Patents by Inventor Brad Koerner

Brad Koerner 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: 20240072461
    Abstract: A system comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate and a housing. The PCB substrate has a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), a first plurality of electrical conductor portions and a second plurality of electrical conductor portions. The housing has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The housing has on the first side a first wire terminal and a second wire terminal. The housing has on the second side a first conductor contact and a second conductor contact. The housing is configured to be attachable to the PCB substrate so that first conductor contact is electrically coupled to an electrical conductor portion from the first plurality of electrical conductor portions and the second conductor contact is electrically coupled to an electrical conductor portion from the second plurality of electrical conductor portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brad KOERNER, Graham MERRIFIELD, Kyle DAVIS, Scott SOMA, Cooper HURLEY
  • Publication number: 20220099278
    Abstract: A prefabricated cove luminaire for installation onto ceilings or other architectural surfaces. The cove luminaire has a mounting mechanism configured to mount the cove luminaire onto the architectural surface. The cove luminaire further has a lower surface, an upper surface, and a side surface extending between the lower surface and the upper surface and separating the lower surface from the upper surface. In combination, the lower surface, the upper surface, and the side surface define an aperture. The cove luminaire still further has a light source positioned in the aperture and including optics that focus and direct the light rays emanating from the light source in specific patterns to ensure uniformity of the light distribution. Finally, the cove luminaire has a decorative feature located proximate or on the upper surface. Also disclosed is an integral lighting unit including the cove luminaire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventor: Brad Koerner
  • Publication number: 20210117075
    Abstract: A system for managing a structural environment with a user interface having a timeframe identified by a radial chronological representation. By employing a user interface with a timeframe identified by a radial chronological representation, owners and their agents and employees can intuitively coordinate the internal environment of a structure to provide for a more pleasing customer experience. Multiple adjustable environmental components can be managed on the same radial chronological representation of the interface. Furthermore, the system and method can be deployed over multiple locations to create the same internal environmental feel, thereby creating a branded internal environment that a customer will experience no matter the location they enter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Brad Koerner
  • Patent number: 7828465
    Abstract: LED-based lighting fixtures suitable for general illumination in surface-mount or suspended installations, in which heat dissipation properties of the fixtures are significantly improved by decreasing thermal resistance between LED junctions and the ambient air. In various examples, improved heat dissipation is accomplished by increasing a surface area of one or more heat-dissipating elements proximate a trajectory of air flow through the fixture. In one aspect, various structural components of the fixtures are particularly configured to create and maintain a “chimney effect” within the fixture, resulting in a high air-flow rate, natural convection cooling system capable of efficiently dissipating the waste heat from the fixture without active cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Koninlijke Philips Electronis N.V.
    Inventors: Brian Roberge, Ron Roberts, Igor Shikh, Ihor Lys, Brad Koerner, Tomas Mollnow
  • Publication number: 20080285271
    Abstract: LED-based lighting fixtures suitable for general illumination in surface-mount or suspended installations, in which heat dissipation properties of the fixtures are significantly improved by decreasing thermal resistance between LED junctions and the ambient air. In various examples, improved heat dissipation is accomplished by increasing a surface area of one or more heat-dissipating elements proximate a trajectory of air flow through the fixture. In one aspect, various structural components of the fixtures are particularly configured to create and maintain a “chimney effect” within the fixture, resulting in a high air-flow rate, natural convection cooling system capable of efficiently dissipating the waste heat from the fixture without active cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Roberge, Ron Roberts, Igor Shikh, Ihor Lys, Brad Koerner, Tomas Mollnow
  • Patent number: 6940493
    Abstract: Remote, non-verbal interpersonal communication is facilitated between communication stations located remotely from each other. A first communication station registers proximity of a user thereto and communicates to a second communication station a signal indicative of the registered proximity. The first communication station also registers a physical gesture and communicates a signal indicative of the gesture to the second communication station. The second communication station, in turn, receives the signals and, in response thereto, produces a visual output indicative of proximity and of the gestural input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bruce Blumberg, Angela Chang, Hiroshi Ishii, Brad Koerner, Benjamin Resner, XingChen Wang
  • Publication number: 20030184498
    Abstract: Remote, non-verbal interpersonal communication is facilitated between communication stations located remotely from each other. A first communication station registers proximity of a user thereto and communicates to a second communication station a signal indicative of the registered proximity. The first communication station also registers a physical gesture and communicates a signal indicative of the gesture to the second communication station. The second communication station, in turn, receives the signals and, in response thereto, produces a visual output indicative of proximity and of the gestural input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bruce Blumberg, Angela Chang, Hiroshi Ishii, Brad Koerner, Benjamin Resner, XingChen Wang