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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Andrew Bendtsen, Racine, WI (US);
Kurt Wilcox, Libertyville, IL (US);
Boris Karpichev, Libertyville, IL (US);
John Durkee, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Roberts, Durham, NC (US);
David Goelz, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Douglas E. Keiter, Apex, NC (US);
Randy Bernard, Cary, NC (US);
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, luminaires are described herein enabling independent thermal management of driver and LED assemblies. For example, a luminaire comprises a driver assembly vertically integrated with a LED assembly, the driver assembly comprising a driver heatsink having an interior in which a circuit board assembly is positioned, and the LED assembly comprising an array of LEDs and LED heatsink, wherein a barrier is positioned between the driver heatsink and the LED heatsink, separating convective cooling of the driver assembly from convective cooling of the LED assembly.