Mohammad O Lahijani

US Patent:

61740748, Jan 16, 2001

Filed:

Jun 15, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/332865

Inventors:

Mohammad Lahijani - Coral Gables FL

International Classification:

F21S 802
F21V 2900

US Classification:

362264

Abstract:

A housing for lighting assemblies used to enclosed a ballast. Two opposite walls include each a pair of longitudinally extending pairs of ribs that slidably receive the ends of a plate member. The walls and the plate member are made out of a heat conducting material, such as aluminum. One of the plates is mounted urging said ballast against one of the walls for coplanar abutment and maximum heat transfer from the ballast to the walls. Another plate is mounted between the ballast and one of the end walls to avoid movement of the ballast, specially during transportation. Elongated longitudinally extending heat dissipating ribs are defined in the outer surfaces of the housing walls.