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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 9279551 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2012

Lighting system

Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Roermond, NL;

Johannes Andreas Henricus Maria Jacobs, Veldhoven, NL;

Ramon Pascal van Gorkom, Eindhoven, NL;

Mark Johannes Antonius Verhoeven, Deurne, NL;

Andreas Aloysius Henricus Duijmelink, Helmond, NL;

Huib Cooijmans, Son en Breugel, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:

Meenakshy Chakravorty

Primary Examiner:

Ashok Patel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 23/02 (2006.01); F21S 4/00 (2006.01); F21V 31/00 (2006.01); F21S 2/00 (2006.01); F21V 23/06 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21S 10/02 (2006.01); F21W 121/00 (2006.01); F21W 131/301 (2006.01); F21Y 101/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21S 4/001 (2013.01); F21S 2/005 (2013.01); F21S 4/00 (2013.01); F21V 23/02 (2013.01); F21V 23/06 (2013.01); F21V 31/005 (2013.01); F21S 10/02 (2013.01); F21V 33/006 (2013.01); F21V 33/0012 (2013.01); F21W 2121/00 (2013.01); F21W 2131/301 (2013.01); F21Y 2101/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lighting system comprises a plurality of discrete light emitting diode modules and a translucent portion containing the plurality of discrete light emitting diode modules. Each light emitting diode module comprises a light emitting diode and at least a first module electrode and a second module electrode. The first module electrode is in electrical connection with the cathode of the light emitting diode and the second module electrode is in electrical connection with the anode of the light emitting diode. At least a portion of the plurality of light emitting diode modules form a string of modules, with at least one module electrode of each of the light emitting diode modules in the string being in direct physical contact with a module electrode of a neighboring light emitting diode module in the string such that, when a voltage is applied across the string, current flows in each light emitting diode module in the string thereby activating the light emitting diode of each light emitting diode module in the string.

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