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Granted Patent B2
US 12,117,637 · App. 18/370,495 · Granted Oct 15, 2024

Device housing with lighting

Inventors: Cecilia Zimmerman (Clarksburg, MD); Jules VanDersarl (Gaithersburg, MD)
Assignee: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
G02B6/0006F21V3/00F21Y2113/10F21Y2115/10G08B5/36
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Patent No.
US 12,117,637
App. No.
18/370,495
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The application is directed to a device housing. The device housing includes a first light device, the first light device including a first electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a first light emitting diode (LED), the first LED separated from a first surface of a diffuser film by a space, wherein the diffuser film includes a second surface, opposite the first surface, the second surface configured to contact a first light pipe.

Claims (25)

1. A device housing comprising:

a top and a bottom, the top having an edge;

a front light face comprising an area of illumination;

a front light face border at least partially surrounding the front light face and extending from the edge to a lower light device distal from the edge, the lower light device comprising a first LED element in contact with a first light pipe element and configured to direct light from the first LED element to the area of illumination.

2. The device housing of claim 1 wherein the first LED element comprises a plurality of LEDs, and the first light pipe element comprises a plurality of first light pipes, each of the LEDs in contact with a respective first light pipe.

3. The device housing of claim 1 wherein the light is selected from various colors.

4. The device housing of claim 3 wherein each color relates to an operational status.

5. The device of claim 1 further comprising an upper light device, the upper light device comprising a second LED element separated from a first surface of a diffuser film by a space, the diffuser film comprising a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface in contact with a second light pipe element, the second light pipe element forming a part of the edge.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein the second LED element comprises a plurality of second LEDs.

7. A device housing comprising:

a first light device, the first light device comprising an electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a first plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), the first plurality of LEDs separated from a first surface of a diffuser film by a space, the first surface of the diffuser film extending over the plurality of LEDs, wherein the diffuser film comprises a second surface, opposite the first surface, the second surface configured to contact a first light pipe.

8. The device housing of claim 7 wherein the first plurality of LEDs form overlapping regions of illumination.

9. The device housing of claim 7 wherein a surface of the first light device forms a portion of a surface of the device housing.

10. The device housing of claim 9 wherein the surface is an edge.

11. The device housing of claim 7 wherein the space is configured to be a distance sufficient to allow the light from the plurality of LEDs to partially scatter and spread while allowing the majority of the light from the LEDs to pass through the first light pipe.

12. An assay measurement instrument within the device housing of claim 11 wherein the plurality of LEDs indicate operational status of the instrument when illuminated.

13. The assay measurement instrument of claim 12 wherein different operational statuses are indicated when the plurality of LEDs are illuminated.

14. The assay measurement instrument of claim 12 wherein the assay measurement instrument measures changes in electrochemiluminescence (ECL).

15. The assay measurement instrument of claim 13 wherein the different operational statuses are indicated by different colors when the plurality LEDs are illuminated.

16. The assay measurement instrument of claim 15 wherein the different operational statuses include idle status, fault status, or that the instrument is operating or operational.

17. An assay measurement instrument within the device housing of claim 7 wherein the plurality of LEDs indicate operational status of the instrument when illuminated.

18. The assay measurement instrument of claim 17 wherein different operational statuses are indicated when the LEDs are illuminated.

19. The assay measurement instrument of claim 17 wherein the assay measurement instrument measures changes in electrochemiluminedcence (ECL).

20. The assay measurement instrument of claim 18 wherein the different operational statuses are indicated by different colors when the LEDs are illuminated.

21. The assay measurement instrument of claim 20 wherein the different operational statuses include idle status, fault status, or that the instrument is operating or operational.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2023
From: ZIMMERMAN, CECILIA; VANDERSARL, JULES
To: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 17986182 · Nov 14, 2022
Continuation 17139000 · Dec 31, 2020
Provisional Application 62956983 · Jan 3, 2020
Related Publication 20240027671A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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