Patents by Inventor Leslie Mullins

Leslie Mullins 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).

  • System and method for thermal protection for a universal load control cabinet
    Patent number: 9601907
    Abstract: A universal load control module may include a power supply that operates over a wide voltage range, a microcontroller, and one or more functional control blocks. A functional control block may include a dimmer circuit for controlling a lighting load that provides reverse phase cut mode dimming, forward phase cut mode dimming, and hybrid phase cut mode dimming, as well as thermal protection. One or more universal control modules may be housed in a cabinet that include a cabinet control module. The cabinet may include additional thermal protection measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Dalibor Zulim, Richard L. Westrick, Jr., Rick King, Leslie Mullins
  • Universal phase dimming module
    Patent number: 9401588
    Abstract: A universal load control module includes a power supply that operates over a wide voltage range, a microcontroller, and one or more functional control blocks. A functional control block includes a dimmer circuit for controlling a lighting load that provides reverse phase cut mode dimming, forward phase cut mode dimming, and hybrid phase cut mode dimming, as well as thermal protection. One or more universal control modules are housed in a cabinet that includes a cabinet control module. The cabinet includes additional thermal protection measures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Dalibor Zulim, Richard L. Westrick, Jr., Leslie Mullins, Audwin W. Cash
  • Universal Phase Dimming Module
    Publication number: 20140312869
    Abstract: A universal load control module may include a power supply that operates over a wide voltage range, a microcontroller, and one or more functional control blocks. A functional control block may include a dimmer circuit for controlling a lighting load that provides reverse phase cut mode dimming, forward phase cut mode dimming, and hybrid phase cut mode dimming, as well as thermal protection. One or more universal control modules may be housed in a cabinet that include a cabinet control module. The cabinet may include additional thermal protection measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: ABL IP Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Dalibor Zulim, Richard L. Westrick, Jr., Leslie Mullins, Audwin W. Cash
  • System and Method for Thermal Protection for a Universal Load Control Cabinet
    Publication number: 20140312773
    Abstract: A universal load control module may include a power supply that operates over a wide voltage range, a microcontroller, and one or more functional control blocks. A functional control block may include a dimmer circuit for controlling a lighting load that provides reverse phase cut mode dimming, forward phase cut mode dimming, and hybrid phase cut mode dimming, as well as thermal protection. One or more universal control modules may be housed in a cabinet that include a cabinet control module. The cabinet may include additional thermal protection measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: APL IP Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Dalibor Zulim, Richard L. Westrick, JR., Rick King, Leslie Mullins