Refractor Structure Patents (Class 362/520)
  • Patent number: 12240168
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing three-dimensional models by layering in a high-speed sintering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: VOXBLJET AG
    Inventors: Ingo Ederer, Daniel Günther, Johannes Günther, Christoph Scheck
  • Patent number: 12221372
    Abstract: A mold for molding a glass product is provided. The mold includes a lower mold and an upper mold. The lower mold includes a lower pressing surface. The upper mold includes an upper pressing surface. The upper pressing surface includes a plurality of upper molding surfaces and an upper mold closing surface connecting the plurality of upper molding surfaces. The lower pressing surface includes a plurality of lower molding surfaces and a lower mold closing surface for connecting the plurality of lower molding surfaces. The upper mold closing surface and/or the lower mold closing surface include at least two mold closing regions sequentially arranged from center to outside. The at least two mold closing regions have surface roughnesses increasing from center to outside. The disclosure achieves the technical effect of even filling, synchronous demoulding, and reduced error between mold cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Optics (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Linzhi Zhao, Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 12209727
    Abstract: An optical assembly mounting structure comprising a primary optical element, a lens mount, a circuit board, and a radiator. Mounting portions on two sides of the primary optical element; each mounting portion comprising a front fitting portion and a rear fitting portion; a primary element limiting frame on the lens mount; the radiator has two C-shaped limiting structures opposite to each other; the circuit board has two C-shaped positioning grooves; the circuit board mounted on the radiator via a fitting between the C-shaped positioning grooves and the C-shaped limiting structures; rear ends of the primary optical element mounted on the radiator via a fitting between the rear fitting portions and the C-shaped limiting structures; front ends are mounted on the lens mount via the fitting between the front fitting portions and the primary element limiting frame. Also, a lighting device comprising the mounting structure, a vehicle lamp, and a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weigang Gong, Zhiping Qiu, He Zhu, Wenhui Sang
  • Patent number: 12187189
    Abstract: A vehicle roof rack is provided, including: a main body and a light assembly. The main body includes a plurality of rod members and a plurality of connecting portions, and the plurality of connecting portions are detachably connected with the plurality of rod members to form a frame. At least one of the plurality of rod members includes at least one recession. The light assembly includes at least one light-emitting member and at least one power supply unit electrically connected with the at least one light-emitting member. The at least one light-emitting member is received within the at least one recession, and light emitted from the at least one light-emitting member is projected outward through an opening of the at least one recession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: EVERMORE INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wade Chi
  • Patent number: 12173859
    Abstract: A vehicle light apparatus includes a light-emitting member, a light-entering lens including juxtaposed incident structures, and a light-exiting lens. The incident structures are adapted for refracting or reflecting the light rays from the light-emitting member, such that extension lines of the light rays refracted or reflected by the incident structures intersect with a first focal region. The light-exiting lens extends from the light-entering lens, and includes a reflecting portion and a light-exiting portion opposite to the reflecting portion. The reflecting portion has spaced-apart reflecting surfaces adapted for reflecting the light rays refracted or reflected by the incident structures. Each reflecting surface serves as one of two curved surfaces of a hyperboloid, such that the extension lines of the light rays reflected by the reflecting surface intersect with a second focal region, and that the first focal region and the second focal region respectively overlap two focal points of the hyperboloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: T.Y.C. Brother Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 12173881
    Abstract: A lamp unit including a light emitting element, a lighting circuit, a substrate, and a heat dissipation member. The substrate includes a substrate main body, an external connector insertion portion, and a light emitting element installation portion, the heat dissipation member being provided in the substrate main body. The lighting circuit is mounted on the substrate main body, the lighting circuit being electrically connected with the light emitting element. The light emitting element is mounted on the substrate main body via the light emitting element installation portion, in a state of being in contact with the heat dissipation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Tetsuya Suzuki, Akio Shoji, Yoshimasa Murata, Ryota Fuwa
  • Patent number: 12158252
    Abstract: The purpose is to facilitate the adjustment of the size of a light emitting region of a lens structure. A lens structure for a vehicle light body includes a light emitting part and a base. The light emitting part includes an introduction reflective surface which causes light from the base to completely reflect as parallel light to the Z? direction, and a back-side reflective surface arranged to the Z direction in the light emitting back surface. Each back-side reflective surface has a normal direction sloping relative to the Z direction, and causes the parallel light from the introduction reflective surface to completely reflect to the Y+ direction. The light emitting surface emits light from the back-side reflective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Go Shimizu, Shunsuke Iwao, Hiroya Ohkubo
  • Patent number: 12139065
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lighting system (2) for emitting position-limited ground projections (B4a, B4c) for a motor vehicle (1) with a stepped height-adjustable chassis (3), wherein at least two pre-defined chassis height levels (S0, S1) are provided, namely a zero level (S0) and at least one higher operating level (S1), wherein the motor vehicle lighting system (2) includes at least two projection devices (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d), and a control unit (5) connected to each projection device (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) for individually controlling each projection device (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Zeuner, Christian Urban
  • Patent number: 12114405
    Abstract: A vehicle interior lighting assembly includes a housing configured to contain lighting components, a lens through which light may be projected from the housing, and a light source including a flexible sheet including one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The flexible sheet includes a first, larger portion disposed at a first orientation at an oblique angle with respect to the lens, and a second, smaller portion disposed at a second orientation that is substantially aligned with the lens. At least one of the one or more LEDs is disposed on the second, smaller portion of the flexible sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hagihara, Antonio Emilio Sanchez Aguilar
  • Patent number: 12066163
    Abstract: A lighting module for a vehicle includes a light source and a lens including an input dioptre oriented towards the light source and an output dioptre. The output dioptre includes at least one section through a horizontal plane having two convex portions separated by a concave portion, viewed from a side opposite the light source. The input dioptre includes a section through a vertical median plane having a lower convex portion and an upper concave portion, viewed from a side opposite the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: VALEO VISION
    Inventors: Kostadin Beev, Jean Luc Meyrenaud, Jingjing Xue, Stephane Andre, Marie Pellarin
  • Patent number: 12055285
    Abstract: A lighting device may include a lens, an emitter configured to emit light through the lens, and a reflector. The reflector may define a cavity that extends from a first end to a second end of the reflector. The emitter may be received in the first end of the reflector, and the lens may be attached to the second end of the reflector. The lens may include teeth that extend from a rear surface of a rim of the lens. The reflector may include a collar at the second end, and the collar may include attachment clips that are configured to lock the teeth in place and retain the lens in attachment to the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Aaron J. Wilz
  • Patent number: 12028655
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a theme-specific related information storage unit that stores videos related to destinations and a display that reads a related video from the theme-specific related information storage unit and displaying the related video for a corresponding one of the destinations. The vehicle display device thus allows users in a vehicle to maintain excitement until a vehicle arrives in the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka Kagami, Atsushi Hanawa, Soshiro Murata, Hideo Hasegawa, Genshi Kuno, Yuta Kikuzaki, Yuu Oomi, Takeshi Yamada, Masako Furuta, Toshihisa Shimome, Kensuke Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12000568
    Abstract: A head lamp module for a motor vehicle is provided, and includes one single printed circuit board, a first group of light sources, a second group of light sources, a lens and an optical device. The first group of light sources and the second group of light sources are both arranged on the printed circuit board. The first group of light sources and the second group of light sources emit light to the optical device. The optical device is adapted to guide the emitted light in a direction towards the lens. The light leaves the head lamp module through the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: David Brunne, Björn Dreßler, Ronny Letzin
  • Patent number: 11988354
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle forms a rear road surface pattern when the vehicle moves backward. The lamp for the vehicle includes a light source unit configured to generate light, a shield unit configured to selectively transmit a portion of the light generated from the light source unit, and a lens unit configured to concentrate the light transmitted through the shield unit onto a road surface. The lens unit includes a first lens part and a second lens part, and the second lens part includes an inner space through which the light emitted from the light source unit is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Gyo Sung Lim, Jong Ung Moon
  • Patent number: 11965632
    Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight, which comprises the following: a first light module (100) for producing light distribution, a bulb shield (300) having a bulb shield (300), which comprises an optically relevant shield edge (310) for producing a cut-off line, a projection lens (400) with an optical axis (A), which is designed to image the light that can be produced by the first light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10), wherein the projection lens (400) is designed as a Fresnel lens, which Fresnel lens has a base body (410) and several annular steps (420) arranged on the base body (410), wherein each step (420) has a main surface (420a) to project the light beams of the at least one light module (100) in front of the illumination device (10) and a sloping surface (420b) extending from the base body (410) to the main surface (420a), wherein the main surface of each step is curved and has a focal point, which focal point is arranged horizontally and/or vertically displ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Mandl, Andreas Hölzl
  • Patent number: 11940119
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a logo lamp device for a vehicle which may include an inner housing and an outer housing, the inner housing and the outer housing having an open end; an encapsulant configured opposite to the open end of the inner housing and the outer housing; a printed circuit board (PCB) enclosed within the inner housing; at least one light source connected to the PCB and enclosed within the inner housing; and an optical assembly having plurality of lenses, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises at least one first lens and at least one second lens. The logo lamp device may include at least one retaining mechanism configured between the at least one first lens and the inner housing, wherein the at least one first lens is configured to push the at least one second lens against the inner housing, and/or the at least one first lens is detachably mounted onto the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Jacob Heath Messenger, Dean Stevens
  • Patent number: 11920757
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lamp for a vehicle and a vehicle. The lamp includes a housing and a light source arranged in the housing, an opening of the housing being divisible into one or more light emitting regions to correspondingly realize a predetermined light function, wherein the at least one light emitting region is provided with a light distribution element for the light source, the light distribution element having a first light distribution portion and a second light distribution portion, the first light distribution portion being configured to cause light of the light source to leave the light emitting region within a first angular range, and the second light distribution portion being configured to cause light of the light source to leave the light emitting region within a second angular range that is different from the first angular range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Zhujun Wang, Xian Zhang, Kang Ye
  • Patent number: 11892139
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a first light source unit including a plurality of first light sources and for irradiating a first light that forms a first beam pattern, a second light source unit including a plurality of second light sources and for irradiating a second light that forms a second beam pattern, a first reflector including a plurality of first reflection units corresponding to the plurality of first light sources and for reflecting the first light, and a second reflector including a plurality of second reflection units corresponding to the plurality of second light sources and for reflecting the second light. In particular, the plurality of first light sources are disposed along an arc having a first curvature, and the plurality of second light sources are disposed along an arc having a second curvature, the second curvature is greater than the first curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Se Hyun Jung, Byung Dong Choi
  • Patent number: 11859789
    Abstract: A vehicle roof rack is provided, including: a main body and a light assembly. The main body includes a plurality of rod members and a plurality of connecting portions, and the plurality of connecting portions are detachably connected with the plurality of rod members to form a frame. At least one of the plurality of rod members includes at least one recession. The light assembly includes at least one light-emitting member and at least one power supply unit electrically connected with the at least one light-emitting member. The at least one light-emitting member is received within the at least one recession, and light emitted from the at least one light-emitting member is projected outward through an opening of the at least one recession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: EVERMORE INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wade Chi
  • Patent number: 11781723
    Abstract: An example includes a system, having: an illumination source configured to produce illumination light; and a spatial light modulator (SLM) optically coupled to the illumination source, the SLM comprising an array of picture elements. The SLM is configured to: receive the illumination light; direct, by a first portion of the picture elements, on state light in a first direction; and direct, by a second portion of the picture elements, off state light in a second direction. The example system includes imaging optics optically coupled to the SLM, the imaging optics configured to receive the on state light from the SLM and to project an image as an image portion of a beam; and non-imaging optics optically coupled to the SLM, the non-imaging optics configured to receive the off state light from the SLM and to project the off state light as part of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhongyan Sheng, Shashank Dabral, Ganapathy Sivakumar
  • Patent number: 11774059
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle using micromirrors includes a variable beam forming part that generates light and forms a variable beam pattern. In particular, the variable beam forming part includes a first optical part that irradiates the light; a beam pattern forming part that reflects the light of the first optical part to form the variable beam pattern; and a second optical part that transmits the light reflected from the beam pattern forming part. The beam pattern forming part includes a reflection part including a plurality of micromirrors; and a housing that accommodates the reflection part. The housing includes an anti-reflection member to prevent secondary reflection of the light having been reflected by the reflection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SL Corporation
    Inventors: Dongjin Ko, Changwoo Baek, Jaegon Seo, Jin-Sup Shin
  • Patent number: 11767958
    Abstract: In order to ensure accuracy for positioning two molding members spaced from each other and an outer lens disposed in an opening between the two molding members, a vehicle lighting device includes: a first molding member; a second molding member that is formed separately from the first molding member and is spaced from the first molding member through an opening; and an outer lens, disposed in the opening, having a transmissive surface through which lamp light is transmitted from a depth side toward a front side. The first molding member and the second molding member each have a molding-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the transmissive surface of the outer lens. The outer lens has a first lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the first molding member and a second lens-side positioning portion configured to be positioned relative to the second molding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhki Kuramitsu, Yoshiharu Tanaka, Hirotaka Fukui, Masaya Kometani, Makoto Okada, Hiroyuki Harai
  • Patent number: 11746978
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including a light source unit including a plurality of light sources configured to emit light, and an inner lens configured to allow the light emitted from the light source unit to enter the inner lens, in which the inner lens includes a light entering surface configured to define a rear surface of the inner lens and allow the light emitted from the light source unit to enter the light entering surface, and a light exiting surface configured to define a front surface of the inner lens and allow the light entering the light entering surface to exit, and in which the light exiting surface has a curved shape curved so that positions on the light exiting surface from one side end to the other side end opposite to one side end based on a leftward/rightward direction W become closer to a rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Ji Jin
  • Patent number: 11713867
    Abstract: A lighting device may include a lens, an emitter configured to emit light through the lens, and a reflector. The reflector may define a cavity that extends from a first end to a second end of the reflector. The emitter may be received in the first end of the reflector, and the lens may be attached to the second end of the reflector. The lens may include teeth that extend from a rear surface of a rim of the lens. The reflector may include a collar at the second end, and the collar may include attachment clips that are configured to lock the teeth in place and retain the lens in attachment to the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Aaron J. Wilz
  • Patent number: 11662073
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a first lamp module including a first light source part, and a first lens structure that forms a first light distribution pattern with light irradiated from the first light source part, and a second lamp module including a second light source part, and a second lens structure that forms a second light distribution pattern having characteristics that are different from those of the first light distribution pattern with light irradiated from the second light source part. The first light distribution pattern and the second light distribution pattern overlap each other to form a low beam pattern. Shapes of input surfaces of the first lens structure and the second lens structure, to which the light is input, are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11635185
    Abstract: The invention provides a vehicle lamp structure, which includes a first substrate, a first light-emitting element, a light guide and an optical member. The first light-emitting element is disposed on the first substrate. The light guide includes a light guide body and a light guide bump. The light guide body has an arc structure facing forward. The light guide body extends backward to form the light guide bump. The first light-emitting element is arranged below the light guide bump. The optical member is arranged in front of the light guide. The first light-emitting element upwardly emits a first light ray into the light guide bumps. After being reflected by the light guide bumps, the first light ray travels forward and emits from the arc structure. The first light ray is then received by and transmitted through the optical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Min Hsiang Corporation
    Inventor: Chung-Chi Huang
  • Patent number: 11624489
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a blinker module for a rearview device of a motor vehicle includes the steps of providing at least one lighting element comprising at least one light guide and at least one light disk or lens and providing of at least one illuminant unit comprising at least one illuminant, wherein the illuminant unit is designed to couple light emitted by the illuminant into the lighting element. A blinker module, rearview device and motor vehicle, including the blinker module manufactured according to the method, are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company Limited
    Inventors: Volker Erhart, Eugen Meier, Oliver Schmidt, Ilka Rötzer, Andrew Thompson, James Dickson
  • Patent number: 11619362
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, the lamp including: a light source; a collimator positioned in front of the light source; and a light guide part, in which the light guide part includes: a light entering portion; a light exiting portion; and a body portion configured to connect the light entering portion and the light exiting portion, in which an optical axis AXI of the light entering portion and an optical axis AXO of the light exiting portion are parallel to each other, and in which the optical axis AXI of the light entering portion is spaced apart upward from the optical axis AXO of the light exiting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11607986
    Abstract: A vehicle proctor includes a first sheet sized to cover a pair of headlights of the vehicle. A second sheet sized to be within 80% of the same surface area as the first sheet arranged in an opposing relationship. The first sheet and the second sheets are joined around their periphery. The first sheet has a heavier material than the second sheet. A flap is interconnected with the first sheet. The flap fits under the hood of the vehicle. The flap has an interior deformable material and has a thickness greater than the combination of the first and second sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Luis Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11585507
    Abstract: A lens for an automobile lamp, an automobile headlamp, and an automobile are disclosed. A lens (1) for an automobile lamp includes a first lens surface (11) and a second lens surface (12) opposite to the first lens surface (11). The first lens surface (11) is a curved surface or a planar surface. The second lens surface (12) includes multiple concentric circle-type annular surfaces. By means of multiple annular surfaces (13) disposed on the second lens surface (12) of the lens (1), parallel incident light that forms an angle with a horizontal direction can be separately incident on several small surfaces without affecting horizontal parallel light penetrating the lens and being focused, so that neither light reflected by the lens nor light penetrating the lens can be effectively focused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jie Zhang, Dehang Shi
  • Patent number: 11580798
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting system includes a light assembly and an electronic controller. The light assembly includes one or more lights configured to illuminate an external area that is in a vicinity of the vehicle. The electronic controller is programmed to receive a battery status signal from a battery of the vehicle. The electronic controller is further programmed to control the light assembly to illuminate the one or more lights to display a status of the battery when the vehicle is in a predetermined condition. The predetermined condition is at least one of a condition in which a remote electronic device is within a vicinity of the vehicle, a condition in which the vehicle has transitioned from a locked state to an unlocked state, and a condition in which the vehicle is about to be transitioned from the locked state to the unlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: William J Weber, Matthew Cole
  • Patent number: 11548438
    Abstract: An integrated lighting insert is provided for multi-function automotive vehicle lighting that has minimal space requirements and provides different lighting functions in a single device with an electronic control module that can easily interface with vehicle electronics. The insert is a housing and a plurality of light transmission portions, a plurality of light sources integrated into the housing, each one configured for a different predetermined function associated with a particular use of, a condition of, or a state of the automobile. An electrical circuit is used along with a communications bus and individual controller circuits associated with the light sources for controlling the light functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Martin, Eric D. Sherriff, Srinivas Akkala
  • Patent number: 11535312
    Abstract: A rear vehicle-body structure separates air flowing on a side of the vehicle so as not to flow around to a rear of the vehicle, to ensure aerodynamic performance. The disclosed rear vehicle-body structure has a rear combi lamp mounted on a vehicle-width-direction outer side face of a vehicle rear portion, and a rear bumper mounted under the rear combi lamp. The rear combi lamp includes, on the vehicle-width-direction outer side face, a curved portion that is curved from a vehicle-width-direction outer side forwardly inward in a vehicle width direction in a vehicle plan view. The curved portion has a curvature increasing toward a lower side of the vehicle. A protruding portion protruding toward the vehicle-width-direction outer side as going to a rear of the vehicle is provided at a front portion of the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiya Mizokane, Yoshiatsu Kuga
  • Patent number: 11460185
    Abstract: An integrated functional multilayer structure, includes a flexible preferably 3D-formable and thermoplastic, substrate film; a lighting module provided upon the substrate film and preferably electrically connected to the circuit design thereon, the lighting module having a circuit board for hosting electronics; and circuitry arranged on the circuit board including at least one light source; a thermoplastic layer including one or more thermoplastic materials molded upon the substrate film and at least laterally surrounding, optionally also at least partially covering, the lighting module; wherein the circuitry on the circuit board of the lighting module including the at least one light source is configured to electrically and thermally connect to a number of locations of the remaining structure beside or underneath the circuit board utilizing at least one connection material positioned in between, preferably at least at the periphery of the circuit board. A related method of manufacture is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TACTOTEK OY
    Inventors: Vinski Bräysy, Ilpo Hänninen, Mikko Heikkinen, Pälvi Apilo, Jarmo Sääski, Tomi Simula, Topi Wuori, Giovanni Ferri, Pasi Koronen
  • Patent number: 11453452
    Abstract: A first inclined surface and a second inclined surface are inclined with respect to an optical axis of a light emitting diode. The first inclined surface guides light from the light emitting diode guided in the first light transmitting portion toward an outside of an outer lens. An inclination angle of the second inclined surface with respect to the optical axis is larger than an inclination angle of the first inclined surface with respect to the optical axis. The second inclined surface reflects the light from the light emitting diode guided in the first light transmitting portion toward the second light transmitting portion and guides the light into the second light transmitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Yamada, Shizuka Miura
  • Patent number: 11441754
    Abstract: A light guide system for a vehicle includes, among other things, a housing that includes a first section and a second section that are secured together to provide a chamber A light emitter is disposed within the chamber. A light source is disposed outside the chamber A reflector system directs light emitted from the light source to the light emitter within the chamber. A vehicle lighting method includes, among other things, securing a first and second section of a housing assembly together to provide a chamber, and operatively coupling a reflector system within the chamber and a light source outside the chamber such that the reflector system can redirect light from the light source to a light emitter held within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Bradley Johnson, Luciano Lukacs, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman
  • Patent number: 11384916
    Abstract: A lens holder for holding a lens in a headlamp, and to a headlamp having such a lens holder, wherein the lens holder comprises a receptacle section for holding the lens and a mounting section, wherein the mounting section can be mounted in the headlamp by means of fasteners. The lens holder has an at least partially circumferential channel between the receptacle section and the mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Domingo Guerrero, Christian Koerdt, Andreas Meyer
  • Patent number: 11378243
    Abstract: The invention pertains to an illumination device (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, wherein said illumination device (1) comprises the following: an optical assembly (100), which comprises at least one light source and a cooling element (110) that has at least three first openings (111), a supporting frame (200), which has at least three second openings (210) that are assigned to the at least three first openings (111), and an adapter component (300), which has a number of dowel pins (310) that corresponds to the number of first openings (111), with the dowel pins (310) respectively having a threaded bore (311) and respectively being inserted into a first opening (111), wherein a screw unit (400) with a mating thread (410) corresponding to the threaded bore (311) is provided for each dowel pin (310), wherein said screw unit (400) penetrates the supporting frame (200) through a second opening (210) of the supporting frame (200) and is screwed into the respective dowel pin (310), and wherein the dowel pins
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Artner, Johann Roland, Maximilian Hahn
  • Patent number: 11363697
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a plurality of lighting modules and a plurality of control devices. The lighting modules each includes a plurality of light emitting devices aligned in an array form or a staggered form. The control devices are configured to adjust light quantities of the light emitting devices of each of the lighting modules so that, when light is irradiated on a first target surface separated by a prescribed distance from the lighting modules, a sum of light quantities per unit area of a part for which light from the lighting modules overlaps in the first target surface is within ±20% with respect to a light quantity per unit area of a part for which light does not overlap in the first target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Nakamura, Kosuke Gomi
  • Patent number: 11168848
    Abstract: A lighting arrangement includes a plurality of light sources in spaced arrangement. Collimator elements are arranged in front of the light sources. A holder with a plurality of spaced openings is provided to hold the collimator elements within the openings in such a way that the openings are arranged to contact the collimator elements from at least two opposed sides, In order to allow exact positioning and easy manufacturing, the holder comprises at least a first portion and a second portion such that at least some of the openings are formed between the first and the second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Juergen Mertens, Georg Henninger
  • Patent number: 11110857
    Abstract: A luminous laminated automotive glazing with diodes peripherally on a diode carrier facing the edge face of the interior glass equipped with a recess, a profiled bead and a protective adhesive strip between the diode carrier and the bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Li Ferrieres-Zhao, Christophe Kleo
  • Patent number: 11104083
    Abstract: A method for joining a lens with a housing of a lighting device for a motor vehicle, having the steps: positioning the housing in a receiving device of a welding device, said housing having on its underside at least one fastener for attaching the lighting device in the motor vehicle, identifying the position of the at least one fastener relative to the receiving device, calculating a correction value on the basis of the identified position of the at least one fastener, and moving the lens held in a holding device of the welding device in the direction of the housing along a travel distance and welding the lens to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Andreas Schuette
  • Patent number: 11098868
    Abstract: A lighting device includes light emitting element; first lens that receives light emitted from light emitting element and emits first emission light; and second lens that receives the first emission light and emits second emission light. Second lens includes second convex incident surface receiving the first emission light, second convex emission surface that is provided on a right side of a drawing and emits the second emission light, and second top surface portion and second bottom surface portion each located between second incident surface and second emission surface. Second bottom surface portion includes first inclined surface and second inclined surface formed to be inclined with respect to an optical axis of light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Sakaguchi, Yosuke Araki, Kazumasa Takata
  • Patent number: 11091231
    Abstract: A seat enclosure includes a number of seats located at the perimeter of a vehicle to form a barrier. The seat includes a base with a panel attached to the backside of the base to give the seat enclosure a finished appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Dowco, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bartelsmeyer, Chance Davis, Michael Byrd, Jon Alexander
  • Patent number: 11079084
    Abstract: A direct-type vehicle headlamp module, including a radiator, a light-emitting diode (LED) chip, and a lens, the radiator and the lens are fixed to form an accommodating cavity for accommodating the LED chip, the LED chip is fixed on the radiator, a light ray emitted by the LED chip is directly emitted through the lens, an outer surface of the lens is divided into three areas, curved surface shapes of outer surfaces of the areas are different from each other, a curved surface shape corresponding to a first area is configured to form a cut-off line shape, a curved surface shape corresponding to a second area is configured to increase brightness of a central area of a light shape, and a curved surface shape corresponding to a third area is configured to broaden the light shape. Transmission and emergence directions of the light ray having different curved surface shapes to form the cut-off line shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HASCO VISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Le Xie
  • Patent number: 10920953
    Abstract: A vehicle luminaire according to an embodiment includes: a substrate is provided on a heat transfer portion or a convex portion; at least one light-emitting element is provided on the substrate; a first adhesive layer is provided between the substrate and the heat transfer portion or between the substrate and the convex portion. An area on the side of the substrate in the heat transfer portion or an area on the side of the substrate in the convex portion is provided with a center area and a peripheral edge area. A distance between the substrate and an end on the side opposite to the center area in a corresponding portion in at least a part of the peripheral edge area is larger than a distance between the substrate and an end on the side of the center area in the corresponding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Toshihiro Hatanaka
  • Patent number: 10912176
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp has a roof unit. The roof unit includes a plurality of types of light output units having different illumination functions, a light emission drive unit configured to cause the plurality of types of light output units to output lights, and a monitoring sensor. The roof unit is arranged at a roof part of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Shigeyuki Watanabe, Hajime Takeda, Akihito Horikawa, Masaaki Nakabayashi, Yusuke Nakada, Osamu Endo
  • Patent number: 10890309
    Abstract: A method of aiming a light module for a vehicle, the method including projecting at least one projected shape from a high definition pixel light source onto a receiving area of an aimer; determining the center point or edges of the high definition pixel light source based on the at least one projected shape; and adjusting the orientation of the light module to align the high definition pixel light source in a desired orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ambroise Servantie, John Orisich
  • Patent number: 10816160
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lamp housing having an inner space and a welding surface, and a cover disposed adjacent to another vehicle lamp, and configured to cover the inner space and join to the lamp housing by laser welding. The cover includes a design surface in which an outer surface of an outer peripheral portion is formed as a curved surface and a welding leg that protrudes from a portion near the outer peripheral portion in the design surface. An annular portion on an inner peripheral side of the curved surface on an outer surface of the design surface is formed as a laser light incident surface. The curved surface is positioned on an outer peripheral side from an intersection point of a virtual line and the outer surface of the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Sagesaka, Masakazu Sato
  • Patent number: 10802334
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit under the liquid crystal panel and including a circuit board; a plurality of LED packages mounted on the circuit board; a partition wall on the circuit board and surrounding at least one LED package; an encapsulation member covering the plurality of LED packages and the partition wall; and a reflective pattern sheet over the encapsulation member and including a plurality of first reflective patterns corresponding to the plurality of LED packages, respectively, wherein a height of the partition wall is equal to or greater than a height of the at least one LED package and smaller than or equal to a thickness of the encapsulation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Hwi Kim, Ki-Seong Kim, Hyun-Min Park, Kyu-Hwan Lee