Patents by Inventor Gerd Meyhofer

Gerd Meyhofer 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: 9320118
    Abstract: An LED power supply device includes a power supply to control an LED component, a control unit (with control interface) to control the power supply, and a voltage supply unit connected to a connection of the power supply. the control unit receives operating voltage from the voltage supply unit for continuous operation in an activated and non-activated control state of the LED component, and the voltage supply unit uses a capacitor coupled to an output side of the power supply to supply a capacitor voltage as operating voltage to the LED power supply device. The control unit is configured to charge the capacitor using pulse-like control of the power supply such that, in the non-activated control state, the maximum charging voltage lies below the LED threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: EXSCITRON GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Gruber, Rene Franzky, Winfried Beyer, Gerd Meyhofer
  • Patent number: 9282603
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dimmable, multi-channel voltage/current source (47) with several outputs (CH1, CH2) for connecting an electrical load (10, 20), which provides a regulated direct current (I1, I2) at every output (CH1, CH2). The voltage source (47) comprises, for every output (CH1, CH2), a first dimming device (3), with which part of the current (I1?, I2?) flowing to the output (CH1, CH2) can be conducted to a reference potential (GND) and which in each case comprises a switch (17, 27) that is controlled by a first PWM signal, and a second dimming device (4) with a second switch (12, 22) that is arranged in series to the electrical load (10, 20) and which is controlled by a second PWM signal (open1, open2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Exscitron GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Gruber, René Franzky, Winfried Beyer, Gerd Meyhöfer
  • Publication number: 20140084802
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dimmable, multi-channel voltage/current source (47) with several outputs (CH1, CH2) for connecting an electrical load (10, 20), which provides a regulated direct current (I1, I2) at every output (CH1, CH2). The voltage source (47) comprises, for every output (CH1, CH2), a first dimming device (3), with which part of the current (I1?, I2?) flowing to the output (CH1, CH2) can be conducted to a reference potential (GND) and which in each case comprises a switch (17, 27) that is controlled by a first PWM signal, and a second dimming device (4) with a second switch (12, 22) that is arranged in series to the electrical load (10, 20) and which is controlled by a second PWM signal (open1, open2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Exscitron GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Gruber, René Franzky, Winfried Beyer, Gerd Meyhöfer
  • Publication number: 20120313537
    Abstract: An LED power supply device may include a power supply to control an LED component, a control unit to control the power supply, the control unit having a control interface for applying external control signals to the power supply, and a voltage supply unit connected to a connection of the power supply, wherein the control unit receives operating voltage from the voltage supply unit for continuous operation in an activated and non-activated control state of the LED component, wherein the voltage supply unit comprises a capacitor coupled to an output side of the power supply, the capacitor configured to supply a capacitor voltage as operating voltage to the LED power supply device, and wherein the control unit is configured to charge the capacitor using pulse-like control of the power supply such that, in the non-activated control state, a maximum charging voltage lies below the LED threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: EXSCITRON GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Gruber, Rene Franzky, Winfried Beyer, Gerd Meyhofer