Patents by Inventor Marc DROEGELER
Marc DROEGELER 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: 11920753Abstract: A light-emitting device (LED) module is described. The LED module includes a heatsink, at least one LED on a top surface of the heatsink, and mounting features protruding from the top surface of the heat sink for alignment with an optical component. A thermally insulating material is adjacent at least portions of the mounting features that would otherwise be in contact with the optical component when mounted.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LUMILEDS LLCInventors: Marc Droegeler, Wim Boogaard
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Patent number: 11885474Abstract: An LED module is described herein. The LED module includes a heatsink with an LED mounting area and a referencing part that is separate from the heatsink. The referencing part is fixed to the heatsink and includes an LED alignment feature and an optical component alignment feature. At least one LED is provided on the LED mounting area of the heatsink and aligned with the LED alignment feature of the referencing part.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Marc Droegeler, Wim Boogaard
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Publication number: 20230304644Abstract: A cluster of lighting devices, a display and a method of manufacturing a display are described. The lighting device includes a mixing box, a light source, a transparent layer and a light diffusing layer. The light source is embedded in the mixing box. The transparent layer is adjacent to the light source. The light diffusing layer is adjacent to the transparent layer. A surface emitter display includes a cluster of surface emitters including a plurality of surface emitters. At least one circuit board is electrically coupled to at least one surface emitter of the plurality of surface emitters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: LUMILEDS LLCInventors: Benno Spinger, Dirk Vanderhaeghen, Marc Droegeler, Floris Maria Hermansz Compvoets, Thorsten Anger
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Patent number: 11732865Abstract: An LED module includes a heat sink. The heat sink has a mounting surface that defines, with respect to ambient light incident thereon, one main direction of a beam perpendicular to the mounting surface and secondary directions of the beam inclined to the main direction of the beam at angles having absolute values smaller than or equal to 90 degrees. The heat sink also has a reflection surface oriented such that, with respect to the ambient light incident on thereon, a main direction of the beam of the reflection surface is perpendicular to the reflection surface and points in a direction included in the angle range determined by the main direction of the beam of the mounting surface and the secondary directions of the beam of the mounting surface. The LED module further includes an LED light source on the mounting face and pigments on the reflection surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Thorsten Lenzen, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria Jacobs, Matthias Holtrup, Marc Droegeler, Frank Giese
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Publication number: 20230099650Abstract: An LED module is described herein. The LED module includes a heatsink with an LED mounting area and a referencing part that is separate from the heatsink. The referencing part is fixed to the heatsink and includes an LED alignment feature and an optical component alignment feature. At least one LED is provided on the LED mounting area of the heatsink and aligned with the LED alignment feature of the referencing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: LUMILEDS LLCInventors: Marc Droegeler, Wim Boogaard
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Publication number: 20230101602Abstract: A light-emitting device (LED) module is described. The LED module includes a heatsink, at least one LED on a top surface of the heatsink, and mounting features protruding from the top surface of the heat sink for alignment with an optical component. A thermally insulating material is adjacent at least portions of the mounting features that would otherwise be in contact with the optical component when mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: LUMILEDS LLCInventors: Marc Droegeler, Wim Boogaard
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Patent number: 11566771Abstract: A heatsink, a light-emitting diode (LED) module and a corresponding method of manufacture are described. A heatsink includes an electrically conductive heatsink core and an electrically insulating layer covering at least the first surface of the electrically conductive heatsink core. The electrically conductive heatsink core has a first pin that is integral with the electrically conductive heatsink core and protrudes from a first surface of the heatsink core. At least the first surface of the heatsink core is covered by an electrically insulating layer, which leaves at least portions of a lateral surface of the first pin exposed from the electrically insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Marc Droegeler, Thorsten Lenzen, Matthias Holtrup, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria Jacobs
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Publication number: 20220373156Abstract: A heatsink, a light-emitting diode (LED) module and a corresponding method of manufacture are described. A heatsink includes an electrically conductive heatsink core and an electrically insulating layer covering at least the first surface of the electrically conductive heatsink core. The electrically conductive heatsink core has a first pin that is integral with the electrically conductive heatsink core and protrudes from a first surface of the heatsink core. At least the first surface of the heatsink core is covered by an electrically insulating layer, which leaves at least portions of a lateral surface of the first pin exposed from the electrically insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: LUMILEDS LLCInventors: Marc Droegeler, Thorsten Lenzen, Matthias Holtrup, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria Jacobs
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Publication number: 20220260229Abstract: An LED module includes a heat sink. The heat sink has a mounting surface that defines, with respect to ambient light incident thereon, one main direction of a beam perpendicular to the mounting surface and secondary directions of the beam inclined to the main direction of the beam at angles having absolute values smaller than or equal to 90 degrees. The heat sink also has a reflection surface oriented such that, with respect to the ambient light incident on thereon, a main direction of the beam of the reflection surface is perpendicular to the reflection surface and points in a direction included in the angle range determined by the main direction of the beam of the mounting surface and the secondary directions of the beam of the mounting surface. The LED module further includes an LED light source on the mounting face and pigments on the reflection surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: LUMILEDS LLCInventors: Thorsten LENZEN, Joseph Hendrik Anna Maria JACOBS, Matthias HOLTRUP, Marc DROEGELER, Frank GIESE
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Publication number: 20220057060Abstract: Methods, devices and system are described herein. A lighting device includes an electrically insulating layer and at least one first light emitting element and at least one second light emitting element on the electrically insulating layer. The at least one first light emitting element is configured to emit light of a first color and the at least one second light emitting element is configured to emit light of a second color. At least one electrical contact element is at least in part on the electrically insulating layer and is electrically coupled to at least one of the at least one first light emitting element or the at least one second light emitting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: LUMILEDS LLCInventor: Marc Droegeler
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Patent number: 11215334Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are described. An apparatus includes a module body made of a polymer material. The module body includes a mounting surface adjacent a potting area. At least two lead frame elements are embedded in the polymer material of the module body. Each of the at least two lead frame elements has a first terminal side and a second terminal side in the component potting area. An LED element is on the mounting surface of the module body and electrically coupled to the first terminal side of the at least two lead frame elements.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: LUMILEDS LLC, MARELLI AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING REUTLINGEN (GERMANY) GMBHInventors: Marc Droegeler, Andreas Stang, Anna Harder, Uwe Schubert
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Publication number: 20200182426Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are described. An apparatus includes a module body made of a polymer material. The module body includes a mounting surface adjacent a potting area. At least two lead frame elements are embedded in the polymer material of the module body. Each of the at least two lead frame elements has a first terminal side and a second terminal side in the component potting area. An LED element is on the mounting surface of the module body and electrically coupled to the first terminal side of the at least two lead frame elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicant: LUMILEDS HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Marc DROEGELER