Patents by Inventor Luigi Tavernese
Luigi Tavernese 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).
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Patent number: 10823388Abstract: Provided is a lighting subassembly that includes a printed circuit board having one or more lighting elements thereon and a single through-hole at a center region thereof for air flow, a lens to cover the one or more lighting elements, and an overmold body covering the lighting assembly. The overmold body secures the lens in place and covers a back surface of the printed circuit board opposite the one or more lighting elements and includes a plurality of through-holes corresponding to the through-hole of the printed circuit board. A vent is also included in the lighting subassembly and is disposed adjacent to the through-hole of the printed circuit board in between the overmold body and the printed circuit board, configured to only allow air to flow therethrough such that the through-holes and the vent together create a venting system to allow airflow through the lighting subassembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Luigi Tavernese, Brian Morgan Spahnie, Robert Spivock
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Publication number: 20200284422Abstract: Provided is a lighting subassembly that includes a printed circuit board having one or more lighting elements thereon and a single through-hole at a center region thereof for air flow, a lens to cover the one or more lighting elements, and an overmold body covering the lighting assembly. The overmold body secures the lens in place and covers a back surface of the printed circuit board opposite the one or more lighting elements and includes a plurality of through-holes corresponding to the through-hole of the printed circuit board. A vent is also included in the lighting subassembly and is disposed adjacent to the through-hole of the printed circuit board in between the overmold body and the printed circuit board, configured to only allow air to flow therethrough such that the through-holes and the vent together create a venting system to allow airflow through the lighting subassembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Luigi TAVERNESE, Brian Morgan SPAHNIE, Robert SPIVOCK
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Patent number: 10619829Abstract: Provided is a lighting device that includes a housing having an open end and a closed end, a signal replaceable light source that includes a light source connected disposed near the closed end and configured to generate light, an inner refractive optical element encapsulating the light source configured to reflect the light towards the open end, and an electronic component configured to control operation of the light source; and outer refractive optical element disposed at the open end and configured to receive the light from the inner refractive optical element and reflect the light therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOUTIONS, LLCInventors: Eden Dubuc, Yu Felix Fan, Luigi Tavernese
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Publication number: 20190011114Abstract: Provided is a lighting device that includes a housing having an open end and a closed end, a signal replaceable light source that includes a light source connected disposed near the closed end and configured to generate light, an inner refractive optical element encapsulating the light source configured to reflect the light towards the open end, and an electronic component configured to control operation of the light source; and outer refractive optical element disposed at the open end and configured to receive the light from the inner refractive optical element and reflect the light therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Eden DUBUC, Yu Felix FAN, Luigi TAVERNESE
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Patent number: 10173701Abstract: An apparatus including a housing; a solid state light source disposed in the housing to emit light therefrom; and a filter disposed in or on the housing in optical communication with the solid state light source to reshape a radiometric spectrum of the light emitted by the solid state light source to substantially replicate a radiometric spectrum of an incandescent filament light source.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLCInventors: Yu Felix Fan, Luigi Tavernese, Lucas Urtiga, Eden Dubuc
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Patent number: 10100984Abstract: An system including a housing defining an enclosure and having an aperture in an exterior surface of the housing; a concave reflector, the reflector being disposed on or in the enclosure of the housing to reflect light emissions; a plurality of solid state light sources disposed within the housing to direct light emissions within the enclosure towards the reflector, the plurality of solid state light sources including multiple groups of solid state light sources; and a mixing chamber defined by a space within the enclosure located between the reflector and the aperture, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light emissions from the plurality of solid state light sources towards the mixing chamber where the reflected light emissions are to combine before exiting the housing through the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Eden Dubuc, Luigi Tavernese
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Patent number: 10082252Abstract: An LED signal module includes a circuit board with a plurality of LEDs, a corresponding plurality of lenses and an overmolded front element with a plurality of openings for receiving one of the plurality of lenses therethrough, and an exterior surface having a textured pattern thereon, with the front element configured to absorb the light from external sources.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: GE Lighting Solutions, LLCInventors: Luigi Tavernese, Lucas Urtiga, Christian Auger, Eden Dubuc, Yu Felix Fan
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Publication number: 20170122500Abstract: Provided is a LED signal module that includes a circuit board including a plurality of LEDs, a plurality of lens, each lens corresponding to an LED of the plurality of LEDs and a front element of an overmolded material having a plurality of openings, each opening receiving a lens therethrough, and an exterior surface having a textured pattern thereon, wherein the front element is configured to absorb the light from external sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Luigi TAVERNESE, Lucas URTIGA, Christian AUGER, Eden DUBUC, Yu Felix FAN
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Publication number: 20170108177Abstract: An system including a housing defining an enclosure and having an aperture in an exterior surface of the housing; a concave reflector, the reflector being disposed on or in the enclosure of the housing to reflect light emissions; a plurality of solid state light sources disposed within the housing to direct light emissions within the enclosure towards the reflector, the plurality of solid state light sources including multiple groups of solid state light sources having different colors; and a mixing chamber defined by a space within the enclosure located between the reflector and the aperture, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light emissions from the plurality of solid state light sources towards the mixing chamber where the reflected light emissions are to combine before exiting the housing through the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Eden DUBUC, Luigi TAVERNESE
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Publication number: 20170108178Abstract: An system including a housing defining an enclosure and having an aperture in an exterior surface of the housing; a concave reflector, the reflector being disposed on or in the enclosure of the housing to reflect light emissions; a plurality of solid state light sources disposed within the housing to direct light emissions within the enclosure towards the reflector, the plurality of solid state light sources including multiple groups of solid state light sources; and a mixing chamber defined by a space within the enclosure located between the reflector and the aperture, wherein the reflector is configured to reflect light emissions from the plurality of solid state light sources towards the mixing chamber where the reflected light emissions are to combine before exiting the housing through the aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2015Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Eden DUBUC, Luigi TAVERNESE
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Patent number: 9612005Abstract: A railway signal replacement lamp module apparatus, including a lamp housing sized to fit within a railway signal housing and a receptacle to contain a solid state light source within the lamp housing. Some embodiments include, in combination with other aspects, at least one spring-loaded connector integral to and positioned within or on the lamp housing to interface with an electrical conductor feature of a railway signal; and a thermally conductive material disposed on an exterior surface of the lamp housing to provide a thermal conduit from an exterior of the lamp housing to an interior of the railway signal housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Lucas Urtiga, Florian Pop, Robert Spivock, Luigi Tavernese
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Publication number: 20160348877Abstract: An apparatus including a housing; a solid state light source disposed in the housing to emit light therefrom; and a filter disposed in or on the housing in optical communication with the solid state light source to reshape a radiometric spectrum of the light emitted by the solid state light source to substantially replicate a radiometric spectrum of an incandescent filament light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Yu Felix FAN, Luigi TAVERNESE, Lucas URTIGA, Eden DUBUC
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Publication number: 20160084483Abstract: An electrically isolated light-emitting display (LED) module efficiently transfers heat away from electronic components by thermally conducting the heat to the outside walls of an enclosure. An embodiment includes a plastic enclosure having thin plastic walls that define an opening, a plastic cover having a lens and configured to cover the opening, a power supply unit (PSU), a light-emitting diode (LED) operably connected to the PSU, and a thermally conducting potting material. The potting material is deposited into an interior volume of the plastic enclosure to cover the PSU, contact a back portion of the LED, and to thermally connect the PSU and the LED to the thin plastic walls of the plastic enclosure without covering a front portion of the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Eden DUBUC, Luigi TAVERNESE, Nam NS NGUYEN
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Patent number: 9174503Abstract: An environment-activated automatic shut-off switch is disclosed. The disclosed embodiments allow power to be removed from a trailer auxiliary power circuit when the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch senses that the trailer is being put into motion. The disclosed embodiments of the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch do not require external control signals, such as those received from a vehicle tractor, in order to effectively control the trailer auxiliary power circuit and to ensure that the trailer ABS circuit has dedicated power while the trailer is in motion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.Inventors: Don Gramlich, Timothy W. Brooks, Luigi Tavernese, Giovanni Tavernese
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Publication number: 20150159849Abstract: A railway signal replacement lamp module apparatus, including a lamp housing sized to fit within a railway signal housing and a receptacle to contain a solid state light source within the lamp housing. Some embodiments include, in combination with other aspects, at least one spring-loaded connector integral to and positioned within or on the lamp housing to interface with an electrical conductor feature of a railway signal; and a thermally conductive material disposed on an exterior surface of the lamp housing to provide a thermal conduit from an exterior of the lamp housing to an interior of the railway signal housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Inventors: Lucas URTIGA, Florian POP, Robert SPIVOCK, Luigi TAVERNESE
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Publication number: 20110254381Abstract: An environment-activated automatic shut-off switch is disclosed. The disclosed embodiments allow power to be removed from a trailer auxiliary power circuit when the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch senses that the trailer is being put into motion. The disclosed embodiments of the environment-activated automatic shut-off switch do not require external control signals, such as those received from a vehicle tractor, in order to effectively control the trailer auxiliary power circuit and to ensure that the trailer ABS circuit has dedicated power while the trailer is in motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Don Gramlich, Timothy W. Brooks, Luigi Tavernese, Giovanni Tavernese
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Patent number: 5567036Abstract: A clearance and side marker lamp, or PC lamp, such as for truck/trailer combinations, is provided with LEDs mounted to a plurality of circuit boards. The circuit boards are mounted at predetermined angles relative to each other for directing light in at least three directions. A lens is provided in front of the LEDs and includes a series of prism optics for spreading the light emitted from the LEDs into an arc of up to 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 1995Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: Grote Industries, Inc.Inventors: Greg Theobald, Luigi Tavernese, Fred Boles, Edwin Sugg