LED OUTDOOR FIXTURE IN PLASTIC HOUSING WITH OUTER FRAME

• US 20160161093A1
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (f/k/a GE Lighting Solutions, LLC) (American Industrial Partners)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: PETER, Akos, Novak, Krisztian
• Granted Patent: US 10,443,820 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/00 Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices F21V17/00, F21V19/00 take precedence; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q, stands for supporting apparatus or articles in general F16M11/00; Hand grips
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/116 Fixing lighting devices to arms or standards F21V21/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 31/03 with provision for venting for vehicle head lights F21S45/33; for vehicle rear lights F21S41/192
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/007 Array of lenses or refractors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. for arrangement of multiple light sources in one plane combination of two or more refractors F21V5/008
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/10 Outdoor lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2101/00 Point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2105/10 comprising a two-dimensional array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An apparatus including a polymeric housing to enclose electrical and optical components of a lighting fixture; and an outer frame affixed to the housing, the outer frame including a coupler to mechanically attach the apparatus to another device.

Claims

1. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:

a polymeric housing to enclose electrical and optical components of a lighting fixture; and

an outer frame affixed to the housing, the outer frame including a coupler to mechanically attach the apparatus to another device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electrical components comprise at least one of a printed circuit board and a solid state light source.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the solid state light source includes at least one light emitting diode (LED) supported by the printed circuit board.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the optical components comprise at least one optical lens to distribute light emitted from a solid state light source within the housing in a predetermined pattern.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the plurality of optical lenses are configured to distribute light emitted from a plurality of light source within the housing in a predetermined pattern.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the outer frame is constructed of at least one of metal, a metal alloy, and a composite material.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the coupler includes an open distal end to receive a mounting device therein.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the polymeric housing comprises at least two distinct components joined together to enclose electrical and optical components of a lighting fixture therein.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the polymeric housing is constructed of at least one of a polycarbonate, PMMA (poly methylmethacrylate), PC (polycarbonate), glass, and combinations thereof.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a central spine bridging and connecting opposing sides of the outer frame.

11. A lighting fixture comprising:

a circuit board;

a solid state light source supported on the circuit board;

at least one optical lens affixed or joined to the circuit board to distribute light emitted from the solid state light source;

a polymeric housing that encloses the circuit board, the solid state light source, and the at least one optical lens; and

an outer frame affixed to the housing, the outer frame being constructed of at least one of metal, a metal alloy, and a composite material.

12. The lighting fixture of claim 11, further comprising a central spine bridging and connecting opposing sides of the outer frame.

13. The lighting fixture of claim 11, further comprising a breather in the polymeric housing to facilitate the draining of moisture from the housing.

14. The lighting fixture of claim 13, wherein the breather further facilitates equalizing a pressure inside and outside of the housing.