Reflector Structure Patents (Class 362/516)
  • Patent number: 12202181
    Abstract: A method for producing a light module for a lighting device of a motor vehicle, wherein the module comprises a support component and a light-outcoupling component. According to the invention, a connection element for establishing a retaining connection between the support component and the light-outcoupling component is molded at least onto the support component by means of an injection molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Frank Brinkmeier, Michael Lakenbrink, Ulrich Temme, Thomas Wiese
  • Patent number: 12203625
    Abstract: An optical module of a lighting system of a motor vehicle includes a light source, a primary optical system including at least two optical members, each optical member being arranged to form an image from the light source. The image is shifted with respect to the image formed by each other optical member from the light source. An optical projection system is arranged to project onto the ground the image formed by each optical member of the primary optical system from the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Marine Courcier, Eric Moisy, Stefan Namyslo
  • Patent number: 12152744
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle, including a first lighting module with a first lighting engine able to produce a first light beam with cutoff and a first optical device able to project the first light beam, a second lighting module with a second lighting engine able to produce a second light beam, and a second optical device able to project the second light beam, a plate having an inclination with respect to a horizontal plane, about an axis of inclination. The first and second lighting engines being arranged on the plate, with an offset, and the first and second optical devices exhibiting an offset in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventor: Sylvain Giraud
  • Patent number: 12152751
    Abstract: A headlight for a motor vehicle includes a housing which is provided with a translucent cover pane to allow light to exit from the headlight and in which a first lighting device and a second lighting device are located. The first lighting device is provided for generating at least one portion of a dipped beam and/or a full beam of the headlight, and the second lighting device is provided for generating at least one portion of a limiting light and/or a daytime running light of the headlight. The headlight also includes a diaphragm which is opaque in a predefined diaphragm section except for a plurality of light exit points provided therein. Light is emitted via the predefined diaphragm section toward the cover pane by the second lighting device in order to generate the at least one portion of the limiting light and/or the daytime running light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Benedikt Buergers, Felix Kilbertus, Martin Simmet, Dean Smith
  • Patent number: 12140283
    Abstract: To allow light from one or one group of light sources to be used for a plurality of applications. A lens structure for a vehicle lamp includes a light transmitter and a reflective surface. The light transmitter is configured to transmit light in a predetermined horizontal direction. The reflective surface is provided at an upper portion of an end portion of the light transmitter in the predetermined horizontal direction. A direction perpendicular to the reflective surface is inclined toward a direction opposite to the predetermined horizontal direction from a direction directly downward. The reflective surface totally reflects the light travelling in the predetermined horizontal direction downward. The light transmitted from below the reflective surface in the light transmitter in the predetermined horizontal direction radiates in the predetermined horizontal direction, and the light reflected by the reflective surface illuminates a road surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Go Shimizu, Shunsuke Iwao, Keisuke Kunori
  • Patent number: 12117139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-emitting module including a light source capable of emitting light rays, a collector with a reflective surface, an optical system configured to project a light beam by imaging a portion of the reflective surface located behind the light source, a screen located in front of the light source, with a rear face arranged so as to gather light rays which are emitted forward by the light source and are not reflected by the reflective surface. The screen includes an end face, adjacent to the rear face and facing the reflected light rays, which is configured to avoid and/or to absorb the reflected light rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Corentin Debaine, Sylvain Giraud, Yves Gromfeld, Clement Olchewsky
  • Patent number: 12085246
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp is provided, where a high beam module includes a primary optical element (2) and a primary light source (3) located on a back side of the primary optical element (2), and light emitted by the primary light source (3) forms a high beam light shape after passing through the primary optical element (2), where the high beam module is further provided with an auxiliary light source (4) beside the primary light source (3), light emitted by the auxiliary light source (4) forms an auxiliary light shape (6) after passing through the primary optical element (2), and when the low beam module is in a light-emitting state, the auxiliary light source (4) is in a light-emitting state. Beneficial effects: in a low beam lighting mode, a high beam part of the vehicle headlamp remains on, which improves the beauty of the overall appearance of the vehicle headlamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dapan Zhang, He Zhu, Zhiping Qiu
  • Patent number: 12069780
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a fixture housing. A circuit board is positioned in the fixture housing. The circuit board includes a driver circuit. A plurality of light emitters are disposed on the circuit board. The light emitters are operatively connected to the driver circuit to produce a light output. A temperature sensor is disposed on the circuit board, the temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the circuit board and output a signal. The driver circuit is configured to reduce the light output in response to the signal from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Progress Lighting, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Sinphay, Dhavalkumar Patel, William Thomas
  • Patent number: 12044375
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lamp for a vehicle, and a lamp assembly for a vehicle. The lamp for a vehicle includes a first light source that emits a first light along a first direction that is perpendicular to an upward/downward direction, a refractor that refracts the first light emitted from the first light source, a second light source that emits a second light toward the refractor along a second direction that crosses the first direction, and a third light source disposed adjacent to the second light source, and that emits a third light toward the refractor along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 12038149
    Abstract: A heater is provided for a vehicle illumination assembly. The heater includes a heat transfer body, a heat source, and a mounting base. The heat transfer body has a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a higher emissivity than the bottom surface. The heat source is affixed in heat transfer relation with the heat transfer body. The mounting base is configured to affix the heat transfer body within a housing of a vehicle illumination assembly to provide the top surface of the heat transfer body in radiant heat transfer relation with a light transmissible portion of the vehicle illumination assembly. A method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Van Straten Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: George A. Van Straten
  • Patent number: 12025286
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a first beam pattern formation part configured to emit first light for a first beam pattern and a lens configured to form the first beam pattern by transmitting the first light. The first beam pattern formation part includes a first light source that emits the first light; and a shield configured to block a portion of the first light that is emitted from the first light source toward the lens. The lens includes a spread lens that concentrates incident light to a focal line having a linear shape and a spot lens that concentrates incident light to a point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Tae Kim, Ki Beom Park, Seong Won Choi, Yong Suk Park, Seok Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12018806
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a halogen lamp replacement, in particular for car headlights, having a carrier plate which is covered on both main surfaces by structured electrically conductive layers, to which at least one respective light-emitting component, in particular at least one respective light-emitting-diode chip, is attached, the carrier plate being designed to dissipate heat generated by the light-emitting components to a heat sink formed by a coupling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Brandl, Clemens Hofmann, Daniel Richter
  • Patent number: 11988349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle including a light source that outputs light, a light guide provided on a front side of the light source, and an inner lens provided on a front side of the light guide, the light guide includes an input area, into which the light is input from the light source, a reflection area connected to the input area, extending in one direction, and that totally reflects the light input from the input area, and an output area formed in an opposite direction to the input area with respect to the reflection area, connected to the reflection area, and in which the light reflected by the reflection area travels in a direction that faces the inner lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun Kwon Mun
  • Patent number: 11976797
    Abstract: A lighting device according to an embodiment includes a sensor, a substrate disposed on the sensor and including an electrode pattern, a light source disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the electrode pattern, a resin layer disposed on the substrate, and a reflective layer disposed between the substrate and the resin layer, and the substrate may include a first region overlapping the sensor in a first direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, a second region surrounding the first region, the light source may be disposed on the second region, the plurality of reflective pattern groups may be disposed on the first region, and the sensor may not overlap the light source and the electrode pattern in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Hyun Ko, Moo Ryong Park, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11971150
    Abstract: A mobile lighting device includes a housing unit inserted into a vehicle body, a light source unit mounted in the housing unit and configured to generate light, a lens unit mounted in the housing unit and configured to transmit the light generated in the light source unit, and a drive unit configured to move the housing unit in such a manner that the lens unit is selectively inserted into y or protrudes out of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Do Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11971149
    Abstract: Sunlight incident in a lamp through a lens is prevented from being collected on a portion formed between a front end of a reflector and a lens holding frame through an opening formed in front of the portion. A vehicle lamp includes a light emitting portion, a lens that projects light emitted from the light emitting portion, a reflector including a first reflective surface that reflects light emitted from the light emitting portion toward the lens, an opening formed between a front end of the reflector and a frame, the frame that holds the lens, and a second reflective surface that is formed between the front end of the reflector and the frame, and reflects external light incident in the vehicle lamp through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Muto, Yoshihiro Sugie, Eiji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11933467
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting apparatus comprising a headlight module comprising a light collecting part, a reflection part, a light outlet part, a first optical channel, and a second optical channel arranged in sequence along a light emitting direction, the first optical channel connecting the light collecting part and the reflection part, the second optical channel connecting the reflection part and the light output part, the connecting position of the lower surface of the second optical channel and the light output part provided with a low beam cut-off line structure for forming a low beam bright-dark cut-off line, the light collected by the light collecting part emitted toward the light outlet part after reflection by the reflection part. The present headlight module is miniaturised and has a high rate of light utilisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: He Zhu, Zhiping Qiu, Wenhui Sang
  • Patent number: 11927790
    Abstract: The present application discloses a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a substrate and a light guide layer, the substrate has a plurality of light sources; the light guide layer is a patterned structure, and the patterned structure can change a light transmittance of the light guide layer from directly above the light sources to gaps between the light sources. The display device includes the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Yang, Guowei Zha
  • Patent number: 11892138
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp optical system, a vehicle headlamp, and a vehicle. The vehicle headlamp optical system comprises a plurality of modules and a light distribution lens that is disposed in front of each module. The plurality of modules comprise at least one high-beam module, at least one main low-beam module, and at least one auxiliary low-beam module. The light distribution lenses are narrow, long light distribution lenses. Each module is disposed at an interval along the length direction of the light distribution lenses. Thus, the miniaturization and diversified design of a vehicle headlamp can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cong Li, Zhiping Qiu, He Zhu, Wenhui Sang
  • Patent number: 11868034
    Abstract: A phosphor particle is configured to emit fluorescence longer in wavelength than excitation light entering the phosphor particle. The phosphor includes a concave portion which is no smaller than 0.1 times as large as the wavelength of the fluorescence and no larger than 10 times as large as the wavelength of the fluorescence. The concave portion is disposed on a surface of the phosphor particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiaki Hashizume
  • Patent number: 11781721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of vehicle illumination and, in particular, relates to a vehicle lamp optical element assembly, a vehicle lamp comprising the vehicle lamp optical element assembly, and an automobile comprising the vehicle lamp. The vehicle lamp optical element assembly comprises a primary optical element assembly and a secondary optical element assembly, wherein the primary optical element assembly comprises a primary optical element and a first support for supporting the primary optical element, and the secondary optical element assembly comprises a secondary optical element and a second support for supporting the secondary optical element, wherein the first support and the second support are connected in a matching manner so as to enable the primary optical element and the secondary optical element to be relatively fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Zhiping Qiu, He Zhu, Weigang Gong, Dapan Zhang, Xiaofen Sun, Cong Li, Rui Nie
  • Patent number: 11774058
    Abstract: An illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein the illumination device (10) comprises: a light source (50) for irradiating a light beam in a first direction of radiation (X1), a first deflection device (100) configured to deflect the light beam in a second direction of radiation (X2), and a second deflection device (200) for deflecting the light beam deflected by the first deflection device (100) in a third direction of radiation (X3) and for producing a light distribution in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the illumination device comprises at least one expanding optic (300) with a focus (F1), wherein said expanding optic (300) is associated with the at least one light source (50) and is configured to expand the light beam emitted by the light source (50) in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1), wherein the at least one light source (50) is arranged in the direction of the first direction of radiation (X1) between the at least one expanding optic (300)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bettina Reisinger, Markus Danner, Josef Plank, Christian Knobloch, Jakob Pühringer, Josef Pürstinger
  • Patent number: 11739901
    Abstract: A projection headlight for vehicles, having a first lighting unit containing a light source and a primary optical unit for pre-shaping light exiting the light source, a second lighting unit containing a light source and a primary optical unit for pre-shaping the light exiting the light source, a secondary optical unit for imaging the light exiting the primary optical unit of the first lighting unit in a region in front of the vehicle as a first light distribution and light exiting the primary optical unit of the second lighting unit as a second light distribution, an actuator for actuating the first lighting unit and the second lighting unit in order to generate the light distribution consisting of the first light distribution and the second light distribution, a diaphragm with a diaphragm edge for producing a light-dark boundary in the first light distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Bjoern Dressler, Franz-Josef Kalze, Ronny Letzin
  • Patent number: 11732863
    Abstract: An illumination device for a motor vehicle includes at least one light source and an elongated waveguide which is delimited along the length thereof by a lateral surface. The waveguide is configured to guide light from the at least one light source along a light propagation direction in a totally reflective manner, the light propagation direction corresponding to the length of the waveguide. The light of the at least one light source can be coupled into the waveguide via a coupling surface at an end face of the waveguide, and a decoupling structure is provided in the lateral surface of the waveguide for decoupling light, which exits the waveguide via an exit region of the lateral surface along the light propagation direction, thereby overriding the total reflection condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Mueller, Daniel Niebler, Mohamed Rabeh, Harald Schaffler
  • Patent number: 11731552
    Abstract: A low beam optical module includes a lens, a light-shielding sheet and at least one light concentrating portion. The light-shielding sheet includes a light-shielding sheet body. An upper edge of a front end of the light-shielding sheet body comprises a low beam cutoff line structure. A front end surface and the rear end surface of the light-shielding sheet body are transparent. The light concentrating portion is connected to a rear end of the light-shielding sheet. The lens is arranged in front of the light-shielding sheet, and an outer contour surface of the at least one light concentrating portion is engaged with a lower surface of the light-shielding sheet body—the light-shielding sheet body can receive emitted light of the light concentrating portion and refract the light from the front end surface to the lens. The projected light forms a low beam region III beam shape. A low beam illumination module, a vehicle lamp and a vehicle includes the low beam optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: He Zhu, Zhiping Qiu, Wenhui Sang
  • Patent number: 11680690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light fixture (100) having: an elongate light source, which is formed by multiple LEDs (60) or LED clusters arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction; a primary optical system (20), which is assigned to the light source and is formed by multiple pot-like reflectors (25), which are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction and each widen in a divergent manner from the light source in a light emission direction of the light fixture (100); and a secondary optical system (30), which follows the primary optical system (20) in the light emission direction and is formed by a planar element consisting of a transparent material, wherein the element has light-refractive structures (35).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Bogna Ludwiczak, Matthias Covi
  • Patent number: 11679715
    Abstract: The vehicle interior component includes a front surface side space and a slit. A light emitting part, which is disposed on a vehicle interior outer side with respect to at least one of the vehicle interior outer side end of the panel lower portion of the upper panel and the vehicle interior outer side end of the panel upper portion of the lower panel and emits light emitted obliquely upward toward an inside of a vehicle interior through the slit, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanae Matsumura, Hiroko Shibakawa, Kazuki Yabashi, Yasutsugu Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11674658
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes a reflector having plural reflecting surfaces arranged in a left-right direction, and n light sources which are arranged in the left-right direction and emit light toward any one of the reflecting surfaces. At least two adjacent light sources are provided as a common light source which emits light toward a same reflecting surface. n illumination patterns which illuminate different regions in the left-right direction are formed by light emitted from the n light sources, respectively, and are taken as a first to n-th illumination patterns in this order in the left-right direction. At least half of areas of illumination patterns of an immediately-following number and an immediately-preceding number overlap each other in the left-right direction. Focal lengths of the plural reflecting surfaces are set such that adjacent illumination patterns which do not overlap each other are formed by light emitted from the common light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoji Fujita
  • Patent number: 11665795
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a fixture housing. A circuit board is positioned in the fixture housing. The circuit board includes a driver circuit. A plurality of light emitters are disposed on the circuit board. The light emitters are operatively connected to the driver circuit to produce a light output. A temperature sensor is disposed on the circuit board, the temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the circuit board and output a signal. The driver circuit is configured to reduce the light output in response to the signal from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony Sinphay, Dhavalkumar Patel, William Thomas
  • Patent number: 11603037
    Abstract: A vehicle applique lighting system includes an applique cover of a vehicle; a light source aft the applique cover; and a reflector having a portion that is outside a perimeter of the applique cover. The reflector is configured to reflect light from the light source on the first side to an opposite, second side of the applique cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Bradley Johnson, Luciano Lukacs, Michael L. Merritt, Dean Carbis, Joshua D. Schwab
  • Patent number: 11584291
    Abstract: A method comprising: (a) heating a light module of a vehicle with a heater; (b) monitoring a temperature of the light module; (c) activating a communication sequence; and (d) performing the communication sequence so that a message is conveyed between a controller of the light module and a controller of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford Federle, Monji Moumen
  • Patent number: 11524621
    Abstract: A heater system for an LED light assembly having a lens includes a flexible composite positioned around an outer surface of the lens. The flexible composite includes a polymer base layer, a plurality of conductive buses provided on the base layer, and a resistive layer electrically connecting the plurality of buses to form a circuit. The resistive layer includes conductor particles dispersed in a polymer matrix. The resistive layer has a crystalline first condition prior to applying electricity to one of the buses and an amorphous second condition in response to applying electricity to one of the buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TRAMEC TERMICO TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Michael M. Cubon, Gary E. Sullo
  • Patent number: 11506358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical element (1), an optical module and a vehicle. The optical element (1) comprises: a light incident section (10) for receiving light directly from a light source; a light exit section (30) having a focal plane (P); and a third section (20) that directs light from the light incident section (10) toward the light exit section (30) in a predetermined manner to generate a predetermined low beam distribution or high beam distribution, where the optical element (1) is implemented integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Fei Chen, Brant Potter, Lu Bai, John Orisich, Ambroise Servantie, Rong Zhou, Lei Fan
  • Patent number: 11450648
    Abstract: A light emitting device package including a printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface, at least one light emitting device disposed on the front surface and emitting light in a direction toward the front surface, and a molding layer disposed on the printed circuit board and surrounding the light emitting device, in which the light emitting device includes a light emitting structure disposed on the printed circuit board, a substrate disposed on the light emitting structure, and a plurality of bump electrodes disposed between the light emitting structure and the printed circuit board, and the molding layer may cover an upper surface of the substrate and partially reflect, scatter, or absorb external light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Min Jang, Chang Youn Kim
  • Patent number: 11433807
    Abstract: The invention concerns a motor vehicle's optical system for interior lighting where the optical system includes a screen and multiple light sources disposed in series where the light sources are configured to project a screen light beam and the optical system includes a light box between the light sources and the screen and where the light box includes multiple cavities where each light source is associated with a light box cavity and where each light source is activated independently. The invention also concerns a motor vehicle's interior lighting device that includes this kind of optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Jérome Le Corre, Patrice Collot, Julia Petit
  • Patent number: 11428379
    Abstract: Low beam headlight that can be obtained with small installation length and high light/energy output are described. A light source arrangement is provided, which generates a light cone of light that is less divergent in a first transverse direction than in a second transverse direction perpendicular to the first transverse direction, and this light source arrangement is used to illuminate three lens arrays arranged next to one another along the second transverse direction, which are thus each irradiated on the input side by an associated one among segments of the light cone arranged next to one another in the second transverse direction and output low beam on the output side with a luminous intensity angle distribution modified with respect to the light cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschuno e.V.
    Inventors: Peter Schreiber, Chen Li, Dirk Michaelis, Christoph Waechter, Stephanie Fischer
  • Patent number: 11421848
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for making a vehicle lamp have an overall solid occluded appearance when the lamp is inactive, and allowing for the passage and optional filtering of light when the lamp is on. A light modifier is created that has optical elements on an inside surface, and an opaque or translucent covering on an opposite side of the modifier. The optical elements and corresponding apertures are aligned with each other and diversely configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey Simchak
  • Patent number: 11408576
    Abstract: A high and low beam integrated vehicle lamp lighting device, a vehicle lamp, and a vehicle. The lighting device comprises a first light source, a first light-condensing element, a second light source, a second light-condensing element, a light distribution element, and a lens; the first light-condensing element is arranged to be capable of condensing light emitted by the corresponding first light source and making the light projected through the lens by means of the light distribution element to form a low beam shape, and the second light-condensing element is arranged to be capable of condensing light emitted by the corresponding second light source and making the light projected through the lens by means of the light distribution element to form a high beam shape, wherein the light exit direction of at least one of the first light-condensing element and the second light-condensing element intersects with a light shape projection direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: He Zhu, Zhiping Qiu, Cong Li, Hui Li, Wenhui Sang
  • Patent number: 11326756
    Abstract: A vehicle LED lamp having a housing with a front lens of lens elements, a circuit board with LEDs, each providing light of one of three different colors, in which each LED is positioned with respect to a different one of the lens elements. A controller for operating the LEDs of a first color to indicate one or more of brake application (stop), activation of headlights, or turn signal, a second color to indicate reverse vehicle motion, and a third color to provide visual warning signals of one of solid on or flashing patterns. The LEDs of each of the different colors are positioned along the circuit board to substantially enable an entirety of the front lens to provide illumination from the lamp in each of the first, second, and third colors by the controller actuating those ones of the LEDs of the first, second, and third colors, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Star Headlight & Lantern Co., Inc.
    Inventors: R. Michael Datz, James J. Cronmiller
  • Patent number: 11320106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical arrangement system for an automotive headlamp that includes a first low-beam module adapted to generate a first luminous intensity distribution with a kink or elbow feature where the low-beam module includes: a high luminous source to emit light along an optical axis; a reflector for reflecting the light emitted from the at least one high luminous source forward; a projection lens having a height of about 10 mm that is arranged in operative relationship with the reflector; a folder arranged in an optical path between the reflector and the projection lens where the folder includes a bump feature to facilitate the first luminous intensity distribution generation with application of the kink or elbow feature; and where the reflector has a reflection surface which features an elliptical surface whose center axis is not aligned with the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ambroise Servantie, John Orisich, Brant Potter
  • Patent number: 11312305
    Abstract: A lamp apparatus for use in an external rear view assembly includes at least one aperture, the apparatus including a housing comprising a rear view face and a front face with the at least one aperture; a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted adjacent the rear face, the PCB further having a power connector; an electronic circuit; and at least one light source mounted in a location on the PCB; a transparent lens component comprising at least one lens portion; and an adjusting device for spatially adjusting the apparatus relative to a housing part of the rear view assembly, relative to at least one of a housing cap or a mirror foot cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Jacob Heath Messenger, Sam Thoday, Simon Belcher, Arne Schmierer, Volker Erhart, Tobias Schwenger, Mikhail Kudryavtsev, Levente Acs
  • Patent number: 11305826
    Abstract: A mobile body has a reflection control layer that reflects light in a wavelength region of sunlight or in a wavelength region of infrared radiation formed on a surface thereof. A mainstream outside the mobile body is heated by the reflected light to reduce air resistance of the mobile body. A refractive index of the reflection control layer is a value outside a range between a refractive index of a body-side substance and a refractive index of air. A thickness of the reflection control layer is equal to or larger than a value obtained by dividing 187.5 nanometers by a refractive index of the reflection control layer, and equal to or smaller than a value obtained by dividing 275,000 nanometers by a refractive index of the reflection control layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Sato
  • Patent number: 11293615
    Abstract: A vehicle headlamp includes a light source, a holding portion that holds the light source, and a reflector on which the holding portion is mounted and having a reflective surface for reflecting light from the light source. The reflector has a concave portion in a portion associated with the holding portion. The concave portion has a wall surface that reflects light from the light source on an end portion thereof on a vehicle inner side. The wall surface has a detour bending portion extending in an up-down direction and having a shape that winds back and forth on a front end periphery in a vehicle-mounted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11280474
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a white LED, a full-color LED, and a reflecting portion. The reflecting portion reflects light from the white LED and the full-color LED. A microcomputer turns on the full-color LED to emit light containing a red light component while the white LED is on. Further, the white LED and the full-color LED are arranged so that reflected lights thereof reflected by the reflecting portion are mixed to perform illumination. Thereby, direct lights of the white LED and the full-color LED cannot be visually recognized. Further, light from the white LED with a lot of blue components is compensated with light containing a red component from the full-color LED, and spectral distribution can be made even and illumination close to that of natural light can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11231157
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a lighting device, in particular for integration into a vehicle surface, having a cover with optically opaque surface areas, a light-source carrier, arranged behind the cover and having a plurality of light sources, and signal structures which are arranged between the surface areas and can be illuminated for light emission, wherein different signal patterns can be adjusted by selective control of certain of the light sources for trans-illumination or illumination of one or more associated signal structures. The disclosure further relates to a vehicle, having such a lighting device, and to a method for carrying out various signal functions with such a lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: BYTON LIMITED, BYTON GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolaos Siakos, Clement Hoffner, Benoit Jacob
  • Patent number: 11142115
    Abstract: A heater system for an LED light assembly having a lens includes a flexible composite positioned around an outer surface of the lens. The flexible composite includes a polymer base layer, a plurality of conductive buses provided on the base layer, and a resistive layer electrically connecting the plurality of buses to form a circuit. The resistive layer includes conductor particles dispersed in a polymer matrix. The resistive layer has a crystalline first condition prior to applying electricity to one of the buses and an amorphous second condition in response to applying electricity to one of the buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Tramec Termico Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael M. Cubon, Gary E. Sullo
  • Patent number: 11125408
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit for emitting light; a lens unit for irradiating the light emitted from the light source unit to exterior; and a shield disposed between the light source unit and the lens unit. The light source unit comprises a first light source module including at least one first light source, and at least one first optical member arranged corresponding to the first light source to emit light from the first light source to the lens unit; and a second light source module disposed above the first light source module, the second light source module including at least one second light source, and at least one second optical member arranged corresponding to the second light source to emit light from the second light source to the lens unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Yeong Son, Jin Young Jung, Hee Min Lee, Hye Jin Han
  • Patent number: 11129250
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting system (1) with at least two subsets (SS1, AS1) of light sources, wherein one or more first subsets (SS1, SS2, . . . ) provide first light (111) mimicking the solar light (during the day) and with the first light (111) having a variable direction, and wherein one or more second subsets (AS1, . . . ) provide second light (211) mimicking the sky (without the sun, as the sun is provided by the first subset(s)) 5 (during the day). Especially, the color and/or color temperature of the first light (111) is variable, in addition the variability in direction. The lighting system may further comprise a control system (20) configured to control the color and intensity of the first light and/or second light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Aldegonda Lucia Weijers, Ronald Cornelis De Gier
  • Patent number: 10962193
    Abstract: A vehicle light system including a light source, a spatial light modulator and a projection device; the light source includes a plurality of light-emitting modules which may be independently controlled; the spatial light modulator includes a plurality of modulation regions in one-to-one correspondence with the light-emitting modules; light emitted by a light-emitting module is incident on a modulation region corresponding thereto; each modulation region includes a plurality of light modulation units; the vehicle light system further includes a control device; according to an input signal, the control device generates a light source control signal, which is used for controlling the light output intensity of each light-emitting module of the light source, and a light modulation signal, which is used for controlling the spatial light modulator, such that the light transmission rate of at least one light modulation unit in any one of the modulation regions reaches an upper limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: YLX Incorporated
    Inventor: Yi Li
  • Patent number: 10955106
    Abstract: A head lamp for a vehicle may include: a light source unit configured to emit light; an optic unit configured to control the light, emitted from the light source unit, to be emitted to form a plurality of optical focuses; a shield unit disposed to form a cutoff line on the plurality of optical focuses; a first lens array unit disposed on an emission side of the shield unit and having a plurality of first lenses arranged therein; and a second lens array unit disposed on an emission side of the first lens array unit and having a plurality of second lenses arranged therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee