Light fixture with communication or power connector

• US 9,746,147 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2016
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: McKeon Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: McKeon Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Benner, Devin
• Primary Examiner(s): Coughlin, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dunay, Christopher E
• Application Number:
  US14/997,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20160131319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/026 intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/036 by means of a rigid support, e.g. bracket or arm
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/063 with a rigid pendant, i.e. a pipe or rod
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/065 multi-branched, e.g. a chandelier
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/14 Adjustable mountings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/15 specially adapted for power operation, e.g. by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/22 telescopic
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/006 General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0096 Fans, e.g. ceiling fans forced cooling of lighting devices characterised by the arrangement of fans F21V29/67
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/447 Shutter or cover plate
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 33/92 Holders formed as intermediate parts for distributing energy in parallel through two or more counterparts at least one of which is attached to apparatus to be held

Abstract

A light fixture includes a fixture body having a mount, a mounting stem, and a receiver. The mount is configured to mount onto a ceiling surface and suspend the fixture body. The mounting stem has a first end connected to the mount and a second end. The receiver is disposed on the second end of the mounting stem below the first end with respect to the ceiling surface. The light fixture includes a socket disposed on the receiver for receiving a light emitter and a frame having a first end connected to the fixture body and extending downward and away from the fixture body with respect to the ceiling surface to a second end located below the received light emitter. A power receptacle and/or a communication receptacle is/are disposed on the frame in a location below the fixture body and the received light emitter with respect to the ceiling surface.

Claims

1. A light fixture comprising:

a fixture body comprising;

a mount configured to mount onto a mounting surface and suspend the fixture body from the mounting surface;

a mounting stem having first and second ends, the first end of the mounting stem connected to the mount;

a receiver disposed on the second end of the mounting stem below the first end with respect to the mounting surface; and

a socket disposed on the receiver for electrically receiving a light emitter, the received light emitter extending downward and away from the receiver with respect to the mounting surface;

a frame stem having a first end attached to the receiver and extending downward and away from the receiver past the received light emitter to a second end, the second end of the frame stem located below the received light emitter with respect to the mounting surface;

a frame attached to the second end of the frame stem and spaced downward and away from the socket with respect to the mounting surface by a threshold distance; and

a power receptacle and/or a communication receptacle disposed on the frame in a location below the fixture body and the received light emitter with respect to the mounting surface.

2. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein the power receptacle and/or the communication receptacle is positioned between about 1 inch and about 3 inches below the light emitter with respect to the mounting surface.

3. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising a receptacle cover disposed on the frame, the receptacle cover moving between a closed position concealing the power receptacle and/or the communication receptacle and an open position allowing access to the power receptacle and/or the communication receptacle.

4. The light fixture of claim 3, wherein the receptacle cover comprises a pivoting door or a sliding door.

5. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising a pull-down mechanism having a first portion connected to the mounting stem or the receiver and a second portion moving with respect to the first portion between a stowed position and a deployed position.

6. The light fixture of claim 5, wherein the pull-down mechanism conceals the power receptacle and/or the communication receptacle while in the stowed position and allows access to the power receptacle and/or the communication receptacle while in the deployed position.

7. The light fixture of claim 6, wherein the first and second portions of the pull-down mechanism are arranged for telescopic movement.

8. The light fixture of claim 6, wherein the pull-down mechanism comprises pivotally connected arms.

9. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein the fixture body, the frame, and the power receptacle and/or the communication receptacle are arranged in a substantially vertical arrangement with respect to the mounting surface, wherein the power receptacle and/or a communication receptacle is/are accessible below the fixture body and the received light emitter with respect to the mounting surface.