Methods and apparatuses for mounting a wireless network component to a fluorescent light

A wireless network component configured for being mounted to a fluorescent lamp comprising:

• a housing containing the wireless network component and including a recess channel for receiving the fluorescent lamp installed within a fluorescent light fixture;
• a support tube configured to be removably attached to at least a portion of the housing;
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• wherein the support tube fits over the fluorescent lamp and attaches to the housing generally above the recess channel so as to suspend the wireless network component below the fluorescent lamp.

A wireless network component configured for being mounted to a fluorescent light comprising:

• a housing containing the wireless network component;
• one or more power coupling pin protruding from one side of the housing and configured to be inserted into a first receptacle within a fluorescent light fixture that would otherwise receive one or more pin of a fluorescent lamp;
• one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector located on an opposite side of the housing and electrically connected to the one or more power coupling pin, wherein the one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector is configured to receive the one or more pin of the fluorescent lamp;
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• wherein the one or more power coupling pin and the one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector are offset relative to each other such that, when the fluorescent lamp is installed between the one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector and a second receptacle of the fluorescent light fixture, the fluorescent lamp is disposed at a non-zero angle relative to its intended axis within the fluorescent light fixture, thereby allowing the installed fluorescent lamp to have a length substantially equal to the distance between the first receptacle and the second receptacle.

A wireless network component configured for being mounted to a fluorescent light comprising:

• a housing containing the wireless network component and including a recess channel for receiving a fluorescent lamp;
• one or more power coupling pin protruding from one side of the housing and configured to be inserted into a receptacle within a fluorescent light fixture that would otherwise receive one or more pin of the fluorescent lamp;
• one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector located on an opposite side of the housing and electrically connected to the one or more power coupling pin, wherein the one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector is configured to receive the one or more pin of the fluorescent lamp;
• wherein the one or more power coupling pin and the one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector are offset relative to each other such that the fluorescent lamp is installed between the one or more fluorescent lamp pin connector and a second receptacle of the fluorescent light fixture;
• a support tube attached to at least a portion of the housing;
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• wherein the support tube fits over the fluorescent lamp and attaches to the housing so as to mount the housing to the fluorescent lamp.