Patents by Inventor Steven F. Tregilgas

Steven F. Tregilgas 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: 20240133531
    Abstract: A lamp has a lens having a front light exiting surface, three alignment portions extending from the lens, a substrate with a flexible material between the substrate the three alignment portions, the substrate having three apertures aligned with the three alignment portions; and a dual axis adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism has three members, each member extending through a respective aperture in the substrate and attached to a respectively aligned alignment portion. The three members include a fixed member, a vertical adjustor fixedly attached to the alignment portion and movable with respect to the substrate and configured to adjust the lens with respect to the vertical axis, and a horizontal adjustor fixedly attached to the alignment portion and movable with respect to the substrate, the horizontal adjustor configured to adjust the lens with respect to the horizontal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Michael F. Pickholz, Steven Francis Tregilgas
  • Patent number: 11913616
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a substrate, a lens having a pivotal attachment to the substrate and defining a lamp chamber between the lens and the substrate, at least one light source provided in the lamp chamber, an alignment portion integral with and extending from the lens parallel to the substrate and having an aperture, and an adjustment mechanism extending through the aperture and the substrate, the adjustment mechanism configured to adjust alignment of the lens with a single-point adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MagWerks Vision Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Pickholz, Steven Francis Tregilgas
  • Patent number: 9494297
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a solar-powered lighting fixture includes a solar panel electrically connected to a control circuit, a rechargeable battery to store electrical energy generated by the solar panel, and a LED module with a lens, wherein the lens has a plurality of integral optical elements comprising an inner refracting surface and an outer refracting surface, and the control circuit is capable of charging the battery by adjusting the charge current from the solar panel to the battery, automatically powering the at least one light-emitting diode on and off, and automatically adjusting the level and duration of electrical current provided to the at least one light-emitting diode. In at least one embodiment, the control circuit includes a microprocessor to calculate an operational profile based on the charge stored in the battery and an anticipated power requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Continental Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: William E. Nagengast, Judy Nagengast, Steven F. Tregilgas, Jerry D. Heiniger
  • Patent number: 4768134
    Abstract: An actuator mechanism for a pivoted member which includes a drive crank pivotally connected to a link which, in turn, is pivotally connected to a driven crank for transmitting drive to the driven link and wherein the link cooperates with a stationary pin for ensuring that the link is properly located for continuously providing drive to the driven crank in the proper direction even when the drive crank, link and driven crank are in longitudinal alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Bartley A. Haydu, Steven F. Tregilgas, William E. Carrell
  • Patent number: D698991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Steven F. Tregilgas, William E. Nagengast