Patent ID: 7658517
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: F21S,F21V

Abstract:
1. A recessed light fixture, comprising: a frame having an aperture formed thereon; a housing positioned over said frame, said housing having at least one junction box on a side wall of said housing, said junction box having a hinged door forming a portion of said side wall of said housing, said junction box formed by a plurality of side walls including said hinged door and being substantially on an exterior of said housing of said recessed light fixture, said hinged door rotatable about a hinge into an interior space defined by said housing allowing said junction box to rotate interiorly into said housing and above said aperture formed on said frame, said hinged door of said junction box in said interior of said housing and forming said portion of said side wall of said housing accessible through said aperture in said frame after installation of said recessed light fixture above a ceiling allowing substantially all of said junction box to be rotated about said hinge and positioned within said housing; wherein said hinged door is affixed to and forms a portion of a transformer junction box, said transformer junction box rotatable into the interior of said housing, said transformer junction box rotatable about said hinge, said transformer junction box having a transformer removably mounted on at least one surface, said transformer removable from said transformer junction box after installation of said recessed light fixture through said aperture in said frame; wherein said transformer is mounted on a transformer plate, said transformer plate having a lower edge thereof and received in a retention lip on said transformer junction box, said transformer plate biased into said retention lip by at least one spring tab, said at least one spring tab providing biasing tension against said transformer biasing said transformer plate into said retention lip.