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 wherein the heat sink comprises a first sidewall having an outer surface forming outer surface of the lamp and a second sidewall, the second sidewall having a curvature in a lateral plane perpendicular to the length of the body with a convexly curved outer surface providing a mounting portion;
an LED emitter panel secured to the mounting portion with a curved profile in the lateral direction that generally corresponds to the curvature of the mounting portion;
the LED emitter panel containing LED emitters connected in a circuit and arranged in at least two rows spaced from each other across the width of the LED emitter panel 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 comprises outer wall portions forming a cup-shaped component, the outer wall portions including an end wall extending traverse to the length of the body and side wall portions extending from the end wall toward the body;
a communications jack at least partially within the first end cap assembly, 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 first end cap assembly defining an opening, the opening allowing the 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 improved LED lighting system is provided for overhead ceiling lighting, as well as for other uses. The LED lighting system comprises elongated linear lamps having an LED luminary as a source of illumination and configured to operate as a node of an automated networked lighting system. The linear LED lamps have internal modular network connectors and control components so that they can receive control data and power signals over a single network cable according to a standardized power and data network communications architecture such as Ethernet. The system includes connector assemblies designed to securely mount the networkable linear LED lamps to conventional tube lamp lighting fixtures or to another support housing and to provide integrated power and data connectivity to internal components of the lamps. In one form, the disclosed system includes a network enabled snap-fit connector assembly mounted to a lighting fixture and configured to provide Ethernet power and data connectivity to the lamp. The LED lamps have first and second mechanical connectors at opposite ends of the lamp body, and the snap-fit connectors are configured to secure the lamps to an overhead lighting fixture or other support structure as an incident of the lamp ends moving relative to the mounting connectors in a substantially straight path that is transverse to the length of the body into an engaged position. The snap-fit connectors are also configured to form a network connection with an internal modular network connector associated with the lamp with the lamp mounted in its operative state on a support. In another form, a clipping mechanism is provided for mounting linear networkable LED lamps to an overhead grid ceiling system.
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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 wherein the heat sink comprises a first sidewall having an outer surface forming outer surface of the lamp and a second sidewall, the second sidewall having a curvature in a lateral plane perpendicular to the length of the body with a convexly curved outer surface providing a mounting portion; an LED emitter panel secured to the mounting portion with a curved profile in the lateral direction that generally corresponds to the curvature of the mounting portion;
the LED emitter panel containing LED emitters connected in a circuit and arranged in at least two rows spaced from each other across the width of the LED emitter panel 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 comprises outer wall portions forming a cup-shaped component, the outer wall portions including an end wall extending traverse to the length of the body and side wall portions extending from the end wall toward the body;a communications jack at least partially within the first end cap assembly, 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 first end cap assembly defining an opening, the opening allowing the 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, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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