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Lighting apparatus with several light units arranged in a heatsink

US8348460B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

ABL IP Holding LLC · US

Inventors

Bernhard Bachl · Regensburg, DE
Bernd Bienek · Oberhausen, DE
Olaf Cladders · Kamp-Lintfort, DE
Henning Dieker · Meerbusch, DE
Christian Miesner · Tönisvorst, DE
Lothar Schopmann · Kamp-Lintfort, DE
Herfried Zimmer · Oberhausen, DE
Daniel Vincent Sekowski · Loganville, US
Mark Anthony Hand · Covington, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 1, 2009
Grant date	Jan 8, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 18, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21Y2115/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a lighting apparatus, comprising a heatsink having at one side thereof a recess with at least one groove extending over the length of the heatsink, a plurality of lighting units are arranged in the groove or grooves oriented toward the opening of the recess for the emission of light therefrom and the frame is provided at the side opposite the opening with heatsink ribs, the lighting units in the groove or grooves being encapsulated by an encapsulating material added into the groove or grooves and being cured therein so as to be in direct contact with the groove walls and enclosing the lighting units at least up to the light emitting lenses thereof.

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