ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,594, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Xiamen Longstar Lighting Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).
"Downlight" was invented by Xilong Li (Fujian, China), Zhiyuan Zhang (Fujian, China), Kang Wang (Fujian, China), Hairong Wang (Fujian, China) and Ling Ye (Fujian, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downlight includes a cover, a reflector cup, a light source, a housing, and two springs. The housing has a boss, and an opening surface of the boss extends radially outward to form a skirt. The cover is disposed on the opening surface of the boss to be spliced to the housing to form a cavity for accommodating the reflector cup and the light sourc...