# US 10,771,061 B2 · Methods for using a pre-mount chassis to install an intelligent lighting control system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,061 B2 - Document ID: US10771061B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/644,480 - Filed: 2017-07-07 - Published: 2018-01-11 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-09 - Assignees: Racepoint Energy, LLC - Applicants: Racepoint Energy, LLC - Inventors: William Lark, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771061B2 ## CPC - H03K 17/96: Touch switches (specially adapted for electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G21/08) - F21V 15/01: Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04}) - F21V 17/10: characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening (F21V17/02 - F21V17/08 take precedence) - H02G 3/18: providing line outlets - H05B 41/36: Controlling - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - H05B 47/1975: {Gesture control} - H05B 47/199: {Commissioning of light sources} - Y02B 20/40: Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## Abstract The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system include a pre-mount chassis system. The methods include attaching a chassis to an electrical wall box, the chassis comprising at least one hook extending in an upward direction and at least one opening, the at least one hook positioned along a peripheral portion of the at least one opening. The methods include hanging a base module from the at least one hook in the chassis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of using a chassis to install a lighting control system comprising: attaching the chassis to an electrical wall box, the chassis having at least one hook extending in an upward direction and at least one opening, the at least one hook positioned along a peripheral portion of the at least one opening; hanging a base module of the lighting control system from the at least one hook in the chassis, the base module including, a base housing forming a well and including a first electrical connector positioned in the well, the first electrical connector connected to a power circuit that is configured to receive current from an alternating current (A.C.) power supply and is configured for electrical coupling with a lighting circuit of a light fixture; coupling a plurality of base module wires extending from the base module to a plurality of electrical wall box wires extending from the electrical wall box contemporaneously with the base module hanging from the at least one hook, the coupled wires configured to connect the A.C. power supply to the base module; removing the base module from the at least one hook after connecting the plurality of base module wires to the plurality of electrical wall box wires; and nesting the base module into the electrical wall box such that the well extends through the opening in the chassis and into the electrical wall box, wherein nesting includes engaging the at least one opening in the base module with the at least one hook. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein hanging the base module from the hook comprises hanging the base module below the at least one opening in the chassis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hook creates a vertical slot for a slide-lock engagement with the hanging base module, the slide-lock engagement configured to prevent the hook from tilting via parallel surfaces of the base module and chassis coplanar engagement with one another. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein hanging the base module further comprises hanging the base module from a pair of hooks. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein the base module comprises at least four openings and the chassis comprises at least four hooks and wherein the base module is configured to hang from two openings positioned at a top portion of the chassis engaging the pair of hooks positioned at a bottom portion of the chassis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein attaching the chassis to the electrical wall box further comprises attaching the chassis to the electrical wall box via screws. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein engaging the at least one opening in the base module with the at least one hook further comprises a snap fit engagement of the at least one opening in the base module with the at least one hook. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one hook is configured for snap fit engagement with the at least one opening in the base module nested into the electrical wall box and is further configured for a loose engagement with the at least one opening in the base module in the hanging configuration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein engaging the at least one opening in the base module with the at least one hook further comprises engaging the chassis without a screw fastener. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising attaching a wall plate to the chassis over the base module, whereby the base module is positioned between the chassis and the wall plate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, further comprising nesting a light control module in the base module, the light control module including: a module housing, a second electrical connector configured for engagement with and electrically coupling to the first electrical connector of the base module when nested, and a switch control circuit positioned in the module housing and including a controller configured to modulate a flow of electrical energy to the lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes, the switch control circuit electrically connected to the second electrical connector.