GB2588836A - A modular LED troffer system - Google Patents

A modular LED troffer system Download PDF

Info

Publication number
GB2588836A
GB2588836A GB2003132.4A GB202003132A GB2588836A GB 2588836 A GB2588836 A GB 2588836A GB 202003132 A GB202003132 A GB 202003132A GB 2588836 A GB2588836 A GB 2588836A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
led
frame
led module
apertures
electrical contact
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
GB2003132.4A
Other versions
GB202003132D0 (en
GB2588836B (en
Inventor
Ziegler Mark
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Gerard Lighting Pty Ltd
Original Assignee
Gerard Lighting Pty Ltd
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from AU2017903496A external-priority patent/AU2017903496A0/en
Application filed by Gerard Lighting Pty Ltd filed Critical Gerard Lighting Pty Ltd
Publication of GB202003132D0 publication Critical patent/GB202003132D0/en
Publication of GB2588836A publication Critical patent/GB2588836A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2588836B publication Critical patent/GB2588836B/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S2/00—Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21K—NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21K9/00—Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
    • F21K9/20—Light sources comprising attachment means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • F21S8/02—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of recess-mounted type, e.g. downlighters
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/005—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2103/00—Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Fastening Of Light Sources Or Lamp Holders (AREA)
  • Non-Portable Lighting Devices Or Systems Thereof (AREA)
  • Led Device Packages (AREA)

Abstract

A modular LED troffer system (100) comprising: a number of LED modules (108) electrically coupled to each other to form a LED assembly (102), each LED module (108) having predetermined dimensions, a first electrical contact (110), and a second electrical contact (112), the first electrical contact (110) and the second electrical contact (112) are configured to electrically couple to a respective second electrical contact (112) and/or a respective first electrical contact (110) of adjacent LED modules (108) in the LED assembly (102); a frame (104) having a longitudinal axis (10) and a number of apertures (120) extending along the longitudinal axis (10), each LED module (108) being positioned with respect to the frame (104) such that LEDs of each LED module (108) are substantially aligned with a respective one of the apertures (120); wherein a predetermined length of the frame (104) determines the number of LED modules (108) based on the predetermined dimensions of the LED modules (108).

Claims (23)

1. A modular LED troffer system comprising: a number of LED modules electrically coupled to each other to form a LED assembly, each LED module having predetermined dimensions, a first electrical contact, and a second electrical contact, the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are configured to electrically couple to a respective second electrical contact and/or a respective first electrical contact of adjacent LED modules in the LED assembly; a frame having a longitudinal axis and a number of apertures extending along the longitudinal axis, each LED module being positioned with respect to the frame such that LEDs of each LED module are substantially aligned with a respective one of the apertures; wherein a predetermined length of the frame determines the number of LED modules based on the predetermined dimensions of the LED modules.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein each LED module comprises a housing.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein each LED module further comprises a male connector and a female connector, the male connector configured to couple to a female connector of an adjacent LED module in the LED assembly and the female connector configured to couple to a male connector of another adjacent LED module in the LED assembly, thereby coupling each LED module to an adjacent LED module in the LED assembly.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the male connector of each LED module comprises the first electrical contact and the female connector of each LED module comprises the second electrical contact.
5. The system of claim 3 or 4, wherein the housing of each LED module defines the male connector and the female connector.
6. The system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein each LED module abuts an adjacent LED module in the LED assembly.
7. The system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the number of apertures are disposed centrally along the longitudinal axis of the frame.
8. The system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the LED module at an end of the LED assembly is configured to be coupled to a power supply.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the LED module at the end of the LED assembly is configured to couple to the power supply through a junction box.
10. The system of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising: two elongate openings extending along the longitudinal axis of the frame, one of the elongate openings located on one side of the number of apertures and the other of the elongate openings located on the other side of the number of apertures; and a LED side panel disposed with respect to each elongate opening, each LED side panel configured to emit light through a respective one of the elongate openings.
1 1 . The system of claim 10, when dependent on claim 9, wherein each LED side panel is configured to couple to the power supply through the junction box.
12. The system of claim 10 or 11, wherein the length of each elongate opening and of each LED side panel is substantially equal to the predetermined length of the frame.
13. The system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the number of apertures is equal to the number of LED modules, and each LED module is disposed with respect to the frame such that LEDs from each LED module are aligned with a respective one of the number of apertures.
14. The system of any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the number of apertures is twice the number of LED modules, and each LED module is disposed with respect to the frame such that LEDs from each LED module are aligned with two respective apertures.
15. The system of any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a number of guides coupled to the frame, each guide configured to receive a respective one of the LED modules to align and couple the respective LED module to the frame.
16. The system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein one or more of the LED modules comprises a louver cell, each louver cell configured to provide optical cut off of light produced by a respective LED module to reduce the level of glare.
17. The system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the number of apertures and the LED assembly of LED modules extend along a majority of the predetermined length of the frame.
18. A method of customizing a modular LED troffer system as defined in claim 1, the method comprising the step of selecting a length of the frame of the modular LED troffer system, the length of the frame determining the number of LED modules in the LED assembly and the number of apertures in the frame.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of customizing colours and dimensions of the frame.
20. The method of claim 18 or 19, wherein the method is performed through an online internet interface.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising the step of presenting a rendering representing the visual appearance of the LED troffer system after features of the LED troffer system have been customized.
22. The method of any one of claims 18 to 21 , further comprising the step of generating manufacturing drawings and CAD files representing the modular LED troffer system after a user has completed customizing the modular LED troffer system.
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of manufacturing the modular LED troffer system utilizing the manufacturing drawings and/or CAD files.
GB2003132.4A 2017-08-30 2018-08-29 A modular LED troffer system Expired - Fee Related GB2588836B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2017903496A AU2017903496A0 (en) 2017-08-30 A modular LED troffer system
PCT/AU2018/000154 WO2019040966A1 (en) 2017-08-30 2018-08-29 A modular led troffer system

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB202003132D0 GB202003132D0 (en) 2020-04-15
GB2588836A true GB2588836A (en) 2021-05-12
GB2588836B GB2588836B (en) 2022-05-04

Family

ID=65524577

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB2003132.4A Expired - Fee Related GB2588836B (en) 2017-08-30 2018-08-29 A modular LED troffer system

Country Status (4)

Country Link
CN (1) CN111386424A (en)
AU (1) AU2018322692A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2588836B (en)
WO (1) WO2019040966A1 (en)

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR100837063B1 (en) * 2007-03-30 2008-06-11 유승기 Led module combine structure of overspeeding bump and lighting control system of led module
US20090290348A1 (en) * 2006-04-16 2009-11-26 Peter Van Laanen Thermal Management Of LED-Based Lighting Systems
US20130039047A1 (en) * 2011-08-12 2013-02-14 Kyunghyun Kim Lighting apparatus
US20150276155A1 (en) * 2014-03-26 2015-10-01 Hamid Rashidi Doust Light Fixture
US20160116118A1 (en) * 2014-10-28 2016-04-28 Cree, Inc. Edge lit fixture

Family Cites Families (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
TWI254776B (en) * 2003-09-24 2006-05-11 Toshiba Lighting & Technology Illumination device
US9874322B2 (en) * 2012-04-10 2018-01-23 Cree, Inc. Lensed troffer-style light fixture
CN203940296U (en) * 2014-05-09 2014-11-12 深圳飞德利照明科技有限公司 A kind of LED lamp bar
CN204042566U (en) * 2014-07-16 2014-12-24 东莞嘉盛照明科技有限公司 A kind of bar-shaped LED lamp
US11079076B2 (en) * 2014-10-28 2021-08-03 Ideal Industries Lighting Llc Edge lit fixture
CN204629371U (en) * 2015-06-08 2015-09-09 赵党生 A kind of combined type cuts photo structure and LED and LED lamp tube

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20090290348A1 (en) * 2006-04-16 2009-11-26 Peter Van Laanen Thermal Management Of LED-Based Lighting Systems
KR100837063B1 (en) * 2007-03-30 2008-06-11 유승기 Led module combine structure of overspeeding bump and lighting control system of led module
US20130039047A1 (en) * 2011-08-12 2013-02-14 Kyunghyun Kim Lighting apparatus
US20150276155A1 (en) * 2014-03-26 2015-10-01 Hamid Rashidi Doust Light Fixture
US20160116118A1 (en) * 2014-10-28 2016-04-28 Cree, Inc. Edge lit fixture

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
WO2019040966A1 (en) 2019-03-07
GB202003132D0 (en) 2020-04-15
CN111386424A (en) 2020-07-07
GB2588836B (en) 2022-05-04
AU2018322692A1 (en) 2020-03-12

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
MX2011007975A (en) Lighted power outlet system and method.
WO2014195801A3 (en) Modular light emitting diode lighting system
PL372843A1 (en) Hybrid plug connector
US9213151B2 (en) Tracking jumper cable assembly
US10197232B2 (en) Flexible illuminating flat cable structure
WO2008043023A3 (en) Led string light engine
GB2474185A (en) Power strip with input plug
EP2821694A1 (en) LED tube
KR101674898B1 (en) Led flat light sorce structure for illuminating
KR20090006633U (en) Connecting structure of led lighting module
US20170268760A1 (en) Dimming device and driving and dimming device
WO2012178198A3 (en) Led light fixture with press-fit fixture housing heat sink
EP3093552A1 (en) A connector for lighting devices and corresponding method
EP2687773A1 (en) Led lamp structure
GB2588836A (en) A modular LED troffer system
CN103016990B (en) LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp tube assembly
CN104315474A (en) Lighting system
CN201561301U (en) Light-emitting device
CN205014060U (en) Modular organic electroluminescence lamps and lanterns
WO2011068336A3 (en) Lighting device
CN202835049U (en) Light-emitting diode (LED) lamp
CN107038971A (en) A kind of modularization stereo luminous character
US9732952B2 (en) Low voltage lighting assembly and system
ITMI20060607A1 (en) FIXING SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
CN203504883U (en) LED soft lamp panel

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20220829