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US 11,692,678 B1Granted
Polymeric materials for use with high power industrial luminaires
AssigneeDialight Corporation
InventorsKenneth Jenkins, Samual Boege, Jason DiPasquale, Anthony Verdes
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to examples of housing for a luminaire. In one example, the housing includes a bioplastic base formed to receive a light emitting diode and a driver and a lens coupled to the bioplastic base. The bioplastic base may include a bioplastic and is formed with a non-biodegradable or a biodegradable plastic.
Claims14
A housing for a luminaire, comprising:
- a bioplastic base formed to receive a light emitting diode and a driver, wherein the bioplastic base is biodegradable, wherein the bioplastic base is formulated as a mixture of a non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic, a flame retardant additive, an ultra violet inhibitor, and an impact modifier, wherein the non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic comprises a biodegradable plastic made without using fossil fuels, wherein the non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic comprises more than 50% of a mass of the mixture;
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- a lens coupled to the bioplastic base.
A luminaire, comprising:
- at least one light emitting diode (LED);
- a driver to power the at least one LED;
- a bioplastic base to receive the at least one LED and the driver, wherein the bioplastic base is formulated as a mixture of a non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic, a flame retardant additive, an ultra violet inhibitor, and an impact modifier, wherein the non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic comprises a biodegradable plastic made without using fossil fuels, wherein the non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic comprises more than 50% of a mass of the mixture;
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- a lens coupled to the bioplastic base such that the at least one LED and the driver are enclosed by the bioplastic base and the lens.
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A method for forming a luminaire housing, comprising:
- providing a non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic, wherein the non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic comprises a biodegradable plastic made without using fossil fuels comprising at least one of:
- polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoates, or thermoplastic starches;
- adding a flame retardant additive, an ultra violet inhibitor, and an impact modifier to the non-fossil based biodegradable bioplastic to create a mixture that comprises at least 50% of a mass of the bioplastic;
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- curing the mixture into a desired shape to form a bioplastic base to receive a light emitting diode and a driver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.