Apparatus, method, and system for lighting fixture cooling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9028115-B1
Application number	US-201313791941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 9, 2013
Priority date	May 11, 2012
Publication date	May 12, 2015
Grant date	May 12, 2015

Abstract

A high-intensity LED lighting system is presented whereby one or more LED lighting fixtures are affixed to an elevating structure, the elevating structure having a substantially continuous internal pathway. Said pathway can be used as a conduit or duct for pressurized air which is introduced at or near the bottom of the elevating structure and forced upwardly toward the lighting fixtures so to provide cooling of one or more components of the lighting fixtures so to, ultimately, improve the efficacy of the LEDs contained therein. A method of designing lighting systems, including analysis of whether or not to add air cooling to increase light source efficiency is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of increasing efficacy of a light-emitting diode (LED) wide-area lighting system comprising:
a. elevating one or more LED fixtures on an elevating structure;
b. mounting a source of pressurized air at or near the elevating structure and below the lighting fixtures;
c. providing an airflow pathway between the source of pressurized air and one or more of the elevated LED fixtures; and
d. distributing air at a predefined flow rate to said one or…

Assignees

• Musco Corp

Inventors

• Gordin Myron

Classifications

• F21V29/70

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21W2131/105

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21Y2101/00

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21S8/086

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• G06Q10/06315

  Physics · mapped topic