Modular strip lighting system with rechargeable battery on common power rail

• US 10,281,119 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2016
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 9609385 Canada Inc.
• Original Assignee: 9609385 Canada Inc.
• Inventors: Ford, Timothy D. F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mai, Anh T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiang, Michael
• Application Number:
  US15/330,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20170130941A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 320134
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/28 rigid, e.g. LED bars
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/005 for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/005 the substrate is supporting also the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/023 Power supplies in a casing F21V23/003 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/70 characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/02 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/045 the lens having discontinuous faces, e.g. Fresnel lenses
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/15 Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0013 acting upon several batteries simultaneously or sequentially H02J7/1423 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/40 Details of LED load circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/14 by determining electrical parameters of the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A modular strip lighting assembly is disclosed comprising a plurality of elongate strip lights. The strip lights comprise a plurality of spaced and interconnected LEDs, a power rail segment for providing power to the interconnected LEDs, a rechargeable battery module, a battery charge/discharge circuit connected to the power rail segment and an external power supply. The elongate strip lights, the battery module and the adaptor are connectable end to end and such that, when assembled, the plurality of power rail segments combine to form a common power rail. When the external power supply provides power to the common rail, each of the rechargeable batteries is charged by the battery charge/discharge circuit using power on the common rail and when the external power supply does not provide power to the common rail, each of the rechargeable batteries provides power to the common rail.

Claims

1. A modular strip lighting assembly comprising:

a plurality of elongate strip lights, each of said strip lights comprising a plurality of spaced and interconnected LEDs and a power rail segment for providing power to said interconnected LEDs and a wireless transceiver wherein an illumination of said elongate strip light is controllable via said wireless transceiver;

at least one battery module comprising a battery, a power rail segment, a battery charge/discharge circuit connected to said power rail segment and a microcontroller for controlling said battery charge/discharge circuit; and

an external power supply comprising an electronic circuit having a low voltage DC power output of between 12 and 30 volts and an adaptor comprising a power rail segment connected to said output;

wherein a first of said elongate tubular strip lights is electrically connectable at either end to both a second of said elongate tubular strip lights and one of said at least one battery module and a first of said at least one battery module is electrically connectable at either end to both a second of said at least one battery module and one of said plurality of elongate strip lights, and wherein each of said elongate tubular strip lights, said at least one battery module and said adaptor are connectable end to end and such that, when assembled, said plurality of power rail segments combine to form a common power rail and further wherein when said external power supply provides power to said common rail, each of said batteries is charged by said battery charge/discharge circuit using power on said common rail and when said external power supply does not provide power to said common rail, each of said batteries provides power to said common rail.

2. The modular strip lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein each of said strip lights are tubular.

3. The modular strip lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein each of said spaced and interconnected LEDs are encased in an elongate lens.

4. The modular strip lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein each of said spaced and interconnected LEDs are arranged generally along a length of their respective strip light and have a batwing cross section.

5. The modular strip lighting assembly of claim 1, wherein said external power supply is pluggable into a power main and said electronic circuit further comprises a mains power input.

6. The modular strip lighting assembly of claim 1, comprising a plurality of said at least one battery module and wherein each of said plurality of battery modules is electrically connectable at either end to both one of said elongate strip lights and another of said plurality battery modules.

7. The modular strip lighting assembly of claim 6, wherein each of said plurality of batteries is adjacent said adaptor.