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US 9,958,134 B2Granted
Low profile clamp
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsAndrew Francis Scarlata, Mevzad Ljuca
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Abstract
A luminaire includes a body including a lighting compartment and a bezel rim around at least a portion of a perimeter of the body. The luminaire also includes clamping plates that extend a length of the luminaire. As the clamping plates are secured in a lighting compartment of the luminaire, they provide a clamping force to secure an LED circuit board in the lighting compartment. A base of the lighting compartment may also serve as a heatsink for the LED circuit board. A low-profile luminaire according to such features is also provided.
Claims20
A luminaire comprising:
- a body comprising a lighting compartment, the lighting compartment being defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a base;
- an LED circuit board;
- a first clamping plate extending along and secured to the first sidewall;
- and
- a second clamping plate extending along and secured to the second sidewall,
- wherein the LED circuit board is secured along the base of the lighting compartment by forces exerted on the LED circuit board toward the base by the first and second clamping plates, and
- wherein the first and second clamping plates are made from a planar flexible material such that when the first and second clamping plates are secured to the respective first and second sidewalls of the lighting compartment, the first and second clamping plates are deformed to have a curvature and the LED circuit board is secured between the base and the first and second clamping plates.
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A luminaire comprising:
- an LED circuit board secured in a lighting compartment, the lighting compartment being defined by sidewalls and a base, wherein
- the LED circuit board is secured along the base of the lighting compartment by at least one clamping plate extending longitudinally along and secured to one of the sidewalls of the lighting compartment, and
- a profile of the luminaire comprises an outermost dimension of less than two inches, and wherein the at least one clamping plate is made from a planar flexible material such that-when the clamping plate secured to the sidewall of the lighting compartment, the clamping plate is deformed to have a curvature and the LED circuit board is secured between the at least one clamping plate and the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.