Parabolic troffer-style light fixture

• US 9,285,099 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2012
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CREE Incorporated (Wolfspeed, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pickard, Paul Kenneth, Edmond, Mark D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truong, Bao Q
• Application Number:
  US13/453,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20130279161A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,422 Days
• Field of Search: 362/217.03, 362/217.04, 362/342, 362/279, 362/325, 362/354, 362/237, 362/241, 362/247, 362/290, 362/291, 362/292
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 11/06 using crossed laminae or strips , e.g. grid-shaped louvers; using lattices or honeycombs
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/004 by deformation of parts or snap action mountings, e.g. using clips
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0008 providing for indirect lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A parabolic troffer-style light fixture. The fixtures are sized to fit in, mount to, or suspend from a ceiling, such as being mounted in a conventional ceiling T-grid, for example. The fixture comprises a troffer housing that may be sized to fit in or rest on the T-grid, with the housing having a shape and size similar to those used for conventional fluorescent troffer lighting fixtures. The fixtures comprise a plurality of reflective louvers arranged in a grid that divides the fixture open end into a number of fixture regions with at least one functional louver providing a back side mount surface for light sources, for example, light emitting diodes. The functional louver mount surface faces a reflective back surface designed to redirect impinging light out of the fixture and into the lighted area.

Claims

1. A light fixture, comprising:

a fixture housing defining an open end;

a back surface in said housing opposite said open end;

at least one functional louver between said back surface and said open end, said functional louver comprising side reflective surfaces and a mount surface facing toward said back surface;

at least one light source on said mount surface; and

a retention clip on said mount surface, wherein said retention clip is configured to mate with one or more features on said mount surface.

2. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of louvers in a grid between said back surface and said open end.

3. The light fixture of claim 2, wherein said plurality of louvers comprises functional louvers and optical louvers, said optical louvers comprising side reflective surfaces.

4. The light fixture of claim 1, said back surface comprising a diffuse reflective surface.

5. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said at least one light source comprises at least one cluster of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on said mount surface.

6. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said at least one light source comprises at least one cluster of LEDs, each of said clusters comprising at least one red LED and at least one blue-shifted yellow (BSY) LED.

7. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said at least one light source comprises at least one chip-on-board LED element.

8. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said at least one light source comprises an LED light strip.

9. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said at least one functional louver has a hollow core.

11. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said retention clip mates with notches in said mount surface.

12. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said retention clip comprises a recessed central portion along a longitudinal direction.

13. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising a lens over said at least one light source on said mount surface.

14. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising a flame barrier over said at least one light source on said mount surface.

10. A light fixture, comprising:

a fixture housing defining an open end;

a back surface in said housing opposite said open end;

at least one functional louver between said back surface and said open end, said functional louver comprising side reflective surfaces and a mount surface facing toward said back surface;

at least one light source on said mount surface; and

a retention clip on said mount surface, wherein said at least one light source is on said retention clip.

15. A light fixture, comprising:

a fixture housing defining an open end;

a back surface in said housing opposite said open end;

at least one functional louver comprising reflective side surfaces and at least one optical louver in a grid between said back surface and said open end; and

a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on said at least one functional louver in which emitting surfaces of said plurality of LEDs are emitting toward said back surface of said housing, wherein a portion of said functional louver opposite said emitting surfaces of said plurality of LEDs is hollow.

16. The light fixture of claim 15, wherein said functional louvers comprise a mount surface facing said back surface.

17. The light fixture of claim 15, said back surface comprising a diffuse reflective surface.

18. The light fixture of claim 16, wherein said plurality of LEDs comprises at least one LED cluster on said mount surface.

19. The light fixture of claim 18, wherein said at least one cluster of LEDs comprises at least one red LED and at least one blue-shifted yellow (BSY) LED.

20. The light fixture of claim 15, wherein said plurality of LEDs comprises at least one chip-on-board LED element.

21. The light fixture of claim 15, wherein said plurality of LEDs comprises an LED light strip.

22. The light fixture of claim 15, wherein said at least one functional louver has a hollow core.

23. The light fixture of claim 16, further comprising a retention clip on said mount surface, said plurality of LEDs on said retention clip.

24. The light fixture of claim 23, wherein said retention clip mates with notches in said mount surface.

25. The light fixture of claim 23, wherein said retention clip comprises a recessed central portion along a longitudinal direction.

26. The light fixture of claim 16, further comprising a lens over said plurality of LEDs on said mount surface.

27. The light fixture of claim 16, further comprising a flame barrier over said plurality of LEDs on said mount surface.