IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,102,723
Granted Patent B2
US 12,102,723 · App. 17/554,331 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Sterilizing system

Inventors: Paul William James (Commerce Township, MI); Ken Ralston (Westland, MI); Deborah A. Kanter (Commerce Township, MI); William McClelland (Waterford, MI)
Assignee: Viralclean Technologies, LLC
A61L2/10A61L9/20A61L2202/11A61L2202/14A61L2202/16A61L2209/111A61L2209/12
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Patent No.
US 12,102,723
App. No.
17/554,331
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light sterilizer comprising: (a) an ultraviolet-C (UVC) light secured to a light printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), wherein the UVC light projects a sterilizing zone to sterilize objects or surfaces within the sterilizing zone; (b) a heat sink positioned adjacent to and in contact with the UVC light, wherein the heat sink is mounted to the light PCBA; and (c) a fan positioned adjacent to the heat sink; wherein the UVC light sterilizes viruses within the sterilizing zone by breaking the virus molecules.

Claims (31)

1. A light sterilizer comprising:

(a) an ultraviolet-C (UVC) light secured to a light printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), wherein the UVC light projects a sterilizing zone to sterilize objects or surfaces within the sterilizing zone;

(b) a heat sink positioned adjacent to and in contact with the UVC light, wherein the heat sink is mounted to the light PCBA; and

(c) a fan positioned adjacent to the heat sink;

(d) a trolley that is configured to guide the light sterilizer along a track or cable system;

wherein the trolley is located within a housing of the light sterilizer and the track or cable system extends through a slot of the housing to engage the trolley; and

wherein the UVC light sterilizes viruses within the sterilizing zone by breaking the virus molecules.

2. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , further comprising a reflector, wherein the UVC light is positioned within the reflector.

3. The light sterilizer of claim 2 , wherein, the light PCBA is positioned within a housing that at least partially encompasses the light PCBA and the UVC light.

4. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , wherein the light sterilizer includes an LED light secured to the light PCBA, and the LED light indicates a status of the light PCBA.

5. The light sterilizer of claim 4 , wherein the LED light is positioned within a reflector.

6. The light sterilizer of claim 5 , wherein the reflector is secured to a housing of the light sterilizer.

7. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , wherein the light sterilizer includes a driver located within the housing of the light sterilizer that engages the track or the cable system, and the driver is actuated by a drive motor to move the light sterilizer along the track or the cable system.

8. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , wherein the heat sink and the fan are contained within the housing of the light sterilizer, and the heat sink is vented to an outside of the housing via a slot in the housing.

9. The light sterilizer of claim 8 , including a reflector that is tiltable, flexible, or both.

10. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , wherein the light sterilizer includes four or more UVC lights, and each of the UVC lights creates their own sterilizing zone.

11. The light sterilizer of claim 10 , wherein each sterilizing zone at least partially overlaps with another sterilizing zone.

12. The light sterilizer of claim 11 , wherein the light sterilizer includes one or more position sensors to determine a position of the light sterilizer during movement along the track or the cable system.

13. A sterilizing system comprising:

(a) a light sterilizer according to claim 1 ;

(b) an air sterilizer that circulates and sterilizes air within a desired area or room;

(c) one or more room sensors, wherein the one or more room sensors detect the presence of a person within the desired area or room and communicates the detection with the light sterilizer.

14. The sterilizing system of claim 13 , wherein the air sterilizer includes:

(a) an intake that receives the air from the desired area or room;

(b) a sterilizing device within a housing of the air sterilizer that sterilizes the air received from the intake; and

(c) a duct that distributes the sterilized air back into the desired area or room.

15. The sterilizing system of claim 14 , wherein the sterilizing device is a UVC light.

16. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , including an ultraviolet-B (UVB) light.

17. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , including lights having wavelengths of from 100 nm to 400 nm.

18. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , including a mobile device having software or an application adapted to control one or more of schedule of the light sterilizer, intensity of the light sterilizer, cycling on and/or off the sterilizer, emergency shutoff of the light sterilizer, diagnostics mode of the light sterilizer, and movement of the light sterilizer.

19. The light sterilizer of claim 1 , including one or more wheels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2021
From: JAMES, PAUL WILLIAM; RALSTON, KEN; KANTER, DEBORAH A.; MCCLELLAND, WILLIAM
To: VIRALCLEAN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63145173 · Feb 3, 2021
Provisional Application 63126689 · Dec 17, 2020
Related Publication 20220193280A1 · Jun 23, 2022
Cited By (1)
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