Architectural Linear Luminaire

• US 20190346117A1
• Filed: 05/08/2018
• Published: 11/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nicor Incorporated (Southern Company)
• Original Assignee: Nicor Incorporated (Southern Company)
• Inventors: Gomez Martinez, Jorge A., Brown, David, Jin, Ye, Yu, Jiabin, Lu, Zihai
• Granted Patent: US 10,473,298 B1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/013 the housing being an extrusion
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/015 Devices for covering joints between adjacent lighting devices; End coverings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/10 characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening F21V17/02 - F21V17/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/104 using feather joints, e.g. tongues and grooves, with or without friction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/0045 by tongue and groove connections, e.g. dovetail interlocking means fixed by sliding
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/001 the elements being electrical wires or cables
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/003 the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/06 the elements being coupling devices , e.g. connectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A luminaire for architectural, industrial and warehouse applications can be assembled using an extruded housing having curved sides connected by a cross member. Windows in the curved sides can allow light to exit toward the sides of the luminaire while most of the light exits through a lens on the bottom. The extrusion can have channels and slots such that optical elements and an LED array can be slid into the housing and retained by end caps. A housing cover can overlie a wireway while being held in place by screws creating a clamping force between the housing cover and fixture brackets retained within the housing. The luminaire can be suspended by the fixture brackets or by elements attached to the fixture brackets.

Claims

1. A luminaire comprising:

an extruded housing formed from an extrusion comprising a profile, wherein the profile comprises a height and a width, wherein the extrusion comprises a length, a first end and a second end distanced from the first end by the length, wherein the extrusion comprises a plurality of length running elements, wherein the length running elements comprise a cross member, two curved sides, two lens channels, two LED array channels directly under the cross member, four side lens channels, and two fixture bracket supports, and wherein each curved side comprises at least two window openings;

a first endcap attached to the first end and a second endcap attached to the second end;

a housing cover covering a top opening wherein the top opening is above the fixture bracket supports and runs from the first end to the second end, and wherein the housing cover comprises a wireway opening;

a wireway cover covering the wireway opening and wherein the wireway cover is configured to be removed and reinstalled over the wireway cover;

an LED array comprising a circuit board and a plurality of LEDs wherein the LED array is sized to simultaneously slide into both the LED array channels;

a lens wherein the lens is sized to simultaneously slide into both lens channels; and

two side lenses wherein each of the side lenses is sized to simultaneously slide into two of the side lens channels.

2. The luminaire of claim 1 wherein the profile is symmetric about a center line parallel to the height.

3. The luminaire of claim 1 wherein the curved sides curve away from a centerline of the profile wherein the centerline bisects the cross member and is perpendicular to the cross member.

4. The luminaire of claim 1 wherein the wireway cover comprises a knock out, a downward bend, and a tab, wherein the downward bend and the tab are configured to hold one end of the wireway cover in the wireway opening when an opposite end of the wireway cover is fixed to the housing cover, and wherein the knock out is configured to be knocked out of the wireway cover such that a wire can pass into the top opening.

5. The luminaire of claim 1 further comprising two fixture brackets partially below both the fixture bracket supports, wherein the fixture brackets interface with the fixture bracket supports, and wherein the luminaire is configured to be suspended by the fixture brackets.

6. The luminaire of claim 5 further comprising two threaded nipples attached by locknuts to the fixture brackets wherein the luminaire is configured to be suspended by the threaded nipples.

7. The luminaire of claim 1 wherein the LED array is held in the luminaire by the LED array channels, the first endcap, and the second endcap.

8. The luminaire of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of parallel ribs on the upper side of the cross member.

9. The luminaire of claim 8 wherein the ribs are parallel to the LED array channels.

10. The luminaire of claim 1 further comprising a motion sensor and a switch wherein the motion sensor causes the switch to close when the motion sensor detects motion.

11. The luminaire of claim 10 wherein the motion sensor is fixedly attached to the circuit board.

12. A luminaire comprising:

an extruded housing formed from an extrusion comprising a profile, wherein the profile comprises a height and a width, wherein the extrusion comprises a length, a first end and a second end distanced from the first end by the length, wherein the extrusion comprises a plurality of length running elements, wherein the length running elements comprise a cross member, two curved sides, two lens channels, two LED array channels directly under the cross member, four side lens channels, and two fixture bracket supports, and wherein each curved side comprises at least two window openings;

a first endcap attached to the first end and a second endcap attached to the second end;

a housing cover covering a top opening wherein the top opening is above the fixture bracket supports and runs from the first end to the second end, and wherein the housing cover comprises a wireway opening;

a wireway cover configured to cover the wireway opening wherein the wireway cover comprises an electrical connector and wherein the luminaire is configured to receive power via an electric cable connected to the electrical socket;

an LED array comprising a circuit board and a plurality of LEDs wherein the LED array is sized to simultaneously slide into both the LED array channels;

a lens wherein the lens is sized to simultaneously slide into both lens channels; and

two side lenses wherein each of the side lenses is sized to simultaneously slide into two of the side lens channels.

13. The luminair of claim 12 wherein the electrical connector is an RJ 45 socket and wherein the electric cable is an Ethernet cable.

14. The luminaire of claim 13 further comprising an RJ45 power circuit comprising the RJ45 socket, wherein the RJ45 socket comprises a row of eight sequentially arranged contacts comprising a first four sequential contacts and a second four sequential contacts, wherein the first four contacts conductors are directly electrically connected together by the RJ45 power circuit, and wherein the second four sequential contacts are directly electrically connected together by the RJ45 power circuit.

15. The luminair of claim 12 wherein the electrical connector is a terminal block and wherein the electric cable is a shielded cable comprising at least two conductive wires.

16. The luminaire of claim 12 wherein the LED array is held in the luminaire by the LED array channels, the first endcap, and the second endcap.

17. The luminaire of claim 12 further comprising a plurality of parallel ribs on the upper side of the cross member.

18. The luminaire of claim 12 further comprising a motion sensor and a switch, wherein the motion sensor causes the switch to close when the motion sensor detects motion, and wherein the motion sensor is fixedly attached to the circuit board.

19. A luminaire comprising:

an extruded housing formed from an extrusion comprising a profile, wherein the profile comprises a height and a width, wherein the extrusion comprises a length, a first end and a second end distanced from the first end by the length, wherein the extrusion comprises a plurality of length running elements, wherein the length running elements comprise a cross member, two curved sides, two lens channels, two LED array channels directly under the cross member, four side lens channels, and two fixture bracket supports, and wherein each curved side comprises at least two window openings;

a first endcap attached to the first end and a second endcap attached to the second end, wherein the first endcap comprises an RJ45 socket and wherein the luminaire is configured to receive power via an Ethernet cable connected to the RJ45 socket;

a second endcap attached to the second end, wherein the first endcap comprises a terminal block, and wherein the luminaire is configured to receive power via an electric cable connected to the terminal block;

a housing cover covering a top opening wherein the top opening is above the fixture bracket supports and runs from the first end to the second end, and wherein the housing cover comprises a wireway opening;

an LED array comprising a circuit board and a plurality of LEDs wherein the LED array is sized to simultaneously slide into both the LED array channels;

a lens wherein the lens is sized to simultaneously slide into both lens channels; and

two side lenses wherein each of the side lenses is sized to simultaneously slide into two of the side lens channels.

20. The luminaire of claim 19 further comprising:

a wireway opening and a second wireway opening wherein the housing cover comprises the wireway opening and the second wireway opening;

a wireway cover, wherein the wireway cover is configured to be removed and reinstalled over the wireway opening, wherein the wireway cover is configured to be removed and reinstalled over the second wireway opening, wherein the wireway cover comprises a second terminal block and wherein the luminaire is configured to receive power via the second terminal block;

a second wireway cover covering a second wireway opening, wherein the second wireway cover is configured to be removed and reinstalled over the wireway opening, and wherein the second wireway cover is configured to be removed and reinstalled over the or the second wireway opening;

two fixture brackets partially below both the fixture bracket supports, wherein the fixture brackets interface with the fixture bracket supports, and wherein the luminaire is configured to be suspended by the fixture brackets;

two threaded nipples and two locknuts wherein the threaded nipples are attached to the fixture brackets by the locknuts, and wherein the luminaire is configured to be suspended by the threaded nipples;

a plurality of parallel ribs on the upper side of the cross member, wherein the ribs are parallel to the LED array channels;

a motion sensor and a switch wherein the motion sensor causes the switch to close when the motion sensor detects motion, wherein the motion sensor is fixedly attached to the circuit board;

an RJ45 power circuit comprising the RJ45 socket, wherein the RJ45 socket comprises a row of eight sequentially arranged conductors comprising a first four sequential conductors and a second four sequential conductors, wherein the first four sequential conductors are directly electrically connected together by the RJ45 power circuit, and wherein the second four sequential conductors are directly electrically connected together by the RJ45 power circuit;

wherein the profile is symmetric about a center line parallel to the height;

wherein the curved sides curve into the profile;

wherein the second wireway cover comprises a knock out, a downward bend, and a tab, wherein the downward bend and the tab are configured to hold one end of the second wireway cover in the second wireway opening when an opposite end of the second wireway cover is fixed to the housing cover, and wherein the knock out is configured to be knocked out of the second wireway cover such that a wire can pass into the top opening; and

wherein the LED array is held in the luminaire by the LED array channels, the first endcap, and the second endcap.