Luminaire adapter with tombstone cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9182107-B2
Application number	US-201414538146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2014
Priority date	Nov 30, 2011
Publication date	Nov 10, 2015
Grant date	Nov 10, 2015

Abstract

A luminaire adapter is provided. The luminaire adapter includes a tombstone cover and a light source bracket. The tombstone cover includes a housing that defines a slot opening to accept a tombstone socket and a pair of snap connectors. The light source bracket includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion and the bottom portion are configured to connect. The bottom portion includes a pair of snap receivers configured to receive the pair of snap connectors of the tombstone cover. The top portion and the bottom portion define an opening to receive a luminaire.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A luminaire adapter, comprising:
a tombstone cover comprising a housing that defines a slot opening to accept a tombstone socket and a receiver; and
a light source bracket comprising an attachment to a luminaire and a connector configured to connect to the receiver, wherein the attachment couples the light source bracket to the luminaire.

2. The luminaire adapter of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a front wall, a back wall, a pair of side walls, and a housing top, wherein the front wall includes the connector.

3. The luminaire adapter of claim 2 , wherein the front wall, the back wall, and each of the pair of side walls has an upper portion and a lower portion.

4. The luminaire adapter of claim 3 , wherein the lower portion of the front wall and the lower portion of the back wall are each substantially wider than the upper portion of the front wall and the upper portion of the back wall.

5. The luminaire adapter of claim 4 , wherein the upper portion of each side wall is substantially perpendicular in relation to the housing top, and wherein the lower portion of each side wall is angled with respect to the upper portion.

6. The luminaire adapter of claim 3 , wherein the receiver is located on the lower portion of the front wall.

7. The luminaire adapter of claim 6 , wherein the lower portion of the front wall comprises a first region beneath the upper portion of the front wall, a second region proximate to the angled lower portion of one of the pair of side walls, and a third region proximate to the angled lower portion of the other of the pair of side walls, wherein the receiver is located in one of the second region and the third region.

8. The luminaire adapter of claim 1 , wherein the receiver comprises a snap receiver and the connector comprises a snap connector comprising a first tab and a second tab, wherein the first tab and the second tab define a snap opening to receive the corresponding snap receiver of the tombstone bracket.

9. The luminaire adapter of claim 1 , wherein the attachment of the light source bracket comprises a sleeve configured to at least partially surround a portion of the luminaire.

10. The luminaire adapter of claim 1 , wherein the connector of the light source bracket comprises a linearly extending arm with a protruding tab.

11. The luminaire adapter of claim 10 , wherein the receiver of the tombstone cover comprises a snap receiver configured to correspondingly engage with the linearly extending arm of the connector.

12. The luminaire adapter of claim 1 , wherein the receiver of the tombstone cover is configured to correspondingly engage with the connector of the light source bracket.

13. The luminaire adapter of claim 1 , wherein the light source bracket includes a pressure clip configured to engage with a plurality of teeth of a luminaire so as to allow the luminaire to rotate while simultaneously allowing the luminaire adapter to be stationary.

14. The luminaire adapter of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of teeth are integrally formed with the luminaire.

15. The luminaire adapter of claim 1 , wherein the light source bracket includes a plurality of grooves configured to interact with a corresponding plurality of teeth of a luminaire to allow the luminaire to rotate while simultaneously allowing the luminaire adapter to be stationary.

16. The luminaire adapter of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of teeth are integrally formed with the luminaire.

17. A luminaire adapter, comprising a tombstone cover portion integrally formed with a light source bracket portion, wherein the tombstone cover portion comprises a housing that defines a slot opening to accept a tombstone socket and wherein the light source bracket portion comprises an attachment configured to couple the luminaire adapter to the luminaire.

Assignees

• Ekey Timothy
• Harriott Douglas
• Holley Brandon
• Aguiar Fernando
• Osram Sylvania Inc

Inventors

• Ekey Timothy
• Harriott Douglas
• Holley Brandon
• Aguiar Fernando

Classifications

• F21V21/00

  Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices (F21V17/00, F21V19/00 take precedence; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q, stands for supporting apparatus or articles in general F16M11/00); Hand grips · CPC title

• F21V15/015 Primary

  Devices for covering joints between adjacent lighting devices; End coverings · CPC title

• F21Y2103/003

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F21V21/116 Primary

  Fixing lighting devices to arms or standards (F21V21/002 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F21V19/04

  with provision for changing light source, e.g. turret {(auxiliary devices for cleaning, placing, or removing incandescent lamps H01K3/32, fluorescent lamps H01J9/006)} · CPC title