Industry Patents
Patent: 7766518
LED-Based Light-Generating Modules for Socket Engagement, and Methods of Assembling, Installing and Removing Same
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| Patent Number: |
7766518 |
| Title: |
LED-Based Light-Generating Modules for Socket Engagement, and Methods of Assembling, Installing and Removing Same |
| Abstract: |
Modular lighting fixtures that allow convenient installation and removal
of LED-based light-generating modules and controller modules. In one
example, a modular lighting fixture includes a housing configured to be
recessed into or disposed behind an architectural surface such as
ceiling, wall, or soffit, in new or existing construction scenarios. The
fixture housing includes a socket configured to facilitate one or more of
a mechanical, electrical and thermal coupling of the light-generating
module to the fixture housing. The ability to easily engage and disengage
the LED-based light-generating module with the socket, without removing
the fixture housing itself, allows for straightforward replacement of the
light-generating module upon failure, or exchange with another module
having different light-generating characteristics. Modular lighting
controllers for such fixtures also may be easily installed in or removed
from the fixture housing via the same access route by which the
light-generating module is installed and removed.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Piepgrass, Mollnow, Blackwell, Chemel, Morgan, McCormick, Bass |
| Assignee: |
Philips SSL |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
F21V 29/00 |
| US Classification: |
362/373 |
| Issue Date: |
08-03-2010 |
| Filing Date: |
05-23-2006 |
| Application : |
11/419998 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
7766518 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
7766518 at Google Patents |
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