LED light fixture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9255705-B2
Application number	US-201514708422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2015
Priority date	Sep 30, 2006
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

An LED lighting fixture comprising a housing portion and a light-emitting portion supporting at least one illuminator, the housing portion and the light-emitting portion defining an open space therebetween permitting air/water-flow therethrough. In some embodiments, at least one wall extends within the open space and open for air/water-flow along at least two sides thereof.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An LED lighting fixture comprising:
a housing portion;
a light-emitting portion supporting at least one illuminator;
the housing portion and the light-emitting portion defining an open space therebetween permitting air/water-flow therethrough; and
at least one wall extending within the open space and open for air/water-flow along at least two sides thereof.

2. The LED lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein the light-emitting portion has an illuminator-supporting region supporting the at least one illuminator and having a proximal end adjacent to the housing portion, the open space being between the housing portion and the proximal end.

3. The LED lighting fixture of claim 2 wherein:
the housing portion includes a substantially closed chamber enclosing at least one power-circuitry driver; and
the light-emitting portion comprises a heat sink including the illuminator-supporting region and heat-dissipating surfaces extending therefrom; and
the open space is between the chamber and the illuminator-supporting region.

4. The LED light fixture of claim 3 wherein
the heat sink includes central and peripheral portions;
the central portion including the illuminator-supporting region and a plurality of elongate fins protruding in a direction opposite the illuminator, at least a subset of such elongate fins extends from the central heat-sink portion across the open space and have proximal fin-ends secured to the housing portion; and
the peripheral portion having peripheral heat-dissipating surfaces along the heat sink sides and including the at least one wall within the open space.

5. The LED light fixture of claim 1 wherein the light-emitting portion comprises a central and peripheral portions, the central portion including an illuminator-supporting region supporting the at least one illuminator, the peripheral portion having peripheral heat-dissipating surfaces along central-portion sides and including the at least one wall within the open space.

6. The LED light fixture of claim 5 wherein at least one of the peripheral heat-dissipating surfaces extends across the open space and has a proximal fin-end secured to the housing portion.

7. The LED light fixture of claim 1 wherein the at least one wall within the open space includes a plurality of fins extending across the open space and having two opposite fin ends each connected to one of the housing portion and the light-emitting portion.

8. The LED lighting fixture of claim 1 wherein the at least one wall extends within the open space substantially along the light-emitting portion.

9. The LED lighting fixture of claim 8 wherein:
the light-emitting portion comprises an illuminator-supporting region with the at least one illuminator secured with respect thereto;
the housing portion includes a substantially closed chamber enclosing at least one power-circuitry driver; and
the at least one wall divides the open space into an illuminator-adjacent flow region and a chamber-adjacent flow region.

10. The LED lighting fixture of claim 9 wherein the light-emitting portion comprises at least one fin which extends from the illuminator-supporting region and has a fin-end secured to the at least one wall within the open space.

11. The LED lighting fixture of claim 10 wherein the light-emitting portion comprises a plurality of fins extending from the illuminator-supporting region across the illuminator-adjacent flow region to the at least one wall.

12. The LED light fixture of claim 1 wherein the housing portion and the light-emitting portion are formed as a single piece, at least one illuminator being secured with respect to an illuminator-supporting region of the light-emitting portion.

13. An LED lighting fixture comprising a housing portion and a light-emitting portion supporting at least one illuminator, the housing portion and the light-emitting portion defining an open space therebetween permitting air/water-flow therethrough.

14. The LED lighting fixture of claim 13 wherein:
the housing portion includes a substantially closed chamber enclosing at least one power-circuitry driver; and
the at least one illuminator of the light-emitting portion comprises at least one LED module; and
the open space is between the chamber and the at least one LED module.

15. The LED lighting fixture of claim 13 wherein the light-emitting portion has an illuminator-supporting region supporting the at least one illuminator and having a proximal end adjacent to the housing portion, the open space being between the housing portion and the proximal end.

16. The LED light fixture of claim 13 wherein the housing portion and the light-emitting portion are each formed as part of a one piece which comprises at least one frame member supporting the light-emitting portion with respect to the housing portion.

17. The LED light fixture of claim 16 wherein the frame member has two ends secured to the housing portion and extends therefrom around the light-emitting portion with through-space(s) between the frame member and the light-emitting portion.

18. The LED light fixture of claim 17 wherein the frame member defines a forward region and a rearward region with the open space therebetween, the forward region has the light-emitting portion, and the rearward region has the housing portion.

19. The LED light fixture of claim 18 wherein the rearward region has an enclosure defining a chamber enclosing at least one power-circuitry driver, the enclosure having upper and lower shells, the upper shell being part of the one piece, the lower shell being movably secured with respect to the upper shell.

20. The LED light fixture of claim 13 wherein the housing portion and the light-emitting portion are formed as a single piece, at least one illuminator being secured with respect to an illuminator-supporting region of the light-emitting portion.

Assignees

• Cree Inc

Inventors

• Wilcox Kurt S
• Kinnune Brian
• Snell Nathan
• Sorenson Jeremy
• Goldstein Corey
• Medendorp Jr Nicholas W

Classifications

• F21V23/002

  Arrangements of cables or conductors inside a lighting device, e.g. means for guiding along parts of the housing or in a pivoting arm · CPC title

• F21V17/107

  using hinge joints · CPC title

• F21V29/75

  with fins or blades having different shapes, thicknesses or spacing · CPC title

• F21V29/507

  of means for protecting lighting devices from damage, e.g. housings · CPC title

• F21W2131/103

  of streets or roads · CPC title