# US 10,371,164 B2 · Fixture mount assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,371,164 B2 - Document ID: US10371164B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/040,342 - Filed: 2016-02-10 - Published: 2017-01-19 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-14 - Assignees: L70 Technologies, LLC - Applicants: L70 Technologies, LLC - Inventors: Matthew Bingham Koonce; Jonathan Owen Soucoup - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10371164B2 ## CPC - F04D 29/34: Blade mountings {(for axial flow compressors F04D29/322)} - F16B 2/12: using sliding jaws - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - F21V 21/088: Clips; Clamps - Y10T 403/34: Branched - F04D: NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A fixture mount assembly for coupling with a support includes a fixture mount configured for mounting one or more fixtures on a support. The fixture mount includes a fixture body surrounding a wiring cavity, and one or more fixture coupling features extending from the fixture body. A grasping clamp is coupled with the fixture body. The grasping clamp is configured to grasp the support in an installed configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fixture mount assembly comprising: a fixture mount configured for coupling with one or more fixtures, the fixture mount includes: a mount body, and one or more fixture anchors coupled with the mount body, each of the one or more fixture anchors includes a fixture port extending into the mount body and a fixture clamp recessed from the fixture port and within the mount body; and a grasping clamp coupled with the fixture mount, the grasping clamp configured to couple the fixture mount with a support, the grasping clamp includes: one or more bracket guides, and one or more support brackets, each of the one or more support brackets respectively movably coupled with a bracket guide of the one or more bracket guides. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fixture mount assembly of claim 1 comprising one or more fixture adapters, each of the fixture adapters including: a fixture interface including a fixture footprint corresponding to an installation footprint of the one or more fixtures, and a mount interface configured for coupling with the one or more fixture anchors. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The fixture mount assembly of claim 2, wherein a shape of the mount interface corresponds to the shape of the fixture port. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fixture mount assembly of claim 1 comprising at least first and second fixture adapters: the first fixture adapter includes a first fixture interface having a first fixture footprint corresponding to a first fixture installation footprint, and the second fixture adapter includes a second fixture interface having a second fixture footprint corresponding to a second fixture installation footprint, and the first and second fixture interfaces are different and the corresponding first and second fixture installation footprints are different. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The fixture mount assembly of claim 4, wherein both of the first and second fixture adapters include matching mount interfaces configured for coupling with the one or more fixture anchors. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fixture mount assembly of claim 1, wherein the fixture clamp includes: a first jaw movable relative to the mount body, a second jaw, and a jaw biasing element coupled with the first jaw, the jaw biasing element biases the first jaw toward an open configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The fixture mount assembly of claim 6, wherein the first damp includes a clamp operator configured to move the first jaw toward the second jaw. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fixture mount assembly of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more support brackets includes an engagement face configured for engaged with a support. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fixture mount assembly of claim 1, wherein the one or more support brackets includes at least first and second support brackets, and engagement faces of the first and second support brackets are opposed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The fixture mount assembly of claim 9, wherein the grasping clamp includes at least one fastener coupled between the first and second support brackets and the at least one fastener is configured to move at least one of the first and second support brackets and the respective engagement faces toward the other of the second and first support brackets and the respective engagement faces. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The fixture mount assembly of claim 1, wherein the grasping clamp includes at least one fastener coupled with the one or more support brackets and the at least one fastener is configured to move the one or more support brackets. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The fixture mount assembly of claim 1 comprising at least one of the one or more fixtures or the support. ### Claim 13 A fixture mount assembly comprising: a mount body; one or more fixture anchors associated with the mount body, each of the one or more fixture anchors includes: a fixture port extending into the mount body, the mount body includes a port wall extending around the fixture port, and a fixture clamp within the mount body and recessed from the fixture port, he fixture clamp including a first jaw movable relative to a second jaw; and one or more fixture adapters configured for coupling with the one or more fixture anchors, each of the one or more fixture adapters includes a mount interface and a fixture interface configured for coupling with a corresponding fixture installation footprint of a fixture, and in an installation configuration: the fixture port is configured to receive the mount interface therein, and the fixture clamp is configured to clamp the mount interface between the first and second jaws. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the port wall is configured to laterally support the mount interface in the installation configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the fixture clamp includes a clamp operator configured to move the first jaw toward the second jaw and clamp the mount interface between the first and second jaws. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the fixture clamp is configured to translationally lock the mounting interface in the installation configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the second jaw is positioned on one or more adapter rails extending from the fixture port. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the second jaw is interposed between the fixture port and a fixture stop, the fixture stop configured intercept the mount interface in the installation configuration. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the one or more fixture anchors includes a plurality of fixture anchors positioned around the mount body. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The fixture mount assembly of claim 19, wherein one or more of the fixture ports of the plurality of fixture anchors includes a port plug configured to close the fixture port. ### Claim 21 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the mount body includes a body cover, the body cover conceals a wiring cavity within the mount body. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13 comprising an instrument port extending through the mount body. ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13 comprising a grasping clamp coupled with mount body, the grasping clamp includes: at least two opposed engagement faces, and at least one fastener coupled between the at least two opposed engagement faces, the at least one fastener configured to move the at least two opposed engagement faces toward and away from each other. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The fixture mount assembly of claim 23 comprising one or more support inserts coupled along one or more of the at least two opposed engagement faces, the one or more support inserts correspond the shape of one or more of the at least two opposed engagement faces to the shape of a support. ### Claim 25 (depends on 13) The fixture mount assembly of claim 13, wherein the one or more fixture adapters includes at least first and second fixture adapters and the fixture installation footprint includes first and second fixture installation footprints: the first fixture adapter includes a first fixture interface haying a first fixture footprint corresponding to a first fixture installation footprint, the second fixture adapter includes a second fixture interface having a second fixture footprint corresponding to a second fixture installation footprint, and the first and second fixture interfaces are different and the corresponding first and second fixture installation footprints are different, and the mounting interfaces of the first and second fixture adapters match and correspond to the port wall.