Secure lighting fixture for light source and method of manufacture thereof
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorRODNEY DWAYNE DAVIS
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Abstract
A housing for a light source, the housing including a base having a plurality of sidewalls which define an opening of a cavity for containing the light source; a flange having a z-shaped cross section attached within the cavity to a sidewall of the sidewalls; a hinge having first and second portions which are rotatably coupled to each other, the first portion attached to the flange; and a cover having a frame and a lens attached to the frame, the frame having an opening and being attached to the second portion of the hinge such that the cover and the base rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation.
Claims14
A housing for a light source, the housing comprising:
- a base having a plurality of sidewalls which define an opening of a cavity for containing the light source;
- a flange having a z-shaped cross section attached within the cavity to a sidewall of the sidewalls;
- a hinge having first and second portions which are rotatably coupled to each other, the first portion attached to the flange;
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- a cover having a frame and a lens portion attached to the frame, the frame having an opening and being attached to the second portion of the hinge such that the cover and the base rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation.
A method for forming a housing for a light source, the method comprising acts of:
- forming a base having a plurality of sidewalls which define an opening of a cavity for containing the light source;
- attaching a flange having a z-shaped cross section to a sidewall of the sidewalls such that the flange is located within the cavity;
- attaching a first portion of a hinge to the flange, the hinge having a second portion rotatably coupled to the first portion;
- attaching a cover having a frame with an opening to the second portion of the hinge such that the cover and the base rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation;
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- attaching a lens to the cover such that light from the light source located within the cavity may pass through the lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.