Patents Assigned to Energy Focus, Inc.
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Patent number: 11425805Abstract: According to one aspect, a control circuit for a tubular light emitting diode (TLED) lamp may include an input detection circuit that detects, from an input signal, a type of control desired based on a characteristic of the input signal and generate an output signal, a digital control circuit that controls operation according to a digital lighting protocol, and an analog control circuit that controls operation according to a voltage associated with the input signal. The digital control circuit may be enabled or disabled based on the output signal. The analog control circuit may be enabled or disabled based on the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Laszlo A. Takacs, Attila Tomasovics, Matthew Downie, John McGreevey
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Patent number: 11395396Abstract: A system and method for providing high power factor wired lamp control that include receiving a lighting control input though a switch that is associated with at least one of: an operation and a function of at least one lamp. The system and method also include determining if an environment of the at least one lamp includes a connection between a neutral wire and the switch. The system and method additionally include communicating at least one electronic data command associated with the lighting control input to the at least one lamp through an AC power cycle. The system and method further include controlling the at least one lamp to operate based on the lighting control input based on the receipt of the at least one electronic data command communicated through the AC power cycle.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Laszlo A. Takacs, Attila Tomasovics, Greg Flies, David Nicolay, John M. Davenport, Zhang Liang
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Patent number: 11388801Abstract: A buck-boost converter may include a first switch, an inductor, a first diode, a second switch, a second diode, and a capacitor. A cathode end of the first diode may be coupled to a first end of the inductor and a second end of the first switch. An anode end of the second diode may be coupled to a second end of the inductor and a first end of the second switch. A second end of the capacitor may be coupled to a second end of the second switch and an anode end of the first diode. A first end of the capacitor may be coupled to a cathode end of the second diode.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Laszlo A. Takacs, Attila Tomasovics, Matthew Downie, John McGreevey
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Patent number: 11118741Abstract: A light emitting diode lamp includes a light source configured to emit light that defines a spectral power distribution curve including a first power peak and a second power peak with a first reduced power area extending therebetween. The first reduced power area defines a first reduced power area minimum in a green color region of the spectral power distribution curve and the spectral power distribution curve compares a power of the light versus a wavelength of the light.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Jeremiah A. Heilman, Dmitri Dmitrievich Kourennyi, Janna Mino
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Patent number: 11057981Abstract: A system and method for providing high power factor wired lamp control that include receiving a lighting control input though a switch that is associated with at least one of: an operation and a function of at least one lamp. The system and method also include processing a digital data packet that includes at least one electronic data command associated with the lighting control input. The system and method additionally include implementing at least one powerline interruption associated with an AC power cycle to communicate the digital data packet to the at least one lamp. The system and method further include controlling the at least one lamp to operate based on the lighting control input based on the receipt of the digital data packet communicated through the AC power cycle.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Laszlo A. Takacs, Attila Tomasovics, Greg Flies, David Nicolay, John Davenport, Zhang Liang, Jay Seifert
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Patent number: 10892615Abstract: A circuit for mitigating electric shock including an external impedance detection circuit and a test and holdoff circuit. The external impedance detection circuit detects a presence of an external impedance, such as by detecting a relative change in voltage from a startup condition and a test condition. The test and holdoff circuit inhibits operation of a power converter which delivers power to be consumed by a load. The startup condition is defined by mains power applied to the circuit with negligible power consumed by a load. The test condition is defined by non-zero power delivered to the load. According to another aspect, the external impedance detection circuit measures an input voltage using a high input power which is greater than a shock hazard threshold at a duration less than a threshold time duration and determines the presence of the external impedance based on low pass filters having different time constants.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Jeremiah A. Heilman, John M. Davenport
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Patent number: 10754664Abstract: Systems and methods for reconfiguration of illumination products are presented. An illumination product comprises components that implement a device access framework to facilitate access to the configuration of the illumination product by external components. Components internal to or otherwise associated with the illumination product codify various configuration parameters associated with the illumination product in one or more files (e.g., text files) and/or file attributes (e.g., filenames). One or more external components coupled to the internal components use a file access API to read from, write to, and/or otherwise manipulate the files (e.g., modify file content and/or file attributes) so as to access and/or affect the configuration parameters. Changes to the configuration parameters invoked by the external components are detected by the internal components and applied to the configuration (e.g., operational settings) of the illumination product.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Laszlo Takacs, Dmitri Dmitrievich Kourennyi
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Patent number: 10236716Abstract: A lamp includes a first pair of primary electrical contacts configured to be electrically connected to a AC mains, a second pair of primary electrical contacts configured to be electrically connected to a non-switched emergency mains, and a battery charge controller in electrical communication with the second pair of electrical contacts. The lamp also includes a battery pack in electrical communication with the battery charge controller, an AC mains driver electrically connected to the first pair of primary electrical contacts, an emergency driver electrically connected to the battery pack, and an LED array in electrical communication with the AC mains driver and the emergency driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Todd Arthur Cannon, Dmitri Dmitrievich Kourennyi, Jeremiah A. Heilman
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Patent number: 10222006Abstract: A tubular light emitting diode lamp includes a lamp body, a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed on the lamp body, and a first lamp base and a second lamp base that are disposed at opposite ends of the lamp body. At least one of the first lamp base and the second lamp base includes at least one primary pin and at least one secondary pin. The tubular light emitting diode lamp also includes a driver electrically connected to the plurality of light emitting diodes, the at least one primary pin, and the at least one secondary pin. The least one primary pin provides power to the driver to cause the plurality of light emitting diodes to emit light and the at least one secondary pin provides a signal to the driver that is distinct from the power.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Bhaumik Mukeshbhai Vashi, Jeremiah A. Heilman
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Patent number: 9557044Abstract: An LED lamp has dual modes of operation from fluorescent lamp fixtures. A first circuit powers at least one LED in a first mode of operation when first and second power pins at a first end of the lamp are inserted into power contacts of the fixture that are directly connected to power mains. A second circuit powers at least one LED in a second mode of operation when the second power pin at the first end of the lamp and a third power pin at a second end of the lamp are inserted into power contacts of a fixture powered from an electronic ballast. First and second conduction control means permit the second circuit to power at least one LED during the second mode of operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Energy Focus, Inc.Inventors: John M. Davenport, David Bina, Jeremiah Heilman
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Publication number: 20160109070Abstract: An LED lamp has dual modes of operation from fluorescent lamp fixtures. A first circuit powers at least one LED in a first mode of operation when first and second power pins at a first end of the lamp are inserted into power contacts of the fixture that are directly connected to power mains. A second circuit powers at least one LED in a second mode of operation when the second power pin at the first end of the lamp and a third power pin at a second end of the lamp are inserted into power contacts of a fixture powered from an electronic ballast. First and second conduction control means permit the second circuit to power at least one LED during the second mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: Energy Focus, Inc.Inventors: John M. Davenport, David Bina, Jeremiah Heilman
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Publication number: 20160113076Abstract: An LED lamp has dual modes of operation from fluorescent lamp fixtures. A first circuit powers at least one LED in a first mode of operation when first and second power connector pins at a first end of the lamp are inserted into power receptacles of the fixture that are directly connected to power mains. A second circuit powers at least one LED in a second mode of operation when the second power connector pin at the first end of the lamp and a third power connector pin at a second end of the lamp are inserted into power receptacles of a fixture powered from an electronic ballast. First and second conduction control means permit the second circuit to power at least one LED during the second mode of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: John M. Davenport, David Bina, Jeremiah Heilman
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Patent number: 9204504Abstract: Disclosed is an LED lamp system designed to fit into a fluorescent lamp fixture and to utilize a fluorescent lamp power supply contained in the fixture and receiving power from AC mains. The LED lamp system includes an LED driver which comprises a power factor corrected driver circuit for achieving a power factor of at least about 0.8. The LED driver further comprises a current control circuit, responsive to the presence of a three-wire magnetic ballast in the fluorescent lamp power supply, for increasing the LED operating current above the nominal rated LED operating current and to a level sufficient to achieve power factor of the LED driver of at least about 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Energy Focus, Inc.Inventors: Laszlo A. Takacs, Roger F. Buelow, Tomislav Kralj
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Patent number: 8956006Abstract: An elongated LED lamp suitable for replacing a fluorescent lamp in a lamp fixture comprises a chassis having a first chassis end with two electrodes adapted to be respectively coupled to two electrodes in the lamp fixture supplying AC power, and a second chassis end. A light source depends from the chassis. A power regulating circuit is mounted to the chassis and is coupled to the two electrodes for providing DC power to the first light source. A first light collector conditions the light it collects light from the first light source for TIR propagation within a side-light distribution arrangement. An elongated side-light distribution portion depends from the chassis and receives light exiting the first light collector. Light-extraction structure extract light from the side of the first portion, along a length of the first portion, in a different direction from the direction of light received from the first light collector.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Energy Focus, Inc.Inventors: Roger F. Buelow, Laszlo A. Takacs, Keith D. Kazenski, Chris H. Jenson, Joseph G. Kaveski, John M. Davenport
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Patent number: 8870428Abstract: An elongated LED lighting arrangement comprises an elongated fiberoptic light pipe having an exteriorly facing sidewall between its ends. The light pipe is constructed to promote TIR of light between the ends. A first LED light source is tuned to efficiently provide light within a wavelength range to the pipe. Light-extracting means are applied along the light pipe along the main path of TIR light propagation, and comprise down-converting means tuned to efficiently convert light rays from the LED light source within the wavelength range to lower-energy light rays at respectively longer wavelengths and light-scattering means for extracting from the pipe some light rays within the wavelength range without changing the wavelengths of the foregoing light. The light emitted by the down-converting means and the light-scattering means intermix to produce light, the majority of which has a composite color determined by the foregoing light emitted and the foregoing light extracted.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Energy Focus, Inc.Inventors: Blair L. Unger, Gregory P. Frankiewicz, Joseph G. Kaveski, Roger F. Buelow, II, John M. Davenport
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Patent number: D783198Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Mark Cartellone, Brian Milliff, Sara Shipley
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Patent number: D783199Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Mark Cartellone, Brian Milliff, Sara Shipley
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Patent number: D809703Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: David Y. Lin, Ming Jie Tsai
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Patent number: D822889Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Mark Cartellone, Brian Milliff, Sara Shipley
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Patent number: RE47402Abstract: Disclosed is an LED lamp system designed to fit into a fluorescent lamp fixture and to utilize a fluorescent lamp power supply contained in the fixture and receiving power from AC mains. The LED lamp system includes an LED driver which comprises a power factor corrected driver circuit for achieving a power factor of at least about 0.8. The LED driver further comprises a current control circuit, responsive to the presence of a three-wire magnetic ballast in the fluorescent lamp power supply, for increasing the LED operating current above the nominal rated LED operating current and to a level sufficient to achieve power factor of the LED driver of at least about 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: ENERGY FOCUS, INC.Inventors: Laszlo A. Takacs, Roger F. Buelow, Tomislav Kralj