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US 5,174,647 AGranted
Modular lighting system
OwnerSteven M. Kellyinventor
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A modular electrical wiring systems with pluggable lighting is disclosed including thin variable length, lighted wands, extension cables, accessory options, switching options, and a source of supply cable. Preferred power is economical multi-wire branch circuit with related switching options. One male connector per device locks out undesirable multiple power supply in every component. Lighted wands offer rigid proportional length bodies and flexible, semi-fixed length tolerance adjusting cables to enable proper light dispersement and branching in several directions. Connectors at opposite ends of each wand, and related extension cables, enable close or distant lights to be energized. The female connector version also accepts almost any desired combination of these circuit(s) choosing devices: receptacles, ballasts, other lighting/accessories, and switching devices; all as, and where the user chooses.
In combination with a fluorescent lamp, an electrical circuit element which actively participates in the process of energizing the fluorescent lamp, a relatively rigid enclosure having a first electrical connector fixed thereto at one end thereof for pluggably receiving and making electrical connection with the fluorescent lamp and a second electrical connector fixed thereto at the other end thereof for pluggably connecting to a source of electrical energy, means within the enclosure including the electrical circuit element for supplying electrical energy from the source to the lamp a movable vertical panel having a third electrical connector fixed along the top edge thereof for receiving the second electrical connector, and enclosed relatively rigid raceway, a fourth electrical connector, and a plurality of insulated conductors disposed within the relatively rigid raceway, certain ones of the conductors being electrically connected at one end to the third electrical connector and at the other end to the fourth electrical connector.
A top mounting modular electrical wiring system for upstanding wall panels comprising an elongated raceway adapted to extend along the top edge of a panel, first and second electrical connectors fixed near opposite ends of the raceway, a plurality of insulated electrical conductors disposed within the raceway and electrically connected to the first and second electrical connectors, a lamp receiving electrical connector fixed to the raceway intermediate the first and second electrical connectors, the lamp receiving electrical connector being adapted to receive a lamp by relative movement between the lamp and the lamp receiving electrical connector in a direction generally parallel to the direction of raceway elongation, and a flexible conduit extending from the raceway and having a lamp controlling switch near the remote end thereof.
An electrical energy distribution system having a plurality of elongated relatively rigid power distribution raceways and a plurality of flexible multiconductor cables each having connectors at opposite ends thereof for interconnecting pairs of power distribution raceways, each raceway having connectors at opposite ends adapted to mechanically and electrically mate with corresponding ones of the raceway connectors, at least one of said raceways having an additional connector intermediate the end connectors for receiving and supporting, in a cantilevered manner, an elongated fluorescent lamp assembly.
In combination with an elongated fluorescent electric lamp, a relatively rigid enclosure having a first electrical connector fixed thereto at one end thereof for pluggably receiving and making electrical connection with the electric lamp, and a second electrical connector fixed thereto at the other end thereof for pluggably connecting to a source of electrical energy, the enclosure having an electrical outlet accessible intermediate the first and second electrical connectors, and means within the enclosure including an electrical circuit element which actively participates in the process of energizing the fluorescent lamp for supplying electrical energy from the source to the lamp.
The combination of claim 22 further comprising a movable vertical panel having a third electrical connector fixed along the top edge thereof for receiving the second electrical connector, wherein the electric lamp is a lamp mounted on a side of the panel near the top edge thereof.
A top mounting modular electrical wiring system for upstanding wall panels comprising an elongated raceway adapted to extend along the top edge of a panel, first and second electrical connectors fixed near opposite ends of the raceway, a plurality of insulated electrical conductors disposed within the raceway and electrically connected to the first and second electrical connectors, a lamp receiving electrical connector fixed to the raceway, a lamp connected to the lamp receiving electrical connector and located near the top edge of the panel, and a flexible conduit extending downwardly from the raceway and having a circuit component near the remote end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.