Patents by Inventor Duane P. Belitz

Duane P. Belitz 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: 11708020
    Abstract: Lighting unit that can be mounted to a vehicle for illuminating work or emergency areas at night. The lighting unit includes a mechanically controllable driver for selecting a position of a central optical axis of the light emitter and an electronically adjustable refractive element for modulating a beam spread configuration generated by the lighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Robert A. Czajkowski, Robert J. Hartke, Jeffery M. Loftus, Tim Skertich, Jr., Aaron Sowers, Adam Voss
  • Publication number: 20220227287
    Abstract: Lighting unit that can be mounted to a vehicle for illuminating work or emergency areas at night. The lighting unit includes a mechanically controllable driver for selecting a position of a central optical axis of the light emitter and an electronically adjustable refractive element for modulating a beam spread configuration generated by the lighting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Robert A. Czajkowski, Robert J. Hartke, Jeffery M. Loftus, Tim Skertich, JR., Aaron Sowers, Adam Voss
  • Patent number: 10883695
    Abstract: Light bars, and lighting systems and vehicles that include light bars. The light bars include a plurality of light emitting modules coupled together at flexible joints to allow a single light bar to be affixed to surfaces of varying curvatures, such as an interior window surface of a vehicle. The size of the light bar is easily customizable due to its modular nature. In some examples, a controller or other electronic element is adapted to detect a number and/or configuration of modules in a given light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Tim Skertich, Jr., Robert A. Czajkowski, Paul M. Gergets, Jeffery M. Loftus
  • Patent number: 10823370
    Abstract: Light beacons and light beacon systems including a lens or housing configured to collimate light emitted from two discrete optical focal points positioned along a central longitudinal axis of the beacon. The example lens can be, e.g., cylindrical or frusto-conical, and an outer surface of the lens defines at least a first region that is optically tuned to a first of the optical focal points, a second region that is optically tuned to a second of the optical focal points, and a third region that is optically tuned to both focal points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventor: Duane P. Belitz
  • Publication number: 20200096172
    Abstract: Light beacons and light beacon systems including a lens or housing configured to collimate light emitted from two discrete optical focal points positioned along a central longitudinal axis of the beacon. The example lens can be, e.g., cylindrical or frusto-conical, and an outer surface of the lens defines at least a first region that is optically tuned to a first of the optical focal points, a second region that is optically tuned to a second of the optical focal points, and a third region that is optically tuned to both focal points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventor: Duane P. Belitz
  • Publication number: 20190368680
    Abstract: Light bars, and lighting systems and vehicles that include light bars. The light bars include a plurality of light emitting modules coupled together at flexible joints to allow a single light bar to be affixed to surfaces of varying curvatures, such as an interior window surface of a vehicle. The size of the light bar is easily customizable due to its modular nature. In some examples, a controller or other electronic element is adapted to detect a number and/or configuration of modules in a given light bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Tim Skertich, JR., Robert A. Czajkowski, Paul M. Gergets, Jeffery M. Loftus
  • Patent number: 10030826
    Abstract: An example beacon can include: a dome having an interior space; a prism positioned within the interior space, the prism having a first refraction portion and a second refraction portion, the first refraction portion extending for a first semicircle and the second refraction portion extending for a second semicircle; and a printed circuit board assembly supporting at least one light emitting diode, the printed circuit board assembly being positioned within the interior space of the dome. Light from the at least one light emitting diode is directed by the first refraction portion and the second refraction portion towards an obtuse angle relative to a position of the at least one light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventor: Duane P. Belitz
  • Publication number: 20170184257
    Abstract: An example beacon can include: a dome having an interior space; a prism positioned within the interior space, the prism having a first refraction portion and a second refraction portion, the first refraction portion extending for a first semicircle and the second refraction portion extending for a second semicircle; and a printed circuit board assembly supporting at least one light emitting diode, the printed circuit board assembly being positioned within the interior space of the dome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Duane P. Belitz
  • Patent number: 9228713
    Abstract: The present application relates to a light beacon, light beacon assembly, and methods of its construction. In one aspect, a light beacon assembly includes a housing including a base and a lens cooperating to enclose an interior volume, the lens having a generally cylindrical shape. The assembly also includes a plurality of circuit boards positioned within the interior volume, where each of the plurality of circuit boards having a conductive tab extending from a first side, a conductive tab receiver near a second side, and a light emitting diode mounted thereon. The plurality of circuit boards are each positioned within the interior volume and extend perpendicularly from the base such that the tab of each circuit board is received at the tab receiver of an adjacent circuit board. The plurality of circuit boards are interconnected to form a structure having light emitting diodes oriented outwardly toward the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Tim Skertich, Jr., Duane P. Belitz, Robert R. March, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140062713
    Abstract: The present application relates to a light beacon, light beacon assembly, and methods of its construction. In one aspect, a light beacon assembly includes a housing including a base and a lens cooperating to enclose an interior volume, the lens having a generally cylindrical shape. The assembly also includes a plurality of circuit boards positioned within the interior volume, where each of the plurality of circuit boards having a conductive tab extending from a first side, a conductive tab receiver near a second side, and a light emitting diode mounted thereon. The plurality of circuit boards are each positioned within the interior volume and extend perpendicularly from the base such that the tab of each circuit board is received at the tab receiver of an adjacent circuit board. The plurality of circuit boards are interconnected to form a structure having light emitting diodes oriented outwardly toward the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Tim J. Skertich, JR., Duane P. Belitz, Robert R. March, JR.
  • Patent number: D564928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Edward J. Stanuch
  • Patent number: D974212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Robert A. Czajkowski, Robert J. Hartke, Jeffery M. Loftus, Tim Skertich, Jr., Aaron Sowers, Adam Voss