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Adjustable motion sensing apparatus

US6323488A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 1999
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B13/19
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An infrared motion sensing apparatus mounted within the canopy of a decorative lighting fixture where the apparatus may be vertically adjusted. The apparatus comprises a pyroelectric infrared sensor located in a stationary base. Mounted over the sensor and movable in a vertical direction is a Fresnel lens array. The array is mounted to a frame that is constrained to ride on the base in a vertical direction in response to the rotation of a screw. The canopy has an opening to allow radiation to be received by the sensor and a second opening for a stem of the screw so that manipulation of the stem may take place without disassembly of any part of the lighting fixture.

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