Light Emitting Diode (led) Patents (Class 362/612)
  • Patent number: 10323983
    Abstract: A lamp for illuminating food products along a line is provided. The lamp comprises: a housing having a longitudinal axis and an opening along the longitudinal axis; a light source located in the housing along the longitudinal axis; a reflector positioned in the housing along the longitudinal axis, the reflector to reflect light from the light source through the opening and focus the light along the line; a removeable frame attached to the housing around the opening, the removeable frame having an aperture aligned with the opening along the longitudinal axis; a glass window in the aperture; a transparent polymer film in the aperture at an outward facing side of the glass window, each of the glass window and the transparent polymer film extending into the removeable frame past a perimeter of the aperture; and a seal between the transparent polymer film and the perimeter of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: P & P OPTICA INC.
    Inventors: Krishna Iyer, Timothy M. F. Stork, Ewa Osika, David William Lizius, Romuald Pawluczyk, Anthony Robert Shaw, Alexander Baran-Harper
  • Patent number: 10317727
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate, the light source provided on at least one side of the light guide plate, wherein a side of the light guide plate facing the light source includes a light receiving surface facing the light source and a light reflecting surface above the light receiving surface, wherein an angle formed by the light receiving surface and the light reflecting surface in a direction toward inside of the light guide plate is an obtuse angle. According to the backlight module and the display device provided by the present disclosure, light waste may be reduced and the utilization ratio of light energy may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Zheng, Minghui Zhang, Hanyan Sun
  • Patent number: 10299340
    Abstract: A light-bar structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an insulation layer. The first substrate includes a first anode region and a plurality of element regions. Each of the element regions is configured to allow a light-emitting element to be disposed on. At least one of the element regions includes an anode portion and a node portion. The anode portion is connected to the first anode region. The second substrate includes a grounding region and a second anode region. The anode portion is disposed correspondingly to the grounding region. The node portion is disposed correspondingly to the second anode region. The insulation layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: AU OPTRONICS (SUZHOU) CORP., LTD., AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiong Liu, Guang-Dong Wei
  • Patent number: 10288262
    Abstract: The invention provides a solid state lighting device having an adjustable light output direction. In embodiments, an adjustable reflector element is provided, which is transitionable between at least a first and second orientation status, in order thereby to alter through which one or more of the light exit surfaces of the device the generated luminous output is directed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Mou Kun Yuan, Liang Zhou, Ting Wen, Zhong Wang, Ken Xia, Jason Yang, Liu Forest
  • Patent number: 10288253
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a light panel light source shade in the form of a masking tape or sheet. Ideally the masks may be printed directly on a surface design layer for use with the light panel. The invention is for use in the field of decorative 5 lighting. The problem of the alternating bright and dark areas on an illuminated face of a pane of a light panel is that they produce an unpleasant mottled surface brightness around the perimeter or across a face of the pane of a light panel. A light pane light source shade is developed to produce a uniform intensity of light across the face of the light panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Inventor: Julie Claire
  • Patent number: 10272837
    Abstract: A lighting system for an interior module of a motor vehicle of a motor vehicle provided with an illumination source, at least one optical waveguide and at least one radiating element. The at least one optical waveguide is arranged at a main frame of the interior module and the light generated by at least one illumination source is provided to a radiating element which is optically connected to the optical waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: AUDI AG, BETA Beratungs—und Beteiligungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Kautz, Roland Pirsic
  • Patent number: 10269780
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for image representation comprising a carrier body, on which are arranged individually driveable luminous bodies connected respectively to a drive unit, wherein the carrier body has a first electrically conductive layer facing the luminous bodies, a second electrically conductive layer facing away from the luminous bodies, and a light-guiding layer for guiding light signals, said light-guiding layer being arranged between the first electrically conductive layer and the second electrically conductive layer, wherein the drive units are connected to the light-guiding layer via light-detecting connections, wherein first electrical connections for connecting the drive units to the first electrically conductive layer and second electrical connections for connecting the drive units to the second electrically conductive layer are provided, wherein the drive units are designed for driving the luminous bodies depending on light signals fed into the light-guiding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TFFI GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Sebastian Mayer
  • Patent number: 10254462
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a light source module including a circuit board, at least two point light sources, which are electrically connected to the circuit board and are arranged on an upper surface of the circuit board in a longitudinal direction of the circuit board, and a light guide for guiding light, which is introduced from the point light sources, in an upward direction of the circuit board, wherein the light guide includes a first reflective wall, disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, and a second reflective wall, disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, such that a space, in which the point light sources are disposed, is defined between the first reflective wall and the second reflective wall. Embodiments also provide a planar light source device including the light source module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dohan Park, Jaehyeok Kim, Eunseok Kim, Dawoon Jung
  • Patent number: 10222531
    Abstract: Provided are a backlight and a liquid crystal display device including the same. The backlight unit includes a light source assembly which emits light; a light guide plate which receives at a light incident surface thereof light from the light source assembly; and a bottom chassis having a bottom unit on which the light guide plate is disposed. The bottom unit of the bottom chassis has a first bottom portion which is arranged in the vicinity of the light incident surface and has a first recess, a second bottom portion which is bent diagonally to the cross sectional surface and has a second recess, and a third bottom portion which is bent at the second bottom portion in the direction parallel to the first bottom portion and disposed higher than the first bottom portion. A light absorbing member is disposed in the first and second recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Hee Oh, Dong Yeon Kang
  • Patent number: 10209430
    Abstract: An LED light source, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The LED light source includes: a housing having a light outlet; an LED wafer disposed within the housing, where a light-emitting surface of the LED wafer faces towards the light outlet of the housing; and a light adjustment layer disposed at the light outlet of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lu Yao
  • Patent number: 10191212
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments herein disclose a backlight assembly having a light guide with a pair of opposing edges and a sliding LED subassembly placed along an edge of the light guide and attached to the light guide so that movement of the light guide causes movement of the sliding LED subassembly. In some embodiments, a first slot may be positioned within the light guide where a post extends from the sliding LED subassembly to engage with the first slot in the light guide. In some embodiments, a back pan may be positioned behind the light guide where a post can extend from the back pan to engage with a second slot in the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventor: William Dunn
  • Patent number: 10173584
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a plurality of light sources and a light guide plate, the plurality of light sources are disposed in parallel along one end surface of the light guide plate, the light guide plate has a light reflection section formed at a first surface of the light guide plate and configured to reflect light entered from the one end surface toward a second surface of the light guide plate, the light reflection section includes a plurality of parabolic reflection surfaces, and the parabolic reflection surfaces protrude from the first surface and have shapes curved along a direction in which the light entering from the one end surface advances and a direction crossing with the direction in which the light entering from the one end surface advances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mari Kawabata
  • Patent number: 10168038
    Abstract: A disclosed lighting apparatus includes a light-diffusive plate having opposing first and second faces bounded by one or more sides. A first electrically conductive sheet is disposed on the first face of the light-diffusive plate, and an electrically insulative sheet is disposed on the first electrically conductive sheet. A second electrically conductive sheet is disposed on the electrically insulative sheet. A plurality of solid-state lighting (SSL) elements have light emitting portions that face a portion of the light-diffusive plate. The SSL elements are electrically coupled to the first electrically conductive sheet and to the second electrically conductive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Automated Assembly Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Lindblad, David Neuman
  • Patent number: 10168462
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a point light source which generates light, a light guide plate defining upper and lower surfaces thereof opposing one another, a side surface provided in plural each connecting the upper and lower surfaces to each other; and among the plural side surfaces a light-incident side surface thereof at which the point light source is disposed and on which is incident the light generated from the point light source; and a reflective side surface thereof which is adjacent to the light-incident side surface and reflects light within the light guide plate, and which forms a first angle with respect to the light-incident side surface; and a wavelength converting unit between the light guide plate and the point light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghyeon Lee, Junwoo You, Yongkyu Kang
  • Patent number: 10162094
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light source assembly, a backlight module and a curve display apparatus. It relates to the technical field of display, may improve the light incidence ratio of a light guide plate in the curve display apparatus and enhance the uniformity of the picture brightness. The light source assembly includes a light guide plate and a LED lamp bar, wherein the light guide plate is a curve light guide plate and the LED lamp bar is an arc-shaped lamp bar which has a curvature matched with the curvature of the curve light guide plate, and wherein the curve light guide plate has a set of straight sides parallel to each other and a set of curve sides having the same curvature, the arc-shaped lamp bar being arranged on a side of the curve light guide plate with the curve sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junli Zhou
  • Patent number: 10139051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a replaceable LED lamp, which comprises a mounting base grid for fixing a replaceable LED lamp on a mounting surface, an LED light source main body for lighting and illuminating, and a clamping piece, wherein the clamping piece fixes the LED light source main body on the mounting base grid by clamping with an elastic structure fixed on the LED light source main body. Through the clamping fit between the elastic structure on the LED light source main body and the clamping piece, the present invention allows a new LED lamp to be mounted on an old lamp base easily and feasibly with convenient and quick operation, thereby reducing the labor cost of replacing the LED lamp, reducing the number of assembly parts of the new lamp and reducing the material cost of replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen Yaorong Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huanhuan Yu
  • Patent number: 10133121
    Abstract: There is provided a light-emitting device that exhibits superior luminance contribution rate of a light source while reducing in-plane luminance unevenness despite a simple configuration. The light-emitting device includes: a substrate on which one or more light sources are provided; and a reflective plate placed on the substrate. The reflective plate includes: an opening into which the light source is inserted; a sloped section that is sloped relative to the substrate while surrounding the opening, and has a first thickness; and a top surface section that is coupled to a top end of the sloped section, and has a second thickness. The first thickness is greater than the second thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Nakaki, Kenji Kobayashi, Hiroki Asakawa
  • Patent number: 10112864
    Abstract: To provide a highly transmissive glass and a light guide that allow high internal transmittance of plate glass to be maintained and the internal transmittance spectrum of the plate to be flattened without lowering the redox of iron to a value equal to or more than a certain value. This glass article comprises a glass which includes 1 to 80 mass ppm of total iron oxide (t-Fe2O3) in terms of Fe2O3, has a redox of iron of 0 to 50% and includes 0.01 to 4.0 mass ppm of NiO. The glass article and the light guide comprising the glass article are characterized in that an A value of the internal transmittance spectrum flatness is 0.83 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoya Wada, Yusuke Arai, Hiroyuki Hijiya, Yuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 10107952
    Abstract: A mobile terminal according to the present disclosure may include a body, a light-emitting device provided within the body, a display unit disposed on a front surface of the body, and a corner region of which is formed in a curved surface, and a light guide plate disposed at a lower side of the display unit to guide light emitted from the light-emitting device to the display unit, and formed with a chamfer surface at a corner region facing the curved surface, wherein the light-emitting device is disposed adjacent to the chamfer surface to emit light toward the chamfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaemoon Lim, Wonsang Yi, Sangjo Ryu, Soowook Jang
  • Patent number: 10101518
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a support having an interstice and at least one LED located in the interstice and at least one of a waveguide or an optical launch having a transparent material encapsulating the at least one LED located in the interstice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: GLO AB
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Douglas Harvey, Tyler Kakuda, Ronald Kaneshiro
  • Patent number: 10087102
    Abstract: To provide a highly transmissive glass and a light guide that allow high internal transmittance of plate glass to be maintained and the internal transmittance spectrum of the plate to be flattened without lowering the redox of iron to a value equal to or more than a certain value. This glass article comprises a glass which includes 1 to 80 mass ppm of total iron oxide (t-Fe2O3) in terms of Fe2O3, has a redox of iron of 0 to 50% and includes 0.01 to 4.0 mass ppm of NiO. The glass article and the light guide comprising the glass article are characterized in that an A value of the internal transmittance spectrum flatness is 0.83 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naoya Wada, Yusuke Arai, Hiroyuki Hijiya, Yuki Kondo
  • Patent number: 10078179
    Abstract: A backlight module and a plastic frame structure thereof are provided. The plastic frame structure mainly comprises a plastic frame body and a light source carrier. The plastic frame body is used to carry optical films such as a light guide plate, and the light source carrier is used to fix light sources. The two parts, i.e. the plastic frame body and the light source carrier, are connected with each other by a detachable means, so as to be conveniently tested respectively, and then assembled together when no defect is found, as so to increase the assembling efficiency. Furthermore, if the two parts are assembled but have defects found, the two parts can conveniently be changed, respectively. Therefore, not only the rework cost can be reduced, but also the efficiencies of the test and assembly for the whole of the backlight module are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Zeng
  • Patent number: 10073216
    Abstract: An LED panel light comprises a cover, LED light bars, two long and strip-shaped seats which are fixed on the side faces of the cover and are used to fasten the LED light bars, and a light guide plate between the two seats with the LED light beads on the LED light bars toward the light guide plate. On the seat, there is a groove designed in the lengthwise direction. The LED light bars are fixed at the bottom face of the groove. On the lower side face of the groove, there is a flange protruding toward the upper side face. On the upper side face of the groove, there are elastic rubber strips installed in the lengthwise direction. The edges of the light guide plate plunge into the groove and the both side faces of the light guide plate press against the flange and the elastic rubber strips, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ZheJiang YongYao Lighting Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Jianyue Chen
  • Patent number: 10067281
    Abstract: A light guide assembly, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) are provided. The backlight module includes a back plate, light guide plate, an adhesive member and a light source. The light guide plate is disposed on the back plate and includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface and a light-incident surface. The first optical surface is opposite to the second optical surface. The light-incident surface connects the first optical surface and the second optical surface. The first optical surface or the second optical surface of the light guide plate is set with a recess. The adhesive member is disposed in the recess to adhere the light guide plate to the back plate. The light source is disposed on the back plate and emits light toward the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Jui-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 10067285
    Abstract: A stone slab with a light source and a manufacturing process thereof are disclosed. The stone slab includes a transparent composite plate. The composite plate includes a stone panel, a light guide plate, and a honeycomb plate laminated from top to bottom. A water-molecule-activated protective film is provided on an upper surface and a lower surface of the light guide plate respectively. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the upper surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the stone panel. The water-molecule-activated protective film on the lower surface of the light guide plate is bonded to the honeycomb plate by using an adhesive. The water-molecule-activated protective film can be used to bond the light guide plate. Moreover, the adhesive on another side of the water-molecule-activated protective film does not directly contact the light guide plate and avoids a problem that a lighting effect is impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Inventor: Huizhang Zheng
  • Patent number: 10061070
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an assembly jig for assembling a LED module and a light guide plate, the LED module comprises a circuit board and LED mounted portions which are vertically arranged on the circuit board, and the assembly jig comprises a stripe body and a plurality of grooves with notches on the stripe body, wherein the grooves are spaced and disposed across at least two adjacent sides of the stripe body to contain and tightly contact with the non-mounting surface of the LED mounted portions opposite to the mounting surface. The present invention also discloses a backlight module and a method which is used for assembling a LED module and a light guide plate by ensuring the same distances between each of the LEDs to the light guide plate, furthermore to obtain relatively uniform backlighting and high optical taste of the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yanxue Zhang
  • Patent number: 10048425
    Abstract: The invention described herein is a very thin flat panel LED luminaire, including a flat baseboard, a flat reflection panel, a flat acrylic panel, a flat diffusion panel, LED bar, and aluminum encasement frame which combines with the baseboard to form the chassis for the luminaire. The LED bar is placed along either or both sides of the stack. The acrylic panel is printed with a mesh-like mask pattern of dots in a pattern in which the density of the pattern is decreases the farther away from the LED bar the pattern is, differentially coupling the light from the point source LED bar from the reflection panel into the flat acrylic panel so that illumination across the luminaire is substantially uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KUNSHAN CHENGTAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Lin Sheng, Sean Wong
  • Patent number: 10036920
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a method of manufacturing the same, as well as a back plate and a display device, the backlight module comprising: a backlight strip; a solder spot disposed on a back surface of the backlight strip; light strip glue attached to the side of the backlight strip on which the solder spot is disposed; and a back plate disposed on the side of the light strip glue away from the backlight strip; wherein a groove is provided on the side of the back plate adjacent to the light strip glue and at a position corresponding to the solder spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haiyun Lin, Qinghui Zhao, Dongzhao Li, Jingpeng Li
  • Patent number: 10018772
    Abstract: The invention provides a position-limiting structure for a backlight module, a backlight module and a display device, belongs to the field of display technology, and can solve the problem in the prior art that an alignment error occurs in the light-guiding plate due to the fact that the double-sided adhesive tape is adhered to fix the backplane and the light-guiding plate. The position-limiting structure for a backlight module of the invention is made of an elastic material, and is configured to be connected to the backplane; the position-limiting structure includes the position-limiting part, which is arranged outside an edge at least one non light-incoming side of the light-guiding plate and is configured to fix the light-guiding plate to the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE DISPLAY LIGHT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiang Liu
  • Patent number: 10013899
    Abstract: Disclosed are an LED (Light Emitting Diode) display module and a method of fabricating the LED display module. Lamp beads in the LED display module are fixed to the surface of a linearly arranged lamp bead plate, the lamp bead plate is fixed to a driving PCB (Printed Circuit Board), the surface of the lamp bead plate is perpendicular to the surface of the driving PCB, the surface of the driving PCB is perpendicular to the surface of a glass plate, and a fixed member is fixed on a frame. The transparent glass plate with high transparency is employed as a mounting body and the driving PCB is transversely disposed on the glass plate, so that shielding of light by the driving PCB can be remarkably reduced and the transparency of the LED display module is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Fuqiang Huang
  • Patent number: 9989720
    Abstract: An opto-electric hybrid board includes: an electric circuit board including an insulation layer having front and back surfaces, and electrical interconnect lines formed on the front surface of the insulation layer; and an optical waveguide having a substantially rectangular shape as seen in plan view and provided on the back surface of the insulation layer of the electric circuit board, with a metal layer therebetween. The optical waveguide has at least one end portion disposed in overlapping relation with the metal layer. The at least one end portion of the optical waveguide has corner portions. Each of the corner portions is radiused to have an arcuate shape or has a polygonal shape produced by arranging a plurality of obtuse-angled portions in a substantially arcuate configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tanaka, Yuichi Tsujita
  • Patent number: 9989220
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided. The light device (1) comprises a light source (2), a driver (3) for providing an output to said light source (2), and a first housing (4). The first housing (4) comprises a blister pack with at least one compartment suitable for locating said light source (2) and driver (3). A second housing (6) may also be provided and the second housing (6) may advantageously comprise a luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden, Reinier Imre Anton Den Boer
  • Patent number: 9976732
    Abstract: The light fixture includes a frame configured to define a channel, and a substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel disposed within the frame. Power circuitry is disposed within the first channel, the power circuitry being configured to electrically couple the substantially flat LED panel to an external AC power supply. The power circuitry is sized to be positioned within the first channel and has a length and a width, the length-to-width ratio being at least 5 to 1, and optionally at least 10 to 1. The power circuitry is configured to convert an AC input into a DC output suitable for powering the substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel. The substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel includes an optically transmissive panel, and an array of LEDs disposed adjacent to an edge of the optically transmissive panel and disposed adjacent at least one edge of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Unity Opto Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventors: J. Richard Myers, John Araki
  • Patent number: 9977178
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight source and a display device. A rigid element is arranged between a light strip of the backlight source and a light-entering surface of a light guide plate. One end of the rigid element is fixed onto the light strip, and the other end of the right element is fixed onto the light guide plate, so as to maintain a constant distance between the light strip and the light-entering surface of the light guide plate. An elastic element is arranged between the light strip and a back plate and at a side of the light strip opposite to the light-entering surface of the light guide plate. When the light guide plate is thermally deformed, a deformation force generated by the light guide plate is applied to the rigid element, so push the light strip to press against the elastic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donglei Li, Zhishuai Jia
  • Patent number: 9971085
    Abstract: A light source module includes a circuit board, a light-emitting diode package configured to be mounted on the circuit board, and a quantum dot package which is disposed apart from a side of the light-emitting diode package by a predetermined distance, and mounted on the circuit board and to convert a wavelength of light incident thereupon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Seo, Jae Joong Kwon, Seul Gi Kim, Ha Young Lee
  • Patent number: 9952377
    Abstract: A light emitting device comprising at least one first light source (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 211) adapted for, in operation, emitting first light (13) with a first spectral distribution, a first light guide (3) comprising a first light input surface (31), a first light exit surface (32) and at least one first further surface (33, 34, 35, 36), the first light guide being adapted for receiving the first light with the first spectral distribution at the first light input surface, guiding the first light to the first light exit surface and coupling the first light with the first spectral distribution out of the first light exit surface, at least one luminescent element (90) arranged on the first light exit surface of the first light guide, the at least one luminescent element comprising a second light input surface (91), a second light exit surface (92) and at least one light exit surface (92) and at least one second further surface (93, 94, 95, 96), the luminescent element spectral distribution at the second light in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel, Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer
  • Patent number: 9846268
    Abstract: A back light unit includes a light source and a light guide unit having a first surface emitting light to a display panel, a second surface facing the first surface, and a plurality of connecting surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface. The connecting surfaces includes a first side surface, a second side surfaces and a third side surface between the first side surface and a second side surface, A first included angle of the first incident surface and the first diffusion surface is equal to or greater than about 90 degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taek-Sun Shin, Seul-Gi Kim, Yongkyu Kang, Hayoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9846270
    Abstract: The invention discloses a quantum dot tube and LCD. The quantum dot tube comprises an inner tube (11), an outer tube (12), optical fibers (13), LED light source (14), sealing glue (15) and quantum dots (16); the LED light source (14) is blue LED light source; the cladding is removed from the optical fiber (13). The quantum dot tube reduces the heat impact of the LED light source on the quantum dots so as to improve the lifespan and the efficiency of the quantum dots; and by sealing inner and outer tubes, the amount of quantum dots is reduced to reduce the cost. The LCD of the invention comprises a backlight module and a liquid crystal panel, the backlight module use the quantum dot tube to provide light, to improve the lifespan and efficiency of the quantum dots as well as reduce cost and improve the LCD gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Tang
  • Patent number: 9835317
    Abstract: According to one aspect, an optical waveguide comprises a plurality of coupling cavities for directing light into a waveguide body spaced from a particular point. Further, each of the coupling cavities comprises a dimension that varies with distance from the particular point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Zongjie Yuan, Corey J. Goldstein, Kurt S. Wilcox
  • Patent number: 9823410
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light guiding plate comprises steps of forming a protrusion array composed of a plurality of protrusions (300) on a surface of a substrate (100); and forming reflective layers (301) on side facets of the protrusions (300) respectively, in such a way that, the farther away from a side of the substrate (100) the protrusion (300) with the reflective layer is, the greater the reflectivity of the reflective layer (301) is. The light emitted from the light guiding plate made by the method is relatively uniform, and the heating issue is also avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Heecheol Kim, Yan Wei, Chao Xu, Chunfang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9817264
    Abstract: The invention discloses a QD CF substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method uses a patterned photo-resist layer as a masking layer to perform selective quenching on QD layer with a quencher to obtain selectively quenched QD layer, which simplifies QD CF substrate manufacturing process and reduces cost. The QD CF substrate does not use blue QD material in QD layer, but uses blue backlight and organic transparent photo-resist layer to improve light utilization efficiency and reduce material cost. The QD layer is a selectively quenched QD layer, and the portion of the QD layer located above the organic transparent photo-resist layer is quenched by the quencher, and will not emit light when excited by backlight. As such, the invention achieves using the QD material to improve color gamut and brightness, avoid color impurity at blue sub-pixels caused by light mixture, and the manufacturing method is simple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongze Li
  • Patent number: 9804322
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a housing channel and a heat sink assembly coupled to the housing channel. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink base and a heat sink clamp that are coupled together via a fastener to retain a waveguide to the lighting fixture. In particular, the fastener is disposed at an acute angle relative to the respective waveguide. Further, the lighting fixture includes one or more light sources coupled to the heat sink base and oriented such that light emitted by the one or more light sources enters an edge of the waveguide. Furthermore, the lighting fixture includes an end cap that covers an open lateral end of the housing channel. Further, the end cap operates as an alignment bracket to couple the lighting fixture to a second lighting fixture adjacent the open lateral end of the housing channel of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: James Blessitt, Christopher Ladewig
  • Patent number: 9772441
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: a light source; an optical component provided separately from the light source; a holding member holding the light source and the optical component; and a variable pressing member variably pressing the optical component against the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Abe
  • Patent number: 9739445
    Abstract: The present invention provides a backlight module and a display device; the backlight module comprises: a first light source layer located at a surface of a light emitting side of the backlight module, the first light source layer comprises a plurality of first light source elements arranged with intervals; a second light source layer located at a surface opposite to the light emitting side of the backlight module, wherein the second light source layer comprises a plurality of second light source elements arranged one-to-one corresponding to positions of the intervals between adjacent first light source elements; and optical components arranged between the first light source layer and the second light source layer, the optical components change propagation path of light from the second light source elements irradiating the first light source elements such that the light is emitted through the intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lan Feng, Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9739932
    Abstract: A light source module includes a substrate on which a light source is mounted, a light guide plate emitting light from one surface of the light guide plate, the light having entered the light guide plate through an end surface of the light guide plate, a frame body covering a periphery of the light guide plate, and a fixing element fixing the substrate to the frame body in a state where the substrate is put between the frame body and the fixing element, wherein the light source includes a plurality of LEDs arranged side by side along the end surface, and the fixing element is engaged with the frame body and includes a positioning part positioning the light guide plate in a direction along which the plurality of LEDs are arranged side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventors: Yasumori Kuromizu, Yuki Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 9739927
    Abstract: Provided are a light source device capable of effectively coping with a luminance change in a light guide plate caused by a variation in an interval between a light source and the light guide plate at a low cost, and a display apparatus. A light source device which includes a light guide plate for emitting light made incident on one side surface from one surface thereof, is configured so as to, for the luminance change due to a change in an interval between a light source disposed on the one side surface side of the light guide plate and the light guide plate, previously increase only an average luminance of the light source side (one side surface side) in which an influence of the luminance change is largest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Komura, Yoshitake Ishimoto
  • Patent number: 9733409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of display, and discloses a light guide plate, a backlight source and a display apparatus, for solving the problem of the exit light non-uniformity of the backlight source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BOE OPTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongli Yao, Wentao Ying, Xiaoli Xie
  • Patent number: 9726805
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a first light source part including a plurality of first light sources configured to generate light having a first color and a plurality of second light sources configured to generate light having a second color different from the first color, and a light guiding plate including a first incident surface and an exiting surface adjacent to the first incident surface. The exiting surface is configured to allow the light to pass therethrough. The exiting surface includes a first peripheral portion configured to absorb the light having the second color and a central portion adjacent to the first peripheral portion and configured to allow the light to pass therethrough. The first and second light sources are alternately located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Deok Im, Jong-Hyuk Kang, Jung-Hyun Kwon, Hae-Il Park, Hyun-Min Cho, Oleg Prudnikov, Jae-Byung Park, Dong-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 9715053
    Abstract: A light guide having; an entrance portion; a light-splitting portion; a first and a second light guide portion; and a first and a second reflective portion provided in or on the first and second light guide portions, respectively. The first and second light guide portions emit light reflected by the first reflective portion and light reflected by the second reflective portion to outside as a first linear light beam and a second linear light beam, respectively. The light-splitting portion projects toward the entrance portion, and has a first inclined surface, a second inclined surface and a connecting section. The entrance portion has a light-diffusing section opposed to the connecting section in a direction of optical axis, and the light-diffusing section diffuses the light emitted from the point light source toward the first light guide portion and the second light guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiko Tanaka, Satoko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9684111
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, a light guide plate, a first light source unit, and a first reflective member. The display panel may receive light to display an image. A first recess may be defined on a surface of the light guide plate. The first light source unit may include a plurality of light sources that generate the light and are received in the first recess. The first reflective member may be received in the first recess and disposed between two mutually adjacent light sources of the first light source unit to reflect the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungjin Kim, Young-Min Park, Jaesuk Yoo