US Patent Issued to COOLEDGE LIGHTING on Dec. 23 for "Lighting systems incorporating acoustic apertures" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,163, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to COOLEDGE LIGHTING INC. (Richmond, Calif.).

"Lighting systems incorporating acoustic apertures" was invented by Michael A. Tischler (Surrey, Canada) and Paul Palfreyman (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with various embodiments, lighting systems feature one or more panels each having multiple light-emitting elements thereon and one or more acoustic apertures. One or more of the panels may include sound-absorbing material therebelow and the light-emitting elements may be spaced apart to reveal the sound-absorbing material."

The patent was filed on May 18, 2022, unde...