EP1673258A4 - Flashlight housing - Google Patents

Flashlight housing

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Publication number
EP1673258A4
EP1673258A4 EP04781258A EP04781258A EP1673258A4 EP 1673258 A4 EP1673258 A4 EP 1673258A4 EP 04781258 A EP04781258 A EP 04781258A EP 04781258 A EP04781258 A EP 04781258A EP 1673258 A4 EP1673258 A4 EP 1673258A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
flashlight housing
flashlight
housing
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.)
Ceased
Application number
EP04781258A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1673258A1 (en
Inventor
Robert D Galli
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.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US10/659,575 external-priority patent/US6942365B2/en
Priority claimed from US10/833,556 external-priority patent/US6966677B2/en
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of EP1673258A1 publication Critical patent/EP1673258A1/en
Publication of EP1673258A4 publication Critical patent/EP1673258A4/en
Ceased legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21L—LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION
    • F21L4/00—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells
    • F21L4/02—Electric lighting devices with self-contained electric batteries or cells characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
    • F21L4/022—Pocket lamps
    • F21L4/027—Pocket lamps the light sources being a LED
    • 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
    • F21V29/00—Protecting lighting devices from thermal damage; Cooling or heating arrangements specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • F21V29/50—Cooling arrangements
    • F21V29/502—Cooling arrangements characterised by the adaptation for cooling of specific components
    • F21V29/507—Cooling arrangements characterised by the adaptation for cooling of specific components of means for protecting lighting devices from damage, e.g. housings
    • 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
    • F21V15/00—Protecting lighting devices from damage
    • F21V15/01—Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts
    • 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
    • F21V29/00—Protecting lighting devices from thermal damage; Cooling or heating arrangements specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • F21V29/50—Cooling arrangements
    • F21V29/70—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
    • F21V29/74—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks with fins or blades
    • F21V29/76—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks with fins or blades with essentially identical parallel planar fins or blades, e.g. with comb-like cross-section
    • F21V29/767—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks with fins or blades with essentially identical parallel planar fins or blades, e.g. with comb-like cross-section the planes containing the fins or blades having directions perpendicular to the light emitting axis
    • 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
    • F21V29/00—Protecting lighting devices from thermal damage; Cooling or heating arrangements specially adapted for lighting devices or systems
    • F21V29/50—Cooling arrangements
    • F21V29/70—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
    • F21V29/83—Cooling arrangements characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
    • 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]
EP04781258A 2003-09-10 2004-08-16 Flashlight housing Ceased EP1673258A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/659,575 US6942365B2 (en) 2002-12-10 2003-09-10 LED lighting assembly
US10/833,556 US6966677B2 (en) 2001-12-10 2004-04-28 LED lighting assembly with improved heat management
PCT/US2004/026540 WO2005025935A1 (en) 2003-09-10 2004-08-16 Flashlight housing

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1673258A1 EP1673258A1 (en) 2006-06-28
EP1673258A4 true EP1673258A4 (en) 2010-12-15

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EP04781258A Ceased EP1673258A4 (en) 2003-09-10 2004-08-16 Flashlight housing

Country Status (2)

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EP (1) EP1673258A4 (en)
WO (1) WO2005025935A1 (en)

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US8018136B2 (en) 2008-02-28 2011-09-13 Tyco Electronics Corporation Integrated LED driver for LED socket

Citations (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5634711A (en) * 1993-09-13 1997-06-03 Kennedy; John Portable light emitting apparatus with a semiconductor emitter array
US6176592B1 (en) * 1997-03-25 2001-01-23 Alert Safety Lite Products Co., Inc. Halogen utility light
US20020018343A1 (en) * 2000-08-11 2002-02-14 Wilfried Steger Focusing waterproof flashlight
US6357893B1 (en) * 2000-03-15 2002-03-19 Richard S. Belliveau Lighting devices using a plurality of light sources
US20030107885A1 (en) * 2001-12-10 2003-06-12 Galli Robert D. LED lighting assembly

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US2928934A (en) * 1956-10-31 1960-03-15 Stone Mfg Co Lamp holder
US4180851A (en) * 1977-10-31 1979-12-25 Ericson Manufacturing Company Ventilated lamp guard
US5183328A (en) * 1991-12-09 1993-02-02 General Electric Company Luminaire having an improved thermal management arrangement
US5785418A (en) * 1996-06-27 1998-07-28 Hochstein; Peter A. Thermally protected LED array

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5634711A (en) * 1993-09-13 1997-06-03 Kennedy; John Portable light emitting apparatus with a semiconductor emitter array
US6176592B1 (en) * 1997-03-25 2001-01-23 Alert Safety Lite Products Co., Inc. Halogen utility light
US6357893B1 (en) * 2000-03-15 2002-03-19 Richard S. Belliveau Lighting devices using a plurality of light sources
US20020018343A1 (en) * 2000-08-11 2002-02-14 Wilfried Steger Focusing waterproof flashlight
US20030107885A1 (en) * 2001-12-10 2003-06-12 Galli Robert D. LED lighting assembly

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO2005025935A1 *

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