Wiring Rail Platform Based LED Light Fixture

• US 20160327217A1
• Filed: 07/22/2016
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korrus Incorporated (MKD Electric, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tempo Industries, LLC
• Inventors: Pearson, Dennis, Bremser, Michael D., Johnson, James, Lueken, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 9,803,807 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/278 Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/90 Methods of manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/00 Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/002 making direct electrical contact, e.g. by piercing F21V21/35 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/005 for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/35 with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/002 Arrangements of cables or conductors inside a lighting device, e.g. means for guiding along parts of the housing or in a pivoting arm
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/007 enclosed in a casing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/763 the planes containing the fins or blades having the direction of the light emitting axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A light fixture apparatus having an LED circuit board mounting platform and an LED driver housing configured to attach to the circuit board mounting platform to form a module which is attachable anywhere along a wiring rail platform.

Claims

1. Light fixture apparatus comprising:

a circuit board mounting platform;

a driver housing configured to attach to the circuit board mounting platform and having an LED driver positioned therein;

a wiring rail platform having first and second sides and a wire guide for guiding a plurality of electrical conductors;

wherein the driver housing is configured to pivotally engage the first side of said wiring rail platform at an angle thereto and to thereafter pivot downwardly such that a surface of the driver housing comes to rest on a surface of the wiring rail platform located on the second side thereof.

2. The light fixture apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a fastening device insertable through the second side of the driver housing and into a channel formed in the wiring rail platform to fixedly attach the driver housing to the wiring rail platform.

3. The light fixture apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a circuit board mounted on the circuit board mounting platform, the circuit board carrying one or more LEDs.

4. The light fixture apparatus of claim 3 further comprising a plurality of electrical conductors for providing power from said LED driver to said LEDs.

5. The light fixture apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of semicircular heat sink fins formed on an underside of said circuit board mounting platform at opposite ends thereof.

6. The light fixture apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wire guide comprises a longitudinally running wire guide channel which extends an entire length of said wiring rail platform.

7. The light fixture apparatus of claim 1 wherein the circuit board mounting platform and the driver housing, when attached together, form a module which is attachable anywhere along a length of the wiring rail platform.

8. The light fixture apparatus of claim 6 wherein the circuit board mounting platform and the driver housing, when attached together, form a module which is attachable anywhere along a length of the wiring rail platform.

9. Light fixture apparatus comprising:

a circuit board mounting platform;

a driver housing attached to the circuit board mounting platform and having an LED driver positioned therein;

a wiring rail platform having first and second sides and a wire guide for guiding a plurality of electrical conductors;

wherein the a first side of the driver housing pivotally engages the first side of said wiring rail platform and wherein a surface of a second side of the driver housing rests on a surface located on the second side of the wiring rail platform..

10. The light fixture apparatus of claim 9 wherein the pivotal engagement of the driver housing to the wiring rail platform enables attaching the driver housing to the wiring rail platform using only one or more fastening devices inserted through the second side of the driver housing.

11. The light fixture apparatus of claim 9 further comprising one or more fastening devices inserted through the second side of said driver housing and into the wiring rail platform to fixedly attach the driver housing to the wiring rail platform.

12. The light fixture apparatus of claim 11 wherein a channel is formed in the wiring rail platform into which the one or more fastening devices are inserted.

13. The light fixture apparatus of claim 12 wherein the one or more fastening devices each comprises a screw.

14. The light fixture apparatus of claim 11 wherein each of the one or more fastening devices comprises a screw.

15. The light fixture apparatus of claim 9 wherein the pivotal engagement of the driver housing and wiring rail platform is configured to enable the driver housing to be pivotally mounted to the wiring rail platform anywhere in a continuous range of positions along a length of the wiring rail platform.

16. The light fixture apparatus of claim 9 wherein the circuit hoard mounting platform and driver housing form a subassembly attachable anywhere in a continuous range of positions along a length of said wiring rail platform.

17. The light fixture apparatus of claim 12 wherein the circuit board mounting platform and driver housing form a subassembly attachable in a continuous range of positions along the wiring rail platform and wherein said channel facilitates such attachment by allowing insertion of said fastening devices anywhere along said range of positions.

18. The light fixture apparatus of claim 9 further comprising an electrical connector connectable to a plurality of electrical conductors in said wire guide, the electrical connector having leads for supplying power to said LED driver and wherein said connector is connectable to said plurality of electrical conductors anywhere along said wire guide.

19. The light fixture apparatus of claim 17 further comprising an electrical connector connectable to a plurality of the electrical conductors in said wire guide, the electrical connector having leads for supplying power to said LED driver and wherein said electrical connector is connectable to said plurality of electrical conductors anywhere along said wire guide thereby facilitating attachment of subassembly anywhere in said continuous range of positions.

20. Light fixture apparatus comprising:

a circuit board mounting platform;

a driver housing attached to the circuit board mounting platform and having an LED driver positioned therein wherein the driver housing and circuit board mounting platform comprise a subassembly;

a wiring rail platform having first and second sides and a wire guide for guiding a plurality of electrical conductors;

wherein the a first side of the driver housing pivotally engages the first side of said wiring rail platform and wherein a surface of a second side of the driver housing rests on a surface located on the second side of the wiring rail platform; and

wherein a longitudinally running channel is formed in the wiring rail platform into which one or more fastening devices may be inserted to attach the subassembly to the wiring rail platform, the channel facilitating attachment of the subassembly anywhere along a continuous range of positions along a length of the wiring rail platform.

21. The light fixture apparatus of claim 20 wherein said one or more fastening devices are the only fastening devices required to attach the subassembly to the wiring rail platform

22. The light fixture apparatus of claim 20 further comprising an electrical connector connectable to a plurality of the electrical conductors in said wire guide, the electrical connector having leads for supplying power to said LED driver and wherein said electrical connector is connectable to said plurality of electrical conductors anywhere along a length of said wire guide, thereby facilitating attachment of subassembly in said continuous range of positions.

23. A method of constructing a light fixture apparatus comprising:

positioning an LED driver in a driver housing;

forming a subassembly comprising a circuit board mounting platform and the driver housing;

creating a wiring rail platform having first and second sides and a wire guide for guiding a plurality of electrical conductors therein; and

shaping the driver housing and wiring rail platform such that a first side of the driver housing pivotally engages a first side of the wiring rail platform, such that after such pivotal engagement a surface of a second side of the driver housing rests on a surface located on the second side of the wiring rail platform, and such that said subassembly is positionable anywhere along a continuous range of positions along a length of said wiring rail platform.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising forming a longitudinally running channel in the wiring rail platform into which one or more fastening devices are insertable to attach the subassembly to the wiring rail platform, the channel facilitating attachment of the subassembly anywhere along said continuous range of positions.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising forming an electrical connector connectable to a plurality of electrical conductors in said wire guide and having a plurality of electrical leads for supplying power to said LED driver, said electrical connector being connectable to said plurality of electrical conductors anywhere along said wire guide, thereby further facilitating attachment of said subassembly anywhere along said continuous range of positions.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the step of forming said electrical connector comprises forming a first connector half and a second connector half and configuring the first and second halves to clamp a plurality of said electrical conductors between them while at the same time establishing an electrical connection with each of said electrical conductors.

27. The method of claim 23 further comprising installing a circuit board carrying one or more LEDs on said circuit board mounting platform.

28. The method of claim 25 further comprising installing a circuit board carrying one or more LEDs on said circuit board mounting platform.

29. The method of claim 23 wherein said wiring rail platform is created by an extrusion process.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein said wiring rail platform comprises a metal extrusion.

31. The method of claim 30 further comprising the step of forming said circuit board by casting a substance comprising a metal.