Patent ID: 8304970
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y

Abstract:
1. A lighting apparatus, comprising: a housing defining a top plane and a bottom plane; a flow tube within said housing having an entry at a first end thereof and an exit at a second end thereof; a heat dissipating element mounted within said housing and positioned to be at least partially within said flow tube in proximity to said first end and located proximate to said bottom plane; a plurality of solid state light elements mounted within said housing and coupled to said heat dissipating element, said solid state light elements configured to emit light through said bottom plane, said plurality of solid state light elements generating heat that is transferred to said heat dissipating element, said heat dissipating element configured to induce air flow through said flow tube, from said first end to said second end, through the heating of air within said flow tube.