LED retrofit module for railway signaling
AssigneeGE Lighting Solutions, LLC
InventorsLucas Urtiga, Florian Pop, Robert Spivock, Luigi Tavernese
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Abstract
A railway signal replacement lamp module apparatus, including a lamp housing sized to fit within a railway signal housing and a receptacle to contain a solid state light source within the lamp housing. Some embodiments include, in combination with other aspects, at least one spring-loaded connector integral to and positioned within or on the lamp housing to interface with an electrical conductor feature of a railway signal; and a thermally conductive material disposed on an exterior surface of the lamp housing to provide a thermal conduit from an exterior of the lamp housing to an interior of the railway signal housing.
Claims15
A railway signal replacement lamp module apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing sized to matingly fit within a railway signal housing;
- a receptacle to contain a solid state light source within the housing;
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- at least one spring-loaded connector integral to and positioned within an interior of the housing to interface with an electrical conductor feature of a railway signal,
- wherein an exterior wall surface of the housing apparatus is adjacent to an interior wall surface of the railway signal housing when the housing is matingly fitted within an interior space defined by the railway signal housing.
A railway signal replacement lamp module apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing sized to matingly fit within a railway signal housing;
- a receptacle to contain a solid state light source within the housing;
- and
- a thermally conductive material disposed on an exterior surface of the housing to provide a thermal conduit from an interior of the housing to an exterior of the housing,
- wherein the thermally conductive material disposed on the exterior wall surface of the housing apparatus is adjacent to the interior wall surface of the railway signal housing when the housing is matingly fitted within the interior space defined by the railway signal housing;
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- wherein an exterior wall surface of the housing apparatus is adjacent to an interior wall surface of the railway signal housing when the housing is matingly fitted within an interior space defined by the railway signal housing.
A railway signal replacement lamp module apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing sized to matingly fit within a railway signal housing;
- a receptacle to contain a solid state light source within the housing;
- at least one spring-loaded connector integral to and positioned within an interior of the housing to interface with an electrical conductor feature of a railway signal;
- and
- a thermally conductive material disposed on an exterior surface of the housing to provide a thermal conduit from an interior of the housing to an exterior of the housing,
- wherein an exterior wall surface of the housing apparatus is adjacent to an interior wall surface of the railway signal housing when the housing is matingly fitted within an interior space defined by the railway signal housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.