LED light fixture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9261271-B2
Application number	US-201514719359-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2015
Priority date	Apr 4, 2008
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

An LED light fixture a housing, a heat sink secured with respect to the housing, the heat sink has a base with front and back surfaces, and an LED arrangement mounted at the front surface of the heat sink. The back surface of the heat sink is open to water/air flow thereover. The LED light fixture also includes at least one closed channel extending along the base and spaced therefrom for receiving wire connections for the LED arrangement. The at least one closed channel receives wiring extending to/from the second LED module. The LED arrangement may include at least first and second LED modules, the first LED module being proximal to the housing with the at least one closed channel receiving wiring extending to/from the second LED module. The first and second LED modules may be in end-to-end relationship to one another such that the second LED module is distal from the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A light fixture comprising:
a chamber with at least one power-circuitry driver therewithin;
an extruded base supporting at least one LED module outside the chamber; and
a pair of extruded side channels each extending along a respective side of the extruded base.

2. The light fixture of claim 1 wherein the extruded base has a heat-dissipating section open to water/air flow.

3. The light fixture of claim 2 wherein the heat-dissipating section has heat-dissipating surfaces extending from the base in a direction opposite the least one LED module.

4. The light fixture of claim 3 wherein the chamber is formed by a housing which defines an air gap permitting air/water-flow therethrough.

5. The light fixture of claim 4 wherein the air gap is between the extruded base and the chamber.

6. The light fixture of claim 5 wherein the extruded base is a separate structure secured with respect to the housing.

7. The light fixture of claim 1 wherein the extruded base and the pair of extruded side channels are of a single-piece extrusion.

8. The light fixture of claim 7 wherein:
the chamber is defined by a housing; and
the single-piece extrusion is secured with respect to the housing with an air gap therebetween, the air gap permitting air/water-flow therethrough.

9. The light fixture of claim 8 wherein the extruded portion has side and upper surfaces which are substantially fully exposed to air/water-flow.

10. The light fixture of claim 1 wherein the extruded base supports a plurality of LED modules.

11. The light fixture of claim 10 wherein the extruded base has at least one venting aperture therethrough.

12. The light fixture of claim 11 wherein the at least one venting aperture is between a pair of adjacent LED modules.

13. The light fixture of claim 12 wherein the venting aperture is across at least a majority of the width of the extruded base.

14. The light fixture of claim 11 further comprising at least one air gap between the extruded base and the chamber.

15. The light fixture of claim 14 wherein the chamber is defined by a housing, the housing defining the at least one air gap.

16. The light fixture of claim 15 wherein the extruded base and the pair of extruded side channels are of a single-piece extrusion, the single-piece extrusion is a separate structure secured with respect to the housing.

17. The LED light fixture of claim 16 wherein the housing and the single-piece extrusion define the at least one air gap therebetween.

Assignees

• Cree Inc

Inventors

• Kinnune Brian
• Ruud Alan J
• Wilcox Kurt
• Miletich Don

Classifications

• F21K9/20

  Light sources comprising attachment means · CPC title

• F21V29/83 Primary

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

• F21S2/005

  of modular construction · CPC title

• F21S8/086 Primary

  with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title