Patents Assigned to Osram GmbH
  • Patent number: 9960684
    Abstract: An electronic converter may include transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is coupled to an input for receiving a power signal, and wherein the secondary winding is coupled to an output including a positive terminal and a negative terminal for providing a power signal. The converter moreover may include an electronic switch arranged between the input and the primary winding, wherein the electronic switch is configured to control the current flow through the primary winding. Specifically, the converter may include a snubber circuit arranged between the secondary winding and the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Daniele Luccato
  • Patent number: 9958669
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for operating an illuminating device with a pump radiation source for emitting pump radiation, and a phosphor wheel, on which a first phosphor for emitting first conversion light and a second phosphor for emitting second conversion light are provided, in which method the phosphor wheel rotates about a rotation axis and in the process is irradiated with the pump radiation in an irradiation region eccentrically with respect to the rotation axis in such a way that a circular track is irradiated owing to the rotation of the phosphor wheel, wherein during a 360° revolution of the phosphor wheel the first phosphor is irradiated with a first pump radiation power and the second phosphor is irradiated with a second pump radiation power, which is different than the first pump radiation power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventor: Oliver Mehl
  • Patent number: 9951926
    Abstract: A conversion element for the wavelength conversion of electromagnetic radiation from a first wavelength range to electromagnetic radiation from a second wavelength range, which includes longer wavelengths than the first wavelength range, the conversion element includes: a matrix material, the optical refractive index of which is temperature-dependent, and at least two different types of luminophore particles wherein a multiplicity of luminophore particles of each of the types are distributed in the matrix material, luminophore particles of different types differ from one another in terms of average particle size and/or material, the conversion element, upon excitation by electromagnetic radiation from the first wavelength range emits mixed radiation including electromagnetic radiation from the first and the second wavelength range, and the correlated color temperature and/or the color locus of the mixed radiation remain(s) substantially the same when the matrix material is at a temperature of between 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventor: Reiner Windisch
  • Patent number: 9945530
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a lighting apparatus for a headlight for generating a light emission pattern in a far field, including at least one light source for emitting primary light onto an illumination surface, at least two different phosphor surfaces which are introducible into the illumination surface, at least partly alternately by at least one translational movement, and a control device for positioning the phosphor surfaces in relation to the illumination surface. A respectively associated light emission pattern is generatable in a predetermined position of the phosphor surfaces. The control device is configured, for the purpose of setting a specific light emission pattern, to move at least one phosphor surface provided for this purpose into the illumination surface by at least one translational movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Hager, Stephan Schwaiger
  • Patent number: 9933134
    Abstract: A lighting device may include a light generating unit configured to generate at least two light beams; at least one phosphor surface which is illuminatable by the light beams; and at least one movable deflection mirror for the scanning deflection of the light beams onto the phosphor surface, such that the light beams impinge on the at least one phosphor surface in a spaced-apart fashion, and such that at least one region of the phosphor surface is illuminatable by at least two light beams in a manner spaced apart temporally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering, Juergen Hager
  • Publication number: 20180088207
    Abstract: A tracking system provides light source(s), a mobile communication unit and light sensor(s) with cameras, and a central control unit at least coupled to the sensor(s). The communication unit receives with its camera an identification information item broadcast by the light source(s) and broadcasts an activation signal, including data correlated with the received item, to the control unit. The control unit determines, based on the signal, at which position the communication unit is arranged and which sensor(s) is arranged relative to the position of the communication unit so that the communication unit can be detected by the camera of the sensor; activates the camera of the detected sensor(s) for providing image information by its camera to the control unit, to determine and identify a carrier of the communication unit at the determined position; and activates sensor(s) coupled to the control unit for tracking the identified carrier of the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Henry Feil
  • Patent number: 9924356
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling, filtering, and monitoring mobile device access to the internet are disclosed. According to an embodiment a server is responsible for controlling, filtering and monitoring internet activity. For every request, the server interacts with back-end databases that categorize requests, and based on user/carrier/corporate settings, allow or disallow access to particular content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventor: Carrie McQueen
  • Patent number: 9923129
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for producing an LED module, including providing a housing implemented as a hollow body, having an opening on a light exit side of the LED module, wherein the housing has a base side, arranged opposite to the light exit side, arranging a circuit board having one LED on the base side of the housing, pouring in one first base layer made of a curable material in a non-cured state through the opening into the housing, and pouring in a scattering layer made of a curable material in a non-cured state through the opening into the housing. The scattering layer is poured in onto the first base layer. The first base layer is not cured during the pouring in of the scattering layer, and after the pouring in of the scattering layer, the one first base layer and the scattering layer are cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Reiss, Simon Schwalenberg
  • Patent number: 9917387
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a connector for a lighting device is provided. The lighting device has a planar support with at least one electrical contact formation at an edge of the planar support. The connector includes a fork-shaped shell with a notch coupleable with said planar support edge with said planar support edge inserted in said notch, and an electrical contact structure on at least one side of said notch configured to provide electrical contact with an electrical contact formation on said edge inserted in said notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Osram GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Bobbo, Lorenzo Baldo, Alberto Zanotto
  • Patent number: 9903550
    Abstract: Various embodiment may relate to a lighting device, including a light mixing element having a light entry surface and a light exit surface, multiple light sources, the primary light of which can be is radiated onto the light entry surface, a wavelength conversion unit having a carrier, on which a luminescent volume is arranged, which luminescent volume can be is illuminated by means of the primary light emitted by the light exit surface, and at least one decoupling optical unit for forming useful light emitted by the wavelength conversion unit, which has at least one non-imaging safety region. The multiple light sources radiate the primary light thereof at an angle onto the light entry surface. The at least one safety region occupies a position on the decoupling optical unit which corresponds to a region of high intensity of the primary light in the case of remote luminescent volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Andre Nauen, Georg Forster, David Dussault
  • Patent number: 9903580
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes: at least one lighting module, and at least one lighting module support, wherein the lighting module support is provided in order to dissipate heat from the lighting module and at least one first fastening element for fastening the lighting module on the lighting module support is provided, wherein the first fastening element is designed in such a way that the lighting module is pressed with a defined pressing force onto the lighting module support in such a way that a defined transfer of heat between the lighting module and lighting module support is enabled, and, in the region of the first fastening element, a movement of the lighting module, in particular a thermal expansion, parallel to the main plane of the lighting module is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Sachsenweger, Guenter Hoetzl, Robert Kraus
  • Patent number: 9903998
    Abstract: A lighting device includes an elongated profiled body including at least one light permeable material, e.g. a polymeric material, having a mouth portion where an e.g. white light radiation source assembly is arranged which includes one or more electrically powered light radiation sources facing the profiled body. The light radiation emitted by the light radiation source assembly propagates through the light permeable material of the profiled body. The material of the profiled body includes pigments and is at least in part light diffusive, whereby, by propagating through profiled body, the light radiation becomes a colored light radiation of a color determined by the pigments and with a homogeneous near field distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Alberto Alfier, Simon Bobbo
  • Patent number: 9904161
    Abstract: A lighting device includes at least one excitation radiation source designed to emit excitation radiation; a wavelength conversion arrangement, which is arranged in such a way that excitation radiation can be radiated onto a wavelength conversion element. The wavelength conversion element is designed to convert excitation radiation into conversion light. An unavoidable non-converted part of the excitation radiation is reflected by the wavelength conversion element. The device further includes a unit for collimating the excitation radiation to form at least one collimated excitation beam; a unit for directing the at least one collimated excitation beam onto the at least one wavelength conversion element; a unit, which is arranged between collimation optical unit and converging optical unit and has at least one region for reflecting that part of the at least one excitation beam which is not converted, but rather is reflected by the at least one wavelength conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Sergey Khrushchev
  • Patent number: 9903541
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a device for providing electromagnetic radiation, including a radiation assembly for generating excitation radiation, and at least one conversion element for generating conversion radiation, which has at least one first phosphor and which is arranged at a distance to the radiation assembly in a beam path of the excitation radiation. As the first phosphor, a nitridosilicate of the type M2Si5N8:D is used, wherein D= activator and wherein M is selected from the group barium, strontium, calcium alone or in combination, wherein the mean grain size d50 of the phosphor is at least 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bichler, Tim Fiedler
  • Patent number: 9904157
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to a method for irradiating an imaging optical system of a projector. The imaging optical system is irradiated with light of different colors from different semiconductor light sources sequentially, both with individual colors and superimposed as mixed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Mehl
  • Patent number: 9897283
    Abstract: A method for generating a light emission pattern by illuminating at least one phosphor surface by at least one primary light beam is provided. The method includes: directing the primary light beam only onto a partial surface of the entire illuminatable phosphor surface; and illuminating at least one partial region of said partial surface more intensely than in the case of uniform illumination of the illuminatable phosphor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schwaiger, Oliver Hering, Juergen Hager
  • Patent number: 9893230
    Abstract: A method for producing a lighting module is provided. The method includes providing a light source substrate populated with at least one semiconductor light source, laterally surrounding the at least one semiconductor light source by a wall, applying at least one prefabricated diffuser element to at least one semiconductor light source, introducing potting compound into the space surrounded by the wall up to a height at which both the at least one semiconductor light source, and potting at least part of the at least one diffuser element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Reiss
  • Patent number: 9890929
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a polyhedron may be provided. The polyhedron may include a first luminescent face; and a second luminescent face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Josef Kroell
  • Patent number: 9893232
    Abstract: The invention provides an optoelectronic semiconductor component and a method for producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component (10), comprising the following steps: A) arranging at least one semiconductor chip (2) on a carrier (1), B) applying an electrically insulating photoresist (3) to a top side (1a) of the carrier (1) and to the semiconductor chip (2), C) curing the photoresist (3) with a baking step, D) patterning the photoresist (3) by exposure, F) developing the photoresist (3), wherein the photoresist (3) is removed at least from a radiation penetration surface (2b) of the semiconductor chip (2), G) again curing the photoresist (3) with a baking step, and H) applying an electrically conductive contact layer (4) to the photoresist (3), wherein the electrically conductive contact layer (4) is in places at a distance (A) from a marginal surface (3a) of the photoresist (3) which faces towards the semiconductor chip (2), wherein the marginal surface (3a) facing towards the semiconductor chip (2) is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH, OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Boehm, Daniel Zaspel, Stefan Hartauer, Bjoern Hoxhold
  • Patent number: 9890918
    Abstract: A headlight device is disclosed. In an embodiment a headlight device includes a laser light source configured to emit collimated primary radiation, a conversion element comprising conversion regions configured to at least partly convert the collimated primary radiation into secondary radiation and to form luminous regions during operation, and separating webs which separate the conversion regions from one another, wherein the separating webs are nontransmissive to the collimated primary radiation and secondary radiation and a deflection unit configured to direct the collimated primary radiation onto the conversion element and to guide the collimated primary radiation as a scanning beam over partial regions of the conversion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Singer, Stefan Grötsch