Patents by Inventor Richard Oppenheimer

Richard Oppenheimer 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).

  • Submersible lighting
    Patent number: 7101060
    Abstract: A submersible light (10) comprising a lens (12) sealed to the front of the reflector (20), a replaceable light source (22) housed in an aperture (25) in the reflector, a pressure member (30) positioned behind the reflector to define an air chamber (32) open at the base of the light but in sealed communication with the aperture whereby, in use, as the light becomes submerged liquid enters the base of the pressure member to pressurise the air within the pressure member to in turn form a pocket of pressurised air in the space between the lens and the reflector and thus prevent entry of liquid into that space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Hella Australia PTY, Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Oppenheimer, Mark David Pryor
  • Submersible lighting
    Publication number: 20050024876
    Abstract: A submersible light (10) comprising a lens (12) sealed to the front of the reflector (20), a replaceable light source (22) housed in an aperture (25) in the reflector, a pressure member (30) positioned behind the reflector to define an air chamber (32) open at the base of the light but in sealed communication with the aperture whereby, in use, as the light becomes submerged liquid enters the base of the pressure member to pressurise the air within the pressure member to in turn form a pocket of pressurised air in the space between the lens and the reflector and thus prevent entry of liquid into that space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Oppenheimer, Mark Pryor