IP Library Granted Patent US 12,404,977
Granted Patent B1
US 12,404,977 · App. 18/233,485 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Lighting fixture with 2D array of closely-packed LED components

Inventors: Eric Eugene Von Fange (Fort Mill, SC); Jeff Wright (Fort Mill, SC); Kevin J. Russell (Melbourne, FL)
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Patent No.
US 12,404,977
App. No.
18/233,485
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

An LED lighting fixture includes a housing, a substrate located within the housing, a plurality of LED groups of various colors mounted on the substrate, each LED color group including multiple LED components, at least one circuit communicating with a power supply and adapted for powering the LED components, and an optical component located at an output end of the housing. The LED components are arranged along first and second directions orthogonal to one another, such that no two LED of the same color reside adjacent one another along both of the first and second directions, and each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance no greater than 1.0 mm.

Claims (23)

1. A lighting fixture, comprising:

an LED array comprising:

(i) an LED mounting substrate;

(ii) a plurality of LED components of various colors carried on said mounting substrate and arranged along first and second directions orthogonal to one another such that no two like colors reside orthogonally or diagonally adjacent one another, and wherein each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance no greater than 1.0 mm;

(iii) at least one LED circuit configured for electrically connecting with a power supply for powering said LED components; and

an optical component.

2. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance less than 0.5 mm.

3. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance less than 0.25 mm.

4. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said LED components comprise colors selected from a group consisting of red, green, blue, and white.

5. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said LED components operate at different color temperatures designed to produce multiple distinct colors of white light.

6. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the LED circuit comprises analog dimming means for adjusting a brightness of said LED components.

7. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said optical component comprises a Fresnel lens.

8. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said optical component comprises a light diffuser lens.

9. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said optical component comprises an LED condenser lens.

10. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said LED array comprises greater than 200 LED components across a substrate surface area of less than 120 square centimeters.

11. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said LED components comprise high-brightness LED components having a maximum brightness of greater than 50 lumens.

12. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said LED mounting substrate comprises a thermally conductive ceramic material.

13. The lighting fixture according to claim 12 , wherein said ceramic material is selected from a group consisting of beryllium oxide and aluminum nitride.

14. The lighting fixture according to claim 1 , wherein said LED array comprises a plurality LED series circuits.

15. The lighting fixture according to claim 14 , wherein each LED series circuit operatively connects multiple like-colored LED components.

16. An LED array, comprising:

a plurality of LED components of various colors, and wherein each LED component is spaced-apart from an adjacent LED component a distance no greater than 1.0 mm, and wherein said LED components are arranged along first and second directions orthogonal to one another such that no two like colors reside orthogonally or diagonally adjacent one another; and

at least one LED circuit configured for electrically connecting with a power supply for powering said LED components.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17752359 · May 24, 2022
Continuation 17342046 · Jun 8, 2021
Continuation 16934633 · Jul 21, 2020
Continuation 14947651 · Nov 20, 2015
Provisional Application 62082240 · Nov 20, 2014
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