# US 11,445,583 B2 · Lighting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,583 B2 - Document ID: US11445583B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/363,575 - Filed: 2019-03-25 - Published: 2020-10-01 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-25 - Assignees: Xiamen Eco Lighting Co. Ltd. - Applicants: Xiamen Eco Lighting Co. Ltd. - Inventors: Tong Luo; Lei Zhang; Yongzhe Dong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445583B2 ## CPC - H05B 45/20: Controlling the colour of the light - H05B 45/14: using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A Lighting apparatus includes a driver box and a lighting module. The driver box includes a box housing, a driver circuit, and at least two manual switches. The manual switches are operable for setting at least two parameter values. The lighting module includes multiple LED modules and a lighting housing. The multiple LED modules are electrically coupled to the driver circuit of the driver box for receiving the driving current and for emitting a output light adjusted in response to operation of the two manual switches. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A Lighting apparatus, comprising: a driver box comprising a box housing, a driver circuit, and at least two manual switches, the driver circuit being stored in the box housing, the at least two manual switches being operable for setting at least two parameter values, the two parameter values corresponding to two operating attributes of the driver circuit for the driver circuit to generate a corresponding driving current; a lighting module comprising multiple LED modules and a lighting housing, the multiple LED modules being stored in the lighting housing and being electrically coupled to the driver circuit of the driver box for receiving the driving current and for emitting an output light adjusted in response to operation of the at least two manual switches; and a replaceable unit having a lens to be detachably attached to the lighting module instead of the driver box for adjusting the output light in different manners, the manual switches being not disposed on the replaceable unit, the manual switches being used for indicating the driver circuit to driving the LED modules differently when the attached replaceable unit is different. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lighting housing comprises a panel frame defining a light opening for emitting the output light. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the manual switches is used for setting a color temperature of the output light. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the manual switches is used for setting a current value of the driving current supplied to the LED modules. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The Lighting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the luminance level of the output light is increased or decreased in response to one of the parameters. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the manual switches is used for setting a mixed color value of the output light. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an openable cover for concealing the manual switches when the openable cover is closed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the manual switches is a mode indicator for indicating one operating attribute from multiple operating attributes, and another manual switch is operated for changing the parameter value of the indicated operating attribute. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The Lighting apparatus of claim 8, wherein more than three operating attributes are adjustable via the manual switches. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driver box is connected to the lighting module via a detachable connector. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The Lighting apparatus of claim 10, wherein the driver box has multiple operating modes corresponding to different types of the lighting module. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The Lighting apparatus of claim 11, wherein each manual switch corresponds to a different operating attribute when the driver box is connected to a different type of the light module. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driver circuit in the driver box supplies power to multiple lighting modules. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The Lighting apparatus of claim 13, wherein the manual switch indicates a number of lighting modules being connected to the driver box. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The Lighting apparatus of claim 13, wherein the driver circuit works with another driver circuit in another driver box, and the parameter value indicates a working parameter with said another driver circuit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driver circuit comprises a detector for detecting a type of the light module and configures a corresponding mapping between the operating attributes and the manual switches according to the type of lighting module. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a communication circuit for receiving an external command for adjusting the output light, wherein the parameter value is combined with the external command for determining a characteristic of the output light. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the replaceable unit comprises multiple lens set for producing light beams with different beam angles. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the manual switches correspond to disable a function of the lighting module. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the LED modules of the lighting module comprise two white light LED modules with different color temperatures. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The Lighting apparatus of claim 20, wherein the LED modules of the lighting module comprise a red LED module, a blue LED module and a green LED module. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The Lighting apparatus of claim 21, wherein the two white light modules, the red module, the blue module and the red module are packaged together as a package unit receiving the driving current from the driver circuit. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The Lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the manual switches provide continuous adjusting of corresponding parameter value. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The Lighting apparatus of claim 23, wherein the continuous adjusting is for light dimming of the output light. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The Lighting apparatus of claim 23, wherein at least one of the manual switches provide segmental adjusting of corresponding parameter value.