Industry Patents
Patent: 7543956
Configurations and Methods For Embedding Electronics or Light Emitters in Manufactured Materials
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| Patent Number: |
7543956 |
| Title: |
Configurations and Methods For Embedding Electronics or Light Emitters in Manufactured Materials |
| Abstract: |
Methods and means for embedding electronic components, such as LED-based
light sources and associated control circuitry, into molded or
continuously cast surface materials (e.g., material manufactured under
the trademark CORIAN.RTM.). During the manufacture of the surface
material, the components can be held in position using a scaffold or
frame constructed of a sacrificial material, the same material as the
finished surface material and/or another material used in the manufacture
of the finished product. The embedded components can include control
circuitry, e.g., printed circuit boards, for separately controlling each
component, power conductors and data busses. Conductors and/or busses can
be in the form of conductive rails, wire mesh or sheets. Access to the
conductors in the finished product can be made by a number of methods,
including but not limited to sanding, grinding, drilling into, screwing
into, and/or inserting pins into the finished material.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Piepgrass, Dowling |
| Assignee: |
Philips SSL |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
F21S 19/00 |
| US Classification: |
362/257 |
| Issue Date: |
06-09-2009 |
| Filing Date: |
02-28-2006 |
| Application : |
11/364304 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
7543956 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
7543956 at Google Patents |
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