Invention Grant
- Patent Title: LED light fixture having heat sink with fins at flow-through opening
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Application No.: US14677478Application Date: 2015-04-02
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Publication No.: US09879849B2Publication Date: 2018-01-30
- Inventor: Brian Kinnune , David P. Goelz , Kurt S. Wilcox , Craig Raleigh
- Applicant: Cree, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Durham
- Assignee: Cree, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cree, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Durham
- Agency: Jansson Munger McKinley & Kirby Ltd.
- Main IPC: F21V29/00
- IPC: F21V29/00 ; F21S8/08 ; F21V29/76 ; F21V23/00 ; F21V5/04 ; F21V5/00 ; F21V19/00 ; F21V29/83 ; F21W131/103 ; F21W131/40

Abstract:
An LED light fixture including a heat-conductive overstructure having upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of upwardly-protruding elongate fins which extend along the upper surface adjacent to at least one opening through the fixture permitting air flow from beneath the lower surface to above the upper surface. An LED light source is secured with respect to the lower surface. The fins have heights which gradually increase toward fin-ends proximal to the at least one opening.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150323168A1 LED Light Fixture Public/Granted day:2015-11-12
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