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Granted Patent B2
US 12,546,927 · App. 18/820,772 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

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 12,546,927
App. No.
18/820,772
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
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 (30)

1 . A device housing comprising:

a first light device, the first light device comprising 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 comprises a second surface, opposite the first surface, the second surface configured to contact a first light pipe,

wherein the first light device is arranged towards a surface of the device housing such that the surface of the device housing is lighted with the first light device.

2 . The device housing of claim 1 , further comprising a second light device, the second light device comprising a second electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a second LED, wherein the second LED contacts a second light pipe.

3 . The device housing of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the first light device forms a portion of a surface of the device housing.

4 . The device housing of claim 1 , wherein the space is about 0.05″ to about 0.15″.

5 . The device housing of claim 2 , wherein a height dimension of the second light pipe is between about 0.05″ to about 0.15″.

6 . The device housing of claim 5 , wherein the height dimension of the second light pipe is about 0.08″.

7 . The device housing of claim 2 , wherein an angle between a lower surface of the second light pipe and a first upper surface of the second light pipe is about 110°.

8 . The device housing of claim 2 , wherein an angle between a first upper surface of the second light pipe and a second upper surface of the second light pipe is about 130°.

9 . The device housing of claim 2 , wherein a length of a first height surface of the first light pipe is longer than a length of a second height surface of the first light pipe.

10 . The device housing of claim 2 , wherein an angle between a lower surface of the first light pipe and a first height surface of the first light pipe is about 95°.

11 . The device housing of claim 2 , wherein an angle between a lower surface of the first light pipe and a second height surface of the first light pipe is about 95°.

12 . The device housing of claim 2 , wherein a portion of the second light device forms a portion of a surface of the device housing.

13 . A device housing comprising:

a first light device, the first light device comprising a first electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a first LED,

wherein the LED contacts a first light pipe,

wherein the first light device is arranged towards a surface of the device housing such that the surface of the device housing is lighted with the first light device.

14 . The device housing of claim 13 , further comprising a second light device, the second light device comprising a second electrical supply configured to provide an electrical signal to a second light emitting diode (LED), the second LED separated from a first surface of a diffuser film by a space, wherein the diffuser film comprises a second surface, opposite the first surface, the second surface configured to contact a second light pipe.

15 . The device housing of claim 13 , wherein a surface of the first light device forms a portion of a surface of the device housing.

16 . The device housing of claim 15 , wherein the space is about 0.05″ to about 0.15″.

17 . The device housing of claim 15 , wherein a height dimension of the second light pipe is between about 0.05″ about 0.15″.

18 . The device housing of claim 17 , wherein the height dimension of the second light pipe is about 0.08″.

19 . The device housing of claim 15 , wherein an angle between a lower surface of the second light pipe and a first upper surface of the second light pipe is about 110°.

20 . The device housing of claim 15 , wherein an angle between a first upper surface of the second light pipe and a second upper surface of the second light pipe is about 130°.

21 . The device housing of claim 13 , wherein a length of a first height surface of the first light pipe is longer than a length of a second height surface of the first light pipe.

22 . The device housing of claim 13 , wherein an angle between a lower surface of the first light pipe and a first height surface of the first light pipe is about 95°.

23 . The device housing of claim 13 , wherein an angle between a lower surface of the first light pipe and a second height surface of the first light pipe is about 95°.

24 . The device housing of claim 13 , wherein a portion of the first light device forms a portion of a surface of the device housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2024
From: ZIMMERMAN, CECILIA; VANDERSARL, JULES
To: MESO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
Reel/Frame 068451/0796 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18370495 · Sep 20, 2023
Continuation 17986182 · Nov 14, 2022
Continuation 17139000 · Dec 31, 2020
Provisional Application 62956983 · Jan 3, 2020
Related Publication 20240427071A1 · Dec 26, 2024
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