MULTI-EMITTER LIGHTING APPARATUS

• US 20130094211A1
• Filed: 12/04/2012
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stray Light Optical Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Stray Light Optical Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Drake, Robert A., Rea, Gerald W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,690,391 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/247
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/00 Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 11/183 pivotable
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/06 Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/007 enclosed in a casing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/008 the casing being outside the housing of the lighting device
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/026 Fastening of transformers or ballasts
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/15 Thermal insulation
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/507 of means for protecting lighting devices from damage, e.g. housings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/74 with fins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/763 the planes containing the fins or blades having the direction of the light emitting axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/773 the planes containing the fins or blades having the direction of the light emitting axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/00 Reflectors for light sources characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/505
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/041 with conical or pyramidal surface
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/1005 of working places, building sites or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/105 of arenas or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2101/00 Point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 61/025 Associated optical elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 61/523 : Heating or cooling particular parts of the lamp
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 65/042 : by an external electromagnetic field

Abstract

A lighting apparatus includes a housing, a light emitter located in an interior region of the housing, a driver for the emitter, and a heat sink coupled to the driver. The heat sink includes a plurality of fins for cooling the driver. The apparatus further includes a driver mounting portion having a mounting surface and a side wall. The side wall is coupled to one of the heat sink and the driver so that the plurality of fins of the heat sink are exposed. The mounting surface of the driver mounting portion is coupled to the housing.

Claims

1. A lighting apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a window coupled to the housing, the housing and the window cooperating to define an interior region of the housing;

a first light emitter located in the interior region of the housing, the first light emitter including a first plasma bulb;

a first radio frequency driver operatively coupled to the first emitter, the first radio frequency driver generates a first radio frequency signal which causes the first plasma bulb to generate a first source of light;

a second light emitter located in the interior region of the housing, the second light emitter including a second plasma bulb;

a second radio frequency driver operatively coupled to the second emitter, the second radio frequency driver generates a second radio frequency signal which causes the second plasma bulb to generate a second source of light; and

at least one heat sink coupled to at least one of the first radio frequency driver and the second radio frequency driver, the at least one heat sink including a plurality of fins located outside of the housing for cooling the first radio frequency driver and the second radio frequency driver.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first reflector positioned between the first light emitter and the window, the first reflector directing light generated by the first source of light through the window;

and

a second reflector positioned between the second light emitter and the window, the second reflector directing light generated by the second source of light through the window.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first reflector is spaced apart from the second reflector.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first reflector is supported by the first emitter and the second reflector is supported by the second emitter.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first light emitter and the second light emitter collectively produce an equivalent of about 1000 Watts of power.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first emitter produces 120 lumens per watt.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein an intensity of the first emitter is dimmable to 20 percent.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein an intensity of the first emitter is controlled through a graphical user interface of a remote computing device.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first radio frequency driver and the second radio frequency driver are supported by the housing.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising

a vertically extending support member supporting the housing;

and

a mounting bracket supported by the vertically extending support member, the mounting bracket supporting the housing.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a vertically extending support member supporting the housing, wherein the housing is rotatable relative to the vertically extending support member about a first axis.

12. The lighting apparatus of claim 11, wherein the housing is rotatable relative to the vertically extending support member about a second axis, the second axis being transverse to the first axis.

13. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising

a horizontally extending support member supporting the housing;

and

a vertically extending support member supporting the horizontally extending support member, the horizontally extending support member supporting the housing in a cantilevered arrangement relative to the vertically extending support member.

14. The lighting apparatus of claim 13, further comprising

a second housing supported by the vertically extending support member in a cantilevered arrangement relative to the vertically extending support member, the first housing being positioned on a first side of the vertically extending support member and the second housing being positioned on a second side of the vertically extending support member, the second side being opposite the first side;

a second window coupled to the second housing, the second housing and the second window cooperating to define an interior region of the second housing;

a third light emitter located in the interior region of the second housing, the third light emitter including a third plasma bulb;

a third radio frequency driver operatively coupled to the third emitter, the third radio frequency driver generates a third radio frequency signal which causes the third plasma bulb to generate a third source of light;

a fourth light emitter located in the interior region of the second housing, the fourth light emitter including a fourth plasma bulb;

a fourth radio frequency driver operatively coupled to the fourth emitter, the fourth radio frequency driver generates a fourth radio frequency signal which causes the fourth plasma bulb to generate a fourth source of light; and

at least one second heat sink coupled to at least one of the third radio frequency driver and the fourth radio frequency driver, the at least one second heat sink including a second plurality of fins located outside of the second housing for cooling the third radio frequency driver and the fourth radio frequency driver.

15. The lighting apparatus of claim 14, further comprising

a third reflector positioned between the third light emitter and the second window, the third reflector directing light generated by the third source of light through the second window;

and

a fourth reflector positioned between the fourth light emitter and the second window, the fourth reflector directing light generated by the fourth source of light through the second window.

16. The lighting apparatus of claim 15, wherein the third reflector is spaced apart from the fourth reflector.

17. The lighting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the third light emitter and the fourth light emitter collectively produce an equivalent of about 1000 Watts of power.

18. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first driver is positioned outside of the housing.

19. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a first coaxial cable coupled to the first driver and to the first emitter, the first coaxial cable providing the first radio frequency signal from the first driver to the first emitter; and

a second coaxial cable coupled to the second driver and to the second emitter, the second coaxial cable providing the second radio frequency signal from the second driver to the second emitter.

20. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a mounting structure, the housing being rotatably coupled to the mounting structure about a first axis, the plurality of fins of the at least one heat sink include a first set of fins and a second set of fins spaced apart from the first set of fins, the first set of fins being positioned to a first side of a plane passing through the first axis and passing through a center of the window and the second set of fins being positioned to a second side of the plane, the second side being opposite the first side.

21. The lighting apparatus of claim 20, wherein the first emitter is positioned to the first side of plane and the second emitter is positioned to the second side of the plane.

22. The lighting apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first emitter is positioned forward of the first plurality of fins and the second emitter is positioned forward of the second plurality of fins.

23. The lighting apparatus of claim 22, wherein the housing extends on both sides of the plane.

24. The lighting apparatus of claim 22, wherein the housing is rotatably coupled to the mounting structure about a second axis, the second axis being transverse to the first axis.

25. The lighting apparatus of claim 24, wherein the first set of fins and the second set of fins are rearward of the second axis and the first plasma bulb and the second plasma bulb are positioned forward of the second axis.