Patents by Inventor Donald C. Heimerman

Donald C. Heimerman 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: 7780310
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a raceway, a lampholder, and a power pack. The raceway includes an aperture and a locking aperture. The lampholder is electrically connected to a lampholder connector. The power pack includes a power pack cover and a ballast and a deployable sensor. The deployable sensor includes a sensor head, a conduit and pivotable coupling that permits movement of the sensor between a deployed position and a stowed position. The power pack cover includes a latching end. The ballast includes a power input connector adapted to electrically connect to a power cord and a ballast output connector adapted to electrically connect to the lampholder connector. The latching end includes a flange adapted to mate with the aperture of the raceway and a locking protrusion adapted to mate with the locking aperture of the raceway such that the power pack is detachably mountable to the raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal R. Verfuerth, Kenneth J. Wetenkamp, Ronald E. Ernst, Troy M. Johnson, Donald C. Heimerman
  • Publication number: 20090009989
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a raceway, a lampholder, and a power pack. The raceway includes an aperture and a locking aperture. The lampholder is electrically connected to a lampholder connector. The power pack includes a power pack cover and a ballast and a deployable sensor. The deployable sensor includes a sensor head, a conduit and pivotable coupling that permits movement of the sensor between a deployed position and a stowed position. The power pack cover includes a latching end. The ballast includes a power input connector adapted to electrically connect to a power cord and a ballast output connector adapted to electrically connect to the lampholder connector. The latching end includes a flange adapted to mate with the aperture of the raceway and a locking protrusion adapted to mate with the locking aperture of the raceway such that the power pack is detachably mountable to the raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Neal R. Verfuerth, Kenneth J. Wetenkamp, Ronald E. Ernst, Troy M. Johnson, Donald C. Heimerman
  • Publication number: 20090000217
    Abstract: An anti bird-perch lighting system for use with a facility that includes a plurality of dome-shaped light collectors disposed on a rooftop of the facility, with a projection extending from an apex of the light collector, and at least one filament extending from substantially all of the projections so that each projection is connected to two or more of the other projections to define a filament network disposed above the roof and proximate a top of the plurality of light collectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Neal R. Verfuerth, Donald C. Heimerman
  • Patent number: D538462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Orion Energy Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Neal R. Verfuerth, Donald C. Heimerman, Kenneth J. Wetenkamp, Ronald E. Ernst
  • Patent number: D595894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal R. Verfuerth, Donald C. Heimerman, Kenneth J. Wetenkamp
  • Patent number: RE43456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal R. Verfuerth, Donald C. Heimerman, Kenneth J. Wetenkamp, Ronald E. Ernst