Networked LED lighting system
First Claim
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 multi-sided heat sink formed of a heat dissipating material and comprising first and second sidewalls comprising generally planar mounting portions lying in intersecting planes and a third sidewall having an outer surface forming outer surface of the lamp;
first and second LED emitter panels, the first LED emitter panel secured to the first sidewall and the second LED emitter panel secured to the second sidewall, each 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 cap assembly at the first end of the body, the first end cap assembly comprising an outer wall portion;
a communications jack at the first end of the lamp body, the jack including a housing defining an internal port for receiving a network communications plug through an access opening of the internal port and providing an interface operable to transmit power and data signals, the outer wall portion of the first end cap assembly defining a first opening, the first opening allowing a network communications plug to be received through the access opening of the internal port into an engaged position with the plug seated in the internal port of the jack.
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Abstract
An LED lighting system comprises an elongated linear lamp having an LED luminary as a source of illumination and configured to operate as a node of an automated networked lighting system. The lamp comprise an elongate multi-sided heat sink having first and second LED emitter panels mounted thereon for distributing light outwardly from the emitter panel. A first end cap assembly at the first end of the lamp body houses a communications jack having an internal port for providing an interface operable to transmit power and data signals. The first end cap assembly defines a first opening allowing a network communications plug to be received through the access opening into the internal port of the jack. The linear lamp is operable to receive control data and power signals according to a standardized power and data network communications architecture such as Ethernet.
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1. A lamp for use in a networked lighting system, the lamp comprising:
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an elongate body with a length between spaced first and second ends; an elongate multi-sided heat sink formed of a heat dissipating material and comprising first and second sidewalls comprising generally planar mounting portions lying in intersecting planes and a third sidewall having an outer surface forming outer surface of the lamp; first and second LED emitter panels, the first LED emitter panel secured to the first sidewall and the second LED emitter panel secured to the second sidewall, each 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 cap assembly at the first end of the body, the first end cap assembly comprising an outer wall portion; a communications jack at the first end of the lamp body, the jack including a housing defining an internal port for receiving a network communications plug through an access opening of the internal port and providing an interface operable to transmit power and data signals, the outer wall portion of the first end cap assembly defining a first opening, the first opening allowing a network communications plug to be received through the access opening of the internal port into an engaged position with the plug seated in the internal port of the jack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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