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US 12,523,366 B2Granted
LED lighting system having active cooling
AssigneeFrore Systems Inc.
InventorsNilesh Sudhir Hasabnis, Shekhar Halakatti, Prabhu Sathyamurthy, Suryaprakash Ganti, Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy
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Abstract
A lighting system is described. The lighting system includes a housing, a lighting module, and a cooling system. The lighting module includes a light source and is coupled with the housing. The cooling system includes active cooling cell(s). The lighting module is thermally coupled with the cooling system. The active cooling cell(s) are configured to utilize vibrational motion to drive a fluid for transferring heat from the lighting module. The cooling system is coupled with and contained by the housing.
Claims19
A lighting system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a lighting module including a light source and coupled with the housing;
- and
- a cooling system including at least one active cooling cell, the lighting module being thermally coupled with the cooling system, the at least one active cooling cell being configured to utilize vibrational motion to drive a fluid for transferring heat from the lighting module, the cooling system being coupled with and contained by the housing;
- wherein the at least one active cooling cell further includes at least one cooling element configured to undergo the vibrational motion when driven, and
- wherein the at least one active cooling cell further includes a top plate having at least one inlet and an orifice plate having a plurality of orifices therein, the at least one cooling element being between the top plate and the orifice plate, the vibrational motion of the at least one cooling element drawing the fluid into the at least one inlet and driving the fluid through the plurality of orifices.
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A lighting system, comprising:
- a housing;
- a lighting module including a light source and coupled with the housing;
- and
- a cooling system including at least one active cooling cell, the lighting module being thermally coupled with the cooling system, the at least one active cooling cell being configured to utilize vibrational motion to drive a fluid for transferring heat from the lighting module, the cooling system being coupled with and contained by the housing;
- wherein the at least one active cooling cell further includes at least one cooling element configured to undergo the vibrational motion when driven, and
- wherein the at least one active cooling cell further includes a top plate having at least one inlet and an orifice plate having a plurality of orifices therein, the at least one cooling element being between the top plate and the orifice plate, the vibrational motion of the at least one cooling element drawing the fluid into the at least one inlet and driving the fluid through the plurality of orifices such that the fluid has a speed of at least thirty meters per second after exiting at least one of the plurality of orifices.
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A lighting system, comprising:
- a housing having an inlet vent and an exit vent;
- a light-emitting diode (LED) module including an LED and a frame, the frame coupling the LED module with the housing;
- and
- a cooling system including at least one active cooling cell, the LED module being thermally coupled with the cooling system, each of the at least one active cooling cell including a top plate having at least one inlet therein, a bottom plate having a plurality of orifices therein, and a cooling element between the top plate and the bottom plate, the cooling element being configured to utilize vibrational motion when driven to draw a fluid into each of the at least one active cooling cell via the at least one inlet, direct fluid toward the bottom plate, and drive the fluid through the plurality of orifices such that the fluid has a speed of at least thirty meters per second after leaving plurality of orifices, the fluid for transferring heat from the LED module, the cooling system being coupled with and contained by the housing.
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A method, comprising:
- driving at least one cooling element of an active cooling cell in a cooling system to induce a vibrational motion at a frequency, the cooling system being in a lighting system including a housing, a lighting module including a light-emitting diode (LED) and coupled with the housing, and the cooling system, the cooling system including at least one active cooling cell, the lighting module being thermally coupled with the cooling system, the at least one active cooling cell being configured to utilize vibrational motion to drive a fluid for transferring heat from the lighting module, the cooling system being coupled with and contained by the housing, the active cooling cell further including a top plate having at least one inlet and an orifice plate having a plurality of orifices therein, the at least one cooling element being between the top plate and the orifice plate, the vibrational motion drawing the fluid into the at least one inlet and driving the fluid through the plurality of orifices.
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