Patents by Inventor Michael Ledwinka

Michael Ledwinka 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).

  • Combined surface mount standoff and LED for space constrained applications
    Patent number: 11879620
    Abstract: A combination standoff and LED includes a surface mount solder standoff which can be either threaded or unthreaded, and a surface mount LED disposed and fixed in the center of the base of the standoff. The combination standoff and LED is adapted to receive a lightpipe via the either threaded or unthreaded portion of the surface mount solder standoff. This combination standoff and LED results in a single piece of hardware which simplifies the physical PCBA layout design and removes any Computer Aided Design (CAD) placement errors that would normally be present if two separate hardware components were placed together manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Aldea, Michael Ledwinka, Trevor Meunier
  • Combined surface mount standoff and LED for space constrained applications
    Publication number: 20230082599
    Abstract: A combination standoff and LED includes a surface mount solder standoff which can be either threaded or unthreaded, and a surface mount LED disposed and fixed in the center of the base of the standoff. The combination standoff and LED is adapted to receive a lightpipe via the either threaded or unthreaded portion of the surface mount solder standoff. This combination standoff and LED results in a single piece of hardware which simplifies the physical PCBA layout design and removes any Computer Aided Design (CAD) placement errors that would normally be present if two separate hardware components were placed together manually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Victor Aldea, Michael Ledwinka, Trevor Meunier