ELONGATED ROADWAY LUMINAIRE STRUCTURE
A roadway luminaire includes a base unit having opposing bent edges parallel to a longitudinal axis of the base unit and an aperture through the base unit configured to accept a mounting pole, a driver housing attached to the base unit, and a cover door hingedly attached to the driver housing. The base unit, driver housing, and cover door defining an interior volume of the roadway luminaire. A coupler element is attached to a surface of the base unit within the interior volume, the coupler element configured to compressably engage a section of the mounting pole; and the coupler element configured to provide rotation of the roadway luminaire in at least two degrees of freedom with respect to a longitudinal axis of the mounting pole.
1 . A roadway luminaire comprising:
a base unit having a longitudinal axis including opposing bent edges parallel to the longitudinal axis and an aperture through the base unit configured to accept a mounting pole;
a driver housing attached to the base unit;
a cover door hingedly attached to the driver housing;
the base unit, driver housing, and cover door defining an interior volume of the roadway luminaire;
a coupler element attached to a surface of the base unit within the interior volume, the coupler element configured to compressably engage a section of the mounting pole; and
the coupler element configured to provide rotation of the roadway luminaire in at least two degrees of freedom with respect to a longitudinal axis of the mounting pole.
2 . The roadway luminaire of claim 1 , the at least two degrees of freedom including tilt and rotation.
3 . The roadway luminaire of claim 1 , the coupler element including a pole bracket and a mount bracket.
4 . The roadway luminaire of claim 3 , the pole bracket including a pair of clamping brackets each including an inner-facing surface, the inner-facing surfaces shaped to form an aperture configured to accommodate a cross section of the mounting pole.
5 . The roadway luminaire of claim 4 , the aperture being circular in shape.
6 . The roadway luminaire of claim 5 , the circular aperture having an adjustable diameter in the range of about 42-76 mm.
7 . The roadway luminaire of claim 5 , the circular aperture having a diameter selected from a group including 30, 42, 60, and 76 mm.
8 . A roadway luminaire comprising:
a base unit having a longitudinal axis including opposing bent edges parallel to the longitudinal axis and an aperture through the base unit configured to accept a mounting pole;
a driver housing attached to the base unit;
a cover door hingedly attached to the driver housing;
the base unit, driver housing, and cover door defining an interior volume of the roadway luminaire;
a coupler element attached to a surface of the base unit within the interior volume, the coupler element configured to compressably engage a section of the mounting pole, the coupler element including a pole bracket and a mount bracket; and
the coupler element configured to provide rotation of the roadway luminaire in at least two degrees of freedom with respect to a longitudinal axis of the mounting pole;
wherein the mount bracket including a pair of L-shaped brackets:
each L-shaped bracket having two about orthogonal legs;
each orthogonal leg having a slotted aperture parallel to a longitudinal axis of the respective orthogonal leg.
9 . The roadway luminaire of claim 3 , the pole bracket slideably attached to the mount bracket.
10 . The roadway luminaire of claim 1 , the base unit formed from sheet metal.
11 . The roadway luminaire of claim 1 , the driver housing and cover door each formed from an injection molded plastic.