Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Warner

Benjamin J. Warner 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: 12055284
    Abstract: An optical assembly includes a retention ring configured to couple an optic and a trim. The optic can receive light from a light source and include an optic coupler. The trim can surround the optic and direct the light away from the light source. The trim can include a trim coupler. The retention ring can tool-lessly couple with the optic and the trim. The retention ring can include an optic retention element configured to tool-lessly couple with the optic coupler to couple the optic to the retention ring; and a trim retention element spaced radially outwardly from the optic retention element. The trim retention element can tool-lessly couple with the trim coupler to couple the trim to the retention ring radially outwardly from the optic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Warner, Brandon S. Mundell, Stephen H. Clark, James S. Conn, Gautham Kemparaju, Rosa A. Peredo, John Whittenhall
  • Patent number: 10955118
    Abstract: A foldable mounting collar includes first and second collar segments. Each collar segment includes a planar annular segment that substantially subtends a semicircle, a collar flange that, when the planar annular segment is horizontal, extends vertically downward along an inner periphery of the planar annular segment, such that the collar flange forms a cylindrical portion, and two hinge flanges that, when the planar annular segment is horizontal, extend upwardly from each end of the semicircle formed by each planar annular segment. The mounting collar further includes pivot means that hingedly couple pairs of the hinge flanges of the collar segments. The second collar segment can rotate, relative to the first collar segment, through at least a polar angle range sufficient for the mounting collar to fit through an aperture having a diameter defined by the cylindrical portions of the collar flanges when both collar segments are horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Warner, Brandon S. Mundell
  • Patent number: 10724717
    Abstract: A retention assembly includes a body that is configured to couple with the light fixture housing through a hinge. The body forms an internal axle. The retention assembly also includes a spring. A proximal end of the spring coils about the internal axle. A distal end of the spring extends from the body, and is configured to couple with a coupling feature of the light fixture housing. When the body couples with the hinge and the distal end of the spring couples with the coupling feature of the light fixture housing, a tension within the spring exerts a torque on the body, so as to urge the body to rotate about the hinge, toward the coupling feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Warner, Brandon S. Mundell
  • Publication number: 20200149721
    Abstract: A retention assembly includes a body that is configured to couple with the light fixture housing through a hinge. The body forms an internal axle. The retention assembly also includes a spring. A proximal end of the spring coils about the internal axle. A distal end of the spring extends from the body, and is configured to couple with a coupling feature of the light fixture housing. When the body couples with the hinge and the distal end of the spring couples with the coupling feature of the light fixture housing, a tension within the spring exerts a torque on the body, so as to urge the body to rotate about the hinge, toward the coupling feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Warner, Brandon S. Mundell
  • Publication number: 20200149718
    Abstract: A foldable mounting collar includes first and second collar segments. Each collar segment includes a planar annular segment that substantially subtends a semicircle, a collar flange that, when the planar annular segment is horizontal, extends vertically downward along an inner periphery of the planar annular segment, such that the collar flange forms a cylindrical portion, and two hinge flanges that, when the planar annular segment is horizontal, extend upwardly from each end of the semicircle formed by each planar annular segment. The mounting collar further includes pivot means that hingedly couple pairs of the hinge flanges of the collar segments. The second collar segment can rotate, relative to the first collar segment, through at least a polar angle range sufficient for the mounting collar to fit through an aperture having a diameter defined by the cylindrical portions of the collar flanges when both collar segments are horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Warner, Brandon S. Mundell