LED renewable energy lighting unit having a polygonal solar panel configuration about a horizontal or vertical pole

• US 9,046,235 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2014
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oswald A. Wilson
• Original Assignee: Oswald A. Wilson
• Inventors: Wilson, Oswald A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hanley, Britt D
• Assistant Examiner(s): APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN
• Application Number:
  US14/458,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20150043200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 294 Days
• Field of Search: 362/235, 362/294, 362/145, 362/373, 362/800, 362/249.02, 362/244
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/026 rechargeable by using wind power, e.g. using wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/035 the solar unit being integrated within the support for the lighting unit, e.g. within or on a pole
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/043 driven by wind power, e.g. by wind turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/50 Cooling arrangements air-treatment systems dissipating or using the heat of lighting fixtures F24F3/056
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/72 in street lighting

Abstract

The present invention discloses an improved renewable energy and rechargeable LED lighting unit having a roadway/street light pole with a polygonal frame member configuration disposed there about. A plurality of solar panels affixed to the polygonal configuration. The solar panels include a plurality of electrical modules that are affixed directly to an interior wall of at least one of the solar panels without interfering with the polygonal frame member when attached. A two-part closure plate arrangement are attached directly to the polygonal frame member and completely enclose and seal the plurality of electrical modules between the frame member and the at least one of the solar panels.

Claims

1. An improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit comprising:

a roadway/street light pole;

a polygonal frame member configuration disposed about the roadway/street light pole;

a plurality of solar panels with a plurality of sealing gaskets attached directly to the polygonal frame;

a first plurality of different types of electrical modules that are affixed directly to at least one of an interior back wall of at least one of the solar panels and a second plurality of different types of electrical modules that are affixed directly to at least another one of an interior back wall of at least another one of the solar panels defining a isolating, sharing, controlling, monitoring and managing power system for delivering the required amount of power to operate the LED lighting unit efficiently, wherein the plurality of first and second electrical modules are closely arranged and spaced from each other without interfering with the polygonal frame member and the roadway/street light pole when attached together as a single unit;

a wind turbine being secured to the roadway/street light pole for generating power to the first and second plurality of different types of electrical modules; and

a top and bottom two-part closure plate having semi-circular grooves to completely seal and surround the roadway/street light pole; and

the two-part closure plates are attached directly to the polygonal frame member and completely enclose and seal the plurality of electrical modules between the frame member and at least one of the solar panels.

2. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the polygonal frame may be selected from the group of polygons consisting of a triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, enneagon, decagon, squares, rectangles, parallelograms and rhombuses.

3. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the two-part plates includes a pair of C-shaped clamps with outward extending flanges with a securing hole therein, a semi-circular groove in the middle of the C-shaped clamps, the C-shaped clamps are secured directly to the top of the two-part plates so that the semi-circular grooves of the two-part plates and the semi-circular grooves of the C-shaped clamps are contiguous and above one another and about the roadway/street light pole.

4. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 3, wherein a sealing gasket is disposed in each of the semicircular grooves of the C-shaped clamps and is sealed around the roadway/street light pole when screw means are threaded through the securing holes of the C-shaped flanges to compress the sealing gasket in tight sealing engagement about the roadway/street light pole to prevent water and moisture from getting to the electrical modules.

5. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the polygonal frame member has a top and bottom mounting plate disposed between plural wall surfaces with semi-circular grooves therein for receiving first C-shaped clamps with outward extending securing flanges therein, the mounting plates are positioned just below the two-part top plate and just above the bottom plate, and at least the first C-shaped clamp below the top two-part plate includes a sealing gasket therein to engage with the roadway/street light pole.

6. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 5, wherein a second pair of C-shaped clamps with outward extending flanges having a screw hole therein and that are aligned with the top and bottom first C-shaped clamps of the mounting plates, a second gasket is disposed within the top second C-shaped clamp so that when a screw member is threaded through the flange screw openings of the first and second flanges of the first and second C-shaped clamps to compress the sealing gaskets about the roadway/street light pole to eliminate any water and moisture from getting to the electrical modules.

7. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the LED lighting unit include an outer die cast shell, a polished aluminum basin disposed within the outer die cast shell with a continuous flow passage formed there between to constantly circulate ambient air about the aluminum polished basin to preserve the life cycle of LED chips, and four corner right angle brackets forming an L-shape configuration disposed and secured at and above a lower rim portion of the polished aluminum basin for supporting and raising a heat sink plate with LED chips disposed thereon to a height to form an interior enlarged space above the heat sink plate that defines primarily the entire interior volume of the polished aluminum basin to increase rapid transfer of heat from the heat sink plate to further preserve the life cycle of the LED chips.

8. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 7, wherein the heat sink plate having a circuit board for holding the LED chips with a plurality of wide fins on a bottom surface thereof that projects into the enlarged volume space and secured by screws from the circuit board, and a heat compound applied to a bottom surface of the LED chips and a top surface of the heat sink plate to increase heat transfer.

9. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 8, wherein the circuit board includes a copper track covered with high temperature paint for insulation and use as a reflector.

10. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 7, the polished aluminum basin further includes an elongated aluminum plate secured and sandwiched and in an engaging relationship between a top inner side wall surface of the outer die cast shell of the lighting unit and along a top outer surface of the polished basin for additional heat dissipation to further preserve the life cycle of the LED chips, wherein the aluminum plate has a larger intermediate section with two smaller outward extending ends connected by a pair of incline portions there between and is secured from the inside of the polished aluminum basin to the outer die cast shell through a screw opening disposed in the intermediate section of the elongated aluminum plate and into engagement with the outer die cast shell by a screw member that is first inserted through a screw opening of the polished aluminum basin.

11. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 7, wherein an entire surface of the heat sink plate is covered with high temperature white paint so that exposure to water and moisture will prevent short circuiting.

12. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 7, wherein the outer die cast shell includes a circular open ambient air space at a bottom surface of the middle section of the outer die cast shell at a rear end thereof, a plurality of vent holes being disposed on a bottom surface of the middle section for ambient air flow communication with the circular open ambient air space and into an air opening in a rear portion of the polished aluminum basin to allow ambient air flow into the enlarged volume space, and a plurality of vent holes in a front face and in at least one side of the aluminum basin and in a rear to enable a continuous ambient air circulation to flow from the enlarged volume space to the outside of the polished aluminum basin into an annular continuous space between the polished aluminum basin and the die cast outer shell to effectively remove the heat from the plurality of wide fins, the heat sink plate and from the enlarged volume space to protect the LED chips by exiting heated ambient air via at least through the plurality of vent holes in the bottom surface of the middle section.

13. The improved solar and wind power LED lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein lighting unit includes a pivotal hinged rear cover that includes a plurality of vent holes for admitting ambient air to the polished aluminum basin and for exiting heated ambient air from the polished aluminum basin, a power supply module, a barrier strip, a power transformer, a locking screw opening, and a locking screw member for closing the cover relative to the lighting unit.

14. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 13, improved solar and wind power LED lighting unit has a rear portion that is closed by the rear cover and includes a rear opening for receiving a utility pole mounting pipe and is secured therein by a pair of C-shaped clamps with securing flanges, a barrier strip, a day light sensor socket, a camera power supply, a WIFI transmitter, a locking flange with a locking screw hole for the locking screw of the cover to lock them together, and an open ambient air space area under the locking flange that allows ambient air to flow into the annular continuous space between the polished aluminum basin and the aluminum die cast outer shell housing through a circular open ambient air space into and out of the polished aluminum basin through a plurality of vent holes in the polished aluminum basin and the outer cast shell.

15. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 14, includes a front section that includes a plurality of air vent holes behind a front lens cover when it is closed on a bottom surface of a middle portion of the outer die cast shell adjacent the open ambient air space area under the locking flange, a camera is disposed on the bottom surface between the plurality of vent holes on the bottom surface in the middle portion of the outer die cast shell, a polished aluminum basin disposed within an outer die cast shell, a heat transfer plate secured between the polished aluminum basin and the outer die cast shell for additional heat dissipation, a plurality of vent holes in the side walls and the front wall of the polished aluminum basin, a circular opening in the rear of the polished aluminum basin for constant ambient air flow circulation, a heat sink plate with LED chips disposed thereon with a plurality of heat fins extending from a bottom surface thereof and a lens latch for closing the front lens cover.

16. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the first plurality of different types of electrical modules include at least a solar panel power source, wind power source, utility power source, power isolator and sharing device, grid charge controller, power supply unit, battery pack LED light, LED control circuit unit, LED street light cluster unit, timer unit, occupancy sensor, LED street light cluster unit, camera/WIFI/RF battery pack, camera/WIFI/RF power supply, camera video, RF transmitter/receiver unit, internet/land line connector control panel, traffic light power unit, traffic light device, grid power unit, utility meter and utility grid.

17. The improved solar and wind powered LED lighting unit according to claim 1, wherein the second plurality of various and different types of electrical modules include at least a solar charge controller, a wind charge controller, and solar panel batteries and chargers.

18. An improved renewable energy and rechargeable LED lighting unit comprising:

a roadway/street light pole;

a polygonal frame member having a triangular configuration disposed about the roadway/street light pole;

a plurality of solar panels with a plurality of sealing gaskets attached directly to the triangular polygonal frame;

a first plurality of different types of electrical modules that are affixed directly to at least one of an interior back wall of at least one of the solar panels and a second plurality of different types of electrical modules that are affixed directly to at least another one of an interior back wall of at least another one of the solar panels defining a compact isolating, sharing, controlling, monitoring and managing power system for delivering the required amount of power to operate the LED lighting unit, a traffic/streetlight system, surveillance and camera system, land line connector equipment and for grid-tie purpose, wherein the plurality of first and second electrical modules are arranged and spaced from each other without interfering with the polygonal frame member and the roadway/street light pole when attached together;

a wind turbine attached to the roadway/street light pole for generating power to the compact isolating, sharing, controlling, monitoring and managing power system;

a top and bottom two-part closure plate having semi-circular grooves to completely seal and surround the roadway/street light pole; and

the two-part closure plates are attached directly to the triangular polygonal frame member and completely enclose and seal the plurality of electrical modules between the triangular frame member and at least two of the solar panels without any interference there between.

19. The improved renewable energy and rechargeable LED lighting unit according to claim 18, wherein the compact isolating, sharing, controlling, monitoring and managing power system includes at least a solar panel power source, wind power source, utility power source, solar charge controller, wind charge controller, solar panel batteries and chargers, power isolator and sharing device, grid charge controller, power supply unit, battery pack LED light, LED control circuit unit, LED street light cluster unit, timer unit, occupancy sensor, LED street light cluster unit, camera/WIFI/RF battery pack, camera/WIFI/RF power supply, camera video, RF transmitter/receiver unit, internet/land line connector control panel, traffic light power unit, traffic light device, grid power unit, utility meter and utility grid.

20. The improved solar and wind power generator comprising:

a solar source;

a wind power source;

a LED lighting device;

a roadway/street light pole;

a polygonal frame member having a selective polygonal configuration disposed about the roadway/street light pole;

a plurality of selective polygonal shaped solar panels having a plurality of sealing gaskets and being attached directly to the polygonal frame;

first plurality of different types of electrical modules that are affixed directly to at least one of an interior back wall of at least one of the solar panels and a second plurality of different types of electrical modules that are affixed directly to at least another one of an interior back wall of at least another one of the solar panels for sharing, isolating, monitoring, managing and delivering the required amount of power for operation of the LED lighting device as a function of the solar and wind power sources;

a top and bottom two-part closure plate having semi-circular grooves to completely seal and surround the roadway/street light pole; and

the two-part closure plates are attached directly to the selective polygonal frame member and completely enclose and seal the plurality of electrical modules between the selective polygonal frame member and at least two of the solar panels without any interference there between.