Elevator Emergency LED Lighting Power Supply Assembly

• US 20120187852A1
• Filed: 01/25/2011
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Man-D-Tec, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Man-D-Tec, Inc.
• Inventors: Mandy, Terry Roy, Mandy, Dalton John, Mandy, Brandon Roy
• Granted Patent: US 8,558,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/175
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00302 Overcharge protection
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0049 Detection of fully charged condition
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/06 with automatic change-over , e.g. UPS systems
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/39 Circuits containing inverter bridges
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly including an inverter that receives DC power from a battery and outputs backup power to LED lamps of an elevator lighting system. An LED driver is connected to the inverter, is connectable to an LED lamp of the elevator lighting system, receives AC power from the inverter, and outputs DC power sufficient to power an LED lamp. A relay is connected between the inverter and the LED driver, is connectable to a primary elevator electrical power supply, and allows AC power to flow from a primary elevator electrical power supply to elevator lighting system LEDs through the LED driver as long as AC power is available from a primary elevator electrical power supply. Upon loss of power from the primary elevator power supply the relay switches contacts and provides to the LED driver AC power received from the inverter.

Claims

1. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly for providing backup power to one or more LED lamps of an elevator interior illumination system, the assembly comprising:

a battery;

an inverter connected to and configured to receive DC power from the battery and configured to output AC backup power to an elevator lighting system;

an LED driver connected to the inverter, connectable to an LED lamp of the elevator lighting system, and configured to receive AC power from the inverter and to output DC power sufficient to power an LED lamp; and

a first relay connected between the inverter and the LED driver, connectable to a primary elevator electrical power supply, configured to allow AC power to flow from a primary elevator electrical power supply to elevator lighting system LEDs through the LED driver as long as AC power is available from a primary elevator electrical power supply, and further configured to switch contacts upon loss of power from a primary elevator power supply so that the LED driver receives AC power from the inverter.

2. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 in which the LED driver is configured to automatically ramp up its voltage output while holding current output constant.

3. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 in which the battery is configured to output 12 VDC to the inverter and the inverter is configured to output 120 VAC to the LED driver.

4. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 3 in which the battery comprises two 6 VDC batteries connected in series to provide a 12 VDC output.

5. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 3 in which the LED driver is configured to provide output in the range of approximately 3-12 VDC while maintaining current output constant.

6. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 3 in which the relay is configured to allow 120 VAC power to flow from a primary elevator electrical power supply to elevator lighting system LEDs through the LED driver as long as 120 VAC power is available from a primary elevator electrical power supply, and further configured to, upon loss of power from a primary elevator power supply, switch contacts and provide to the LED driver, 120 VAC electrical power received from the inverter.

7. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 6 in which the relay is configured to, upon restoration of power from the primary elevator power supply, switch contacts and provide to the LED driver 120 VAC power received from the primary elevator power supply.

8. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 in which a test switch connected between the relay and a primary elevator electrical power supply and configured to alternately cut and restore power that the relay receives from the primary elevator electrical power supply in response to manual actuation.

9. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 further including:

an alarm bell circuit comprising a 12 VDC power supply; and

an alarm bell terminal block configured to connect an elevator code-compliant 6 VDC alarm bell into the alarm bell circuit, the alarm bell circuit being configured to provide 6 VDC at terminals of the alarm bell terminal block.

10. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 in which an inverter on/off switch connected to the inverter and configured to turn the inverter on and off in response to manual actuation.

11. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 in which a plug-in light harness is connected to the LED driver and is connectable to LED lamps of an elevator interior illumination system.

12. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 in which a battery charger is connected to the battery, is connectable to the primary elevator power supply, and is configured to receive AC power from a primary elevator power supply and to deliver DC power to the battery sufficient to charge the battery.

13. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 12 in which the battery charger is configured to charge the battery at a relatively high rate in response to battery discharge and to charge the battery at a relatively low rate generally less than or equal to a self-discharge rate of the battery when the battery is fully charged.

14. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 and further including a first dimmer connected between the primary elevator electrical power supply and the LED driver and configured to allow an operator to adjust the current at which the LED driver operates when power is available from the primary elevator electrical power supply.

15. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 and further including a second dimmer connected between the battery and the LED driver and configured to reduce the current at which the LED driver operates when powered by the battery.

16. An elevator emergency LED lighting power supply assembly as defined in claim 1 in which:

the assembly includes a first dimmer connected between the primary elevator electrical power supply and the LED driver and configured to allow an operator to reduce the current at which the LED driver operates when power is available from the primary elevator electrical power supply;

the assembly includes a second dimmer connected between the battery and the LED driver and configured to reduce the current at which the LED driver operates when powered by the battery;

the assembly includes a second relay connected between the dimmers and the power supplies, the first dimmer being is connectable to the primary elevator electrical power supply through the second relay and the second dimmer being connectable to the battery through the second relay; and

the second relay is configured to allow power to flow through the first dimmer to the LED driver as long as AC power is available from the primary elevator electrical power supply, and to switch contacts upon loss of power from the primary elevator power supply and allow power to flow from the battery through the second dimmer to the LED driver.