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).
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Patent number: 11578845Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: VISION ENGINEERINGInventor: Henry Avila
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Publication number: 20210148528Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: VISION ENGINEERINGInventor: Henry AVILA
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Patent number: 8882302Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Inventor: Henry Avila
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Patent number: 8360621Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.Inventors: Henry Avila, Elena Kushinskaya
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Publication number: 20120014107Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventor: Henry Avila
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Patent number: 7866854Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.Inventors: William Orellana, Angel Orellana, Henry Avila
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Publication number: 20090040774Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Henry Avila, Elena Kushinskaya
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Publication number: 20090034265Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: William Orellana, Angel Orellana, Henry Avila
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Patent number: 7097330Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Straus, Angel Orellana, Henry Avila, Luis Romero, Tim Carraher
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Patent number: D583975Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.Inventors: Elena Kushinskaya, Henry Avila
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Patent number: D610729Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.Inventors: Elena Kushinskaya, Henry Avila
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Patent number: D432700Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1998Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: U.S. Pole Company, Inc.Inventors: Henry Avila, Angel Orellana, Joseph Straus