Lighting system
AssigneeContemporary Visions, LLC
InventorsRobert A. Sonneman, Christian N. Garnett
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Abstract
A lighting system may include a plurality of suspenders and a beam configured to provide light in at least one direction. The suspenders may structurally support the beam from a ceiling and may provide electrical power and dimming control signals to the beam. The beam may include a plurality of light engines for emitting light. The light engines may be single sided or dual sided, and may transmit electrical power among each other. The dual sided light engines may emit light upwardly and downwardly from the beam, and the single sided light engines may emit light downwardly.
Claims22
A lighting system, comprising:
- a first beam including a first set of light sources and a second set of light sources configured to generate light;
- a second beam configured to generate light;
- a plurality of suspenders configured to suspend the first and second beams from a supporting structure;
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- a plurality of connectors connecting the first beam and the second beam with the plurality of suspenders for suspending the first beam and the second beam from the supporting structure with a first connector of the plurality of connectors structurally and electrically connecting the first beam and the second beam to each other,
- wherein the first beam further includes a first driving circuit electrically connected to the first set of light sources and configured to drive the first set of light sources, a first power cable electrically connected to the first driving circuit that is configured to provide electrical power to the first driving circuit, a second driving circuit electrically connected to the second set of light sources and configured to drive the second set of light sources and a second power cable electrically connected to the second driving circuit that is configured to provide electrical power to the second driving circuit with the first power cable and the second power cable being electrically connected to one or more external power sources to transmit electrical power to the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit.
A lighting system, comprising:
- a plurality of beams configured to emit light;
- a plurality of connectors selectively connected to end portions of the beams, at least one of the connectors electrically and structurally connecting at least two of the beams to one another;
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- a plurality of suspenders, wherein each of the suspenders is connected to a respective one of the connectors and to a supporting structure for suspending the beams from the supporting structure,
- wherein each of the beams includes a first set of light sources, a first driving circuit electrically connected to the first set of light sources and configured to drive the first set of light sources, and a first cable electrically connected to the first driving circuit and configured to transmit electrical power to the first driving circuit for driving the first set of light sources,
- wherein a first connector electrically and structurally connects a first beam to at least one other beam,
- wherein the first connector includes a first set of wires which electrically connect the first cable of the first beam to the first cable of each of the other beams connected to the first connector such that, when the first cable of any of the beams connected to the first connector is electrically connected to an external power source, electricity from the external power source is transmitted to the first cable of each of the beams connected to the first connector through the first set of wires of the first connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.