LED lighting fixture

• US 9,212,808 B2
• Filed: 10/25/2010
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CREE Incorporated (Wolfspeed, Inc.)
• Inventors: Higley, Robert, Chen, Yuming, Coleman, Carleton
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALLEN, DANIELLE NICOLE
• Application Number:
  US12/911,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20110069488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,877 Days
• Field of Search: 362/221, 362/224, 362/225, 362/227, 362/84, 362/184, 362/217.01, 362/218, 362/249.02, 362/311.02, 362/345, 362/800, 362/362, 362/612, 362/555, 362/294, 362/373, 362/249, 362/545, 362/547, 313/1, 345/48, 345/82, 345/44, 345/55
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• 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 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 29/74 with fins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2113/13 comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture is provided as a potential solid state lighting (SSL) replacement fixture for a conventional HID lamp fixture. The LED lighting fixture includes a main housing having a bottom surface supporting an array of LEDs, a top surface and sides, and at least one driver provided in a side housing attached to a side of the main housing to drive the LED array. The thickness of the side housing is equal to or greater than the thickness of the main housing. A plurality of heat spreading fins is arranged on the top surface of the main housing.

Claims

1. A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture, comprising:

a main housing comprising a top surface supporting one or more heat spreading members and an opposing bottom surface supporting an array of LEDs, the main housing extending along a first direction; and

at least one side housing attached to the main housing and extending from the main housing in the first direction, wherein cross-sectional thicknesses of the main housing and the side housing are substantially the same;

at least one constant current driver disposed in the at least one side housing, wherein the constant current driver is configured to deliver at least approximately 350 milliamps (mA) of constant current to each LED in the array of LEDs;

wherein the array of LEDs is configured to output light from the bottom surface in a direction that is different than the first direction, and wherein the combined light output from the array of LEDs is at least 15,000 lumens for high brightness applications.

2. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the at least one constant current driver comprises a power supply within the side housing.

3. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the light output per square inch of the LED array is at least 40 lumens/in.².

4. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the side housing is curved along one side thereof.

5. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the heat spreading members comprise a plurality of heat spreading fins arranged on a top surface of the main housing.

6. The fixture of claim 1, wherein the LED array comprises a plurality of printed circuit board (PCB) strips attached to the bottom surface of the main housing, each PCB strip including a plurality of serially-connected LEDs thereon.

7. The fixture of claim 6, wherein one or more LEDs or one or more strips of LEDs in the array are fitted with a secondary optic.

8. The fixture of claim 6, wherein one or more LEDs or one or more strips of LEDs in the array are mounted at an angle to the bottom surface of the main housing.

9. The fixture of claim 6, wherein one or more LEDs in the array or one or more strips of LEDs are configured to output different colored light.

20. The fixture of claim 6, wherein one or more strips of LEDs are removable from the main housing.

21. The fixture of claim 6, wherein the plurality of strips of LEDs are mounted at different angles to the bottom surface of the main housing to shape light output of the fixture.

22. The fixture of claim 1, wherein a cross-sectional thickness of the fixture is 4.0 inches or less.

10. A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture, comprising:

a main housing having a plurality of sides disposed about a planar outer surface configured for supporting an LED array thereon, and

a plurality of side housings attached to the main housing, each side housing attached to a different side of the main housing so that the side housings are adjacent the main housing;

at least one constant current driver disposed in at least one of the plurality of side housings, wherein the constant current driver is configured to deliver at least approximately 350 milliamps (mA) of constant current to each LED in the array of LEDs, and wherein the light output per square inch of the LED array from the outer surface of the main housing is at least approximately 40 lumens/in².

11. The fixture of claim 10, wherein the thickness of each of the side housings is equal to or greater than the thickness of the main housing.

12. The fixture of claim 10, wherein a cross-sectional thickness of the fixture is 4.0 inches or less.

13. The fixture of claim 10, wherein the combined light output from the array of LEDs is at least 15,000 lumens.

14. The fixture of claim 10, further comprising:

a plurality of heat spreading fins arranged on a top surface of the main housing.

15. The fixture of claim 10 , wherein the LED array comprises a plurality of printed circuit board (PCB) strips attached to a the planar outer surface comprising a bottom surface of the main housing, each PCB strip including a plurality of serially-connected LEDs thereon.

16. The fixture of claim 15, wherein one or more LEDs or one or more strips of LEDs in the array are fitted with a secondary optic.

17. The fixture of claim 15, wherein one or more LEDs or one or more strips of LEDs in the array are mounted at an angle to the bottom surface of the main housing.

18. The fixture of claim 15, wherein one or more LEDs in the array or one or more strips of LEDs are configured to output different colored light.

19. The fixture of claim 15, wherein one or more strips of LEDs are removable from the main housing.

23. The fixture of claim 10, wherein each of the side housings encloses a power supply to drive the LED array.

24. The fixture of claim 15, wherein the plurality of strips of LEDs are mounted at different angles to the bottom surface of the main housing to shape light output of the fixture.

25. A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture, comprising:

a main housing having a bottom surface;

an LED array comprising a plurality of printed circuit board (PCB) strips having LEDs thereon mounted to the bottom surface of the main housing at different angles; and

first and second side housings attached to the main housing, at least one of the first and second side housings enclosing a constant current driver configured to deliver at least approximately 350 milliamps (mA) of constant current to each LED in the array of LEDs to drive the LED array so that the combined light output from the array of LEDs is at least 15,000 lumens of white light for high brightness applications;

wherein the LED array is configured to emit light directly outside of the main housing from the bottom surface.