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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9039241 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2013

Led light fixture

Applicant:

Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Inventors:

Brian Kinnune, Racine, WI (US);

Alan J. Ruud, Racine, WI (US);

Kurt Wilcox, Libertyville, IL (US);

Don Miletich, Franklin, WI (US);

Assignee:

Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);

Attorney:

Jansson Munger McKinley and Shape Ltd.

Primary Examiner:

David V Bruce

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 29/00 (2006.01); F21V 15/01 (2006.01); F21V 15/015 (2006.01); F21V 17/10 (2006.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2006.01); F21V 31/03 (2006.01); F21V 19/04 (2006.01); F21K 99/00 (2010.01); F21S 2/00 (2006.01); F21W 131/103 (2006.01); F21Y 101/02 (2006.01); F21Y 105/00 (2006.01); F21S 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 15/011 (2013.01); F21S 2/005 (2013.01); F21V 15/013 (2013.01); F21V 15/015 (2013.01); F21V 17/107 (2013.01); F21V 19/0055 (2013.01); F21V 23/002 (2013.01); F21V 29/004 (2013.01); F21V 29/2206 (2013.01); F21V 29/225 (2013.01); F21V 29/2262 (2013.01); F21V 29/2293 (2013.01); F21V 31/03 (2013.01); F21W 2131/103 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/02 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/001 (2013.01); F21V 19/045 (2013.01); F21K 9/00 (2013.01); F21S 8/086 (2013.01);
Abstract

An LED light fixture a housing, a heat sink secured with respect to the housing, the heat sink has a base with front and back surfaces, and an LED arrangement mounted at the front surface of the heat sink The back surface of the heat sink is open to water/air flow thereover. The LED light fixture also includes at least one closed channel extending along the base and spaced therefrom for receiving wire connections for the LED arrangement. The at least one closed channel receives wiring extending to/from the second LED module. The LED arrangement may include at least first and second LED modules, the first LED module being proximal to the housing with the at least one closed channel receiving wiring extending to/from the second LED module. The first and second LED modules may be in end-to-end relationship to one another such that the second LED module is distal from the housing.

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