IP Library Granted Patent US 11,359,771
Granted Patent B2
US 11,359,771 · App. 17/080,607 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Lighting assembly

Inventors: Phillip Anthony Bosua (San Francisco, CA); Marc Alexander (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: LIFI Labs, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,359,771
App. No.
17/080,607
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting assembly including a shell, wherein the shell includes an inner wall defining an inner lumen, an outer wall encircling the inner wall, a set of radial fins connecting the inner and outer walls, the set of fins cooperatively defining a set of cooling channels between adjacent fins, the inner wall, and the outer wall; an insert removably mounted within the inner lumen, the insert defining a power storage lumen; a power storage unit arranged within the power storage lumen; a circuit board coupled to the power storage unit, the circuit board comprising a processor and communication module; a lighting module electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the lighting module includes a substrate and a set of light emitting elements mounted to a first broad face of the substrate.

Claims (28)

1. A lighting assembly, comprising:

a processing system;

a wireless communication module electrically connected to the processing system;

a radio-frequency (RF) component electrically coupled to the wireless communication module at a first end of the RF component, wherein the RF component is structurally supported at the first end;

a metal housing encircling the wireless communication module and the first end of the RF component; and

a lighting module mounted to the metal housing and electrically connected to the processing system, the lighting module comprising a substrate and a set of light emitting elements mounted to the substrate, wherein the RF component extends through a substrate thickness, wherein the RF component is arranged between a first and second light emitting element of the set of lighting elements.

2. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing comprises a metal shell encircling the wireless communication module, wherein the RF component extends beyond an end of the metal shell.

3. The lighting assembly of claim 2 , wherein the lighting module is mounted to and thermally connected to the end of the metal shell.

4. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing comprises a base and an end cap opposing the base, wherein the base and end cap cooperatively enclose the processing system, wherein the RF component extends through the end cap.

5. The lighting assembly of claim 4 , wherein the end cap is thermally conductive and the lighting module is thermally connected to the end cap.

6. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a battery, comprising lithium ion chemistry, that is enclosed within the metal housing.

7. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , further comprising memory configured to store wireless connection credentials for the wireless communication module.

8. The lighting assembly of claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises a WiFi communication module.

9. The lighting assembly of claim 7 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises a Zigbee module.

10. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module comprises a wireless repeater.

11. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the RF component extends through the substrate thickness via an aperture defined through the substrate thickness.

12. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the metal housing comprises an outer wall which defines a central axis and a set of cooling channels, the set of cooling channels extending axially along a length of the central axis and arranged radially inward of the outer wall relative to the central axis.

13. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the RF component is a radio-frequency antenna.

14. The lighting assembly of claim 13 , wherein the RF component is a unitary body.

15. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a broad face, wherein each of the set of light emitting elements is mounted to the broad face.

16. The lighting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the RF component is mechanically decoupled from the substrate.

17. A lighting assembly, comprising:

a processing system;

a wireless communication module electrically connected to the processing system, the wireless communication module comprising a wireless repeater;

a radio-frequency (RF) component electrically coupled to the wireless communication module at a first end of the RF component, wherein the RF component is structurally supported at the first end;

a metal housing encircling the wireless communication module and the first end of the RF component; and

a lighting module mounted to the metal housing and electrically connected to the processing system, the lighting module comprising a substrate and a set of light emitting elements mounted to the substrate, wherein the RF component extends through a substrate thickness.

18. The lighting assembly of claim 17 , wherein the RF component is arranged between a first and second light emitting element of the set of lighting elements.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: LIFI LABS, INC.
To: FEIT ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 060886/0049 →
PATENT COLLATERAL AGREEMENT AND NOTICE Recorded Jan 5, 2021
From: BUDDY PLATFORM, INC.; LIFI LABS INC.
To: PARTNERS FOR GROWTH VI, L.P.
Reel/Frame 054901/0524 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: BOSUA, PHILLIP ANTHONY; ALEXANDER, MARC
To: LIFI LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054170/0053 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16289119 · Feb 28, 2019
Continuation 16035292 · Jul 13, 2018
Continuation 14512669 · Oct 13, 2014
Provisional Application 61891094 · Oct 15, 2013
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