US 11,988,370 B2
Solid-state lighting fixtures with socket connections for accessories and accessories for use therewith
Ramesh Raghavan, Edison, NJ (US); Aymen Chami, Hackettstown, NJ (US); Eric Clohosey, Hawthorne, NJ (US); Stephen Andrew Entrekin, Chester, NJ (US); and Xiaoming Dai, Ningbo (CN)
Assigned to MAXLITE, INC, Pine Brook, NJ (US)
Filed by MAXLITE, INC., West Caldwell, NJ (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,565.
Application 18/076,565 is a continuation of application No. 17/557,306, filed on Dec. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,549,675.
Application 17/557,306 is a continuation of application No. 17/215,852, filed on Mar. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,215,350, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/048,373, filed on Jul. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108737 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. F21V 23/06 (2006.01); F21V 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 23/06 (2013.01) [F21V 23/045 (2013.01); F21V 23/0464 (2013.01); F21V 23/0471 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting fixture assembly comprising:
a body;
a port, with a socket body having a non-circular profile, mounted on said body, through a first opening in the body, to receive a USB connector, the port being externally accessible from outside the body; and
an accessory having a USB connector receivable in the port, wherein, with the USB connector received in the port, the accessory being fixed to the body externally of, and spaced from, the first opening.