High Capacity Flexible Lighting Fixture, System and Method

• US 20190098723A1
• Filed: 08/29/2018
• Published: 03/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Innosys, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Innosys, Inc.
• Inventors: Sadwick, Laurence P., Mortensen, Trent, Kress, Derrick K., Hwu, Ruey-Jen
• Application Number:
  US16/116,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20190098723A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/272 Details of end parts, i.e. the parts that connect the light source to a fitting; Arrangement of components within end parts F21K9/278 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/06 the elements being coupling devices , e.g. connectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/00 Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/24 using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/325 Pulse-width modulation [PWM]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3578 Emulating the electrical or functional characteristics of discharge lamps
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/36 Circuits for reducing or suppressing harmonics, ripples or electromagnetic interferences [EMI]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3725 Switched mode power supply [SMPS]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/375 using buck topology
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/38 using boost topology
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/385 using flyback topology
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/395 Linear regulators
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/60 Circuit arrangements for operating LEDs comprising organic material, e.g. for operating organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

A flexible lighting system includes a number of lamp fixtures, at least one solid state lighting driver connected to the lamp fixtures, a controller configured to control electrical current through the at least one solid state lighting driver, a monitor configured to monitor at least one electrical characteristic of power to the lamp fixtures, and at least one sensor connected to the controller.

Claims

1. A flexible lighting system comprising:

a plurality of lamp fixtures;

at least one solid state lighting driver connected to the plurality of lamp fixtures;

a controller configured to control electrical current through the at least one solid state lighting driver;

a monitor configured to monitor at least one electrical characteristic of power to the plurality of lamp fixtures; and

at least one sensor connected to the controller.

2. A flexible lighting system comprising:

a backplane;

a plurality of tombstone connector connection points on the backplane, configured to allow connection of a plurality of solid state fluorescent lamp replacement to the backplane at the tombstone connector connection points.

3. The flexible lighting system of claim 2, wherein the tombstone connector connection points are evenly spaced across the backplane.

4. A flexible lighting system comprising:

a backplane;

a plurality of tombstone connectors each configured to enable connection of a solid state fluorescent lamp replacement to the backplane at any location across the backplane.