Patents by Inventor Henry Avila

Henry Avila 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: 11578845
    Abstract: A lighting system for providing uniform bright lighting of products within in a glass door refrigerated cabinet. The lighting system has a frame member with an angled wing extending therefrom that wraps around a side edge of a light-transmitting optical shield, and a LED lighting strip positioned between the frame member and the optical shield. The LED lighting strip has a plurality of spaced-apart LED lights mounted therealong with a coined reflective facet optic mounted around each LED light. The angled wing(s) reflects light emitted laterally outwards from the at least one LED lighting strip such that the light can be re-directed to evenly illuminate products in a refrigerated cabinet. The angled wing(s) also protects a user's fingers from cracking the plastic optical shield which can become brittle in the cool or cold temperatures of the refrigerated cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: VISION ENGINEERING
    Inventor: Henry Avila
  • Publication number: 20210148528
    Abstract: A lighting system for providing uniform bright lighting of products within in a glass door refrigerated cabinet. The lighting system has a frame member with an angled wing extending therefrom that wraps around a side edge of a light-transmitting optical shield, and a LED lighting strip positioned between the frame member and the optical shield. The LED lighting strip has a plurality of spaced-apart LED lights mounted therealong with a coined reflective facet optic mounted around each LED light. The angled wing(s) reflects light emitted laterally outwards from the at least one LED lighting strip such that the light can be re-directed to evenly illuminate products in a refrigerated cabinet. The angled wing(s) also protects a user's fingers from cracking the plastic optical shield which can become brittle in the cool or cold temperatures of the refrigerated cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: VISION ENGINEERING
    Inventor: Henry AVILA
  • Patent number: 8882302
    Abstract: An optic for use with LED illumination sources, incorporates multiple facets in rows along its length. The facets are formed by coining (cold forming) the shapes into a suitable malleable material. By selecting the malleable material to have high heat conductivity and mounting the optic in contact with the circuit board that drives the LED, the optic serves both light dispersion and heat sink functions. Since the facets are formed with high precision they can be selected to direct light to an illuminated surface (actual or virtual). The use of multiple facet shapes (e.g. linear, radius and parabolic) the light can be reflected (multiple times if desired) to provide a highly selectable illuminated field. In the most common installation the different facets are used to uniformly illuminate a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventor: Henry Avila
  • Patent number: 8360621
    Abstract: A lighting fixture has a modular design. A plurality of interconnecting components fit together to impart to the lighting fixture multiple degrees of rotation. This enables the installer or user to effectively move, change, or adjust the area of illumination over time without constraints. A lamp housing is supported by a plurality of tubular arms that have a threaded connection at one end and a slip-fit connection at the other end. These connections enable the arms to be rotated independently of each other. The result is a lighting fixture having multiple degrees of rotation. An enclosed path through the tubular arms and a hinge leads from a J-box to the lamp housing. The enclosed path accommodates electrical wiring to power the lighting fixture, while the hinge enables the lamp housing to rotate about an axis parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Avila, Elena Kushinskaya
  • Publication number: 20120014107
    Abstract: An optic for use with LED illumination sources, incorporates multiple facets in rows along its length. The facets are formed by coining (cold forming) the shapes into a suitable malleable material. By selecting the malleable material to have high heat conductivity and mounting the optic in contact with the circuit board that drives the LED, the optic serves both light dispersion and heat sink functions. Since the facets are formed with high precision they can be selected to direct light to an illuminated surface (actual or virtual). The use of multiple facet shapes (e.g. linear, radius and parabolic) the light can be reflected (multiple times if desired) to provide a highly selectable illuminated field. In the most common installation the different facets are used to uniformly illuminate a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Henry Avila
  • Patent number: 7866854
    Abstract: A housing has a component storage cavity and an open bottom. A door covers and uncovers the open bottom. The door preferably has a latch that can be released with one hand. A window in the door transmits light from the housing. A partition divides the component storage cavity into a lamp section and a control component section. There is an opening through the partition. A removable control component mounting plate is dimensioned to cover the opening and thus become part of the control component section. A removable lamp reflector lies inside the housing behind the window. The mounting plate and reflector preferably each have a latch that can be released with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.
    Inventors: William Orellana, Angel Orellana, Henry Avila
  • Publication number: 20090040774
    Abstract: A lighting fixture has a modular design. A plurality of interconnecting components fit together to impart to the lighting fixture multiple degrees of rotation. This enables the installer or user to effectively move, change, or adjust the area of illumination over time without constraints. A lamp housing is supported by a plurality of tubular arms that have a threaded connection at one end and a slip-fit connection at the other end. These connections enable the arms to be rotated independently of each other. The result is a lighting fixture having multiple degrees of rotation. An enclosed path through the tubular arms and a hinge leads from a J-box to the lamp housing. The enclosed path accommodates electrical wiring to power the lighting fixture, while the hinge enables the lamp housing to rotate about an axis parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Henry Avila, Elena Kushinskaya
  • Publication number: 20090034265
    Abstract: A housing has a component storage cavity and an open bottom. A door covers and uncovers the open bottom. The door preferably has a latch that can be released with one hand. A window in the door transmits light from the housing. A partition divides the component storage cavity into a lamp section and a control component section. There is an opening through the partition. A removable control component mounting plate is dimensioned to cover the opening and thus become part of the control component section. A removable lamp reflector lies inside the housing behind the window. The mounting plate and reflector preferably each have a latch that can be released with one hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: William Orellana, Angel Orellana, Henry Avila
  • Patent number: 7097330
    Abstract: A component carrying tray is removably mounted in a luminaire housing. The luminaire housing has a pair of thumb screws that fit in a pair of key holes shaped opening in the tray so the tray can be removed with one hand. To disengage the tray, a maintenance person simply loosens the thumb screws one quarter turn to align them with the holes, lifts the tray off the thumb screws with one hand, and then pulls the tray out of luminaire housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Straus, Angel Orellana, Henry Avila, Luis Romero, Tim Carraher
  • Patent number: D583975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Elena Kushinskaya, Henry Avila
  • Patent number: D610729
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Elena Kushinskaya, Henry Avila
  • Patent number: D432700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Avila, Angel Orellana, Joseph Straus