US 11,747,005 B2
Integrated lighting and power for cabinetry
Gary B. Rutherford, Wheaton, IL (US); Paul Bardwell, Rexford, NY (US); and Jeffery A. Conrady, Aurora, IL (US)
Assigned to SENSIO AMERICA, LLC, Carol Stream, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/625,718
Filed by Sensio America, LLC, Carol Stream, IL (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/041434
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/007449, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,236, filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0290850 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F21V 23/06 (2006.01); F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21S 2/00 (2016.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21Y 103/10 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21W 131/301 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 23/06 (2013.01) [F21S 2/005 (2013.01); F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 23/008 (2013.01); F21W 2131/301 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cabinet system with integrated lighting and power, the cabinet system comprising:
a cabinet defining a first illumination zone;
a first connector having at least a first port and a second port;
a first light strip having an elongate substrate with a first end, a second end, a plurality of illumination elements spaced apart along the substrate, and multiple traces extending lengthwise along the substrate, the multiple traces including a voltage trace, a first trace connected to the plurality of illumination elements, and a second trace not connected to the plurality of illumination elements, the first port of the first connector configured to receive either of the first end and the second end of the first light strip therein; and
a driver coupled to a power source,
wherein the illumination elements of the first light strip are selectively controlled by controlling power to the first trace to illuminate the first illumination zone, and
wherein the elongate substrate of the first light strip is a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate that is substantially rigid.