portion and a neck portion. The neck portion has a first protruding ring, a first gap ring and a second protruding ring. The bulb head has a body portion and a cap portion. The neck portion has a third protruding ring, a second gap ring and a fourth protruding ring. The first protruding ring is placed in a second concave structure, the fourth protruding ring is placed in a first concave structure. The light source module is enclosed by the bulb shell and emitting light passing through the light passing cover of the bulb shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Mingyan Fu
  • Patent number: 10982815
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a lighting device comprising: a body having a first opening at a central part thereof; a light source member, which is disposed on the body and includes a circuit board having a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged thereon; and a cover disposed on the light source member and coupled to the body, wherein the circuit board comprises at least one second opening vertically overlapping the first opening and at least one first protrusion protruding toward the inside of the second opening from a side surface of the second opening, and at least one of the light-emitting elements is mounted on the first protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Ho Jang, Sun Ho Kim, Hwa Young Kim, Hui Jin Choe, Sang Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 10954157
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article retains its average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be prevented by inserting a crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Heather Bossard Decker, Shandon Dee Hart, Guangli Hu, Fei Li, James Joseph Price, Chandan Kumar Saha
  • Patent number: 10895669
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) light source is disclosed. The LED light source comprises a lens structure that includes a hemispherical dome with a base. The LED light source comprises a cavity in the base. The cavity has an opening and a taper such that a cross-section area within the cavity is smaller than an area of the opening. The LED light source comprises a light emitting device comprising an LED die contacting the taper. The taper allows for easy insertion of the LED die into the lens structure. The taper serves to accurately align the LED die when the LED die is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Walter Daeschner, Mikhail Fouksman, Mohiuddin Mala, Ashim Shatil Haque
  • Patent number: 10890313
    Abstract: Optics over a light source, such as, but not limited to, an LED on a circuit board. The optic does not entirely encapsulate the LED but rather includes an inner surface such that an air gap exists between the optic and the LED. The optic may include a lens and may conform to the shape of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Craig Eugene Marquardt, Jie Chen, Daniel Aaron Weiss
  • Patent number: 10768484
    Abstract: A backlight unit including a frame having a bottom area and a sidewall area extended from the bottom area; a single substrate located in on the bottom area of the frame, a plurality of optical assemblies being mounted on the single substrate; a reflection sheet located the frame and configured to reflect light emitted by the optical assemblies; and an optical sheet located over the reflection sheet. Further, the reflection sheet a first sheet area corresponding to the bottom area of the frame; a second sheet area corresponding to the sidewall area of the frame; and a cut portion cut from the first sheet at one portion abutting on one side of the single substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRUNECS INC.
    Inventors: Jeonggyu Kim, Jongho Han, Eunseok Kim, Uihyung Lee, Juyoung Joung, Jinsin Park
  • Patent number: 10754194
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lens (i.e., luminous flux control member) for an optical element of a backlight, capable of easily aligning the orientation in the plane direction. The luminous flux control member according to the present invention includes a lens main body and legs. The lens main body includes a light-entering area for light emitted from a light-emitting element to enter on the lower surface side and a light-emitting area for emitting the light entered from the light-entering area to the outside on the upper surface side. The legs are legs for mounting the luminous flux control member on a substrate on which the light-emitting element is mounted and are disposed on the lower surface of the lens main body so as to project downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kensuke Hiraka, Kakeru Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10753595
    Abstract: A high-performance waterproof LED decorative lamp, having an inner hollow lampshade, a light-emitting component built in the lampshade, and a lamp holder connected with the lampshade; one end of the lampshade protrudes to form a bayonet connected with the lamp holder, the bayonet is internally plugged with a waterproof plug, the light-emitting component is embedded in the waterproof plug, the waterproof plug is provided with an open cavity, a conductive pin is provided in the cavity, the conductive pin is electrically connected to the light-emitting component and exposed to the bottom of the bottom surface, the side of the waterproof plug is provided with a notch, and the light-emitting component is electrically connected to the inner wall of the lamp holder through the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Inventor: Huaping Wan
  • Patent number: 10746931
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light source emitting first light in a first wavelength band, a light guide section guiding partial light of the first light, a wavelength conversion section including a phosphor, which other partial light of the first light, and which converts the other partial light into second light in a second wavelength band. A light guide section first side surface and a wavelength conversion section second side surface are opposed. The first side surface has a diffraction grating. The partial light enters the light guide section from the first side surface via the diffraction grating. The other partial light enters the wavelength conversion section from the second side surface. The partial and second lights are emitted in one of a normal direction of the first end surface of the light guide section and a normal direction of the third end surface of the wavelength conversion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Suzuki, Hidefumi Sakata, Yuichiro Iwama
  • Patent number: 10724728
    Abstract: In one aspect, luminaires are described herein having sensor modules integrated therein. In one aspect, a luminaire described herein comprises a light emitting face including a LED assembly. A sensor module is integrated into the luminaire at a position at least partially overlapping the light emitting face. In another aspect, a luminaire described herein comprises a LED assembly and a driver assembly. A sensor module is integrated into the luminaire along or more convective air current pathways cooling the LED assembly or driver assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ideal Industries Lighting LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bendtsen, Kurt Wilcox, Boris Karpichev, John Roberts, David Goelz, Douglas E. Keiter, Randy Bernard
  • Patent number: 10677418
    Abstract: A lighting module comprises an LED and a lens over the LED. The lens has a beam shaping surface and a pass through surface with a stepped profile. The steps of the stepped profile each comprise a riser portion and an output portion, wherein the riser portions are parallel with the ray direction passing through the surface at that location and the output portions are normal to the ray direction passing through the surface at that location. The pass through surface for example performs no beam shaping function. The stepped profile enables the thickness of the lens to be reduced to reduce the amount of material needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Hendrikus Hubertus Petrus Gommans
  • Patent number: 10674582
    Abstract: A lighting system or method adaptively illuminates a face of an architectural panel. An example illumination system includes an optic and a pixel controllable array of solid state light emitters. When installed, the optic is aimed with its optical axis at an acute angle relative to a face of the panel. The array is coupled to selectively emit light from emitters at pixels of the array through the optic toward different regions of the face of the architectural panel. A controller is coupled to control the individual light emitters, via a driver of the emitters. The controller controls the emitters of the array so as to selectively control output intensity of the light emitters when emitting light through the optic toward selected regions of the face of the architectural panel, so as to adaptively illuminate surface topology features of the face of the architectural panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: David P. Ramer, Forrest McCanless, Januk Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 10653020
    Abstract: An electronic module includes a printed circuit board (PCB) element, a base with a first electrically conductive contact element, and an electronic component with a second electrically conductive contact element. The base is fastened on and electrically connected to the PCB element. The electronic component is electrically connected to the base by an electric contact region between the first and second contact elements. A first portion of the first contact element protrudes from the base on a first side of the base facing away from the PCB element. The first portion of the first contact element and/or a second portion of the second contact element has a resilient configuration such that the electronic component is mechanically fastened to the base by a spring force between the first and second contact elements. The electronic module in one embodiment is configured for a transmission controller or an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Liskow
  • Patent number: 10634293
    Abstract: A retrofit assembly has a pan and a light emitting diode (LED) light source. The pan has a base extending along a longitudinal axis. The base is defined by a plurality of segments, including a seat, first and second legs, a first foot, a second foot, and retaining walls. The seat extends in a first plane. The first and second legs angle laterally and vertically away from opposite sides of the seat. The first foot extends away from the first leg within a second plane offset from and parallel to the first plane. The second foot extends away from the second leg within a third plane offset from and parallel to the first plane. The retaining walls extend vertically away from each of the first and second feet toward the first plane. The LED light source supports a plurality of LEDs coupled to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Green, Matthew Tlachac, George Wilson, Marc Meade, Daniel Fonseca, Ron Ogletree
  • Patent number: 10634324
    Abstract: A LED (light-emitting diode)-based illumination assembly with an adjustable irradiation angle comprises a conductive threaded protrusion protruding from a hollow cylindrical body and threaded to an electrical bulb-type socket; a vertical elongate guide rod protruding from the base sub-assembly; a fixed LED-module support fixed to a distal end of the vertical elongate guide rod; a movable LED-module support configured to move along the vertical elongate guide rod; a plurality of LED-based illumination modules; a plurality of elongate elastic plate; an irradiation angle adjustment mechanism, wherein the irradiation angle adjustment mechanism is configured to allow operative connection between an outer circumferential surface of the hollow cylindrical body of the base sub-assembly and the movable LED-module support, wherein the irradiation angle adjustment mechanism is configured to allow adjustment of an irradiation angle of the LED-based illumination modules to a selected angle via the operative connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Young Chel Shim
  • Patent number: 10627675
    Abstract: This planar light source device comprises a base board, a light-emitting device and a diffusing plate. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element and a light flux control member. The light flux control member has an entry surface, an exit surface, and a gate mark. The entry surface and the exit surface are formed in such a manner that the illuminance distribution on the diffusing plate has an anisotropy wherein the light reaches farther in the directions of 1 or more predetermined horizontal angles ? than in other directions, when assuming that the light is emitted from the light-emitting device in a state wherein the light flux control member does not have the gate mark. The horizontal angle ? range of the gate mark includes any one among the 1 or more predetermined horizontal angles ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Enpias Corporation
    Inventor: Kensuke Hiraka
  • Patent number: 10546984
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a lens comprising: a lens body; a groove placed on one side of the lens body; a plurality of light path conversion units arranged on a first area of the surface of the lens body, opposite to the groove; and a plurality of refraction units arranged on a second area of the surface of the lens body, opposite to the groove, wherein the first area and the second area are arranged opposite to each other with respect to the center of the surface of the lens body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Ku Kang
  • Patent number: 10510925
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a light emitting device, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system comprising the same. The light emitting device according to embodiments may comprise: a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; an active layer on the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; an electron blocking layer on the active layer; and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer on the electron blocking layer. The electron blocking layer may comprise an InxAlyGa1-x-yN based superlattice layer (wherein 0?x?1, 0?y?1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Hun Han
  • Patent number: 10495283
    Abstract: A lamp (100) comprising: a housing (110) having a transparent portion (101); a light source (102) disposed at least partially within the housing (110), wherein the light source (102) is configured to emit light, in use, through the transparent portion (101) of the housing (110); and a heat transfer unit (103) disposed at least partially within the housing (110), the heat transfer unit (103) comprising a heater (105) and a fluid circulator (106), wherein the heat transfer unit (103) is operable in a first mode and a second mode; wherein in the first mode, the heater (105) is turned on, thereby heating a thermal transfer fluid contained within the housing (110), and the fluid circulator (106) is operated to circulate the thermal transfer fluid such that heat is transferred to the transparent portion (101) of the housing (110); and in the second mode, the heater (105) is turned off, and the fluid circulator (106) is operated to circulate the thermal transfer fluid contained within the housing (110) such that hea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: EUROPEAN THERMODYNAMICS LTD.
    Inventors: Richard Tuley, Mark Jones, Nick Porter
  • Patent number: 10488956
    Abstract: A luminous mouse pad includes a pad assembly, a cap member and a light emitting unit. The pad assembly includes a base plate, a pad, and an anti-slip plate. The base plate has a main board and an extension plate extending from the main board; the pad is stacked onto the main board; the light guide plate is sandwiched between the main board and the pad; the anti-slip plate covers the main board; the cap member is coupled to the base plate and totally covers the extension plate, and a cavity is formed between the cap member, extension plate and light guide plate; and the light emitting unit is contained in the cavity and corresponsive to the light guide plate. The base plate and cap member may be manufactured by different simple-structured molds separately to save costs and improve the yield rate of the luminous mouse pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HADES-GAMING CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hung-Jen Chou
  • Patent number: 10486358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel biaxial forming process for a preform made of a polymer material which comprises polymethyl methacrylate, to an apparatus for carrying out the process, and also to novel components obtained from a biaxial forming process and their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Stuber, Christian Eckhardt, Helmut Hilsmann
  • Patent number: 10461065
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: mounting light emitting elements on a collective substrate; arranging a first protruding member surrounding the light emitting elements; arranging a second protruding member between the light emitting elements; forming a cover member covering an upper end of the second protruding member, a lateral surface of each of the light emitting elements in a region surrounded by the first protruding member; and singulating the light emitting devices by cutting the cover member, the second protruding member, and the collective substrate at a portion including the second protruding member. The second protruding member is harder than the cover member. An upper end of the second protruding member is located lower than that of the first protruding member but higher than the upper surface of each of the light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Ozeki, Hiroki Fukuta
  • Patent number: 10451247
    Abstract: An optic can manage light emitted by a light emitting diode. The optic can comprise a backside that faces the light emitting diode and a front side opposite the backside. The front side can be convex. The backside can have a central region that is adjacent the light emitting diode and that is either concave or convex. One or more grooves can extend peripherally about the central region. An injection molding system can produce optics in which the backside comprises the concave central region as well as optics in which the backside comprises the convex central region. The molding system can utilize one molding member shaped according to the front side of the optic. That molding member can be compatible with two other molding members that are shaped according to the different backsides of the optic. Thus, two different optic forms can be produced with three molding members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Anthony Ryan Gibbs
  • Patent number: 10436393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device (200) comprising a mounting surface (201); a lens (100) comprising a lens body (101) having an inner surface (102) encapsulating a cavity (103) and delimiting an entrance to said cavity, said entrance facing the mounting surface, the inner surface comprising a plurality of adjoining surface sections each defining a segment of the cavity, wherein each segment has a narrowing region distal to the entrance delimited by a curved portion (106) of the surface section delimiting said segment; and an elongate carrier (202) extending from the mounting surface into the cavity segments through the cavity entrance and comprising a plurality of solid state lighting elements (203) configured to emit light towards the lens body. Further disclosed is a luminaire comprising the said lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Guyuan Chen, Aibin Zou, Jingxu Zhou, Haoran Zhang, Xiuru Wang
  • Patent number: 10429654
    Abstract: A virtual reality display apparatus includes at least one display and at least one optical assembly. The display provides an image beam to a left eye or a right eye of a user. The optical assembly is disposed on a transmission path of the image beam and located between the left eye or the right eye of the user and the display. The optical assembly includes at least one Fresnel lens including ring structures surrounding an optical axis thereof. Each of the ring structures includes an effective refraction surface and an optically non-effective surface connected to each other and arranged along a radial direction. A junction of the effective refraction surface and the optically non-effective surface has a round angle. The radius of curvature of the round angles of at least some of the ring structures of the Fresnel lens is smaller than 10 ?m and larger than 0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi-Jung Chiu, Wei-Kuo Shih, Yi-Huang Lee, Shih-Ting Huang
  • Patent number: 10400986
    Abstract: Disclosed lens designs enable uniform light distribution without hot spot, achieving wider transfer functions of light compared with traditional lenses, with a benefit of reducing the number of light sources needed and overall cost for direct-lit backlight device. A disclosed lens includes a beam shaping element on the top thereof and a backlight device incorporating the lens and the beam shaping element to eliminate a light hot spot produced by the backlight device and obtain a uniform light distribution at the illumination field. The disclosed lens is especially useful when extremely wider transfer function or extremely thin backlight is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Lumileds Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Chunxia Feng
  • Patent number: 10362657
    Abstract: An exterior aircraft light unit includes a support plate, an LED, mounted to the support plate, a near end of life detector for sensing a light output level of the LED, the near end of life detector being mounted to the support plate, and a transparent optical element for shaping an output light intensity distribution of the exterior aircraft light unit, wherein the transparent optical element jointly encases the LED and the near end of life detector, with light from the LED reaching the near end of life detector through the transparent optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling-Von Heimendahl, Anil Kumar Jha, Robert Trinschek
  • Patent number: 10333036
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating an emissive display color conversion film. An emissive substrate top surface is conformally coated with an optically transparent carrier film, covering an array of emissive elements. A suspension, including a fluid and a color conversion material (e.g., QDs), is then selectively deposited in absorption regions overlying the emissive elements, for example, using inkjet patterning. After the suspension is absorbed into the absorption regions, the fluid is removed from the suspension, leaving the color conversion material in the absorption regions, and forming the color conversion film. The removal of the fluid encapsulates the color conversion material in the absorption regions. Typically, the conformal coating is thick enough to form a planar top surface. The conformally coating of carrier film may also act to encapsulate both properly aligned emissive elements, as well as misaligned emissive elements that may be located on the emissive substrate top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: eLux Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Ulmer
  • Patent number: 10330268
    Abstract: A downlight retrofit assembly includes a reflector, the reflector defining a top reflector end and a bottom reflector end, the reflector defining a reflector bore extending through the reflector from the top reflector end to the bottom reflector end, the reflector bore defining a top reflector aperture and a bottom reflector aperture; a lens, the lens attached to the reflector proximate the bottom reflector end, the lens covering the bottom reflector aperture; and a light engine, the light engine comprising a SSL source and PCB, the SSL source attached to the PCB, the light engine covering the top reflector aperture, the SSL source disposed within the top reflector aperture, the SSL source configured to emit light through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ashok Deepak Shah, Praneet Jayant Athalye, Christopher Lee Whitworth, Frederic Perry Phillips
  • Patent number: 10281111
    Abstract: A light emitting module includes a circuit board, light emitting elements disposed on the circuit board, each light emitting element including light emitting diode chips and a wavelength conversion layer coated on the light emitting diode chips, and a lens disposed on the light emitting elements and configured to diffuse light emitted form the light emitting elements. The lens includes a concave part having a light incident surface and an upper surface through which the light incident on the lens is emitted, and at least one of the light incident surface and the upper surface includes sections disposed at least 15° from a central axis and sequentially connected in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Ju Kim, Ki Bum Nam