Patents Assigned to ABL IP Holdings LLC
  • Patent number: 11966213
    Abstract: The systems and methods disclosed herein include a handheld programmer for replacing LED drivers in the field. The handheld programmer includes a communications module configured to communicate with a first light emitting diode (LED) driver and a second LED driver, and a processor configured to read a plurality of settings from the first LED driver and program the second LED driver with the plurality of settings from the first LED driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Peng Xiao, Alex Oksengendler, Shashank Nalla, Naveen Tumula
  • Patent number: 11946636
    Abstract: An anti-glare refractor for a luminaire may include an optic body having a light entrance side and a light exit side. The optic body may include a material characterized by an index of refraction. The light entrance side may include a substantially flat surface, and the light exit side may include a plurality of prisms each defined by a plurality of facet surfaces. Each facet surface may have a prism slope angle with respect to the substantially flat surface. The prism slope angle may be in a range from about 5 degrees to about 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Yinan Wu, Melissa Ricketts
  • Patent number: 11940121
    Abstract: A lighting system for a ceiling grid system may provide lighting at a location below the ceiling grid system. The light fixture includes a light source and a support member, and the light fixture may provide diffusely reflected light to a ceiling grid opening. The light fixture may include a wall assembly that is adapted to be moved between a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Dominic Matthew Large, Ryan Matthew Walker, Carl T. Gould, Zachary Adam Ingalls, Christopher Jay Sorensen, Dirk Zylstra, Alexis Rondeau, Joshua Jeremy Miller
  • Patent number: 11896728
    Abstract: An ultraviolet (“UV”) emission device may emit energy towards a movable surface of a conveyor system. A housing of the UV emission device may attach to a frame of the conveyor system. A lateral edge of the housing may extend across the moveable surface. The housing and a portion of the moveable surface may be inclined with respect to the frame. A barrier bracket of the UV emission device may support an absorptive barrier along the lateral edge, the absorptive barrier configured to contact the moveable surface. In a first position of the barrier bracket, the absorptive barrier contacts the moveable surface and the barrier bracket activates an interlock switch. In a second position of the barrier bracket, the barrier bracket deactivates the interlock switch. Responsive to deactivation of the interlock switch, a controller may provide a control signal to decrease power to the UV energy emission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Forrest Starnes McCanless, Charles Richard Shoop, Jr., Yan Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11899202
    Abstract: An optical assembly and a luminaire with extreme cutoff beam control optics. The optical assembly includes a base, a plurality of lenses, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) positioned to emit light into the lenses, and a reflector having a reflective surface disposed adjacent at least one of the plurality of LEDs. The optical axis of one or more of the LEDs may be offset from a central axis of the respective lens in which it emits light. The reflective surface of the reflector may extend from the base over the one or more of the LEDs and beyond the optical axis of the one or more LEDs to direct light in a desired direction or toward a selected area (e.g., a street) and cut off light directed in an undesirable direction or area (e.g., a house).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Qi Ai, Jie Chen, Craig Eugene Marquardt
  • Patent number: 11883546
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a luminaire control circuit and a disinfection light source to emit a disinfection light in an ultraviolet (UV) band for disinfecting a vicinity of a space of a target pathogen that is exposed to the disinfection light. The UV band is 200 nanometers (nm) to 230 nm wavelength. The luminaire initiates a dose cycle of a vicinity in which the disinfection light source emits the disinfection light continuously or during a plurality of periods of a dose cycle from the disinfection light source by recording a beginning time of the dose cycle. The luminaire controls, via a driver circuit, the disinfection light source over the dose cycle to emit the disinfection light continuously or during the plurality of periods for disinfecting the vicinity to substantially obtain a target pathogen UV radiation level and restrict a total UV radiation threshold exposure level by a UV radiation threshold limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: David P. Ramer, Jack C. Rains, Jr., Yan Rodriguez, Ron Carl Schimmelpfenning, Jeannine Fisher Wang
  • Patent number: 11873980
    Abstract: A photocontrol, such as for an outdoor intelligent lighting fixture, may detect levels of ambient light at multiple sections of the photocontrol. The ambient light may be detected via multiple photosensors located at the photocontrol sections. In addition, the ambient light may be detected via multiple color filters (or sections of a color filter) located at the photocontrol sections. The photocontrol may determine an ambient light differential, such as an instant differential between light received at the multiple photocontrol sections at a particular time, or a temporal differential between light received at the multiple photocontrol sections across multiple times. Based on the ambient light differential, the photocontrol may identify triggering photosensor or triggering section that substantially align with a geographical orientation. The photocontrol may identify a lighting output profile. An output level of a lighting element may be modified based on the lighting output profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Richard Lee Westrick, Jr., Mark Norton
  • Patent number: 11852333
    Abstract: A light fixture having a front and opposing lateral sides, the light fixture includes at least one light source configured to emit a plurality of light rays towards the front and opposing lateral sides, each light ray is emitted at a first angle relative to an optical axis of the at least one light source, and at least one panel extending adjacent to the at least one light source and configured to refract the light rays emitted towards the opposing lateral sides such that light rays exit the at least one panel at a second angle relative to the optical axis that is less than the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: John Bryan Harvey, Vincent Adams, Phillip Ryan Wagner
  • Patent number: 11855428
    Abstract: A wall plate system for an electrical device, including but not limited to indoor wall switches, includes a wall plate and a shield. The wall plate defines an aperture, and the wall plate is configured to receive a portion of an electrical device in the aperture. The shield extends at least partially through the aperture, and the shield is configured to form a seal between the wall plate and the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: John R. Johnson, Steven E. Downs, Dennis M. Hoskins, Richard L. Westrick, Jr., Kaitlyn K. Mulcahy, Wesley D. McIntire
  • Patent number: 11850319
    Abstract: An ultraviolet (“UV”) emission device may emit energy towards a movable surface of a conveyor system, A housing of the UV emission device may attach to a frame of the conveyor system. A lateral edge of the housing may extend across the moveable surface. The housing and a portion of the moveable surface may be inclined with respect to the frame. A barrier bracket of the UV emission device may support an absorptive barrier along the lateral edge, the absorptive barrier configured to contact the moveable surface. In a first position of the barrier bracket, the absorptive barrier contacts the moveable surface and the barrier bracket activates an interlock switch. In a second position of the barrier bracket, the barrier bracket deactivates the interlock switch. Responsive to deactivation of the interlock switch, a controller may provide a control signal to decrease power to the UV energy emission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Forrest Starnes McCanless, Charles Richard Shoop, Jr., Yan Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11844166
    Abstract: A lighting relay panel may include lower-cost features or components related to improved safety and reliability. In some cases, the relay panel includes a power supply capable of protecting the panel from high-voltage and high-current transients. A microcontroller may determine a power interruption based on a zero-cross signal received from the power supply, and may also configure latching relays during the interruption. In some implementations, the relay panel includes a relay sense circuit that is capable of receiving actuation signals from multiple relays connected to different phases of a power signal, and the microcontroller may synchronize or repeat the actuations based on a signal from the relay sense circuit. The microcontroller may generate relay addresses based on the relay positions within the relay panel. In some cases, the relay panel may include isolation circuits that are capable of providing an isolated control signal having an improved voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Dalibor Zulim, Richard Lee Westrick, Jr., Ryan Zaveruha, Frank Pelliccio
  • Patent number: 11837896
    Abstract: A wall-mounted wireless battery charger for a wireless remote lighting controller includes: a wall plate configured to removably retain the wireless remote lighting controller; and an inductive charging transmitter circuit coupled to the wall plate, the inductive charging transmitter circuit being configured to wirelessly interface with an inductive charging receiver circuit of the wireless remote lighting controller when the wireless remote lighting controller is retained by the wall plate. The inductive charging receiver circuit is configured to wirelessly receive power from the inductive charging transmitter circuit and generate a direct current (DC) voltage to charge a battery of the wireless remote lighting controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Crist, Samar Shaker Soliman, John Richard Johnson, Richard Lee Westrick, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11821606
    Abstract: A light fixture may include a light fixture housing defining an internal cavity. A light fixture may also include one or more light engines positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing and designed to emit light for illumination. A light fixture may also include an external power driver positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing and designed to receive power from an external power source, and provide power to and control the one or more light engines. A light fixture may also include a backup power supply positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing, and a backup power driver positioned within the internal cavity of the light fixture housing and designed to receive power from the backup power supply, and provide power to and control the one or more light engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Kerry S. Collins, Douglas D. Grove, Qirong Cao
  • Publication number: 20230355827
    Abstract: An example luminaire includes a white light source (e.g. LEDs emitting white light in a region of the CIE color chart within three Macadam ellipses below the black body curve) and a violet light source emitting light in a wavelength range of approximately 380 nm to 450 nm (e.g. 405 nm LEDs) for deactivating bacteria, such as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on a surface exposed to illumination from the luminaire. A controller coupled to the sources pulses the violet light source at an irregular rate and interval over a time period to apply a deactivation dosage of the violet light to bacteria within range of the emissions. When ON, the violet source emits light for deactivating bacteria at an intensity higher than the concurrent intensity of the white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventor: Yan RODRIGUEZ
  • Patent number: 11812535
    Abstract: An example control system includes a set of light fixtures connected to a hub, where each light fixture includes a hub-communication device configured to communicate with the hub and a direct communication device configured to communicate directly with other light fixtures. Together, the light fixtures form a mesh network facilitated by the use of their direct communication devices. An external device communicates an instruction to a light fixture, and the instruction is propagated throughout the mesh network through communications among the light fixtures using their respective direct communication devices. As a result, each light fixture to which the instruction applies receives and complies with the instructions. The light fixtures are also configured to receive instructions from the hub, such that a light fixture is configured to receive instructions over dual networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventor: Yan Rodriguez
  • Patent number: D1006312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventor: Philip Sieczkowski
  • Patent number: D1009348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Kevin D'Anna, Clifford T. Wood, Robert Myler
  • Patent number: D1009349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Gary Trott, Dominic Large, David Ferrier
  • Patent number: D1011603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Jie Chen, Qi Ai, Craig Eugene Marquardt
  • Patent number: D1014442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING, LLC
    Inventor: John R. Johnson