Patents by Inventor Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane 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: 20140160363
    Abstract: A video display module comprises a circuit board having a front face, a plurality of light-emitting elements electrically coupled to the front face of the circuit board, and a polymer encapsulating member adhered to the front face of the circuit board, the polymer encapsulating member substantially covering at least a portion of the circuit board and a portion of the plurality of light-emitting elements, the polymer encapsulating member substantially sealing the portion of the circuit board and the portion of the plurality of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus, Jordan Gab, Nathan Lane Nearman, Ryan J. Nielsen
  • Patent number: 8721116
    Abstract: An LED panel assembly includes a circuit board having a plurality of LEDs. An LED seal louver is coupled over the circuit board. The LED seal louver includes a substrate and a pliable seal membrane. The substrate includes one or more substrate cavities. The pliable seal membrane is coupled with the substrate, and the pliable seal membrane includes a pliable material partially extending across the one or more substrate cavities. One or more LED passages extends through the pliable material adjacent to the substrate cavities. Each of the LED passages is sized and shaped to receive a single LED. Bulbs for one or more of the plurality of LEDs are correspondingly received within the LED passages, and the pliable material seals around each bulb with an interference fit. The bulbs are directly visible through the LED seal louver while the pliable seal membrane is sealed around the bulbs, and the circuit board is concealed by the LED seal louver and isolated from an environment exterior to the LED panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Lane Nearman
  • Patent number: 8711067
    Abstract: Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. Joffer, Brett David Wendler, Glenn P. Luke, Nathan Lane Nearman, Chad Neal Gloege, Matthew Ray Mueller, Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus, Joseph Gerard Schulte, Eric Steven Bravek, Ryan Mark Hansen
  • Publication number: 20130229797
    Abstract: An LED panel assembly includes a circuit board having a plurality of LEDs. An LED seal louver is coupled over the circuit board. The LED seal louver includes a substrate and a pliable seal membrane. The substrate includes one or more substrate cavities. The pliable seal membrane is coupled with the substrate, and the pliable seal membrane includes a pliable material partially extending across the one or more substrate cavities. One or more LED passages extends through the pliable material adjacent to the substrate cavities. Each of the LED passages is sized and shaped to receive a single LED. Bulbs for one or more of the plurality of LEDs are correspondingly received within the LED passages, and the pliable material seals around each bulb with an interference fit. The bulbs are directly visible through the LED seal louver while the pliable seal membrane is sealed around the bulbs, and the circuit board is concealed by the LED seal louver and isolated from an environment exterior to the LED panel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Lane Nearman
  • Patent number: 8414149
    Abstract: An LED panel assembly includes a circuit board having a plurality of LEDs. An LED seal louver is coupled over the circuit board. The LED seal louver includes a substrate and a pliable seal membrane. The substrate includes one or more substrate cavities. The pliable seal membrane is coupled with the substrate, and the pliable seal membrane includes a pliable material partially extending across the one or more substrate cavities. One or more LED passages extends through the pliable material adjacent to the substrate cavities. Each of the LED passages is sized and shaped to receive a single LED. Bulbs for one or more of the plurality of LEDs are correspondingly received within the LED passages, and the pliable material seals around each bulb with an interference fit. The bulbs are directly visible through the LED seal louver while the pliable seal membrane is sealed around the bulbs, and the circuit board is concealed by the LED seal louver and isolated from an environment exterior to the LED panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Lane Nearman
  • Patent number: 8269700
    Abstract: Pixel interleaving configurations for use in high definition electronic sign displays where each and every scan line includes full red, green, and blue color representation to provide for high resolution electronic video sign displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Brent A. Joffer, Brett David Wendler, Glenn P. Luke, Nathan Lane Nearman, Chad Neal Gloege, Matthew Ray Mueller, Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus, Joseph Gerard Schulte, Eric Steven Bravek, Ryan Mark Hansen
  • Patent number: 8172097
    Abstract: An LED display module having features for improvement over prior art devices by providing novel features for improved LED visibility, improved weather and climatological sealing, improved electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression, improved heat dissipation, and improved airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Lane Nearman, Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus, Matt Ray Mueller, Brett David Wendler, Eric Steven Bravek, Robert James Lutz, Ryan Mark Hansen, Nick Joeseph Fanning
  • Publication number: 20110051409
    Abstract: An LED panel assembly includes a circuit board having a plurality of LEDs. An LED seal louver is coupled over the circuit board. The LED seal louver includes a substrate and a pliable seal membrane. The substrate includes one or more substrate cavities. The pliable seal membrane is coupled with the substrate, and the pliable seal membrane includes a pliable material partially extending across the one or more substrate cavities. One or more LED passages extends through the pliable material adjacent to the substrate cavities. Each of the LED passages is sized and shaped to receive a single LED. Bulbs for one or more of the plurality of LEDs are correspondingly received within the LED passages, and the pliable material seals around each bulb with an interference fit. The bulbs are directly visible through the LED seal louver while the pliable seal membrane is sealed around the bulbs, and the circuit board is concealed by the LED seal louver and isolated from an environment exterior to the LED panel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Lane Nearman
  • Publication number: 20080141570
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer protective louver covering for use with an electronic display module for the protection of persons coming into inadvertent contact with an electronic display module incorporating the thermoplastic elastomer protective louver covering and for protection of the electronic display module incorporating the thermoplastic elastomer protective louver covering. The resilient, flexible and energy absorbent thermoplastic elastomer protective louver covering is overmolded to the louvers of an electronic display module at a suitable protection thickness exceeding the depth of the exposed louver components to protectively cover up any sharp, pointed or other player-damaging shapes of the louver panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Nathan Lane Nearman, Jay DeBlonk
  • Publication number: 20080078733
    Abstract: An LED display module having features for improvement over prior art devices by providing novel features for improved LED visibility, improved weather and climatological sealing, improved electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression, improved heat dissipation, and improved airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Nathan Lane Nearman, Shannon Lee Mutschelknaus, Matt Ray Mueller, Brett David Wendler, Eric Steven Bravek, Robert James Lutz, Ryan Mark Hansen, Nick Joeseph Fanning
  • Patent number: 7055271
    Abstract: An electronic display module having a four-point latching system for incorporation into an electronic sign and process where more than one latch mechanism can be actuated simultaneously to deploy to engage the mounting panel assembly of an electronic sign. Gear operated actuating arms incorporated in an overcenter arrangement position latch in opposing latch mechanisms to position latch arms outwardly in a linear direction over a mounting panel assembly followed by pivotal latch positioning to rotationally engage the latch arms against the mounting panel assembly to secure the electronic display module to the mounting panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert James Lutz, Nathan Lane Nearman