Patents by Inventor Donald Richard Schaffer

Donald Richard Schaffer 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: 10672327
    Abstract: A low-profile display assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a substrate having a plurality of holes extending completely therethrough. The assembly further includes at least one lighting display panel and a plurality of semiconductor-based, lighting devices supported and mounted thereon. Each of the lighting devices includes multicolored lighting elements. Each of the lighting elements is individually addressable to control the luminous intensity of the lighting elements. Each of the lighting devices is aligned with one of the holes so that light emitted by each of the lighting devices travels through its hole to the front of the assembly in the form of a pixel of a computer-generated image. Color of light emitted by each of the lighting devices is controlled by controlling the luminous intensity of light emitted by its lighting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: JVIS-USA, LLC
    Inventors: David Donovan Hinchman, Donald Richard Schaffer, Shawn Robert Williams