Twist-lock light control module for a light fixture
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorsChristopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller
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Abstract
A twist lock receptacle assembly includes a connector housing having power contact channels at a top and power wire openings at a bottom receiving poke-in power wires. The twist lock receptacle assembly includes twist-lock power contacts having rotate-to-mate interfaces connected to the sensor power contacts of a sensor module. The power contacts have wire termination pads electrically connected to the poke-in power wires when poked into the power wire openings and power contact wire pushers in the connector housing having spring beams configured to engage the poke-in power wires to mechanically and electrically connect the poke-in power wires to the wire termination pads.
Claims19
A twist lock receptacle assembly comprising:
- a connector housing having a sidewall between a top and a bottom of the connector housing, the connector housing having power contact channels open at the top to receive sensor power contacts of a sensor module, the connector housing including power wire openings at the bottom associated with the power contact channels extending along channel axes, the power wire openings configured to receive poke-in power wires, the connector housing including signal contact channels extending along signal channel axes and signal wire openings at the bottom associated with the signal contact channels configured to receive poke-in signal wires;
- twist-lock power contacts received in the power contact channels, the twist-lock power contacts having rotate-to-mate interfaces at mating ends of the twist-lock power contacts configured to be connected to the sensor power contacts;
- the twist-lock power contacts including wire termination pads at terminating ends of the twist-lock power contacts extending parallel to the channel axes and configured to be electrically connected to the poke-in power wires when poked into the power wire openings;
- power contact wire pushers in the connector housing, the power contact wire pushers having spring beams extending transverse to the channel axes to distal ends, the distal ends of the spring beams facing the wire terminal pads and configured to engage the poke-in power wires to mechanically and electrically connect the poke-in power wires to the wire termination pads;
- signal contacts received in the signal contact channels, the signal contacts having mating interfaces at mating ends of the signal contacts configured to be connected to sensor signal contacts of the sensor module, the signal contacts including wire termination pads at terminating ends of the signal contacts extending parallel to the signal channel axes and configured to be electrically connected to the poke-in signal wires when poked into the signal wire openings;
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- signal contact wire pushers in the connector housing, the signal contact wire pushers having spring beams configured to engage the poke-in signal wires to mechanically and electrically connect the poke-in signal wires to the wire termination pads of the signal contacts.
A twist lock receptacle assembly comprising:
- a connector housing having a sidewall between a top and a bottom of the connector housing, the connector housing having power contact channels open at the top to receive sensor power contacts of a sensor module, the connector housing including power wire openings at the bottom associated with the power contact channels, the power wire openings configured to receive poke-in power wires, the connector housing having signal contact channels, the connector housing including signal wire openings at the bottom associated with the signal contact channels, the signal wire openings configured to receive poke-in signal wires;
- twist-lock power contacts received in the power contact channels, the twist-lock power contacts having rotate-to-mate interfaces at mating ends of the twist-lock power contacts configured to be connected to the sensor power contacts;
- the twist-lock power contacts including wire termination pads at terminating ends of the twist-lock power contacts configured to be electrically connected to the poke-in power wires when poked into the power wire openings;
- power contact wire pushers in the connector housing, the power contact wire pushers having spring beams configured to engage the poke-in power wires to mechanically and electrically connect the poke-in power wires to the wire termination pads of the poke-in power contacts;
- signal contacts received in the signal contact channels, the signal contacts having mating interfaces at mating ends of the signal contacts configured to be connected to sensor signal contacts of the sensor module, the signal contacts including wire termination pads at terminating ends of the signal contacts configured to be electrically connected to the poke-in signal wires when poked into the signal wire openings;
- signal contact wire pushers in the connector housing, the signal contact wire pushers having spring beams configured to engage the poke-in signal wires to mechanically and electrically connect the poke-in signal wires to the wire termination pads of the signal contacts.
A light control module comprising:
- a sensor module having a sensor module housing and a sensor element held by the sensor module housing for sensing an environmental characteristic exterior of the sensor module, the sensor module including twist-lock power contacts held by the sensor module housing and extending from a mating interface of the sensor module housing, the connector housing including signal contact channels and signal wire openings at the bottom associated with the signal contact channels configured to receive poke-in signal wires;
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- a twist lock receptacle assembly coupled to the sensor module at the mating interface, the twist lock receptacle assembly comprising:
- a connector housing having a sidewall between a top and a bottom of the connector housing, the connector housing having power contact channels open at the top to receive sensor power contacts of a sensor module, the connector housing including power wire openings at the bottom associated with the power contact channels extending along channel axes, the power wire openings configured to receive poke-in power wires;
- twist-lock power contacts received in the power contact channels, the twist-lock power contacts having rotate-to-mate interfaces at mating ends of the twist-lock power contacts connected to the sensor power contacts;
- the twist-lock power contacts including wire termination pads at terminating ends of the twist-lock power contacts extending parallel to the channel axes and configured to be electrically connected to the poke-in power wires when poked into the power wire openings;
- power contact wire pushers in the connector housing, the power contact wire pushers having spring beams extending transverse to the channel axes to distal ends, the distal ends of the spring beams facing the wire terminal pads and configured to engage the poke-in power wires to mechanically and electrically connect the poke-in power wires to the wire termination pads;
- signal contacts received in the signal contact channels, the signal contacts having mating interfaces at mating ends of the signal contacts configured to be connected to sensor signal contacts of the sensor module, the signal contacts including wire termination pads at terminating ends of the signal contacts configured to be electrically connected to the poke-in signal wires when poked into the signal wire openings;
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- signal contact wire pushers in the connector housing, the signal contact wire pushers having spring beams configured to engage the poke-in signal wires to mechanically and electrically connect the poke-in signal wires to the wire termination pads of the signal contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.