Patents by Inventor Michael A. Tischler

Michael A. Tischler 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: 9927102
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet. The top housing defines a plurality of shaped regions each associated with a light-emitting element and spaced apart from and not in contact with the light-emitting element with which it is associated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman
  • Publication number: 20180073706
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, illumination elements having different shapes defined by contiguous arrangements of illumination unit cells may be assembled to illuminate an arbitrary two-dimensional area. In various embodiments, the illumination elements include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Paul PALFREYMAN, Vitali TIKHOMOLOV, Michael A. TISCHLER
  • Patent number: 9867244
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems feature lightsheets including multiple illumination units or modules electrically interconnected such that unremoved illumination units or modules remain energized upon removal of at least a portion of one or more illumination units or modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Paul Jungwirth, Jane Wei Yang, Michael A. Tischler
  • Publication number: 20170371603
    Abstract: A method for generating output print data for printing multiple copies having at least one variable element onto a print sheet can include: providing a presentation of the print sheet in a workspace of a graphical user interface; determining a basic area in which at least one object is arranged for generation of the variable element; replicating and arranging the basic area having the at least one object, corresponding to a predetermined grid of the copies; and filling of the replicated objects to generate the variable elements with variable print data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Océ Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Karl Michael Tischler
  • Publication number: 20170358625
    Abstract: In various embodiments, lighting systems include an electrically insulating carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon and a light-emitting array. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that each has at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to conductive elements by an electrical connection featuring solder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. TISCHLER, Vladimir ODNOBLYUDOV, David KEOGH
  • Patent number: 9839084
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems feature lightsheets including multiple illumination units or modules electrically interconnected such that unremoved illumination units or modules remain energized upon removal of at least a portion of one or more illumination units or modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Paul Jungwirth, Jane Wei Yang, Michael A. Tischler
  • Publication number: 20170309792
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, electronic devices feature a polymeric binder, a frame defining an aperture therethrough, and a semiconductor die (e.g., a light-emitting or a light-detecting element) suspended in the binder and within the aperture of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. TISCHLER, Alborz AMINI, Thomas PINNINGTON, Henry IP, Gianmarco SPIGA
  • Patent number: 9797561
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • Patent number: 9765936
    Abstract: In various embodiments, lighting systems include an electrically insulating carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon and a light-emitting array. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that each has at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to conductive elements by a conductive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Vladimir Odnoblyudov, David Keogh
  • Patent number: 9741906
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, electronic devices feature a polymeric binder, a frame defining an aperture therethrough, and a semiconductor die (e.g., a light-emitting or a light-detecting element) suspended in the binder and within the aperture of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Alborz Amini, Thomas Pinnington, Henry Ip, Gianmarco Spiga
  • Patent number: 9714746
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, a modular lighting system features multiple light panels each having multiple light-emitting elements thereon, as well as connectors for electrically and mechanically interconnecting the light panels. The light panels each feature a flexible substrate and two power conductors disposed on the flexible substrate and spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman
  • Patent number: 9698313
    Abstract: A light emitting assembly comprising a solid state device coupleable with a power supply constructed and arranged to power the solid state device to emit from the solid state device a first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and a down-converting luminophoric medium arranged in receiving relationship to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, and which in exposure to said first, relatively shorter wavelength radiation, is excited to responsively emit second, relatively longer wavelength radiation. In a specific embodiment, monochromatic blue or UV light output from a light-emitting diode is down-converted to white light by packaging the diode with fluorescent organic and/or inorganic fluorescers and phosphors in a polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: CREE, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce Baretz, Michael A. Tischler
  • Patent number: 9696019
    Abstract: In accordance with various embodiments, planar light sheets are conformed to interior volumes of housings to produce predetermined spatial optical characteristics such as luminous intensity distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Philippe Schick, Michael A. Tischler
  • Patent number: 9647188
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, semiconductor dies are at least partially coated with a conductive adhesive prior to singulation and subsequently bonded to a substrate having electrical traces thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • Patent number: 9647189
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, electronic components such as light-emitting elements are bonded to connection points on a substrate via pressure applied via a membrane and curing of a pressure-activated adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Alborz Amini
  • Publication number: 20170097123
    Abstract: In various embodiments, lighting systems include an electrically insulating carrier having a plurality of conductive elements disposed thereon and a light-emitting array. The light-emitting array is disposed over the carrier and includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that each has at least two electrical contacts electrically connected to conductive elements by a conductive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. TISCHLER, Vladimir ODNOBLYUDOV, David KEOGH
  • Publication number: 20170059100
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • Publication number: 20170059099
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • Patent number: 9583691
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, heat-dissipating elements are integrated with semiconductor dies and substrates in order to facilitate heat dissipation therefrom during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC.
    Inventor: Michael A. Tischler
  • Publication number: 20170051898
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include flexible light sheets and one or more sealed regions containing light-emitting elements, the sealed regions defined by seals between a top housing and a bottom housing and/or the light sheet. The top housing defines a plurality of shaped regions each associated with a light-emitting element and spaced apart from and not in contact with the light-emitting element with which it is associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman