公开(公告)号：US20180026329A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15213693

申请日：2016-07-19

Applicant: ABL IP Holding LLC

Inventor： John Johnson ,  John Peter Roquemore ,  Matthew Clement ,  Jose Gonzalez

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  F21V23/00 ,  F21V3/00 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q13/20

CPC classification number: H01Q1/22 ,  F21V3/00 ,  F21V23/009 ,  F21V23/0471 ,  F21Y2105/10 ,  F21Y2115/10 ,  H01Q1/085 ,  H01Q1/2283 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q9/30 ,  H01Q13/20 ,  H05B37/0272

Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a radio frequency (RF) connector connected to a first end of a coaxial cable and a wire antenna attached to a second end of the coaxial cable. The wire antenna may be made of a shape memory alloy, such as nitinol. Examples of RF connectors include U.FL, IPEX, IPAX, IPX, AMC, MHF and UMCC connectors that allow the wire antenna to be removably attached to a printed circuit board (PCB) of a lighting control device and to avoid hardwiring the antenna to the PCB. The device that includes the antenna assembly may be incorporated into a luminaire for wireless control of the luminaire. The lighting control device may be installed within the luminaire, such that the wire antenna is positioned between a light source and a diffuser. A number of such luminaries may be combined to provide an intelligent lighting system.