Patents by Inventor Fank Jeroen Pieter Schuurmans

Fank Jeroen Pieter Schuurmans 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).

  • LIGHT DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20090296408
    Abstract: An illumination device comprising a light source (2), an electro-wetting based optical element (1, 10), arranged in front of the light source to allow refraction of a beam of light emitted from said light source, and driving means (9) arranged to operate said optical element between at least two predefined states, said states being adapted to result in refracted beams having different light intensity distribution. According to this design, the electrowetting based optical element can be used to dynamically alter the light intensity distribution of the illumination device between a number of predefined states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2005
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Coen Theodorus Hubertus Fransiscus Liedenbaum, Stein Kuiper, Fank Jeroen Pieter Schuurmans, Joseph Ludovicus Antonius Maria Sormani, Marco Van As