Connection device for a luminaire
AssigneeSchneider Electric Industries SAS
InventorsGilles Pettinotto, Michel Dalbe, Michael Jonsson
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Abstract
A connection device for a luminaire includes a housing that is intended for installation in a mounting space in a wall of a premises, this device including a connection socket for a luminaire and a connection zone for connection to an electrical network. The housing forms an interior volume inside which members for supplying the luminaire with electrical power, members for connection between the connection socket for the luminaire and the connection zone for connection to the electrical network and a system for control and communication with a unit external to the connection device are incorporated.
Claims6
A connection device for a luminaire, comprising:
- a housing that is intended for installation in a mounting space in a wall of a premises, said device comprising a connection socket for a luminaire and a connection zone for connection to an electrical network, wherein the housing forms an interior volume inside which members for supplying the luminaire with electrical power, members for connection between the connection socket for the luminaire and the connection zone for connection to the electrical network and a system for control and communication with a unit external to the connection device are incorporated,
- wherein the system for control and communication comprises a radiofrequency communication antenna, wherein the device includes a front face that is rigidly connected to the housing and configured to protrude out of the mounting space, and wherein the antenna is installed in a zone of the device that is located in a volume delimited by the front face and protrudes out of the mounting space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.