ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,984, issued on June 24, was assigned to MAXLITE INC (Pine Brook, N.J.).
"Solid-state lighting fixtures with socket connections for accessories and accessories for use therewith" was invented by Ramesh Raghavan (Edison, N.J.), Aymen Chami (Hackettstown, N.J.), Eric Clohosey (Hawthorne, N.J.), Stephen Andrew Entrekin (Chester, N.J.) and Xiaoming Dai (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state lighting fixture assembly having a lighting fixture with a socket configured to receive a plug associated with one or more accessories to allow for easy in-field mounting of accessories, e.g., controls, onto installed lighting fixt...