Lighting assembly
OwnerMichael W. Mayinventor
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Abstract
An elongate tubular lighting assembly having a body with a length between spaced first and second ends. The tubular lighting assembly has a source of illumination and first and second connectors respectively at the first and second body ends. The first connector has cooperating first and second parts having first and second surfaces. The first and second connector parts are configured so that the first and second surfaces are placed in confronting relationship to prevent separation of the first and second connector parts with the body in an operative state as an incident of the first connector part moving relative to the second connector part from a position fully separated from the second connector part in a substantially straight path that is transverse to the length of the body into an engaged position.
Claims33
An elongate tubular lighting assembly having a body with a length between spaced first and second ends, the tubular lighting assembly comprising:
- an elongate multiple sided heat sink comprising at least first, second and third sidewalls defining a hollow interior region;
- the first and second sidewalls comprising generally planar mounting portions lying in intersecting planes;
- an outer surface of the third sidewall forming an outer surface of the body;
- first and second LED emitter panels, the first LED emitter panel supported on the mounting portion of the first sidewall, the second LED emitter panel supported on the mounting portion of the second sidewall;
- each LED emitter panel comprising at an arrangement of spaced AC powered LED emitters for emitting and distributing light outwardly from the emitter panel in a light distribution pattern;
- first and second end cap assemblies positioned at respective first and second ends of the body, each end cap assembly comprising an end wall extending traverse to the length of said body;
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- the first end cap assembly includes a pair of AC power pin connectors electrically connected to said first and second emitter panels, the AC power pin connectors for engaging and electrically connecting to a first light holder connected to an AC power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.