Patents by Inventor Thomas Celano

Thomas Celano 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: 20240072212
    Abstract: Solid-state lighting devices including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and more particularly sealing structures for LED packages are disclosed. Sealing structures include multiple seals within an LED package that provide a multiple barrier structure for enhanced protection from elemental ingress from a surrounding environment. Certain seals may be provided as bonding materials between cover structures and submounts of LED packages, thereby enclosing LED chips. Additional seals may be provided as coatings on surfaces of LED chips and/or submounts that are between cover structures and LED chips. Sealing structures may include multiple levels of hermetic seals with LED packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Tucker McFarlane, Robert Wilcox, David Suich, Thomas Celano, Michael Check, Colin Blakely
  • Publication number: 20240047606
    Abstract: Light-emitting devices and more particularly wafer level fabrication for multiple chip light-emitting devices is disclosed. Light-emitting devices include certain LED package structures, such as LED chips, submounts, and electrical connections that are formed by wafer level fabrication before individual light-emitting devices are separated. Methods include joining LED wafers with multiple LED chips formed thereon to submount wafers that include corresponding metallization patterns, followed by separating individual light-emitting devices. Each light-emitting device includes arrays of LED chips that are already bonded to a submount with electrical connections. The arrays of LED chips may be electrically coupled in a variety of electrical configurations based on arrangements of the metallization patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Check, Steven Wuester, Thomas Celano, David Suich, Colin Blakely, Jesse Reiherzer
  • Publication number: 20230260972
    Abstract: Light-emitting diode (LED) packages, and more particularly arrangements of multiple LED chips in LED packages are disclosed. Arrangements include different types, different dimensions, and/or different orientations of LED chips within LED packages and corresponding electrical connections. Further arrangements include individual cover structures having different dimensions for various LED chips to accommodate thickness variations of LED chips and/or thickness variations attributed to different elements of individual cover structures. Different cover structure elements may include lumiphoric materials, antireflective layers, filter layers, and polarization layers. By accounting for dimensional variations between LED chips and/or between cover structures within multiple-chip LED packages, aggregate light-emitting surfaces may be provided with improved emission uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Celano, Alexis Rile, Derek Miller, David Suich, Colin Blakely, Sarah Trinkle, Robert Wilcox
  • Patent number: D996377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Celano, Alexis Rile, Derek Miller, David Suich, Colin Blakely, Sarah Trinkle, Robert Wilcox