Light fixture with removable driver enclosure
AssigneeProgress Lighting, LLC
InventorsLuis Morales, Anthony Sinphay
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Abstract
A light fixture includes a housing for supporting a light source and an enclosure for supporting a driver in electrical communication with the light source. The enclosure is selectively supported in one of a first position and a second position while maintaining electrical communication between the driver and the light source in both positions. The enclosure is directly coupled to the housing in the first position, and the enclosure is supported separately from the housing in the second position.
Claims20
A light fixture comprising:
- a housing supporting a light emitter;
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- an enclosure supporting a driver in electrical communication with the light emitter, the enclosure selectively supported in each of a first position and a second position while maintaining electrical communication between the driver and the light emitter in both the first position and the second position, the enclosure being directly coupled to the housing in the first position, and the enclosure being supported separately from the housing in the second position;
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- at least one mounting opening configured to facilitate directly coupling the enclosure to the housing while the enclosure is in the first position and to facilitate coupling the enclosure to a support structure while the enclosure is in the second position, the at least one mounting opening configured to engage a biased retention spring.
A light fixture comprising:
- a housing including a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the housing coupled to a first support structure and supporting a light emitter;
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- an enclosure supporting a driver in electrical communication with the light emitter, the enclosure selectively supported in each of a first position and a second position while maintaining electrical communication between the driver and the light emitter in each position, the enclosure being directly coupled to the housing in the first position, and the enclosure being directly coupled to a second support structure separately from and independently of the housing in the second position, the enclosure including at least one mounting opening directly coupling the enclosure to the housing in the first position and coupling the enclosure to the second support structure in the second position, the at least one mounting opening engaging a biased retention spring while the enclosure is in the first position.
A method for installing a light fixture, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether the light fixture may be mounted in a desired location while an enclosure supporting a control driver is directly coupled to a housing;
- if the enclosure cannot be directly coupled to the housing with the fixture in a desired location, mounting the housing in the desired location, and mounting the enclosure in a separate location while maintaining electrical communication between the control driver in the enclosure and a light emitter in the housing;
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- if the enclosure can be directly coupled to the housing with the fixture in a desired location, mounting the housing in the desired location with the enclosure directly coupled to the housing, the enclosure including a mounting opening configured to engage a biased retention spring on the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.