Modular lighting installation platform
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsMathias Bullmer, Travis Johnson, James Richard Christ
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Abstract
A modular lighting installation platform includes a home base unit that is configured to be used as a junction box. The home base unit includes a housing that defines a cavity. The cavity houses circuitry that configured to convert a high voltage AC input power to a low voltage DC output power. The home base unit also includes an output port that is configured to removably couple at least one of a light fixture and an accessory to the home base unit via a low voltage cable to provide the low voltage DC output power to the at least one of a light fixture and an accessory.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a home base unit that comprises a housing that defines a cavity;
- circuitry that is disposed in the cavity defined by the housing of the home base unit and configured to convert a high voltage AC input power to a low voltage DC output power;
- and
- an output port formed in the housing of the home base unit and configured to provide the low voltage DC output power via a low voltage cable to at least one of a light fixture and an accessory,
- wherein when a junction box is absent, the home base unit is configured to act as a code compliant junction box, and wherein the home base unit is configured to be coupled to a main power supply via an electrical wiring cable from the main power supply.
A system comprising:
- a home base unit that comprises a housing having a base member, a front cover, and a back cover, the base member defining a cavity;
- circuitry that is disposed in the cavity defined by the base member of the housing and configured to convert a high voltage AC input power to a low voltage DC output power;
- and
- an output port formed in the housing of the home base unit and configured to provide the low voltage DC output power via a low voltage cable to at least one of a light fixture and an accessory;
- wherein the front cover is coupled to one side of the base member;
- and
- wherein the back cover is coupled to an opposite side of the base member and comprises a plurality of mounting apertures that provide different mounting options.
A home base unit comprising:
- a front cover comprising:
- a front wall;
- a sidewall that is substantially perpendicular to the front wall and that extends along a perimeter of the front wall;
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- at least one knockout that is formed in the sidewall;
- a back cover comprising a plurality of mounting apertures;
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- a base member that is coupled to the back cover on one side and the front cover on an opposite side such that the base member is disposed in between the front cover and the back cover, the base member comprising:
- a cavity;
- circuitry that is disposed in the cavity and configured to convert a high voltage AC input power to a low voltage DC output power;
- and
- an output port formed therein and configured to provide the low voltage DC output power via a low voltage cable to at least one of a light fixture and an accessory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.