Patents by Inventor Joel C. Westermarck

Joel C. Westermarck 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: 9228700
    Abstract: LED light tube replaces a fluorescent light mounted in a fluorescent light fixture. Main power is feed only to the first socket end mount of the fluorescent fixture. The LED light tube includes an elongated tubular structure substantially the size and length of the fluorescent light tube and extends between the first and second end mounts of the fixture. Within an end region of the tubular structure and adjacent the first tube end mount, an internal power supply converts the main line power to LED bank power. The tubular structure of the LED light includes an elongated semi-spherical substantially transparent top cover mounted atop a printed circuit board substrate. The substrate supports a plurality of LEDs thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LEDS America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel C. Westermarck, Paul Kenny
  • Publication number: 20150003052
    Abstract: The LED light tube is adapted to replace a fluorescent light tube which is mounted in a fluorescent light tube fixture. These fixtures have first and second socket end mounts and each end mount mechanically accepts a bi-pin or other common connector for the fluorescent light tube. The fluorescent fixture is supplied with a main power line. In the present invention, the main power line may carry 110 to 277 volts. However, the present invention utilizes main power feed only to the first socket end mount of the fluorescent fixture and further maintains an open circuit between the main line power and the second socket end mount. The LED light tube includes an elongated tubular structure substantially the size and length of the fluorescent light tube and extends between the first and second end mounts of the fixture. Within an end region of the tubular structure and adjacent the first tube end mount, an internal power supply converts the main line power to LED bank power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Joel C. Westermarck, Paul Kenny
  • Publication number: 20140091727
    Abstract: The off-peak powered lighting system provides light to offices, buildings and structures via banks of LED light fixtures. The off-peak system is electrically coupled to battery power source during peak power cycles and then is coupled to an electrical power grid during off-peak cycles. The banks of LED lights, in the offices, buildings and structures, include LED lighting fixtures, each with a multiplicity of LEDs. The LED banks are controlled by a plurality of control switches. A power cycle switch coupled intermediate the power grid and the control switches. controllably couples the grid to the control switches or couples the battery source to the control switches based upon a control command, generated by a controller which creates off-peak and peak control commands. The controller is either a timer, a programmable time of day, or a remotely controllable element subjected to grid-originated peak commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventor: Joel C. Westermarck
  • Publication number: 20110309745
    Abstract: The LED light tube is adapted to replace a fluorescent light tube which is mounted in a fluorescent light tube fixture. These fixtures have first and second socket end mounts and each end mount mechanically accepts a bi-pin or other common connector for the fluorescent light tube. The fluorescent fixture is supplied with a main power line. In the present invention, the main power line may carry 110 to 277 volts. However, the present invention utilizes main power feed only to the first socket end mount of the fluorescent fixture and further maintains an open circuit between the main line power and the second socket end mount. The LED light tube includes an elongated tubular structure substantially the size and length of the fluorescent light tube and extends between the first and second end mounts of the fixture. Within an end region of the tubular structure and adjacent the first tube end mount, an internal power supply converts the main line power to LED bank power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Joel C. Westermarck, Paul Kenny