Patents by Inventor Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele

Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele 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: 11922833
    Abstract: There is provided an interface system for joining display modules to a framework structure. The interface system comprises a base structure and a holder structure, the holder structure can be attached to the framework, and the base structure can be attached to two or more of the display modules. The holder structure or the base structure are interfaced by a tiltable planar surface and a curved support structure so that the holder structure and base structre are moveable towards each other. A multiple of base structures can be joined via elongated members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Georg Josef Gimbler, Roland Michael Schmuker, Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Patent number: 11763704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, the support substructure being characterized in that it is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
  • Publication number: 20230069929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, the support substructure being characterized in that it is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE, Frank Michael FISCHER, Stephan Frank HENRY
  • Patent number: 11443663
    Abstract: A support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, where the support substructure is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
  • Publication number: 20220093016
    Abstract: There is provided an interface system for joining display modules to a framework structure. The interface system comprises a base structure and a holder structure, the holder structure can be attached to the framework, and the base structure can be attached to two or more of the display modules. The holder structure or the base structure are interfaced by a tiltable planar surface and a curved support structure so that the holder structure and base structre are moveable towards each other. A multiple of base structures can be joined via elongated members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Georg Josef GIMBLER, Roland Michael SCHMUKER, Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE
  • Publication number: 20220022330
    Abstract: Tiled displays having display tiles, are described as well as methods of making and/or operating tiled displays and tiles. Methods and devices are described for a tiled display having tiles lying in an X-Y plane, the methods and devices being for setting or adjusting the position of neighbouring tiles in a tiled display to reduce differences in the Z direction between tiles of a tiled display, whereby the tiles lie in the X-Y plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE, Nico Michael NAAS
  • Publication number: 20200090560
    Abstract: A support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, where the support substructure is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE, Frank Michael FISCHER, Stephan Frank HENRY
  • Patent number: 10429684
    Abstract: A display tile having a frame whose compliance is increased in a well determined region to accommodate the different thermal expansions of the frame and one or more substrates to which the frame is fastened. The display tile has also regions of increased compliance that will deform to allow different parts of the frame to be brought into contact and glued to the lateral sides of two superimposed substrates when at least one lateral side of one of the substrates is not coplanar with the corresponding lateral side of the other substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Nico Naas, Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Publication number: 20190011749
    Abstract: A display tile having a frame whose compliance is increased in a well determined region to accommodate the different thermal expansions of the frame and one or more substrates to which the frame is fastened. The display tile has also regions of increased compliance that will deform to allow different parts of the frame to be brought into contact and glued to the lateral sides of two superimposed substrates when at least one lateral side of one of the substrates is not coplanar with the corresponding lateral side of the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Nico NAAS, Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE
  • Patent number: 10108038
    Abstract: A display tile having a frame whose compliance is increased in a well determined region to accommodate the different thermal expansions of the frame and one or more substrates to which the frame is fastened. The display tile has also regions of increased compliance that will deform to allow different parts of the frame to be brought into contact and glued to the lateral sides of two superimposed substrates when at least one lateral side of one of the substrates is not coplanar with the corresponding lateral side of the other substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Nico Naas, Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Publication number: 20170307922
    Abstract: A display tile having a frame whose compliance is increased in a well determined region to accommodate the different thermal expansions of the frame and one or more substrates to which the frame is fastened. The display tile has also regions of increased compliance that will deform to allow different parts of the frame to be brought into contact and glued to the lateral sides of two superimposed substrates when at least one lateral side of one of the substrates is not coplanar with the corresponding lateral side of the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Nico NAAS, Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE
  • Patent number: 9546757
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support structure for an article. In particular, the invention relates to a support structure for mounting modular articles such as display units and the like upon a wall. The support structure comprises a support bracket (1), the support bracket having at least one opening (15), the opening being sized to accommodate a fixing (4) by which the support bracket may be secured to a wall (3), the opening being larger than the fixing whereby the position of the support bracket (1) may be adjusted relative to the fixing (4). The support structure also comprises a support element (2), the support element having a dimension (d) which is larger than the opening (15), the support element having a fixing hole (14) therethrough, the distance between the fixing hole (14) and the periphery of the support element (2) being non-uniform. The support bracket (1) has a support surface (12) adapted for engagement by the periphery of the support element (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Barco NV
    Inventor: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Publication number: 20160003411
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support structure for an article. In particular, the invention relates to a support structure for mounting modular articles such as display units and the like upon a wall. The support structure comprises a support bracket (1), the support bracket having at least one opening (15), the opening being sized to accommodate a fixing (4) by which the support bracket may be secured to a wall (3), the opening being larger than the fixing whereby the position of the support bracket (1) may be adjusted relative to the fixing (4). The support structure also comprises a support element (2), the support element having a dimension (d) which is larger than the opening (15), the support element having a fixing hole (14) therethrough, the distance between the fixing hole (14) and the periphery of the support element (2) being non-uniform. The support bracket (1) has a support surface (12) adapted for engagement by the periphery of the support element (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventor: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Patent number: 9133979
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support structure for an article. In particular, the invention relates to a support structure for mounting modular articles such as display units and the like upon a wall. The support structure comprises a support bracket (1), the support bracket having at least one opening (15), the opening being sized to accommodate a fixing (4) by which the support bracket may be secured to a wall (3), the opening being larger than the fixing whereby the position of the support bracket (1) may be adjusted relative to the fixing (4). The support structure also comprises a support element (2), the support element having a dimension (d) which is larger than the opening (15), the support element having a fixing hole (14) therethrough, the distance between the fixing hole (14) and the periphery of the support element (2) being non-uniform. The support bracket (1) has a support surface (12) adapted for engagement by the periphery of the support element (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Inventor: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Patent number: 8992110
    Abstract: A spacer plate (3, 6, 7) for interconnecting support profiles (1, 5, 8, 9) of a display support structure (23) is described, including at least one alignment opening (11) for receiving an alignment stud (2) for aligning a first profile (1, 8) with respect to a second profile (5, 9) via the spacer plate (6), and at least one connector opening (13) for receiving a connector bar (4) for connecting the first profile (1, 8) to the second profile (5, 9) via the spacer plate (6), wherein the connector opening (13) is connected to the alignment opening (11) such that the relative position of the alignment stud (2) inside the alignment opening (11) is adjustable by the position of the connector bar (4) inside the connector opening (13). This allows to easily put the alignment stud (2) into the alignment opening (11) of the spacer plate (3, 6, 7) or vice versa and to eliminate all free play between the alignment stud (11) and the spacer plate (3, 6, 7) at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Barco N.V.
    Inventors: Marc Oscar Cornelius Decroos, Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Publication number: 20140367541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support structure for an article. In particular, the invention relates to a support structure for mounting modular articles such as display units and the like upon a wall. The support structure comprises a support bracket (1), the support bracket having at least one opening (15), the opening being sized to accommodate a fixing (4) by which the support bracket may be secured to a wall (3), the opening being larger than the fixing whereby the position of the support bracket (1) may be adjusted relative to the fixing (4). The support structure also comprises a support element (2), the support element having a dimension (d) which is larger than the opening (15), the support element having a fixing hole (14) therethrough, the distance between the fixing hole (14) and the periphery of the support element (2) being non-uniform. The support bracket (1) has a support surface (12) adapted for engagement by the periphery of the support element (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Patent number: D754623
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: BARCO N.V.
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Sven Alexander Schüle, Roland Schmuker, Christoph Andreas Geiger