Patents by Inventor Robert Sonneman

Robert Sonneman 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).

  • Cylindrical housing for modular lighting system
    Patent number: 10184645
    Abstract: A modular lighting system that includes a pendant that is hung from and gets power from a power bar. The pendant can include a pendant body that is attached directly to and depends from the power bar. The pendant can be provided with one light source or two light sources that are directed in opposite directions. In another version, the pendant is attached to the power bar by a hanger and has connectors allowing the pendant to rotate about a horizontal axis. The hanger can include a member attached to the power bar and configured to allow two rods and the pendant depending from the rods to rotate about a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Contemporary Visions, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Hanger for a modular lighting system having a main body with two channels to accommodate two segments of a power bar
    Patent number: 10174923
    Abstract: A hanger for supporting one power bar from another vertically offset power bar or supporting a pendant from a power bar. The hanger has a main body forming channels receiving segments of the power bar, a cover forming an interference fit with the body to define a base and a conductive member that extends between the base and either a pendant or another power bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Contemporary Visions, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Method and apparatus for hanging lighting fixtures
    Patent number: 10156349
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. The pendants and hangers may be sized and shaped so that the pendants trapped the ends of the hangers forming a supporting mechanical interlock therebetween. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Modular lighting system with a plurality of power bars
    Patent number: 10151465
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of bars, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Contemporary Visions, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Laterally supported lights
    Patent number: 10151466
    Abstract: A light or pendant is selectively mountable at any point on two rods. The light includes a body with a light source and two wings creating respective interference fits with the rods to support the light and to provide power from the rods to the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Method and apparatus for hanging lighting fixtures
    Patent number: 10119688
    Abstract: A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. The pendants and hangers may be sized and shaped so that the pendants trapped the ends of the hangers forming a supporting mechanical interlock therebetween. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH LINEAR POWER BEAMS
    Publication number: 20180313503
    Abstract: A modular canopy lighting system is described comprising suspension elements for suspending said system from a ceiling, power beams including internal power beams, and connectors for connecting beams with other beams and beams with suspenders and lighting elements. The system is modular with the beams assembled to preferably define a single plane. A variety of lighting elements are usable in the present system, including lighting elements embedded in beams. The lighting elements may be configured with lenses in order to, for example, direct or diffuse the emitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D830609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D831264
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D831874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Lighting apparatus
    Patent number: D831880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D831881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D831882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D833056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Rod for a lighting system
    Patent number: D834237
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Connector for a lighting system
    Patent number: D834741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D836820
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D836239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Contemporary Visions, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D838402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman
  • Light fixture
    Patent number: D838407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Sonneman