US 8,783,938 B2Granted

LED light module for use in a lighting assembly

AssigneeJournée Lighting, Inc.

InventorsClayton Alexander, Brandon S. Mundell, Robert Rippey, III

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Abstract

A lighting assembly includes a heat dissipating member, a socket and an LED light module removably coupleable to the socket. The socket has one or more electrical contact elements accessed via one or more slots in the socket such that they are protected from inadvertent human contact. The LED light module includes an LED lighting element and one or more electrical contact members that can extend into the one or more slots to releasably contact the one or more electrical contact elements, and establish an operative electrical connection, when the LED light module is coupled to the socket. One or more resilient members of the LED light module or socket gradually compress as the LED light module is axially inserted at least partially into the socket and then rotated relative to the socket such that the one or more electrical contact members move along the one or more slots into contact with the one or more electrical contact elements of the socket.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A lighting assembly, comprising:

a socket attachable to a heat dissipating member, said socket comprising one or more electrical contact elements accessed via one or more openings in the socket, said one or more openings extending along at least a portion of a circumference of the socket;
and
an LED light module removably coupleable to the socket, comprising:
an LED lighting element;
and
one or more electrical contact members configured to extend into the one or more openings in the socket to releasably contact the one or more electrical contact elements of the socket when the LED light module is coupled to the socket, said LED light module electrical contact members configured such that they will establish an operative electrical connection with the socket;
and
one or more resilient members of the LED light module or socket configured to apply a force between the LED light module and a least a portion or an element of the heat dissipating member when the LED light module is axially inserted at least partially into the socket such that the one or more electrical contact members extend into the one or more openings and when the LED light module is rotated relative to the socket, following said axial insertion, such that the one or more electrical contact members move along the one or more openings to thereby contact the one or more electrical contact elements of the socket.

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A lighting assembly, comprising:

a heat dissipating member;
a socket attachable to the heat dissipating member, said socket comprising one or more electrical contact elements accessed via one or openings in the socket;
and
an LED light module removably coupleable to the socket, comprising:
an LED lighting element;
and
one or more electrical contact members configured to extend into the one or more openings in the socket to releasably contact the one or more electrical contact elements of the socket when the LED light module is coupled to the socket, said LED light module electrical contact members configured to establish an operative electrical connection with the socket;
and
one or more resilient members of the LED light module or socket configured to gradually compress as the LED light module is axially inserted at least partially into the socket and then rotated relative to the socket such that the one or more electrical contact members move along the one or more openings into contact with the one or more electrical contact elements of the socket, the one or more resilient members configured to apply a force between the LED light module and a least a portion or an element of the heat dissipating member during one or both of said axial insertion and/or rotation of the LED light module relative to the socket.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/854,854Filed 1 Apr 2013 · continuation
Priority: 12 Aug 2009
Published: US 2013/0215626 A122 Aug 2013
Granted: 22 Jul 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

F21V 19/04
Fastening of light sources or lamp holders: with provision for changing light source, e.g. turret
F21K 9/20
Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers: light sources comprising…
F21V 19/001
Fastening of light sources or lamp holders: the light sources being semiconductors devices, e.g. LEDs
F21V 29/70
Cooling arrangements: characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks

Family

Application61/233,327Us provisional application · filed 12 Aug 2009
Application61/361,273Us provisional application · filed 2 Jul 2010
Application12/855,550Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Aug 2010
US 2013/0215626 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Aug 2013
US 8,414,178 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2011/0063849 A1Published application
US 8,783,938 B2This patent

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