US 11,719,398 B1
Recessed downlight
Ketan Devdas Shettigar, Atlanta, GA (US); Thomas Anthony Barber, III, North Attleboro, MA (US); and James Edward Kuchar, Fall River, MA (US)
Assigned to SPECTRUM LIGHTING, INC., Fall River, MA (US)
Filed by SPECTRUM LIGHTING, INC., Fall River, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/877,333.
Int. Cl. F21S 8/02 (2006.01); F21V 7/00 (2006.01); F21V 7/04 (2006.01); F21V 7/10 (2006.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01)
CPC F21S 8/02 (2013.01) [F21V 7/0033 (2013.01); F21V 7/045 (2013.01); F21V 7/10 (2013.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recessed open aperture wall wash light, comprising:
a light source connectable to a power supply;
a recessed housing surrounding at least a part of a downlight reflector;
a heat sink in thermal communication with the light source and extending away from the light source to dissipate heat generated by the light source;
the downlight reflector including:
a light exit aperture and a light entry aperture, the light entry aperture opposing the light exit aperture;
a top wall of the downlight reflector having the light entry aperture;
a spherical or spheroid reflector surface extending between the top wall of the reflector and the light exit aperture;
wherein the light entry aperture is non-centrally positioned relative to and opposing the light exit aperture and towards a forward wall of the spherical or spheroid reflector surface, the forward wall of the spherical or spheroid reflector surface opposing a depending reflector wall;
an angled reflector wall extending away from the depending reflector wall at a lower end of the depending reflector wall and towards a rear edge of the light exit aperture;
the downlight reflector split into a first half and a second half formed along a plane extending between the rear edge of the light exit aperture and the forward wall of the spherical or spheroid reflector surface;
wherein the first half and the second half are joined along a vertical connecting flange on the forward wall and a sloped connecting flange extending from the top wall to the rear edge of the light exit aperture.