Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Bryant

Christopher Michael Bryant 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: 11906130
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes a base and a wall extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the base. A top portion of the wall includes one or more hinges extending outwardly therefrom. The second housing portion includes a front panel and a side panel extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the front panel. A top portion of the front panel includes at least one slot. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an open position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel is disposed elevationally above the base. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an operational position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel covers the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Publication number: 20230151938
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes a base and a wall extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the base. A top portion of the wall includes one or more hinges extending outwardly therefrom. The second housing portion includes a front panel and a side panel extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the front panel. A top portion of the front panel includes at least one slot. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an open position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel is disposed elevationally above the base. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an operational position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel covers the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Patent number: 11555588
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes a base and a wall extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the base. A top portion of the wall includes one or more hinges extending outwardly therefrom. The second housing portion includes a front panel and a side panel extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the front panel. A top portion of the front panel includes at least one slot. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an open position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel is disposed elevationally above the base. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an operational position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel covers the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Patent number: 11130174
    Abstract: A shrouded impeller and a method of additively manufacturing the same are provided. In one example aspect, the shrouded impeller includes a hub and a shroud spaced from the hub. The shrouded impeller also includes a plurality of vanes extending between and connecting the hub and the shroud. The vanes are spaced circumferentially apart from one another. Flow passages are defined between adjacent vanes. In some implementations, the shrouded impeller is additively manufactured. During printing, one or more support structures are formed within and fill a portion of one or more of the flow passages to support the unsupported walls of the shrouded impeller, e.g., the shroud. Further, the support structures are removable from the shrouded impeller, e.g., after the shrouded impeller has been printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Robert Notarnicola, Christopher Michael Bryant, Stephen Joseph Waymeyer
  • Patent number: 11060677
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes a base and a wall extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the base. A top portion of the wall includes one or more hinges extending outwardly therefrom. The second housing portion includes a front panel and a side panel extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the front panel. A top portion of the front panel includes at least one slot. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an open position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel is disposed elevationally above the base. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an operational position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel covers the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Patent number: 10900652
    Abstract: A lighting fixture structure for a suspended lighting fixture includes an electronics housing for containing lighting electronics. The lighting fixture structure further includes a thermal barrier positioned around a portion of the electronics housing. The lighting fixture structure also includes a heat sink. The electronics housing is separated from the thermal barrier by a first air gap, and the thermal barrier is separated from the heat sink by a second air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Publication number: 20200278109
    Abstract: A modular lighting system may include a support structure, a plurality of heat sink modules physically supported by the support structure, and one or more light source modules coupled to the plurality of heat sink modules. The plurality of heat sink modules may be arranged in a modular manner such that the number of heat sink modules in the modular lighting system is variable, and each heat sink module may be an integral molded structure defining at least one opening or passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Ladewig, Christopher Michael Bryant, Philip Dean Winters
  • Patent number: 10612763
    Abstract: A modular lighting system may include a support structure, a plurality of heat sink modules physically supported by the support structure, and one or more light source modules coupled to the plurality of heat sink modules. The plurality of heat sink modules may be arranged in a modular manner such that the number of heat sink modules in the modular lighting system is variable, and each heat sink module may be an integral molded structure defining at least one opening or passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Ladewig, Christopher Michael Bryant, Philip Dean Winters
  • Publication number: 20200080694
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes a base and a wall extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the base. A top portion of the wall includes one or more hinges extending outwardly therefrom. The second housing portion includes a front panel and a side panel extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the front panel. A top portion of the front panel includes at least one slot. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an open position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel is disposed elevationally above the base. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an operational position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel covers the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Publication number: 20200040739
    Abstract: A shrouded impeller and a method of additively manufacturing the same are provided. In one example aspect, the shrouded impeller includes a hub and a shroud spaced from the hub. The shrouded impeller also includes a plurality of vanes extending between and connecting the hub and the shroud. The vanes are spaced circumferentially apart from one another. Flow passages are defined between adjacent vanes. In some implementations, the shrouded impeller is additively manufactured. During printing, one or more support structures are formed within and fill a portion of one or more of the flow passages to support the unsupported walls of the shrouded impeller, e.g., the shroud. Further, the support structures are removable from the shrouded impeller, e.g., after the shrouded impeller has been printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Robert Notarnicola, Christopher Michael Bryant, Stephen Joseph Waymeyer
  • Patent number: 10473280
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes a base and a wall extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the base. A top portion of the wall includes one or more hinges extending outwardly therefrom. The second housing portion includes a front panel and a side panel extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the front panel. A top portion of the front panel includes at least one slot. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an open position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel is disposed elevationally above the base. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an operational position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel covers the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Patent number: 10393344
    Abstract: A light fixture assembly includes a light fixture and one or more reflectors having a curved cross-sectional profile. The light fixture includes a housing that is configured to house one or more electrical components of the light fixture. Further, the light fixture includes a heat sink that is coupled to the housing, and a plurality of light sources coupled to a bottom surface of the heat sink such that they emit light in a first direction. At least one of the one or more reflectors is coupled to the heat sink and disposed in the first direction of at least a portion of the plurality LEDs such that the light emitted by the portion of the plurality of LEDs is reflected by a substantially concave shaped inner surface of the respective reflector towards a second direction that is substantially opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Ryan Gibbs, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Publication number: 20190234604
    Abstract: A lighting fixture structure for a suspended lighting fixture includes an electronics housing for containing lighting electronics. The lighting fixture structure further includes a thermal barrier positioned around a portion of the electronics housing. The lighting fixture structure also includes a heat sink. The electronics housing is separated from the thermal barrier by a first air gap, and the thermal barrier is separated from the heat sink by a second air gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Publication number: 20190178485
    Abstract: A modular lighting system may include a support structure, a plurality of heat sink modules physically supported by the support structure, and one or more light source modules coupled to the plurality of heat sink modules. The plurality of heat sink modules may be arranged in a modular manner such that the number of heat sink modules in the modular lighting system is variable, and each heat sink module may be an integral molded structure defining at least one opening or passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Ladewig, Christopher Michael Bryant, Philip Dean Winters
  • Patent number: 10260723
    Abstract: A lighting fixture structure for a suspended lighting fixture includes an electronics housing for containing lighting electronics. The lighting fixture structure further includes a thermal barrier positioned around a portion of the electronics housing. The lighting fixture structure also includes a heat sink. The electronics housing is separated from the thermal barrier by a first air gap, and the thermal barrier is separated from the heat sink by a second air gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Publication number: 20190093838
    Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The first housing portion includes a base and a wall extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the base. A top portion of the wall includes one or more hinges extending outwardly therefrom. The second housing portion includes a front panel and a side panel extending outwardly from substantially the perimeter of the front panel. A top portion of the front panel includes at least one slot. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an open position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel is disposed elevationally above the base. The second housing is coupled to the first housing in an operational position when the hinge is inserted into the slot and the front panel covers the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Chad Stuart Newton, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Patent number: D844866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James Richard Christ, Christopher Michael Bryant
  • Patent number: D865272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Eric DiFelice, Patrick Neal Walker, Bradley Garrett, Christopher Michael Bryant, Bradley Bergeron
  • Patent number: D884257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Eric DiFelice, Patrick Neal Walker, Bradley Garrett, Christopher Michael Bryant, Bradley Bergeron
  • Patent number: D1041100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Tanmay Ravindra Joshi, Christopher Michael Bryant, Gregg Arthur Lehman, Rusty Flippo, Cordell Formyduval