Patents by Inventor Richard Josephus Arnoldus Maria Foederer

Richard Josephus Arnoldus Maria Foederer 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 output device with movable lightguide system
    Patent number: 9274270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-output device (1; 10; 30) controllable to provide different light-output functions. The light-output device comprises a light-source arrangement (12; 31) configured to emit light; and a light-guiding system (10; 32) arranged to receive the light and configured to guide the light to at least one light-output surface of the light-guiding system. The light-guiding system (10; 32) comprises at least a first light-guide (11b; 37) and a second light-guide (11a; 40, 41); and the light-guiding system (10; 32) is movable relative to the light-source arrangement (12; 31) between at least a first position where light output by the light-source arrangement is guided by the first light-guide (11b; 37) to provide a first light-output function, and a second position where light output by the light-source arrangement is guided by the second light-guide (11a; 40, 41) to provide a second light-output function, different from the first light-output function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Ramon Pascal van Gorkom, Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems, Mark Johannes Antonius Verhoeven, Andreas Aloysius Henricus Duijmelink, Monica Antonia Maria De Wilt, Richard Josephus Arnoldus Maria Foederer
  • Light Output Device with Movable Lightguide System
    Publication number: 20140133172
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light-output device (1; 10; 30) controllable to provide different light-output functions. The light-output device comprises a light-source arrangement (12; 31) configured to emit light; and a light-guiding system (10; 32) arranged to receive the light and configured to guide the light to at least one light-output surface of the light-guiding system. The light-guiding system (10; 32) comprises at least a first light-guide (11b; 37) and a second light-guide (11a; 40, 41); and the light-guiding system (10; 32) is movable relative to the light-source arrangement (12; 31) between at least a first position where light output by the light-source arrangement is guided by the first light-guide (11b; 37) to provide a first light-output function, and a second position where light output by the light-source arrangement is guided by the second light-guide (11a; 40, 41) to provide a second light-out put function, different from the first light-output function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Ramon Pascal van Gorkom, Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems, Mark Johannes Antonius Verhoeven, Andreas Aloysius Henricus Duijmelink, Monica Antonia Maria De Wilt, Richard Josephus Arnoldus Maria Foederer