Patents by Inventor Lou Bedocs

Lou Bedocs 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).

  • Method for automatic switching and control of lighting
    Patent number: 5498931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatic switching and control of lighting to a localized area, the switching of the lighting being dependent on the presence or absence of a person in that localized area and the control of the lighting intensity being dependent on the sensed background level of lighting in that localized area. The invention also relates to a lamp fitting and to an automatic control device for controlling the light output of a light source in a "self managed" and "self controlled" energy saving luminaire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: TLG plc
    Inventor: Lou Bedocs
  • Track lighting
    Patent number: 4975071
    Abstract: An adapter for mounting a lamp fitting on a lighting track comprises a hollow body member, a head which can be slid along the track and a pair of resilient contact strips. An electrically insulating separator maintains the contact strips in spaced apart relationship in the body member and respective pairs of grooves formed in the head hold the contact strips so that bowed sections of the contact strips press against supply rails which extend along the side walls of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Thorn Emi plc
    Inventors: Lou Bedocs, Michael C. Eksteen
  • Adapter for a track light
    Patent number: D310511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Thorn EMI plc
    Inventors: Lou Bedocs, Michael C. Eksteen