Patents by Inventor William Winder Beers
William Winder Beers 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).
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Patent number: 11862758Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting component which may comprise a light emitting diode (LED) or laser diode (LD) for generating at least one of blue light or ultraviolet light. A fluoride phosphor matrix may be included, which may be consolidated into a phosphor ceramic structure including at least one of a transparent fluoride ceramic structure or a translucent fluoride ceramic structure, and positioned adjacent to the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure generates at least one of red or orange light when irradiated by the light emitted from the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure exhibits reduced thermal quenching relative to a fluoride particulate structure irradiated by the LED or LD.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Current Lighting Solutiosn, LLCInventors: Nerine Cherepy, Ross Allen Osborne, Stephen A. Payne, Zachary Seeley, Alok Srivastava, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen
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Patent number: 11851595Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a semiconductor light source in direct contact with a polymer composite comprising a color stable Mn4+ doped phosphor, wherein the lighting apparatus has a color shift of ?1.5 MacAdam ellipses after operating for at least 2,000 hour at a LED current density greater than 2 A/cm2, a LED wall-plug efficiency greater than 40%, and a board temperature greater than 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: James Edward Murphy, Anant Achyut Setlur, Florencio Garcia, Robert Joseph Lyons, Ashfaqul Islam Chowdhury, Nagaveni Karkada, Prasanth Kumar Nammalwar, William Winder Beers
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Patent number: 11702348Abstract: A potassium hexafluoromanganate (K2MnF6) composition includes no more than six parts per million of each of one or more Group 13 elements, no more than 520 parts per million of one or more alkaline earth metals, no more than fourteen parts per million of one or more transition metals, and/or no more than forty parts per million of calcium. A method for providing this composition, as well as lighting apparatuses, backlight units, and electronic devices including phosphors formed from the composition also are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: William Winder Beers, James E. Murphy, John Matthew Root
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Patent number: 11477945Abstract: A lighting device is presented. The lighting device includes an LED light source; and a red/far-red emitting phosphor radiationally coupled to the LED light source, wherein the red/far-red emitting phosphor comprises a host material activated with an activator ion, and wherein the activator ion comprises at least one of Sm2+ and Mn2+. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen, Alok Srivastava
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Publication number: 20210340443Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a semiconductor light source in direct contact with a polymer composite comprising a color stable Mn4+ doped phosphor, wherein the lighting apparatus has a color shift of ?1.5 MacAdam ellipses after operating for at least 2,000 hour at a LED current density greater than 2 A/cm2, a LED wall-plug efficiency greater than 40%, and a board temperature greater than 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: James Edward MURPHY, Anant Achyut SETLUR, Florencio GARCIA, Robert Joseph LYONS, Ashfaqul Islam CHOWDHURY, Nagaveni KARKADA, Prasanth Kumar NAMMALWAR, William Winder BEERS
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Patent number: 11114591Abstract: A coated phosphors that include a shell comprising a first Mn4+ doped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy]:Mn4+??I directly disposed on a core comprising a second phosphor. The second phosphor is a material other than a compound of formula I or formula II Ax[MFy]??II wherein A is, independently at each occurrence, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is, independently at each occurrence, Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: James Edward Murphy, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen
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Patent number: 11098246Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a semiconductor light source in direct contact with a polymer composite comprising a color stable Mn4+ doped phosphor, wherein the lighting apparatus has a color shift of ?1.5 MacAdam ellipses after operating for at least 2,000 hour at a LED current density greater than 2 A/cm2, a LED wall-plug efficiency greater than 40%, and a board temperature greater than 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: James Edward Murphy, Anant Achyut Setlur, Florencio Garcia, Robert Joseph Lyons, Ashfaqul Islam Chowdhury, Nagaveni Karkada, Prasanth Kumar Nammalwar, William Winder Beers
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Patent number: 10883045Abstract: A method includes obtaining a potassium hexafluorosilicate (PFS)-based powder, obtaining a fluidization material, and mixing the PFS-based powder with the fluidization material to form a PFS-based mixture. The PFS-based mixture is configured to be mixed with a resinous material to form a flowing phosphor blend configured to be placed onto a light source to form a phosphor on the light source.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: William Winder Beers, Fangming Du, Clark David Nelson
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Patent number: 10851293Abstract: A method includes mixing a first fluoride phosphor powder that is doped with tetravalent manganese with a treatment solution for a designated period of time, stopping the mixing to allow the fluoride phosphor powder to settle, removing at least some liquid that has separated from the first fluoride phosphor powder, repeating (a) the mixing, (b) the stopping of the mixing, and (c) removing at least some of the liquid during one or more additional cycles, and obtaining a second fluoride phosphor powder following the repeating of the mixing, the stopping of the mixing, and the removing of at least some of the liquid. The second fluoride phosphor powder includes a reduced amount of the manganese relative to the first fluoride phosphor powder.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Fangming Du, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen, Clark David Nelson
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Publication number: 20200288642Abstract: A lighting device is presented. The lighting device includes an LED light source; and a red/far-red emitting phosphor radiationally coupled to the LED light source, wherein the red/far-red emitting phosphor comprises a host material activated with an activator ion, and wherein the activator ion comprises at least one of Sm2+ and Mn2+. Numerous other aspects are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: William Winder BEERS, William Erwin COHEN, Alok SRIVASTAVA
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Publication number: 20200168770Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lighting component which may comprise a light emitting diode (LED) or laser diode (LD) for generating at least one of blue light or ultraviolet light. A fluoride phosphor matrix may be included, which may be consolidated into a phosphor ceramic structure including at least one of a transparent fluoride ceramic structure or a translucent fluoride ceramic structure, and positioned adjacent to the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure generates at least one of red or orange light when irradiated by the light emitted from the LED or LD. The phosphor ceramic structure exhibits reduced thermal quenching relative to a fluoride particulate structure irradiated by the LED or LD.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Nerine CHEREPY, Ross Allen OSBORNE, Stephen A. PAYNE, Zachary SEELEY, Alok Mani SRIVASTAVA, William Winder BEERS, William Erwin COHEN
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Patent number: 10563121Abstract: A method includes obtaining particles of a phosphor precursor of formula Ax[MFy]:Mn4+, reducing sizes of the particles of the phosphor precursor by wet milling the particles and annealing the particles that are wet milled by contacting the particles with a fluorine-containing oxidizing agent. Additionally, a manganese doped complex fluoride phosphor prepared by this method is provided. A lighting apparatus and backlight device that include manganese-doped phosphor prepared by this method also are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: CURRENT LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: William Winder Beers, Jianmin He, Fangming Du, James Edward Murphy, William Erwin Cohen, Clark David Nelson, Cynthia Susan Link
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Publication number: 20190203116Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a semiconductor light source in direct contact with a polymer composite comprising a color stable Mn4+ doped phosphor, wherein the lighting apparatus has a color shift of ?1.5 MacAdam ellipses after operating for at least 2,000 hour at a LED current density greater than 2 A/cm2, a LED wall-plug efficiency greater than 40%, and a board temperature greater than 25° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: James Edward MURPHY, Anant Achyut SETLUR, Florencio GARCIA, Robert Joseph LYONS, Ashfaqul Islam CHOWDHURY, Nagaveni KARKADA, Prasanth Kumar NAMMALWAR, William Winder BEERS
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Patent number: 10208943Abstract: In an embodiment, the disclosure provides a light source comprising at least one solid state light emitter. The light source, in operation, emits substantially white light having a Lighting Preference Index (LPI) of at least about 105, and this emission from the light source comprises a UV-violet flux of at least about 1%. Use of the lamps, light sources, and methods of the present disclosure may afford the ability to display linens and clothing under energy-efficient LED-based illumination, and may impart an effect to (especially white) clothing, that makes them look cleaner than under illumination by prior art LED lamps.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Gary Robert Allen, Dengke Cai, Mark Edward Kaminski, William Winder Beers, Thomas J. Boyle, Thomas Alexander Knapp, Karl Kristian Udris, Kevin James Vick, Thomas Clynne, Joshua Ian Rintamaki, Olivia Rae Vick
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Patent number: 10196565Abstract: Light sources that emit light having enhanced color spectrum characteristics are described. A color metric called the Lighting Preference Index (LPI) is disclosed that enables quantitative optimization of color preference by tailoring the spectral power distribution of the light source. In an embodiment, a lamp includes at least one blue light source having peak wavelength in the range of about 400 nanometer (nm) to about 460 nm, at least one green or yellow-green light source having peak wavelength in the range of about 500 nm to about 580 nm, and at least one red light source having peak wavelength in the range of about 600 nm to about 680 nm, wherein the lamp has an LPI of at least 120.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLCInventors: Kevin James Vick, Gary Robert Allen, William Winder Beers, Olivia Rae Vick
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Patent number: 10047286Abstract: A process for preparing a Mn+4 doped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy|:Mn+4??I includes gradually adding a first solution to a second solution and periodically discharging the product liquor from the reactor while volume of the product liquor in the reactor remains constant; wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7. The first solution includes a source of M and HF and the second solution includes a source of Mn to a reactor in the presence of a source of A.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Fangming Du, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen, Clark David Nelson, Jenna Marie Novak, John Matthew Root, James Edward Murphy, Srinivas Prasad Sista
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Patent number: 9938457Abstract: Methods for fabricating coated semiconductor elements are presented. The methods include the steps of combining a phosphor of formula I and a polymer binder to form a composite material, providing a semiconductor wafer including IniGajAlkN, wherein 0?i; 0?j; 0?k, and a sum of i, j and k is equal to 1, coating the composite material on a surface of the semiconductor wafer to form a coated semiconductor wafer, and dicing the coated semiconductor wafer using a cutting fluid apparatus to form one or more coated semiconductor elements. A cutting fluid of the cutting fluid apparatus includes a C1-C20 alcohol, a C1-C20 ketone, a C1-C20 acetate compound, acetic acid, oleic acid, carboxylic acid, a source of A, silicic acid, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Digamber Gurudas Porob, James Edward Murphy, Florencio Garcia, Srinivas Prasad Sista, Anant Achyut Setlur, William Winder Beers, Fangming Du
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Publication number: 20180079955Abstract: Methods for fabricating coated semiconductor elements are presented. The methods include the steps of combining a phosphor of formula I and a polymer binder to form a composite material, providing a semiconductor wafer including IniGajAlkN, wherein 0?i; 0?j; 0?k, and a sum of i, j and k is equal to 1, coating the composite material on a surface of the semiconductor wafer to form a coated semiconductor wafer, and dicing the coated semiconductor wafer using a cutting fluid apparatus to form one or more coated semiconductor elements. A cutting fluid of the cutting fluid apparatus includes a C1-C20 alcohol, a C1-C20 ketone, a C1-C20 acetate compound, acetic acid, oleic acid, carboxylic acid, a source of A, silicic acid, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Digamber Gurudas Porob, James Edward Murphy, Florencio Garcia, Srinivas Prasad Sista, Anant Achyut Setlur, William Winder Beers, Fangming Du
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Publication number: 20180050923Abstract: A potassium hexafluoromanganate (K2MnF6) composition includes no more than six parts per million of each of one or more Group 13 elements, no more than 520 parts per million of one or more alkaline earth metals, no more than fourteen parts per million of one or more transition metals, and/or no more than forty parts per million of calcium. A method for providing this composition, as well as lighting apparatuses, backlight units, and electronic devices including phosphors formed from the composition also are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: William Winder BEERS, James E. MURPHY, John Matthew ROOT
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Publication number: 20180053881Abstract: A coated phosphors that include a shell comprising a first Medoped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy]:Mn4+??I directly disposed on a core comprising a second phosphor. The second phosphor is a material other than a compound of formula I or formula II Ax[MFy]??II wherein A is, independently at each occurrence, Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is, independently at each occurrence, Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Hf, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; and y is 5, 6 or 7.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: James Edward Murphy, William Winder Beers, William Erwin Cohen