Patents by Inventor Lester R. Sullivan

Lester R. Sullivan 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: 11906125
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and assemblies and methods to use the same to generate three-dimensional images. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source and a curved lens positioned at a first distance from the light source, wherein the curved lens is a lenticular lens, having a concave portion and a convex portion, and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a homogenous light bar image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the curved lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20230144629
    Abstract: Lit image projection devices and lamp assemblies containing the same for generation of three dimensional images. A projection device of the present disclosure comprises one or more light sources, a rippled substrate defining a reflective surface, the reflective surface configured to reflect light source light from the one or more light sources as reflected light, and a first lenticular lens configured to receive the reflected light from the reflective surface, wherein the reflected light received by the first lenticular lens generates a three-dimensional lit image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11543097
    Abstract: Lit image projection devices and lamp assemblies containing the same for generation of three dimensional images. A projection device of the present disclosure comprises one or more light sources, a rippled substrate defining a reflective surface, the reflective surface configured to reflect light source light from the one or more light sources as reflected light, and a first lenticular lens configured to receive the reflected light from the reflective surface, wherein the reflected light received by the first lenticular lens generates a three-dimensional lit image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20220290835
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and assemblies and methods to use the same to generate three-dimensional images. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source and a curved lens positioned at a first distance from the light source, wherein the curved lens is a lenticular lens, having a concave portion and a convex portion, and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a homogenous light bar image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the curved lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11262043
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and assemblies and methods to use the same to generate three-dimensional images. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source and a curved lens positioned at a first distance from the light source, wherein the curved lens is a lenticular lens, having a concave portion and a convex portion, and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a homogenous light bar image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the curved lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20200400283
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and assemblies and methods to use the same to generate three-dimensional images. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source and a curved lens positioned at a first distance from the light source, wherein the curved lens is a lenticular lens, having a concave portion and a convex portion, and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a homogenous light bar image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the curved lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: TODD M. NYKERK, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10760762
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and assemblies and methods to use the same to generate three-dimensional images. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source and a curved lens positioned at a first distance from the light source, wherein the curved lens is a lenticular lens, having a concave portion and a convex portion, and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a homogenous light bar image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the curved lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10578272
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and method. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source; a first lens positioned at a first distance from the light source; and a second lens at a second distance from the first lens; wherein the first lens and the second lens are lenticular lenses, each having an optical axis; and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a three-dimensional image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the first lens and the second lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20190309924
    Abstract: Lit image projection devices and lamp assemblies containing the same for generation of three dimensional images. A projection device of the present disclosure comprises one or more light sources, a rippled substrate defining a reflective surface, the reflective surface configured to reflect light source light from the one or more light sources as reflected light, and a first lenticular lens configured to receive the reflected light from the reflective surface, wherein the reflected light received by the first lenticular lens generates a three-dimensional lit image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: FIex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180274745
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and method. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source; a first lens positioned at a first distance from the light source; and a second lens at a second distance from the first lens; wherein the first lens and the second lens are lenticular lenses, each having an optical axis; and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a three-dimensional image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the first lens and the second lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20170314759
    Abstract: Lit image projection lamp and assemblies and methods to use the same to generate three-dimensional images. In an exemplary embodiment of a projection device of the present disclosure, the projection device comprises a light source and a curved lens positioned at a first distance from the light source, wherein the curved lens is a lenticular lens, having a concave portion and a convex portion, and wherein the projection device is configured to generate a homogenous light bar image from light emitted from the light source that passes through the curved lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd M. Nykerk, Lester R. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 7804418
    Abstract: A lens for a vehicle light assembly includes at least one ink marking provided thereon. At least a portion of the ink marking is configured such that it appears generally opaque to a viewer when a light source in the light assembly is not illuminated and does not appear opaque when the light source is illuminated. The ink marking includes an ink composition that includes a transparent ink and a pigmented ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Ventra Greenwich Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Lester R. Sullivan, Todd M. Nykerk, Bruce L. Reniger