Sign box lighting system
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1. A lighting system, comprising:
- a light box housing comprising a face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls between said face and said back;
a plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units on at least one woven flexible carrier within said light box housing, wherein electrical interconnections between said plurality of lighting units are separate from said at least one woven flexible carrier and wherein the length of said electrical interconnections between adjacent ones of said lighting units is longer than the distance between said adjacent lighting units such that said interconnection are relaxed between, wherein said at least one woven flexible carrier receives each of said plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units, said plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units comprising;
a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said PCB is substantially planar; and
at least one light emitting element on said first surface of said PCB, wherein said PCB is mounted to said at least one woven flexible carrier;
a mounting mechanism adapted to secure said at least one woven flexible carrier to said light box housing, wherein said plurality of interconnected lighting units are adapted to emit light in a substantially uniform light distribution pattern,wherein said mounting mechanism comprises at least one clamp arranged to receive a respective one of opposing ends of said at least one woven flexible carrier to mount said plurality of interconnected lighting units to said light box housing.
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Abstract
A lighting system having a light box housing, a plurality of lighting units, a plurality of light emitting elements mounted on a PCB. The lighting units can also be interconnected in a daisy-chain configuration on at least one carrier, such that the lighting units form an array of lighting units. The array of lighting units adapted to be mounted within the light box housing, wherein the light box housing has one or more arrays of lighting units.
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43 Claims
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1. A lighting system, comprising:
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a light box housing comprising a face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls between said face and said back; a plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units on at least one woven flexible carrier within said light box housing, wherein electrical interconnections between said plurality of lighting units are separate from said at least one woven flexible carrier and wherein the length of said electrical interconnections between adjacent ones of said lighting units is longer than the distance between said adjacent lighting units such that said interconnection are relaxed between, wherein said at least one woven flexible carrier receives each of said plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units, said plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units comprising; a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said PCB is substantially planar; and at least one light emitting element on said first surface of said PCB, wherein said PCB is mounted to said at least one woven flexible carrier; a mounting mechanism adapted to secure said at least one woven flexible carrier to said light box housing, wherein said plurality of interconnected lighting units are adapted to emit light in a substantially uniform light distribution pattern, wherein said mounting mechanism comprises at least one clamp arranged to receive a respective one of opposing ends of said at least one woven flexible carrier to mount said plurality of interconnected lighting units to said light box housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A lighting system, comprising:
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a light box housing comprising a face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls between said face and said back; a plurality of interconnected lighting units on at least one woven flexible carrier within said light box housing, each of said of plurality of interconnected lighting units comprising; a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said PCB is substantially planar; and at least one light emitting element on said first surface of said PCB, wherein said PCB is mounted to said at least one woven flexible carrier; a mounting mechanism adapted to secure said at least one woven flexible carrier to said light box housing, wherein said plurality of interconnected lighting units are adapted to emit light in a substantially uniform light distribution pattern, wherein said mounting mechanism comprises at least one clamp adapted to mount said plurality of interconnected lighting units to said light box housing, wherein said at least one clamp is arranged to receive a respective one of opposing ends of said at least one woven flexible carrier to mount said plurality of interconnected lighting units to said light box housing, said at least one clamp comprising; a front plate; a back plate, wherein each of said front and back plate comprise a plurality of recesses, a plurality of projections and at least one aperture; and a hinge, wherein said front plate is hingedly coupled to said back plate; wherein said back plate comprises a stop and said front plate comprises a tongue, such that said tongue is adapted to be received by said stop when said at least one clamp is closed, whereby said at least one clamp is adapted to be coupled to said at least one woven flexible carrier, wherein said at least one aperture of said front and back plate adapted to form a channel when said at least one clamp is closed, wherein said channel is adapted to receive a fastener in order to mount said at least one clamp to said light box housing; wherein each of said plurality of lighting units further comprising a housing adapted to cover at least part of said at least one woven flexible carrier proximate said PCB, said housing comprising a first shoe and a second shoe around said at least one woven flexible carrier proximate said PCB on opposite sides of said housing, wherein one of said first or second shoe is disposed within one of said plurality of recesses of said front or back plates when said at least one clamp is closed. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An array of lighting units, comprising:
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a plurality of woven flexible carriers; and a plurality of lighting units mounted to said plurality of woven flexible carriers, wherein said plurality of lighting units are electrically connected to each other, each of said plurality of lighting units comprising; a plurality of light emitting elements on a first surface of a printed circuit board (PCB); first and second conductors electrically connected to said PCB, wherein said first and second conductors are electrically connected to each of said plurality of lighting units and separate from said plurality of woven flexible carriers; an overmold housing on at least a portion of each surface of said PCB and a portion of said at least one woven flexible carrier; wherein the separation between adjacent lighting units of said plurality of lighting units on said plurality of woven flexible carriers is substantially similar; wherein each of said plurality of woven flexible carriers is substantially exposed between adjacent PCBs such that each of said plurality of woven flexible carriers can at least partially bend between adjacent PCBs; wherein respective ends of said plurality of woven flexible carriers are coupled together using a coupler, said coupler comprising; at least one clamp comprising a clamp bracket; and a clamp connector adapted to be received by said clamp bracket of said at least one clamp, wherein a bolt is received by said at least one clamp and said clamp connector to couple said coupler to said plurality of woven flexible carriers. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A lighting system, comprising:
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a light box housing comprising a face, a back, and a plurality of sidewalls between said face and said back; a plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units on at least one woven flexible carrier within said light box housing, wherein electrical interconnections between said plurality of lighting units are separate from said at least one woven flexible carrier, wherein said at least one woven flexible carrier receives each of said of plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units, said plurality of electrically interconnected lighting units comprising; a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said PCB is substantially planar; and at least one light emitting element on said first surface of said PCB, wherein said PCB is mounted to said at least one woven flexible carrier; a mounting mechanism securing said at least one woven flexible carrier to said light box housing, said mounting mechanism comprising at least one pair of mounting brackets coupled to opposing sidewalls of said light box housing, wherein each of said mounting brackets comprises an elongated mount surface to mount a respective one of said at least one woven flexible carrier, wherein part of said elongated mount surface at least partially extends beyond one of said plurality of interconnected lighting units, at least one clamp comprising a front plate and a back plate, wherein each of said front and back plate comprises at least one aperture, wherein each of said at least one clamp receives a respective one of opposing ends of said at least one woven flexible carrier; and a fastener that inserts through said aperture of the front and back plate of the clamp, the woven flexible carrier, and the mounting brackets in order to mount said at least one clamp to said light box housing; wherein said plurality of interconnected lighting units are adapted to emit light in a substantially uniform light distribution pattern.
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