Configurable lighting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11280460-B2
Application number	US-202016935554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2020
Priority date	Feb 19, 2016
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

A luminaire can include a housing having at least one outer surface that forms a cavity. The luminaire can also include an aperture that traverses the at least one outer surface of the housing. The luminaire can further include a substrate disposed within the cavity. The luminaire can also include an electrical connector disposed on the substrate adjacent to the aperture. The luminaire can further include a dial coupled to the electrical connector, where dial has a range of positions, where each position within the range of positions of the dial corresponds to a discrete correlated color temperature (CCT) output by multiple light sources of the luminaire.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A luminaire comprising:
a housing comprising at least one outer surface, wherein the at least one outer surface has an aperture that traverses therethrough;
at least one light source;
a controller that controls a lighting parameter of a light output by the at least one light source; and
a selection device communicably coupled to the controller, wherein the selection device is disposed in the aperture in the at least one outer surface, wherein the selection device comprises an actuator that is accessible from outside the housing, wherein the actuator has a range of positions, wherein each position within the range of positions of the actuator of the selection device corresponds to a value of the lighting parameter of the light output by the at least one light source.

2. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the actuator of the selection device comprises a dial.

3. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein each position of the range of positions is discrete.

4. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the lighting parameter is a lumen output.

5. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the lighting parameter is a photometric distribution.

6. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the selection device is removably coupled to an electrical connector disposed on a substrate disposed within a cavity formed by the at least one outer surface.

7. The luminaire of claim 6 , further comprising:
a removable plug disposed in the aperture that traverses the at least one outer surface of the housing when the selection device is decoupled from the electrical connector.

8. The luminaire of claim 7 , wherein the plug and the selection device are removable by a user without tools.

9. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the aperture traverses a top outer surface of the housing.

10. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the selection device is disposed in the aperture during installation of the luminaire.

11. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the selection device comprises a switch.

12. The luminaire of claim 11 , wherein the switch is a slide switch.

13. A selection device for controlling a lighting parameter of light emitted by a luminaire, the selection device comprising:
a body;
at least one first coupling feature configured to mechanically couple to a component of the luminaire, wherein the at least one first coupling feature is configured to communicably couple to a controller of the luminaire, wherein the controller controls the lighting parameter of the light emitted by the luminaire; and
an actuator disposed on the body, wherein the actuator has a range of positions,
wherein each position of the range of positions of the actuator corresponds to a value of the lighting parameter of the light emitted by the luminaire.

14. The selection device of claim 13 , wherein each position is continuous within the range of positions.

15. The selection device of claim 13 , wherein each position is discrete within the range of positions.

16. The selection device of claim 15 , wherein the range of positions comprises at least three positions.

17. The selection device of claim 13 , wherein the actuator is part of a dipole switch.

18. The selection device of claim 13 , wherein the actuator is part of a dial.

19. The selection device of claim 13 , wherein the actuator is part of a slide switch.

20. The selection device of claim 13 , wherein the lighting parameter is at least one selected from a group consisting of a lumen output, a photometric distribution, and a correlated color temperature.

Assignees

• Signify Holding Bv

Inventors

• Kumar Jyoti
• Winters Philip Dean
• Pyshos Steven Walter

Classifications

• F21V23/04

  the elements being switches (safety devices F21V25/00) · CPC title

• F21Y2105/18

  annular; polygonal other than square or rectangular, e.g. for spotlights or for generating an axially symmetrical light beam · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• H05B45/24

  using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules · CPC title

• F21V7/00

  Reflectors for light sources (characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/505) · CPC title