Patents by Inventor Paul Jungwirth

Paul Jungwirth 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).

  • Failure mitigation in arrays of light-emitting devices
    Patent number: 9107272
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, an illumination system comprising a plurality of power strings features elements facilitating compensation for failure of one or more light-emitting elements connected along each power string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth, Calvin Wade Sheen
  • ILLUMINATION DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150208469
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a converter for a lighting apparatus iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from the lighting apparatus to regulate operation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: William P. Coetzee, Paul Jungwirth, Michael A. Tischler
  • Wiring boards for array-based electronic devices
    Patent number: 9089018
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • Electronic devices with yielding substrates
    Patent number: 9054290
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a semiconductor die is adhered directly to a yielding substrate with a pressure-activated adhesive notwithstanding any nonplanarity of the surface of the semiconductor die or non-coplanarity of the semiconductor die contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Ian Ashdown, Calvin Wade Sheen, Paul Jungwirth
  • NON-LINEAR SYSTEM CONTROL METHODS
    Publication number: 20150115907
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a control system for an electronic circuit iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from a load to regulate operation of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, William P. Coetzee, Paul Jungwirth
  • WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150108906
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth
  • WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150108907
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • Illumination control through selective activation and de-activation of lighting elements
    Patent number: 8988005
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an illumination system includes multiple light-emitting strings that are selectively activated or deactivated to regulate an overall output of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Jungwirth, Ian Ashdown, Michael Albert Tischler
  • WIRING BOARDS FOR ARRAY-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150077991
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • FAILURE MITIGATION IN ARRAYS OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150042231
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, an illumination system comprising a plurality of power strings features elements facilitating compensation for failure of one or more light-emitting elements connected along each power string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth, Calvin Wade Sheen
  • Wiring boards for array-based electronic devices
    Patent number: 8947001
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth
  • Illumination device control systems and methods
    Patent number: 8937439
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a control system for an electronic circuit iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from a load to regulate operation of the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, William P. Coetzee, Paul Jungwirth
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH YIELDING SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20150001465
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a semiconductor die is adhered directly to a yielding substrate with a pressure-activated adhesive notwithstanding any nonplanarity of the surface of the semiconductor die or non-coplanarity of the semiconductor die contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Ian Ashdown, Calvin Wade Sheen, Paul Jungwirth
  • Method and system for driving light emitting elements
    Patent number: 8907591
    Abstract: Strings of light-emitting elements are driven by providing a fixed voltage reference to a plurality of parallel-connected current sources, each of the current sources being connected in series with a string, supplying current from each current source to the string to which it is connected, whereby the fixed voltage reference is independent of the current supplied to each string, and taking up excess voltage not required by any one of the strings of light-emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Jungwirth
  • Electronic devices with yielding substrates
    Patent number: 8907370
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, a semiconductor die is adhered directly to a yielding substrate with a pressure-activated adhesive notwithstanding any nonplanarity of the surface of the semiconductor die or non-coplanarity of the semiconductor die contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Philippe M. Schick, Ian Ashdown, Calvin Wade Sheen, Paul Jungwirth
  • Wiring boards for array-based electronic devices
    Patent number: 8884534
    Abstract: In accordance with certain embodiments, lighting systems include one or more lightsheets each including a plurality of strings of light-emitting elements, control elements, and power conductors for supplying power to the light-emitting elements and control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, Paul Palfreyman, Philippe M. Schick, Paul Jungwirth
  • ILLUMINATION DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140312788
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a control system for an electronic circuit iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from a load to regulate operation of the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Michael A. Tischler, William P. Coetzee, Paul Jungwirth
  • Undulating flexible illumination sheet with light emitting surface
    Patent number: D736421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth, Philippe M. Schick
  • Undulating flexible illumination sheet with light-emitting surface regions
    Patent number: D736422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth, Philippe M. Schick
  • Undulating flexible illumination sheet with opposing surfaces having light-emitting surface regions
    Patent number: D736424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Cooledge Lighting Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Palfreyman, Michael A. Tischler, Paul Jungwirth, Philippe M. Schick