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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2010
Applicants:

Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Stanton Earl Weaver, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Thomas Elliot Stecher, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Glenn Howard Kuenzler, East Cleveland, OH (US);

Charles Franklin Wolfe, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

RI LI, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mehmet Arik, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Stanton Earl Weaver, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Thomas Elliot Stecher, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Glenn Howard Kuenzler, East Cleveland, OH (US);

Charles Franklin Wolfe, Jr., Niskayuna, NY (US);

Ri Li, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Lighting systems having a light source and a thermal management system are provided. The thermal management system includes synthetic jet devices, a heat sink and a heat distribution face plate. The synthetic jet devices are arranged in parallel to one and other and are configured to actively cool the lighting system. The heat distribution face plate is configured to radially transfer heat from the light source into the ambient air.


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