Fixtureless Lamp
AssigneeAeroFarms, Inc.
InventorRoger Buelow
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides advantageous lighting systems that can be installed on parallel rows of horizontal supports. The lighting systems can be configured to have a single electrical feedthrough on one end of the lamp that can also act as a mating feature between the lamp and supports. More particularly, the present disclosure provides improved lighting systems that are fixtureless, waterproof, customizable, and easy to install/remove.
Claims22
A method of installing an elongated LED lighting unit onto substantially parallel and horizontal rows of first and second support brackets connecting vertical upright supports, said elongated LED lighting unit comprising an elongated transparent housing with a first endcap that is free of an electrical connector and a second endcap that comprises an electrical connector;
- the first endcap, second endcap, and elongated transparent housing enclose a plurality of solid state lighting devices fixed to an elongated heat sink, the elongated heat sink (i) extends beyond a first end of the transparent housing, (ii) extends past a first gasket so as to define a first cantilevered heat sink extension beyond the first gasket within the first endcap and establishes a watertight seal through engagement with the first gasket, (iii) contacts an internal surface in the first endcap, (iv) extends beyond a second end of the transparent housing, (v) extends past a second gasket so as to define a cantilevered heat sink extension beyond the second gasket within the second endcap and establishes a watertight seal through engagement with the second gasket, and (vi) contacts an internal surface in the second endcap;
- positioning the first endcap of the elongated LED lighting unit that comprises an external cooperative surface and an external mating feature onto the first support bracket with a corresponding mating feature and surface;
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- positioning the second endcap of the elongated LED lighting unit that comprises an external cooperative surface and an electrical feedthrough onto a second support bracket with a corresponding mating feature and surface.
An elongated LED lighting unit comprising:
- an elongated transparent housing including a longitudinal axis with a first end and a second end oppositely positioned thereon;
- a first endcap and a second endcap mounted with respect to the first end and the second end, wherein the second endcap includes an electrical feedthrough;
- an elongated heat sink including a longitudinal axis;
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- a plurality of solid state lighting devices mounted with respect to the elongated heat sink,
- wherein the elongated transparent housing encloses the elongated heat sink, and the elongated heat sink is mounted with respect to the first endcap and the second endcap;
- wherein the elongated heat sink (i) extends beyond a first end of the transparent housing, (ii) extends past a first gasket so as to define a first cantilevered heat sink extension beyond the first gasket within the first endcap, (iii) contacts an internal surface in the first endcap, (iv) extends beyond a second end of the transparent housing, (v) extends past a second gasket so as to define a cantilevered heat sink extension beyond the second gasket within the second endcap and establishes a watertight seal through engagement with the second gasket, and (vi) contacts an internal surface in the second endcap;
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- wherein the first endcap and the second endcap are mounted with respect to a surface of a first support bracket and a second support bracket, connecting at least two vertical upright supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.