Lighting device and method of installing light emitter

• US 9,151,477 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 10/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CREE Incorporated (Wolfspeed, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pickard, Paul Kenneth, Medendorp, Nicholas W. Jr., Edmond, Mark D., Lu, Dong, Progl, Curt, Dixon, Mark, Pratt, Spencer Scott, Snell, Nathan R., Lay, James Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Tracie Y
• Application Number:
  US13/826,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20130265750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 362/235, 362/249.02, 362/249.14, 362/97.3, 362/345.8
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/02 characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/026 intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/041 Mounting arrangements specially adapted for false ceiling panels or partition walls made of plates F21V21/047 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/088 Clips; Clamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/14 Adjustable mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/02 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/04 of lens shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/10 comprising photoluminescent material
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/15 Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]

Abstract

A lighting device configured to be held relative to a space extending from an opening in a first surface. A distance between first and second emitters and/or a dimension of a lens is/are larger than a largest dimension of the opening and/or a largest dimension of a power supply. Also, a bracket comprising a body member and at least two mounting clips, the body member configured to be attached to a lighting device, each mounting clip pivotable about respective pivot axes at least from a first position, where a first end region of the clip does not extend farther from an axis of the body member than all portions of the body member, to a second position, where the first end region of the clip extends farther from the axis of the body member than all portions of the body member. Also, a lighting device comprising a removable bracket.

Claims

1. A lighting device, comprising:

at least a first lens; and

at least a first solid state light emitter,

the lighting device configured to be held relative to a space defined by a can or a junction box that comprises an opening, the space extending from the opening,

at least a first portion of the first lens translucent,

at least one dimension of the first portion of the first lens is larger than a largest dimension of the opening.

2. A lighting device as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the lighting device further comprises at least two mounting clips, and

structure by which said lighting device is configured to be held relative to a space comprises the at least two mounting clips.

3. A lighting device as recited in claim 1, wherein:

the lighting device further comprises a trim element, and

the first solid state light emitter is on the trim element.

4. A lighting device as recited in claim 3, wherein the first lens is on the trim element.