Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Luminaire as an intrinsically safe power source
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Application No.: US16793121Application Date: 2020-02-18
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Publication No.: US11553571B2Publication Date: 2023-01-10
- Inventor: Timothy E. Graff , Ravindra Viraj Gurjar , Yicheng Peter Pan
- Applicant: APPLETON GRP LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Rosemont
- Assignee: APPLETON GRP LLC
- Current Assignee: APPLETON GRP LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Rosemont
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Priority: IN202021003289 20200124
- Main IPC: H05B45/3725
- IPC: H05B45/3725 ; H02J9/06 ; H02J7/00 ; H04L12/18

Abstract:
An intrinsically safe (IS) luminaire disposed in a hazardous environment provides visible light and serves as a primary, auxiliary, back-up, and/or charging source of IS DC power for external devices disposed in the hazardous environment, such as process control devices and equipment. The luminaire includes a power converter that converts received power into DC power, an IS barrier that converts the DC power into IS DC power native to or utilized by a recipient external device, and a power distribution port via which IS DC power is delivered to the external device. In some configurations, the luminaire monitors communicates statuses, alerts, and/or other information corresponding to delivering IS DC power to one or more external devices to a host and/or portable communication device. The luminaire may include multiple IS barriers of same and/or different IS ratings, and may dynamically control activation/deactivation of the IS barriers and/or usages thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210235559A1 LUMINAIRE AS AN INTRINSICALLY SAFE POWER SOURCE Public/Granted day:2021-07-29
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