ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,813, issued on April 1, was assigned to GEMTRON Corp. (Sweetwater, Tenn.).
"Modular luminaires for appliance lighting" was invented by Greg Miedema (Spring Lake, Mich.) and Craig Bienick (Jenison, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The luminaires of the present disclosure provide a slim profile and simple construction for use in a variety of lighting applications. A circuit board can have a plurality of light sources thereon, and a lens can at least partially encapsulate the circuit board to protect and electrically insulate the circuit board. When used, for example, in a lighted shelf application, power can be provided to the lumi...