Loop LED light

• US 7,784,967 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2007
• Issued: 08/31/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pervaiz Lodhie
• Original Assignee: Pervaiz Lodhie
• Inventors: Lodhie, Pervaiz
• Primary Examiner(s): Sember; Thomas M
• Application Number:
  US11/928,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20090109676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 362/216, 362/219, 362/217.02, 362/217.1, 362/217.12, 362/217.13, 362/217.14, 362/217.16, 362/217.17, 362/249.01, 362/249.02, 362/249.06, 362/249.14, 362/410, 362/414
• US Class Current: 362/249.06
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/00 Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/27 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with two fittings for each light source, e.g. for substitution of fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/275 Details of bases or housings, i.e. the parts between the light-generating element and the end caps; Arrangement of components within bases or housings F21K9/278 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/088 with lighting device mounted on top of the standard, e.g. for pedestrian zones
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/10 Outdoor lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• 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 Light-Emitting Diode (“LED”) light includes a ring-shaped housing wish a cross section, a transparent section and a non-transparent section. The ring-shaped housing defines a horizontal plane relative to a midpoint of the cross section, and a board is fitted within the ring-shaped housing at an angle between about ten to sixty degrees relative to the horizontal plane with LEDs mounted thereon the board to emit light through the transparent section. In one aspect, the board is a printed circuit board. In one aspect, the LEDs are mounted approximately perpendicularly onto the board.

Claims

1. A Light-Emitting Diode (“

LED”

) light comprising;

a ring-shaped housing including an outer portion having a cross section, a transparent section and a non-transparent section and wherein the ring-shaped housing defining a horizontal plane relative to a midpoint of the cross section;

a board fitted within the ring-shaped housing at an angle between about ten to sixty degrees relative to the horizontal plane and having a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon to emit light through the transparent section; and

wherein a hollow inner portion is located inside a boundary of the outer portion of the ring-shaped housing.

2. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the board is fitted parallel to an axis of the cross section.

3. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the cross section is elliptical.

4. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the cross section is circular.

5. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the ring-shaped housing is made of two halves with each of the two halves comprising an upper section and a lower section.

6. The LED light of claim 5, wherein the upper section includes the non-transparent section and the lower section includes the transparent section.

7. The LED light of claim 5, wherein the transparent section is aligned with the angle.

8. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the board is a printed circuit board.

9. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the board is a printed circuit board comprising of two or more PCB pieces.

10. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the board comprises two or more board pieces.

11. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the angle is between twenty degrees to twenty-five degrees.

12. The LED light of claim 11, wherein the LEDs are mounted approximately perpendicularly onto the board.

13. The LED light of claim 1, wherein the LEDs are mounted approximately perpendicularly onto the board.

14. The LED light of claim 13, wherein the LEDs include a combination of LEDs with narrow-beam angles and LEDs with wide-beam angles.

15. A Light-Emitting Diode (“

LED”

) light comprising;

a ring-shaped housing including an outer portion having a cross section, a transparent section and a non-transparent section and wherein the ring-shaped housing defining a horizontal plane relative to a midpoint of the cross section, wherein a hollow inner portion is located inside a boundary of the outer portion of the ring-shaped housing;

a support comprising at least one strut coupled to the non-transparent section; and

a printed circuit board fitted within the ring-shaped housing at an angle between about ten to sixty degrees relative to the horizontal plane and having a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon to emit light through the transparent section.

16. The LED light of claim 15, wherein the angle is between twenty degrees to twenty-five degrees.

17. The LED light of claim 15, wherein the printed circuit board is fitted parallel to an axis of the cross section.

18. The LED light of claim 15, wherein the ring-shaped housing is made of two halves with each of the two halves comprising an upper section and a lower section.

19. The LED light of claim 18, wherein the upper section includes the non-transparent section and the lower section includes the transparent section.

20. The LED light of claim 19, wherein the transparent section is aligned with the angle.

21. The LED light of claim 15, wherein the support is fitted to a post.

22. A Light-Emitting Diode (“

LED”

) light comprising;

a ring-shaped housing including an outer portion having a cross section, a transparent section and a non-transparent section and wherein the ring-shaped housing defining a horizontal plane relative to a midpoint of the cross section, wherein a hollow inner portion is located inside a boundary of the outer portion of the ring-shaped housing;

a support comprising at least two struts coupled to the non-transparent section; and

a printed circuit board fitted within the ring-shaped housing at an angle between about twenty to twenty-five degrees relative to the horizontal plane and having a plurality of LEDs mounted thereon, wherein the plurality of LEDs are mounted approximately perpendicularly onto the printed circuit board.

23. The LED light of claim 22, wherein the printed circuit board is fitted parallel to an axis of the cross section.

24. The LED light of claim 23, wherein the transparent section is aligned with the angle.

25. The LED light of claim 24, wherein the cross section is elliptical.