Patents by Inventor DONALD BOUTON ELLINGHAM, Jr.

DONALD BOUTON ELLINGHAM, Jr. 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).

  • Horticultural lighting device for sustaining indoor plant growth as well as corresponding horticultural lighting system and method
    Patent number: 11744190
    Abstract: A horticultural lighting device for sustaining indoor plant growth, wherein said horticultural lighting device comprises lighting unit arranged for providing illumination in accordance with one of a plurality of modi, wherein, for each modus, said lighting unit is arranged for differentiating in different growth stages of a plant by illuminating in different electromagnetic spectrums, a power unit arranged for receiving an Alternating Current, AC, mains supply voltage and for providing power to said lighting unit, and a control unit arranged for detecting interruptions in said received AC mains supply voltage and for cycling through said plurality of modi for said lighting unit triggered by detected interruptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Donald Bouton Ellingham, Jr., James M. Gaines, Kai Han, Chuan Yuan, Yuefeng Zhang
  • A HORTICULTURAL LIGHTING DEVICE FOR SUSTAINING INDOOR PLANT GROWTH AS WELL AS CORRESPONDING HORTICULTURAL LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20210212267
    Abstract: A horticultural lighting device for sustaining indoor plant growth, wherein said horticultural lighting device comprises lighting unit arranged for providing illumination in accordance with one of a plurality of modi, wherein, for each modus, said lighting unit is arranged for differentiating in different growth stages of a plant by illuminating in different electromagnetic spectrums, a power unit arranged for receiving an Alternating Current, AC, mains supply voltage and for providing power to said lighting unit, and a control unit arranged for detecting interruptions in said received AC mains supply voltage and for cycling through said plurality of modi for said lighting unit triggered by detected interruptions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: DONALD BOUTON ELLINGHAM, Jr., JAMES M. GAINES, KAI HAN, CHUAN YUAN, YUEFENG ZHANG