Patents Assigned to Deepsea Power & Light, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8172434
    Abstract: A submersible LED illumination system may include an array of LEDs, with a first portion of the LEDs capable of emitting white light and a second portion of the LEDs capable of emitting light of a single color. The system may further include a plurality of reflectors surrounding a corresponding one of the LEDs, where a first portion of the reflectors may be configured to provide a far field relatively narrow beam of illumination and a second portion of the reflectors may be configured to provide a near field relatively wide beam of illumination. A housing may enclose the array of LEDs and the reflectors. A transparent window may be disposed in the housing, an an optically clear material may be disposed between the LEDs, reflectors, and transparent window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: DeepSea Power and Light, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark S. Olsson
  • Patent number: 8167468
    Abstract: An LED lighting fixture includes a metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB) having a rear side and a front side. At least one LED is mounted to the front side of the MCPCB. A transparent window is mounted and sealed to the front side of the MCPCB to enclose the LED. A portion of the MCPCB extends from the transparent window so that it can be in heat exchange contact with water when the window of the lighting fixture is submerged in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: DeepSea Power and Light, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Steven Olsson, John Russell Sanderson, IV, Brian Peter Lakin, Jon Earl Simmons
  • Patent number: 8033677
    Abstract: A deep submersible light includes a body defining a hollow interior and a solid state light source such as a plurality of high brightness LEDs mounted in the interior of the body. A transparent window is mounted over the LEDs. The space between the transparent window and the LEDs is filled with an optically transparent fluid, gel, or grease, which allows light to pass through and ambient water pressure to pass in, thus pressure compensating the LEDs by allowing them to see ambient water pressure. The transparent window is mounted in the body for reciprocation in both a forward direction and a rearward direction to accommodate volumetric changes in the compensating fluid, gel, or grease caused by changes in temperature and water pressure as the manned or remotely piloted submarine travels from the sea surface to deep ocean depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: DeepSea Power and Light, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Kevin R. Hardy, John R. Sanderson, IV, Kenneth A. Steeves, Brian P. Lakin, Ray Merewether, Jon E. Simmons
  • Patent number: 4996635
    Abstract: A generally funnel-shaped main light body has a socket assembly mounted therein for supporting a lamp inside a rear neck portion thereof. A dome-shaped lens extends across a front flared portion of the main light body. A water-tight seal is provided between a periphery of the lens and the flared portion of the main light body. A reflector is mounted inside the flared portion of the main light body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: Deepsea Power & Light, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark S. Olsson, Samuel B. Parker, Douglas G. Rimer