Having Light-emitting Diode Patents (Class 362/311.02)
  • Patent number: 10133029
    Abstract: A lens including a first set of cavity regions, a second set of cavity regions and a third set of cavity regions is provided. The first set of cavity regions includes a first cavity region and a second cavity region, and a first reflection curved surface of the first cavity region faces a second reflection curved surface of the second cavity region. The second set of cavity regions includes a third cavity region and a fourth cavity region, and a third reflection curved surface of the third cavity region faces a first reflecting plane of the fourth cavity region. The third set of cavity regions includes a fifth cavity region and a sixth cavity region, and the first reflecting plane faces a refraction curved surface of the fifth cavity region and a refraction plane of the sixth cavity region. A light source apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: Cal-Comp Electronics & Communications Company, Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Min Wang
  • Patent number: 10107486
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting diode (LED) module. The LED module includes: a light emitting chip on a substrate; and an optical lens on the substrate configured to envelop the light emitting chip, wherein the optical lens includes a body comprising a groove receiving the light emitting chip therein and having a dome-shaped upper surface and a ring-shaped supporting portion protruding from a lower surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-sung Kim, Tae-hee Song, Young-hyo Eun, Shin-min Rhee, Ju-hyun Song, Sang-woo Ha, In-je Sung
  • Patent number: 10085319
    Abstract: An improved lighting apparatus is disclosed. The lighting apparatus includes a direct current power supply unit, a light emitting unit operating in response to a direct current voltage applied from the direct current power supply unit, and a voltage control unit located between the direct current power supply unit and the light emitting unit to control the level of a voltage applied from the direct current power supply unit to the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit includes first light emitting groups having a first correlated color temperature and being turned on at a first turn-on voltage (VB) or above and second light emitting groups having a second correlated color temperature and being turned on at a second turn-on voltage (VA) greater than the first turn-on voltage. The first light emitting groups are connected in parallel with the second light emitting groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: LUMENS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Kyoung Yoo, Seong Bok Yoon
  • Patent number: 10041646
    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: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Anthony Ryan Gibbs
  • Patent number: 9978921
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK, CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Joon Yoon
  • Patent number: 9945524
    Abstract: A light source unit includes an attachment body including an attachment board, a circuit board having a first surface in contact with the attachment board and a second surface on which lighting sources are mounted. The light source unit further includes a cover attached to the attachment body so as to cover the second surface of the circuit board. The cover includes a panel covering the circuit board and a pair of inner flanges each of which extending from both ends of the panel in a width direction of the panel so as to come toward each other. The circuit board is supported by being held between the pair of inner flanges and the attachment board of the attachment body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Jimbo, Toru Mizotani
  • Patent number: 9890924
    Abstract: An optical device and a light source module including the same are provided. The optical device includes a first surface including an incident portion through which light that is emitted from a light source is incident, and a second surface through which the light incident through the incident portion is emitted. The incident portion may include a curved surface that is recessed toward the second surface, and a pointed vertex to which the curved surface is recessed, the pointed vertex being in a central portion of the optical device, and the central portion being through which an optical axis of the optical device passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Woo Ha, Jong Pil Won, Won Soo Ji
  • Patent number: 9835309
    Abstract: A lens including a first body having a first cavity, a second body in surface contact with the first body, a plurality of protrusions disposed on the surface of the second body and overlapping the first body in the vertical direction, and a plurality of patterns formed on the surface of the protrusion closest to the first body. At least one of the patterns includes a first inclined part formed in a first direction and a second inclined part formed in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Wook Cho
  • Patent number: 9765942
    Abstract: A LED lamp and an optical lens thereof are provided. The LED lamp includes a LED light source and an optical lens covering the LED light source. The optical lens includes a dome structure and a protrusion structure. The dome structure has an external surface. The protrusion structure is disposed protruding from the external surface and includes oppositely-disposed first and second side surfaces. The first side surface includes first and second optical surfaces. The second side surface includes a third optical surface. The second optical surface is connected immediately to the external surface and further connected between the external surface and the first optical surface. A boundary line of the second and the first optical surfaces is not disposed at the external surface. The third optical surface and the external surface are immediately connected. Accordingly, local uniformity of light distribution of the optical lens is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KAISTAR LIGHTING (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Lung Tsai, Jenn-Yuan Hsu, Hsin-Yu Chiang, Hsin-Ming Chiang
  • Patent number: 9741914
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lens for a light-emitting device usable in a display apparatus or a lighting apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a light-emitting device package. The lens may include a lens body including a light-receiving portion provided in a lower surface of the lens body, a light-emitting portion provided on an upper surface of the lens body, and a recess provided at a center of the upper surface of the lens body, and a flat portion provided in a horizontal shape on a bottom surface of the recess perpendicularly to a main emission line of light emitted from a light-emitting device to emit at least a part of light received through the light-receiving portion, upward. A diameter of the flat portion may be 1/100 to 1/10 of an inlet diameter of the light-receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: LUMENS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Oh, Yun Geon Cho, Young Mi Na, Byeong Cheol Shim, Bo Gyun Kim, Jong Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 9739469
    Abstract: A lighting device including: a light emitting module; a heat sink which is disposed on the light emitting module; a heat sink fan which is disposed over the heat sink; an upper case which covers the heat sink fan and the heat sink; and a lower case which is coupled to the upper case and fixes the light emitting module. A first air inlet is disposed in the lower case. A second air inlet is disposed in the upper case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Soo Park, Sun Ho Kim, Jae O Kwak, Seung Kyun Hong
  • Patent number: 9709242
    Abstract: A shell integrator has a hollow transparent body with inner and outer surfaces formed as arrays of lenslets. Each lenslet of the inner surface images a common source region in the middle of the hollow body onto a respective lenslet of the outer surface. Each lenslet of the outer surface forms a virtual image of the respective lenslet of the inner surface at the common source region. One integrator has a light-guide following the surface of the hollow body from an inlet end at a central region of the surface to an outlet end at a rim of the hollow body. The light-guide inlet end is shaped to receive light from the common source region and direct such light along the light-guide. Another integrator is generally elongated, and may be semicylindrical. Any of these integrators may have a stepped surface forming a Fresnel lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Light Prescriptions Innovators, LLC
    Inventors: Pablo Benitez, Julio C. Chaves, Ruben Mohedano, Aleksandra Cvetkovic, Juan Carlos Minano, Waqidi Falicoff
  • Patent number: 9711702
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Joon Yoon
  • Patent number: 9711913
    Abstract: In one embodiment an electronic device comprises a housing, a socket in the housing to receive a connector, and an illumination source proximate the socket to illuminate the socket. Other embodiments may be described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Aviv, Tomer Rider, Yair Giwnewer, Yevgeniy Kiveisha
  • Patent number: 9703130
    Abstract: A luminous flux control member may include an incident surface, a first optical surface, and a second optical surface. The first optical surface may be separated from the incident surface in a direction of an optical axis and includes a concave portion recessed toward the incident surface. The second optical surface may form a side surface of the luminous flux control member. The first optical surface may include a connection portion that connects the concave portion to the second optical surface. In at least one embodiment, the connection portion may have a width ranging from 1 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Young Jung, Chang Hyuck Lee
  • Patent number: 9657931
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide lighting systems that employ light-emitting diode (LED) chips as active lighting elements. Heat management components for the LED chips employed in the lighting sources are provided. In embodiments of the invention, LED chips are cooled by one or more heatspreaders and heat sinks attached to a substrate that houses the LED chip and/or the topside of the LED chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ketan R. Shah, Sean M. Halton
  • Patent number: 9657903
    Abstract: A method of forming a light sheet includes depositing a reflective conductor layer over a substrate, printing a layer of microscopic inorganic LEDs on the conductor layer, depositing a first dielectric layer, having a first index of refraction, over the conductor layer and along sidewalls of the LEDs, and depositing a transparent conductor layer over the LEDs so that the LEDs are connected in parallel. The transparent conductor layer may be a wire mesh with openings. A liquid or paste polymer layer is then deposited over the transparent conductor layer and directly contacts the first dielectric layer. The indices of refraction of both layers are similar to reduce TIR. The top surface of the polymer layer is then molded to contain light extraction features to reduce waveguiding in the light sheet. In another embodiment, the substrate surface is the light exit surface that has the light extraction features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Nthdegree Technologies Worldwide Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley Steven Oraw
  • Patent number: 9638392
    Abstract: A lamp optic (100) for a lamp includes a proximal end (104), a distal end (106) and a longitudinal axis (L). The proximal end (104) has a proximal inner side wall (112) linearly extending toward the distal end (106) and intersecting a proximal flat portion (114). The distal end (106) has a distal inner side wall (120) linearly extending toward the proximal end (104) and intersecting a distal flat portion (122). The distal flat portion length (LD) is at least 25 percent of the proximal flat portion length (LP). A lateral side (108) extends from the proximal end (104) to the distal end (106). The lateral side (108) has a first skirt region (124) and a second skirt region (126). The first skirt region (124) and the second skirt region (126) extend linearly and successively from the proximal end (104) to the distal end (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence M. Rice, Ronald E. Boyd, Jr., Thomas Tessnow, Howard Eng
  • Patent number: 9638393
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light distribution method for a COB module LED street lamp lens capable of illuminating 3 or 5 lanes. The light distribution method is characterized in that the light emitted by a COB module LED light source is firstly refracted by a drop-shaped refraction lens and then refracted secondarily by a light distribution curved surface lens to achieve an optimal irradiation effect. The light distribution method provides a foundation for the use of a single COB module LED light source in an urban road, and has the advantages of low cost and high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: HONGLI LIGHTING GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guofeng Lv, Wenqing Lv
  • Patent number: 9562651
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprises: an LED module; a heat sink releasing heat generated by the LED module; and a light source supporting body having a locking part locking to the heat sink so as to hold the LED module on the heat sink. This avoids the necessity of screws used for attaching the LED module to the heat sink, and hence reduces the number of components and realizes easy attaching work for the light source. Thus, workability is improved in comparison with the conventional art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Echigo, Yu Shinohara, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9490394
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises an epitaxial structure comprising a first semiconductor stack, a second semiconductor stack, and an active layer between the first semiconductor stack and second semiconductor stack for emitting a light; and a main light-extraction surface on the first semiconductor stack, wherein the light passes through the main light-extraction surface. The main light-extraction surface comprises a first light-extraction region, a second light-extraction region, and a maximum near-field luminous intensity. The distribution of the near-field luminous intensity in the first light-extraction region is between 70% and 100% of the maximum near-field luminous intensity, the distribution of the near-field luminous intensity in the second light-extraction region is between 0% and 70% of the maximum near-field luminous intensity. A ratio of an area of the first light-extraction region to an area of the second light-extraction region is between 0.25 and 0.45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Chih Chiu, Shih-I Chen, Chih-Chiang Lu
  • Patent number: 9488331
    Abstract: A portable light may comprise: a light body and a light source supported thereby and selectively energizable for producing light; a switch for selectively energizing the light source; a TIR optical element disposed in front of the light source for receiving the light produced thereby, and form the light into a collimated beam of light, the TIR optical element having a recess in a forward face thereof; and a selectable beam modification element placeable into and removable from the recess in the forward face of the TIR optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond L. Sharrah
  • Patent number: 9453619
    Abstract: A retrofit-style lamp is disclosed. The retrofit-style lamp includes a plurality of light sources, and a one-dimensional linear batwing lens. The one-dimensional linear batwing lens beam shapes light emitted by at least two light sources of the plurality of light sources. The retrofit-style lamp also includes a housing including the plurality of light sources, and attached to the one-dimensional linear batwing lens. The combination of housing and lens is then itself fitted with endcaps, including electrical connectors, for placement within a fixture, such as within an existing conventional fluorescent tube fixture located within a storage structure, for example a refrigeration case. Alternatively, the plurality of light sources, the one-dimensional linear batwing lens, and the housing may be formed, along with a power supply, as a standalone retrofit fixture for use in enclosed storage structures, such as refrigeration cases, where the retrofit fixture replaces a conventional fluorescent fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Yang, Douglas Harriott, Li Li
  • Patent number: 9423090
    Abstract: A lighting fixture for vehicles is described herein. The light fixture is configured to produce a variable light output with variable angle of light spread. A light source, such as a series of connected light emitting diodes, encapsulated by optics, are affixed to a light fixture. A series of optics facing the light source may thus be manipulated and moved in a linear fashion towards or away from a light source in order to achieve a particular angle of light spread. The optics are controlled by a controller coupled to the light fixture and may function in an automated method or may respond to manual control. An adjustability mechanism assembly existing within and coupled to the light fixture operates the series of optics in a linear fashion towards or away from a light source. The light fixtures produce a range of light spreads from a focused spot light to a wider flood light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Feniex Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamza Deyaf, Nicholas Mazzanti, Alaa Hassan, Levi Propst
  • Patent number: 9423092
    Abstract: A lighting fixture for vehicles is described herein. The light fixture is configured to produce a variable light output with variable angle of light spread. A light source, such as a series of connected light emitting diodes, encapsulated by optics, are affixed to a light fixture. A series of optics facing the light source may thus be manipulated and moved in a linear fashion towards or away from a light source in order to achieve a particular angle of light spread. The optics are controlled by a controller coupled to the light fixture and may function in an automated method or may respond to manual control. An adjustability mechanism assembly existing within and coupled to the light fixture operates the series of optics in a linear fashion towards or away from a light source. The light fixtures produce a range of light spreads from a focused spot light to a wider flood light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Feniex Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamza Deyaf, Nicholas Mazzanti, Alaa Hassan, Levi Propst
  • Patent number: 9410668
    Abstract: A light string includes a plurality of jacketed light emitting diode assemblies and drive wires configured to electrically connect the jacketed light emitting diode assemblies to a power source. The light emitting diode assemblies include a light emitting diode having a contact set and a lens body, an electrical wire sit, and an integrally molded plastic jacket molded directly onto the contact set, the lens body, and electrical connections between the contacts of the contact set and the electrical wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: FIBER OPTIC DESIGNS, INC.
    Inventors: David Allen, Mark Allen
  • Patent number: 9395063
    Abstract: An LED lighting source having a surface light source characteristic and an icicle type diffusion unit corresponding to the surface light source are integrally formed through coupling therebetween to provide a shield type structure having waterproof and dustproof functions. Also, the LED lighting engine may improve lighting efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs when compared to an existing lighting device, and may also be applied in various ways. Also, the LED lighting engine may satisfy quality and pricing standards for LED lighting which are the main variables visible to the eyes of a user. In addition, the LED lighting engine may be simply replaced with conventional LED lighting in a one-on-one ratio (size) which greatly influences market competitiveness. Also, the LED lighting engine may be simply and freely adjusted in terms of light uniformity and light diffusion angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Hyun, Myeung Jae Noh
  • Patent number: 9377176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical device (229) for forming a light beam, which optical device comprises a lens (330) having a top section (331) configured to receive light emitted by a light source (220), a bottom section (332) configured to allow the received light to exit the lens, and a plurality of side sections (333) stretching from the top section to the bottom section. The plurality of side sections enclose the lens and are adapted to reflect and refract incident rays of the received light. A cross-section (334) of the lens, in a plane perpendicular to a center axis (338) stretching from the top section to the bottom section, has the shape of a polygon, which polygon is oriented in a length-wise direction (335) and in a transversal direction (336) being perpendicular to each other. Furthermore, the lens is adapted such that the received light exits the lens as a light beam formed to an elongated shape (5) at a predetermined distance (4) from the optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Kwan Nai Lee, Maarten Van Lierop, Albert Bijlsma, Barry Mos, Petrus Gerardus Josephus Maria Nuyens
  • Patent number: 9293731
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device having a display substrate; a display element layer formed on the display substrate and including a plurality of pixels, a thin film encapsulation layer which covers and protects the display substrate and the display element layer; a function film disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, a first adhesive layer disposed between the thin film encapsulation layer and the functional film, a window attached onto the functional film which protects the display element layer, and a second adhesive layer disposed between the functional film and the window, in which the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive are formed by deposition, a surface processing is performed, and facing surfaces are adhered with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hun Kim, Jin Koo Kang, Soo Youn Kim, Hyun Ho Kim, Seung Yong Song, Cheol Jang, Sang Hwan Cho, Chung Sock Choi, Sang Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 9279560
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new LED lens and LCD backlight screen thereof. The said new LED lens includes base stand, the first protruding stand set on the base stand and the second protruding stand set on the first protruding stand; the side wall of the first protruding stand and the side wall of the second protruding stand constitute the exit surface, the side wall of the first protruding stand is outside-protruding curved surface structure; the top surface of the second protruding stand is reflective surface, and the reflective surface is conic concave structure; the bottom of the base stand is set the cylindrical hole for installing LED, and the surface of the cylindrical hole constitutes incidence surface. The present invention achieves the intention of acquiring the same brightness degree through reducing the projection distance by half compared to the present refractive optical lens with the same LED arrangement distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: DONG GUAN OKLENS OPTICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liwang Jiang
  • Patent number: 9200765
    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 the street is beneficial. The source can be coupled to an optic that comprises a cavity. A first region of the optic can receive light from the source and emit light towards the area to be illuminated. A second region of the optic can comprise two reflective surfaces. The first reflective surface can receive light from the source and reflect the received light towards the second reflective surface. The two reflective surfaces can be used to direct light away from one side of the optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Kevin Charles Broughton
  • Patent number: 9194565
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes a housing, a light-emitting assembly and a driver, wherein the housing includes a first and second cavity and a partition plate, wherein an open end in the first and second cavity may accommodate the light-emitting assembly and the driver, respectively. A lens and a driver housing further respectively mounted thereon wherein the lens and driver housing includes a first supporting leg and a second supporting leg, respectively. The second supporting leg is engaged with a first stop portion formed on an inner wall of the housing, wherein the first supporting leg extends in a through hole in the partition plate to move between a first and a second position deviating circumferentially from the first position, the first supporting leg is locked at the first position between the partition plate and a second stop portion formed in an inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Xiaoyu Chen, Jin Hu, Junhua Zeng, Dirk Buchhauser
  • Patent number: 9182098
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: VENNTIS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: David Wayne Caldwell, Justin Teitt
  • Patent number: 9163812
    Abstract: An LED light fixture assembly includes an elongated first support member, an elongated second support member spaced from and substantially parallel to the first support member, and a plurality of elongated LED lighting fixtures coupled to and extending between the first support member and the second support member. Each LED lighting fixture includes an elongated structural frame member having a substantially channel shaped support portion, and a mounting portion opposite the support portion. Each LED lighting fixture also includes a plurality of LED light modules secured to and positioned along the mounting portion, and a cover extending along and supported by the mounting portion. The cover is positioned so light emitted from the plurality of LED light modules passes through the cover and away from the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: ELECTRALED, INC.
    Inventors: James Thomas, Vladimir Volochine
  • Patent number: 9151456
    Abstract: An assembly for releasably attaching a junction housing to a ceiling panel for a recessed lighting fixture. The assembly is in the form of a spring clamp and includes an outer section located over and movable along an outer surface of the housing when the housing is received within an opening in the panel, and an inner section movable along an inner surface of the housing when the housing is received within the opening in the panel. The inner section includes a finger-engageable element spring-biased to a locking position for locking the housing onto the panel, engageable by a user's finger to move the spring clamp to a releasing position releasing the housing for movement within the panel to a locking or releasing position with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Eurofase Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Bitton, Antonio Zitoli
  • Patent number: 9136453
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Joon Yoon
  • Patent number: 9121555
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lens and light emitting module for surface illumination. The light emitting module includes a circuit board; a light emitting device mounted on the circuit board; and a lens dispersing light emitted from the light emitting device. The lens includes a lower surface formed with a concave section defining a light incident surface through which light enters the lens, an upper surface through which light exits the lens, and legs coupled to the circuit board and disposed farther outside the lens than an area of the upper surface. The light emitting device is disposed within the concave section of the lens. With this structure, the lens and the light emitting module can be reduced in thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ki Hwang, Eun Ju Kim, Jung Doo Kim
  • Patent number: 9103530
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for light emission, comprising at least one LED illuminant in a long arrangement, a carrier element carrying the LED illuminant, and a light emitting element that can be connected to the carrier element. The light emitting element comprises a first region (41) wherein traversing light is extensively scattered. It also comprises a second region (40) wherein traversing light is scattered significantly less than in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Gassner, Michael Spiegel
  • Patent number: 9097956
    Abstract: A direct-type LED backlight module includes a backlight plate, an LED mounted on the backlight plate to emit light, and a lens mounted on the backlight plate and encapsulating the LED therein. The lens includes a light input part to allow the light in, a light output part extending from a top surface of the light input part to allow the light radiate out from a periphery thereof, and a microstructure formed on a bottom surface of the light input part to reflect a part of light reflected by the light output part to make the reflected light travel through a central portion of the light output part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li-Ying Wang He
  • Patent number: 9086211
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide optical systems that can mix colors to produce illumination patterns having a large area with uniform color. One embodiment of an optical system can include a set of optical units that each produces an illumination pattern with uniform color and intensity. The optical units are spaced so that the individual illumination patterns overlap to create an overall illumination pattern with an overlap area. In the overlap area, the colors emitted by the individual optical units mix to create a desired color. Embodiments of optical systems can provide beam control so that the optical units emit a high percentage of light in beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Illumitex, Inc.
    Inventors: Dung T. Duong, Hyunchul Ko, Randall E. Johnson, Paul N. Winberg, Emil Radkov
  • Patent number: 9086210
    Abstract: A lighting module includes a base structure and a plurality of light points configured to generate light radiation, wherein the light points are coupled to the base structure, wherein the lighting module comprises at least one light point which has a radiation pattern with rotational asymmetry, and wherein the base structure and the light point are configured to couple the light point to the base structure with different orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Alberto Zanotto, Dina Pasqualini
  • Patent number: 9063371
    Abstract: Provided is a backlight device having: a light source element having LEDs and a lens expanding light from the LEDs; a housing containing the element; a diffuser plate covering an opening portion of the housing; and a reflection sheet reflecting light emitted from the element, toward the diffuser plate. The LEDs are arranged in one or more rows, at a central zone. The lens has an incident surface receiving light from the LEDs, and an exit surface from which the light goes out, being expanded. In the exit surface, in an optical-axis-containing sectional plane viewed laterally along the orientation in which the LEDs are arrayed, the len's curvature C in a minute interval along the exit surface is maximum in a range 60°<?i<80°, where ?i is the angle between the optical axis, and a line connecting the center of the minute interval and the position of a light source on the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daizaburo Matsuki, Katsuhiko Hayashi, Kenji Hasegawa, Hiroshi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150146435
    Abstract: A lens for forming a predetermined pattern from a light source includes a first region of an inner surface configured to receive light from the light source and to bend the light into a first line segment. The lens includes a second region of the inner surface configured to receive the light from the light source and to bend the light into a second line segment perpendicular to the first line segment, the first line segment forming a cross of a “T” and the second line segment forming the stem of the “T.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Greenwood, Martin Paul Robotham
  • Patent number: 9039248
    Abstract: A lens holder (6) has: a lens holding section (21), which elastically holds a flange (17) of a lens (5); a section to be pressed (22), which is positioned to surround the lens holding section (21), and is fixed to a substrate (3) by being pressed to the substrate by means of a holder fixing means (2); and connecting sections (23, 24), which partially connect to each other the lens holding section (21) and the section to be pressed (22). The height of the section to be pressed (22) from the substrate (3) is more than the height of the lens holding section (21) from the substrate (3), and the lens holding section (21) is not in contact with the holder fixing means (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ENPLAS Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Kajiwara, Masato Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9039252
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical device for imparting an asymmetrical light beam. The optical device comprises a lens (10) having an exit diopter (12) having an exit surface consisting of a convex surface (16) defining a curved rear portion (18) having a first curvature and a curved front portion (19) having a second curvature different from the first curvature. Furthermore the lens (10) comprises an entry diopter (11) including at least one concave lodging (13) for lodging at least one light source, the surface of the concave lodging (13) facing at least partly the curved rear portion (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Koninklijkle Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Vincent Treanton
  • Publication number: 20150138764
    Abstract: The present application is directed to a mini sensor lamp with interchangeable plug, including a round shaped plug and a coupled socket, the mini sensor lamp with interchangeable plug is provided with a safe activity piece device and a control circuit piece. The control circuit piece connects with copper foil. The copper foil adheres at one border side of the socket. A transparent pore is opened at one border side of the socket at the same time. A transparent lens is provided at the transparent pore. The light sensitive resistor of the control circuit piece is situated within the transparent lens. The control circuit piece is provided with LED lamp. At the jack of the round shaped plug is designed with a safe activity piece device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Ningbo Weitao Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jiangang DAI
  • Patent number: 9033542
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a light emitting diode (LED) luminaire. In one embodiment, the LED luminaire includes a linearly extended enclosure having an interior volume, one or more sides and a light exiting portion along a length of the linearly extended enclosure, wherein the one or more sides each comprise an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein at least a portion of the linearly extended enclosure comprises an extruded optically clear plastic, one or more first LEDs mounted on the inside surface of the one or more sides of the linearly extended enclosure and a reflector coupled to the interior volume of the linearly extended enclosure, wherein the reflector redirects light from the one or more first LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Dialight Corporation
    Inventors: John Patrick Peck, Aleksandr Olegovich Spiridonov, Samual David Boege
  • Patent number: 9033554
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light source module. The light source module includes a light source and a lens facing the light source. The lens includes a bottom surface, a light input surface, a light output surface and a transparent ball. The light input surface is a curved surface depressing from a center of the bottom surface. The light source faces the light input surface. The light output surface is opposite to the bottom surface. The light output surface includes a concave surface located at a center thereof and a convex surface located at peripheral thereof and surrounding the concave surface. The transparent ball is received in a cavity defined by the light input surface. The transparent ball defines a plurality of hollow holes therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chau-Jin Hu, Feng-Yuen Dai, Yung-Lun Huang
  • Patent number: 9033555
    Abstract: A lighting module may comprise a housing, a window frame mounted at a front side of the housing, a window mounted at a front plane of the window frame, the window comprising a window front face spanning a front plane length and first and second window sidewalls extending rearwards from first and second edges of the window front face, and an array of light-emitting elements within the housing, the array aligned with and emitting light through a window front plane and through the first and second window sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Phoseon Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Childers, David George Payne
  • Patent number: 9035348
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting device includes a body, a first electrode installed in the body and a second electrode separated from the first electrode, a light emitting chip formed on one of the first and second electrodes, and electrically connected to the first and second electrodes, and a protective cap projecting between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Joon Yoon