IP Library Granted Patent US 11,085,619
Granted Patent B2
US 11,085,619 · App. 16/809,692 · Granted Aug 10, 2021

Modular luminaire

Inventors: Bulent Erel (Roswell, GA); William Pixler (Atlanta, GA); Luke J. Siefker (McDonough, GA)
Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
F21V23/002F21S2/005F21V15/01
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Patent No.
US 11,085,619
App. No.
16/809,692
Granted
Aug 10, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A luminaire includes an electronics module and a light module attached to the electronics module. The electronics module includes an electronics housing and a cover attached to the electronics housing. At least one alignment extension extends from the electronics housing, and at least one wireway channel may extend through the at least one alignment extension. The light module includes a housing and a light engine with at least one light source and at least one wire. At least one alignment channel is formed in an underside of the housing of the light module, and the at least one alignment extension is positioned within the at least one alignment channel. The at least one wire extends through the at least one wireway channel.

Claims (59)

1. A luminaire comprising:

an electronics module comprising:

an electronics housing defining a housing chamber;

a cover attached to the electronics housing such that the housing chamber is enclosed; and

at least one alignment extension extending outwardly from the electronics housing; and

a light module attached to the electronics module, the light module comprising:

a light module housing;

at least one alignment channel in the light module housing, wherein the at least one alignment extension is at least partially positioned within the at least one alignment channel; and

a light engine comprising at least one light source, wherein the light engine is attached to the light module housing and extends over and covers at least a portion of the at least one alignment channel so as to enclose the portion of the at least one alignment channel.

2. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the at least one alignment extension comprises a wireway channel extending through the at least one alignment extension and in fluid communication with the housing chamber and the at least one alignment channel, wherein the light engine further comprises at least one wire, and wherein the at least one wire extends through the wireway channel.

3. The luminaire of claim 1 , further comprising:

an alignment rib on one of the at least one alignment extension or the at least one alignment channel; and

an alignment groove on the other of the at least one alignment extension or the at least one alignment channel, wherein the alignment rib is engaged with the alignment groove.

4. The luminaire of claim 3 , wherein the alignment rib is on the at least one alignment channel and wherein the alignment groove is on the at least one alignment extension.

5. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the electronics housing comprises a top surface, wherein the at least one alignment extension extends outwardly from a side wall of the electronics housing, and wherein the top surface comprises a recessed ledge proximate the side wall that defines a seating area.

6. The luminaire of claim 5 , wherein the light module housing further comprises a lip extending from the light module housing, and wherein the lip is seated within the seating area such that the lip at least partially overlaps the recessed ledge of the light module housing.

7. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the light module further comprises at least one of:

at least one heat sink fin; or

at least one aperture extending through the light module housing.

8. A luminaire comprising:

an electronics module comprising:

an electronics housing defining a housing chamber; and

at least one alignment extension extending outwardly from the electronics housing, wherein the at least one alignment extension comprises a wireway channel extending through the at least one alignment extension and that is fluid communication with the housing chamber; and

a light module attached to the electronics module, the light module comprising:

a light module housing;

at least one alignment channel in the light module housing, wherein the at least one alignment extension is at least partially positioned within the at least one alignment channel; and

a light engine comprising at least one light source and at least one wire, wherein the at least one wire extends through the wireway channel.

9. The luminaire of claim 8 , wherein the electronics module further comprises a cover, and wherein the cover is attached to the electronics housing such that the housing chamber is enclosed.

10. The luminaire of claim 8 , further comprising:

an alignment rib on one of the at least one alignment extension or the at least one alignment channel; and

an alignment groove on the other of the at least one alignment extension or the at least one alignment channel, wherein the alignment rib is engaged with the alignment groove.

11. The luminaire of claim 8 , wherein the light engine is attached to the light module housing and extends over and covers at least a portion of the at least one alignment channel so as to enclose the portion of the at least one alignment channel.

12. The luminaire of claim 8 , wherein:

the electronics housing comprises a top surface;

the at least one alignment extension extends outwardly from a side wall of the electronics housing;

the top surface comprises a recessed ledge proximate the side wall that defines a seating area;

the light module housing further comprises a lip extending from the light module housing; and

the lip is seated within the seating area such that the lip at least partially overlaps the recessed ledge of the electronics housing.

13. The luminaire of claim 8 , wherein the at least one alignment extension comprises at least two alignment extensions, and wherein the at least one alignment channel comprises at least two alignment channels.

14. A luminaire comprising:

an electronics module comprising:

an electronics housing defining a housing chamber; and

at least one alignment extension extending outwardly from the electronics housing;

a light module attached to the electronics module, the light module comprising:

a light module housing;

at least one alignment channel in the light module housing, wherein the at least one alignment extension is at least partially positioned within the at least one alignment channel;

an alignment rib on one of the at least one alignment extension or the at least one alignment channel; and

an alignment groove on the other of the at least one alignment extension or the at least one alignment channel opposite from the alignment rib, wherein the alignment rib is engaged with the alignment groove.

15. The luminaire of claim 14 , wherein the at least one alignment extension comprises a wireway channel extending through the at least one alignment extension and that is fluid communication with the housing chamber and the at least one alignment channel, wherein the light module further comprises a light engine comprising at least one light source and at least one wire, wherein the at least one wire extends through the wireway channel.

16. The luminaire of claim 14 , wherein the alignment rib is on the at least one alignment channel and wherein the alignment groove is on the at least one alignment extension.

17. The luminaire of claim 14 , wherein the light module further comprises a light engine comprising at least one light source, and wherein the light engine is attached to the light module housing and extends over and covers at least a portion of the at least one alignment channel so as to enclose the portion of the at least one alignment channel.

18. The luminaire of claim 17 , wherein the light engine is a first light engine and the portion of the at least one alignment channel is a first portion, wherein the light module further comprises a second light engine comprising at least one light source, and wherein the second light engine is attached to the light module housing and extends over and covers a second portion of the at least one alignment channel so as to enclose the second portion of the at least one alignment channel.

19. The luminaire of claim 14 , wherein:

the electronics housing comprises a top surface;

the at least one alignment extends from a side wall of the electronics housing;

the top surface comprises a recessed ledge that defines a seating area;

the housing of the light module further comprises a lip extending from the light module housing; and

the lip is seated within the seating area such that the lip at least partially overlaps the recessed ledge of the electronics housing.

20. The luminaire of claim 19 , wherein the light module housing further comprises a top surface, and wherein the top surface of the light module is flush with the top surface of the electronics housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: EREL, BULENT; PIXLER, WILLIAM; SIEFKER, LUKE J.
To: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62815396 · Mar 8, 2019
Related Publication 20200284414A1 · Sep 10, 2020