Patents by Inventor Louie Veiga

Louie Veiga 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).

  • PAR lamp and method of making same
    Patent number: 8581482
    Abstract: A method of making a subassembly (10) for a PAR lamp (12) comprising the steps of: (a) providing a base (14) including a cup-shaped portion (16) with a top edge (18) having an extended flange (20) projecting therefrom; (b) providing a plurality of electrical contacts (22, 24) and inserting the contacts into appropriate locations (22a, 24a) in a bottom (26) of the cup-shaped portion (16); (c) providing a lamp capsule (28) including a light source (30) having dependent leads (32, 34) projecting from a base end (36); (d) inserting the base end (36) of the lamp capsule (28) into the cup-shaped portion (16) and affixing the dependent leads (32, 34) to the electrical contacts (22, 24); (e) providing a reflector (38) having a funnel-shaped body (40) with a substantially tubular neck (42); (f) filling the cup-shaped portion (16) with a liquid cement (44) to a depth that covers the base end (36) of the lamp capsule (28); (g) fitting the reflector (38) over the lamp capsule (28) so that the tubular neck (42) is submers
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Louie Veiga, Renaud Richard, Harold Rothwell, Jr.
  • Integrally ballasted lamp assembly including a spacer disk
    Patent number: 8110973
    Abstract: An integrally ballasted lamp assembly (200) including a spacer disk (220) disposed in a lamp receptacle cavity (244) between a lamp (226) and the bottom (238) of the lamp receptacle (214). The disk (220) may be configured to contact connector clips (216, 218) coupled to the bottom (238) of the lamp receptacle to positively align the clips (216, 218) for connection to a ballast circuit disposed on a PCB (212). The disk (220) may also, or alternatively, at least partially occlude connector clip openings (402, 404) in the bottom (238) of the lamp receptacle (214) for hindering the flow of uncured cement (902) through the openings (402, 404), and may also, or alternatively, provide a thermal barrier between the lamp (226) and the lamp receptacle (214).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventors: Renaud Richard, Louie Veiga, Randall Brown, Harold L. Rothwell, Jr.
  • Integrally ballasted lamp assembly including a spacer disk
    Publication number: 20110227471
    Abstract: An integrally ballasted lamp assembly (200) including a spacer disk (220) disposed in a lamp receptacle cavity (244) between a lamp (226) and the bottom (238) of the lamp receptacle (214). The disk (220) may be configured to contact connector clips (216, 218) coupled to the bottom (238) of the lamp receptacle to positively align the clips (216, 218) for connection to a ballast circuit disposed on a PCB (212). The disk (220) may also, or alternatively, at least partially occlude connector clip openings (402, 404) in the bottom (238) of the lamp receptacle (214) for hindering the flow of uncured cement (902) through the openings (402, 404), and may also, or alternatively, provide a thermal barrier between the lamp (226) and the lamp receptacle (214).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA Inc.
    Inventors: Renaud Richard, Louie Veiga, Randall Brown, Harold L. Rothwell, JR.
  • PAR lamp and method of making same
    Publication number: 20100279574
    Abstract: A method of making a subassembly (10) for a PAR lamp (12) comprising the steps of: (a) providing a base (14) including a cup-shaped portion (16) with a top edge (18) having an extended flange (20) projecting therefrom; (b) providing a plurality of electrical contacts (22, 24) and inserting the contacts into appropriate locations (22a, 24a) in a bottom (26) of the cup-shaped portion (16); (c) providing a lamp capsule (28) including a light source (30) having dependent leads (32, 34) projecting from a base end (36); (d) inserting the base end (36) of the lamp capsule (28) into the cup-shaped portion (16) and affixing the dependent leads (32, 34) to the electrical contacts (22, 24); (e) providing a reflector (38) having a funnel-shaped body (40) with a substantially tubular neck (42); (f) filling the cup-shaped portion (16) with a liquid cement (44) to a depth that covers the base end (36) of the lamp capsule (28); (g) fitting the reflector (38) over the lamp capsule (28) so that the tubular neck (42) is submers
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Louie Veiga, Renaud Richard, Harold Rothwell, JR.
  • Reflector lamp
    Patent number: D597226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Renaud Richard, Louie Veiga, Harold Rothwell