US 11,849,684 B1
Lighting fixture and associated method
Aaron J. Golle, Lakeville, MN (US); John T. Golle, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and David T. Iago, Clifton, TN (US)
Assigned to SunSpectrum Technologies, LLC, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by SunSpectrum Technologies, LLC, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/205,950.
Application 18/205,950 is a continuation of application No. 18/095,416, filed on Jan. 10, 2023, granted, now 11,666,007.
Int. Cl. A01G 7/04 (2006.01); F21V 21/34 (2006.01); F21V 21/15 (2006.01); F21V 21/30 (2006.01); A01G 9/24 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A01G 7/045 (2013.01) [A01G 9/249 (2019.05); F21V 21/15 (2013.01); F21V 21/30 (2013.01); F21V 21/34 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for mass production of plants, the apparatus comprising:
a first plant-light system that includes:
an elongated top support arranged along a length of an aisle;
a first plurality of tracks that are affixed to the elongated top support and oriented at a non-parallel angle to the length of the aisle;
a controller;
a panel system that includes:
a laterally moveable elongated panel-support structure suspended from the first plurality of tracks, wherein the panel-support structure has a length, and
a first plurality of plant-lighting panels, each panel of which is suspended from the elongated panel-support structure, wherein each panel of the first plurality of plant-lighting panels is rotatable around a vertical axis of the panel, and wherein the plant-lighting panels of the first plurality of plant-lighting panels are arranged along the length of the panel-support structure; and
a plant-lighting-panel rotation system operably coupled to the controller and configured to rotate all of the first plurality of the plant-lighting panels, under control of the controller, between a first orientation relative to the length of the aisle and a second orientation relative to the length of the aisle, and wherein the controller is configured to control lighting from the plurality of plant-lighting panels according to a plurality of lighting schedules, wherein each one of the plurality of lighting schedules specifies one of a plurality of different lighting spectra for each of a plurality of daily time periods.