Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Heat Sinking a Light Fixture Light-Emitting Diode
First Claim
1. A wall-mounted light fixture configured to be mounted on a vertical wall, comprising:
- a light-emitting diode (LED)-mounting surface;
at least one LED that is mounted on the LED-mounting surface and that serves as a primary source of illumination;
a housing that contains the at least one LED, wherein the housing comprises, on a side that is directly thermally coupled to the at least one LED and that is oriented towards and disposed closest to the vertical wall when the wall-mounted light fixture is properly mounted on the vertical wall, a heat sink that is thermally coupled to the LED-mounting surface and that has an exterior portion shaped to have a large surface area to thereby substantially increase a heat-exchange capacity of the heat sink, such that the heat sink dissipates heat exuded by the at least one LED.
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Abstract
A wall-mounted light fixture comprises an LED-mounting surface having one or more LED'"'"'s mounted thereon to serve as a primary source of illumination for the wall-mounted light fixture. This wall-mounted light fixture also generally comprises a house that contains the one or more LED'"'"'s. This housing also comprises, on a side that is directly thermally coupled to the LED(s) and that is oriented towards and disposed closest to the aforementioned vertical wall (when the wall-mounted light fixture is properly mounted on the vertical wall), a heat sink. This heat sink is thermally coupled to the LED-mounting surface and has an exterior portion shaped to have a large surface area to thereby substantially increase a heat-exchange capacity of the heat sink.
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20 Claims
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1. A wall-mounted light fixture configured to be mounted on a vertical wall, comprising:
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a light-emitting diode (LED)-mounting surface; at least one LED that is mounted on the LED-mounting surface and that serves as a primary source of illumination; a housing that contains the at least one LED, wherein the housing comprises, on a side that is directly thermally coupled to the at least one LED and that is oriented towards and disposed closest to the vertical wall when the wall-mounted light fixture is properly mounted on the vertical wall, a heat sink that is thermally coupled to the LED-mounting surface and that has an exterior portion shaped to have a large surface area to thereby substantially increase a heat-exchange capacity of the heat sink, such that the heat sink dissipates heat exuded by the at least one LED. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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providing a heat sink having a portion that is shaped to have a large heat-exchanging surface area; forming a light-fixture housing that is configured to be mounted to a vertical wall, wherein the heat sink comprises, at least in substantial part, a side panel of the light-fixture housing and wherein the portion of the heat sink that is shaped to have a large heat-exchanging surface area is oriented outwardly on an exterior portion of the light-fixture housing; thermally connecting at least one light-emitting diode (LED) to the heat sink. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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