US 12,085,262 B2
Apparatus, method, and system for reducing moisture in LED lighting fixtures
Gabriel P. Gromotka, Pella, IA (US); Kurt C. Herr, Jr., Centerville, IA (US); and Luke C. McKee, Oskaloosa, IA (US)
Filed by Musco Corporation, Oskaloosa, IA (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/306,586.
Application 18/306,586 is a continuation of application No. 17/303,240, filed on May 25, 2021, granted, now 11,655,966.
Application 17/303,240 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/741,049, filed on Jan. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,192,063, issued on Dec. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/799,281, filed on Jan. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/791,941, filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0258318 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 15/00 (2015.01); F21V 3/04 (2018.01); F21V 29/76 (2015.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 15/00 (2013.01) [F21V 3/04 (2013.01); F21V 29/763 (2015.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 1 Claim
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to reduce moisture in a lighting fixture comprising:
piping, foaming or forming a moldable desiccant material into an internal space of the lighting fixture in place relative to a portion of the lighting fixture; and
breaking a seal before the piping, foaming or forming the moldable desiccant into an internal space of the lighting fixture is performed;
wherein the moldable desiccant is affixed to the portion of the lighting fixture and is restrained to the portion of the lighting fixture.