LED searchlight and method
First Claim
1. A searchlight comprising:
- a first housing portion and a second housing portion, each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion comprising operably secured to form a reflector cavity;
a heat sink, a reflector and a lens;
the first housing portion and the second housing portion being joined to form a housing assembly, wherein the first housing portion heat sink and the second housing portion heat sink are disposed adjacent to one another and form a cooling medium flow path there between, such that heat sink elements of each heat sink thermally communicate with the flow path; and
a first LED device directly thermally coupled to the heat sink within the first housing portion reflector cavity and a second LED device directly thermally coupled to the heat sink within the second housing portion reflector cavity;
wherein a circuit/wiring block is disposed within the heat sink defined cooling medium flow path and mechanically joins the first housing portion heat sink and the second housing portion heat sink.
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Abstract
A searchlight assembly has a first housing portion and a second housing portion, wherein each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion has operably secured to form an enclosed space: a heat sink, a reflector and a lens. The first housing portion and the second housing portion being are joined to form a housing assembly. The first housing portion heat sink and the second housing portion heat sink are disposed adjacent to one another and form a cooling medium flow path there between, and the heat sink elements of each heat sink thermally communicate with the flow path. A first LED is directly thermally coupled to the heat sink within in the first housing portion enclosed space and a second LED is directly thermally coupled to the heat sink within the second housing portion enclosed space.
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18 Claims
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1. A searchlight comprising:
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a first housing portion and a second housing portion, each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion comprising operably secured to form a reflector cavity;
a heat sink, a reflector and a lens;the first housing portion and the second housing portion being joined to form a housing assembly, wherein the first housing portion heat sink and the second housing portion heat sink are disposed adjacent to one another and form a cooling medium flow path there between, such that heat sink elements of each heat sink thermally communicate with the flow path; and a first LED device directly thermally coupled to the heat sink within the first housing portion reflector cavity and a second LED device directly thermally coupled to the heat sink within the second housing portion reflector cavity; wherein a circuit/wiring block is disposed within the heat sink defined cooling medium flow path and mechanically joins the first housing portion heat sink and the second housing portion heat sink. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a searchlight having a first housing portion and a second housing portion, each of the first housing portion and the second housing portion comprising operably secured to form a reflector cavity:
- a heat sink, a reflector and a lens, a method of cooling the searchlight comprising;
mechanically securing together using a circuit/wiring block a first heat sink portion of the first housing portion and a second heat sink portion of the second housing portion to define a heat sink cooling medium flow path between the first heat sink portion and the second heat sink portion, the circuit/wiring block being disposed within the heat sink cooling medium flow path; and securing an LED device to the heat sink within each of respective reflector cavities. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- a heat sink, a reflector and a lens, a method of cooling the searchlight comprising;
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