Outdoor fluorescent lighting fixtures and related systems and methods

• US 8,866,582 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2010
• Issued: 10/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Verfuerth, Neal R., Wetenkamp, Kenneth J.
• Primary Examiner(s): A, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US12/875,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20110060701A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,509 Days
• Field of Search: 315149-155, 340/4.41, 340/4.42, 340/4.61, 340/4.62, 340/5.61, 340/13.23, 340/13.24, 340/13.25
• US Class Current: 340/5.61
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/033 the surface being a wall or like vertical structure, e.g. building facade
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/036 by means of a rigid support, e.g. bracket or arm
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/086 with lighting device attached sideways of the standard, e.g. for roads and highways
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/088 with lighting device mounted on top of the standard, e.g. for pedestrian zones
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/02 Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence; bases for movable standing lamps F21V21/06
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/116 Fixing lighting devices to arms or standards F21V21/002 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/30 Pivoted housings or frames
• 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 23/0478 by means of an image recording device, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/10 Outdoor lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/103 of streets or roads
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/107 of the exterior of buildings
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/00 Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/02 Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated by artificial light sources positioned in front of the insignia
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/00 Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like

Abstract

A system for mounting an outdoor fluorescent lamp lighting fixture to a pole includes a compression sleeve configured to receive and tighten around the pole, a pivot base fixed to the compression sleeve, a mount configured for securing to the fluorescent lamp lighting fixture and for pivotally coupling to the pivot base, where the mount includes multiple adjustment points configured to allow the mount to be fixed at varying angles relative to the pivot base.

Claims

1. An outdoor lighting fixture, comprising:

a mounting system configured for coupling to an existing outdoor lamp pole;

a housing coupled to the mounting system and configured to at least partially surround at least one lamp;

a wireless transceiver coupled to at least one of the mounting system and the housing; and

a processing circuit coupled to the wireless transceiver;

wherein the processing circuit is configured to compile a log of events for the lamp, and wherein the processing circuit is configured to transmit data based on information from the log to at least one remote source via radio frequency communications, wherein the processing circuit is configured to control the on/off state of the at least one ballast using at least one of a timer, a photocell, and a command input.

2. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 1, wherein the processing circuit is electrically coupled to a relay configured to provide power to at least one ballast for the fluorescent lamp.

3. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 1, wherein the housing is configured to at least partially surround a first lamp set and a second lamp set.

4. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 3, wherein the first lamp set is a primary lamp set and the second lamp set is a backup lamp set.

5. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 3, wherein the circuit is configured to cause the first lamp set to illuminate by default and to determine when the first lamp set has reached an end of life.

6. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 5, wherein the circuit is further configured to cause the second lamp set to illuminate rather than the first lamp set based on the determination that the first lamp set has reached the end of life.

7. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 1, wherein the housing includes at least one vent configured to allow moisture to escape from the housing.

8. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 7, wherein the vent is controlled by an element that allows the moisture to escape from the housing while preventing water from entering the housing when a vacuum develops within the housing.

9. The outdoor lighting fixture of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive a command input from a remote source and the processing circuit is configured to implement the command input.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the mounting system comprises a compression sleeve configured to receive the existing outdoor lamp pole and to tighten around the existing outdoor lamp pole.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the compression sleeve comprises a tapered end configured to couple to a plurality of different outdoor lamp poles, each outdoor lamp pole having a different diameter.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the compression sleeve comprises a fastener configured to tighten the compression sleeve around the existing outdoor lamp pole.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the compression sleeve comprises a hollow cylindrical portion having an inner circumferential surface configured to engage an outer circumferential surface of the existing outdoor lamp pole when the compression sleeve receives the existing outdoor lamp pole.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein a longitudinal axis of the compression sleeve extends along a length of the housing.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the compression sleeve comprises an open end configured to fit over an end of the existing outdoor lamp pole.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the mounting system comprises at least one of:

a compression sleeve, a two-piece clamp, a saddle clamp, or one or more arms that bolt to the existing outdoor lamp pole.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein each logged event comprises an event identifier indicating an action performed by the lamp and a timestamp indicating a time at which the action occurs.