Method of making structurally reinforced illumination panels
AssigneeS.V.V. Technology Innovations, Inc.
InventorSergiy Vasylyev
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Abstract
A method of forming a structurally reinforced illumination panel which includes providing a multiwall structural panel having a pair of optically transmissive sheets joined with transverse ribs that define a plurality of linear hollow chambers, providing LED strips each including a plurality of interconnected LED sources distributed over a length the LED strip, a step of inserting the LED strips into the linear hollow chambers through open ends of the chambers, and a step of electrically connecting the LED strips to a power supply.
Claims20
A method of forming a structurally reinforced illumination panel, comprising:
- providing a multiwall structural panel comprising a first sheet of an optically transmissive material and a second sheet of an optically transmissive material extending parallel to the first sheet, wherein the first and second sheets are joined using a plurality of transverse ribs longitudinally extending parallel to each other and defining a plurality of linear hollow chambers, wherein at least a first one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers has a first open end, and wherein at least a second one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers has a second open end;
- providing a first LED strip comprising a first plurality of electrically interconnected LED sources distributed over a length the first LED strip;
- providing a second LED strip comprising a second plurality of electrically interconnected LED sources distributed over a length the second LED strip;
- a step of inserting the first LED strip into the first one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers through the first open end;
- a step of inserting the second LED strip into the second one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers through the second open end;
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- a step of electrically connecting the first and second LED strips to a power supply.
A method of forming a structurally reinforced illumination panel, comprising:
- providing a multiwall structural panel comprising a first sheet of an optically transmissive material and a second sheet of an optically transmissive material extending parallel to the first sheet, wherein the first and second sheets are joined using a plurality of transverse ribs longitudinally extending parallel to each other and defining a plurality of linear hollow chambers, wherein at least a first one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers has a first open end, and wherein at least a second one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers has a second open end;
- providing a first LED strip comprising a first plurality of interconnected LED sources distributed over a length the first LED strip;
- providing a second LED strip comprising a second plurality of interconnected LED sources distributed over a length the second LED strip;
- a step of inserting the first LED strip into the first one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers through the first open end;
- a step of inserting the second LED strip into the second one of the plurality of linear hollow chambers through the second open end;
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- a step of electrically connecting, in parallel, the first and second LED strips to an electrical conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.