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Networked LED lighting system

  • US 9,726,332 B1
  • Filed: 08/23/2016
  • Issued: 08/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lamp for use in a networked lighting system, the lamp comprising:

  • an elongate body with a length between spaced first and second ends;

    an elongate heat sink formed of a heat dissipating material and comprising a mounting portion;

    an LED emitter panel secured to the heat sink mounting portion, the LED emitter panel comprising a circuit board containing LED emitters connected in a circuit for emitting and distributing light outwardly from the emitter panel in a light distribution pattern;

    a first end connector at the first end of the body configured to engage a first support connector mounted on a support of a lighting fixture;

    the first support connector comprising a leading end portion having a network communications plug associated with a tip thereof configured to engage the first end connector of the lamp;

    the first end connector having a wall defining a first opening bounded by an edge and sized to receive the leading end portion of the first support connector;

    the first end connector and leading end portion of the first support connector respectively having first and second surfaces,the first end connector configured so that the first and second surfaces are placed in confronting relationship to prevent separation of the first end connector and the first support connector as an incident of the first end connector moving relative to the first support connector from a position fully separated from the first support connector part in a substantially straight path that is transverse to the length of the body into an engaged position with the leading end portion of the first support connector extending through the first opening to maintain the first end of the body in an operative state on the support;

    a communications jack at the first end of the lamp, the jack including a housing defining an internal port for receiving the network communications plug through an access opening of the internal port and providing an interface operable to transmit power and data signals, the jack positioned so that the access opening of the port faces the first opening of the first end connector.

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