# US 10,371,371 B2 · Ventilation kit and recessed light fixture assembly with ventilation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,371,371 B2 - Document ID: US10371371B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/751,171 - Filed: 2016-08-10 - Published: 2018-08-16 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-10 - Assignees: Current Lighting Solutions, LLC - Applicants: GE Lighting Solutions, LLC - Inventors: Min Fang; Shuyi Qin; Honglei Gao; Tingting Wang; Qi Long - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10371371B2 ## CPC - F21V 33/0092: {with heating or cooling devices} - F21S 8/026: {intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling} - F21S 8/04: intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures (F21S8/02 takes precedence; {details of ceiling bases F21V21/03}) - F21V 21/041: {Mounting arrangements specially adapted for false ceiling panels or partition walls made of plates (F21V21/047 takes precedence)} - F21V 21/048: {Mounting arrangements for fastening lighting devices to false ceiling frameworks} - F21V 33/0088: {Ventilating systems (lighting fixtures combined with outlets for air treatment systems F24F13/078)} - F24F 13/078: combined with lighting fixtures - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - F24F: AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L17/02) ## Abstract This invention provides a ventilation kit adapted to be coupled to a recessed light fixture, and comprises two supporting members. The first is adapted to be coupled with at least one edge of the recessed light fixture, while the second is adapted to be coupled with the grid system of the ceiling. There is also through-hole for air circulation. Mounting the ventilation kit onto an existing recessed light fixture enables the existing recessed light fixtures to have either an air supply or air return ventilation feature. This invention also discloses a recessed light fixture assembly with either an air supply or air return ventilation feature. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A ventilation kit adapted to be coupled to a recessed light fixture, the recessed light fixture having a housing and at least one edge extending from a lower portion of said housing, the ventilation kit comprising at least one supporting member, the supporting member comprising: a first portion being adapted to be coupled to the at least one edge of the recessed light fixture; a second portion being adapted to be coupled to a grid system of a ceiling; and at least one through hole for fluid flow, wherein the first portion of the supporting member comprises at least one protrusion for clamping the at least one edge of the recessed light fixture through bending the at least one protrusion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The ventilation kit according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member has a cross-section of substantially C-shaped, substantially Z-shaped, or substantially H-shaped. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The ventilation kit according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member is integrally formed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The ventilation kit according to claim 1 wherein the at least one through hole is adapted for air return from a space beneath the recessed light fixture to a space above the recessed light fixture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The ventilation kit according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member comprises a first close-loop configuration, the first close-loop configuration having a substantially same shape and a substantially same size as a second close-loop configuration formed by the edges of the recessed light fixture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The ventilation kit according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member comprises a first rectangular configuration, the first rectangular configuration having a substantially same size as a second rectangular configuration formed by the edges of the recessed light fixture. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The ventilation kit according to claim 1, wherein the supporting member comprises a bar configuration. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The ventilation kit according to claim 7, wherein the supporting member has a substantially same length as the at least one edge of the recessed light fixture. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A recessed light fixture assembly with a ventilation function comprising: a recessed light fixture having a housing and at least one edge extending from a lower portion of said housing; and a ventilation kit adapted to be coupled to the recessed light fixture according to claim 1, the ventilation kit comprising at least one supporting member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The ventilation kit according to claim 1 wherein each of the supporting members has a tab and a hole at two ends thereof respectively adapted for end-to-end connection of the supporting members through inserting the tab of a supporting member to the hole of an adjacent supporting member during installation. ### Claim 11 A ventilation kit adapted to be coupled to a recessed light fixture, the recessed light fixture having a housing and at least one edge extending from a lower portion of said housing, the ventilation kit comprising at least one supporting member, the supporting member comprising: a first portion being adapted to be coupled to the at least one edge of the recessed light fixture; a second portion being adapted to be coupled to a grid system of a ceiling; and at least one through hole for fluid flow, wherein the first portion of the supporting member is adapted to be coupled to the at least one edge of the recessed light fixture through a connector, the connector being selected from one of screw, rivet and bolt.