Patents by Inventor Richard Craig Hall

Richard Craig Hall 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).

  • Light unit with internal back-up power supply, communications and display
    Patent number: 8018161
    Abstract: A light unit that includes an internal power supply that may be used in the event of an external power failure to provide power to the light unit. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a lighting apparatus, comprising (a) a power input configured to receive external power from an external power source; (b) a solid state light element that is interconnected to the power input; and (c) a back-up power source that is interconnected to the solid state light element and the power input and that provides power to the solid state light element when the light element is not provided with power from the power input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl Smith, III, Richard Craig Hall, Matthew Veal, Robert Fugerer
  • LIGHT UNIT WITH INTERNAL BACK-UP POWER SUPPLY, COMMUNICATIONS AND DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20090039788
    Abstract: A light unit that includes an internal power supply that may be used in the event of an external power failure to provide power to the light unit. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a lighting apparatus, comprising (a) a power input configured to receive external power from an external power source; (b) a solid state light element that is interconnected to the power input; and (c) a back-up power source that is interconnected to the solid state light element and the power input and that provides power to the solid state light element when the light element is not provided with power from the power input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: SUNOVIA ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Smith, III, Richard Craig Hall, Matthew Veal, Robert Fugerer
  • Light Units With Communications Capability
    Publication number: 20080110067
    Abstract: Light units are provided that have a number of different features. In one aspect a light unit comprising a substrate and a display interconnected to the substrate is provided. The substrate includes a power source, a plurality of light elements, a controller operably interconnected to the power source and light elements that activates the light elements to one or more illumination states, and a communications module operably interconnected to the controller and power source. The communications module receives wireless communications and provides information from the wireless communications to the controller, wherein the controller activates the light elements according to information received from the communications module when the communications module receives information related to the activation of the light elements. Other aspects are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: SUN ENERGY SOLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Smith, Richard Craig Hall, Eric Morin, Cheryln Morin, Robert Fugerer