Patents by Inventor Glenn Howard Kuenzler

Glenn Howard Kuenzler 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: 11941794
    Abstract: System and methods and computer program code are provided to perform a commissioning process comprising capturing, using an image capture device, an image of an area containing at least a first fixture, identifying location and positioning information associated with the image, performing image processing of the image to identify a location of the at least first fixture in the image, and converting the location of the at least first fixture in the image into physical coordinate information associated with the at least first fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Taylor Apolonius Barto
  • Patent number: 11558949
    Abstract: Image data of a light source comprising a surface is obtained using an optical sensor. The surface includes a color band code comprising an array of color regions at least partially modifying visible light of the light source prior to the light impinging the optical sensor. One or more characteristics of the color band code are determined based on the image data that is obtained. Determining a unique identity of the light source based on the determined one or more characteristics of the color band code is performed, or determining a location within a structure associated with the light source based on the determined one or more characteristics of the color band code is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Publication number: 20210360765
    Abstract: Image data of a light source comprising a surface is obtained using an optical sensor. The surface includes a color band code comprising an array of color regions at least partially modifying visible light of the light source prior to the light impinging the optical sensor. One or more characteristics of the color band code are determined based on the image data that is obtained. Determining a unique identity of the light source based on the determined one or more characteristics of the color band code is performed, or determining a location within a structure associated with the light source based on the determined one or more characteristics of the color band code is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Patent number: 11145010
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and tracking usage of a lamp and, in one example, assigning a monetary value that can be billed to an end user are provided. Examples of the lamps can communicate wirelessly in order to receive and to transmit information related to initialization, authorization, electrical power consumption monitoring, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the lamp transmits data a usage parameter to a service provider via a network. The service provider can aggregate the data and, in one example, assign a usage fee that describes a monetary value based on the usage parameter and generate an output that includes that usage fee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Savant Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Publication number: 20210056680
    Abstract: System and methods and computer program code are provided to perform a commissioning process comprising capturing, using an image capture device, an image of an area containing at least a first fixture, identifying location and positioning information associated with the image, performing image processing of the image to identify a location of the at least first fixture in the image, and converting the location of the at least first fixture in the image into physical coordinate information associated with the at least first fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Glenn Howard KUENZLER, Taylor Apolonius BARTO
  • Patent number: 10890301
    Abstract: A lamp assembly includes a base, a hermetically sealed outer jacket mounted on the base, and a driver circuit disposed within the hermetically sealed outer jacket and electrically coupled to the base. The lamp assembly may also include a safety circuit configured to interrupt electrical power to the lamp assembly if the hermetically sealed outer jacket is compromised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Knapp, Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Jon Bennett Jansma, Bruce Richard Roberts, Gary Robert Allen
  • Patent number: 10498081
    Abstract: A self-aligning connector assembly for a light fixture. In some embodiments, the self-aligning connector assembly includes a base and a self-alignment component. The base includes a first alignment feature extending from a platform and a first electrical contact, and the self-alignment component includes a second alignment feature and a second electrical contact. When the self-alignment component is positioned over and then released onto the base, the first alignment feature mates with the second alignment feature which causes rotation of the self-alignment component under the force of gravity, resulting in operably connecting the first electrical contact to the second electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Jeffrey Benner, Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Publication number: 20190277487
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an LED lamp assembly, comprising a glass envelope, an LED platform comprising a printed circuit board supported by a stem assembly disposed within the envelope, a base hermetically sealed to the envelope, and a gas disposed within the envelope. The gas is capable of providing both thermal conductivity between the LED platform and the envelope, while also mitigating volatile organic compounds present within the envelope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaojun Ren, Zhifeng Bao, Kun Xiao, Zhiyong Wang, Raghu Ramaiah, Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Patent number: 10400959
    Abstract: A lamp having a substantially hollow columnar body. A plurality of light emitting diodes are disposed on the columnar body. A plurality of fins are also disposed on the columnar body. A base member is included at a first end of the columnar body and provides a means for electrical connection. An electronics module is included within the columnar body communication with the base member for converting AC current to DC current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: LUMINATION LLC
    Inventor: Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Patent number: 10197230
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lamp assembly (200), comprising a base (202), an outer jacket (204) mounted to the base (202), a first reflective substrate (206, 208) positioned within the outer jacket (204), and a first solid-state light source (220) disposed proximate the first reflective substrate (206, 208). The outer jacket (204) may be glass. The outer jacket (204) may hermetically seal the first solid-state light source (220).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Knapp, Jon Bennett Jansma, Gary Robert Allen, Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Bruce Richard Roberts
  • Patent number: 10139095
    Abstract: Embodiments of a lamp that utilizes a reflector and a light source with light-emitting diode (LED) devices to generate an optical intensity distribution substantially similar to that of a conventional incandescent light bulb. These embodiments utilize an operation configuration with parameters that define relationships between components of the lamp to generate the optical intensity distribution. These parameters can, in one example, set out the position of the reflector relative to the light source as well as the ratio between dimensions of the reflector and the light source. In one embodiment, the reflector is in position relative to the light source to form a blocking area proximate the light source that defines a part of the lamp that does not diffuse light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Lee Yoder, William Stewart Johnson, Roderick Fitzgerald Rebman, Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Mark J. Mayer, Jeyachandrabose Chinniah
  • Publication number: 20180299080
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides an LED lamp comprising a substrate, an LED light source in optical communication with the substrate, a diffusive coating applied to the substrate, and a luminescent coating disposed at least partially on the diffusive coating. The luminescent coating is between the LED light source and the diffusive coating. The luminescent coating has a composition selected to achieve a particular color temperature according to a characteristic of the LED light source. The present disclosure also generally provides a method of producing an LED lamp, comprising selecting a composition of a luminescent coating to achieve a particular color temperature according to a characteristic of an LED light source of the LED lamp, and coating a substrate in optical communication with the LED light source with a diffusive coating and the luminescent coating having the selected composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Jon Bennett JANSMA, Glenn Howard KUENZLER, Jianmin HE
  • Patent number: 10081138
    Abstract: A method for producing a luminaire housing on an additive manufacturing system includes selecting a luminaire housing base shape from which a data file of a first convex polyhedral model is built, rescaling the first convex polyhedral model into a larger convex polyhedral model, filling the larger convex polyhedral model with multiple versions of the first convex polyhedral model, separating larger convex polyhedral shape model into structural unit shape, and providing the data file containing the structural unit shapes to the additive manufacturing system. In some implementations an interior volume of the larger convex polyhedral shape model can be cleared of portions of first convex polyhedral model. The method includes the additive manufacturing system producing one or more structural units based on the structural unit shapes described in the electronic data file. A non-transitory computer readable medium, and a luminaire housing including a light source are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Péter Atilla Kardos, Veronika Varga, Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Publication number: 20180100645
    Abstract: A lamp comprising a light source comprising at least one solid state emitter. The lamp comprises a heat sink body in thermal communication with said light source. At least one air flow nozzle is present in the lamp to direct air flow across at least a portion of the heat sink body. The lamp further comprises an active cooling device, in which the active cooling device is in fluid communication with the at least one air flow nozzle and is configured to provide a flow of air to the at least one air flow nozzle. The lamp further comprises driver electronics configured to provide power to each of the light source and the active cooling device, wherein the driver electronics are remote from the active cooling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Glenn Howard KUENZLER, Jeremias Anthony MARTINS, Anthony Michael ROTELLA, Steven DARBIN, Lee JONES, Andrew Poynot, Raghav Mahalingham, Daniel Grimm, Randall Williams, Jeffrey Kelley
  • Publication number: 20180066811
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a lamp assembly (200), comprising a base (202), an outer jacket (204) mounted to the base (202), a first reflective substrate (206, 208) positioned within the outer jacket (204), and a first solid-state light source (220) disposed proximate the first reflective substrate (206, 208). The outer jacket (204) may be glass. The outer jacket (204) may hermetically seal the first solid-state light source (220).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander KNAPP, Jon Bennett JANSMA, Gary Robert ALLEN, Glenn Howard KUENZLER, Bruce Richard ROBERTS
  • Publication number: 20180031218
    Abstract: A lamp assembly includes a base, a hermetically sealed outer jacket mounted on the base, and a driver circuit disposed within the hermetically sealed outer jacket and electrically coupled to the base. The lamp assembly may also include a safety circuit configured to interrupt electrical power to the lamp assembly if the hermetically sealed outer jacket is compromised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander KNAPP, Glenn Howard KUENZLER, Jon Bennett JANSMA, Bruce Richard ROBERTS, Gary Robert ALLEN
  • Patent number: 9841175
    Abstract: An optical element for transmission of light produced by a solid state emitter includes at least one diffuser element, and a reflector supported by the at least one diffuser element and paced-apart from the emitter, the reflector defining an annular lip having an aperture therein and an axis normal to a plane defined by the aperture. The reflector further includes a first frustoconical surface coupled with the annular lip and angling outwardly in a first direction at a first angle relative to the axis, a second frustoconical surface coupled to the first frustoconical surface and angled outwardly at a second angle in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a third surface coupled with the second frustoconical surface and angling outwardly at a third angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Jeremias Anthony Martins, Jeyachandrabose Chinniah, Dengke Cai, Mark J. Mayer, Benjamin Lee Yoder
  • Publication number: 20170352111
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and tracking usage of a lamp and, in one example, assigning a monetary value that can be billed to an end user are provided. Examples of the lamps can communicate wirelessly in order to receive and to transmit information related to initialization, authorization, electrical power consumption monitoring, and combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the lamp transmits data a usage parameter to a service provider via a network. The service provider can aggregate the data and, in one example, assign a usage fee that describes a monetary value based on the usage parameter and generate an output that includes that usage fee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Glenn Howard Kuenzler
  • Publication number: 20170354018
    Abstract: A GPS-based lighting system is provided that includes at least one lighting fixture including a light source and a GPS microchip incorporated therein and a control capable of broadcasting a signal comprising instructions to the at least one lighting fixture according to the location of the lighting fixture as determined by the GPS microchip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Glenn Howard Kuenzler, Tomislav Stimac, Mark Mayer
  • Publication number: 20170274596
    Abstract: A method for producing a luminaire housing on an additive manufacturing system includes selecting a luminaire housing base shape from which a data file of a first convex polyhedral model is built, rescaling the first convex polyhedral model into a larger convex polyhedral model, filling the larger convex polyhedral model with multiple versions of the first convex polyhedral model, separating larger convex polyhedral shape model into structural unit shape, and providing the data file containing the structural unit shapes to the additive manufacturing system. In some implementations an interior volume of the larger convex polyhedral shape model can be cleared of portions of first convex polyhedral model. The method includes the additive manufacturing system producing one or more structural units based on the structural unit shapes described in the electronic data file. A non-transitory computer readable medium, and a luminaire housing including a light source are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Péter Atilla KARDOS, Veronika VARGA, Glenn Howard KUENZLER