Patents by Inventor Vincent Gielen

Vincent Gielen 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: 9377186
    Abstract: An end cap (104) for a tubular light source (102), the tubular light source (102) configured to be arranged in a lighting fixture (106) comprising at least one socket (108), wherein the end cap (104) comprises, a first housing portion (202), two connector pins (208) at least partly arranged on an outside of the first housing portion (202) and adapted to fit in the socket (108), and a switch assembly comprising a switch element, wherein the switch assembly being adapted to form a conductive path between the socket (108) and the tubular light source (102) through a depression of the switch element in combination with a relative rotational motion of the first housing portion (202) in relation to the tubular light source (102) as the tubular light source (102) is mounted in the fixture (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Verhoeven, Vincent Gielen
  • Patent number: 8669704
    Abstract: A LED light source comprises: a first rectifier with a first and a second input terminal for connection to an AC supply voltage source and a first and a second output terminal connected by a first LED-string, a second rectifier having a first and a second input terminal and output terminals, said first input terminal of said second rectifier being coupled to the first input terminal of the first rectifier and the second input terminal of the second rectifier being coupled to the second input terminal of the first rectifier, and the output terminals being connected by a second LED-string, and means for causing a phase shift between the voltages that are present during operation at the output terminals of the first rectifier and the output terminals of the second rectifier respectively. The LED strings are driven by very simple circuitry that can be supplied by mains supply voltage. Due to the phase shift stroboscopic effects are suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Marinus, Peter Deixler, Vincent Gielen
  • Publication number: 20140009925
    Abstract: An end cap (104) for a tubular light source (102), the tubular light source (102) configured to be arranged in a lighting fixture (106) comprising at least one socket (108), wherein the end cap (104) comprises, a first housing portion (202), two connector pins (208) at least partly arranged on an outside of the first housing portion (202) and adapted to fit in the socket (108), and a switch assembly comprising a switch element, wherein the switch assembly being adapted to form a conductive path between the socket (108) and the tubular light source (102) through a depression of the switch element in combination with a relative rotational motion of the first housing portion (202) in relation to the tubular light source (102) as the tubular light source (102) is mounted in the fixture (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Mark Verhoeven, Vincent Gielen
  • Publication number: 20110234092
    Abstract: A LED light source comprises: a first rectifier with a first and a second input terminal for connection to an AC supply voltage source and a first and a second output terminal connected by a first LED-string, a second rectifier having a first and a second input terminal and output terminals, said first input terminal of said second rectifier being coupled to the first input terminal of the first rectifier and the second input terminal of the second rectifier being coupled to the second input terminal of the first rectifier, and the output terminals being connected by a second LED-string, and means for causing a phase shift between the voltages that are present during operation at the output terminals of the first rectifier and the output terminals of the second rectifier respectively. The LED strings are driven by very simple circuitry that can be supplied by mains supply voltage. Due to the phase shift stroboscopic effects are suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Marinus, Peter Deixler, Vincent Gielen