Patents by Inventor Sten Heikman
Sten Heikman 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).
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Patent number: 12374854Abstract: A laser-based light source includes a material arranged on a package base adjacent to a laser diode chip and an optical element coupled to the material. The optical element is aligned to receive electromagnetic radiation from the laser diode chip. The optical element includes a wavelength conversion material and is configured to receive at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the laser diode chip. A reflective material surrounds sides of the optical element.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Sten Heikman, Terry Towe, Sudeep Khanal
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Patent number: 12283790Abstract: A phosphor integrated laser-based light source includes a thermally conductive material arranged on a package base adjacent to a laser diode chip and an optically transparent material coupled to the thermally conductive material. A groove extends between the thermally conductive material and the optically transport material and is aligned to receive electromagnetic radiation from the laser diode chip. A wavelength conversion material is coupled to the optically transparent material and is configured to receive at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation emitted into the groove and transmitted through the optically transparent material. A reflective material surrounds sides of the optically transparent material and the wavelength conversion material.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Kyocera SLD Laser, Inc.Inventor: Sten Heikman
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Patent number: 12264796Abstract: The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, Sten Heikman, James W. Raring
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Publication number: 20250044507Abstract: A laser-based fiber-coupled white light system is provided. The system includes a laser device comprising a gallium and nitrogen containing emitting region having an output facet configured to output a laser emission with a first wavelength ranging from 385 nm to 495 nm. The system further includes a phosphor member integrated with light collimation elements. The phosphor member converts the laser emission with the first wavelength to a phosphor emission with a second wavelength in either reflective or transmissive mode and mixed partially with laser emission to produce a white light emission. The system includes a transport fiber coupled to the phosphor member via the light collimation elements to receive the white light emission and deliver the white light emission remotely to one or more passive luminaries substantially free of electrical or moving parts disposed at remote distances from a dedicated source area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Sten Heikman, Ryan Gresback, Julian Carey
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Patent number: 12218477Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore
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Publication number: 20250012410Abstract: A laser-based fiber-coupled wide-spectrum light system is provided. The system includes a laser device and one or more phosphor members configured and arranged to provide wide-spectrum emissions. One or more fibers are configured and arranged to receive the wide-spectrum emissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Eric Goutain, Terry Towe, Naji Barakat, Sten Heikman, Oscar Romero, Raymond Ong
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Publication number: 20240396288Abstract: A reflective material is formed on surfaces of optical elements by adhering a first adhesive material to a first carrier and a second adhesive material to a second carrier; placing a plurality of un-coated optical elements on the first adhesive material; adhering the second adhesive material to the plurality of un-coated optical elements so that the plurality of un-coated optical elements are sandwiched between the first carrier and the second carrier; applying a liquid form of the reflective material to exposed surfaces of the plurality of un-coated optical elements using a spray process to create a plurality of coated optical elements; and removing the plurality of coated optical elements from the first and second adhesive materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Sten Heikman, Ryan Gresback, Fan Zhang, Eric Goutain
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Patent number: 12152742Abstract: A laser-based fiber-coupled wide-spectrum light system is provided. The system includes a laser device and one or more phosphor members configured and arranged to provide wide-spectrum emissions. One or more fibers are configured and arranged to receive the wide-spectrum emissions.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Eric Goutain, Terry Towe, Naji Barakat, Sten Heikman, Oscar Romero, Raymond Ong
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Publication number: 20240218989Abstract: The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, Sten Heikman, James W. Raring
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Patent number: 11973308Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a device and method for an integrated white colored electromagnetic radiation source using a combination of laser diode excitation sources based on gallium and nitrogen containing materials and light emitting source based on phosphor materials. A violet, blue, or other wavelength laser diode source based on gallium and nitrogen materials may be closely integrated with phosphor materials, such as yellow phosphors, to form a compact, high-brightness, and highly-efficient, white light source. The phosphor material is provided with a plurality of scattering centers scribed on an excitation surface or inside bulk of a plate to scatter electromagnetic radiation of a laser beam from the excitation source incident on the excitation surface to enhance generation and quality of an emitted light from the phosphor material for outputting a white light emission either in reflection mode or transmission mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore
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Patent number: 11906121Abstract: The present techniques include a plurality of laser lamp modules. In an example, the plurality of laser lamp modules includes a high beam wide lamp module, a high beam narrow lamp module, a low beam cut lamp module, and a low beam wide lamp module, each of which has a blue laser, and is sealed from an outside environment for reliability.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Cole J. Cunnien, Eric Goutain, Sten Heikman, James W. Raring
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Patent number: 11903113Abstract: A method includes the steps of obtaining a frame from an image sensor, the frame comprising a number of pixel values, detecting a change in a first subset of the pixel values, detecting a change in the second subset of the pixel values near the first subset of the pixel values, and determining an occupancy state based on a relationship between the change in the first subset of the pixel values and the second subset of the pixel values. The occupancy state may be determined to be occupied when the change in the first subset of the pixel values is in a first direction and the change in the second subset of the pixel values is in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: IDEAL INDUSTRIES LIGHTING LLCInventors: Sten Heikman, Yuvaraj Dora, Ronald W. Bessems, John Roberts, Robert D. Underwood
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Publication number: 20230238767Abstract: A laser-based light source includes a material arranged on a package base adjacent to a laser diode chip and an optical element coupled to the material. The optical element is aligned to receive electromagnetic radiation from the laser diode chip. The optical element includes a wavelength conversion material and is configured to receive at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the laser diode chip. A reflective material surrounds sides of the optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Sten Heikman, Terry Towe, Sudeep Khanal
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Publication number: 20220376462Abstract: A phosphor integrated laser-based light source includes a thermally conductive material arranged on a package base adjacent to a laser diode chip and an optically transparent material coupled to the thermally conductive material. A groove extends between the thermally conductive material and the optically transport material and is aligned to receive electromagnetic radiation from the laser diode chip. A wavelength conversion material is coupled to the optically transparent material and is configured to receive at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation emitted into the groove and transmitted through the optically transparent material. A reflective material surrounds sides of the optically transparent material and the wavelength conversion material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Kyocera SLD Laser, Inc.Inventor: Sten Heikman
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Publication number: 20220333745Abstract: A laser-based fiber-coupled wide-spectrum light system is provided. The system includes a laser device and one or more phosphor members configured and arranged to provide wide-spectrum emissions. One or more fibers are configured and arranged to receive the wide-spectrum emissions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Eric Goutain, Terry Towe, Naji Barakat, Sten Heikman, Oscar Romero, Raymond Ong
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Publication number: 20220320819Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore
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Patent number: 11437774Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a high-luminous flux laser-based white light source. A plurality of laser packages are arranged in an array pattern on a common support member. The plurality of laser packages each include one or more laser diode devices and a phosphor member. The phosphor member converts a fraction of the electromagnetic radiation from each of the laser diode devices to an emitted electromagnetic radiation and a white light is outputted.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.Inventors: Paul Rudy, James W. Raring, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore
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Publication number: 20220141939Abstract: A method includes the steps of obtaining a frame from an image sensor, the frame comprising a number of pixel values, detecting a change in a first subset of the pixel values, detecting a change in the second subset of the pixel values near the first subset of the pixel values, and determining an occupancy state based on a relationship between the change in the first subset of the pixel values and the second subset of the pixel values. The occupancy state may be determined to be occupied when the change in the first subset of the pixel values is in a first direction and the change in the second subset of the pixel values is in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Sten Heikman, Yuvaraj Dora, Ronald W. Bessems, John Roberts, Robert D. Underwood
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Patent number: 11229107Abstract: A method includes the steps of obtaining a frame from an image sensor, the frame comprising a number of pixel values, detecting a change in a first subset of the pixel values, detecting a change in the second subset of the pixel values near the first subset of the pixel values, and determining an occupancy state based on a relationship between the change in the first subset of the pixel values and the second subset of the pixel values. The occupancy state may be determined to be occupied when the change in the first subset of the pixel values is in a first direction and the change in the second subset of the pixel values is in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting LLCInventors: Sten Heikman, Yuvaraj Dora, Ronald W. Bessems, John Roberts, Robert D. Underwood
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Publication number: 20210151956Abstract: The embodiments described herein provide a device and method for an integrated white colored electromagnetic radiation source using a combination of laser diode excitation sources based on gallium and nitrogen containing materials and light emitting source based on phosphor materials. A violet, blue, or other wavelength laser diode source based on gallium and nitrogen materials may be closely integrated with phosphor materials, such as yellow phosphors, to form a compact, high-brightness, and highly-efficient, white light source. The phosphor material is provided with a plurality of scattering centers scribed on an excitation surface or inside bulk of a plate to scatter electromagnetic radiation of a laser beam from the excitation source incident on the excitation surface to enhance generation and quality of an emitted light from the phosphor material for outputting a white light emission either in reflection mode or transmission mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: James W. Raring, Paul Rudy, Eric Goutain, Troy Trottier, Melvin McLaurin, James Harrison, Sten Heikman, Michael Cantore