Molded Patents (Class 362/311.15)
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Patent number: 9033542Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Dialight CorporationInventors: John Patrick Peck, Aleksandr Olegovich Spiridonov, Samual David Boege
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Patent number: 8979327Abstract: The invention relates to a spotlight, in particular for at least partially illuminating a stage, wherein the spotlight comprises a housing for accommodating a light source and a lens, through which light emitted by the light source can leave the housing when the light source is accommodated in the housing and which is a Fresnel step lens, which is characterized in that the Fresnel step lens has at least one spiral step on at least one side.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Auer Lighting GmbHInventors: Thomas Hessling, Marc C. Huebner
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Patent number: 8894245Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light emitting portion including a substrate having a mounting surface for mounting an LED element and a metal portion formed on a surface of the substrate opposite to the mounting surface, the substrate including a ceramic or a semiconductor and the metal portion being bondable to a solder material and a heat dissipating member including one of aluminum, an aluminum alloy, magnesium, and a magnesium alloy, and having, on a surface thereof, a junction treated so as to be bondable to the solder material and a heat dissipating film formed in a periphery of the junction, wherein the metal portion of the light emitting portion is bonded to the junction of the heat dissipating member by the solder material.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu Suehiro, Koji Tasumi
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Patent number: 8801234Abstract: A light emitting module is provided with a light emitting element and an optical wavelength converting member. The optical wavelength converting member includes a light incident plane, a light output plane, and an outer plane which is a plane except for said light incident plane and said light output plane. The optical wavelength converting member converts a wavelength of light emitted on the light emitting element and entered from the light incident plane into the optical wavelength converting member and outputs the wavelength-converted light from the light output plane. An average roughness “Ra” of at least a portion of the outer plane is lower than an average roughness of the light output plane.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuaki Tsutsumi, Takashi Onishi
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Patent number: 8764240Abstract: An electrical device such as an LED light assembly includes a conductive circuit and one or more electrical components connected to the circuit. The electrical components and the circuit are at least partially overmolded with a thermoplastic polymer material to encapsulate the components. The material utilized to cover the circuit and/or electrical components may also be utilized to form a housing or other structure of a finished part.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Innotec Corp.Inventors: Thomas J. Veenstra, Paul T. Vander Kuyl, Matthew S. Weeda, Michael L. Lanser, Kyle A. Israels, Jason R. Mulder, Mark W. Vander Pol
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Publication number: 20140085874Abstract: A luminaire includes a light-emitting element, a side surface cover, a lower surface cover, a diffuser, and a prism, which is an example of an optical member. The light-emitting element emits light. The side surface cover is arranged a predetermined distance from the light-emitting element. The light emitted by the light-emitting element is transmitted through the side surface cover. The lower surface cover is provided at the lower end of the side surface cover. The light emitted by the light-emitting element is transmitted through the lower surface cover. The diffuser is a member provided between the lower surface cover and the light-emitting element to diffuse the light emitted by the light-emitting element. The prism adjusts a traveling direction of the light transmitted through the side surface cover to be different from a traveling direction of the light emitted by the light-emitting element and transmitted through the lower surface cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Makoto KAWAGOE, Yoko NOGUCHI, Takayuki ONO
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Patent number: 8616735Abstract: A light emitter has a light surround about the emitter formed from silicone having internally encapsulated plant materials.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Vickie Jean's Creations, Inc.Inventor: Victoria Jean Van Dyn Hoven
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Publication number: 20130343035Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes: a light source, and a lens sheet arranged on an optical axis of the light source on which a plurality of prisms arranged in concentric circles centered on the optical axis of the light source are formed. A light diffusing part including a plurality of hemispherical light scattering elements is provided on the lens sheet, the light diffusing part includes light scattering elements whose shape is distorted due to influence of light scattering elements that are adjacent in at least one direction, and the plurality of light scattering elements is arranged in concentric circles centered on the optical axis of the light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji SAKAI, Ryohei TAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 8430527Abstract: A method for manufacturing an illuminating device includes steps of: forming an electrical conductive circuit on a metallic substrate, arranging light-emitting elements on the metallic substrate to be electrically connected with the electrical conductive circuit, covering a transparent cap on each of the light-emitting elements, fixing an electrical connector to the metallic substrate to be electrically connected to the electrical conductive circuit, forming a transparent body outside the transparent caps, the metallic substrate and the electrical conductive circuit by means of an over-molding process; forming a lamp cover outside the transparent body, the metallic substrate and the electrical connector by means of an over-molding process. An illuminating device is further provided, thereby prevents the light-emitting elements from suffering damage due to the temperature and pressure of the over-molding process, and increasing the brightness of the light emitted by the light-emitting elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Liang Meng Plastic Share Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kuang-Chu Lai
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Patent number: 8157400Abstract: A light emitting module (12) is provided with a circuit board (20), a plurality of LED chips (21) mounted on a surface of the circuit board (20), and a plurality of lenses (30) covering the LED chips (21). The circuit board (20) is provided with a plurality of portions defining gate holes (27), which penetrate the circuit board from a front surface to a rear surface, and a runner (26), which is formed to pass on the portions defining the gate holes (27) on the rear surface side of the circuit board (20). The plurality of lenses (30) are formed on the front surface of the circuit board (20) by injection-molding a resin for the lens through the runner (26) and the portions defining the gate holes (27). Connecting sections (31) each integrated with corresponding one of the lenses (30) are formed in the portions defining the gate holes (27), and a supporting section (32) integrated with the connecting sections (31) is formed in the runner (26).Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Shuji Gomi, Shuichi Naijo
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Patent number: 8141384Abstract: A molding operation produces an extractor array by providing a mold having a plurality of cavities therein, each cavity being adapted to form an extractor suitable for coupling to an LED die; filling the mold with a plurality of glass particles; heating the glass particles above glass transition temperatures thereof so that the particles are reshaped to conform to the cavity shapes; and forming a land layer that extends between the cavities. The land layer maintains the extractors in a fixed spatial relationship with each other for subsequent handling or processing, such as a simultaneous polishing operation or in attaching the extractor array to a corresponding LED array.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2006Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Amy S. Barnes, Anatoly Z. Rosenflanz, Catherine A. Leatherdale, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Jacqueline C. Rolf
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Patent number: 8007136Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting diode (LED). The LED includes a light emitting chip, a reflector formed with an annular groove in an inner surface thereof and surrounding the light emitting chip, and a lens engaged with the groove of the reflector. An inner diameter of a lens insertion portion of the groove is smaller than an outer diameter of the lens, so that the lens can be engaged with the groove through elastic deformation. Since the separately manufactured lens is engaged with and coupled into the groove of the reflector, the lens can be fixed through a simple process and aligned without an error. Since the lens is engaged with the groove of the reflector, the lens is prevented from being easily separated. In addition, since there is no need for the use of an adhesive, it is possible to prevent degradation of the reliability of the LED.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung Yong Woo
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Publication number: 20110176065Abstract: A lighting device includes an LED 16 and a light guide plate 18 that are fixed to a surface 51 of an LED board 17. The light guide plate 18 includes a light entrance surface 34 that is provided in an LED holding space 33 holding the LED 16 therein, a scattering surface 37 that is formed by performing perforation processing, and a light exit surface 36 through which light exits to outside of the light guide plate 18 after traveling through the light guide plate 18 and reflecting off the scattering surface 37. The LED holding space 33 is formed such that the light guide plate 18 has an opening for the LED holding space 33 and an opening size of the opening increases in a direction P1 in which a lower mold 47B integrally including a projection 47C for forming the LED holding space 33 is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takaharu Shimizu
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Patent number: 7980731Abstract: A light-emitting element mounting substrate (20) in which a surface of a core metal (21) is coated with an enamel layer (22), and a reflective concave portion (23) for mounting a light-emitting element is provided, wherein a groove (24) is provided around the reflective concave portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Ken-ichi Uruga, Masanori Ito
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Patent number: 7972032Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device assembly. Such a LED assembly comprises a plurality of lamp-type light emitting devices, each of said lamp-type light emitting devices having a light output side and side walls. The plurality of lamp-type light emitting devices are directly or indirectly connected to each other via said side walls. The latter allows to obtain a compact LED assembly with high brightness.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Barco N.V.Inventors: Karim Meersman, Bruno Devos, Peter Gerets, Katrien Noyelle
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Patent number: 7972033Abstract: An indicator light (10) is provided. The indicator light (10) includes a body section (11), a cover section (12) detachably mounted on the body section (11), a printed circuit board (14) received in the body section (11) and a lamp (13) electrically connected to the printed circuit board (14). The lamp (13) faces the cover section (12) guiding lights from the lamp (13) to the body section (11).Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) LimitedInventor: Chuan-Wei Liao
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Patent number: 7934859Abstract: A light emitting diode module which includes a hollow enclosed body having a transparent or translucent portion. A power source is disposed within the body. At least one light emitting diode is disposed within the body. The at least one light emitting diode is visible through the transparent or translucent portion of the body. A power circuit couples the at least one light emitting diode to the power source. An externally accessible switch is provided to open and close the power circuit so that the at least one light emitting diode can be turned on and turned off.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Inventors: Robert Bryant, Huston Hill, Derek Pettigrew
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Patent number: 7857477Abstract: This invention is directed to an article of clothing having a lighting system that may be laundered with the clothing without damage to the electrical components of such system, comprising a light module that encapsulates and seals an electrical circuit coupled by one or more wires to a number of LEDs that are contained within a separate, leak-proof decorative patch. The patch is formed by a plastic base having an outer periphery that may be affixed to the article of clothing, such as by stitching, and a plastic cover preferably heat-sealed about its peripheral edge to the base defining a cavity between them within which the LEDs are mounted.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: BBC Internatinoal LLCInventors: Donald Wilborn, Rudy Guzman
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Patent number: 7794127Abstract: A light emitting diode (10) includes an LED chip (14) and an encapsulant (16) enclosing the LED chip. The LED chip has a light emitting surface (141), and the encapsulant has a light output surface (161) over the light emitting surface. The light output surface defines a plurality of annular, concentric grooves (163). Each groove is cooperatively enclosed by a first groove wall (165) and a second groove wall (166). The first groove wall is a portion of a circumferential side surface of a cone, and a conical tip of the cone is located on the light emitting surface of the LED chip.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung-Yuan Huang, Jer-Haur Kuo, Ye-Fei Yu, Lin Yang, Xin-Xiang Zha
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Patent number: 7794118Abstract: An LED assembly (10) includes an LED (12) and a lens (16). The lens covers on an outer periphery of the LED. The LED has an encapsulant (125) and an LED chip (121) received in the encapsulant (125) and having a light emitting surface (122). The lens has a light output surface (161) over the light emitting surface. The light output surface defines a plurality of annular, concentric grooves (163). Each groove (163) is cooperatively enclosed by a first groove wall (165) and a second groove wall (166). The first groove wall is a portion of a periphery of an imaginary cone and a conical tip of the imaginary cone is located on the light emitting surface of the LED chip.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chung-Yuan Huang, Jer-Haur Kuo, Xin-Xiang Zha, Ye-Fei Yu, Lin Yang
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Patent number: 7695166Abstract: An LED light bulb where the LED light bulb itself is molded into various shapes. The plastic lens used to surround the diode is shaped when manufactured to resemble various items, such as stars, crosses, hearts, trees, pinecones, bulbs, flat panels with designs, or any other shape the user desires. Because the entire light bulb is the LED, uniform and consistent light can be emitted from every part of the plastic lens that makes up the shaped LED light bulb, allowing the user to view the shaped LED light bulb from any angle. The shaped LED light bulb can be used individually, or strung together to form a strand of shaped lights.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Inventor: Anthony DeRose
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Patent number: 7682033Abstract: A chemiluminescent illuminated device employing a light-filtering injection molded polygonal shaped container that is scalloped to form an augmented illumination surface. The shaped housing includes a round shaped or form following chemical holding section. The lighting effects generated by the chemiluminescent chemical is enhanced by the polygonal shape and the inherent optical properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Cyalume Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Earl Cranor
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Publication number: 20090268465Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and at least one light source. The housing defines a chamber therein and includes an inner surface defining at least one recess configured with a specified pattern. The at least one light source is fixed in the chamber and corresponds to the at least one recess. The at least one recess is transparent and the at least one light source transmits light to the at least one recess, thereby displaying the specified pattern on an outer surface opposite to the inner surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTDInventors: BIN HUANG, SHIH-CHI WONG, CHIH-YU YEH