Patents by Inventor Tim Skertich, JR.

Tim Skertich, JR. 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: 11708020
    Abstract: Lighting unit that can be mounted to a vehicle for illuminating work or emergency areas at night. The lighting unit includes a mechanically controllable driver for selecting a position of a central optical axis of the light emitter and an electronically adjustable refractive element for modulating a beam spread configuration generated by the lighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Robert A. Czajkowski, Robert J. Hartke, Jeffery M. Loftus, Tim Skertich, Jr., Aaron Sowers, Adam Voss
  • Publication number: 20220227287
    Abstract: Lighting unit that can be mounted to a vehicle for illuminating work or emergency areas at night. The lighting unit includes a mechanically controllable driver for selecting a position of a central optical axis of the light emitter and an electronically adjustable refractive element for modulating a beam spread configuration generated by the lighting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Robert A. Czajkowski, Robert J. Hartke, Jeffery M. Loftus, Tim Skertich, JR., Aaron Sowers, Adam Voss
  • Patent number: 10883695
    Abstract: Light bars, and lighting systems and vehicles that include light bars. The light bars include a plurality of light emitting modules coupled together at flexible joints to allow a single light bar to be affixed to surfaces of varying curvatures, such as an interior window surface of a vehicle. The size of the light bar is easily customizable due to its modular nature. In some examples, a controller or other electronic element is adapted to detect a number and/or configuration of modules in a given light bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Tim Skertich, Jr., Robert A. Czajkowski, Paul M. Gergets, Jeffery M. Loftus
  • Publication number: 20190368680
    Abstract: Light bars, and lighting systems and vehicles that include light bars. The light bars include a plurality of light emitting modules coupled together at flexible joints to allow a single light bar to be affixed to surfaces of varying curvatures, such as an interior window surface of a vehicle. The size of the light bar is easily customizable due to its modular nature. In some examples, a controller or other electronic element is adapted to detect a number and/or configuration of modules in a given light bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Tim Skertich, JR., Robert A. Czajkowski, Paul M. Gergets, Jeffery M. Loftus
  • Patent number: 9228713
    Abstract: The present application relates to a light beacon, light beacon assembly, and methods of its construction. In one aspect, a light beacon assembly includes a housing including a base and a lens cooperating to enclose an interior volume, the lens having a generally cylindrical shape. The assembly also includes a plurality of circuit boards positioned within the interior volume, where each of the plurality of circuit boards having a conductive tab extending from a first side, a conductive tab receiver near a second side, and a light emitting diode mounted thereon. The plurality of circuit boards are each positioned within the interior volume and extend perpendicularly from the base such that the tab of each circuit board is received at the tab receiver of an adjacent circuit board. The plurality of circuit boards are interconnected to form a structure having light emitting diodes oriented outwardly toward the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Tim Skertich, Jr., Duane P. Belitz, Robert R. March, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20090040065
    Abstract: A warning light and a method of providing a warning light signal are disclosed. A warning light includes a control system configured to receive a power supply and generate a pulsating output. At least one light-emitting diode (LED) array is configured to receive the pulsating output and generate a pulsating light having a predetermined intensity and appearing to a human eye to include a steady-state light. A housing is configured to contain the warning light. The housing includes a base configured to contain the control system and receive the power supply, a light-conductive dome configured to receive the LED array, and a coupling configured to join the dome to the base. By powering the LED array to generate a pulsating light, and possibly including a heat-dissipating device to transfer heat from the LED array, the warning light operates at a reduced temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: John Dalton, Tim Skertich, JR.
  • Patent number: D974212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Federal Signal Corporation
    Inventors: Duane P. Belitz, Robert A. Czajkowski, Robert J. Hartke, Jeffery M. Loftus, Tim Skertich, Jr., Aaron Sowers, Adam Voss