LED area light fixture
First Claim
1. An LED area light fixture comprising a first part and a second part wherein said first part has an elongated, metallic, substantially, semi-cylindrical upper shell and an elongated, metallic, substantially, semi-cylindrical lower shell spaced from said upper shell and wherein said second part is a housing attached to said first part, said upper and lower shells being enclosed and attached at opposite ends by end caps, a printed circuit board (PCB) secured to the underside of said upper shell and supporting an array of spaced, high intensity LEDs, said lower shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein wherein each of said plurality of spaced openings is aligned with a respective one of said LEDs, said lower shell having a counter-sunk hole on its inner side at each of said spaced openings, a light diffusing lens within each of said counter-sunk holes, an elongated, substantially semi-cylindrical, inner shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein with a hollow shaped, light focusing cone secured to said inner shell at each of said spaced openings, each of said hollow shaped, light focusing cones being aligned with a respective opening in said semi-cylindrical lower shell and with a respective high intensity LED in said semi-cylindrical upper shell, each of said hollow shaped, light focusing cones having one end with a smaller opening therein which smaller opening encompasses a respective LED in said array and an opposite end with a larger opening therein which opposite end is secured to said inner shell at a respective opening in said inner shell, a heat dissipative conductive layer being integral with said printed circuit board (PCB) and said array of high intensity LEDs, said second part enclosing electronic circuitry for operating and controlling said LEDs, and said second part including means for supporting said light fixture.
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Abstract
An LED area light fixture for street, roadway or large area illumination including upper and lower, elongated, substantially semi-cylindrical, metallic shells spaced from and attached to each other wherein the upper shell is configured from a plurality of elongated, rectangular, angled strips with a plurality of elongated, rectangular PCB strips attached thereto and a plurality of linearly spaced high intensity LEDs embedded in each of the PCB strips and wherein the lower shell has a plurality of openings therein. A plurality of light diffusing lenses and light focusing cones are positioned in alignment with and between the LEDs and openings in the lower shell for providing uniform illumination below the LED light fixture. A heat conductive means is made integral with the PCB strips and the metallic upper shell in order to dissipate the heat generated by the high intensity LEDs during operation of the LED area light fixture.
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- 1. An LED area light fixture comprising a first part and a second part wherein said first part has an elongated, metallic, substantially, semi-cylindrical upper shell and an elongated, metallic, substantially, semi-cylindrical lower shell spaced from said upper shell and wherein said second part is a housing attached to said first part, said upper and lower shells being enclosed and attached at opposite ends by end caps, a printed circuit board (PCB) secured to the underside of said upper shell and supporting an array of spaced, high intensity LEDs, said lower shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein wherein each of said plurality of spaced openings is aligned with a respective one of said LEDs, said lower shell having a counter-sunk hole on its inner side at each of said spaced openings, a light diffusing lens within each of said counter-sunk holes, an elongated, substantially semi-cylindrical, inner shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein with a hollow shaped, light focusing cone secured to said inner shell at each of said spaced openings, each of said hollow shaped, light focusing cones being aligned with a respective opening in said semi-cylindrical lower shell and with a respective high intensity LED in said semi-cylindrical upper shell, each of said hollow shaped, light focusing cones having one end with a smaller opening therein which smaller opening encompasses a respective LED in said array and an opposite end with a larger opening therein which opposite end is secured to said inner shell at a respective opening in said inner shell, a heat dissipative conductive layer being integral with said printed circuit board (PCB) and said array of high intensity LEDs, said second part enclosing electronic circuitry for operating and controlling said LEDs, and said second part including means for supporting said light fixture.
- 22. An LED area light fixture comprising an optical module and an electrical/support housing interconnected by an angled structure, said optical module including elongated, substantially semi-cylindrical, upper and lower metallic shells, said upper and lower shells being spaced from each other, an elongated, semi-cylindrical inner shell spaced from said upper shell and secured between said upper and lower shells, said lower shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein, said inner shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein and in alignment with a respective opening in said lower shell, a plurality of light focusing cones attached to the upper surface of said inner shell, each of said light focusing cones having a through-hole therein and in alignment with a respective opening in said inner shell, each of said semi-cylindrical shells being mainly constructed of adjacent, elongated, angled sections on opposite sides of each shell, a plurality of elongated PCB strips, each of said plurality of elongated PCB strips having a plurality of linearly spaced LEDs attached thereto and facing said inner and lower shells, each of said elongated PCB strips being attached to a respective lower surface of each of said adjacent, elongated, angled sections of said upper shell, and each of said plurality of linearly spaced LEDs being in alignment with a respective opening in said inner shell and said lower shell.
- 28. An LED street light fixture comprising an optical module and an electrical/support housing interconnected by a structure, said optical module including an elongated, substantially semi-cylindrical, upper metallic shell and an elongated, substantially semi-cylindrical, lower metallic shell spaced from said upper shell, an elongated, substantially semi-cylindrical inner shell spaced and supported between said upper and lower shells, said lower shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein, said inner shell having a plurality of spaced openings therein and in alignment with a respective opening in said lower shell, said inner shell having a plurality of light focusing cones secured thereto, each of said plurality of light focusing cones having a through-hole therein and being aligned with a respective opening in said inner shell, said lower shell having a counter-bore on its upper side at each of said plurality of spaced openings, a light diffusing lens in each of said counter-bores, each of said substantially semi-cylindrical upper, lower and inner shell being primarily constructed of adjacent, elongated, substantially rectangular, angled sections on opposite sides of each shell, a plurality of elongated PCB strips, each of said plurality of elongated PCB strips having a plurality of linearly spaced LEDs attached thereto and facing said inner and lower shells, each of said plurality of elongated PCB strips being attached to a lower surface of a respective angled section of said upper shell, and each of said linearly spaced LEDs being in alignment with a respective opening in said inner shell.
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