# US 11,306,910 B1 · Electric lighting system with removably couplable power device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,306,910 B1 - Document ID: US11306910B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/125,450 - Filed: 2020-12-17 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-17 - Assignees: Voltra Lighting Ltd. - Applicants: Voltra Lighting Ltd. - Inventors: Baptiste Robin Guedez; Timothy James Alexander Ross - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306910B1 ## CPC - F21V 23/06: the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} - F21L 4/08: characterised by means for in situ recharging of the batteries or cells - F21S 6/00: Lighting devices intended to be free-standing (F21S9/00, F21S10/00, {F21S13/12} take precedence {lighting devices specially adapted to be transported from place to place, e.g. lighting devices carried on wheeled supports F21L; details of supports for lighting devices F21V21/00}) - F21V 17/002: {with provision for interchangeability, i.e. component parts being especially adapted to be replaced by another part with the same or a different function (F21V17/10 takes precedence)} - F21V 17/105: {using magnets} - F21V 21/06: Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases (F21V21/08 takes precedence) - H05B 45/10: Controlling the intensity of the light - F21S 9/02: the power supply being a battery or accumulator - F21Y 2105/10: comprising a two-dimensional [2D] array of point-like light-generating elements - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21L: LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF, BEING PORTABLE OR SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR TRANSPORTATION - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract An example electric lighting system includes a lighting device that includes a housing including a lighting element and a power device holding portion. The power device holding portion includes a cavity. The cavity includes a first and a second electrical contact disposed within the cavity. The power device includes a third and a fourth electrical contact. The power device includes a coupling component. The coupling component is removably couplable to the power device holding portion such that an electrical communication is established when the power device is inserted into the cavity at any rotational position relative to the lighting device about a shared central axis. The power device is operable to power the lighting device through the electrical communication. The electrical communication is established between the first electrical contact and the third electrical contact and between the second electrical contact and the fourth electrical contact. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric lighting system comprising: a lighting device comprising: a housing including a lighting element and a power device holding portion, the power device holding portion including a cavity; a first electrical contact disposed within the cavity; and a second electrical contact disposed within the cavity; and a power device operable to be inserted into the cavity when the lighting device is lowered onto the power device, the power device comprising: a third electrical contact; a fourth electrical contact; and a coupling component, the coupling component removably couplable to the power device holding portion such that an electrical communication is established when the power device is inserted into the cavity at any rotational position relative to the lighting device about a shared central axis, the power device operable to power the lighting device through the electrical communication, the electrical communication established between the first electrical contact and the third electrical contact and between the second electrical contact and the fourth electrical contact. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, wherein: the third electrical contact is operable to engage the first electrical contact at any rotational position of the power device relative to the lighting device about the shared central axis; and the fourth electrical contact is operable to engage the second electrical contact at any rotational position of the power device relative to the lighting device about the shared central axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electric lighting system of claim 2, wherein the first electrical contact encircles the second electrical contact and the third electrical contact encircles the fourth electrical contact. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, wherein: the power device holding portion comprises a lighting device magnet disposed within the cavity; and the coupling component comprises a power device magnet positioned to engage with the lighting device magnet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electric lighting system of claim 4, wherein the lighting device magnet and the power device magnet are configured such that the power device is self-orienting with respect to the lighting device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, wherein: the power device holding portion comprises a plurality of lighting device magnets within the cavity; and the power device comprises a plurality of power device magnets positioned to engage with the plurality of lighting device magnets. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, wherein the power device provides a base for the lighting device when the coupling component is removably coupled to the lighting device such that the lighting device is operable to stand upright on the power device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, further comprising a charger removably couplable to a bottom portion of the power device, wherein the charger provides a base for the power device when the charger is removably coupled to the power device such that the power device is operable to stand upright on the charger. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, wherein the power device comprises a controller operable to adjust the brightness of the lighting element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, wherein: the power device comprises a controller; the lighting element comprises an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs); and the controller is operable to independently adjust the brightness of each of the array of LEDs. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electric lighting system of claim 1, wherein the lighting device comprises a controller operable to adjust the brightness of the lighting element. ### Claim 12 An electric lighting system comprising: a plurality of lighting devices comprising: a first lighting device having a first shape, the first lighting device comprising a first housing including a first lighting element and a first power device holding portion, the first power device holding portion comprising a first universally sized and shaped cavity; and a second lighting device having a second shape, the second lighting device comprising a second housing including a second lighting element and a second power device holding portion, the second power device holding portion comprising a second universally sized and shaped cavity; and a universally sized and shaped power device comprising a coupling component, wherein: the power device is operable to be inserted into the first universally sized and shaped cavity when the first lighting device is lowered onto the power device; the power device is operable to be inserted into the second universally sized and shaped cavity when the second lighting device is lowered onto the power device, the power device; the coupling component is removably couplable to the first power device holding portion such that a first electrical communication is established when the power device is inserted into the first universally sized and shaped cavity at any rotational position relative to the first lighting device about a first shared central axis; and the coupling component is removably couplable to the second power device holding portion such that a second electrical communication is established when the power device is inserted into the second universally sized and shaped cavity at any rotational position relative to the second lighting device about a second shared central axis. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electric lighting system of claim 12, wherein: the first power device holding portion comprises a first lighting device magnet disposed within the first universally sized and shaped cavity; the second power device holding portion comprises a second lighting device magnet disposed within the second universally sized and shaped cavity; and the coupling component comprises a power device magnet positioned to engage with the first lighting device magnet and the second lighting device magnet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The electric lighting system of claim 12, wherein: the first lighting device is a downward projecting illuminator comprising the first lighting element and a top portion, the first lighting element mounted within the top portion; and the second lighting device is an upward projecting illuminator comprising the second lighting element and a bottom portion, the second lighting element mounted within the bottom portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electric lighting system of claim 14, wherein: the power device provides a base for the first lighting device when the coupling component is removably coupled to the first lighting device such that the first lighting device is operable to stand upright on the power device; and the power device provides a base for the second lighting device when the coupling component is removably coupled to the second lighting device such that the second lighting device is operable to stand upright on the power device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The electric lighting system of claim 12, wherein: the first lighting device comprises a first electrical contact; the second lighting device comprises a second electrical contact; the power device comprises a third electrical contact; the third electrical contact is operable to engage the first electrical contact at any rotational position of the power device relative to the first lighting device about a shared central axis of the first lighting device and the power device; and the third electrical contact is operable to engage the second electrical contact at any rotational position of the power device relative to the second lighting device about a shared central axis of the second lighting device and the power device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The electric lighting system of claim 12, further comprising a charger removably couplable to a bottom portion of the power device, wherein: the charger charges the power device; and the charger provides a base for the power device when the charger is removably coupled to the power device such that the power device is operable to stand upright on the charger. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The electric lighting system of claim 12, wherein: the first lighting device is operable to receive electrical power from the power device through electrical communication with the power device; and the second lighting device is operable to receive electrical power from the power device through electrical communication with the power device; and the power device comprises a controller, the controller operable to adjust the brightness of the first lighting element and the second lighting element. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The electric lighting system of claim 12, wherein: the first lighting device comprises a controller; the first lighting element comprises an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs); and the controller is operable to independently adjust the brightness of each of the array of LEDs. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The electric lighting system of claim 12, wherein the first lighting device comprises a first controller, the first controller operable to adjust the brightness of the first lighting element.