Patents by Inventor Randal L. Wimberly

Randal L. Wimberly 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: 9512978
    Abstract: An improved primary optics light projection system comprising a cone shaped reflector designed within specified mathematical parameters and a light source placed near the apex focal point cross sectional area of said reflector is disclosed for projecting a vortex of light rays with a precise shape and an even beam field containing a maximum number of light rays produced by a light source having a small or large diameter or cross section. A reflector near the base of the light source and perpendicular to the cone shaped reflector and one or more lens may be included to increase efficiency. The cone shaped reflector may be made in various cross sectional shapes providing means for using light sources with a square, rectangular, round, oval, or unconventional shape allowing the use of high efficiency light sources such as, but not limited to, light emitting diodes, often used in clusters of multiple LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Inventor: Randal L Wimberly
  • Patent number: 8919994
    Abstract: An LED lamp specially adapted for use in combination with a concave reflector and to replace the incandescent light sources normally used. The lamp includes two or more light emitting diodes or light emitting diode arrays, each with a specified angle of light radiation, mounted substantially perpendicular to the lamp support and spaced symmetrically around the longitudinal axis of the said lamp support to form a compact consolidated light radiation area with a specified length, width, and height. All of the light radiates outward in a 360 degree radial pattern around and horizontal to the longitudinal axis of the said lamp support and at a specified angle of radiation vertical to the longitudinal axis of the said lamp support. Substantially all of the light emitted impinges on, and is redirected by, the reflector to project a high intensity beam of light with all light rays radiating at the same angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventor: Randal L. Wimberly
  • Publication number: 20140160744
    Abstract: An LED lamp specially adapted for use in combination with a concave reflector and to replace the incandescent light sources normally used. The lamp includes two or more light emitting diodes or light emitting diode arrays, each with a specified angle of light radiation, mounted substantially perpendicular to the lamp support and spaced symmetrically around the longitudinal axis of the said lamp support to form a compact consolidated light radiation area with a specified length, width, and height. All of the light radiates outward in a 360 degree radial pattern around and horizontal to the longitudinal axis of the said lamp support and at a specified angle of radiation vertical to the longitudinal axis of the said lamp support. Substantially all of the light emitted impinges on, and is redirected by, the reflector to project a high intensity beam of light with all light rays radiating at the same angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventor: Randal L. Wimberly
  • Patent number: 6744187
    Abstract: A lamp system includes an electric lamp having an internal reflector disposed within an envelope for redirecting light emitted from a filament away from a base of the lamp and onto the filament. Utilizing the internal reflector in this manner improves the efficiency and increases the life expectancy of the lamp by reducing the electrical current required to maintain an optimum temperature of the filament for producing light. Additionally, the ability to place the lamp filament in close proximity to the base of an external reflector alters the focal point of a lamp system incorporating the lamp, thereby allowing use of external reflectors of lesser bulk and diameter without sacrificing efficiency and intensity of the light beam emitted therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Randal L. Wimberly
  • Patent number: 4999758
    Abstract: Lamp housing which, in one form, selectively receive different sized P.A.R. lamps and, in another form, selectively receive a P.A.R. lamp or an incandescent lamp. In either instance, the P.A.R. lamp is retained in position by spaced-apart flexible latches which engage a portion of the lamp lens. Additionally, and in order to provide ventilation space between the inside of the housing and the positioned P.A.R. lamp, spacer arrangements are provided. In both housing forms, ventilation openings are provided at various locations in the housing. As an added feature, each housing form, which includes a mounting bracket, is secured in an operative position by a support clamp. The latter is unique in configuration, being defined by a first and second portion at right angles with respect to each other and an arcuate third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Inventor: Randal L. Wimberly