286 patents
Utility
Automatic orientation techniques for photocontrols of intelligent lighting fixtures
16 Jan 24
A photocontrol, such as for an outdoor intelligent lighting fixture, may detect levels of ambient light at multiple sections of the photocontrol.
Richard Lee Westrick, Jr., Mark Norton
Filed: 17 Sep 21
Utility
Lighting relay panel features for improved safety and reliability
12 Dec 23
A lighting relay panel may include lower-cost features or components related to improved safety and reliability.
Dalibor Zulim, Richard Lee Westrick, Jr., Ryan Zaveruha, Frank Pelliccio
Filed: 10 Jan 22
Utility
Wireless lighting controller wireless charging
5 Dec 23
A wall-mounted wireless battery charger for a wireless remote lighting controller includes: a wall plate configured to removably retain the wireless remote lighting controller; and an inductive charging transmitter circuit coupled to the wall plate, the inductive charging transmitter circuit being configured to wirelessly interface with an inductive charging receiver circuit of the wireless remote lighting controller when the wireless remote lighting controller is retained by the wall plate.
Michael A. Crist, Samar Shaker Soliman, John Richard Johnson, Richard Lee Westrick, Jr.
Filed: 13 Jul 21
Utility
Light fixture with integrated backup power supply
21 Nov 23
A light fixture may include a light fixture housing defining an internal cavity.
Kerry S. Collins, Douglas D. Grove, Qirong Cao
Filed: 30 Sep 21
Utility
Light fixture controllable via dual networks
7 Nov 23
An example control system includes a set of light fixtures connected to a hub, where each light fixture includes a hub-communication device configured to communicate with the hub and a direct communication device configured to communicate directly with other light fixtures.
Yan Rodriguez
Filed: 19 Jan 23
Utility
Systems and methods for mounting recessed light fixtures
24 Oct 23
A mounting system for a recessed light fixture includes a frame and a holder supported by the frame.
Stephen Barry McCane, Dallin Andrew Parker, Matthew Thomas Emerick
Filed: 10 May 22
Utility
Modular wireless modules for light fixtures
3 Oct 23
A light fixture includes a housing containing a light engine, and a wireless baffle module.
Mohammad Bani Hani, Yan Rodriguez
Filed: 5 Mar 21
Utility
Activity tracking using motion sensors in a wireless luminaire network
12 Sep 23
An example method includes determining, at an aggregated point in time, an aggregated space node motion amount detected in a plurality of node sensing areas of a plurality of the nodes.
Sajin George, Antonio F. Mondragon, Mitri J. Abou-Rizk
Filed: 30 Apr 20
Utility
Extreme cutoff beam control optics
5 Sep 23
Disclosed herein is an optical assembly and a luminaire with extreme cutoff beam control optics.
Qi Ai, Jie Chen, Craig Eugene Marquardt
Filed: 4 Mar 22
Utility
Lighting systems including diffusers formed with additive manufacturing
1 Aug 23
A lighting system includes an upper housing supporting a light engine, and a diffuser coupled to the upper housing.
Gary Trott, David Ferrier, Noel Collver, Dominic Large
Filed: 1 Feb 21
Utility
Power over ethernet emergency lighting system and method of detecting power loss of a link segment thereof
1 Aug 23
A system for providing power over Ethernet emergency lighting is disclosed.
David Crenshaw
Filed: 22 Jan 21
Utility
Self-healing of repeater formation in a network
1 Aug 23
An example method includes, in response to receiving a gateway heartbeat message from a lighting system non-connected gateway RF node, incrementing a gateway heartbeat counter.
Alan David Sanders, Akshaykeerti Sharma, Scott J. Ingraham, Richard L. Westrick, Jr.
Filed: 10 Aug 21
Utility
Light fixtures with pliable diffuser shade
25 Jul 23
A light fixture having a light engine with at least one light source and a shade formed of a light transmissive, pliable material adapted to diffuse light emitted from the at least one light source outwardly from the light fixture.
Zachary Adam Ingalls, Dominic Matthew Large, Carl T. Gould, Ryan Matthew Walker, Christopher Jay Sorensen, Dirk Zylstra, Alexis Rondeau
Filed: 11 Aug 22
Utility
Sensing electrical characteristics via a relay coil
4 Jul 23
A current sense system may include a relay, a load conductor, and an integrator sub-circuit.
David J. Long, Miroslaw Grotkowski, Richard Lee Westrick, Jr.
Filed: 10 Aug 20
Utility
Lighting for biomechatronically enhanced organism
27 Jun 23
Examples of lighting equipment provide services to and on behalf of a biomechatronically enhanced organism and/or a biomechatronic component of the organism.
David P. Ramer, Jack C. Rains, Jr., Januk Aggarwal
Filed: 20 Dec 21
Utility
Knockout mountable light fixture controller assembly
30 May 23
A controller assembly for a light fixture may include a controller housing to be received within a knockout opening of a light fixture housing from which light is emitted, and a user input assembly positioned within the controller housing.
Prashank Kansal, Ryan D. Meldahl
Filed: 30 Jul 21
Utility
Methods for configuring light fixtures with programmable drivers
23 May 23
A lighting fixture, including a bus printed circuit board that receives power from an external source, may be configured with programmable drivers.
Benjamin M. Suttles, Patrick M. Tweel, Nicholas A. Ratliff, Elías Aurelio Romero Saldívar, Theodore R. Blumstein
Filed: 8 Sep 21
Utility
Antenna systems for wireless communication in luminaires
16 May 23
A luminaire includes a light source positioned at a first level within a luminaire housing.
Charles Jeffrey Spencer, Towfiq M. Chowdhury, Mohammad Bani Hani, Daniel Francis Posacki, Kyle Michael Bradd
Filed: 21 Oct 19
Utility
System level occupancy counting in a lighting system with a single transmitter and multiple receivers
16 May 23
Disclosed herein is system level occupancy counting in a lighting system configured to obtain an indicator data of a RF spectrum signal (signal) generated at a number of times in an area.
Min-Hao Michael Lu, Michael Miu, Eric J. Johnson
Filed: 12 Jan 18
Utility
Light fixture controllable via dual networks
2 May 23
An example control system includes a set of light fixtures connected to a hub, where each light fixture includes a hub-communication device configured to communicate with the hub and a direct communication device configured to communicate directly with other light fixtures.
Yan Rodriguez
Filed: 26 Aug 21