Patents by Inventor Udo Custodis

Udo Custodis 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: 20110291560
    Abstract: An illuminating device includes a tubular light guide, a plurality of light-emitting devices, and a base. The tubular light guide has a light input edge and an inner space. The light-emitting devices are distributed at the light input edge to provide lights into the tubular light guide. The base supports the light-emitting devices and the tubular light guide. The base also has an electronic circuit to provide power to the light-emitting devices. The base has at least one air circulation hole for connecting an outer space with the inner space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Udo Custodis, Wen-Chiao Chang
  • Publication number: 20110286240
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus includes a plurality of light source units and a light guide plate. The light guide plate has a flat part and a protruding part, wherein the light source units provide a side light beam into the light guide plate at an edge surface, the side light beam is guided in the light guide plate and exits at the protruding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Udo Custodis, Wen-Chiao Chang
  • Publication number: 20110286239
    Abstract: A light module includes a light guide plate, a light bar, and a first reflector. The light guide plate has a first edge surface, a second edge surface, and a top surface serving as a light-outgoing surface. The light bar is disposed on the first edge surface for providing an edge light source into the light guide plate. The light bar has a plurality of light-emitting devices. The first reflector is disposed on the second edge surface to reflect light back to a region above the light bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Udo Custodis
  • Publication number: 20110266939
    Abstract: A lighting device includes a light guide body and at least one light-emitting unit. The light guide body has a light guide channel and a local roughened surface on the light guide channel as a scattering region. The at least one light-emitting unit is capable of emitting a light into the light guide channel, wherein at least one portion of the light is guided to the scattering region, and the scattering region scatters the light as a local light source region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Udo Custodis, Jung-Min Hwang
  • Publication number: 20110248645
    Abstract: A light source of LED includes at least one first LED and at least one second LED. The first LED has a first optical illuminant characteristic varying with a variable operation voltage from a first level to a second level, wherein the first level is larger than the second level. The second LED has a second optical illuminant characteristic varying with the variable operation voltage from a third level to a fourth level, wherein the third level is smaller than the fourth level. The first LED and the second LED are simultaneously controlled by the same variable operation voltage to produce a light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Udo Custodis
  • Publication number: 20110242843
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a light guide plate and at least one light emitting element. The light guide plate includes a light transmissive substrate, a plurality of first diffusion net points, and a plurality of second diffusion net points. The light transmissive substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a light incident surface connecting the first surface and the second surface. The first diffusion net points and the second diffusion net points are disposed on the second surface. A portion of the first diffusion net points at least partially overlaps the second diffusion net points. The size of the first diffusion net points is smaller than the size of the second diffusion net points. The light emitting element is disposed beside the light incident surface and capable of emitting a light beam. A light guide plate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Chi-Ming Tseng, Wei-Chun Yang, Udo Custodis, Shih-Yuan Yu
  • Publication number: 20110228561
    Abstract: A light guide plate (LGP) includes a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of light incident surfaces. The first surface is a light-emitting surface. The light incident surfaces connect the first surface and the second surface. The second surface has a plurality of ring-shaped grooves. Depths of the ring-shaped grooves are gradually decreased from a place close to a center of the LGP towards places close to the light incident surfaces. Each of the ring-shaped grooves has a first ring-shaped side wall surface and a second ring-shaped side wall surface. The second ring-shaped side wall surface is opposite to the first ring-shaped side wall surface and located between a geometry center of the ring-shaped groove and the first ring-shaped side wall surface. The first ring-shaped side wall surface is a tilted surface. In addition, a light source apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Hung Lin, Jung-Min Hwang, Udo Custodis, Shih-Yuan Yu
  • Patent number: 7888861
    Abstract: A luminous means having a first, light-transmissive carrier (1), a second carrier (3), and an organic layer stack (4), which is arranged between the first carrier (1) and the second carrier (3), at least one electrical connection region (5) being provided on the rear side (4), which faces away from the first carrier (1), of the second carrier (3), which connection region is provided for connecting the luminous means (20) to a further, identical luminous means. In addition, the invention specifies a lighting device with such a luminous means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventor: Udo Custodis
  • Patent number: 7874697
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp with a first light source generating white light, comprising at least one fluorescent lamp (2) or an incandescent lamp, as well as a second light source comprising at least one set of light-emitting diodes (4, 5; 300), and comprising a reflector (1) for the light emitted by the light sources, wherein a cooling device (6, 7) for the at least one set of light-emitting diodes (4, 5) is attached to the reflector (1) and is thermally linked to the at least one set of light-emitting diodes (4, 5), and wherein the lamp comprises a translucent and light-dispersing medium (3) in the optical path of the light emitted by the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: OSRAM Gesellschaft mitbeschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Ulrich Biebel, Jens Clark, Udo Custodis, Ulrich Henger
  • Patent number: 7862200
    Abstract: A lamp arrangement is disclosed, with at least one low-pressure discharge lamp, in particular, a compact fluorescent lamp to generate a main illumination with at least one discharge bulb, fitted in a socket and at least one alternative light source, in particular, a light diode arrangement with at least one light diode (LED) for generation of an alternative illumination. According to the invention, the light diode arrangement is at least partly arranged in the vicinity of cold spots on the low pressure discharge lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Osram Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Udo Custodis, Werner Schmidts
  • Publication number: 20100213212
    Abstract: An illuminated bottle closure with a dispenser function for a hollow body is provided. The illuminated bottle closure may include at least one light source, wherein the at least one light source is configured to be switched on for a predetermined time when the dispenser is actuated and illuminates at least one of the liquid dispensed and the liquid contained in the dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventors: Udo Custodis, David Dussault, Helmut Neuhauser, Frank Schirrmacher, Dirk Wittenberg
  • Publication number: 20100157585
    Abstract: An organic luminous means and an illumination device comprising such a luminous means are described. An optical display apparatus, emergency lighting, motor vehicle interior lighting, an item of furniture, a construction material, a glazing and a display comprising such a luminous means and, respectively, comprising an illumination device having such a luminous means are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Karsten Diekmann, Karsten Heuser, Markus Klein, Dieter Lang, Georg Lechermann, Michael Reithmeier, Carsten Plumeyer, Makarand Chipalkatti, Udo Custodis, Diane Seymour, Dmytro Poplavskyy
  • Publication number: 20090243455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lamp with a first light source generating white light, comprising at least one fluorescent lamp (2) or an incandescent lamp, as well as a second light source comprising at least one set of light-emitting diodes (4, 5; 300), and comprising a reflector (1) for the light emitted by the light sources, wherein a cooling device (6, 7) for the at least one set of light-emitting diodes (4, 5) is attached to the reflector (1) and is thermally linked to the at least one set of light-emitting diodes (4, 5), and wherein the lamp comprises a translucent and light-dispersing medium (3) in the optical path of the light emitted by the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrich Biebel, Jens Clark, Udo Custodis, Ulrich Henger
  • Publication number: 20090146539
    Abstract: A lamp includes at least one luminous source (14, 6, 8), in particular a low-pressure discharge lamp, for producing main illumination and having at least one alternative luminous element (22), in particular a light-emitting diode arrangement having at least one LED, for producing alternative illumination, which are arranged on a cap (12) , and having electronics, wherein a switching arrangement, which can be actuated manually, for operating the lamp in the main illumination mode, the alternative illumination mode or in both illumination modes at the same time is provided in the cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: HELLEBRUNNER STR. 1
    Inventors: Udo Custodis, Werner Schmidts
  • Publication number: 20090135591
    Abstract: A lamp arrangement is disclosed, with at least one low-pressure discharge lamp, in particular, a compact fluorescent lamp to generate a main illumination with at least one discharge bulb, fitted in a socket and at least one alternative light source, in particular, a light diode arrangement with at least one light diode (LED) for generation of an alternative illumination. According to the invention, the light diode arrangement is at least partly arranged in the vicinity of cold spots on the low pressure discharge lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: PATENT-TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT FUR ELEKTRISCHE GLUHL
    Inventors: Udo Custodis, Werner Schmidts
  • Publication number: 20090129088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light module comprising a backlit surface element, a light source flatly applied to said surface element or connected thereto and to a light system comprising a plurality of said light modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventor: Udo Custodis
  • Publication number: 20080100210
    Abstract: A luminous means having a first, light-transmissive carrier (1), a second carrier (3), and an organic layer stack (4), which is arranged between the first carrier (1) and the second carrier (3), at least one electrical connection region (5) being provided on the rear side (4), which faces away from the first carrier (1), of the second carrier (3), which connection region is provided for connecting the luminous means (20) to a further, identical luminous means. In addition, the invention specifies a lighting device with such a luminous means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventor: Udo Custodis
  • Publication number: 20080022920
    Abstract: An energy transducer module (1) which has a turbine (2) for converting the flow energy of a fluid (4) to rotation energy, and has a generator (3) for converting the rotation energy to electrical energy, with the energy transducer module (1) being provided as an energy source for a unit which produces radiation. The energy transducer module (1) can alternatively be used as a flow sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fur elektrische Gluhlampen mbH
    Inventor: Udo Custodis
  • Patent number: 6972519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a preferably large-format image display device that is constructed from a plurality of individual silent gas discharge lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft fuer Elektrische Gluehlampen mbH
    Inventors: Udo Custodis, Michael Seibold
  • Publication number: 20040164681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flat discharge lamp (1) comprising a base plate and a front plate which are connected to a vessel containing an ionizable charge. The exterior side of the front plate which is fitted as a visible surface is provided at least partially with a layer (8). The inventive discharge lamp (1) can be used as a lighting tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Udo Custodis, Angela Eberhardt, Michael Ilmer, Reinhard Lecheler, Herman Schweizer, Michael Seibold