Patent ID: 7766511
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: E04B,F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,H05B

Abstract:
1. A lighting panel having a supporting structure providing more efficient heat transfer for one or more light sources, the lighting panel comprising: a lower skin layer and an upper skin layer encapsulating one or more light sources, the lower skin layer connected to a bottom surface of the one or more light sources, the one or more light sources producing heat; a structure located between and connected to each of the lower skin layer and the upper skin layer, the structure having a plurality of cells, two or more cells of the plurality of the cells surrounding the one or more light sources; and wherein the structure comprises a thickness, a shape and the plurality of cells constructed to provide a predetermined heat conductivity, and the heat produced from the one or more light sources is distributed via the structure to the lower skin layer and the upper skin layer.