Patents by Inventor Alfred Flannagan

Alfred Flannagan 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: 4394600
    Abstract: A matrix of light emitting diodes constructed of mosaic sectors each having a predetermined number of light emitting diodes, characterized by the cathode contacts of said diodes being outward, the cathodes being covered by conductors which have holes strategically placed so that the light emitted by said diodes is confined to small high intensity dots; said diodes having conductors positioned to connect to the anodes of said diodes and thermally connected to an anodized aluminum substrate which acts as a heat sink, the outer surface of said cathode conductors being blackened to absorb sunlight, and the exposed surface of said cathodes being nonreflective; a grid of optically and electrically insulative properties isolates and separates said diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1983
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Alfred Flannagan