Patents by Inventor Carroll W. Smith

Carroll W. Smith 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: 6964503
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a base, a frame supporting a lamp, an optical assembly and an arm connecting the base and the frame. The arm has opposite first and second terminal ends rotatably coupled to the base and the frame, respectively, first and second opposite sides extending between the first and second terminal ends, and first and second actuating members unitary with the arm. The first actuating member extends from the first side at the first terminal end and the second actuating member extends from the second side at second terminal end. The first actuating member rotates the arm with respect to the base about a first axis and the second actuating member rotates the frame with respect to the arm about a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Inventors: Carroll W. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Ruben Villarreal
  • Publication number: 20040070984
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a base, a frame supporting a lamp, an optical assembly and an arm connecting the base and the frame. The arm has opposite first and second terminal ends rotatably coupled to the base and the frame, respectively, first and second opposite sides extending between the first and second terminal ends, and first and second actuating members unitary with the arm. The first actuating member extends from the first side at the first terminal end and the second actuating member extends from the second side at second terminal end. The first actuating member rotates the arm with respect to the base about a first axis and the second actuating member rotates the frame with respect to the arm about a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Carroll W. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Ruben Villarreal
  • Patent number: 5580164
    Abstract: A power lens for use in an automated color mixing wash luminaire is formed of a disc of cast transparent material. The disc includes a plurality of lens elements in a honeycomb pattern. Each element has a convex surface. The convex surfaces form an arcuate band extending around a surface of the disc. The convex surfaces have various radii. A plurality of lens elements having the same radius are grouped together in abutting relationship. Six different radii are represented in the lens so that six groups of elements are formed around the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: High End Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Maddox, Carroll W. Smith
  • Patent number: 5515254
    Abstract: An automated color mixing wash luminaire includes a movable yoke and a housing movably connected to the yoke. The housing has a first portion including a light source and provides for removing heat generated from the light source. A second portion of the housing includes movable color filters and a power lens. The light source is operable to project a beam of light along a path through the color filters and the lens. Heat removal is provided by cooling fins and at least one heat filter supported in the path of the beam so that a portion of the beam passes through the heat filter and a portion of the beam is reflected from the path toward the cooling fins. The power lens is formed by a disc of cast transparent material including several lens elements in a honeycomb pattern. Each lens element has a convex surface. At least one of the color filters is a gradient density color filter formed of a disc-shaped substrate having a planar surface including a photolithograpically etched film deposited thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: High End Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Carroll W. Smith, Jeffrey T. Maddox, Mikhail A. Dubinovskiy, Mark A. Stultz, Christopher A. Cogburn
  • Patent number: D446204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: PowerFactor Research
    Inventor: Carroll W. Smith
  • Patent number: D489145
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventors: Carroll W. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Ruben Villarreal
  • Patent number: D492436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Inventors: Carroll W. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Ruben Villarreal
  • Patent number: D496744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Inventors: Carroll W. Smith, Derek J. Nash, Ruben Villarreal
  • Patent number: D679440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Nexus Light Drive, LLC
    Inventor: Carroll W. Smith
  • Patent number: D713092
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Evolucia Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Carroll W. Smith, Gordon Lardi
  • Patent number: D713593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Evolucia Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Carroll W. Smith