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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
GE Lighting Solutions, Llc, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Alexander Knapp, Cleveland, OH (US);
Thomas Clynne, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Jeyachandrabose Chinniah, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, East Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 29/00 (2015.01); F21K 9/90 (2016.01); F21K 9/60 (2016.01); F21V 29/77 (2015.01); F21V 29/80 (2015.01); F21K 9/23 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21Y 113/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21K 9/90 (2013.01); F21K 9/23 (2016.08); F21K 9/60 (2016.08); F21V 29/773 (2015.01); F21V 29/80 (2015.01); F21Y 2113/13 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract
A unitary heat sink that includes fins and roots configured to provide improved thermal management for solid state light sources. In an embodiment, the unitary heat sink includes a central hub portion composed of a thermally conducting metal, a plurality of fins projecting away from the central hub portion in a first direction, and a plurality of roots projecting away from the central hub portion in a second direction generally opposite from the first direction.