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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2016
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Andrew Bendtsen, Racine, WI (US);
Kurt Wilcox, Libertyville, IL (US);
Boris Karpichev, Libertyville, IL (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 having sensor modules integrated therein. In one aspect, a luminaire described herein comprises a light emitting face including a LED assembly. A sensor module is integrated into the luminaire at a position at least partially overlapping the light emitting face. In another aspect, a luminaire described herein comprises a LED assembly and a driver assembly. A sensor module is integrated into the luminaire along or more convective air current pathways cooling the LED assembly or driver assembly.