IP Library Granted Patent US 10,928,048
Granted Patent B2
US 10,928,048 · App. 16/792,361 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

LED circuit board layout for low profile lighting fixture

Inventors: Luis Morales (Fountain Inn, SC); Thomas Warren Weeks, Jr. (Simpsonville, SC)
Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
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Patent No.
US 10,928,048
App. No.
16/792,361
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Light emitting device (LED) circuit board layouts for low profile lighting fixtures are provided. In some embodiments, the lighting fixture can include a fixture housing. The lighting fixture can include one or more LED devices disposed on a circuit board. The lighting fixture can include one or more electronic components associated with at least one of a driver circuit or a filter circuit (e.g., as part of a flicker reducing circuit) disposed on the circuit board. The one or more LED devices are disposed on a first portion of the circuit board and the electronic components are disposed on a second portion of the circuit board. The second portion of the circuit board can be spaced radially apart from a center point of the circuit board relative to the first portion.

Claims (33)

1. A lighting fixture, comprising:

a fixture housing associated with a depth dimension and a length dimension, a ratio of the depth dimension to the length dimension being about 0.25 or less;

one or more light emitting diode (LED) devices disposed on a first portion of a circuit board, the one or more LED devices extending a first distance from the circuit board; and

one or more electronic components associated with a filter circuit disposed on a second portion of the circuit board, the one or more electronic components comprising one or more capacitors extending a second distance from the circuit board, the second distance being greater than the first distance,

wherein the first portion is associated with a center portion of the circuit board and the second portion is associated with a peripheral portion of the circuit board, and

wherein the second portion is spaced from the first portion a sufficient distance to reduce a shadowing effect in light emitted from the LED devices.

2. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein a driver output of a driver circuit is provided to the one or more capacitors.

3. The lighting fixture of claim 2 , wherein the driver circuit is disposed on the circuit board.

4. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , further comprising:

a lens positioned such that light emitted from the one or more LEDs passes through the lens.

5. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the one or more electronic components further comprise a fuse.

6. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the second distance is at least two times greater than the first distance.

7. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the second portion at least partially surrounds the first portion of the circuit board.

8. The lighting fixture of claim 2 , wherein the second portion extends at least 180 degrees radially around the first portion.

9. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the filter circuit is associated with a flicker reducing circuit.

10. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the one or more LED devices are disposed in a circular array.

11. The lighting fixture of claim 1 , wherein the circuit board is mounted to a heat sink.

12. A surface mount, low profile lighting fixture, comprising:

a fixture housing configured to be surface mount to a surface, the fixture housing having a length dimension and a depth dimension, a ratio of the depth dimension to the length dimension being about 0.25 or less;

one or more light emitting diode (LED) devices disposed on a first portion of a circuit board, the one or more LED devices extending a first distance from the circuit board;

a driver circuit disposed on a second portion of the circuit board; and

a flicker reducing circuit comprising one or more electronic components disposed on the second portion of the circuit board, the one or more electronic components comprising one or more capacitors extending a second distance from the circuit board, the second distance being greater than the first distance,

wherein the first portion is associated with a center portion of the circuit board and the second portion is associated with a peripheral portion of the circuit board, and

wherein the second portion is spaced from the first portion a sufficient distance to reduce a shadowing effect in light emitted from the LED devices.

13. The lighting fixture of claim 12 , wherein a driver output of a driver circuit is provided to the one or more capacitors.

14. The lighting fixture of claim 12 , further comprising:

a lens positioned such that light emitted from the one or more LEDs passes through the lens.

15. The lighting fixture of claim 12 , wherein the one or more electronic components further comprise a fuse.

16. The lighting fixture of claim 12 , wherein the second distance is at least two times greater than the first distance.

17. The surface mount, low profile lighting fixture of claim 12 , wherein the second portion of the circuit board is spaced radially apart from a center point of the circuit board relative to the first portion.

18. The surface mount, low profile lighting fixture of claim 12 , wherein the second portion extends at least 180 degrees radially around the first portion.

19. The surface mount, low profile lighting fixture of claim 12 , wherein the one or more LED devices are disposed in a circular array.

20. The surface mount, low profile lighting fixture of claim 12 , wherein the circuit board is mounted to a heat sink.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: PROGRESS LIGHTING, LLC
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 066429/0529 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: PROGRESS LIGHTING, LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 066433/0314 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2023
From: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
To: PROGRESS LIGHTING, LLC
Reel/Frame 065572/0891 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2020
From: MORALES, LUIS; WEEKS, THOMAS WARREN, JR.
To: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 051829/0741 →