IP Library Granted Patent US 10,120,121
Granted Patent B2
US 10,120,121 · App. 15/533,018 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Device for transporting light

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Patent No.
US 10,120,121
App. No.
15/533,018
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a device for transporting light, comprising at least two light pipes and at least one connection part, the at least two light pipes and the at least one connection part are molded with same material as a single component, each connection part includes two constitution parts for connecting to two adjacent light pipes, each constitution part has a larger polygonal base, a smaller polygonal base and at least three surfaces connecting the larger polygonal base to the smaller polygonal base, two larger polygonal bases of the two constitution parts connect to the two adjacent light pipes and two smaller polygonal bases of the two constitution bases connect to each other, wherein for each constitution part, at least one surface, whose inner faces incident direction of light within its connecting light pipe, inclines towards the larger polygonal base.

Claims (12)

1. A device for transporting light, comprising at least two light pipes and at least one connection part, the at least two light pipes and the at least one connection part being molded with same material as a single component,

wherein each of the at least one connection part includes two constitution parts for connecting to two adjacent light pipes of the at least two light pipes, each of the two constitution part has a larger polygonal base, a smaller polygonal base, and at least three surfaces connecting the larger polygonal base to the smaller polygonal base,

wherein two larger polygonal bases of the two constitution parts connect to the two adjacent light pipes; and two smaller polygonal bases of the two constitution bases connect to each other,

wherein for each constitution part, at least one surface, whose inside faces incident direction of light within its connecting light pipe, inclines towards the larger polygonal base.

2. The device of the claim 1 , wherein the two constitution parts are symmetric in shape.

3. The device of the claim 1 , wherein surfaces of the at least one connection part are high gloss mirror surfaces.

4. The device of the claim 1 , wherein for each constitution part, all surfaces incline towards the larger polygonal base.

5. The device of the claim 1 , wherein number of the at least one connection part is more than two, and the at least one connection part forms two rows of connection parts.

6. The device of the claim 1 , wherein the larger polygonal base and the smaller polygonal base are rectangles in shape.

7. The device of the claim 1 , wherein the at least two light pipes have a gentle curving bend.

8. The device of the claim 1 , wherein the at least two light pipes have a sharp prismatic fold.

9. An electronic device, wherein the electronic device has a light source, and light transporting device and an indicator panel, the light transporting device transports light from the light source to the indicator panel, wherein the light transport device has a structure as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS,SAS
To: INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
Reel/Frame 053061/0025 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2019
From: THOMSON LICENSING
To: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS
Reel/Frame 049285/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2018
From: QIN, JUZHI; HUANG, WENXIN; ZHOU, ZUKE
To: THOMSON LICENSING
Reel/Frame 047169/0516 →