Patents by Inventor MICHAEL D. CALLAGHAN

MICHAEL D. CALLAGHAN 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: 10480767
    Abstract: An air-cooled high intensity LED light system includes an air-cooled LED array coupled to a blower device via a conduit. Each segment of the array includes a radiator thermally coupled to the LED elements to transfer heat from the LED elements to the environment. Airflow through the radiators is accomplished by creating a vacuum within the array by drawing air out of the manifold through the conduit. A blower provides the desired vacuum pressure to draw air from the environment through the radiator fins and out of the manifold. The conduit branches into individual segments so that an inlet corresponds to each of the segments of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Air Motion Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Callaghan, Jared J. Wertz
  • Patent number: 10203102
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module includes a first end cap, a second end cap and a reflector portion. The reflector portion extends longitudinally between the first end cap and the second end cap. The reflector portion includes a coolant passageway defined longitudinally through the reflector portion and is fluidically coupled to the first end cap and the second end cap. An LED package is disposed adjacent to the reflector portion. An orifice bushing can be disposed within a coolant passage defined in the first end cap to restrict coolant flow through the reflector portion to preclude starvation of coolant flow elsewhere in the LED module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Air Motion Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared J. Wertz, Michael D. Callaghan, Matthew R. Hauser
  • Publication number: 20170343202
    Abstract: An air-cooled high intensity LED light system includes an air-cooled LED array coupled to a blower device via a conduit. Each segment of the array includes a radiator thermally coupled to the LED elements to transfer heat from the LED elements to the environment. Airflow through the radiators is accomplished by creating a vacuum within the array by drawing air out of the manifold through the conduit. A blower provides the desired vacuum pressure to draw air from the environment through the radiator fins and out of the manifold. The conduit branches into individual segments so that an inlet corresponds to each of the segments of the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Michael D. Callaghan, Jared J. Wertz
  • Publication number: 20170102138
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) module includes a first end cap, a second end cap and a reflector portion. The reflector portion extends longitudinally between the first end cap and the second end cap. The reflector portion includes a coolant passageway defined longitudinally through the reflector portion and is fluidically coupled to the first end cap and the second end cap. An LED package is disposed adjacent to the reflector portion. An orifice bushing can be disposed within a coolant passage defined in the first end cap to restrict coolant flow through the reflector portion to preclude starvation of coolant flow elsewhere in the LED module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jared J. Wertz, Michael D. Callaghan, Matthew R. Hauser
  • Publication number: 20160237180
    Abstract: A reactor for in-line processing includes a housing coupled to a geometrically reflective structure. A plurality of radiation sources, such as LED lights, as disposed in the housing and arranged such that they project their radiation into the geometrically reflective structure. A material to be cured is to be exposed to radiation as it passes though the geometrically reflective structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Robert L. Sargent, Michael D. Callaghan
  • Publication number: 20160231054
    Abstract: An apparatus for curing substrate materials may include one or more radiation sources, a rotatable transport cylinder and a conveyor mechanism with a belt or web is disclosed. The substrate is transported by the belt or web and passes between the belt or web and the cylinder, where it is irradiated to cure the substance deposited on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Michael D. Callaghan, Paul J. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20160053984
    Abstract: An apparatus for direct LED irradiation, such as using UV, has a LED package with a plurality of individual LED units, the LED package attached to a heat sink. The heat sink transmits heat from the LED units to a coolant, which is circulated away from the LEDs during use. Radiation emitted from the LED package passes through a gap defined by a housing structure enclosing the LED package and heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: MICHAEL D. CALLAGHAN, Robert L. Sargent
  • Publication number: 20150076367
    Abstract: An assembly and method for irradiating a surface utilizing a plurality of LEDs in a pattern such that a linear fill factor characterizing such pattern is at least 80% along a focusing direction and/or at least 20% along a direction transverse to said focusing direction, the radiation emitted from the LEDs and reflected onto the surface from a trough reflector. Non-linear disposal of LEDs on an LED assembly is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: MICHAEL D. CALLAGHAN, Robert L. Sargent
  • Publication number: 20150072069
    Abstract: A method of optimizing a reflector and light source by cyclically altering a configuration of the reflector or a distance between the reflector and the light source until light intensity is maximized or until scattered light is minimized. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 C.F.R. ยง1.72(b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: MICHAEL D. CALLAGHAN