Patents by Inventor Eric J. Kille

Eric J. Kille has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • LED lighting fixtures
    Patent number: 7802902
    Abstract: A lighting fixture (20-23) mechanically encloses a LED module (30), which includes at least one LED (40) and can further include a LED driver (50) in electrical communication with the LED(s) (40) to operably provide a LED drive signal to the at least one LED (40), a thermal management system (60) in thermal communication with the LED(s) (40) and the lighting fixture (20-23) to facilitate a heat transfer from the LED(s) (40) to the lighting fixture (20-23), and/or a beam shaper (70) in optical communication with the LED(s) (40) to modify an illumination profile of a radiation beam emitted by the LED(s) (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Moss, Eric J. Kille, Mubasher Ahmad, James M. Gaines, Bernd Clauberg
  • THERMAL SURFACE MOUNTING OF MULTIPLE LEDS ONTO A HEATSINK
    Publication number: 20090116252
    Abstract: A LED package employs a heatsink (30), a LED (10) thermally mounted to the heatsink (30), and a printed circuit board (20) including a hole (21) extending there through for facilitating the thermal surface mounting of the LED (10) onto the heatsink (30). The printed circuit board (20) is preferably surface mounted onto the heatsink (30). The LED (10) is seated within the hole (21) and includes leads (11, 12) electrically coupled to the printed circuit board (10) wherein a portion of each lead (11, 12) is partially seated within the hole (21), and/or the heatsink (30) includes a post (31) seated within the hole (21) and the LED is thermally mounted to the post (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V
    Inventors: Eric J. Kille, Ron Steen, Ernie Combs, Timothy B. Moss, Bernd Clauberg
  • Led Lighting Fixtures
    Publication number: 20080273331
    Abstract: A lighting fixture (20-23) mechanically encloses a LED module (30), which includes at least one LED (40) and can further include a LED driver (50) in electrical communication with the LED(s) (40) to operably provide a LED drive signal to the at least one LED (40), a thermal management system (60) in thermal communication with the LED(s) (40) and the lighting fixture (20-23) to facilitate a heat transfer from the LED(s) (40) to the lighting fixture (20-23), and/or a beam shaper (70) in optical communication with the LED(s) (40) to modify an illumination profile of a radiation beam emitted by the LED(s) (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Moss, Eric J. Kille, Mubasher Ahmad, James M. Gaines, Bernd Clauberg