Patents by Inventor Joseph Sormani

Joseph Sormani 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: 7670038
    Abstract: The invention relates to an LED collimator element (1; 20) which can be used in particular for motor vehicle headlights. It comprises an LED (2; 23), of which the emitted light can be emitted essentially directly into an emission angle region of the LED collimator element (1; 20), and a collimator (3; 22) which deflects the light which is not emitted in the emission direction into the emission angle region. The LED collimator element (1; 20) is designed to be asymmetrical at least with respect to a sectional plane (4) so that a defined non-uniform light intensity distribution is achieved in an emission plane (10; 26) of the LED collimator element (1; 20) which is orthogonal to the sectional plane (4) and to the main emission direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Josef Andreas Schug, Egbert Lenderink, Joseph Sormani
  • Patent number: 7513642
    Abstract: The invention relates to an LED lighting device, in particular for motor vehicle headlamps, which comprises an LED element (3), a collimator (1) which emits the light emitted by the LED element (3) through a collimator opening (5) in a collimated manner, and a reflector (7) which has a semiparabolic concave reflective surface (8), an irradiated plane (9), a focal point (F) in the irradiated face (9) and an emission plane (10) which emits light in an emission direction of the reflector (7) and encloses an angle with the irradiated face (9). According to the invention, the collimator (1) is designed and/or arranged in such a way that the collimated light coming from the collimator (1), as seen in the emission direction, is irradiated into the irradiated face (9) either completely in front of or completely behind the focal point (F).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Joseph Sormani
  • Publication number: 20080316760
    Abstract: The invention relates to an LED collimator element (1; 20) which can be used in particular for motor vehicle headlights. It comprises an LED (2; 23), of which the emitted light can be emitted essentially directly into an emission angle region of the LED collimator element (1; 20), and a collimator (3; 22) which deflects the light which is not emitted in the emission direction into the emission angle region. The LED collimator element (1; 20) is designed to be asymmetrical at least with respect to a sectional plane (4) so that a defined non-uniform light intensity distribution is achieved in an emission plane (10; 26) of the LED collimator element (1; 20) which is orthogonal to the sectional plane (4) and to the main emission direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Josef Andreas Schug, Egbert Lenderink, Joseph Sormani
  • Publication number: 20080068856
    Abstract: The invention relates to an LED light system (1) for generating directed illumination radiation. The system comprises a plurality of LED lamp elements (2), each comprising a collimator (10) with an LED element (9). The LED lamp elements (2) are arranged in a defined array for generating a specified luminance pattern. A secondary optics device (11) images the luminance pattern in the space to be illuminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Josef Schug, Joseph Sormani, Lukas Kuepper
  • Publication number: 20070211487
    Abstract: The invention relates to an LED lighting device, in particular for motor vehicle headlamps, which comprises an LED element (3), a collimator (1) which emits the light emitted by the LED element (3) through a collimator opening (5) in a collimated manner, and a reflector (7) which has a semiparabolic concave reflective surface (8), an irradiated plane (9), a focal point (F) in the irradiated face (9) and an emission plane (10) which emits light in an emission direction of the reflector (7) and encloses an angle with the irradiated face (9). According to the invention, the collimator (1) is designed and/or arranged in such a way that the collimated light coming from the collimator (1), as seen in the emission direction, is irradiated into the irradiated face (9) either completely in front of or completely behind the focal point (F).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventor: Joseph Sormani