Patents by Inventor Alexis Rile

Alexis Rile 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).

  • Patent number: 11893970
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo
  • Publication number: 20230343757
    Abstract: Light-emitting diode (LED) packages and more particularly emission height arrangements in LED packages and related devices and methods are disclosed. LED packages, LED chips, and related device arrangements are disclosed that include various combinations of LED chip types, lumiphoric materials, and/or cover structures that are arranged together while also providing a substantially uniform emission height for corresponding light-emitting surfaces. LED chips may be configured with different heights or thicknesses that compensate for variations in lumiphoric materials and/or cover structures utilized to provide different emission colors. Corresponding LED packages and/or LED chips with different emission colors may be assembled near one another with improved emission height uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Alexis Rile, Robert Wilcox, Colin Blakely
  • Publication number: 20230260972
    Abstract: Light-emitting diode (LED) packages, and more particularly arrangements of multiple LED chips in LED packages are disclosed. Arrangements include different types, different dimensions, and/or different orientations of LED chips within LED packages and corresponding electrical connections. Further arrangements include individual cover structures having different dimensions for various LED chips to accommodate thickness variations of LED chips and/or thickness variations attributed to different elements of individual cover structures. Different cover structure elements may include lumiphoric materials, antireflective layers, filter layers, and polarization layers. By accounting for dimensional variations between LED chips and/or between cover structures within multiple-chip LED packages, aggregate light-emitting surfaces may be provided with improved emission uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Celano, Alexis Rile, Derek Miller, David Suich, Colin Blakely, Sarah Trinkle, Robert Wilcox
  • Publication number: 20230261154
    Abstract: Light-emitting diode (LED) packages and more particularly LED packages with selectively placed light-altering materials and related methods are disclosed. Selectively placed light-altering materials are provided that are arranged along peripheral edges of LED chips and along portions of underlying submounts. By covering peripheral edges of LED chips without covering entire submount surfaces, light-altering materials may be provided in reduced amounts while still redirecting laterally propagating light from the LED chips. Methods of selectively placing light-altering materials include selectively dispensing one or more droplets on submount portions that are proximate LED chip edges and allowing the one or more droplets to wick about the LED chip edges and portions of the submount before curing in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Sarah Trinkle, Alexis Rile, Robert Wilcox, Colin Blakely
  • Publication number: 20230064323
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo
  • Patent number: 11423871
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation
    Inventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo
  • Publication number: 20200027436
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo
  • Patent number: D996377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Celano, Alexis Rile, Derek Miller, David Suich, Colin Blakely, Sarah Trinkle, Robert Wilcox
  • Patent number: D996378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Trinkle, Alexis Rile, Robert Wilcox, Colin Blakely