# US 8,770,804 B2 · Light fixture housing and mounting therefor

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- Number: US 8,770,804 B2
- Document ID: US8770804B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/224,646
- Filed: 2011-09-02
- Published: 2013-03-07
- Granted: 2014-07-08
- Earliest claimed: 2011-09-02
- Assignees: ABL IP Holding LLC
- Applicants: Kenneth J. Acampora; Terry Bridges
- Inventors: Kenneth J. Acampora; Terry Bridges
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770804B2

## CPC

- F21V 15/01: Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04})
- F21V 21/30: Pivoted housings or frames
- F21V 23/0464: {the sensor sensing the level of ambient illumination, e.g. dawn or dusk sensors}
- F21V 33/006: {General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols}
- F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An architectural light fixture with a mounting includes a rigid yoke with opposed mounts aligned with external cavities located on a housing. The cavities have conical inner surfaces and bottoms with fastener engagements. Yoke pins include conical outer surfaces to operate as yoke locks. Fastener associated with the yoke pins engage to draw the yoke locks into interfering fit with the truncated conical inner surface of the mounting cavity. The light fixture housing has a port with a plug of porous water repellant material. A cover is employed to protect the plug. The light fixture housing also has a flat mounting surface with a wire access hole. The fixture includes a cover to enclose a photocell biased toward the mounting surface and retains an O-ring against the fixture housing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A light fixture, comprising
a fixture housing including two external and opposed mounting cavities, at least one of the cavities including a truncated conical inner surface and a bottom having a fastener engagement therein;
a rigid yoke including opposed mounts having bores there through alignable with the cavities;
yoke pins extendable through the bores to the opposed mounting cavities, at least one yoke pin including a yoke lock having a truncated conical outer surface, a positioning surface engageable with the mount to allow the truncated conical outer surface to engage in interfering fit with the truncated conical inner surface, a retainer preventing rotation between the yoke lock and the bore and a fastener engageable with the fastener engagement to draw the yoke lock into interfering fit with the truncated conical inner surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The light fixture of claim 1, the retainers being keys and keyways in engagement between the mounts and the yoke pins.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The light fixture of claim 1, the retainers being fasteners between the mounts and the yoke pins.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The light fixture of claim 1, the rigid yoke further including a symmetrically positioned central mount having an inner truncated conical surface facing away from the yoke mounts and a fastener extending there through.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The light fixture of claim 1, the at least one yoke lock being constructed and arranged to have the fixture housing and the mount of the rigid yoke spaced apart with the positioning surface engaged with the mount of the rigid yoke and the truncated conical outer surface engaged in interfering fit with the truncated conical inner surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The light fixture of claim 1, the fixture housing further including a port there through, a plug closing the port, the plug being of porous water repellant material, and an external water shedding cover over the port and plug with exit to atmosphere.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The light fixture of claim 1, the fixture housing further including an integral flat mounting surface with a wire access hole there through into the fixture housing, a cover fastened to the mounting surface with an aperture, a photocell having a sealed surface, the photocell being in the cover with the sealed surface facing and biased toward the mounting surface, and an O-ring between the mounting surface and the sealed surface.

### Claim 8

A light fixture, comprising
a fixture housing including two external and opposed mounting cavities, the cavities each including a truncated conical inner surface and a bottom having a fastener engagement therein;
a rigid yoke including opposed mounts having bores there through;
yoke locks extending through the bores to the opposed mounting cavities, respectively, and including truncated conical outer surfaces, positioning surfaces engaged with the mounts to allow the truncated conical outer surfaces to engage in interfering fit with the truncated conical inner surfaces, retainers preventing rotation between the yoke locks and the cavities and fasteners engaged with the fastener engagements to draw the yoke locks into interfering fit with the truncated conical inner surfaces.