Patents by Inventor Erwin Melzner

Erwin Melzner 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).

  • Patent number: 8931939
    Abstract: LED luminaire, particularly LED headlight, comprising an active light source (2) composed of a plurality of LEDs (21-26) that have the same color or different colors and are arranged on a flat or curved surface (20, 200) or circuit board and an optical system comprising a collimation optics unit (3), the individual lenses of which are arranged in a small distance above the emission surfaces of the LEDs (21-26) and which collects and focuses the light (L1-L4) emitted by the LEDs and directed onto a surface, a mixing optical unit (4), which receives the light (K1, K2, E) that has been directed onto a surface and focussed and mixes it in terms of the color and/or brightness, and a field optics unit (5) which receives the light (M1, M2 or N1, N2) emitted by the mixing optics unit (4) and emits it with pre-determined light distribution (F1-F4) to the far field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Tecnik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit
  • Publication number: 20140092592
    Abstract: A device for adjusting an optical tube, which is disposed in a housing of a spotlight or optical device and which is guided in the housing in the direction of the optical axis of the spotlight or optical device is provided. An adjustment drive, an operating element and a brake device is disposed between the tube and the housing, which with the adjustment drive not activated connects the tube to the housing in a non-positive locking and/or positive-locking manner and which on activation of the adjustment drive releases the connection between the tube and the housing and enables adjustment of the tube along the optical axis of the spotlight or optical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit, Anton Hundhammer, Klaus-Dieter Stegmaier
  • Patent number: 8366277
    Abstract: A projector having a lamp and a reflector that reflects the light beams emitted by the lamp toward a light exit opening of the projector is provided. It is possible to vary the position of the reflector and of the lamp relative to one another, and to set the distribution of the exiting light by displacing the reflector and/or the lamp. The reflector is provided with facets that form a reflective surface for reflecting the light beams emitted by the lamp. The facets being constituted by their surface shaping such that the light beams generate a light field with a desired light distribution and whose light beam width can be set in a wide range by displacing the reflector and/or the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Volker Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8299716
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a plurality of lighting modules which include a module carrier on which a light source with a plurality of controllable light-emitting diodes emitting light of different wavelengths and arranged on a board, a temperature sensor and a module electronic are arranged. Said module electronic contains a digital circuit with a microcontroller for the local and autonomous signal processing, which actuates the LEDs in dependence on the temperature such that the brightness, color and chrominance of the light mixture composed of the LEDs emitting light of different wavelengths is constant. Said lighting modules being connected with other lighting modules or an external controller via a digital interface for transmitting the board temperature of the respective lighting module detected by means of the temperature sensor. A central master module or the external controller actuates the lighting modules such that a uniform brightness is obtained over the radiating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Regine Kraemer, Michael Haubmann, Johann Hochreiter
  • Publication number: 20120155102
    Abstract: LED luminaire, particularly LED headlight, comprising an active light source (2) composed of a plurality of LEDs (21-26) that have the same colour or different colours and are arranged on a flat or curved surface (20, 200) or circuit board and an optical system comprising a collimation optics unit (3), the individual lenses of which are arranged in a small distance above the emission surfaces of the LEDs (21-26) and which collects and focusses the light (L1-L4) emitted by the LEDs and directed onto a surface, a mixing optical unit (4), which receives the light (K1, K2, E) that has been directed onto a surface and focussed and mixes it in terms of the colour and/or brightness, and a field optics unit (5) which receives the light (M1, M2 or N1, N2) emitted by the mixing optics unit (4) and emits it with pre-determined light distribution (F1-F4) to the far field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit
  • Patent number: 7883245
    Abstract: An illuminating spotlight having a spotlight housing and a spotlight device connected to the spotlight housing, in particular a protective screen, spotlight lens or reflector, is provided. The lateral edge of the spotlight device is connected to the spotlight housing via spring elements arranged in a distributed fashion. The spring elements having a fastening lug that is connected to the spotlight housing and from which there are angled away two spring arms which bear against the lateral edge of the spotlight device and are designed to be resilient in a radial direction of the spotlight housing. Spring stops of resilient design are project in an axial direction of the spotlight housing which bear against at least one surface of the spotlight device from the spring arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventor: Erwin Melzner
  • Publication number: 20110013395
    Abstract: A lighting system with at least one LED panel is provided. Said LED panel including a plurality of similar lighting modules, said lighting modules having controllable light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and a polygonal housing frame. Said polygonal housing frame comprising a board for receiving said lighting modules. Said polygonal housing frame including a plug connector on at least one side of the housing frame for positively mechanically coupling a sliding rail connection. Said plug connector including electrical contact means integrated in said mechanical sliding rail connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Dennis Jackstien, Michael Jonischkeit, Kerstin Schlegel, Regine Kraemer
  • Patent number: 7867018
    Abstract: An apparatus for accommodating and making electrical contact with a luminous means, which contains a glass vessel, a luminous means base and contact pins for supplying power, in a spotlight, which contains a luminous means holder for accommodating the luminous means base with plug-type sockets for accommodating the contact pins of the luminous means, is provided. The luminous means holder has a device for monitoring the connection between the luminous means base and the luminous means holder. The monitoring device comprises a device for detecting the relative position of at least one part of the luminous means base in relation to the luminous means holder when the luminous means base is inserted into the luminous holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Harald Krieg, Erwin Melzner, Kerstin Schlegel, Thomas Dörner, Anton Hundhammer
  • Patent number: 7862208
    Abstract: A dimming device for a searchlight for adjusting the brightness of a light field generated by a searchlight is provided. The dimming device comprising a plurality of different screening elements, which are formed and provided to partly or completely screen the light emitted by the searchlight. The screening elements are formed by different structured masks at least partly screening the light emitted by the searchlight, which include regularly arranged opaque or partly transparent regions and transparent regions. Means each are provided for incremental adjustment of the brightness of the generated light field of the searchlight either to bring the screening elements into the region of the light emitted by the searchlight, in order to reduce the brightness of the light field generated by one brightness level, or to remove the same from the region of the light emitted by the searchlight, in order to increase the brightness of the light field generated by one brightness level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventor: Erwin Melzner
  • Patent number: 7794121
    Abstract: A surface luminaire with a luminous chamber in the form of a hollow fiberoptic conductor is provided. The luminous chamber comprising a peripheral frame, an emission opening and a base plate which is populated at least partially with light-emitting diodes and on which sloping faces are arranged. The sloping faces bridge the edge region of the base plate and a region of the peripheral frame which adjoins the base plate and form a cavity between the lower region of the peripheral frame, the edge region of the base plate and the sloping faces, in which cavity control electronics, which drive the light-emitting diodes, are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventor: Erwin Melzner
  • Publication number: 20100219758
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a plurality of lighting modules which include a module carrier on which a light source with a plurality of controllable light-emitting diodes emitting light of different wavelengths and arranged on a board, a temperature sensor and a module electronic are arranged. Said module electronic contains a digital circuit with a microcontroller for the local and autonomous signal processing, which actuates the LEDs in dependence on the temperature such that the brightness, color and chrominance of the light mixture composed of the LEDs emitting light of different wavelengths is constant. Said lighting modules being connected with other lighting modules or an external controller via a digital interface for transmitting the board temperature of the respective lighting module detected by means of the temperature sensor. A central master module or the external controller actuates the lighting modules such that a uniform brightness is obtained over the radiating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Regine Kraemer, Michael Haubmann, Johann Hochreiter
  • Patent number: 7744412
    Abstract: An apparatus for making electrical contact with luminous means in spotlights, which contain a glass vessel, a luminous means base and contact pins for the power supply is provided. The apparatus comprising a luminous means holder with at least two socket pairs for accommodating the contact pins of different luminous means. The socket pairs are arranged in clamping pieces, whose mutually opposite connecting faces can be removed from one another in order to accommodate the contact pins of the luminous means and can be guided towards one another in order to make electrical contact with the contact pins of the luminous means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventor: Erwin Melzner
  • Publication number: 20100061114
    Abstract: A surface luminaire with a luminous chamber in the form of a hollow fiberoptic conductor is provided. The luminous chamber comprising a peripheral frame, an emission opening and a base plate which is populated at least partially with light-emitting diodes and on which sloping faces are arranged. The sloping faces bridge the edge region of the base plate and a region of the peripheral frame which adjoins the base plate and form a cavity between the lower region of the peripheral frame, the edge region of the base plate and the sloping faces, in which cavity control electronics, which drive the light-emitting diodes, are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Erwin Melzner
  • Publication number: 20090251905
    Abstract: A retaining bracket for spotlights is provided. The retaining bracket comprising bracket bearings which are arranged at the ends of the retaining bracket, for accommodating the spotlight housing and a central supporting bearing for connecting the retaining bracket to a supporting apparatus The distance of the bracket bearings from one another is capable of being adjusted in self-centering fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Jürgen Heinlein, Wolfgang Baumgartner
  • Patent number: D602857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit, Kerstin Schlegel, Dennis Jackstien
  • Patent number: D602877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit, Kerstin Schlegel, Dennis Jackstien
  • Patent number: D603345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit, Kerstin Schlegel, Dennis Jackstien
  • Patent number: D603350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit, Kerstin Schlegel, Dennis Jackstien
  • Patent number: D654211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KB
    Inventors: Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit, Kerstin Schlegel, Dennis Jackstien
  • Patent number: D699382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Andreas Möller, Josef Ostermann, Erwin Melzner, Michael Jonischkeit, Kerstin Schlegel, Klaus-Dieter Stegmaier