Patents by Inventor Carol Lenk

Carol Lenk 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: 9107273
    Abstract: An LED light bulb which turns itself permanently off when it reaches the end of its useful life, and more particularly, to a scheme which slightly varies the end-of-life condition from unit to unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Ethan Thorman
  • Patent number: 8981405
    Abstract: An LED light source is described. The light source includes an LED and a diffuser. The LED emits a light having a dominant wavelength. The diffuser includes a filler material, which includes particles. The mean diameter of the particles is at least as large as the dominant wavelength of the light emitted by the LED. The particles are configured to scatter the light emitted by the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Carol Lenk
  • Patent number: 8853921
    Abstract: An LED bulb having bulb-shaped shell and thermally conductive fluid or gel within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell and a base. The base can be configured to fit within an electrical socket and can include a series of screw threads and a base pin, wherein the screw threads and base pin are dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket. Alternatively, the base can be configured to fit within a suitable electric socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Daniel Chandler, Matthew Galla
  • Publication number: 20140218930
    Abstract: An LED bulb having a bulb-shaped shell, a thermally conductive plastic material within the bulb-shaped shell, and at least one LED within the bulb-shaped shell. The bulb also includes a base, wherein the base is dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. LENK, Carol LENK, Daniel CHANDLER
  • Publication number: 20140184058
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) bulb configured to scatter certain wavelengths of light. The LED bulb includes a base having threads, a bulb shell, at least one LED, and a plurality of particles disposed within the bulb shell. The plurality of particles has a first and second set of particles. The first set of particles is configured to scatter short wavelength components of light emitted from the at least one LED and has particles with an effective diameter that is a fraction of the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED. The second set of particles is configured to scatter light emitted from the at least one LED, and has particles with an effective diameter equal to or greater than the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. LENK, Carol LENK
  • Publication number: 20140167592
    Abstract: An LED bulb having bulb-shaped shell and thermally conductive fluid or gel within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell and a base. The base can be configured to fit within an electrical socket and can include a series of screw threads and a base pin, wherein the screw threads and base pin are dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket. Alternatively, the base can be configured to fit within a suitable electric socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SWITCH BULB COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. LENK, Carol LENK, Daniel CHANDLER, Matthew GALLA
  • Patent number: 8704442
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) bulb configured to scatter certain wavelengths of light. The LED bulb includes a base having threads, a bulb shell, at least one LED, and a plurality of particles disposed within the bulb shell. The plurality of particles has a first and second set of particles. The first set of particles is configured to scatter short wavelength components of light emitted from the at least one LED and has particles with an effective diameter that is a fraction of the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED. The second set of particles is configured to scatter light emitted from the at least one LED, and has particles with an effective diameter equal to or greater than the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk
  • Patent number: 8702257
    Abstract: An LED bulb having a bulb-shaped shell, a thermally conductive plastic material within the bulb-shaped shell, and at least one LED within the bulb-shaped shell. The bulb also includes a base, wherein the base is dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Daniel Chandler
  • Publication number: 20140028182
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) bulb configured to scatter certain wavelengths of light. The LED bulb includes a base having threads, a bulb shell, at least one LED, and a plurality of particles disposed within the bulb shell. The plurality of particles has a first and second set of particles. The first set of particles is configured to scatter short wavelength components of light emitted from the at least one LED and has particles with an effective diameter that is a fraction of the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED. The second set of particles is configured to scatter light emitted from the at least one LED, and has particles with an effective diameter equal to or greater than the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. LENK, Carol LENK
  • Patent number: 8569949
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) bulb configured to scatter certain wavelengths of light. The LED bulb includes a base having threads, a bulb shell, at least one LED, and a plurality of particles disposed within the bulb shell. The plurality of particles has a first and second set of particles. The first set of particles is configured to scatter short wavelength components of light emitted from the at least one LED and has particles with an effective diameter that is a fraction of the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED. The second set of particles is configured to scatter light emitted from the at least one LED, and has particles with an effective diameter equal to or greater than the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk
  • Patent number: 8547002
    Abstract: An LED bulb having bulb-shaped shell and thermally conductive fluid or gel within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell and a base. The base can be configured to fit within an electrical socket and can include a series of screw threads and a base pin, wherein the screw threads and base pin are dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket. Alternatively, the base can be configured to fit within a suitable electric socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Daniel Chandler, Matthew Galla
  • Patent number: 8415695
    Abstract: An LED light source, which includes at least one LED, a panel between the LED and the light emission surface of the light source, and a filler material inside the panel containing a material to diffuse the light from the at least one LED by Mie scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Carol Lenk
  • Publication number: 20120229018
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) bulb configured to scatter certain wavelengths of light. The LED bulb includes a base having threads, a bulb shell, at least one LED, and a plurality of particles disposed within the bulb shell. The plurality of particles has a first and second set of particles. The first set of particles is configured to scatter short wavelength components of light emitted from the at least one LED and has particles with an effective diameter that is a fraction of the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED. The second set of particles is configured to scatter light emitted from the at least one LED, and has particles with an effective diameter equal to or greater than the dominant wavelength of the light emitted from the at least one LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. LENK, Carol Lenk
  • Patent number: 8193702
    Abstract: A method for preferential scattering of certain wavelengths of light and/or dispersing light in an LED or LED bulb. The method includes emitting light from at least one LED die, and scattering the light from the at least one LED die by dispersing a plurality of particles having a size a fraction of at least one dominant wavelength of the light from the at least one LED die in the LED outer shell or in an LED bulb or in an at least one shell of an LED bulb. Alternatively, the method includes emitting light from the at least one LED die, and dispersing the light from the at least one LED die by distributing a plurality of particles having a size one to a few times larger than a dominant wavelength of the light from the LED in an outer shell, or body of the LED bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk
  • Publication number: 20110210669
    Abstract: An LED light bulb which turns itself permanently off when it reaches the end of its useful life, and more particularly, to a scheme which slightly varies the end-of-life condition from unit to unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: Switch Bulb Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Ethan Thorman
  • Publication number: 20110042700
    Abstract: An LED light source, which includes at least one LED, a panel between the LED and the light emission surface of the light source, and a filler material inside the panel containing a material to diffuse the light from the at least one LED by Mie scattering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: SUPERBULBS, INC.
    Inventor: Carol Lenk
  • Publication number: 20100219734
    Abstract: An LED bulb, which includes a shell, a heat dispersing apparatus, at least one LED attached to an upper surface of one of a plurality of fins; and a thermally conductive material within the shell of the bulb. The heat dispersing apparatus includes a plurality of fins, and a body, wherein the body separates the plurality of fins from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: SuperBulbs, Inc.
    Inventor: Carol Lenk
  • Publication number: 20090309473
    Abstract: An LED bulb having bulb-shaped shell and thermally conductive fluid or gel within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell. The bulb includes at least one LED within the shell and a base. The base can be configured to fit within an electrical socket and can include a series of screw threads and a base pin, wherein the screw threads and base pin are dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket. Alternatively, the base can be configured to fit within a suitable electric socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: SUPERBULBS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Daniel Chandler, Matthew Galla
  • Publication number: 20090257220
    Abstract: An LED bulb having a bulb-shaped shell, a thermally conductive plastic material within the bulb-shaped shell, and at least one LED within the bulb-shaped shell. The bulb also includes a base, wherein the base is dimensioned to be received within a standard electrical socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: SUPERBULBS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk, Daniel Chandler
  • Publication number: 20090200939
    Abstract: A method for preferential scattering of certain wavelengths of light and/or dispersing light in an LED or LED bulb. The method includes emitting light from at least one LED die, and scattering the light from the at least one LED die by dispersing a plurality of particles having a size a fraction of at least one dominant wavelength of the light from the at least one LED die in the LED outer shell or in an LED bulb or in an at least one shell of an LED bulb. Alternatively, the method includes emitting light from the at least one LED die, and dispersing the light from the at least one LED die by distributing a plurality of particles having a size one to a few times larger than a dominant wavelength of the light from the LED in an outer shell, or body of the LED bulb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: SUPERBULBS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Lenk, Carol Lenk