Patents by Inventor Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus

Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus 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: 11746965
    Abstract: There is provided a lighting device comprising an exhaust tube and a wireless communication antenna arranged inside the exhaust tube. There is also provided a method for producing such a lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Yacouba Louh, Frank Jan Baas
  • Publication number: 20220065408
    Abstract: There is provided a lighting device comprising an exhaust tube and a wireless communication antenna arranged inside the exhaust tube. There is also provided a method for producing such a lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Ties VAN BOMMEL, Antonius Adrianus Maria MARINUS, Yacouba LOUH, Frank Jan BAAS
  • Patent number: 11175000
    Abstract: There is provided a lighting device comprising an exhaust tube and a wireless communication antenna arranged inside the exhaust tube. There is also provided a method for producing such a lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Ties Van Bommel, Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Yacouba Louh, Frank Jan Baas
  • Patent number: 11160153
    Abstract: A lighting device arranged to be controlled via a wireless controller, wherein said lighting device comprises a light emitting load arranged for emitting light, a driver arranged for receiving a supply voltage and for driving said light emitting load based on said received supply voltage, an auxiliary supply arranged for supplying an auxiliary Direct Current, DC, supply voltage, a wireless receiver, connected to and powered by said auxiliary supply, arranged for wirelessly receiving, from said wireless controller, a control signal, and for activating said driver based on said received control signal, wherein said wireless receiver is arranged to operate according to a pulsed listen mode, said pulsed listen mode comprising active phases in which said wireless receiver is able to receive said control signal and non-active phases in which said wireless receiver is not able to receive said control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Paul Theodorus Jacobus Boonen, Martinus Wilhelmus Blum, Andrew Ulrich Rutgers
  • Publication number: 20210190308
    Abstract: The invention provides a system (1) comprising a fan assembly (100) with a plurality of nozzle openings (115a, 115b, . . . ) for creating air flows (111a, 111b, . . . ), the fan assembly (100) configured to provide said air flows (111a, 111b, . . . ) in at least two non-parallel directions (112a, 112b, . . . ), wherein the at least two non-parallel directions (112a, 112b, . . . ) are configured within a virtual cone (30) having an apex angle (a) selected from the range of 10-170° and having a cone axis (31), a control system (200) configured to control said air flows (11a, 111b, . . . ), the system (1) further comprising a light source (10) configured to generate light source light (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria MARINUS, Simon Eme KADIJK, Mercedes CREGO CALAMA, Alexander Henricus Waltherus VAN EEUWIJK
  • Patent number: 10871281
    Abstract: A lighting device (100, 500) is provided which comprises a light guide (110, 510), a metal strip (120, 520), a solid state light source (130, 530) and a base (160, 170, 540, 550) for mounting the lighting device. The base includes an electrical interface. The light guide extends along a plane (140). The metal strip extends at least partly around the light guide along a surface (111) of the light guide. The metal strip is arranged in thermal contact with the surface of the light guide. The solid state light source is arranged in thermal contact with the metal strip and is arranged to emit light into the light guide. The light guide serves to increase a light emitting area of the lighting device and to dissipate heat. The metal strip allows heat generated by the solid state light source to be transferred to the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Erik Paul Boonekamp, Hendrik Jan Eggink
  • Patent number: 10816175
    Abstract: A luminaire (1) for mounting on a pole is disclosed. The luminaire (1) comprises: a lighting unit (17); a driver compartment (8) housing a driver (9) electrically connected to the lighting unit (17); and a pole compartment (3) adapted to receive an end portion of the pole, the pole compartment (3) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) along which said end portion is arranged when received by the pole compartment (3), wherein the pole compartment (3) and the driver compartment (5) are arranged adjacent to each other in a direction (D) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L), and wherein the driver compartment (8) and the lighting unit (17) are arranged at a distance from each other along the longitudinal axis (L). A street lamp comprising the luminaire (1) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Stefan David Gielen, Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus
  • Publication number: 20200200374
    Abstract: A luminaire (1) for mounting on a pole is disclosed. The luminaire (1) comprises: a lighting unit (17); a driver compartment (8) housing a driver (9) electrically connected to the lighting unit (17); and a pole compartment (3) adapted to receive an end portion of the pole, the pole compartment (3) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) along which said end portion is arranged when received by the pole compartment (3), wherein the pole compartment (3) and the driver compartment (5) are arranged adjacent to each other in a direction (D) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L), and wherein the driver compartment (8) and the lighting unit (17) are arranged at a distance from each other along the longitudinal axis (L). A street lamp comprising the luminaire (1) is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: VINCENT STEFAN DAVID GIELEN, ANTONIUS ADRIANUS MARIA MARINUS
  • Publication number: 20200173646
    Abstract: The invention provides a system (1) comprising a fan assembly (100) with a plurality of nozzle openings (115a, 115b, . . . ) for creating air flows (111a, 111b, . . . ), the fan assembly (100) configured to provide the air flows (111a, 111b, . . . ) in at least two non-parallel directions (112a, 112b, . . . ), wherein the at least two non-parallel directions (112a, 112b, . . . ) are configured within a virtual cone (30) having an apex angle (?) selected from the range of 10-170° and having a cone axis (31), a control system (200) configured to control the air flows (11a, 111b, . . . ), the system (1) further comprising a light source (10) configured to generate light source light (11), and the system (1) further comprising heating elements (113a, 113b, . . . ) for heating the respective flows (111a, 111b, . . . ).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: ANTONIUS ADRIANUS MARIA MARINUS, MARC ANDRE DE SAMBER, NORBERTUS ANTONIUS MARIA SWEEGERS, HENDRIK JAN EGGINK
  • Patent number: 10595381
    Abstract: An appliance unit (3) is for electrical connection in series to a control unit (1) and to a power supply via the control unit (1). The appliance unit (3) comprises an appliance module comprising at least one controllable light generating module (23) and/or at least one controllable auxiliary module (25) for performing functionality other than light generating, and a control module (27) for negotiating a power mode for the appliance unit (3) with the control unit (1). The appliance module is controlled based on the power mode. A bypass module (21) is able to pass current through the appliance unit (3), such that the bypass module (21) is configured to pass a current to enable the control unit (1) to be powered separately from any current passed by the at least one controllable light generating module (23) and the at least one controllable auxiliary module (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Peter Deixler, Paul Theodorus Jacobus Boonen, Harald Josef Gunther Radermacher
  • Publication number: 20190387600
    Abstract: A lighting device arranged to be controlled via a wireless controller, wherein said lighting device comprises a light emitting load arranged for emitting light, a driver arranged for receiving a supply voltage and for driving said light emitting load based on said received supply voltage, an auxiliary supply arranged for supplying an auxiliary Direct Current, DC, supply voltage, a wireless receiver, connected to and powered by said auxiliary supply, arranged for wirelessly receiving, from said wireless controller, a control signal, and for activating said driver based on said received control signal, wherein said wireless receiver is arranged to operate according to a pulsed listen mode, said pulsed listen mode comprising active phases in which said wireless receiver is able to receive said control signal and non- active phases in which said wireless receiver is not able to receive said control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: ANTONIUS ADRIANUS MARIA MARINUS, PAUL THEODORUS JACOBUS BOONEN, MARTINUS WILHELMUS BLUM, ANDREW ULRICH RUTGERS
  • Patent number: 10465897
    Abstract: A lighting device (100, 600) comprises a first portion (110, 610), a solid state light source (120, 620), a second portion (130, 630), a metal heat sink (140, 640-641) and a connector (150). The first portion is arranged for electrically connecting the lighting device. The second portion is mounted on the first portion and has an outer surface, wherein at least a portion (131, 631) of the outer surface is light transmissive for outputting light originating from the solid state light source. The metal heat sink extends along the outer surface, and is arranged in thermal contact with the solid state light source. The connector is arranged at the metal heat sink for connecting an electrical device (160, 660). A distance (D1, D3, D4) from the first portion to the connector is longer than a distance (D5) from the first portion to at least one light transmissive portion (131, 631) of the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Vincent Stefan David Gielen
  • Patent number: 10355340
    Abstract: A lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device comprises: a solid-state lighting element; a radio frequency communication unit for wireless communication between the lighting device and an external device; a light guide having a circumferential edge, wherein the light guide is adapted to couple in light emitted by the solid-state lighting element and to provide illumination to the surroundings of the lighting device; and a metal strip extending along at least a portion of the circumferential edge of the light guide, wherein the metal strip is in thermal contact with the solid-state lighting element and the light guide, and wherein the metal strip is coupled to the radio frequency communication unit so as to operate as an antenna for the radio frequency communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Yacouba Louh, Jin Ding
  • Patent number: 10234078
    Abstract: A LED light source comprises: a first rectifier with a first and a second input terminal for connection to an AC supply voltage source and a first and a second output terminal connected by a first LED-string, a second rectifier having a first and a second input terminal and output terminals, said first input terminal of said second rectifier being coupled to the first input terminal of the first rectifier and the second input terminal of the second rectifier being coupled to the second input terminal of the first rectifier, and the output terminals being connected by a second LED-string, and means for causing a phase shift between the voltages that are present during operation at the output terminals of the first rectifier and the output terminals of the second rectifier respectively. The LED strings are driven by very simple circuitry that can be supplied by mains supply voltage. Due to the phase shift stroboscopic effects are suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Peter Deixler, Vincent Stefan David Gielen
  • Patent number: 10208938
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate to a lighting device (1) comprising an exit window (2) and a light source substrate (3) arranged to carry at least one solid-state light source (4), the at least one light source (4) being arranged to emit light through the exit window (2). The exit window (2) is shaped to allow a front surface of the light source substrate (3) to be brought into physical contact with a surface of the exit window facing the light source substrate (3), and in that the light source substrate (3) is held in physical contact with the exit window (2), thereby enabling thermal contact between the light source substrate (3) and the exit window (2). Since thermal contact between the exit window and the light source substrate is secured, the heat transfer of the lighting device will be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Marcellus Jacobus Johannes Van der Lubbe, Vincent Stefan David Gielen, Hendrik Jan Eggink
  • Patent number: 10132983
    Abstract: A lamp comprising: a solid-state lighting element; a light guide having two oppositely arranged outer surfaces and a circumferential edge joining the respective circumferences of the two outer surfaces, the light guide being arranged to couple in light emitted by the solid-state lighting element at the circumferential edge; and two slits arranged in the light guide and adapted to couple light out from the light guide, wherein each of the two slits extends from one of the outer surfaces to the other one of the outer surfaces, the two slits at least partly crossing each other inside the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Erik Paul Boonekamp, Hendrik Jan Eggink
  • Publication number: 20180313526
    Abstract: A lighting device (100, 600) comprises a first portion (110, 610), a solid state light source (120, 620), a second portion (130, 630), a metal heat sink (140, 640-641) and a connector (150). The first portion is arranged for electrically connecting the lighting device. The second portion is mounted on the first portion and has an outer surface, wherein at least a portion (131, 631) of the outer surface is light transmissive for outputting light originating from the solid state light source. The metal heat sink extends along the outer surface, and is arranged in thermal contact with the solid state light source. The connector is arranged at the metal heat sink for connecting an electrical device (160, 660). A distance (D1, D3, D4) from the first portion to the connector is longer than a distance (D5) from the first portion to at least one light transmissive portion (131, 631) of the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria MARINUS, Vincent Stefan David GIELEN
  • Patent number: 10072826
    Abstract: There is provided a light bulb (1) which comprises: a cap (2) for mechanically and electrically connecting the light bulb (1) to a lamp socket; a light-transmissive envelope (3); a stem (12) arranged inside the envelope (3), the stem (12) including a base portion (13) proximal to the cap (2); and at least one carrier (7) and one or more solid-state lighting devices (6) mounted on the at least one carrier (7) inside the envelope (3). The at least one carrier (7) is supported by the base portion (13) of the stem (12). There is also provided a method for producing a light bulb (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Stefan David Gielen, Antonius Adrianus Maria Marinus, Martijn Jochem Van Uden
  • Publication number: 20180216810
    Abstract: A lighting device (100, 500) is provided which comprises a light guide (110, 510), a metal strip (120, 520), a solid state light source (130, 530) and a base (160, 170, 540, 550) for mounting the lighting device. The base includes an electrical interface. The light guide extends along a plane (140). The metal strip extends at least partly around the light guide along a surface (111) of the light guide. The metal strip is arranged in thermal contact with the surface of the light guide. The solid state light source is arranged in thermal contact with the metal strip and is arranged to emit light into the light guide. The light guide serves to increase a light emitting area of the lighting device and to dissipate heat. The metal strip allows heat generated by the solid state light source to be transferred to the light guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Antonius Adrianus Maria MARINUS, Erik Paul BOONEKAMP, Hendrik Jan EGGINK
  • Publication number: 20180163952
    Abstract: There is provided a light bulb (1) which comprises: a cap (2) for mechanically and electrically connecting the light bulb (1) to a lamp socket; a light-transmissive envelope (3); a stem (12) arranged inside the envelope (3), the stem (12) including a base portion (13) proximal to the cap (2); and at least one carrier (7) and one or more solid-state lighting devices (6) mounted on the at least one carrier (7) inside the envelope (3). The at least one carrier (7) is supported by the base portion (13) of the stem (12). There is also provided a method for producing a light bulb (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Vincent Stefan David GIELEN, Antonius Adrianus Maria MARINUS, Martijn Jochem VAN UDEN