Patents by Inventor Nicole Breidenassel

Nicole Breidenassel 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: 10290791
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a heat sink, through which air can flow transversely to its longitudinal extension and a plurality of semiconductor light sources, in particular light-emitting diodes, arranged on the heat sink, wherein at least two of the semiconductor light sources are aligned in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Klaus Eckert, Johannes Hoechtl, Henrike Streppel
  • Patent number: 9677753
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a lighting device may include at least one heat sink and a base configured to accommodate at least one light source and at least one device connected to the lighting device configured to generate a cooling media flow, wherein the cooling media flow runs predominantly parallel to the plane of the base of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventor: Nicole Breidenassel
  • Patent number: 9562548
    Abstract: A fastening element for fastening a light source substrate to a support. The fastening element is configured to be seated on the light source substrate, and includes at least one fastening portion for fastening to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Tobias Frost, Guenter Hoetzl, Thomas Preuschl, Peter Sachsenweger
  • Patent number: 9316386
    Abstract: A semiconductor lamp includes a reflector having a lower side and an upper side, wherein the lower side widens laterally and wherein the lower side and the upper side are separated from one another by an upper rim, and having a first light source group having at least one semiconductor light source and a second light source group having at least one semiconductor light source, wherein the reflector is provided as a cooling body for the first light source group and for the second light source group; wherein at least a part of a light that can be emitted by the first light source group can be reflected by means of the lower side of the reflector at least into a spatial angle range that cannot be directly illuminated by the first light source group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Johannes Hoechtl, Fabian Reingruber, Henrike Streppel
  • Patent number: 9273847
    Abstract: An illumination device comprising at least one reflector and at least one light generating unit, wherein the at least one reflector is designed and arranged to reflect at least a portion of a light emitted by the at least one light generating unit into a spatial region that cannot be directly irradiated thereby, and the at least one light generating unit comprises at least one illuminating region having a substantially uniform emission characteristic in a circumferential direction of the illumination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Fabian Reingruber
  • Patent number: 8851716
    Abstract: A lamp (1; 16; 20; 24; 30; 37; 39), at least comprising: a heat sink (2; 17; 21; 25), which bears at least one light source; (10) and an at least partially optically transmissive cover (11; 19; 23; 26) for the at least one light source (10), said cover being fastened to the heat sink (2; 17; 21; 25), the cover (11; 19; 23; 26; 31; 38; 40) having a wall thickness (d) which, at least sectionally, tapers as the distance from the heat sink (2; 17; 21; 25) increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Nicole Breidenassel, Guenter Hoetzl, Robert Kraus
  • Patent number: 8814397
    Abstract: A cooling element for a lighting device having a plurality of cooling fins, wherein adjacent cooling fins delimit a cooling fin intermediate space with at least one air duct for connecting at least two cooling fin intermediate spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Guenter Hoetzl, Fabian Reingruber
  • Patent number: 8702274
    Abstract: A lighting device, having at least one light outlet opening and at least two different fixing interfaces for the optional fixing of a respective attachment element optically upstream of the at least one light outlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Tobias Frost, Guenter Hoetzl, Thomas Preuschl, Peter Sachsenweger
  • Publication number: 20130320365
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a heat sink, through which air can flow transversely to its longitudinal extension and a plurality of semiconductor light sources, in particular light-emitting diodes, arranged on the heat sink, wherein at least two of the semiconductor light sources are aligned in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Klaus Eckert, Johannes Hoechtl, Henrike Streppel
  • Publication number: 20130314928
    Abstract: A semiconductor lighting device includes a translucent cover and a mounting for the cover, wherein the mounting has an annular groove, the cover is inserted into the annular groove and the cover is held in the annular groove, at least on a first side, by means of an adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Bittmann, Nicole Breidenassel, Klaus Eckert, Markus Hofmann
  • Patent number: 8581478
    Abstract: A cooling member for at least one semiconductor light emitting element, in particular an LED, may include a mounting cavity for accommodating at least part of a control electronics unit, whereby the cooling member is composed of multiple cooling member parts, whereby each of which cooling member parts includes part of a wall of the mounting cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Nicole Breidenassel, Klaus Burkard, Florian Zeus
  • Publication number: 20130235582
    Abstract: An illumination device comprising at least one reflector and at least one light generating unit, wherein the at least one reflector is designed and arranged to reflect at least a portion of a light emitted by the at least one light generating unit into a spatial region that cannot be directly irradiated thereby, and the at least one light generating unit comprises at least one illuminating region having a substantially uniform emission characteristic in a circumferential direction of the illumination device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Fabian Reingruber
  • Publication number: 20130229801
    Abstract: A semiconductor lamp includes a reflector having a lower side and an upper side, wherein the lower side widens laterally and wherein the lower side and the upper side are separated from one another by an upper rim, and having a first light source group having at least one semiconductor light source and a second light source group having at least one semiconductor light source, wherein the reflector is provided as a cooling body for the first light source group and for the second light source group; wherein at least a part of a light that can be emitted by the first light source group can be reflected by means of the lower side of the reflector at least into a spatial angle range that cannot be directly illuminated by the first light source group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Johannes Hoechtl, Fabian Reingruber, Henrike Streppel
  • Patent number: 8513866
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a semiconductor lamp may include at least one semiconductor light source; a driver for operating the at least one semiconductor light source and at least one heat sink for cooling the at least one semiconductor light source and the driver; wherein the at least one heat sink may include a first heat sink, which is thermally connected to the at least one semiconductor light source and a second heat sink, which is thermally connected to the driver; wherein the first heat sink and the second heat sink are thermally insulated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Guenter Hoetzl
  • Publication number: 20130121759
    Abstract: A fastening element for fastening a light source substrate to a support, wherein the fastening element is configured to be seated on the light source substrate, and includes at least one fastening means for fastening to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Tobias Frost, Guenter Hoetzl, Thomas Preuschl, Peter Sachsenweger
  • Publication number: 20130107531
    Abstract: A heat sink may be constructed from at least one sheet-metal part and may include at least one flow structure, wherein the flow structure is configured to guide cooling air along an inner side of the heat sink, and wherein the flow structure is configured to direct the cooling air at least partially along a longitudinal axis of the heat sink on the inner side of the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Klaus Eckert, Guenter Hoetzl, Markus Hofmann, Fabian Reingruber
  • Publication number: 20130020941
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a semiconductor lamp may include a driver cavity for accommodating driver electronics, and a light source substrate populated with at least one semiconductor light source, said driver cavity being closed by the light source substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Guenter Hoetzl, Christoph Mahler, Thomas Preuschl, Steffen Tegethoff
  • Publication number: 20130016512
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a semiconductor lamp may include at least one semiconductor light source; a driver for operating the at least one semiconductor light source and at least one heat sink for cooling the at least one semiconductor light source and the driver; wherein the at least one heat sink may include a first heat sink, which is thermally connected to the at least one semiconductor light source and a second heat sink, which is thermally connected to the driver; wherein the first heat sink and the second heat sink are thermally insulated from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Guenter Hoetzl
  • Publication number: 20120313500
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a lamp may include at least one light source; and at least one reflector means for reflecting light that has been emitted by the at least one light source, it being possible for the at least one reflector means to have a radial asymmetric form about a longitudinal axis of the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Nicole Breidenassel, Steffen Tegethoff
  • Patent number: 8322892
    Abstract: A heat sink is provided. The heat sink may include an open cavity formed by a cavity wall, a cavity bottom wall thereof including a light source region adapted to have a light source mounted thereon and a lateral cavity wall thereof including a reflection region adapted to reflect light emitted from the light source; a heat spreading and dissipation structure covering at least part of an exterior of the heat sink including a bottom region and a lateral region, the heat spreading and dissipation structure including a plurality of vertically aligned fins; an air guidance structure adapted to separate the heat sink from an air flow generator; and at least one mounting column for attaching the heat sink to a lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Osram AG
    Inventors: Alessandro Scordino, Nicole Breidenassel, Giovanni Scilla