US 12,345,069 B2
Deck or slab anchor housing power supply for pool and other high-moisture operating environment powered devices
Brett C. Fritts, West Linn, OR (US); William J. Svendsen, Canby, OR (US); and Gregory D. Russell, Canby, OR (US)
Assigned to S.R. SMITH, LLC, Canby, OR (US)
Appl. No. 17/755,714
Filed by S.R. SMITH, LLC, Canby, OR (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/059544
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/092493, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,695, filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0396959 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. E04H 4/14 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC E04H 4/14 (2013.01) [H02J 50/10 (2016.02); F21V 33/006 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anchor assembly for housing a power supply to wirelessly transfer power to devices in high-moisture operating environments, comprising:
a mount forming a coupling portion for securing an inductive power receiver of a powered device, the mount including a recessed cavity in which an inductive power transmitter is at least partly nestable; and
a body portion having an engagement compartment and a retainer, the engagement compartment having an opening opposite the mount, the opening sized to receive the inductive power receiver of the powered device, and the retainer configured to secure a side of the inductive power receiver such that it is retained in the engagement compartment, in which the anchor assembly is vertically oriented to allow the powered device to be plugged downward into the engagement compartment with the retainer ensuring that the inductive power receiver remains engaged when fastened.