Patents by Inventor Bart Andre

Bart Andre 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: 11179756
    Abstract: A light emitting arrangement (100) for anti-fouling of a surface (30), comprises an optical medium (10) and at least one light source (20) for emitting anti-fouling light. A first zone (1) of the arrangement (100), which is closest to the light source (20), is arranged and configured to predominantly make the anti-fouling light reflect in a specular manner towards an emission surface (12) of the optical medium (10), through the optical medium (10), a second zone (2) of the arrangement (100) is arranged and configured to predominantly realize propagation of the anti-fouling light through the optical medium (10) by total internal reflection, and a third zone (3) of the arrangement (100), which is furthest away from the light source (20), is arranged and configured to predominantly make the anti-fouling light scatter out of the optical medium (10), through the emission surface (12) of the optical medium (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Hugo Johan Cornelissen, Bart Andre Salters, Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink
  • Patent number: 11135625
    Abstract: The invention provides an anti-fouling lighting system (1) configured for preventing or reducing biofouling on a fouling element (1201) of an object (1200). The fouling element (1201) is during use at least partly moving and at least temporarily exposed to water. Fouling is prevented by irradiating an anti-fouling light (211) onto said fouling element (1201). The anti-fouling lighting (1) system comprises at least one laser light source (2) configured to generate the anti-fouling light (211) and to provide said anti-fouling light (211) to said fouling element (1201) during use, wherein the system (1) is arranged such that during use the fouling element (1201) at least partly moves with respect to the laser light source (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Bart Andre Salters
  • Patent number: 11137518
    Abstract: The present invention provides a marine cable device configured for preventing or reducing biofouling along its exterior surface, which during use is at least temporarily exposed to water. The marine cable device according to the present invention comprises at least one light source configured to generate an anti-fouling light and at least one optical medium configured to receive at least part of the anti-fouling light. The optical medium comprises at least one emission surface configured to provide at least part of said anti-fouling light on at least part of said exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Bart Andre Salters
  • Patent number: 11090697
    Abstract: The invention provides an object (10), that during use is at least partly submerged in water, wherein the object (100) is selected from the group consisting of a vessel (1) and an infrastructural object (15), the object (10) further comprising an anti-biofouling system (200) comprising an UV emitting element (210), wherein the UV emitting element (210) is configured to irradiate with UV radiation (221) during an irradiation stage one or more of (i) a first part (111) of an external surface (11) of said object (10) and (ii) water adjacent to said first part (111) of said external surface (11) of said object (10), wherein the object (10) further comprises protruding elements (100) with the UV emitting element (210) configured between the protruding elements (100) and configured depressed relative to the protruding elements (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Esther Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda Janssen, Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Bart Andre Salters
  • Patent number: 11090401
    Abstract: The invention provides an system (200) comprising (i) a light source (220) configured to provide radiation (221), wherein the radiation (221) at least comprises UV radiation; (ii) a waveguide element (1210) comprising a radiation exit window (230), wherein the waveguide element (1210) is configured to receive at least part of the radiation (221) and to radiate at least part of the radiation (221) to the exterior of the waveguide element (1210) via the radiation exit window (230) and configured to internally reflect part of the radiation (221) at the radiation exit window (230); (iii) an optical sensor (310) configured to sense an internal reflection intensity (I) of the internally reflected radiation (221); and (iv) a control system (300), functionally coupled to the optical sensor, and configured to reduce the intensity of the radiation (221) as function of reaching a predetermined first threshold of a reduction of the internal reflection intensity (I) over a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventor: Bart Andre Salters
  • Publication number: 20210197937
    Abstract: The invention provides a waveguide element (1000) comprising a first face (1001) and a second face (1002) with radiation transmissive material (1005) configured between the first face (1001) and the second face (1002), wherein the radiation transmissive material (1005) is transmissive for UV radiation, wherein the radiation transmissive material (1005) is a matrix material for a phase (1010) of another composition than the radiation transmissive material (1005), wherein the phase (1010) is available in the matrix as regions (1110) with the regions (1110) having mean particle radii (r1) selected from the range of 50-1500 nm and having an average region concentration selected from the range of 1*104-1.5*108/mm3 of the radiation transmissive material (1005).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Elvira Johanna Maria PAULUSSEN, Bart Andre SALTERS, Hugo Johan CORNELISSEN
  • Publication number: 20210154344
    Abstract: The invention provides an system (200) comprising (i) a light source (220) configured to provide radiation (221), wherein the radiation (221) at least comprises UV radiation; (ii) a waveguide element (1210) comprising a radiation exit window (230), wherein the waveguide element (1210) is configured to receive at least part of the radiation (221) and to radiate at least part of the radiation (221) to the exterior of the waveguide element (1210) via the radiation exit window (230) and configured to internally reflect part of the radiation (221) at the radiation exit window (230); (iii) an optical sensor (310) configured to sense an internal reflection intensity (I) of the internally reflected radiation (221); and (iv) a control system (300), functionally coupled to the optical sensor, and configured to reduce the intensity of the radiation (221) as function of reaching a predetermined first threshold of a reduction of the internal reflection intensity (I) over a time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventor: BART ANDRE SALTERS
  • Publication number: 20210148658
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus (1) for cooling a fluid withsurface water, comprising at least one tube (8) for containing and transporting the fluid in its interior, the exterior of the tube (8) being in operation at least partially submerged in the surface water so as to cool the tube (8) to thereby also cool the fluid. The cooling apparatus (1) further comprises at least one light source (9) for producing light that hinders fouling on the submerged exterior, wherein the light source (9) is dimensioned and positioned with respect to the tube (8) so as to cast anti-fouling light over the tube's exterior. By this structure anti-fouling of the cooling apparatus (1) can be assured in an alternative and effective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: BART ANDRE SALTERS, ROELANT BOUDEWIJN HIETBRINK
  • Patent number: 10967940
    Abstract: The invention provides a waveguide element (1000) comprising a first face (1001) and a second face (1002) with radiation transmissive material (1005) configured between the first face (1001) and the second face (1002), wherein the radiation transmissive material (1005) is transmissive for UV radiation, wherein the radiation transmissive material (1005) is a matrix material for a phase (1010) of another composition than the radiation transmissive material (1005), wherein the phase (1010) is available in the matrix as regions (1110) with the regions (1110) having mean particle radii (r1) selected from the range of 50-1500 nm and having an average region concentration selected from the range of 1*104-1.5*108/mm3 of the radiation transmissive material (1005).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Elvira Johanna Maria Paulussen, Bart Andre Salters, Hugo Johan Cornelissen
  • Patent number: 10928143
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus (1) for cooling a fluid by means of surface water, the cooling apparatus comprising at least one tube (8) for containing and transporting the fluid in its interior, the exterior of the tube (8) being in operation at least partially submerged in the surface water so as to cool the tube (8) to thereby also cool the fluid, characterized in that the cooling apparatus is adapted to receive at least one light source (9) for producing light that hinders fouling, wherein, after the cooling apparatus has received the light source, the at least one light source (9) is dimensioned and positioned with respect to the tube (8) so as to cast anti-fouling light over the tubes' (8) exterior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bart Andre Salters, Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink
  • Publication number: 20210047014
    Abstract: The invention provides a light guide element comprising a light guide and a layer element, wherein the light guide comprises a light guide face and wherein the layer element comprises an optical layer, wherein said optical layer is in contact with at least part of the light guide face, wherein the optical layer has a first index of refraction (n1) smaller than the refractive index of seawater, wherein the light guide comprises a UV radiation transmissive light guide material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Abraham Rudolf BALKENENDE, Bart Andre SALTERS, Roelant Boudewijn HIETBRINK, Willem-Jan Arend DE WIJS
  • Patent number: 10906616
    Abstract: The invention provides a light guide element (1300) comprising a light guide (300), wherein the light guide (300) in comprises a first light guide face (301) and a second light guide face (302) with UV radiation transmissive light guide material (305) between the first light guide face (301) and the second light guide face (302), wherein the light guide element (1300) further comprises one or more of: (i) a first layer element (30) in contact with the first light guide face (301), wherein the first layer element (30) is transmissive for UV radiation; and (ii) a second layer element (130) in contact with the second light guide face (301), wherein the second layer element (130) has one or more functionalities selected from the group consisting of (a) reflective for UV radiation, (b) adhesive for adhering the light guide (300) to an object, (c) reinforcing the light guide element (1300), and (d) protective for the light guide (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Bart Andre Salters, Willem-Jan Arend De Wijs
  • Publication number: 20200368792
    Abstract: The invention provides an object (10), that during use is at least partly submerged in water, wherein the object (100) is selected from the group consisting of a vessel (1) and an infrastructural object (15), the object (10) further comprising an anti-biofouling system (200) comprising an UV emitting element (210), wherein the UV emitting element (210) is configured to irradiate with UV radiation (221) during an irradiation stage one or more of (i) a first part (111) of an external surface (11) of said object (10) and (ii) water adjacent to said first part (111) of said external surface (11) of said object (10), wherein the object (10) further comprises protruding elements (100) with the UV emitting element (210) configured between the protruding elements (100) and configured depressed relative to the protruding elements (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Esther Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda JANSSEN, Roelant Boudewijn HIETBRINK, Bart Andre SALTERS
  • Publication number: 20200369352
    Abstract: A method of anti-fouling of a surface while said surface is at least partially submersed in an liquid environment, comprising: providing an anti-fouling light; distributing at least part of the light through an optical medium comprising a silicone material and/or UV grade fused silica; emitting the anti-fouling light from the optical medium and from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: BART ANDRE SALTERS, ROELANT BOUDEWIJN HIETBRINK, IVO WILHELMUS JOHANNES MARIE RUTTEN, HENDRIK VAN HOUTEN
  • Patent number: 10816269
    Abstract: An assembly comprises an object (2, 101, 102, 103) having a surface which is intended to be exposed to water during at least a part of the lifetime thereof. In order to be capable of avoiding biofouling of the surface in a first stage of the lifetime of the assembly, without needing to have a supply of power in order to achieve the anti-fouling effect as desired in that first stage, the assembly furthermore comprises an anti-fouling protector arrangement (30) which is adapted to initially prevent the surface from being contacted by water, and which comprises degradable material. Also, the assembly comprises at least one energy source (20) which is adapted to emit energy for causing the protector arrangement (30) to disintegrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Bart Andre Salters, Johannes Antonius Kroeze
  • Patent number: 10793236
    Abstract: The invention provides an object (10) that during use is at least partly submerged in water, the object (10) further comprising an anti-biofouling system (200) comprising an UV emitting element (210), wherein the UV emitting element (210) is configured to irradiate with UV radiation (221) during an irradiation stage one or more of (i) a part (111) of an external surface (11) of said object (10) and (ii) water adjacent to said part (111) of said external surface (11), wherein the light source (220) is at least controllable between a first UV radiation level and a second UV radiation level, wherein the first UV radiation level is larger than the second UV radiation level, wherein the object (10) is selected from the group consisting of a vessel (1) and an infrastructural object (15), wherein the object (10) further comprises a control system (300) configured to control said UV radiation (221) as function of input information comprising information of one or more of (i) a location of the object (10), (ii) moveme
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bart Andre Salters, Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink
  • Patent number: 10792714
    Abstract: A light emitting arrangement (100) is provided for realizing anti-fouling of a surface (30) of a marine structure. The light emitting arrangement is shaped in sheet form and has an optical medium (4) and a light source (20) embedded in the optical medium and configured to emit anti-fouling light from an emission surface (301). The light emitting arrangement has at least one mirror configured to reflect anti-fouling light from the light source towards the emission surface. The mirror is arranged near or at the back surface and is electrically conductive and coupled to the light source for constituting a first electrode (120) arranged for transfer of electrical power between the light source and a power source. For example, the mirror forms a capacitor (6) in combination with an external electrically conductive element (50) and a dielectric layer (4a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Bart Andre Salters
  • Publication number: 20200298292
    Abstract: The invention provides an anti-biofouling system (200) comprising an UV-emitting element (210), wherein the UV-emitting element (210) comprises a UV radiation exit window (230), wherein the UV-emitting element (210) at least partly encloses a light source (220) configured to provide UV radiation (221), wherein the UV radiation exit window (230) is configured to transmit at least part of the UV radiation (221) of the light source (220), wherein the UV radiation exit window (230) comprises an upstream window side (231) and a downstream window side (232), wherein the UV-emitting element (210) also at least partly encloses an optical sensor (310) configured to sense radiation (421) emanating from the downstream window side (232) and configured to provide a corresponding optical sensor signal, wherein the anti-biofouling system (200) is further configured to provide said UV radiation (221) in dependence of said optical sensor signal
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Elvira Johanna Maria PAULUSSEN, Bart Andre SALTERS, Hermanus Johannes BORG, Roelant Boudewijn HIETBRINK, Eduard Matheus Johannes NIESSEN
  • Patent number: 10780466
    Abstract: The invention provides an object (10), that during use is at least partly submerged in water, wherein the object (100) is selected from the group consisting of a vessel (1) and an infrastructural object (15), the object (10) further comprising an anti-biofouling system (200) comprising an UV emitting element (210), wherein the UV emitting element (210) is configured to irradiate with UV radiation (221) during an irradiation stage one or more of (i) a first part (111) of an external surface (11) of said object (10) and (ii) water adjacent to said first part (111) of said external surface (11) of said object (10), wherein the object (10) further comprises protruding elements (100) with the UV emitting element (210) configured between the protruding elements (100) and configured depressed relative to the protruding elements (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Esther Anna Wilhelmina Gerarda Janssen, Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Bart Andre Salters
  • Patent number: 10766580
    Abstract: A method of anti-fouling of a surface while said surface is at least partially submersed in an liquid environment, comprising: providing an anti-fouling light; distributing at least part of the light through an optical medium comprising a silicone material and/or UV grade fused silica; emitting the anti-fouling light from the optical medium and from the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Bart Andre Salters, Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Ivo Wilhelmus Johannes Marie Rutten, Hendrik Van Houten