Modular wireless modules for light fixtures
AssigneeABL IP Holding LLC
InventorsMohammad Bani Hani, Yan Rodriguez
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Abstract
A light fixture includes a housing containing a light engine, and a wireless baffle module. The wireless baffle module includes a baffle coupled to the housing and used for focusing light emitted from the light engine. The wireless baffle module further includes a wireless printed circuit board assembly coupled to an antenna. The wireless printed circuit board assembly receives and processes wireless signals from the antenna, and sends control signals to the light engine based on the wireless signals. The wireless baffle module may be coupled to a lighting system with an existing non-wireless module, or be used to replace a wireless baffle module with the same or different wireless protocol.
Claims20
A light fixture comprising:
- a housing comprising an upper compartment and a lower compartment;
- a baffle configured to couple to the housing, wherein the baffle comprises a concave exterior surface configured to focus light generated by the light fixture, and a convex interior surface opposite the concave exterior surface;
- a wireless printed circuit board assembly disposed within the upper compartment;
- and
- an antenna electrically coupled to the wireless printed circuit board assembly, the antenna coupled to or integrally formed with the baffle,
- wherein the wireless printed circuit board assembly is configured to be electrically connected to electronics of the light fixture in order to send control signals based on wireless signals received by the antenna.
A method of assembling a light fixture, the method comprising:
- providing a housing comprising an upper compartment and a lower compartment, a light engine provided within the housing, a baffle, a wireless printed circuit board assembly, and an antenna coupled to or integrally formed with the baffle;
- disposing the wireless printed circuit board assembly within the upper compartment of the housing;
- electrically coupling the wireless printed circuit board assembly to the light engine;
- coupling the baffle to the housing;
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- electrically coupling the antenna to the wireless printed circuit board assembly.
A light fixture, comprising:
- a housing comprising an upper compartment and a lower compartment;
- a light engine positioned within the lower compartment, wherein the light engine is configured to emit light;
- a wireless printed circuit board assembly disposed within the upper compartment;
- an antenna electrically coupled to the wireless printed circuit board assembly, wherein the wireless printed circuit board assembly is configured to be electrically connected to the light engine to send control signals based on wireless signals received by the antenna;
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- a baffle coupled to the lower compartment, wherein the baffle comprises a concave exterior surface configured to focus the light emitted from the light engine, wherein the antenna is coupled to or integrally formed with the baffle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.