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Granted Patent B2
US 12,034,288 · App. 17/388,911 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Junction box for a light fixture

Inventors: Tyler Hack (Chicago, IL); Sean Lavin (Winnetka, IL)
Assignee: Tech Lighting LLC
H02G3/14H02G3/08F21V21/04F21V23/007
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Patent No.
US 12,034,288
App. No.
17/388,911
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A junction box for a light fixture. The junction box is configured to be mounted to a desired surface within an environment and includes a housing, a bracket coupled to the housing, an internal cavity defined by the housing and the bracket, a driver disposed in the internal cavity, an adapter removably disposed within the internal cavity, and a cover removably coupled to the adapter to selectively close the internal cavity. The cover includes an opening configured to receive a portion of the light fixture to removably couple the light fixture to the junction box. When the cover is coupled to the adapter, the adapter retains the driver in the cavity and prevents access to the driver, and when the cover is removed, the adapter is removable from the cavity, thereby permitting access to the driver.

Claims (48)

1. A junction box for a light fixture, the junction box configured to be mounted to a desired surface within an environment and comprising:

a housing;

a bracket coupled to the housing;

an internal cavity defined by the housing and the bracket;

a driver disposed in the internal cavity;

an adapter removably disposed within the internal cavity; and

a cover removably coupled to the adapter to selectively close the internal cavity, the cover comprising an opening configured to receive a portion of the light fixture to removably couple the light fixture to the junction box;

wherein when the cover is coupled to the adapter, the adapter retains the driver in the cavity and prevents access to the driver,

wherein when the cover is removed, the adapter is removable from the cavity, thereby permitting access to the driver,

wherein the bracket has a seating surface, and wherein when the cover is coupled to the adapter, the adapter is removably seated against the seating surface.

2. The junction box of claim 1 , wherein the bracket is coupled to a first end of the housing, further comprising a second cover coupled to a second end of the housing.

3. The junction box of claim 1 , wherein the cover has a plurality of threads configured to removably engage a plurality of threads of the adapter.

4. The junction box of claim 1 , further comprising a stem bracket coupled to the bracket, the stem bracket comprising a slot configured to receive and retain an end of the light fixture to removably couple the light fixture to the junction box.

5. The junction box of claim 1 , further comprising a gripping element disposed outside of the internal cavity, wherein the gripping element is movable relative to the housing in order to engage a portion of the desired surface within the environment.

6. The junction box of claim 1 , further comprising a mud plate coupled to the bracket.

7. The junction box of claim 1 , further comprising a flange plate coupled to the bracket.

8. The junction box of claim 1 , wherein the housing has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and wherein the bracket comprises a flange seated against the first end of the housing.

9. A junction box for a light fixture, the junction box configured to be mounted to a desired surface within an environment and comprising:

a housing;

a bracket coupled to the housing;

an internal cavity defined by the housing and the bracket;

a driver disposed in the internal cavity;

an adapter removably disposed within the internal cavity;

a cover removably coupled to the adapter to selectively close the internal cavity; and

a stem bracket coupled to the bracket to restrict rotation of the adapter, the stem bracket comprising a slot configured to receive and retain an end of the light fixture to removably couple the light fixture to the junction box,

wherein the stem bracket is disposed between the cover and the adapter,

wherein when the cover is coupled to the adapter, the adapter retains the driver in the cavity and prevents access to the driver, and

wherein when the cover is removed, the adapter is removable from the cavity, thereby permitting access to the driver.

10. The junction box of claim 9 , wherein the bracket is coupled to a first end of the housing, further comprising a second cover coupled to a second end of the housing.

11. The junction box of claim 9 , wherein the cover has a plurality of threads configured to removably engage a plurality of threads of the adapter.

12. The junction box of claim 9 , wherein the bracket has a seating surface, and wherein when the cover is coupled to the adapter, the adapter is removably seated against the seating surface.

13. The junction box of claim 9 , further comprising a gripping element disposed outside of the internal cavity, wherein the gripping element is movable relative to the housing in order to engage a portion of the desired surface within the environment.

14. The junction box of claim 9 , further comprising a mud plate coupled to the bracket.

15. The junction box of claim 9 , further comprising a flange plate coupled to the bracket.

16. The junction box of claim 9 , wherein the stem bracket comprises one or more legs disposed in one or more openings, respectively, formed in the adapter to restrict rotation of the adapter.

17. A junction box for a light fixture, the junction box configured to be mounted to a desired surface within an environment and comprising:

a housing;

a bracket coupled to the housing;

an internal cavity defined by the housing and the bracket;

a driver disposed in the internal cavity;

an adapter removably disposed within the internal cavity;

a cover removably coupled to the adapter to selectively close the internal cavity, the cover comprising an opening configured to receive a portion of the light fixture to removably couple the light fixture to the junction box; and

a gripping element disposed outside of the internal cavity, wherein the gripping element is movable relative to the housing and the bracket in order to engage a portion of the desired surface within the environment,

wherein when the cover is coupled to the adapter, the adapter retains the driver in the cavity and prevents access to the driver, and

wherein when the cover is removed, the adapter is removable from the cavity, thereby permitting access to the driver.

18. The junction box of claim 17 , wherein the cover has a plurality of threads configured to removably engage a plurality of threads of the adapter.

19. The junction box of claim 17 , further comprising a stem bracket coupled to the bracket, the stem bracket comprising a slot configured to receive and retain an end of the light fixture to removably couple the light fixture to the junction box.

20. The junction box of claim 17 , wherein the bracket has a seating surface, and wherein when the cover is coupled to the adapter, the adapter is removably seated against the seating surface.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 23, 2026
From: VC BRANDS, LLC
To: VISUAL COMFORT LLC
Reel/Frame 076071/0364 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 18, 2026
From: VISUAL COMFORT OF AMERICA LLLC
To: VISUAL COMFORT LLC
Reel/Frame 075007/0227 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2024
From: TECH LIGHTING LLC
To: VC BRANDS LLC
Reel/Frame 068139/0114 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2021
From: HACK, TYLER; LAVIN, SEAN
To: TECH LIGHTING LLC
Reel/Frame 058174/0329 →
Continuity (1)
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