Industry Patents
Patent: 8206001
Methods and Apparatus for Providing Lighting via a Grid System of a Suspended Ceiling
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| Patent Number: |
8206001 |
| Title: |
Methods and Apparatus for Providing Lighting via a Grid System of a Suspended Ceiling |
| Abstract: |
Methods and apparatus for providing sources of light, or mechanical
and/or electrical connections for light sources, via a grid system of a
suspended ceiling. All or a portion of a grid system for a suspended
ceiling may be configured to support the generation of light. Lighting
units may be coupled to various portions of the grid system in a
removable and modular fashion, so as to be completely or substantially
recessed above the ceiling surface, or as pendant components hanging
below the ceiling surface. Lighting interface components of the grid
system also may be configured to facilitate significant thermal
dissipation from lighting units. In one exemplary implementation, one or
more LED-based lighting units may be coupled to one or more lighting
interface components of the grid system so as to provide controllable
multi-color and/or essentially white light.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Piepgrass, Mollnow, Morgan, Dowling |
| Assignee: |
Philips SSL |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
8061865 |
| International Classification: |
F21S 8/04 |
| US Classification: |
362/149 |
| Issue Date: |
06-26-2012 |
| Filing Date: |
11-04-2011 |
| Application : |
13/289609 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
8206001 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
8206001 at Google Patents |
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