Patent ID: 8807783

Claim:
A retrofit high intensity discharge lighting fixture, comprising: a housing that before being retrofit included a high intensity discharge light source, a high intensity discharge lens, and a high intensity discharge lighting fixture chamber defined between the housing and the high intensity discharge lens, the housing excluding a routinely functioning high intensity discharge light source and excluding at least a portion of the high intensity discharge lens, the housing including at least a first support for at least one hereinafter-defined light emitting diode light source in place of the at least a portion of the high intensity discharge lens, the housing thereby having a light emitting diode lighting fixture chamber between the first support, any remaining portion of the high intensity discharge lens, and the housing; a second support for the hereinafter-defined light emitting diode light sources affixed at least to the first support and being positioned at least in part outside the light emitting diode lighting fixture chamber; the above-referenced at least one light emitting diode light source mounted to the second support outside the light emitting diode lighting fixture chamber; wiring connecting the at least one light emitting diode light source to power; and at least one light emitting diode light source lens mounted to provide a lens for the at least one light emitting diode light source, also outside the light emitting diode lighting fixture chamber; whereby the retrofit high intensity discharge lighting fixture is no longer a source of high intensity discharge light and is instead a source of light emitting diode light, and also whereby the at least one light emitting diode light source, being outside the light emitting diode lighting fixture chamber, is substantially free of exposure to the temperature effects of being within either the high intensity discharge lighting fixture chamber or the light emitting diode lighting fixture chamber.