Patents by Inventor Karl Kenneth Karash

Karl Kenneth Karash 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: 10827584
    Abstract: A system for controlling a load including a plurality of LEDs includes a timing circuit, an encoder and a configuration switching circuit. The timing circuit generates time-off switching points and time-on switching points. The encoder generates a load voltage by modifying a rectified line voltage using the time-off switching points and the time-on switching points. The configuration switching circuit determines a maximum voltage of a line voltage input to the driver system, selects a configuration for the plurality of LEDs based on the maximum voltage, communicates the configuration for the plurality of LEDs to the load, dynamically reconfigures the configuration for the plurality of LEDs based on the modified rectified line voltage, the dynamically reconfiguration of the configuration including changing at least one of the first quantity of LEDs in electrically coupled in series and the second quantity of LEDs electrically coupled in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LiteIdeas, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Hodrinsky, James Epperson, Calvin McCoy Winey, III, Karl Kenneth Karash, Michael Varanka
  • Publication number: 20190335554
    Abstract: A system for controlling a load including a plurality of LEDs includes a timing circuit, an encoder and a configuration switching circuit. The timing circuit generates time-off switching points and time-on switching points. The encoder generates a load voltage by modifying a rectified line voltage using the time-off switching points and the time-on switching points. The configuration switching circuit determines a maximum voltage of a line voltage input to the driver system, selects a configuration for the plurality of LEDs based on the maximum voltage, communicates the configuration for the plurality of LEDs to the load, dynamically reconfigures the configuration for the plurality of LEDs based on the modified rectified line voltage, the dynamically reconfiguration of the configuration including changing at least one of the first quantity of LEDs in electrically coupled in series and the second quantity of LEDs electrically coupled in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Todd Hodrinsky, James Epperson, Calvin McCoy Winey, III, Karl Kenneth Karash, Michael Varanka