Patents by Inventor Andreas Machate

Andreas Machate 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).

  • Publication number: 20240072501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier rail (1) for a carrier rail system, comprising: an elongate carrier profile (2); a busbar (4) having at least one electrical conductor (40) for electrically connecting electrical or electronic components (3), wherein the busbar (4) extends along the carrier profile (2); and an adapter element (5) having a first connection (6) and a connecting element (8) and also an adapter housing (9) for carrying the first connection (6) and/or the connecting element (8), wherein the first connection (6) can be coupled electrically and/or by means of signals to the busbar (4) via the connecting element (8), and wherein the first connection (6) is configured for connecting a corresponding second connection (70) of an electrical or electronic component (7) such that the electrical or electronic component (7) can be coupled electrically and/or by means of signals to the busbar (4) via the connecting element (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Ladstätter, Andreas Machate
  • Publication number: 20240027040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting rail (1) for luminaires (100, 150) or electric units, having a mounting rail profile (2) with two lateral walls (4) and a connecting wall (5) which connects the lateral walls (4) to each other, said walls together enclosing an elongated receiving chamber (3), and having at least one busbar (10, 20) which is arranged on one of the two inner faces of the lateral walls (4) of the mounting rail profile (2) and which comprises contactable lines (15, 25). According to the invention, an additional busbar (30) with contactable lines (35) is arranged on the connecting wall (5) of the mounting rail profile (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Machate, Vamberszky Klaus
  • Publication number: 20220385011
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric unit for connecting to a DIN rail (50), having means for contacting the lines (70) of a busbar (60), said means comprising a rotatable contacting element (30, 40, 50), the outer circumference of which is equipped with contacts (32, 42, 52, 53, 62, 63). A first group of contacts (32, 52, 62) and a second group of contacts (42, 53, 63) are provided, wherein the contacts of the first group are arranged so that, when the contacting element (30, 40, 50) is rotated they contact contact lines (70) extending in a first place (A1), and the contacts of the second group are arranged so as to contact lines extending in a second plane (B1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Machate
  • Publication number: 20220329286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light trunking system, comprising: at least one trunking rail (6) for fastening components (7 . . . 13) of the light trunking system (1) to the trunking rail (6); electrical lines (L3, L4), which run in the trunking rail (6) and can be contacted by the components (7 . . . 13) in order to supply power to the components (7 . . . 13); a data terminal (D1, D2) for receiving data; and a first adapter (16), which is connected to the electrical lines (L3, L4) and to the data terminal and is designed to transmit data received by the data terminal (D1, D2) to a second adapter (17) via the electrical lines (L3, L4) by means of a modulation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Machate, Gerald Ladstätter
  • Patent number: 11391443
    Abstract: The lamp component includes a light orienting element having a light incident end, a light output end opposite the light incident end, and a side surface extending between the light incident and light output ends; and a housing configured to position the light orienting element adjacent a light source. The housing is at least partially translucent, and includes at least one sidewall and a main wall facing the light output end. The light orienting element is configured to deflect a fraction of the incident light towards the light output surface to be projected through the main wall as to direct light, and a fraction of the light towards the at least one housing sidewall to be projected as indirect light. The light orienting element is a first part formed by extrusion in a first direction, and the housing is a second part formed by extrusion in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Zumtobel lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Cerv, Patrik Gassner, Gerald Ladstätter, Bogna Ludwiczak-Osterloher, Andreas Machate
  • Publication number: 20210332968
    Abstract: The lamp component (1) has: a source region (2) to receive a LED light source (10), a light output surface (4) to output light, a light orienting element (6) to orient the received light towards the light output surface (4), and a housing to position the light orienting element (6) with respect to the source region (2), with a housing sidewall to let light pass through it. The light orienting element (6) i) deflects a fraction of the light towards the light output surface (4) so as to produce direct light, and ii) it refracts a fraction of the light towards the at least one housing sidewall so as to produce indirect light. The light orienting element (6) is formed by a first extruded part extending in an extrusion direction. The housing is formed by a second extruded part extending in the extrusion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Cerv, Patrik Gassner, Gerald Ladstätter, Bogna Ludwiczak-Osterloher, Andreas Machate
  • Patent number: 11098884
    Abstract: Lighting strip system (1) which extends along a longitudinal axis direction (L) and has the following: an elongated carrier profile (2) with two elongated side walls (21, 22) that face each other and an elongated base wall (20) connecting the side walls (21, 22), which together delimit a receiving space (A), a first and a second mechanical coupling region (3, 4), wherein the first coupling region (3) is provided between the base wall (20) and the second coupling region (4) as viewed in the longitudinal axis direction (L), an elongated power supply unit (5) which extends in the longitudinal axis direction (L) in the receiving space (A), a lighting strip lamp (6) which extends in the longitudinal axis direction (L), is electrically contacted with the power supply unit (5) and is releasably mechanically coupled to the second coupling region (4), and an electrical or electronic unit (7) with a functional region (73) and an operating region (74), wherein the functional region (73) is arranged adjacent to the light
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Machate
  • Publication number: 20200355356
    Abstract: Lighting strip system (1) which extends along a longitudinal axis direction (L) and has the following: an elongated carrier profile (2) with two elongated side walls (21, 22) that face each other and an elongated base wall (20) connecting the side walls (21, 22), which together delimit a receiving space (A), a first and a second mechanical coupling region (3, 4), wherein the first coupling region (3) is provided between the base wall (20) and the second coupling region (4) as viewed in the longitudinal axis direction (L), an elongated power supply unit (5) which extends in the longitudinal axis direction (L) in the receiving space (A), a lighting strip lamp (6) which extends in the longitudinal axis direction (L), is electrically contacted with the power supply unit (5) and is releasably mechanically coupled to the second coupling region (4), and an electrical or electronic unit (7) with a functional region (73) and an operating region (74), wherein the functional region (73) is arranged adjacent to the light
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Machate
  • Patent number: 10162097
    Abstract: An optical system for influencing a light has a first optical element (1), by means of which a plane (E) is defined, wherein the first optical element (1) has a lateral edge region (11) designed for the entry of the light, and a second optical element (2), wherein the second optical element (2) is arranged parallel to the first optical element (1) and has a light outlet region (21) for the exiting of the light. The lateral edge region (11) of the first optical element (1) is designed to reduce the glare of or bundle the light in the plane (E), and the second optical element (2) has a elongate lens element (3), which extends along a longitudinal axis (L) and is designed to reduce the glare of or bundle the light in an additional plan (E?), which is oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to the plane (E) mentioned first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Machate
  • Publication number: 20180081106
    Abstract: An optical system for influencing a light has a first optical element (1), by means of which a plane (E) is defined, wherein the first optical element (1) has a lateral edge region (11) designed for the entry of the light, and a second optical element (2), wherein the second optical element (2) is arranged parallel to the first optical element (1) and has a light outlet region (21) for the exiting of the light. The lateral edge region (11) of the first optical element (1) is designed to reduce the glare of or bundle the light in the plane (E), and the second optical element (2) has a elongate lens element (3), which extends along a longitudinal axis (L) and is designed to reduce the glare of or bundle the light in an additional plan (E?), which is oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to the plane (E) mentioned first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Machate