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US 9,004,713 B2Granted
Illumination assembly
AssigneeMan-D-Tec, Inc.
InventorsTerry Roy Mandy, Dalton John Mandy, Brandon Roy Mandy
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Abstract
An interior illumination assembly comprising a lamp housing mountable on an interior panel and a lamp removably supportable within the lamp housing. The lamp includes an LED module carrying an LED and removably receivable by the lamp housing into an installed position in the lamp housing. A lens is disposed across the module opening and a reflector carried by the LED module reflects light from the LED through the lens into the compartment.
Claims27
An assembly for illuminating the interior of a compartment, the assembly comprising:
- a lamp housing having an opening at one end and configured to be mounted on an interior panel in a position to direct light from the housing opening into the compartment through a hole in the panel;
- a lamp removably supportable within the lamp housing in a position to emit light from the housing through the housing opening when the lamp is energized, the lamp including;
- an LED module having a module opening at one end and carrying a light-emitting diode (LED), the LED module being removably receivable by the lamp housing into an installed position in which light emitted by the LED is directed through the module opening and the housing opening:
- a lens disposed across the module opening;
- a reflector carried by the LED module and configured and disposed in a position to reflect light from the LED such that the light passes through the housing and module openings and the lens into the compartment when the LED module is in its installed position in the lamp housing;
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- the reflector comprising two or more annular reflective surfaces configured and positioned to provide a uniform light distribution across the lens.
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An assembly for illuminating the interior of a compartment, the assembly comprising:
- a lamp housing having an opening at one end and configured to be mounted on an interior panel in a position to direct light from the housing opening into the compartment through a hole in the panel;
- a lamp removably supportable within the lamp housing in a position to emit light from the housing through the housing opening when the lamp is energized, the lamp including;
- an LED module having a module opening at one end and carrying a light-emitting diode (LED), the LED module being removably receivable by the lamp housing into an installed position in which light emitted by the LED is directed through the module opening and the housing opening:
- a lens disposed across the module opening;
- a reflector carried by the LED module and configured and disposed in a position to reflect light from the LED such that the light passes through the housing and module openings and the lens into the compartment when the LED module is in its installed position in the lamp housing;
- the reflector including a first generally annular reflective surface having a generally frustoconical shape angled to reflect light in desired directions;
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- the first annular reflective surface having a linear profile angled outward from an imaginary apex of the frusto-conically shaped surface at an angle of about 42 degrees to a cone axis of the first annular reflective surface.
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An assembly for illuminating the interior of a compartment, the assembly comprising:
- a lamp housing having an opening at one end and configured to be mounted on an interior panel in a position to direct light from the housing opening into the compartment through a hole in the panel;
- a lamp removably supportable within the lamp housing in a position to emit light from the housing through the housing opening when the lamp is energized, the lamp including;
- an LED module having a module opening at one end and carrying a light-emitting diode (LED), the LED module being removably receivable by the lamp housing into an installed position in which light emitted by the LED is directed through the module opening and the housing opening:
- a lens disposed across the module opening;
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- a reflector carried by the LED module and configured and disposed in a position to reflect light from the LED such that the light passes through the housing and module openings and the lens into the compartment when the LED module is in its installed position in the lamp housing, the reflector including at least one detent that engages a corresponding detent in the LED module.
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An assembly for illuminating the interior of a compartment, the assembly comprising:
- a lamp housing having an opening at one end and configured to be mounted on an interior panel in a position to direct light from the housing opening into the compartment through a hole in the panel;
- a lamp removably supportable within the lamp housing in a position to emit light from the housing through the housing opening when the lamp is energized, the lamp including;
- an LED module having a module opening at one end and carrying a light-emitting diode (LED), the LED module being removably receivable by the lamp housing into an installed position in which light emitted by the LED is directed through the module opening and the housing opening:
- a lens disposed across the module opening;
- a reflector carried by the LED module and configured and disposed in a position to reflect light from the LED such that the light passes through the housing and module openings and the lens into the compartment when the LED module is in its installed position in the lamp housing;
- threads formed in an inner cylindrical wall of the lamp housing to receive threads formed in an outer circumferential surface of the LED module in threaded engagement;
- the LED module including at least two prong receptacles positioned to be engaged by respective prongs of a spanner wrench configured to apply torque to and rotate the LED module relative to the lamp housing;
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- including lens apertures axially alignable with the prong receptacles of the LED module and configured to allow prongs of a spanner wrench to extend through the lens apertures of the lens and engage the prong receptacles of the LED module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.