LED lighting unit including elongated heat sink and elongated lens
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1. A LED lighting unit comprising:
- an elongated heat sink having two spaced apart longitudinal grooves and forming a single cavity with a flat surface therebetween, wherein an angle between a facing direction of each groove and a radius extending from a center of the lighting unit to an opening of the groove is at least as large as the angle between a tangent of the lighting unit at the opening of the groove and the radius;
at least one LED mounted to the flat surface of the heat sink between the grooves and within the cavity; and
an elongated lens having bulged longitudinal edges, each edge slidably engaged with the groove on the heat sink such that the elongated lens encloses the at least one LED.
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A LED lighting unit including an elongated heat sink having two spaced apart longitudinal grooves, the grooves facing tangentially or at an angle greater than an angle between a tangent of the lighting unit at the groove and a radius of the lighting unit at the groove. At least one LED is mounted to the heat sink between the grooves, and the at least one LED is enclosed by a lens having bulged longitudinal edges by sliding the bulged longitudinal edges into the grooves.
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1. A LED lighting unit comprising:
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an elongated heat sink having two spaced apart longitudinal grooves and forming a single cavity with a flat surface therebetween, wherein an angle between a facing direction of each groove and a radius extending from a center of the lighting unit to an opening of the groove is at least as large as the angle between a tangent of the lighting unit at the opening of the groove and the radius; at least one LED mounted to the flat surface of the heat sink between the grooves and within the cavity; and an elongated lens having bulged longitudinal edges, each edge slidably engaged with the groove on the heat sink such that the elongated lens encloses the at least one LED. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An LED light tube configured to replace a conventional fluorescent light tube in a conventional fluorescent light socket, the LED light tube comprising:
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an elongated heat sink having a constant cross-section along its longitudinal length, the heat sink including two spaced apart, tangentially facing, longitudinal grooves, a flat strip between the grooves, and a plurality of fins projecting from the flat strip on the opposite side as the grooves, the grooves each having a cross-section including a circular portion; a plurality of LEDs in electrical communication with a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board mounted on the flat strip; an elongated, substantially U-shaped lens having a constant cross-section including bulged longitudinal edges having a circular cross-section, the edges slidably engaged with the grooves on the heat sink to form a housing that covers the LEDs; a sheet of diffusing film inserted between the heat sink and the lens; and at least one electrical connector in electrical communication with the printed circuit board, the electrical connector attached to an end of the housing.
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21. An LED light tube configured to replace a conventional fluorescent light tube in a conventional fluorescent light socket, the LED light tube comprising:
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an elongated heat sink having a constant cross-section, the heat sink including two spaced apart longitudinal grooves facing in opposing directions and having a cross-section including a circular portion, a flat strip between the grooves, and a plurality of fins projecting from the heat sink on the opposite side as the flat strip; a plurality of LEDs in electrical communication with a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board mounted on the flat strip; an elongated, substantially U-shaped lens having a constant cross-section including bulged longitudinal edges having a circular cross-section, the lens including a bend toward the interior of the light tube near the bulged longitudinal edge, the edges slidably engaged with the grooves in the heat sink to form a housing that covers the LEDs; a sheet of diffusing film inserted between the heat sink and the lens; and at least one electrical connector in electrical communication with the printed circuit board, the electrical connector attached to an end of the housing.
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