Patents Assigned to Cooledge Lighting, Inc.
  • Lighting systems incorporating connections for signal and power transmission
    Patent number: 10344954
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, lighting systems features multiple inter-connectable light panels each having multiple light-emitting elements thereon. One or more of the light panels features one or more connectors, and associated conductors, for the transmission of power, communication signals, and/or control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman
  • Systems for adhesive bonding of electronic devices
    Patent number: 10319890
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, an apparatus for bonding electronic components such as light-emitting elements each to a connection point on a substrate via an adhesive includes a platform for supporting the substrate, a membrane for covering the electronic components, a source of pressure for urging the membrane against the electronic components, whereby pressure is applied between each electronic component and its corresponding connection point, and a source of energy for at least partially curing the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Alborz Amini
  • High efficiency LEDs and LED lamps
    Patent number: 10281091
    Abstract: In various embodiments, lighting systems include a carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon and a light-emitting array. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), each of which has at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to conductive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, David Keogh
  • Systems and methods for patterning composite materials and fabricating illumination systems
    Patent number: 10260126
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, patterns are formed in composite materials by selectively urging one or more regions of the composite material toward an abrasion head, whereby the abrasion head mechanically removes portions of a patternable material from the composite material in each region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Calvin Wade Sheen
  • Modular LED lighting systems
    Patent number: 10253934
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, a modular lighting system features multiple light panels each having multiple light-emitting elements thereon, as well as connectors for electrically and mechanically interconnecting the light panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman
  • Sealed and sealable lighting systems incorporating flexible light sheets and related methods
    Patent number: 10234113
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman
  • Sealed and sealable scalable lighting systems incorporating flexible light sheets and related methods
    Patent number: 10190753
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, illumination elements having different shapes defined by contiguous arrangements of illumination unit cells may be assembled to illuminate an arbitrary two-dimensional area. In various embodiments, the illumination elements include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Vitali Tikhomolov, Michael A. Tischler
  • Programmable control elements for illumination systems
    Patent number: 10149358
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, a programmable current control device for an illumination system receives information representative of a desired output current level, stores information representative of the desired output current level, and maintains the desired output current level for at least a portion of the illumination system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • Methods for adjusting the light output of illumination systems
    Patent number: 10136485
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, an overall optical characteristic of light emitted by an illumination system having multiple strings of light-emitting elements, as well as an overall intensity of the light emitted by the illumination system, are independently selected via controlling the strings over multiple time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: William P. Coetzee, Paul Jungwirth, Michael A. Tischler
  • Electronic devices with yielding substrates
    Patent number: 10037947
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a light-emitting element composed of one or more discrete units configured for light emission is adhered directly to a yielding substrate with a pressure-activated adhesive notwithstanding any nonplanarity of the surface of the light-emitting element or non-coplanarity of the semiconductor die contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Ian Ashdown, Calvin Wade Sheen, Paul Jungwirth
  • Automated test systems and methods utilizing images to determine locations of non-functional light-emitting elements in light-emitting arrays
    Patent number: 10012520
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, multiple light-emitting elements of a light-emitting device are tested via imaging and image analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Henry Ip, Michael A. Tischler, Chi Wai Ho
  • Methods for uniform LED lighting
    Patent number: 10001259
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a substrate having first and second groups of light-emitting elements having different distributions in one or more optical characteristics thereon is deformed such that the first and second groups of light-emitting elements are not simultaneously observable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Ricardo A. Pelejo, Michael A. Tischler
  • High efficiency LEDs and LED lamps
    Patent number: 9966414
    Abstract: In various embodiments, lighting systems include an electrically insulating carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon and a light-emitting array. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that each has at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to conductive elements by an electrical connection featuring solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, David Keogh
  • Light-emitting dies incorporating wavelength-conversion materials and related methods
    Patent number: 9941448
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, electronic devices feature a polymeric binder, a frame defining an aperture therethrough, and a semiconductor die (e.g., a light-emitting or a light-detecting element) suspended in the binder and within the aperture of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Alborz Amini, Thomas Pinnington, Henry Ip, Gianmarco Spiga
  • Sealed and sealable lighting systems incorporating flexible light sheets and related methods
    Patent number: 9927102
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet. The top housing defines a plurality of shaped regions each associated with a light-emitting element and spaced apart from and not in contact with the light-emitting element with which it is associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman
  • Arbitrarily sizable broad-area lighting system
    Patent number: 9867244
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems feature lightsheets including multiple illumination units or modules electrically interconnected such that unremoved illumination units or modules remain energized upon removal of at least a portion of one or more illumination units or modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Paul Jungwirth, Jane Wei Yang, Michael A. Tischler
  • Lighting systems with removable illumination modules
    Patent number: 9839084
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems feature lightsheets including multiple illumination units or modules electrically interconnected such that unremoved illumination units or modules remain energized upon removal of at least a portion of one or more illumination units or modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Paul Jungwirth, Jane Wei Yang, Michael A. Tischler
  • Wiring boards for array-based electronic devices
    Patent number: 9797561
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • High efficiency LEDs and LED lamps
    Patent number: 9765936
    Abstract: In various embodiments, lighting systems include an electrically insulating carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon and a light-emitting array. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that each has at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to conductive elements by a conductive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, David Keogh
  • Light-emitting dies incorporating wavelength-conversion materials and related methods
    Patent number: 9741906
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, electronic devices feature a polymeric binder, a frame defining an aperture therethrough, and a semiconductor die (e.g., a light-emitting or a light-detecting element) suspended in the binder and within the aperture of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Alborz Amini, Thomas Pinnington, Henry Ip, Gianmarco Spiga