Patents by Inventor Karmann Mills

Karmann Mills 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).

  • Reflective nanofiber lighting devices
    Patent number: 8884507
    Abstract: A fiber-based reflective lighting device and a lighting device. The fiber-based reflective lighting device includes a source configured to generate a primary light, a mat of reflective fibers which diffusely reflects light upon illumination with at least the primary light, and a light exit configured to emanate the reflected light. The lighting device includes a housing, a source configured to generate primary light and direct the primary light into the housing, a reflective mat of fibers disposed inside the housing at a position to reflect the primary light, and a light exit in the housing configured to emanate the reflected light from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Research Triangle Institute
    Inventors: James Lynn Davis, Howard J. Walls, Karmann Mills, Vijay Gupta, Michael Kasper Lamvik
  • REFLECTIVE NANOFIBER LIGHTING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20120281428
    Abstract: A fiber-based reflective lighting device and a lighting device. The fiber-based reflective lighting device includes a source configured to generate a primary light, a mat of reflective fibers which diffusely reflects light upon illumination with at least the primary light, and a light exit configured to emanate the reflected light. The lighting device includes a housing, a source configured to generate primary light and direct the primary light into the housing, a reflective mat of fibers disposed inside the housing at a position to reflect the primary light, and a light exit in the housing configured to emanate the reflected light from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: James Lynn Davis, Howard J. Walls, Karmann Mills, Vijay Gupta, Michael Kasper Lamvik