# US 12,222,084 B2 · Lighting junction box > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,222,084 B2 - Document ID: US12222084B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/725,386 - Filed: 2022-04-20 - Published: 2022-08-04 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-13 - Assignees: AMP Plus, Inc. - Applicants: Brandon Cohen - Inventors: Brandon Cohen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12222084B2 ## CPC - F21S 8/026: {intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling} - H02G 3/123: {in thin walls} - F21V 21/047: {Mounting arrangements with fastening means engaging the inner surface of a hole in a ceiling or wall, e.g. for solid walls or for blind holes} - H02G 3/081: {Bases, casings or covers} - H02G 3/20: Ceiling roses {or other lighting sets} - F21V 21/03: Ceiling bases, e.g. ceiling roses (F21V21/04 takes precedence) - H02G 3/085: {including knock-out or tear-out sections} - H02G 3/381: {in ceilings} - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A lighting-junction-box-assembly-for-remodel (assembly) has a lighting-junction-box, leg-springs attached to the lighting-junction-box, and mounting-tabs attached to the lighting-junction-box. The leg-springs are used to (temporarily) hold (by friction) the assembly within a hole in an existing ceiling, sized to fit the assembly. While the leg-springs are (temporarily) holding the assembly within the hole in the existing ceiling, other/different holes within extension-portions of the mounting-tabs are used to secure the entire assembly to the existing ceiling, via mechanical fasteners passing through the extension-portion holes and into the existing ceiling. An existing ceiling may be retrofitted with this assembly to have a lighting-junction-box where desired/needed in that existing ceiling; and as such, this assembly is particularly useful in remodeling situations (applications); however, the assembly may also be used in new construction. The assembly may also include a second junction-box to offload some of the circuitry that would otherwise be included within a lighting can. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An assembly for lighting configured for installation into a ceiling, wherein the assembly comprises: a lighting-junction-box that is configured for at least housing at least one light source within a cavity of the lighting-junction-box, wherein the lighting-junction-box comprises a sidewall that is cylindrical, wherein the sidewall surround sides of the cavity; at least two springs attached to the lighting-junction-box at a bottom exterior of the sidewall, wherein each of the at least two springs has a distal end that points away from the sidewall of the lighting-junction-box, but wherein the distal end does at least partially point upwards from a bottom of the lighting-junction-box towards a top of lighting-junction-box, wherein each of the at least two springs is configured to frictionally engage interior sides of a hole within the ceiling, wherein that hole is sized to fit at least most of the lighting-junction-box within an inside diameter of that hole; and at least two mounting-tabs attached to the lighting-junction-box at the bottom exterior of the sidewall, wherein each of the at least two mounting-tabs has an extension-portion that points away from the lighting-junction-box, wherein each of the at least two mounting-tabs is configured for facilitating attachment of the lighting-junction-box to the ceiling; wherein the distal ends of the at least two springs and the extension-portions of the at least two mounting-tabs all point in different directions from each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least two springs comprises an elongate-leg-portion that is longer than wide and wider than thick, and wherein the elongate-leg-portion terminates at the distal-end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the elongate-leg-portion has an overall length that is not parallel nor orthogonal with an axial-centerline of the lighting-junction-box, when the elongate-leg-portion is in a default resting relaxed configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the elongate-leg-portion has a predetermined rigidity that is configured to be temporarily squeezed into a squeezed configuration towards the sidewall of the lighting-junction-box and when not being squeezed the elongate-leg-portion is in a default resting relaxed configuration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The assembly according to claim 4, wherein when both of the elongate-leg-portions are in the squeezed configuration, the assembly is configured to fit at least mostly within the hole in the ceiling. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least two springs comprises a complementary-mounting-portion that is attached to the bottom exterior of the sidewall of the lighting-junction-box. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The assembly according to claim 6, wherein the two complementary-mounting-portions are oppositely disposed from each other on the bottom exterior of the sidewall of the lighting-junction-box. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the extension-portion extends orthogonally away from an axial-centerline of the lighting-junction-box. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least two mounting-tabs comprises a complementary-mounting-portion that is attached to the bottom exterior of the sidewall of the lighting-junction-box. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The lighting-junction-box-assembly according to claim 9, wherein the two complementary-mounting-portions are oppositely disposed from each other on the bottom exterior of the sidewall of the lighting-junction-box. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the extension-portion comprises at least one through-hole, wherein the at least one through-hole is configured to receive a mechanical fastener for attaching the extension-portion to the ceiling. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein a spring selected from the at least two springs and a mounting-tab selected from the at least two mounting-tabs are adjacent to each other and separated from each other by ninety (90) degrees along the bottom exterior of the sidewall of the lighting-junction-box. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least two springs comprises an elongate-leg-portion that is longer than the extension-portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the lighting-junction-box comprises a lid that is attached to a top of the sidewall; wherein the lid and the sidewall together at least mostly circumscribe the cavity around all boundaries of the cavity except at the bottom of the lighting-junction-box; wherein the lid and the sidewall are at least mostly solid closed structures; wherein the bottom of the lighting-junction-box is at least mostly open providing access to the cavity. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the assembly further comprises a second junction-box that is separate and distinct from the lighting-junction-box; wherein the second junction-box and the lighting-junction-box are attached to each other by a finite length of conduit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The assembly according to claim 15, wherein both the second junction-box and the lighting-junction-box are installed above the ceiling. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The assembly according to claim 15, wherein the second junction-box is configured to house at least some circuitry that would have been housed in the lighting-junction-box if the second junction-box was not present. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The assembly according to claim 17, wherein when the second junction-box houses the at least some circuitry, then circuitry remaining within the cavity of the lighting-junction-box has more room and is better able to dissipate heat generated during electrical activation of the circuitry, wherein the circuitry comprises the at least one light source.