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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Robert Higley, Durham, NC (US);
Yuming Chen, Cary, NC (US);
Carleton Coleman, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/00 (2006.01); F21V 23/02 (2006.01); F21V 15/01 (2006.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 29/74 (2015.01); F21V 29/00 (2015.01); F21Y 101/02 (2006.01); F21S 2/00 (2006.01); F21Y 103/00 (2006.01); F21Y 113/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 23/026 (2013.01); F21V 15/01 (2013.01); F21V 23/008 (2013.01); F21V 29/74 (2015.01); F21S 2/005 (2013.01); F21V 29/004 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/02 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/003 (2013.01); F21Y 2113/005 (2013.01); Y10S 362/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture is provided as a potential solid state lighting (SSL) replacement fixture for a conventional HID lamp fixture. The LED lighting fixture includes a main housing having a bottom surface supporting an array of LEDs, a top surface and sides, and at least one driver provided in a side housing attached to a side of the main housing to drive the LED array. The thickness of the side housing is equal to or greater than the thickness of the main housing. A plurality of heat spreading fins is arranged on the top surface of the main housing.