ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS FOR SOLID STATE LIGHT

• Main Authors: FELDMAN, Steven, RAIDER, Wesley A, DEVORE, Charles N, MCGRATH, Kayla A, SCHLEIF, Larry A, NEU, Steven A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.01.2019
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BLASTING; CURRENT COLLECTORS; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO THEFORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THELIGHT EMITTED; LIGHTING; LINE CONNECTORS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; WEAPONS

The present invention relates to a light with integrated light and thermal guides and separable electrical connectors, comprising: a base (22) for connection to a power supply; a light circuit (24) electrically connected with at least one light source; a driver circuit (26) for receiving power from the power supply and providing power to drive the light source; a light guide coupled to the light source for receiving and distributing light from the light source, wherein the light is transported through the light guide until the light is extracted from a surface of the light guide; a thermal guide (16) integrated with the light guide for providing thermal conduction from the light source for cooling the light a first separable connector (30,32) for providing an electrical connection between the driver circuit and the light circuit; and a second separable connector (36,38) for providing an electrical connection between the power supply and the driver circuit.