WIRELESS SWITCHING APPLICATIONS

• US 20110012541A1
• Filed: 07/22/2008
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EnOcean GmbH
• Original Assignee: EnOcean GmbH
• Inventors: Finch, John Gerard
• Application Number:
  US12/667,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20110012541A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/362
• CPC Class Codes: E05D 11/0081 for transmitting energy, e.g. electrical cable routing
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A wireless lighting system includes an enclosure containing a lighting load. The enclosure has a panel that is movable to access an inside of the enclosure, and the panel has a closed position and at least one open position. The system also includes a self-energizing switch that is actuated to transmit a wireless signal by a movement of the panel to or from the closed position. A receiver is operable to selectively couple the lighting load to a power supply in response to the signal from the self-energizing switch.

Claims

1. A wireless lighting system comprising:

an enclosure surrounding a lighting load, the enclosure having a panel movable to access an inside of the enclosure, the panel having a closed position and at least one open position;

a self-energizing switch that is actuated to transmit a wireless signal by a movement of the panel to or from the closed position; and

a receiver operable to selectively couple the lighting load to a power supply in response to the signal from the self-energizing switch.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the enclosure is a cabinet, the panel is a cabinet door, and the self-energizing switch is coupled to a hinge of the cabinet door and is actuated by opening or closing the cabinet door.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the enclosure is a refrigerator, the panel is a refrigerator door, and the self-energizing switch is coupled to a hinge of the refrigerator door and is actuated by opening or closing the refrigerator door.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the enclosure corresponds to a pantry, the panel corresponds to a pantry door, and the self-energizing switch corresponds to a hinge of the pantry door and is actuated by opening or closing the pantry door.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the enclosure is a closet, the panel is a closet door, and the self-energizing switch is coupled to a hinge of the closet door and is actuated by opening or closing the closet door.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the enclosure is a drawer enclosure, the panel is drawer that is movable within the drawer enclosure, and the self-energizing switch is located within the drawer enclosure and is actuated by opening or closing the drawer.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the enclosure is a crawlspace, the panel is a crawlspace door, and the self-energizing switch is coupled to a hinge of the crawlspace door and is actuated by opening or closing the crawlspace door.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the enclosure is an attic, the panel is an attic access panel, and the self-energizing switch is coupled to a hinge of the attic access panel and is actuated by opening or closing the attic access panel.