Patents by Inventor Ron Lancial

Ron Lancial 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: 20170184256
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a substrate; a one-dimensional (1D) array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) distributed on the substrate along a first direction; a 1D array of lenses optically coupled in one-to-one correspondence with the 1D array of LEDs; and a 1D array of light shields optically coupled in one-to-one correspondence with the 1D array of lenses, each light shield of the 1D array of light shields having an input aperture and an output aperture, the light shield comprising a lateral surface extending between the input aperture and the output aperture in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Justin L. Horvath, Ron Lancial
  • Publication number: 20160169481
    Abstract: An illumination system includes a housing elongated along a first direction, a substrate supported inside the housing and extending along the first direction, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) distributed along and supported by the substrate inside the housing; and a co-formed optical element extending along the first direction, the co-formed optical element including an optical coupler made from a first material and a lens made from a second, different material, where the optical coupler and the lens are integrally co-formed as a single piece such that the lens joins seamlessly with the optical coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Justin L. Horvath, Ron Lancial