Wire keeper, and an electrical component enclosure for retrofitting a lighting system with LED lights

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12460802-B2
Application number	US-202418417043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2024
Priority date	Jan 23, 2023
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

An apparatus for retrofitting a HID lighting system includes using existing components of previously installed HID lighting systems such as its ballasts while replacing some capacitors to adjust the power supplied to a retrofit LED luminaire. Unused ballast drivers are removed, and a self-contained ballast driver assembly is mounted into the electronic control enclosure of the previously installed lighting system. Some of the retrofit LED luminaires include an uplighting lens, an optic, or a diffuser for providing uplight. An aiming bracket and an aiming plate allow for the horizontal aiming angle of a light luminaire to be set.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrical component enclosure comprising:
a sidewall; a bottom wall: a first ballast configured to provide AC current for powering a first HID luminaire that is attached to the sidewall or the bottom wall; a first ballast driver configured to provide DC current for powering a first LED luminaire that is attached to the sidewall or the bottom wall adjacent to the first ballast that is self-contained being separate from the first ballast and that is disposed in an interior of the electrical component enclosure; and wherein the sidewall includes two parallel panels that face each other, the first ballast is attached to one of the two parallel panels, the first ballast driver is attached to the other of the two parallel panels and further including a DIN rail extending from one of the two parallel panels to the other of the two parallel panels below the first ballast, and the first ballast driver.

2 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 1 , further comprising a second ballast configured to provide AC current for powering a second HID luminaire that is attached to the sidewall, and a second ballast driver configured to provide DC current for powering a second LED luminaire that is attached to the sidewall or the bottom wall adjacent to the second ballast that is self-contained being separate from the second ballast and that is disposed in the interior of the electrical component enclosure.

3 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 2 , further comprising a third ballast attached to the sidewall or the bottom wall, and a third ballast driver attached to the sidewall or the bottom wall.

4 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 3 , wherein the first ballast driver, the second ballast driver, or the third ballast driver occupy space vacated by removing a plurality of previously installed ballasts.

5 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 3 , wherein the sidewall includes a plurality of panels forming a polygonal perimeter, and the bottom wall is adjacent to the plurality of panels.

6 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 5 , wherein the first ballast, the second ballast, and the third ballast are attached to one of the two parallel panels, and the first ballast driver, the second ballast driver, and the third ballast driver are attached to the other of the two parallel panel.

7 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 6 , wherein the first ballast driver, the second ballast driver, and the third ballast driver are identically configured.

8 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 6 , wherein the first ballast is in electrical communication with the first ballast driver, the second ballast is in electrical communication with the second ballast driver, and the third ballast is in electrical communication with the third ballast driver.

9 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 1 , wherein the first ballast driver includes a first self-contained ballast driver assembly having a circuit board, and an enclosure surrounding the circuit board.

10 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of fuses or circuit breakers attached to the DIN rail, and at least one wire keeper attached to the DIN rail.

11 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 1 , further comprising a cam motor assembly or a manual cam assembly disposed beneath the DIN rail adjacent to one of the two parallel panels, and a bank of capacitors disposed beneath the DIN rail adjacent to the other of the two parallel panels, and adjacent to the cam motor assembly or the manual cam assembly.

12 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 11 , wherein the cam motor assembly or the manual cam assembly includes a lever configured to rotate one or more cams.

13 . The electrical component enclosure of claim 12 , further defining a wire entrance and a wire exit.

Assignees

• Musco Corp

Inventors

• Mckee Luke C
• Van Ee David J
• Lewis Jr Kenneth G

Classifications

• H10W40/641

  Snap-on arrangements, e.g. clips · CPC title

• F21K9/23

  Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings · CPC title

• F21V21/30 Primary

  Pivoted housings or frames · CPC title

• F21V19/003

  Fastening of light source holders, e.g. of circuit boards or substrates holding light sources · CPC title

• F21V21/29

  employing universal joints · CPC title