US 2020/0393100 A1 · MODULAR LED LIGHTING SYSTEM

Abstract

This disclosure relates to LED based lighting systems, such as surface mounted lighting systems and lighting systems that can connected to an existing grid structure. These lighting systems can be utilized in many settings, for example, as primary lighting systems for a commercial building and for retrofit lighting improvement purposes. Devices according to the present disclosure provide lighting systems capable of mounting to an existing surface, such as a T-bar ceiling structure. These devices can further comprise modular elements which facilitate connections of multiple lighting body components, allowing for multiple lighting arrangements and providing a cost effective and easily configurable lighting design. In some embodiments, multiple lighting components can be attached together by movable joints, allowing further user control over light distribution from the lighting systems.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A ceiling lighting system comprising

a body component comprising a surface mounting mechanism and a light element securing mechanism, the light element securing mechanism supporting at least one light emitting diode (LED) based lighting element and the surface mounting mechanism configured to mount to a grid structure for a suspended ceiling such that the body component, the light element securing mechanism surface and the at least one light emitting diode (LED) based lighting element extend below the grid structure,
wherein the body component and the light element securing mechanism combine to define a free space portion, the free space portion containing electrical components such that the free space portion and the electrical components are disposed below the grid structure;
a lens over the first LED, wherein the lens is configured such that a portion of the lens extends above the light element securing mechanism and substantially to the grid structure when the first surface mounting component is mounted to the grid structure.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/003,240Filed 26 Aug 2020

Priority

8 Nov 2012

Published

17 Dec 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

F21S 8/043
Intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures: mounted by means of a rigid support, e.g. bracket or arm
F21S 2/005
Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction: of modular construction
F21V 15/013
Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts: the housing being an extrusion
F21V 21/005
Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices ; Hand grips: for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement,…

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