Patent ID: 8439531

Claim:
A lighting assembly, comprising: a light engine assembly; and a room-side element in contact with at least a portion of said light engine assembly, said room-side element comprising a plurality of heat-dissipating fins, said light engine assembly comprising: at least one trim element, said trim element defining a trim element internal space; a light engine housing within said trim element internal space, said light engine housing defining a light engine housing internal space; and a light engine comprising at least one solid state light emitter, said light engine within said light engine housing internal space, wherein said lighting assembly is configured to be mounted as a recessed light in an opening in a construction element having a room-side surface that defines a first plane, with an entirety of said room-side element on a first side of said first plane, and with said trim element internal space extending from a second side of said first plane at least to a portion of said opening, so that light emitted from said at least one solid state light emitter passes from said second side of said first plane to said first side of said first plane through said portion of said opening.