Patents by Inventor Michael B. Lynch

Michael B. Lynch 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: 20240093845
    Abstract: A system may have a support structure that separates an exterior region from an interior region. The system may include a lighting system with interior and/or exterior lights with adjustable diffusers. An interior light may be used as a task light, a cabin light, a sensor indicator light, or a trim light. Adjustments to the adjustable diffusers can be used to adjust the angular spread of emitted light for operation in different lighting modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Clarisse Mazuir, Paul J Costa, Stephen B Lynch, Kurt R Stiehl, Christopher P Child, Xiaofeng Tang, Christopher L Porritt, Michael C Wharton, Peter F Masschelein, Mark A Zurcher, Xin Li, Ryan J Garrone
  • Patent number: 4878832
    Abstract: A disposable burner illuminator device comprises a buoyant flotation collar of substantially flat configuration having at least one wick member receiving aperture, a reflector foil layer supported on one surface of the buoyant flotation collar and a wick member extending through the receiving aperture and having a larger diameter at the wick end extending through the surface supporting the reflector foil layer than the diameter of the receiving aperture. This device may be utilized individually or with a plurality of wick member receiving apertures and a plurality of wick members. A plurality of the devices may be formed as a booklet or card having several burner illuminator devices which can be torn off or separated from the card and utilized individually or in groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Inventor: Michael B. Lynch