Patent ID: 8197079
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: F21S,F21V,F21Y,H01R

Abstract:
1. In a low-voltage LED lighting system having a plurality of power drivers, a plurality of LED lighting fixtures remote from the power drivers, communication network cabling having plural conductor pairs, and standard network connectors having plural contact pairs, the improvement comprising: the communication network cabling being connected to the power drivers such that each of the plurality of power drivers is connected to one of the plural conductor pairs; each of the fixtures having one of the standard network connectors as an input connector; and at least one of the LED lighting fixtures including internal wiring and one of the standard network connectors such that the at least one fixture is a shift-module fixture functioning as a shift module or a star-module fixture functioning as a star module, the at least one fixture having one or more of the standard network connectors as output connectors.