Patents by Inventor THEODORE DOUGLAS LOWES

THEODORE DOUGLAS LOWES 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: 10842016
    Abstract: A compact and efficient LED array lighting component comprising a circuit board with an array of LED chips mounted on it and electrically interconnected. A plurality of primary lenses is included, each of which is formed directly over each LED chip and/or a sub-group of the LED chips. A heat sink is included with the circuit board mounted to the heat sink so that heat from the LED chips spreads into the heat sink. In some embodiments the circuit board can be thermally conductive and electrically insulating. Method of forming an LED component are also disclosed utilizing chip-on-board mounting techniques for mounting the LED chips on the circuit board, and molding of the primary lenses directly over the LED chips individually or in sub-groups of LED chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Chandan Bhat, Theodore Douglas Lowes, Julio Garceran, Bernd Keller
  • Patent number: 10546846
    Abstract: A light emitter device, package, or lamp that comprises and light emitter and a light transmission control material to mask the appearance of at least the light emitter. In one embodiment, a light emitting diode (LED) based lamp is disclosed, comprising an LED light source. A phosphor is arranged remote to the light source such that light emitted from the light source passes through this phosphor and is converted by this phosphor. A light transmission control material is applied at least partially outside the LED light source and the phosphor to reversibly mask the appearance of the LED light source and the phosphor. The light transmission control material is less masking when the LED light source is active. A method for masking the appearance of inactive light emitters is also disclosed that comprising providing at least one light emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventor: Theodore Douglas Lowes
  • Publication number: 20130009179
    Abstract: A compact and efficient LED array lighting component comprising a circuit board with an array of LED chips mounted on it and electrically interconnected. A plurality of primary lenses is included, each of which is formed directly over each LED chip and/or a sub-group of the LED chips. A heat sink is included with the circuit board mounted to the heat sink so that heat from the LED chips spreads into the heat sink. In some embodiments the circuit board can be thermally conductive and electrically insulating. Method of forming an LED component are also disclosed utilizing chip-on-board mounting techniques for mounting the LED chips on the circuit board, and molding of the primary lenses directly over the LED chips individually or in sub-groups of LED chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: CHANDAN BHAT, Theodore Douglas Lowes, Julio Garceran, Bernd Keller
  • Publication number: 20120018754
    Abstract: A light emitter device, package, or lamp that comprises and light emitter and a light transmission control material to mask the appearance of at least the light emitter. In one embodiment, a light emitting diode (LED) based lamp is disclosed, comprising an LED light source. A phosphor is arranged remote to the light source such that light emitted from the light source passes through this phosphor and is converted by this phosphor. A light transmission control material is applied at least partially outside the LED light source and the phosphor to reversibly mask the appearance of the LED light source and the phosphor. The light transmission control material is less masking when the LED light source is active. A method for masking the appearance of inactive light emitters is also disclosed that comprising providing at least one light emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: THEODORE DOUGLAS LOWES
  • Patent number: D700584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cree, Inc.
    Inventors: Chandan Bhat, Theodore Douglas Lowes, Bernd Keller