Patents by Inventor Joseph Bourne

Joseph Bourne 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).

  • Publication number: 20070290621
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for lighting a work area is disclosed. The system includes a power supply with power outlets for powering LED fixtures. The power supply preferably operates at or below a fixed power output level, such as to illuminate the work area using less than 0.2 Watts per square foot of energy. The lighting system also includes an occupancy sensor and/or a light level sensor for controlling lighting levels in the work area in response to detection of a person, ambient light levels and/or a combination thereof. The lighting system can also include computer unit with a micro-processor and a memory unit for running software or firmware the executes lighting programs, stores light usage histories and/or provides system reports to a remote computer by a wireless means and/or over a computer network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Walter Clark, Douglas Joseph Bourne, Erik Page, Michael Siminovitch, Kevin Gauna
  • Patent number: 4522720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improvement for use in a device where a liquid floating on top of another liquid is to be drained to another part of the device, and where these are to be intimately mixed with each other in the form of a vortexinducing structure comprising at least one curved vane located above the exit port of the liquid, the vane extending substantially to the upper level of the liquid system, a lateral inlet being provided along a larger part of the vane structure. Preferably the device comprises a helical vane extending to the top level of the upper liquid, positioned above the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1985
    Assignee: Eshel Residual for Cooling and Heating Ltd.
    Inventors: Isaih Vardi, Joseph Bourne, Jonathan Ben-Dror, Yigal Kimchi
  • Patent number: 4383424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved absorption refrigeration device of the type using a lithium halide/water cycle wherein baffles defining a substantial pathway are provided over which superheated concentrated lithium halide solution is passed so as to substantially reduce the degree of superheating of such solution. The invention further relates to a process for reducing substantially the superheating of concentrated lithium halide (lithium bromide and/or lithium chloride) in absorption type refrigeration systems, which comprises contacting the superheated solution with an extensive surface (baffle), thereby reducing the superheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Inventors: Isaih Vardi, Joseph Bourne, Jonathan Ben-Dror, Yigal Kimchi
  • Patent number: 4359878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in absorption type refrigeration devices of the type using lithium chloride or lithium bromide/water cycle.According to the present invention there is provided an internal partition structure between different functional elements of a machine of this type, comprising two wall sections, separated from each other by an adequate space to provide thermal insulation, said air-space being provided with an opening towards the inside of the container, said opening beind shielded against penetration of liquid (as such or as spray).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Eshel Residual Energy for Cooling and Heating Ltd.
    Inventors: Isaih Vardi, Joseph Bourne, Jonathan Ben-Dror, Yigal Kimchi
  • Patent number: RE32083
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved absorption refrigeration device of the type using a lithium halide/water cycle wherein baffles defining a substantial pathway are provided over which superheated concentrated lithium halide solution is passed so as to substantially reduce the degree of superheating of such solution. The invention further relates to a process for reducing substantially the superheating of concentrated lithium halide (lithium bromide and/or lithium chloride) in absorption type refrigeration systems, which comprises contacting the superheated solution with an extensive surface (baffle), thereby reducing the superheating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Eshel Residual Energy for Cooling and Heating Ltd.
    Inventors: Isaih Vardi, Joseph Bourne, Jonathan Ben-Dror, Yigal Kimchi