Patents by Inventor Manuel Mereno Rico

Manuel Mereno Rico 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).

  • Publication number: 20100084984
    Abstract: This invention describes a lighting device with low energy consumption, which is made up of light emitting diodes known by the English acronym of LEDs, that use the technique known as “scanning”; with the purpose of reducing the consumption of energy required for lighting. Said scanning is performed by an efficient circuit that determines the sequence and time required for the activation of each LED or group of LEDs. The invention does not limit itself to only using LEDs, other types of elements for control may be used that may be sequenced without altering its operation or useful life. In this case, the speed that may support the LEDs is taken advantage of and that is higher than can be seen by the human eye, where each LED or group of LEDs are turned on and off at a frequency that is imperceptible by the human eye. Solutions are also presented to reduce the voltage by electronic means and rectification of the current using the LEDs themselves that intervene in the lighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Institutio Tecnologico y de estudios Superiores de Monterrey
    Inventors: Noel Leon Rovira, Norma Frida Roffe Samaniego, Manuel Mereno Rico, Juan Pablo Hurtado Pacheco, Olivia Maricela Barron Cano