Patent ID: 11168872

Abstract:
A clip for mounting a linear LED lamp to an overhead dropped ceiling grid or to a planar support surface. The mounting clip has a pair of spaced resilient fingers extending downwardly and defining an interior region between the fingers sized to receive a portion of the linear LED lamp heat sink. Each finger has an internally facing engagement portion comprising protrusions configured to interlock with one or more external ridges of the heat sink of a linear LED lamp to securely retain the linear LED lamp between the fingers. In one form, the mounting clip has upper tab portions configured to engage and connect to a horizontally extending ledge of a channel member of the overhead dropped ceiling grid. In another form, the mounting clip is adapted to be secured to a planar support by means of a mechanical fastener or magnetically. The disclosed mounting clip can also be configured to secure a network cable to the lower surface of a ceiling or other support surface so that the cable can be routed from a network switch or other control equipment to the individual linear LED lamps or from one lamp to another in an automated POE lighting system.