Patents Assigned to Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20150350810
    Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of peripheral devices includes a portable electronic device and a plurality of peripheral devices in wireless communication with the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a processor configured to connect to each of the plurality of peripheral devices one at a time based on round-robin scheduling. The processor is configured to execute an instruction for searching for a broadcast signal transmitted from a selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The processor is configured to execute an instruction to wirelessly connect with the selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The processor is configured to execute an instruction to send a control signal to the selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The processor is configured to execute an instruction to terminate the connection between the portable electronic device and the selected one of the plurality of peripheral devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin Cairns, Timothy Chen, Andrew Charles Hussey
  • Publication number: 20150338074
    Abstract: A directional lighting fixture is disclosed. The directional lighting fixture includes a first housing, a lighting element, an optical element, and a driver board. The lighting element is located within the first housing and substantially aligned with a central axis of the directional lighting fixture. The lighting element is configured to generate visible light. The optical element is positioned directly in front of the lighting element. The optical element is configured to direct the visible light generated by the lighting element in a specific direction. The driver board is electrically coupled to the lighting element and includes an antenna element. The driver board is offset from the central axis of the directional lighting fixture. The antenna element is positioned to be at least flush with the lighting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, Donald A. Sargent
  • Patent number: 9163824
    Abstract: A lamp heat sink includes a plurality of heat dissipating fins disposed around a body and extending away from the body. The lamp heat sink further comprises a heat dissipating circumferent skirt surrounding the body and disposed between the plurality of heat dissipating fins. The lamp heat sink further comprises a plurality of channels disposed around the body, formed by the plurality of heat dissipating fins and the heat dissipating circumferent skirt. The plurality of channels each include an intake opening configured to receive cold air and an exhaust opening configured to release warm air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, George Uhler
  • Patent number: 9109789
    Abstract: A lamp includes an LED assembly and a heat sink in thermal communication with the LED assembly. The heat sink includes a plurality of fins disposed around a body and extending away from the body. The lamp includes a plurality of lenses disposed around the body, in between the plurality of fins. A lens includes a slot disposed at the top of the lens and a protruding pin configured to engage with a hole on the heat sink. The lamp also includes a cap disposed at the top of the lamp. The cap includes a plurality of ridges configured to align with and interlock with the grooves of the plurality of lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: George Uhler, Timothy Chen
  • Patent number: 9046224
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a heat dissipating base. The LED lamp further includes an LED assembly, including a plurality if LEDs. The LED assembly is in thermal communication with the heat dissipating base. The LED lamp further includes a bulb disposed over the LED assembly and coupled to the heat dissipating base. The LED lamp further includes a reflective insert disposed inside the bulb and configured to reflect a portion of light generated by the LED assembly in a substantially downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis Yan, Timothy Chen
  • Patent number: 9033544
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes an LED assembly including a plurality of LEDs. The LED lamp includes a circular base plate in thermal communication with the LED assembly. The LED lamp includes an electrical module electrically coupled to the LED assembly and configured to supply power to the LED assembly. The LED lamp includes a lamp body coupled to and in thermal communication with the base plate at a first end and concealing at least a portion of the electrical module at a second end. The lamp body includes a substantially smooth surface extending from the base plate to the electrical module. The Led lamp includes an optic configured to disperse light generated by the LED assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ellis Yan
  • Patent number: 8979322
    Abstract: A lamp comprises an optical lens. The lamp further comprises a self-locking trim ring including a plurality of teeth. The self-locking trim ring is disposed over the optical lens. The lamp further comprises a heat sink. The heat sink has an inner chamber wherein the optical lens is disposed in the inner chamber. The heat sink also has an outer chamber disposed radially outwardly from the inner chamber. The outer chamber has a recess that engages the plurality of teeth. The self-locking trim ring secures the optical lens to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: George Uhler, Timothy Chen
  • Patent number: 8894252
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a thermally conductive base including an appendage protruding from a center of a first end and an opening to cavity on a second end. The appendage includes a channel coupled to the cavity. The LED lamp further includes an LED assembly disposed at an end of the protruding appendage and in thermal communication with the base. The LED assembly further includes a bulb disposed on the first end, wherein the appendage protrudes in a direction towards the center of the bulb, and wherein the LED assembly is proximate to the center of the bulb. The LED assembly further includes an electrical housing, configured to house an electrical module, disposed inside the cavity of the base. An electrical wire disposed inside the channel electrically couples the LED assembly to the electrical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, George Uhler
  • Publication number: 20140334158
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a heat dissipating base. The LED lamp further includes an LED assembly, including a plurality if LEDs. The LED assembly is in thermal communication with the heat dissipating base. The LED lamp further includes a bulb disposed over the LED assembly and coupled to the heat dissipating base. The LED lamp further includes a reflective insert disposed inside the bulb and configured to reflect a portion of light generated by the LED assembly in a substantially downward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis Yan, Timothy Chen
  • Publication number: 20140327355
    Abstract: A flat LED PAR lamp having an antenna secured to the exterior parabolic wall of the glass reflector for use in a wireless network. The interior wall is coated with an aluminized reflective coating that shields the antenna from the internally radiated noise. The aluminized parabolic reflector, together with its companion flat clear lens, is made using a lead-free glass to improve the lumen preservation over the life of the lamp. An efficient LED lamp array is used as the primary source of illumination within the parabolic reflector. Mounted in the base of the LED PAR lamp is the wireless communication and control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy CHEN, George J. Uhler
  • Publication number: 20140312794
    Abstract: An LED driver circuit has a rectifier circuit including a first input terminal coupled to a first AC voltage line and a second input terminal coupled to a second AC voltage line. The rectifier circuit is configured to convert a first AC voltage on the first AC voltage line and a second AC voltage on the second AC voltage line to a DC voltage. The driver circuit has a switching circuit coupled to the first AC voltage line and to the second AC voltage line and configured to generate a reference AC voltage based on the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage. The driver circuit has a power management circuit configured to provide a current or power to an LED lamp based on the generated AC reference voltage. The driver circuit has a power supply circuit configured to provide a constant current or power to the power management circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20140313729
    Abstract: A lamp includes an LED assembly and a heat sink in thermal communication with the LED assembly. The heat sink includes a plurality of fins disposed around a body and extending away from the body. The lamp includes a plurality of lenses disposed around the body, in between the plurality of fins. A lens includes a slot disposed at the top of the lens and a protruding pin configured to engage with a hole on the heat sink. The lamp also includes a cap disposed at the top of the lamp. The cap includes a plurality of ridges configured to align with and interlock with the grooves of the plurality of lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: George Uhler, Timothy Chen
  • Publication number: 20140313730
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes an LED assembly including a plurality of LEDs. The LED lamp includes a circular base plate in thermal communication with the LED assembly. The LED lamp includes an electrical module electrically coupled to the LED assembly and configured to supply power to the LED assembly. The LED lamp includes a lamp body coupled to and in thermal communication with the base plate at a first end and concealing at least a portion of the electrical module at a second end. The lamp body includes a substantially smooth surface extending from the base plate to the electrical module. The Led lamp includes an optic configured to disperse light generated by the LED assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ellis Yan
  • Publication number: 20140313748
    Abstract: An LED lamp includes a thermally conductive base including an appendage protruding from a center of a first end and an opening to cavity on a second end. The appendage includes a channel coupled to the cavity. The LED lamp further includes an LED assembly disposed at an end of the protruding appendage and in thermal communication with the base. The LED assembly further includes a bulb disposed on the first end, wherein the appendage protrudes in a direction towards the center of the bulb, and wherein the LED assembly is proximate to the center of the bulb. The LED assembly further includes an electrical housing, configured to house an electrical module, disposed inside the cavity of the base. An electrical wire disposed inside the channel electrically couples the LED assembly to the electrical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, George Uhler
  • Patent number: 8847498
    Abstract: A driver circuit for driving an LED includes a rectifier circuit to receive AC voltage and to convert the AC voltage to DC voltage. The driver circuit further includes a filter circuit for filtering the DC voltage. The driver circuit further includes a detection circuit for determining a change in the filtered DC voltage over a predetermined time interval. The driver circuit further includes a dampening circuit for dampening the filtered DC voltage responsive to the detection circuit determining that the change in filtered DC voltage over the predetermined time interval exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, Haiyan Wang
  • Patent number: 8754583
    Abstract: An electronic ballast has a rectifying circuit for rectifying an input voltage controlled by a phase dimmer. The electronic ballast has an averaging circuit for averaging current received from the rectifying circuit to produce a reference voltage. The electronic ballast has a control integrated circuit for providing an output current to a compact fluorescent lamp by performing a linear to logarithmic conversion of the reference current, according to a predefined conversion function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, James K Skully
  • Patent number: 8698407
    Abstract: An inductorless LED driver powers a string of low current LEDs. A phase controlled triac dimmer, serially connected to a full-wave rectifier circuit, performs as an LED current and triac holding current control element. The output of the full-wave rectifier circuit is divided into two circuit paths; the first path provides power to drive a string of serially-connected low-current LEDs, and the second path connects to a dynamic load, which supplies a holding current that flows through the triac dimmer. There are two feedback control systems; the first regulates the luminance of the LEDs; the second regulates the triac holding current to eliminate lamp flicker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, John Boyle
  • Publication number: 20130307417
    Abstract: A driver circuit for driving an LED includes a rectifier circuit to receive AC voltage and to convert the AC voltage to DC voltage. The driver circuit further includes a filter circuit for filtering the DC voltage. The driver circuit further includes a detection circuit for determining a change in the filtered DC voltage over a predetermined time interval. The driver circuit further includes a dampening circuit for dampening the filtered DC voltage responsive to the detection circuit determining that the change in filtered DC voltage over the predetermined time interval exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Chen, Haiyan Wang
  • Publication number: 20130294088
    Abstract: A lamp comprises an optical lens. The lamp further comprises a self-locking trim ring including a plurality of teeth. The self-locking trim ring is disposed over the optical lens. The lamp further comprises a heat sink. The heat sink has an inner chamber wherein the optical lens is disposed in the inner chamber. The heat sink also has an outer chamber disposed radially outwardly from the inner chamber. The outer chamber has a recess that engages the plurality of teeth. The self-locking trim ring secures the optical lens to the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TECHNICAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: George UHLER, Timothy CHEN
  • Patent number: D705456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Technical Consumer Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Ellis Yan