Abstract: An exhaust valve includes a body defining a passage section and extending along an extension axis from an upstream inlet able to be connected to an upstream pipe to a downstream outlet able to be connected to a downstream pipe. A flap is positioned in the body, across the passage section, and rotates around a rotation axis secant to the extension axis between a closed orientation where the flap closes the passage section and an open orientation where the flap frees the passage section. A transmission member is aligned along the rotation axis and is secured to the flap by a first end, and the second end of which is positioned outside the body. A rotating actuator drives the flap via the second end of the transmission member. A fastening element is used to fasten the actuator on the outside of the body (2). The valve further includes at least one fin positioned between the body and the actuator. Also, an exhaust line includes such a valve.

Abstract: A gate valve and gate member for a gate valve, which may be used for hydrocarbon well fracturing operations with a fracturing fluid, or “frac fluid”, includes a seat, having a seat end face which is in sliding contact with a gate member that has a sealing face surface with at least one recess formed in the sealing face surface of the gate member.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a trim arrangement for a ball valve. The trim arrangement can include a first seat assembly having a first seat, a threaded collar, and a biasing element. The first seat can be in contact with a first side of a ball element, and the threaded collar can be threadably coupled to the first seat and can be in engagement with the biasing element. The trim arrangement further includes a second seat assembly having a second seat in contact with a second side of the ball element. The threaded collar can have a profile that is configured to non-rotatably and slidably engage a corresponding profile of a collar bore of the valve body to prevent rotation of the threaded collar relative to the valve body.

Abstract: A valve member having a first flow path and a second flow path, and configured to control both flow paths through a filter assembly. The valve member allows control of the two flow streams in a compact space compared to traditional valves. The valve member may require less space to operate due to its compact nature as compared to traditional external valves with multiple handles that each require space to rotate. The valve member may also be used to easily shut-off flow to a filter of a filter assembly without limiting use of another filtration assembly in the same filtration system. Alternatively, the valve member may shut off flow to a corresponding filter of a stand-alone filter assembly that is not connected to another filter assembly. Also, the valve member allows less expensive and more lightweight filtration systems.

Abstract: A solenoid-operated valve assembly that reduces the jet flow of fluid or gas in an axially exiting valve. The valve assembly comprises a spool valve, a valve member housing, and a flow path. The spool valve comprises a fluid communication channel, a tail, and an inlet seat. The valve member housing comprises at least one inlet, at least one nozzle flow director, and at least one outlet. The flow path begins at the at least one inlet and exits at the at least one outlet. The at least one nozzle flow director is within the flow path. The spool valve moves axially within the valve member housing between a closed position and an open position. The inlet seat closes the at least one flow path at the inlet when the spool valve is in the closed position. A method of operation of the solenoid-operated valve assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A check valve for a vessel having at least one port for a buoyancy chamber. The check valve having a valve body fitted to sealingly engage the port and a stopper retained within the valve body and be moveable from a dosed position limiting water from entering the port to an open position permitting drainage of water from the port.

Abstract: A check valve which allows a sub valve body to have an improved sealing function when the check valve has an increased size. When a sub valve body 300 is seated on a second valve seat 231 and a third valve seat 440, S2?1 is satisfied where a seal area S1 is a total of a contact area of the sub valve body 300 and the second valve seat 231 and a contact area of the sub valve body 300 and the third valve seat 440, and a pressure-receiving area S2 is an area of a non-contact region at a lower end surface of the sub valve body 300 between a contact region of the sub valve body 300 and the second valve seat 231 and a contact region of the sub valve body 300 and the third valve seat 440.

Abstract: Systems for chemical injection. An example system includes a pilot valve comprising: a hydraulic piston, a poppet, and a biasing device. The system further comprises a jay-selector comprising: a rotatable jay-piston having jay-slots, and a plurality of ports. The system additionally comprises a plurality of flow restrictors.

Abstract: A slam-shut safety assembly configured to provide redundant safety shutoff in a gas distribution system. The slam-shut safety assembly includes a valve body, a first slam-shut safety device coupled to the valve body, and a second slam-shut safety device coupled to the valve body. The valve body has an inlet, an outlet, and defines a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. The first slam-shut safety device is configured to block the flow path at a first position responsive to an overpressure condition or an underpressure condition. The second slam-shut safety device is configured to block the flow path at a second position responsive to the overpressure condition or the underpressure condition.

Abstract: A metal reinforcement band is embedded around the inlets and outlets of a valve to help prevent cracking the plastic bodies of the inlets and outlets. This metal band is embedded in between an outer diameter and a threaded inner diameter of the inlets and the outlets of a valve by an injection molding process.

Abstract: A valve having a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin movable by the solenoid, a piston connected to the pin, a second housing part that bears against the housing and which partially accommodates the piston, and a seal arranged between the second housing part and piston. The seal is connected to the second housing part. The seal surrounds a region of the second housing part such that the region forms at least one undercut for the seal.

Abstract: A valve includes a housing, a solenoid arranged in the housing, a pin movable by the solenoid, a piston connected to the pin, and a seal arranged between the housing and the piston. The seal is an axially acting seal which, in the closed state of the valve, interacts with a sealing surface of the piston.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a thermal management module is disclosed that includes: a housing defining a plurality of ports and at least one camshaft opening, the housing defining at least one chamber; a camshaft extending through the at least one camshaft opening into the chamber, the camshaft including a plurality of cams; a plurality of seal assemblies each surrounding a respective port of the plurality of ports; and a plurality of stoppers each arranged with a respective port of the plurality of ports. In one aspect, at least one port of the plurality of ports includes a guidance finger adapted to guide a respective stopper of the plurality of stoppers. In another aspect, openings defined by at least two ports of the plurality of ports overlap in an axial direction of the openings.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for valve lever apparatus for use with fluid valves. An example apparatus includes a valve stem for a fluid valve, a pin removably coupled to an end of the valve stem to receive a valve lever to manually actuate the fluid valve, and a damping material to provide a damping effect between the valve stem and the valve lever.

Abstract: A valve box lock for preventing unauthorized access to a shut off valve including a security bolt extending through a hole in a valve box cover and received into a threaded hole in a cam piece mounted to the undersurface of the cover, the cam piece is moved up and down by rotation of the security bolt in either direction. The cam piece engages a pair of locking plates which are moved radially out into engagement with an inner surface of the valve box to prevent removal of the cover when the security bolt is rotated in one direction, or are retracted radially to release the cover so as to be able to be removed. A automatic lubricating arrangement is associated with the security bolt to insure that it is able to be turned by excluding any.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method of extracting buried lead water supply pipe with minimal excavation and which allows removal and containment of the lead pipe. The extraction apparatus includes a frame having an upwardly extending mast, a guide pulley mounted on the frame, and a pulling apparatus. A take-up spool is mounted on the mast between the guide pulley and pulling apparatus and positioned to allow a pipe pulling cable to be wrapped therearound into a non-linear path between the guide pulley and the pulling apparatus. Extracted pipe is pulled into the non-linear path until the pipe is fully extracted from the ground. Multiple spiral loops around the take-up spool by the pulling cable may be necessary to fully contain the extracted pipe. Following extraction, the pipe may be unspooled from the take-up spool, the pulling cable removed for re-use, and the pipe may then be sent for disposal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved system and method for the assembly and installation of pipeline. In accordance with aspects of the invention, the pipeline is assembled at one or more assembly sites located at a particular location of a pipeline route. The pipeline is pulled out of the assembly site and along a trench using a transport unit, such as a winch. The trench may contain a plurality of conveyance units, such as rollers, over which the pipeline is conveyed. The pipeline may continue to be pulled through the trench as portions of the pipeline are assembled at the assembly site, and the pipeline may be pulled until the pipeline has reached a desired location within the trench.

Abstract: A collar for use on a water filtration tank adapter. The collar is formed as a ring adapted to thread onto the tank connection end of the adapter and abut the nut portion between the tank connection end and the pipe end of adapter. An o-ring, square in cross-section, is disposed on a top surface of the collar, offset medially towards the center. This top o-ring is adapted to abut the nut portion of the adapter. Another o-ring, square in cross-section, is disposed on the bottom surface, offset medially away from the center. This bottom o-ring is adapted to abut the tank head upon use. Accordingly, a water-tight seal is formed at the tank connection end and tank head, the collar functioning as both a positive stop and as a substitute for pipe tape.

Abstract: Provided is a method of determining whether a multilayer tubular structure (MLT) satisfies an extractables test by filling the multilayer tubular structure MLT with an alcohol-containing petrol of FAM B type to obtain a filled MLT and measuring the amount of extractable material. The MLT satisfies the extractables test when the residue of the filtrate is less than or equal to 6 g/m2 of the inner surface area of the MLT.

Abstract: Drain pipe assemblies are provide that include a first flexible pipe having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of convolutions formed therein. A first female threaded connector is is provided that is configured to receive one of the convolutions of the first flexible pipe therein. In this way, the first female threaded connector can form a seal when the one of the convolutions received therein is proximate the first end of the first flexible pipe and the first female threaded connector is threadably coupled to a first male threaded coupling. A retainer is provided that is configured to dispose a portion of the flexible pipe therethrough to form and retain a trap in the first flexible pipe. Methods of installing and using such drain pipe assemblies are also provided.

Abstract: A high capacity universal connector for use in connecting tubular members and a method for sealing the tubular members is provided. First and second tubular members are provided which each have ends that are brought into face-to-face engagement by a connector. A metal sealing element seals against conical surfaces at the ends of the first and second tubular members and enables the entire surface of the end of one tubular member to be bought into engagement with the surface of the end of the other tubular member so as to improve the bending and compression capacity of the assembly comprising the tubular members and the metal sealing element. A metal sealing ring for use in this assembly is also provided, along with a gasket retention assembly.

Abstract: A load bearing flexible conduit system (10) for use in a body of water and adapted for deployment from a reel (100) located on a water going vessel into the body of water is disclosed. The system comprises a number of lengths (12) of load bearing flexible conduit, each length of load bearing flexible conduit provided with an inner layer (44) having a throughbore and a load bearing outer layer (50). A joint (30) for connecting the lengths together has a body having a longitudinal axis and a throughbore and at least one flexible coupling to permit at least one of the said one ends of the respective first and second lengths of load bearing flexible conduit to move relative to the longitudinal axis of the joint. The lengths of load bearing flexible conduit are sufficiently flexible such that they are capable of being stored, prior to use, on a reel (100) and are further capable of being at least partially payed out from the reel into the body of water during use.

Abstract: A vacuum joint has a simple structure and thus is capable of connecting and disconnecting vacuum pipes very easily and quickly. A vacuum utilization device includes this vacuum joint. A vacuum joint of the present invention includes: a first coupling member having a tubular shape and adapted to be attached to a connection end of a vacuum pipe; and a second coupling member having a tubular shape and adapted to be attached to a connection end of a vacuum pipe. The first coupling member has an axial front end with a substantially flat contact surface that contains a ferromagnetic material, and the second coupling member has an axial front end with a substantially flat contact surface that contains a ferromagnetic material. At least one of the contact surface of the first coupling member and the contact surface of the second coupling member includes a magnet.

Abstract: A connector for fluidly connecting a collector pipe and a feeder pipe is disclosed, with a retaining member defining a curved base defining a pair of platforms at opposite ends thereof and facing towards each other upon the connector being mounted on the collector pipe. The base is resiliently deformable such that in a non-deformed state, a radius of curvature of the base is smaller than an outer radius of the collector pipe and a distance between the platforms is smaller than a diameter of the collector pipe. The platforms is displaceable away from each other to vary the distance between them to mount the connector and to exert a clamping force on the collector pipe. The connector has a connecting member engaging the feeder pipe. A piping network is also disclosed.

Abstract: A reactor pressure vessel includes a reactor pressure vessel body, a nozzle structure connected to the reactor pressure vessel body, a conduit structure connected to the nozzle structure, and a restraint device attached around a portion of the conduit structure. The restraint device includes collar parts that have cross sections corresponding to respective segments of a periphery of the portion of the conduit structure, brackets attached to the nozzle structure, and rods connecting the brackets to the collar parts. The collar parts are connected end-to-end to each other such that a cross section of the collar parts connected to each other corresponds to the periphery of the portion of the conduit structure. The collar parts are pinned to each other. The brackets spaced apart from each other around a periphery of the nozzle structure.

Abstract: There is proposed a washing machine including an improved holder capable of fixing a hose. The washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub provided inside the cabinet, a drain pump provided to discharge washing water accommodated in the tub to the outside of the cabinet, a drain hose configured to guide the washing water pumped by the drain pump to the outside of the cabinet, and a holder coupled to an outer surface of the cabinet to fix the drain hose to the cabinet, wherein the holder includes an accommodating portion provided to accommodate the drain hose and a damping portion configured to cause the drain hose to be spaced apart from the cabinet so that, when the washing water is drained, vibration of the drain hose due to the drain pump is prevented from being transmitted to the cabinet.

Abstract: A line element includes an inner element, an outer element surrounding the inner element, and a damping element arranged between the inner element and the outer element. The damping element can be made, for example, of knitted wire fabric or a stripwound hose. The damping element can be made in particular of a more easily wearing material than the outer element and/or the inner element, for example of copper.

Abstract: A pipeline has a fitting with a wedge-shaped plug pressed into a wedge-shaped fitting recess by a retaining ring to block flow through the fitting for pressure testing. The plug has an extractor plate fastened to the plug through a center of the retaining ring so the retaining ring can rotate relative to the plug and extractor plate. But the extractor plate is a predetermined maximum distance from the plug and is larger than the center opening of the retaining ring to captivate the retaining ring between the plug and extractor plate. That limits the retaining ring motion along the port's axis. Threading engagement between the retaining ring and port allow the retaining ring to push the plug into the fitting in a first rotation direction while rotation in the opposite direction allows the retaining ring to push the extractor plate and the connected plug out of the fitting.

Abstract: A method of using a pipe cap assembly for a normally-sealed system includes attaching the base portion of a pipe cap to a pipe of a normally sealed system. A transition cap having internal threads is releasably coupled to an externally-threaded cylindrical connector portion of the pipe cap for sealing the same during normal operation. When access to the normally sealed system is required, the transition cap is unthreaded from the pipe cap, and a transition fitting is installed instead. A drain hose, vent hose, or the like, may be coupled to an access port of the transition fitting and fastened thereto for passing fluids to or from the normally sealed system. Alternatively, a test instrument may be coupled to the access port. Thereafter, the transition fitting is removed, and the transition cap is re-installed.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high-temperature liner for rehabilitating multilayered high-temperature pipes, a rehabilitated high-temperature pipe, the use of the high-temperature liner and a process for rehabilitating high-temperature pipes.

Abstract: Bend restrictor comprising at least one pipe section and at least one clamp section wherein the pipe section comprises an outward facing flange at each end, the pipe section is split in the longitudinal direction into at least two parts, wherein the clamp section comprises an inward facing flange at each end and a pipe shaped middle section therebetween, wherein the clamp section is split in the longitudinal direction into at least two parts, wherein said parts are connectable through bolt connections, and wherein each inward facing flange is adapted to receive the outward facing flange of a pipe section.

Abstract: A supporting structure for supporting a device includes: a base portion configured to support the device; and a plurality of leg portions configured to support the base portion. At least one of the plurality of leg portions includes a height adjusting mechanism whose length is adjustable in a height direction of the base portion, and a ground contact member configured to make contact with a ground. The ground contact member is fixed to the base portion with the height adjusting mechanism sandwiched between the ground contact member and the base portion so as to fix the height adjusting mechanism, and the ground contact member has a ground contact surface formed in the shape of a convex-shaped curved surface.

Abstract: Provided is a composite stand stud, including a body portion, a screw and a tubular member. The body portion includes a support platform, a support body, and a connecting portion. A diameter of the support platform is larger than a diameter of the support body, and two ends of the support body are respectively connected to the support platform and the connecting portion. A diameter of the screw is smaller than a diameter of the support body, and one end of the screw is defined as an embedded end, and the other end thereof is defined as a penetrating end. The embedded end is disposed in the body portion, and the penetrating end penetrates from a center of the support platform to an outside of the body portion. The screw and the support platform are perpendicular to each other. The tubular member is wrapped around an outer edge of the support body.

Abstract: Unique securement devices, usable for example as tripod feet, each feature a bistable spring band encapsulated in an outer skin with a set of optionally magnetic embedments discretely spaced along the band, and a coupler at one end for attachment to a tripod leg or other component. Unique ball and socket joints employ both a snap fit and a secondary retention mechanism to reliably secure together various components, including said securement devices and tripod legs. One joint includes an externally convex and internally concave ball coupler for optional mating with either a larger socket coupler or smaller ball. One joint includes a stabilization sleeve for angularly locking the ball and socket joint. An elongated support, usable as a tripod leg for example, features threaded connection ports usable to either directly mount threaded third-party componentry, or to receive a threaded ball coupler by which socket-equipped componentry can be indirectly attached.

Abstract: Unique securement devices, usable for example as tripod feet, each feature a bistable spring band encapsulated in an outer skin with a set of optionally magnetic embedments discretely spaced along the band, and a coupler at one end for attachment to a tripod leg or other component. Unique ball and socket joints employ both a snap fit and a secondary retention mechanism to reliably secure together various components, including said securement devices and tripod legs. One joint includes an externally convex and internally concave ball coupler for optional mating with either a larger socket coupler or smaller ball. One joint includes a stabilization sleeve for angularly locking the ball and socket joint. An elongated support, usable as a tripod leg for example, features threaded connection ports usable to either directly mount threaded third-party componentry, or to receive a threaded ball coupler by which socket-equipped componentry can be indirectly attached.

Abstract: An adjustable stand for mobile devices includes a board-like body, and a first holding unit and a second holding unit. The first holding unit is movable between the upper end and the bottom end of the body. The second holding unit is movable between the left side and the right side of the body. Two lateral members are respectively connected to the left side and the right side of the body. A support includes a bar with two arms extending from two ends of the bar. Each arm has a connector and two connectors are pivotably connected to the left and right sides of the body. The bar can be put on a desk top. The mobile device is positioned by the first and second holding units.

Abstract: A mobile device holder and mount that allows a user to attach the mobile device to an external structure or an external surface easily and efficiently. The holder includes a first plate, a second plate, a plurality of support bars, a plurality of first magnets, a ferromagnetic plate, and a flexible wire. The first plate and the second plate are mounted parallel and offset to each other. The support bars are normally distributed in between the first plate and the second plate. The first magnets are distributed across the first plate and are adjacently mounted to the first plate. The ferromagnetic plate attached to a mobile device and magnetically mounts to the first plate. The flexible wire is threaded in between the support bars and attached to an external structure or an external surface.

Abstract: A mounting structure for a placing racket mainly includes a fixing frame including a circular arc seat and an opposite circular arc seat in connection therewith; at least one flexible cushion body is configured between the both seats, and the circular arc seat is formed with a rotatable assembly including a rotatable seat, engagement groove, at least one first joint and an engagement element, where the rotatable assembly is movably connected to a placing seat having an engagement seat and limiting mechanism adapted to be operated in coordination with the rotatable assembly. Whereby, the circular arc seat and opposite circular arc seat can be engaged with each other to fix on a tube, the different number of flexible cushion bodies may be placed to fit different sizes of tubes to facilitate the stable fixation, and the rotatable assembly is used to rotate the placing seat with the limiting mechanism.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a rigging assembly, comprising a plurality of rig attachment members, each rig attachment member having a top, a bottom, and at least two side walls, wherein each of the at least two side walls comprise an aperture; a cable serially inserted through each of the apertures of the rig attachment members; and at least one tension member having one end coupled to the cable and having an opposite end secured to one of the rig attachment members, wherein the plurality of rig attachment members are held by the cable in tension exerted by the at least one tension member. A rigging and fall protection system are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spring adjustment supporting arm for a display support. The supporting arm comprises an upright column, a big supporting arm, a medium supporting arm and a supporting arm brace rod. The upright column, the big supporting arm, the medium supporting arm and the supporting arm brace rod are hinged to form a four-bar linkage. The big supporting arm is internally provided with a cavity, and the cavity is internally provided with a spring assembly. It is not necessary to adapt to the weight of a display by means of adjusting a force arm included angle of the spring assembly, and therefore, it is not necessary to arrange a force arm included angle adjustment mechanism, thus simplifying a mechanism of the supporting arm, improving the reliability of production and mounting, reducing production costs, prolonging the service life of a product and preventing potential safety hazards.

Abstract: Lubricant delivery systems, related methods, and computer program products for facilitating the assessment of operating conditions of one or more lubricant recipients are disclosed. In an aspect, assessment(s) facilitated by the lubricant delivery systems and related methods and computer program products of the present disclosure may be used to maintain a lubricant delivery process that delivers a lubricant supply to one or more recipients in order to minimize or prevent damage. Assessment(s) may be at least partially facilitated by one or more sensing devices that may be configured to detect, measure, or sense one or more operating conditions of at least one recipient in order to identify situations wherein the recipient(s) may be operating without adequate supply, amount, density, viscosity, and/or composition of one or more lubricants. A user and/or computing device may make one or more adjustments to at least one lubricant delivery process to the recipient(s).

Abstract: Provided herein, is magnetic catch assembly that may be utilized with and/or incorporated into lubricator of a wellhead. The magnetic catch assembly permits maintaining a plunger within the lubricator without requiring any moving mechanical components.

Abstract: Provided is a high-pressure tank including: a helical layer containing first fibers that are wound in a helical pattern and a first resin that fixes the first fibers; a hoop layer located outward of the helical layer in the high-pressure tank and containing second fibers that are wound in a hoop pattern and a second resin that fixes the second fibers; and an intermediate layer located between the helical layer and the hoop layer and containing third fibers that are thinner than at least either the first fibers or the second fibers and a third resin that fixes the third fibers, the first fibers of the helical layer, and the second fibers of the hoop layer.

Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a liner and a reinforcing layer. The liner includes a body portion having a cylindrical shape. The liner is configured such that a gas is filled in the liner. The reinforcing layer is made of a material having a linear expansion coefficient lower than a linear expansion coefficient of a material of the liner. The reinforcing layer is formed in contact with an outer surface of the body portion. The reinforcing layer is configured to cover the liner from outside the liner. A thickness of the body portion is set to such a value that the outer surface of the body portion is not separated from the reinforcing layer when the gas that has been filled in the liner is discharged out of the liner.

Abstract: A vehicle has a fuel system that includes a controller that determines when the vehicle is in a refuel mode or a run mode based on a connection of a refuel nozzle to a vehicle connection of the vehicle. The controller controls a fuel pump input selector, a vehicle fuel pump, and a fill/run fuel selector such that fuel is pumped from a storage tank external to the vehicle into a vehicle fuel tank by way of the vehicle fuel pump in the refuel mode, and fuel is pumped to an engine of the vehicle from the vehicle fuel tank by way of the vehicle fuel pump in the run mode.

Abstract: A controlled ambient temperature vaporization system including a source of liquid carbon dioxide at a supply pressure, a pressure reduction valve is provided. The system is configured to reduce the liquid carbon dioxide from the supply pressure to a delivery pressure, a heat exchange device. The system is also configured to exchange heat between a stream of ambient temperature air and the carbon dioxide at delivery pressure, thereby producing a vaporized carbon dioxide stream. The system also includes a backpressure regulator, configured to maintain the vaporized carbon dioxide above a minimum delivery pressure.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) filament light bulb is disclosed. The LED filament light bulb includes a plurality of LED filaments, an RF driver, an antenna, and a cover. The antenna defines a first end portion and a second end portion, where the first end portion of the antenna is electrically connected and in signal communication with the RF driver. The cover defines an external wall and a support structure. The external wall defines an interior volume and the support structure defines an evacuation passageway and a cavity. The evacuation passageway and the antenna are both received within the cavity of the support structure and the evacuation passageway is fluidly connected to the interior volume of the cover.

Abstract: A method for producing a tube lamp uses at least one leadframe. A leadframe is a flat structure which has two opposing surfaces extending substantially parallel and spaced apart by the sheet thickness. One or more stabilizing sections are applied to the leadframe. The leadframe is fastened with the stabilizing sections in a tubular housing of the tube lamp.

Abstract: An improved LED lighting system is provided for overhead ceiling lighting, as well as for other uses. The LED lighting system comprises elongated linear lamps having an LED luminary as a source of illumination and configured to operate as a node of an automated networked lighting system. The linear LED lamps have internal modular network connectors and control components so that they can receive control data and power signals over a single network cable according to a standardized power and data network communications architecture such as Ethernet. The system includes connector assemblies designed to securely mount the networkable linear LED lamps to conventional tube lamp lighting fixtures or to another support housing and to provide integrated power and data connectivity to internal components of the lamps. In one form, the disclosed system includes a network enabled snap-fit connector assembly mounted to a lighting fixture and configured to provide Ethernet power and data connectivity to the lamp.

Abstract: The present application discloses a light pipe assembly having a light pipe with a proximal end, an opposing distal end, a length between the proximal end and the distal end, and a surface, the surface having an emitting portion and an overlay portion, where the light pipe is a material capable of transmitting light with a first refractive index; and a reflective secondary surface having a second refractive index and a width, the reflective secondary surface positioned adjacent the overlay portion of the light pipe, where the first refractive index is greater than the refractive index of air, and the second refractive index is greater than the first refractive index. In at least one embodiment, the reflective secondary surface is a non-metallic material capable of reflecting light. In at least one embodiment, the width of the reflective secondary surface varies along the length of the light pipe.