Patents by Inventor Ralph Bertram

Ralph Bertram 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: 20120086320
    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: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Nicole Breidenassel, Klaus Burkard, Florian Zeus
  • Publication number: 20120068610
    Abstract: A method for setting a color locus of a luminaire (110) comprising at least one phosphor-converted light-emitting diode (103, 105) and at least one monochromatic light-emitting diode (104), wherein the method comprises the steps of: setting a current for the at least one phosphor-converted light-emitting diode (103, 105) setting a pulse width modulation for the at least one phosphor-converted light-emitting diode (104); and setting a current or a pulse width modulation for the at least one monochromatic light-emitting diode (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Osram AG
    Inventor: Ralph Bertram
  • Publication number: 20120069556
    Abstract: An illumination module may include at least one flexible carrier for a plurality of heat sources, including light sources, wherein the carrier is provided for being bent over at least part of its width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: OSRAM AG
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Tobias Frost, Christian Herbold, Steffen Strauss
  • Publication number: 20110304268
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a lighting device is provided, which may include at least one semiconductor light source, at least one sensor and evaluation electronics functionally connected to the at least one sensor, wherein the evaluation electronics are arranged to trigger at least one action of the lighting device upon at least one predetermined sensor signal of the at least one sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Moritz Engl, Markus Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20110252731
    Abstract: A wall panel includes a panel body, a first jamb clip, a second jamb clip, a bottom member, and an attachment clip. The first jamb clip is positioned adjacent to a right side of the panel body and the second jamb clip is positioned adjacent to a left side of the panel body. The first and second jamb clips are each configured to receive a portion of a spline. The bottom member has an engagement portion and is positioned adjacent to a bottom end of the panel body. The attachment clip is positioned adjacent to an upper end of the panel body and has an engagement receiving portion configured to engage an engagement portion of an adjacent panel. The bottom end of the panel body is configured to define a ventilation gap when joined to an adjacent panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: CENTRIA
    Inventors: Keith D. Boyer, Dario Giandomenico, Ralph A. Bertram
  • Publication number: 20110090671
    Abstract: An illumination device may include a hollow body having at least one light emission opening, wherein the hollow body has at least partly a reflective surface at its inner side, and at least one semiconductor luminous element, wherein a predominant portion of the light emitted by the semiconductor luminous element is incident on the inner side of the hollow body and is reflected from there through the light emission opening. The device may furthermore include a covering for the light emission opening with a grid-type arrangement of light transmission openings, wherein the at least one semiconductor luminous element is fixed to the covering and is directed at the inner side of the hollow body, and wherein a side area of the covering that surrounds the light transmission openings is at least partly reflectively coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Simon Schwalenberg, Benjamin Jobst
  • Patent number: 7862205
    Abstract: A lighting unit has at least two submounts, wherein each submount has multiple light sources. Furthermore, a lamp may have such a lighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Simon Schwalenberg, Jan Marfeld
  • Publication number: 20100301353
    Abstract: An LED lighting device is provided which may include at least one light-emitting diode and at least one conversion reflector, wherein the conversion reflector is configured to emit at least a portion of light emitted from the light-emitting diode at a converted wavelength, and wherein the conversion reflector covers the at least one light-emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pabst, Ralph Bertram, Martin Zachau, Dirk Berben
  • Publication number: 20100259175
    Abstract: A method for setting a color location is provided. The method may include providing n luminous sources of which n-3 luminous sources have been, or are preset; determining a color location difference of the n luminous sources from a desired color location; and setting the 3 luminous sources not preset are set such that the desired color location is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Georg Forster, Oskar Schallmoser, Ralph Bertram, Nico Morgenbrod
  • Publication number: 20100194792
    Abstract: An illumination unit may include at least one luminous means; a detector, which is configured to be used to detect at least one brightness of an image; at least one controller connected to the at least one luminous means and to the detector, wherein the at least one luminous means can be driven in a manner dependent on the at least one brightness of the image with the aid of the controller; a plurality of luminous means whose brightnesses can be set in each case at least one of individually and in clusters with the aid of the controller; and at least one switch which is configured to be used to short-circuit at least one luminous means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Bakuri Lanchava, Robert Kraus, David Dussault, Matthias Fiegler, Ralph Bertram
  • Publication number: 20100053967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device to be installed in and/or behind a panel (3), in particular ceiling and/or wall cladding, comprising at least one fitted lamp (1, 1a, 1b) having at least one housing (4) which ends approximately flush with the panel (3), at least one light exit surface (10) and at least one LED module (10), the LED module (5) comprising at least one light-emitting diode (LED) (6). At least one ventilation opening (11, 12) is arranged between the light exit surface (10) and the housing (4) and means (13) are provided for generating an air flow through the ventilation opening (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM Gesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Nico Morgenbrod
  • Publication number: 20090147508
    Abstract: A lighting unit has at least two submounts, wherein each submount has multiple light sources. Furthermore, a lamp may have such a lighting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Simon Schwalenberg, Jan Marfeld
  • Publication number: 20070211458
    Abstract: A light module (1) comprising a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor components (2), each of which is assigned an emission angle (2?), comprising at least one component having an optical element (9) that enlarges the emission angle (2?), and comprising a common optical device for focusing the radiation. The radiation is intermixed by means of the optical element (9). Also disclosed is a light multiple module (16), which has at least two light modules (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Katrin Schroll, Harald Stoyan, Robert Kraus
  • Publication number: 20030096065
    Abstract: An electrooptical component comprising a side-chain polymer having nonlinear optical properties is disclosed. The polymer having photoaddressable properties contains a) at least one azobenzene-based dye, b) at least one mesogenic grouping, c) optionally at least one additional monomer unit and d) optionally a solubility-improving monomer unit, with the proviso that b) is optional in the embodiments where the azobenzene-based dye is mesogenic. Examples of electrooptical components disclosed include modulators, electrostrictive actuators and piezoelectric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Horst Berneth, Serguei Kostromine, Rainer Hagen, Karsten Buse, Nils Benter, Ralph Bertram, Elisabeth Soergel, Akos Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 3999033
    Abstract: The flexible wire guide assembly of the torch is located between the torch body and the nozzle assembly and includes at least two layers of helically wound multi-strand conductor circumferentially arranged in concentric relation to form an annular passageway for a moving electrode. The layers are contained within an inner and outer extension spring which cooperate during the application of a bending force to restrain the layers from bulging inwardly or outwardly respectively. The outer spring is held in lateral compression with its turns spaced a predetermined distance apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph Hugo Willgohs, Donald Joseph Mikalsen, Ralph Bertram Grenville Yeo
  • Patent number: D600367
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Moritz Engl, Markus Hofmann
  • Patent number: D600368
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Ralph Bertram, Moritz Engl, Markus Hofmann