Patents by Inventor Al Bolander

Al Bolander has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for flexible illuminated devices having edge lighting utilizing light active sheet material with integrated light emitting diode
    Patent number: 8876352
    Abstract: An edge lighting device, and a method of providing edge lighting, including providing a lighting device with at least one light emitting diode (LED) chip embedded therein, wherein the LED chip(s) generates light photons. A path of the light photons within the lighting device that are emitted by the LED chip(s) from a top surface of the LED chip(s), are redirected from a first edge of the lighting device back through the lighting device to a second edge of the lighting device opposite to the first edge. The first edge and the second edge of the lighting device are perpendicular to the top surface of the LED chip(s). The photons which were redirected from the first edge of the lighting device then follow a path through the second edge of the device and are then output from the edge lighting device at the second edge of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Grote Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Stanley D. Robbins, Richard C. Bozich, Martin J. Marx, James E. Roberts, Jennifer M. Ehlers, Al Bolander
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE ILLUMINATED DEVICES HAVING EDGE LIGHTING UTILIZING LIGHT ACTIVE SHEET MATERIAL WITH INTEGRATED LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
    Publication number: 20130027976
    Abstract: An edge lighting device, and a method of providing edge lighting, including providing a lighting device with at least one light emitting diode (LED) chip embedded therein, wherein the LED chip(s) generates light photons. A path of the light photons within the lighting device that are emitted by the LED chip(s) from a top surface of the LED chip(s), are redirected from a first edge of the lighting device back through the lighting device to a second edge of the lighting device opposite to the first edge. The first edge and the second edge of the lighting device are perpendicular to the top surface of the LED chip(s). The photons which were redirected from the first edge of the lighting device then follow a path through the second edge of the device and are then output from the edge lighting device at the second edge of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: GROTE INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stanley D. Robbins, Richard C. Bozich, Martin J. Marx, James E. Roberts, Jennifer M. Ehlers, Al Bolander