Self-Adjusting Light-Emitting Diode Optical System
AssigneeJuno Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsAaron P. Fryzek, John Whittenhall
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Abstract
A mounting assembly for a lighting fixture includes a fixture shield and an optic housing coupled at least in part to the fixture shield and having a light-emitting surface. The assembly further includes a heat sink movably coupled to the fixture shield in an initial low position, the heat sink being self-adjusting to one or more high positions relative to the fixture shield in direct response to displacement caused by one or more objects contained within the optic housing.
Claims17
A mounting assembly for a lighting fixture, the assembly comprising:
- a fixture shield;
- an optic housing coupled at least in part to the fixture shield and having a light-emitting surface;
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- a heat sink movably coupled to the fixture shield in an initial low position, the heat sink being self-adjusting to one or more high positions relative to the fixture shield in direct response to displacement caused by one or more objects contained within the optic housing.
A mounting assembly for a recessed fixture, the assembly comprising:
- a fixture shield;
- a heat sink coupled to the fixture shield and movable between a plurality of positions, the plurality of positions including a low position in which the heat sink is nearest to the fixture shield, the plurality of positions including at least one high position in which the heat sink is farther from the fixture shield than in the low position;
- a total internal reflection lens fixedly coupled to the heat sink and having a lens face at a first distance from the fixture shield in the low position and at a second distance from the fixture shield in the at least one high position, the first distance being greater than the second distance, movement of the total internal reflection lens causing automatic movement of the heat sink relative to the fixture shield;
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- at least one spring for compressing the heat sink toward the fixture shield in each of the plurality of positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.