US 12,747,839 B2Granted

Modular, recessed lighting system

AssigneeTech Lighting LLC

InventorsSean Lavin, Richard Kim

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Abstract

A modular lighting system adapted to be installed in and illuminate an environment. The lighting system includes a first light fixture including a first canopy assembly adapted to engage a desired surface in the environment, a first light-emitting diode (LED) module, and a second LED module. The first LED module has a first connector assembly configured to mechanically and electrically connect the first LED module to the first light fixture via the first canopy assembly, the second connector assembly is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the second LED module to the first LED module, and the first LED module is interchangeable with a third LED module including a third connector assembly configured to mechanically and electrically connect the third LED module to both the second LED module and the first light fixture via the first canopy assembly.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A light-emitting diode (LED) module for use in a modular lighting system installed in an environment, the LED module configured to illuminate the environment and comprising:

a housing;
a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the housing;
a first LED disposed on the first PCB and configured to emit light;
a connector assembly extending through the housing, the connector assembly adapted to removably, mechanically, and electrically connect the LED module to another LED module or a light fixture in the modular lighting system,
wherein the connector assembly comprises a first connector sub-assembly and a second connector sub-assembly electrically connected to the first connector sub-assembly, the first connector sub-assembly extending outward from the first end of the housing, and the second connector sub-assembly extending outward from the second end of the housing, and
wherein each of the first and second connector sub-assemblies comprises an annular base, a first connector extending outward from the annular base along a first axis, and a second connector extending outward from the annular base along a second axis different from the first axis,
wherein each of the first and second connector sub-assemblies further comprises a canopy stem, a collar, and a ring, wherein the annular base is disposed within the collar and the ring is removably coupled to the collar such that the first and second connectors extend outward from the ring.

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A modular lighting system adapted to be installed in an environment, the modular lighting system configured to illuminate the environment and comprising:

a first light-emitting diode (LED) module comprising a first housing, a first LED carried by the first housing and configured to emit light into the environment, and a first connector assembly extending through and outward from an end of the first housing;
and
a second LED module comprising a second housing, a second LED carried by the second housing and configured to emit light into the environment, and a second connector assembly extending through and outward from an end of the second housing,
wherein the first connector assembly is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the first LED module to a first light fixture of the modular lighting system,
wherein the second connector assembly is configured to mechanically and electrically connect the second LED module to the first LED module,
wherein the first LED module is interchangeable with a third LED module comprising a third connector assembly configured to mechanically and electrically connect the third LED module to both the second LED module and the first light fixture,
wherein each of the first and second connector assemblies comprises a first connector sub-assembly and a second connector sub-assembly, the first connector sub-assemblies extending outward from a first end of the first and second housings, respectively, and the second connector sub-assemblies extending outward from a second end of the first and second housings, respectively,
wherein each of the first and second connector sub-assemblies comprises a first connector extending along a first axis and a second connector extending along a second axis different from the first axis, and
wherein the first and second connector assemblies extend entirely through the first and second housings, respectively.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/907,168Filed 4 Oct 2024 · continuation
Priority: 29 Jul 2021
Published: US 2025/0027622 A123 Jan 2025
Granted: 29 Sep 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

F21S 2/005
Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction: of modular construction
F21V 3/02
Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses: characterised by the shape
F21V 23/06
Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices: the elements being coupling devices , e.g. connectors
H01R 33/94
Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection…

Family

Application17/388,893Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jul 2021
Application17/976,404Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Oct 2022
US 11,486,553 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Nov 2022
US 2025/0027622 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Jan 2025
US 12,123,559 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2023/0051946 A1Published application
US 12,747,839 B2This patent

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