Recessing smart quick connect devices
AssigneeSKYX Platforms Corp.
InventorRan Roland KOHEN
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Abstract
A fixture is sized to be inserted into an electrical junction box having a socket. The fixture has a plug with conductive terminals that are mateable with the socket to connect the fixture to an electrical signal connected to the socket. An end of the fixture with the plug is inserted into the junction box to mate with the socket. A release latch extends from the plug so that an end of the latch is not recessed within the junction box, and can be pushed to release the plug and fixture for removal. The socket is attached to extension arms that are attachable to the junction box, so that the socket can be positioned at the correct height within the box to properly mate with the plug of the fixture after insertion.
Claims20
A device for connecting an electrical fixture with electrical power supply wiring located at or near an electrical junction box positioned such that a face of the electrical junction box is substantially flush with a surface, and for mounting the fixture on the electrical junction box, the device comprising:
- a socket including a socket body having at least one internal cavity therein, the socket configured and dimensioned to be positioned in the electrical junction box and securable to the electrical junction box;
- an electrically conductive contact terminal disposed within the cavity for establishing an electrical connection between the electrical power supply wiring and the socket;
- a plug fixed to the fixture and insertable into the socket, the plug having at least one male connector electrically connected to the fixture and engageable with the contact terminal within the socket to establish a circuit between the electrical fixture and the electrical power wiring;
- and
- a releasable latch carried on the combination of the plug and the socket for releasably securing the plug to the socket,
- wherein the plug and socket are configured and dimensioned such that the fixture is positioned against the surface and at least partially inside the electrical junction box without being positioned within a recessed lighting housing.
A plug for coupling with a socket to form a device for connecting an electrical fixture with electrical power supply wiring located at or near an electrical junction box positioned such that a face of the electrical junction box is substantially flush with a surface, and for mounting the fixture on the electrical junction box, the plug comprising:
- at least one male connector electrically connected to the fixture and engageable with a contact terminal within the socket to establish a circuit between the electrical fixture and the electrical power wiring;
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- a releasable latch carried on the combination of the plug and the socket for releasably mounting the fixture on the support,
- wherein the plug and socket are configured and dimensioned such that the fixture is positioned against the surface without a recessed lighting housing.
A device positionable within an electrical junction box having an open face, the junction box recessed below a work surface, the open face open at the work surface, the device comprising:
- a housing having an exterior periphery sized to be insertable at least partially within the electrical junction box;
- a plug:
- (a) having a body,
- (b) the body affixed to a distal end of the insertable exterior periphery of the housing,
- (c) having a plurality of concentric ring-shaped electrical connectors positioned upon the body to define an insertion face of the plug,
- (d) an elongate centrally disposed barrel defining a longitudinal axis and having at least one transverse channel,
- (e) a pin slidable within the barrel, the pin having at least one radial recess,
- (f) at least one ball disposed within the transverse channel and contactable by the pin, the pin slideable to alternately position the ball adjacent a radial recess and not adjacent a radial recess;
- a lever:
- (i) slideable within the plug along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the barrel,
- (ii) positioned at an end of the pin,
- (iii) having a cam surface contactable with the end of the pin to alternately push the pin to position a radial recess adjacent to a ball and to a position where the radial recess is not adjacent to a ball to thereby push the ball along the transverse channel;
- (iv) extending outside of the plug body to a distance away from the body, and turning to further extend away from the plug in a direction away from the insertion face of the plug,
- (v) the lever pushable to drive the cam surface against the end of the pin,
- (vi) the lever extending beyond the surface of the work so that it may be pushable when the housing is inserted into the junction box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.