Patents Assigned to Lighting Systems
  • Patent number: 9239151
    Abstract: A lamp achieves high output power like an HID lamp by using a light emitting element(s) as a light source. A mount board having LED mounted thereon is provided on the surface of a base member, and there are provided plural flat plate type light source units arranged around an axial line while the back surfaces thereof faces inwards, and a support member provided on the axial line. The plural light source units are supported on the support member, and a space through which air flows is provided at the back surface side of each base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., EYE LIGHTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Mikami, Yuuichi Kimoto, Nobuyuki Baba, Takayoshi Imanari
  • Patent number: 9192012
    Abstract: A dimmable LED reading light unit, in particular for a passenger transportation vehicle, such as an airplane, a bus or a ship, comprises an input which is connectable to a potentiometer that outputs a direct voltage having a voltage intensity corresponding to a selected potentiometer position; a load current source being configured to generate a predetermined load current; a current controller providing an operating current for operating at least one LED; and an electronic measuring and control unit; wherein the load current source and the current controller are connected to the input in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Trinschek, Tomasz Kordecki, Frederik Kraemer
  • Patent number: 9188315
    Abstract: A fixing system for lighting fixture parts, especially the lights of an automobile, includes a thermoplastic outer lens (2), which is installed in a thermoplastic encircling housing (3) by means of a sealing adhesive (4) and secured by fastening elements. The fixing element is a brad pin (1) which is shot through a groove (31) of the encircling housing (3) and a lug (21) of the outer lens (2), with a profile in the shape of a circle flattened at least at two diametrically opposite places, having a longitudinally smooth brad pin shank (14) along its entire length, which is covered by an adhesive (112) to hold the brad pins (1) together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: VARROC LIGHTING SYSTEMS, S.R.O.
    Inventors: Milan Cejnek, Jindrich Chylek, Robert Rysavy
  • Patent number: 9188845
    Abstract: A light projector for operation during a show that contains theatrical haze. The light projector may include a light source, a lens, a fan, and a housing having an inner chamber. The lens may have a first side and a second side. The first side of the lens may be contained within the inner chamber of the housing. The second side the lens may be outside of the inner chamber of the housing. The fan may be configured to be operated to generate air flow inside the inner chamber of the housing. A substantial portion of the air flow may be directed to impinge upon the first side of the lens to cause de-fogging of theatrical haze condensate on the first side of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: BAKCO LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Richard S. Belliveau
  • Publication number: 20150292718
    Abstract: A lamp achieves high output power like an HID lamp by using a light emitting element(s) as a light source. A mount board having LED mounted thereon is provided on the surface of a base member, and there are provided plural flat plate type light source units arranged around an axial line while the back surfaces thereof faces inwards, and a support member provided on the axial line. The plural light source units are supported on the support member, and a space through which air flows is provided at the back surface side of each base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicants: EYE LIGHTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION, IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro MIKAMI, Yuuichi KIMOTO, Nobuyuki BABA, Takayoshi IMANARI
  • Patent number: 9132923
    Abstract: An aircraft light comprises a housing (24), at least one light source (32) to be cooled, the at least one light source (32) being arranged in the housing (24), a heat sink element (26) thermally coupled to the at least one light source (32) and defining a cooling surface (36) exposable to a cooling airstream (52) for the cooling airstream (52) to flow along the cooling surface (36) in a flow direction. The cooling surface (36) extends between upstream and downstream end portions (40,42) spaced apart in the flow direction and means for generating a pressure difference between the upstream and downstream end portions (40,42) of the cooling surface. Due to the pressure difference, a cooling airstream (52) flowing along the cooling surface (36) is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Andre Hessling
  • Publication number: 20150257229
    Abstract: A smart metered light fixture including a light source. The light fixture includes a surge protection device with a monitor that indicates when surge protection fails. The light fixture includes a power supply monitor configured to collect real-time AC current, voltage, and power factor measurements from a power supply. An operational characteristic monitor monitors an operational characteristic of the light source, such as current consumption, wattage, real-time temperature, a brightness level, and/or an efficiency of the light fixture. A communication device positioned between the power supply receives information from the monitors and wirelessly transmits information regarding the monitored operational characteristic and information and/or power supply measurements to a remote user equipment. The communications device may also receive control instructions from the remote user equipment for controlling aspects of the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: APPALACHIAN LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: James J. WASSEL, John R. RONEY
  • Publication number: 20150247614
    Abstract: A theatrical apparatus is disclosed that is comprised of a first method of projecting light and a second method of projecting light. The first method directly projects a first light and the second method indirectly projects a second light. The first light and second light can be independently controlled and combined to produce a third light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: BARCO LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard S. Belliveau, Larry Bernard Roessler
  • Patent number: 9097391
    Abstract: A lamp achieves high output power like an HID lamp by using a light emitting element(s) as a light source. A mount board having LED mounted thereon is provided on the surface of a base member, and there are provided plural flat plate type light source units arranged around an axial line while the back surfaces thereof faces inwards, and a support member provided on the axial line. The plural light source units are supported on the support member, and a space through which air flows is provided at the back surface side of each base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., EYE LIGHTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro Mikami, Yuuichi Kimoto, Nobuyuki Baba, Takayoshi Imanari
  • Patent number: 9085373
    Abstract: Aerospace ground maneuver light, comprises a reflector (14), the reflector (14) defining a light exit plane (18), an LED light source (26) arranged outside of the area defined by the reflector (14) and its light exit plane (18), and a mounting bar (22) which has a longitudinal extension and at which the LED light source (26) is mounted. The mounting bar (22) extends across the reflector (14) and is spaced apart from the light exit plane (18) of the reflector (14) and comprises a mounting side (24) facing towards the reflector (14) and its light exit plane (18), with the LED light source (26) arranged on the mounting side (24) for emitting light towards the reflector (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling von Heimendahl, Alexander Wernicke, Anil Kumar Jha, Christian Schoen
  • Patent number: 9055699
    Abstract: A switching power supply device includes a case, a board that has circuit parts containing a switching element mounted thereon and is accommodated in the case, and a heat sink that is provided in the case so as to partition the inside of the case into a part mount chamber having the board accommodated therein and an air flow path through which air flows. The switching element of the circuit parts is mounted on the board while brought into contact with a surface of the heat sink that faces the part mount chamber, and cooled through the heat sink by the air flowing in the air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: EYE LIGHTING SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Osato, Kazutoshi Fujii
  • Patent number: 9049753
    Abstract: A smart metered light fixture including a light source. The light fixture includes a surge protection device with a monitor that indicates when surge protection fails. The light fixture includes a power supply monitor configured to collect real-time AC current, voltage, and power factor measurements from a power supply. An operational characteristic monitor monitors an operational characteristic of the light source, such as current consumption, wattage, real-time temperature, a brightness level, and/or an efficiency of the light fixture. A communication device positioned between the power supply receives information from the monitors and wirelessly transmits information regarding the monitored operational characteristic and information and/or power supply measurements to a remote user equipment. The communications device may also receive control instructions from the remote user equipment for controlling aspects of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: APPALACHIAN LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: James J. Wassel, John R. Roney
  • Publication number: 20150146446
    Abstract: A projector headlamp includes light sources, a cooling system and reflector comprising an upper part with a first focal point and second focal point and a lower part with a first focal point and second focal point. The headlamp also includes an aperture with a cutoff edge proximate an optical axis of the headlamp and a convergent lens. The convergent lens includes at least two segments with their own first focal points, the first segment in a lower part of the convergent lens has a greater optical power than a second segment in an upper part, the first focal points of the segments located near the optical axis of the headlamp between the light sources and the lens. The light sources comprise at least two light sources, a first adjoins the first focal point of the upper part and a second adjoins the first focal point of the bottom part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o.
    Inventors: Ondrej Barta, Radek Chmela, Tomas Kreml, Petr Straka
  • Patent number: 9024470
    Abstract: A dimmable LED reading light unit according to exemplary embodiments of the invention, in particular for a passenger transportation vehicle, such as an airplane, a ship, a bus, or a railcar, comprises an input connectable to a potentiometer being supplied with a constant supply voltage and outputting a direct voltage having a voltage intensity corresponding to a selected dimming rate; an electronic measuring and control unit connected to at least one LED and providing an operating current to the at least one LED, and method of operating same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Steffen Roebke
  • Patent number: 9010982
    Abstract: A light guide module with adjustable lighting of a contour surface is composed of light sources and a light guide. The light guide is composed of a primary part, a Y-shaped branch, and a secondary part with a contour surface. The supporting surface of the Y-shaped branch of the light guide is composed of a system of directional optical elements, is of prismatic shape, conical shape, or a combination thereof, and has a vertex on the optical axis of the primary part of the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Varroc Lighting Systems S.R.O.
    Inventors: Miroslav Kropac, Petr Mrklovsky, Libor Juttner, Thomas Nejezchleba
  • Publication number: 20150092433
    Abstract: A lighting device for a motor vehicle includes a light source for sending out a light beam. The lighting device also includes a lightguide of shape made of a plastic, primarily transparent material for guiding the light beam, while a portion of a mantle of the lightguide forms an exit surface for emergence of rays of light of the light beam, wherein another portion of the mantle of the lightguide opposite the exit surface is at least partly provided with a diffuse means formed by a nontransparent coating or foil pressed against the mantle of the lightguide, or joined to a diffuse means of the plastic primarily nontransparent material in the process of injection molding of the plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Varroc Lighting Systems, s.r.o.
    Inventors: Tomas Gloss, Petr Ferbas
  • Patent number: 8985819
    Abstract: An aircraft light for emitting light in a desired spatial angular region and with a desired light distribution, comprises a reflector having an upper reflector portion and a lower reflector portion both being symmetrical to a plane. A first row of LEDs are face away from the reflector. A second row of LEDs face towards the reflector. Each of the upper and lower portions of the reflector comprises first, second, and third reflective surfaces with the first reflective surface being convexly shaped, the second reflective surface being substantially flat, and the third reflective surface being partially parabolically shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Andre Hessling
  • Patent number: 8974097
    Abstract: A method for controlling an aircraft having a plurality of LEDs, light so as to emit a desired light intensity includes the steps of providing a reference LED located within or outside of the aircraft light, providing thermal conditions resulting in a thermal stress for the reference LED similar to the maximum thermal stress, and observing the reference LED by means of an optical sensor for monitoring the optical aging behavior of the reference LED throughout its lifetime. The desired light intensity of the aircraft light is achieved by controlling the plurality of LEDs in accordance with the monitored aging behavior of the reference LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Hessling, Robert Trinscheck, Siegfried Schmees, Mike Herberhold, Stefan Thomassin
  • Patent number: D723726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Systems
    Inventors: Ken Reed, Tom Barr, Craig Barr
  • Patent number: D730250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: American Lighting Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Franco Lodato, Massimo Salafia, Nicholas James, Bryan Petti, Nicholas Cioli, Matison Whillans, Matt Eisner, Austin Bott, Miguel Paredes, Will Enright, Stephen Tyler Sobiewski, Matt Wiener, Paul Behar