Lighting assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11359771-B2
Application number	US-202017080607-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2020
Priority date	Oct 15, 2013
Publication date	Jun 14, 2022
Grant date	Jun 14, 2022

Abstract

A lighting assembly including a shell, wherein the shell includes an inner wall defining an inner lumen, an outer wall encircling the inner wall, a set of radial fins connecting the inner and outer walls, the set of fins cooperatively defining a set of cooling channels between adjacent fins, the inner wall, and the outer wall; an insert removably mounted within the inner lumen, the insert defining a power storage lumen; a power storage unit arranged within the power storage lumen; a circuit board coupled to the power storage unit, the circuit board comprising a processor and communication module; a lighting module electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the lighting module includes a substrate and a set of light emitting elements mounted to a first broad face of the substrate.

First claim

We claim:

1. A lighting assembly, comprising:
a processing system;
a wireless communication module electrically connected to the processing system;
a radio-frequency (RF) component electrically coupled to the wireless communication module at a first end of the RF component, wherein the RF component is structurally supported at the first end;
a metal housing encircling the wireless communication module and the first end of the RF component; and
a lighting module mounted to the metal housing and electrically connected to the processing system, the lighting module comprising a substrate and a set of light emitting elements mounted to the substrate, wherein the RF component extends through a substrate thickness, wherein the RF component is arranged between a first and second light emitting element of the set of lighting elements.

2. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing comprises a metal shell encircling the wireless communication module, wherein the RF component extends beyond an end of the metal shell.

3. The lighting assembly of claim 2 , wherein the lighting module is mounted to and thermally connected to the end of the metal shell.

4. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing comprises a base and an end cap opposing the base, wherein the base and end cap cooperatively enclose the processing system, wherein the RF component extends through the end cap.

5. The lighting assembly of claim 4 , wherein the end cap is thermally conductive and the lighting module is thermally connected to the end cap.

6. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a battery, comprising lithium ion chemistry, that is enclosed within the metal housing.

7. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising memory configured to store wireless connection credentials for the wireless communication module.

8. The lighting assembly of claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises a WiFi communication module.

9. The lighting assembly of claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises a Zigbee module.

10. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises a wireless repeater.

11. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the RF component extends through the substrate thickness via an aperture defined through the substrate thickness.

12. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing comprises an outer wall which defines a central axis and a set of cooling channels, the set of cooling channels extending axially along a length of the central axis and arranged radially inward of the outer wall relative to the central axis.

13. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the RF component is a radio-frequency antenna.

14. The lighting assembly of claim 13 , wherein the RF component is a unitary body.

15. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a broad face, wherein each of the set of light emitting elements is mounted to the broad face.

16. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the RF component is mechanically decoupled from the substrate.

17. A lighting assembly, comprising:
a processing system;
a wireless communication module electrically connected to the processing system, the wireless communication module comprising a wireless repeater;
a radio-frequency (RF) component electrically coupled to the wireless communication module at a first end of the RF component, wherein the RF component is structurally supported at the first end;
a metal housing encircling the wireless communication module and the first end of the RF component; and
a lighting module mounted to the metal housing and electrically connected to the processing system, the lighting module comprising a substrate and a set of light emitting elements mounted to the substrate, wherein the RF component extends through a substrate thickness.

18. The lighting assembly of claim 17 , wherein the RF component is arranged between a first and second light emitting element of the set of lighting elements.

Assignees

• Lifi Labs Inc

Inventors

• Bosua Phillip Anthony
• Alexander Marc

Classifications

• H05B47/19

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• F21K9/232 Primary

  specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb · CPC title

• F21V23/0464

  the sensor sensing the level of ambient illumination, e.g. dawn or dusk sensors · CPC title

• F21V29/85

  characterised by the material (liquid coolants F21V29/56) · CPC title

• F21V29/83

  the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes · CPC title