Patents Assigned to Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8638033
    Abstract: An LED bulb, which includes a shell, a filler material within the shell of the bulb, at least one type of phosphor dispersed inside the filler material and at least one LED within the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Bruce Carsten
  • Publication number: 20130328474
    Abstract: An LED bulb has a base, a shell connected to the base, and a thermally conductive liquid held within the shell. The LED bulb has a plurality of LEDs mounted on LED mounting surfaces disposed within the shell. The LED mounting surfaces face different radial directions, and the LED mounting surfaces are configured to facilitate a passive convective flow of the thermally conductive liquid within the LED bulb to transfer heat from the LEDs to the shell when the LED bulb is oriented in at least three different orientations. In a first orientation, the shell is disposed vertically above the base. In a second orientation, the shell is disposed on the same horizontal plane as the base. In a third orientation, the shell is disposed vertically below the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Glenn WHEELOCK, David HORN
  • Patent number: 8598794
    Abstract: A multi-color white LED which can be driven by a single current, and more particularly, to the use of a specific ratio of numbers of different color LEDs to obtain a specific desired color while running all of them at the same current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald J. Lenk
  • Patent number: 8591069
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled LED bulb including a base and a shell connected to the base forming an enclosed volume. The liquid-cooled LED bulb also includes a plurality of LEDs attached to the base and disposed within the shell. The LED bulb also includes a thermally-conductive liquid held within the enclosed volume and a quantum dot material for adjusting the wavelength of light emitted from LED bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventor: David Horn
  • Patent number: 8569949
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) bulb configured to scatter certain wavelengths of light. The LED bulb includes a base having threads, a bulb shell, at least one LED, and a plurality of particles disposed within the bulb shell. The plurality of particles has a first and second set of particles. The first set of particles is configured to scatter short wavelength components of light emitted from the at least one LED and has particles with an effective diameter that is a fraction of the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED. The second set of particles is configured to scatter light emitted from the at least one LED, and has particles with an effective diameter equal to or greater than the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk
  • Patent number: 8562185
    Abstract: An LED bulb includes a base, a shell connected to the base, one or more LEDs, a thermally conductive liquid, and a flexible diaphragm. The one or more LEDs are disposed within the shell. The thermally conductive liquid is held within the shell. The flexible diaphragm is in fluidic connection to the thermally conductive liquid, and is configured to deflect from a first position to a second position to compensate for expansion of the thermally conductive liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Wheelock, Bernhard Stonas
  • Patent number: 8558436
    Abstract: A liquid-cooled light emitting diode (LED) bulb which includes a base, a shell connected to the base forming an enclosed volume, and a plurality of LEDs attached to the base and disposed within the shell. The LED bulb also includes a volume of thermally-conductive liquid held within the enclosed volume. A scavenger element comprising a scavenger material is attached to the base and is exposed to the thermally-conductive liquid. The scavenger material is configured to capture contaminants in the thermally-conductive liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David Horn, Chris Vogdes
  • Patent number: 8552654
    Abstract: A circuit for driving multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) includes at least two sets of LEDs, each set comprised of one or more LEDs in series. The circuit further includes a single inductor connected in series with the two sets of LEDs. At least one set of LEDs is connected to a shunting transistor connected in parallel with the set of LEDs. The duty cycle of the shunting transistor is controlled by a single controller connected to the shunting transistor and the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald J. Lenk
  • Publication number: 20130257302
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb for use with a leading-edge dimmer includes a shell and an LED contained within the shell. A base is attached to the bulb for connecting the LED bulb to an electrical socket. A driver circuit is configured to provide current to the LED. The driver circuit has an input filter circuit that includes a first inductor. In response to the input filter receiving a switched AC voltage from a leading-edge dimmer set to dim at 50%, the first inductor is configured to saturate. In response to an undimmed AC voltage from the leading-edge dimmer, the first inductor is configured to not saturate. The input filter also includes a bridge rectifier connected to the first inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Canter, John Grainger
  • Patent number: 8547002
    Abstract: An LED bulb having bulb-shaped shell and thermally conductive fluid or gel within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell and a base. The base can be configured to fit within an electrical socket and can include a series of screw threads and a base pin, wherein the screw threads and base pin are dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket. Alternatively, the base can be configured to fit within a suitable electric socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Daniel Chandler, Matthew Galla
  • Publication number: 20130250585
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb includes a base, a shell connected to the base, a thermally conductive liquid held within the shell, and one or more support structures disposed within the shell. One or more LEDs are mounted to the one or more support structures and immersed in the thermally conductive liquid. The one or more LEDs each comprise a semiconductor die having at least one light-emitting interface and the one or more LEDs configured to emit light from the at least one light-emitting interface directly into the thermally conductive liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronan Le Toquin, David Horn
  • Publication number: 20130223047
    Abstract: A glass LED bulb, which includes a body of glass, the body having at least one hollow portion, and at least one LED contained within the at least one hollow portion. A thermally conductive material is preferably included within the at least one hollow portion. The body of glass can be bulb-shaped or alternatively shaped like an incandescent bulb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130214313
    Abstract: An LED light source is described. The light source includes an LED and a diffuser. The LED emits a light having a dominant wavelength. The diffuser includes a filler material, which includes particles. The mean diameter of the particles is at least as large as the dominant wavelength of the light emitted by the LED. The particles are configured to scatter the light emitted by the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130176744
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) bulb has a shell. An LED is within the shell. The LED is electrically connected to a driver circuit, which is electrically connected to a base of the LED bulb. The LED bulb also has a heatsink between the shell and base. A thermal break partitions the heatsink into an upper partition adjacent the shell and a lower partition adjacent the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Glenn Wheelock
  • Patent number: D686353
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Webb, David Titzler, Alex Rochat, Rob Swinton, Jeff Salazar
  • Patent number: D689632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Rochat, Jeff Salazar, David Titzler, Andrew Webb
  • Patent number: D690035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Rochat, Jeff Salazar, David Titzler, Andrew Webb
  • Patent number: D690036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Rochat, Jeff Salazar, David Titzler, Andrew Webb
  • Patent number: D692596
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Webb, David Titzler, Ronan Le Toquin, David Horn, Travis Andrew Lee, Jonathan Lefors, Benjamin Kai Norman Robertson, Brian Charles Rulifson, Stuart Kyle, Alex Rochat, Jeff Salazar
  • Patent number: D696437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Webb, David Titzler, Alex Rochat, Rob Swinton, Jeff Salazar