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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Kurt Wilcox, Libertyville, IL (US);
Steven R. Walczak, Hales Corners, WI (US);
Steven J. Patkus, Sturtevant, WI (US);
Alan J. Ruud, Racine, WI (US);
Kurt Wilcox, Libertyville, IL (US);
Steven R. Walczak, Hales Corners, WI (US);
Steven J. Patkus, Sturtevant, WI (US);
Alan J. Ruud, Racine, WI (US);
Ruud Lighting, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A modular LED unit having a number of LED modules separately mounted on individual interconnected preferably-extruded heat sinks, each heat sink having: a base configured to engage and hold an LED module in place and, in preferred forms, to facilitate the ganging of heat-sink/LED modules; and a plurality of fins, including inner-fins and side-fins, projecting from the opposite surface of the base and extending therealong, the side-fins having interlocking features to facilitate the ganging of heat-sink/module units together and, in preferred forms, to facilitate interconnection of the modular LED unit to other portions of a lighting fixture.