Patents Assigned to Ecolite Manufacturing Co.
  • Patent number: 8894232
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) system to retrofit a light fixture has a frame configured to be installed under an existing light fixture and a LED lighting assembly couplable to the frame. In one example, the frame is formed as a plurality of rails having a flange to be installed between the light fixture and a grid member of a ceiling suspension system. The frame may be installed without removal of the existing light fixture. The LED lighting assembly includes an LED array and an optical waveguide for dispersing light from the LED array. The LED system maintains a thin profile, enabling it to retrofit existing light fixtures. Installation time is reduced, thereby reducing labor costs, while the LED lighting provides more light with less energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolite Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Edward Nicholas Caferro, Timothy Lee Treto
  • Patent number: 8764216
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) system to retrofit a light fixture has a frame configured to be installed under an existing light fixture and a LED lighting assembly couplable to the frame. In one example, the frame is formed as a plurality of rails having a flange to be installed between the light fixture and a grid member of a ceiling suspension system. The frame may be installed without removal of the existing light fixture. The LED lighting assembly includes an LED array and an optical waveguide for dispersing light from the LED array. The LED system maintains a thin profile, enabling it to retrofit existing light fixtures. Installation time is reduced, thereby reducing labor costs, while the LED lighting provides more light with less energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolite Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Edward Nicholas Caferro, Timothy Lee Treto
  • Publication number: 20140177219
    Abstract: An ingress protected light-emitting diode (LED) fixture for outdoor and/or indoor use. In one example, a housing includes an acutely angled flange, and a plurality of LEDs fixed to an inside of the acutely angled flange. The LEDs are fixed to the acutely angled flange via a thermal interface to dissipate heat from the LEDs to the housing. An optical reflector is arranged in the housing to reflect light emitted by the LEDs. The optical reflector being customizable and having a shape specific to an application of the LED fixture. The LED fixture maintains a thin profile, making the LED fixture less susceptible to becoming accidently or intentionally damaged when mounted on low ceilings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ECOLITE MANUFACTURING CO.
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Treto, Edward Nicholas Caferro, Mark Paul Jongewaard, Jerry Craig Wood
  • Publication number: 20130223100
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) system to retrofit a light fixture has a frame configured to be installed under an existing light fixture and a LED lighting assembly couplable to the frame. In one example, the frame is formed as a plurality of rails having a flange to be installed between the light fixture and a grid member of a ceiling suspension system. The frame may be installed without removal of the existing light fixture. The LED lighting assembly includes an LED array and an optical waveguide for dispersing light from the LED array. The LED system maintains a thin profile, enabling it to retrofit existing light fixtures. Installation time is reduced, thereby reducing labor costs, while the LED lighting provides more light with less energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: ECOLITE MANUFACTURING CO.
    Inventor: ECOLITE MANUFACTURING CO.
  • Publication number: 20130027915
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) system to retrofit a light fixture has a frame configured to be installed under an existing light fixture and a LED lighting assembly couplable to the frame. In one example, the frame is formed as a plurality of rails having a flange to be installed between the light fixture and a grid member of a ceiling suspension system. The frame may be installed without removal of the existing light fixture. The LED lighting assembly includes an LED array and an optical waveguide for dispersing light from the LED array. The LED system maintains a thin profile, enabling it to retrofit existing light fixtures. Installation time is reduced, thereby reducing labor costs, while the LED lighting provides more light with less energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Ecolite Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Edward Nicholas Caferro, Timothy Lee Treto
  • Publication number: 20130027916
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) system to retrofit a light fixture has a frame configured to be installed under an existing light fixture and a LED lighting assembly couplable to the frame. In one example, the frame is formed as a plurality of rails having a flange to be installed between the light fixture and a grid member of a ceiling suspension system. The frame may be installed without removal of the existing light fixture. The LED lighting assembly includes an LED array and an optical waveguide for dispersing light from the LED array. The LED system maintains a thin profile, enabling it to retrofit existing light fixtures. Installation time is reduced, thereby reducing labor costs, while the LED lighting provides more light with less energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: Ecolite Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Edward Nicholas Caferro, Timothy Lee Treto
  • Patent number: 4951443
    Abstract: A panel and clip construction are disclosed for suspending or for mounting the panel to a conventional T-rail support grid. The panel includes a panel body of a prescribed peripheral configuration. Centering brackets are mountable to the panel grid members about the panel periphery. The centering brackets each include end surfaces for engaging facing edge surfaces of the T-rail. The end surfaces of the centering brackets are positioned on the panel to engage edges of the T-rail and precisely center the panel within a grid opening formed by the T-rails. Clips are selectively provided in the assembly and are spring biased by bracket bases to selectively engage and support the panel from the t-rails. The bracket bases, clips, and centering brackets are selectively assemblable on the panel through openings along top edges thereof. Selectively positioned notches along the top edges serve to locate the end surfaces of the centering brackets and thereby facilitate the centering capabilities of the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: Ecolite Manufacturing Co.
    Inventor: Ronald N. Caferro