Patents by Inventor Kevin Markell

Kevin Markell 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: 9453994
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a earner having a mounting surface, at least two % M-emitting diodes, each light-emitting diode having a radiation exit surface, an optical element having a radiation entrance surface, wherein the light-emitting diodes are arranged on the mounting surface of the carrier, the optical element is arranged on a side of the light-emitting diodes facing away from the carrier, and the radiation exit surface of each light-emitting diode is optically coupled to the radia?on entrance surface of the optical element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Kevin Markell
  • Publication number: 20140333428
    Abstract: A lighting system is provided with a plurality of devices that are disposed within a lamp assembly and configured to emit light in response to receiving electrical power from a power source. The detector is coupled to the plurality of devices and is configured to monitor an electrical characteristic associated with the plurality of devices. The detector is also configured to generate an output signal that is indicative of a discontinuity within the plurality of devices in response to the electrical characteristic being less than a threshold value. The lighting system also includes a controller that is coupled to the detector. The controller is configured to receive input indicative of a turn signal status and a rear closure position and to enable the detector in response to the rear closure position being closed and the turn signal status being on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: North American Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Markell
  • Patent number: 8657465
    Abstract: An LED lamp assembly. The assembly includes a heat sink having an upper outermost peripheral portion deformed continuously around an entire perimeter of the heat sink radially inward towards a peripheral rib in a housing cover, whereby the peripheral rib is compressed towards an inner rib of the heat sink thereby locking the housing cover to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Markell, Aaron Plaza, Charles F. McCurdy, David Byers
  • Publication number: 20130051005
    Abstract: An LED lamp assembly. The assembly includes a heat sink having an upper outermost peripheral portion deformed continuously around an entire perimeter of the heat sink radially inward towards a peripheral rib in a housing cover, whereby the peripheral rib is compressed towards an inner rib of the heat sink thereby locking the housing cover to the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Markell, Aaron Plaza, Charles F. McCurdy, David Byers
  • Publication number: 20120287628
    Abstract: A luminaire includes a earner having a mounting surface, at least two % M-emitting diodes, each light-emitting diode having a radiation exit surface, an optical element having a radiation entrance surface, wherein the light-emitting diodes are arranged on the mounting surface of the carrier, the optical element is arranged on a side of the light-emitting diodes facing away from the carrier, and the radiation exit surface of each light-emitting diode is optically coupled to the radia?on entrance surface of the optical element
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventor: Kevin Markell