LIGHTING SYSTEM

• US 20190162397A1
• Filed: 11/27/2018
• Published: 05/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Contemporary Visions LLC
• Original Assignee: Contemporary Visions LLC
• Inventors: Sonneman, Robert A., Garnett, Christian N.
• Granted Patent: US 10,458,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 2/005 of modular construction
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/061 with a non-rigid pendant, i.e. a cable, wire or chain
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/03 Ceiling bases, e.g. ceiling roses F21V21/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/104 Pendants
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/26 Pivoted arms
• 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 23/023 Power supplies in a casing F21V23/003 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/06 the elements being coupling devices , e.g. connectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2107/90 on two opposite sides of supports or substrates
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A lighting system to be suspended form a ceiling or overhead structure and supported by both electrical cords and additional cables. The lighting system provides a modular system of components that interconnect mechanically and electrically. The lighting system includes a plurality of hubs, including at least one power hub, with each hub including a light element for providing light. The power hub, connecting arms and other hubs cooperate to provide electric current to the light elements from the power source.

Claims

1. A lighting system comprising:

a plurality of hubs including a power hub with each said hub including a light element for providing light when receiving an electrical current;

a power source for providing electrical power to said power hub; and

a plurality of connecting arms for electrically and mechanically connecting said plurality hubs to one another;

wherein said connecting arms and said hubs are interconnected in order to selectively conduct electrical current from said power source to said light elements.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of hubs include at least one of a linear power hub and a forty-five degree power hub.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each connecting arm connects one hub to a second hub.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein each said hub includes a first depending arm mount for selectively receiving one end of a first connecting arm and a second depending arm mount for selectively receiving one end of a second connecting arm.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein each connecting arm includes an inner conducting rod and an annular outer conducting body.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein each connecting arm also includes an annular insulating member disposed between said inner conducting rod and said annular outer conducting body.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said hub includes a first conducting element to which the inner conducting rod electrically contacts when one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount of said hub and each said arm mount includes a conducting element to which said annular outer conducting body electrically contacts when said one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said first conducting element of said hub is electrically connected to a second conducting element of said hub and wherein said conducting element of said first arm mount is electrically connected to the conducting element of said second arm mount.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said conducting element of each said arm mount comprises an annular spring and said outer conducting body of said connecting arm includes an annular shoulder located at one end thereof which is received within and electrically engages said arm mount annular spring when one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein each of said conducting elements of said hub comprises an annular spring located in longitudinal alignment with one of said arm mount annular springs and wherein said inner conducting rod includes an end which is received within and electrically engages one of said hub annular springs when one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said end of said inner conducting rod extends longitudinally past said shoulder of said outer conducting body.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein said first conducting element of said hub is electrically connected to said second conducting element of said hub by means of at least one conducting plate disposed within said hub.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein said hub includes an electrically conductive outside body and said conducting element of said first arm mount is electrically connected to the conducting element of said second arm mount by means of said outside body.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said at least one conducting plate is electrically separated from said outside body by means of an insulating element.

15. A ceiling lighting system comprising:

a canopy disposed along the ceiling and a power source;

a power hub to which electrical power is provided from said power source through an electrical cable that runs through said canopy;

a plurality of additional hubs, said power hub and said additional hubs being electrically and mechanically interconnected to one another by a plurality of connecting arms; and

at least one light element carried by at least some of said hubs and designed for providing light when receiving an electrical current;

wherein said connecting arms and said hubs are arranged so as to selectively conduct electrical current from said power source to said light elements; and

wherein said connecting arms and said hubs of said system are supported from the ceiling by one or more depending hangers extending from the canopy and are configurable into a plurality of different mechanical arrangements.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein each said light element includes one or more lights as well as an overlying diffuser which encloses over said one or more lights.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein each said hub includes a first depending arm mount for selectively receiving one end of a first connecting arm and a second depending arm mount for selectively receiving one end of a second connecting arm;

wherein each connecting arm includes an inner conducting rod and an annular outer conducting body; and

wherein each connecting arm also includes an annular insulating member disposed between said inner conducting rod and said annular outer conducting body.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said hub includes a first conducting element to which the inner conducting rod electrically contacts when one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount of said hub and each said arm mount includes a conducting element to which said outer conducting body electrically contacts when said one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount;

and

wherein said first conducting element of said hub is electrically connected to a second conducting element of said hub and wherein said conducting element of said first arm mount is electrically connected to the conducting element of said second arm mount.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said conducting element of each said arm mount comprises an annular spring and said outer conducting body of said connecting arm includes an annular shoulder located at one end thereof which is received within and electrically engages said arm mount annular spring when one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount;

and

wherein each of said conducting elements of said hub comprises an annular spring located in longitudinal alignment with one of said arm mount annular springs and

wherein said inner conducting rod includes an end which is received within and electrically engages one of said hub annular springs when one end of said connecting arm is received within said arm mount.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said first conducting element of said hub is electrically connected to said second conducting element of said hub by means of at least one conducting plate disposed within said hub;

and

wherein said hub includes an electrically conductive outside body and said conducting element of said first arm mount is electrically connected to the conducting element of said second arm mount by means of said outside body.