Recessed lighting fixture with driver plate
AssigneeNora Lighting, Inc.
InventorFred Farzan
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Abstract
A recessed lighting fixture apparatus is disclosed. An example apparatus includes a driver housing and a driver plate configured to receive first fasteners for coupling the driver housing to the driver plate. The example apparatus further includes a heat sink module configured to receive second fasteners for coupling the driver plate to the heat sink module. The example apparatus includes an LED module, an LED module holder, and a reflector received in a cavity extending from a lower surface of the heat sink module.
Claims20
A recessed lighting fixture apparatus comprising:
- an LED module configured to emit light;
- a reflector configured to reflect at least a portion of the light emitted by the LED module;
- a driver housing including a hollow cavity configured to receive a driver and two or more first apertures configured to receive first fasteners for coupling the driver housing;
- a driver plate including
- a top surface including two or more second apertures configured to receive the first fasteners for coupling the driver plate to the driver housing, and
- a bottom surface including two or more third apertures configured to receive second fasteners for coupling the driver plate;
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- a heat sink module including
- two or more fourth apertures configured to receive the second fasteners for coupling the heat sink module to the driver plate,
- a cavity extending from a lower surface of the heat sink module, the cavity configured to receive the LED module, an LED module holder, and the reflector, and
- a lower portion including external threads for coupling with a trim piece,
- wherein the LED module holder is configured to maintain a relative position of the heat sink module and the LED module.
A driver plate of a recessed lighting fixture comprising:
- an outer ring portion having an outer diameter and an inner diameter, the outer ring portion including two or more first apertures configured to receive first fasteners for coupling the driver plate to a driver housing of the recessed lighting fixture;
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- two or more protrusions extending inward from the inner diameter of the outer ring portion, an inner portion of each of the two or more protrusions including a second aperture configured to receive second fasteners for coupling the driver plate to a heat sink module of the recessed lighting fixture, a bottom surface of the two or more protrusions extending below a lower surface of the outer ring portion.
A driver plate of a recessed lighting fixture comprising:
- an upper disc portion having an outer diameter;
- a lower ring portion extending from a lower surface of the upper disc portion, the lower ring portion extending radially inward from at least a portion of the outer diameter to an inner diameter;
- two or more first apertures extending through the upper disc portion and the lower ring portion, the two or more first apertures configured to receive first fasteners for coupling the driver plate to a driver housing of the recessed lighting fixture;
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- two or more second apertures extending through the upper disc portion and the lower ring portion, the two or more second apertures configured to receive second fasteners for coupling the driver plate to a heat sink module of the recessed lighting fixture, a bottom surface of the lower ring portion configured to mate with a top surface of the heat sink module when the recessed lighting fixture is in an assembled configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.