| CPC F21V 23/06 (2013.01) [F21K 9/20 (2016.08); F21S 8/026 (2013.01); F21V 21/04 (2013.01); H01R 13/6275 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A plug for coupling with a socket to form a device for connecting a recessed electrical fixture with electrical power supply wiring located at or near an electrical junction box positioned such that a face of the electrical junction box is substantially flush with a work surface, and for mounting the fixture on the electrical junction box, with the fixture including a housing, the plug comprising:
at least one male connector electrically connected to the fixture and engageable with a contact terminal within the socket to establish a circuit between the electrical fixture and the electrical power wiring; and
a releasable latch carried on the combination of the plug and the socket for releasably securing the plug to the socket,
wherein the plug and socket are configured and dimensioned such that the housing is recessed at least partially inside the electrical junction box and a first distal end of the housing is positioned against the work surface,
wherein the plug includes:
a body affixed to a second distal end of the housing, which is opposite the first distal end,
a plurality of concentric ring-shaped electrical connectors positioned upon the body to define an insertion face of the plug,
an elongate centrally disposed barrel defining a longitudinal axis and having at least one transverse channel,
a latch pin slidable within the barrel, the latch pin having at least one radial recess, and
at least one ball disposed within the transverse channel and contactable by the latch pin, the latch pin slideable to alternately position the ball adjacent a radial recess and not adjacent a radial recess,
wherein the plug further includes a release lever that is configured to slide within a lever channel in the body of the plug, the release lever:
being slideable within the lever channel in the body of the plug along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the barrel,
having a cam surface that is configured to slide against a cam follower located at an end of the latch pin when the release lever slides within the lever channel so as to alternately push the latch pin to position a radial recess adjacent to a ball and to a position where the radial recess is not adjacent to a ball, and
extending from within the lever channel to outside of the body of the plug, and including a lever extension that extends away from the plug in a direction away from the insertion face of the plug, the lever extension being configured and dimensioned to extend beyond the work surface so that a distal end of the release lever is pushable to release the plug from the socket when the housing is at least partially recessed inside the electrical junction box, and
wherein the fixture includes an LED PCB light source.
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