Patents by Inventor Nicholas W. Mendendorp

Nicholas W. Mendendorp 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).

  • Integrated heat spreaders for light emitting devices (LEDs) and related assemblies
    Patent number: 7808013
    Abstract: A light emitting device (LED) assembly may include an electrically insulating substrate and a thermally conductive layer on a surface of the insulating substrate. A light emitting device may be on the thermally conductive layer so that the thermally conductive layer is between the light emitting device and the electrically insulating substrate. Moreover, the thermally conductive layer may extend beyond an edge of the light emitting device in at least one direction a distance greater than half of a width of the light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas W. Mendendorp, Jr., Peter Andrews
  • Integrated heat spreaders for light emitting devices (LEDs) and related assemblies
    Publication number: 20080099770
    Abstract: A light emitting device (LED) assembly may include an electrically insulating substrate and a thermally conductive layer on a surface of the insulating substrate. A light emitting device may be on the thermally conductive layer so that the thermally conductive layer is between the light emitting device and the electrically insulating substrate. Moreover, the thermally conductive layer may extend beyond an edge of the light emitting device in at least one direction a distance greater than half of a width of the light emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Nicholas W. Mendendorp, Peter Andrews