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US 10,502,397 B1Granted
Replaceable baffles for light fixtures
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorJohn Bowen
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Abstract
A light fixture can include a housing having at least one housing wall having an inner surface that forms a cavity, where the inner surface of the at least one housing wall has at least one baffle coupling feature disposed thereon. The light fixture can also include a baffle removably coupled to the housing, where the baffle includes at least one baffle wall having an outer surface, where the outer surface of the at least one baffle wall has at least one housing coupling feature disposed thereon. The baffle can be coupled to the housing and decoupled from the housing without use of tools.
Claims20
A light fixture comprising:
- a housing comprising at least one housing wall having an inner surface that forms a cavity, wherein the inner surface of the at least one housing wall has at least one baffle coupling feature disposed thereon, wherein the at least one baffle coupling feature comprises at least one slot disposed within the inner surface of the at least one housing wall;
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- a baffle removably coupled to the housing, wherein the baffle comprises at least one baffle wall having an outer surface, wherein the outer surface of the at least one baffle wall has at least one housing coupling feature disposed thereon, wherein the at least one housing coupling feature comprises at least one tab that extends outward from the outer surface of the baffle wall,
- wherein the baffle is coupled to the housing by inserting the at least one tab into an opening of the at least one slot and rotating the baffle in a first direction, and
- wherein the baffle is decoupled from the housing by rotating the baffle in a second direction opposite the first direction and removing the at least one tab from the opening of the at least one slot.
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A baffle for a light fixture, the baffle comprising:
- at least one wall having an inner baffle surface and an outer baffle surface, wherein the inner baffle surface is configured to control effects of light emitted by the light fixture;
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- at least one housing coupling feature disposed on the outer baffle surface of the at least one wall, wherein the at least one housing coupling feature comprises at least one tab that extends outward from the outer baffle surface of the at least one wall,
- wherein the at least one housing coupling feature is configured to detachably couple to at least one baffle coupling feature disposed on an inner housing surface of a housing of the light fixture, wherein the at least one baffle coupling feature comprises at least one slot disposed on the inner housing surface of the housing, wherein the at least one tab couples to the at least one slot by being inserted into an opening of the at least one slot and being rotated in a first direction,
- wherein the at least one housing coupling feature is further configured to decouple from the at least one baffle coupling feature by rotating the at least one tab in a second direction that opposes the first direction and removing the at least one tab from the opening of the at least one slot.
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A housing for a light fixture, the housing comprising:
- at least one wall having an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is configured to receive at least a portion of a baffle of the light fixture, wherein the inner surface of the at least one wall has disposed thereon at least one baffle coupling feature, wherein the at least one baffle coupling feature comprises at least one slot disposed within the inner surface of the at least one wall,
- wherein the at least one baffle coupling feature is configured to detachably couple to at least one housing coupling feature disposed on an outer surface of the baffle of the light fixture, wherein the at least one housing coupling feature comprises at least one tab that extends outward from the outer surface of the baffle, wherein the at least one slot couples to the at least one tab by receiving the at least one tab into an opening of the at least one slot and allowing movement of the at least one tab along the at least one slot in a first direction,
- wherein the at least one baffle coupling feature is further configured to decouple from the at least one housing coupling feature by allowing movement of the at least one tab in a second direction that opposes the first direction toward the opening of the at least one slot so that the at least one tab is removed from the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.