CN220628361U - Lamp connector, lamp and lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a lamp connector, a lamp and a lighting system. The lamp connector comprises a columnar main body part, a first groove and a second groove are formed in the outer peripheral side of the main body part, the grooves are opposite, a connecting opening is formed between the grooves, a conductive component is arranged in the second groove, the lamp comprises a connecting part and an electric connecting terminal, the connecting part is inserted into the first groove to realize mechanical connection, and the electric connecting terminal is inserted into the second groove to form electric connection with the conductive component. The lamp connector is not provided with a fixed connection interface, and the lamp can be arranged at any position of the outer peripheral surface of the connector, and meanwhile, the electric connection and the mechanical connection are realized. Meanwhile, the annular conductive component is adopted, the insertion position of the electric connection terminal is not limited, and the insertion of a plurality of conductive terminals is supported. Therefore, the connector has no limit on the number and the positions of the connected lamps, and can realize flexible combination of a plurality of lamps to form connection with each other at any angle.

Description

Lamp connector, lamp and lighting system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a lamp connector, a lamp and a lighting system.

Background

The linear lamp is formed by combining line elements and LED light, can be embedded into a lamp which is installed on a wall surface or a cabinet body in a seamless mode, can be hoisted and spliced according to requirements, is rich and various in form, can meet the decoration requirements of different scenes, and enhances the atmosphere of a space. When the linear lamp is used for large-area illumination, a plurality of groups of linear lamps can be installed for illumination, so that the linear lamp can meet the illumination requirements of different spaces. When a plurality of linear lamps are used in combination, a connecting device is needed to assemble the root lamp strips together.

The connecting device in the market at present is to arrange an inserting port at a fixed position on a main body for connection, such as a lamp connecting structure disclosed in Chinese patent CN 215982436U. The lamp with the connecting structure can be connected only according to the interfaces on the connecting structure, and the number and the positions of the connectable lamps are fixed and cannot be flexibly adjusted according to the needs. And because of different indoor environments and application requirements, users hope to have a more flexible connection structure, the number of lamps can be increased or decreased according to the requirements after the installation is completed, and meanwhile, the angles between adjacent lamps can be changed according to different house structures.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve the problems and provides a lamp connector and a lighting system which can realize flexible connection in various forms.

The utility model provides a lamp connector for realizing the electric connection and mechanical connection among lamps, which is characterized in that: the lamp connector comprises a columnar main body part, a first groove and a second groove are formed in the outer peripheral side of the main body part, the first groove and the second groove are arranged along the axis direction of the main body part, the grooves are opposite, a connecting opening is formed between the groove of the first groove and the groove of the second groove, a conductive component is arranged in the second groove, a connecting part is arranged at the end part of the lamp, the connecting part is inserted into the first groove to realize the mechanical connection of the lamp and the lamp connector, the lamp further comprises an electric connecting terminal, the electric connecting terminal is inserted into the second groove and the conductive component to form electric connection, the lamp connector further comprises a cover body arranged at one side of the end part of the main body part, and the first groove or the second groove is arranged in the cover body and is detachably connected with the main body part.

Preferably, the first groove and the second groove are annular, the first groove and the second groove are coaxially arranged around the outer side of the main body part, and the connecting part and the electric connecting terminal can be arranged at any annular position of the first groove and the second groove to realize connection.

Preferably, the conductive assembly comprises an insulating strip paved at the bottom of the second groove, at least two conductive electrodes are arranged on the insulating strip at intervals along the radial direction of the second groove, and the conductive electrodes are annular.

Preferably, the cover body and the main body are screwed.

The application also provides a lamps and lanterns, its characterized in that: the lamp can be connected to the lamp connector, the lamp comprises a connecting part and an electric connecting terminal, the connecting part is inserted into the first groove to realize mechanical connection of the lamp and the lamp connector, and the electric connecting terminal is inserted into the second groove to form electric connection with the conductive component.

Preferably, the connecting portion includes a supporting portion extending outward from the lamp end portion, and a first plug-in block extending toward one side and provided on the supporting portion, and when the lamp and the lamp connector are connected, the first plug-in block is inserted into the first groove, and the supporting portion is provided in the connection opening.

Preferably, the support part is further provided with a second plug-in block, the second plug-in block extends from the support part towards a direction deviating from the first plug-in block, when the lamp is connected with the lamp connector, the second plug-in block is inserted into the second groove, and the electric connection terminal is arranged at the end part of the second plug-in block and the electric conduction assembly form electric connection.

Preferably, the first plugging block is provided with a protruding block protruding towards the lamp, and when the lamp is connected with the lamp connector, the outer groove wall of the first groove is clamped by the protruding block and the end part of the lamp.

The application also provides a lighting system, characterized in that: the lamp comprises the lamp connector and at least two lamps, wherein the ends of the lamps are connected to the outer peripheral side of the main body part, and the electric connection terminals of the lamps are electrically connected with the conductive component.

Preferably, the lamp may be disposed at any position on the outer peripheral surface of the main body, and the lamp connector may be connected to each other and then may be moved in a rotational manner along the outer peripheral surface of the main body.

The lamp can realize mechanical connection and electric connection simultaneously in one-time assembly process, the connector is not provided with a fixed connection interface, and the lamp can be arranged at any position of the outer peripheral surface of the connector. Meanwhile, the annular conductive component is adopted, the insertion position of the electric connection terminal is not limited, and the insertion of a plurality of conductive terminals can be supported. Therefore, the connector has no limit on the number and the positions of the connected lamps, and can realize flexible combination of a plurality of lamps to form connection with each other at any angle.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a light fixture connector in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the first preferred embodiment of FIG. 1 after the lamp connector and lamp are connected;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the conductive assembly of the first preferred embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the conductive assembly of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the end cap of the lamp of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the end cap of the light fixture of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of the first preferred embodiment of fig. 1 after the lamp connector is connected to a plurality of lamps.

Detailed Description

The lamp connector, the lamp and the lighting system combined by the lamp connector according to the utility model are further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the specific embodiments.

The structure of the lamp connector 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present application is shown in fig. 1, and in this embodiment, the lamp connected to the lamp connector 1 is a lamp strip 2, as shown in fig. 2. The lamp connector 1 includes a columnar body portion 11. The outer peripheral side of the main body 11 is provided with a first groove 13 and a second groove 14. In this embodiment, the main body 11 is cylindrical, and the first groove 13 and the second groove 14 are both annular and encircle the outer side of the main body 11. The first groove 13 and the second groove 14 are arranged along the axial direction of the main body 11, the notches are opposite, and a certain interval exists between the notch 1302 of the first groove 13 and the notch 1402 of the second groove 14, so as to form a connecting opening 15.

The first groove 13 is a mechanical connection portion of the lamp connector 1, a groove bottom of which extends outwardly from the main body 11, and an outer groove wall 1301 is provided in a ring shape coaxially with the main body 11. As shown in fig. 1, the groove bottom of the first groove 13 is provided on the end face of the main body 11 in this embodiment. In other preferred embodiments, the bottom of the first groove 13 may also extend outward from the middle position of the main body 11, which is not limited in this application. At the end of the light bar 2 a connection 22 is provided which mates with the first recess 13. The light bar 2 is a bar-shaped light source, and has end caps 21 at both ends thereof, and a connecting portion 22 is provided outside the end caps 21 as shown in fig. 5 and 6. In other embodiments, the lamp may have other structures, such as a bulb, a plate-shaped light source module lamp, and the connection portion 22 may be disposed at any end of the lamp. The connection portion 22 includes a support portion 2201 extending outward from an end portion of the lamp 2, and a first plug 2202 provided on the support portion 2201 and extending toward one side, and the support portion 2201 and the first plug 2202 are combined in an "L" shape. When the light bar 2 is connected with the lamp connector 1, the first socket 2202 is inserted into the first groove 13, the supporting portion 2201 is disposed at the connection opening 15, and the light body of the light bar 2 radiates outwards from the lamp connector 1 along the supporting portion 2201.

Since the first groove 13 is annular, the light bar 2 can be disposed at an arbitrary position on the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the main body portion 11, and the end portion of the light bar 2 can be rotated along the outer peripheral surface of the main body portion 11 to thereby change positions. When the outer peripheral surface space is accommodated, a plurality of light bars 2 may be provided, and each light bar 2 is connected to be radial around the light bar connector 1, as shown in fig. 7. In other preferred embodiments, the main body may be other types of columns, such as triangular prisms, or prisms with a cross section that is much deformed, so that the connection positions of the light bar 2 and the light bar connector 1 are not as much as those of the columns, but can still be connected with the surfaces of the prisms, so as to realize more connection combinations than the conventional connectors.

Besides the mechanical connection with the light bar 2, the light bar connector 1 needs to be electrically connected with the light bar 2 to ensure the normal operation of the light bar 2. In the conventional art, the light bar 2 generally includes an electrical connection terminal 23, and a terminal insertion port having a shape matching with the electrical connection terminal 23 is provided in the connector, and the electrical connection terminal 23 is electrically connected after insertion. In this application, since the number and the positions of the light bars 2 are not fixed, the conventional plug interface cannot meet the requirements. The second groove 14 in the light bar connector 1 provided in the present application is an electrical connection portion, and the conductive component 16 is disposed in the second groove 14. The second recess 14 is also annular and includes a groove bottom and an outer groove face 1401. The conductive assembly 16 includes an insulating strip 1601 laid at the bottom of the second groove 14, and the specific structure of the insulating strip 1601 is shown in fig. 3 and 4, where the conductive electrodes are disposed on the insulating strip 1601, and three conductive electrodes including a live wire conductive electrode 1602, a ground wire conductive electrode 1604, and a neutral wire conductive electrode 1603 are disposed on the insulating strip 1601. In order to insulate and isolate the three electrodes, the insulating strip 1601 is provided with a plurality of protruding strips 1605 protruding toward the notch 1402 of the second groove 14, the three electrodes are respectively disposed on different sides of the protruding strip 1302, and the number and the disposed positions of the electrodes can be set according to specific connection requirements, for example, a data line is further added, or a plurality of protruding strips 1605 for insulating and isolating are disposed, which is not limited in this application. The insulating strip 1301 and the conductive electrode are shaped to conform to the shape of the second recess 14 and are likewise annular. The electrical connection terminal 23 can be electrically connected to any point on the annular conductive electrode after being inserted into the second recess 14 through the notch 1402 of the second recess 14. The design breaks through the position limitation of the original fixed plug-in interface, the conductive component 16 and the annular opening 18 which are integrally annular can accept the insertion of a plurality of electric connection terminals 201 of a plurality of lamp strips 2, and any point on the annular can realize electric connection, so that the connection position of the lamp strips 2 is not required to be considered.

In some preferred embodiments, the electrical connection terminals 23 are connected to the light bars 2 by wires, but this is not aesthetically pleasing and the wires are easily wrapped and not easily assembled when more light bars 2 are connected to the light fixture connector 1. Therefore, the present embodiment provides a connection structure that is more compact and easy to assemble. As shown in fig. 5 and 6, a second socket 2203 for mating with the second groove 14 is further provided on the connection portion 22, and the second socket 2203 extends from the support portion 2001 in a direction away from the first socket 2202. The electrical connection terminal 23 is disposed at an end of the second socket 2203, and when the second socket 2203 is inserted into the second groove 14, the electrical connection terminal 23 is inserted in a direction facing a bottom of the second groove 14 and contacts the conductive member 16 to form an electrical connection. The electrical connection terminals 23 are configured to mate with the conductive members 16 and include a live conductive contact 2302, a ground conductive contact 2304, and a neutral conductive contact 2303. Meanwhile, in order to match the annular second groove 14 with the annular conductive component 16, the terminal head of the electric connection terminal 23 is arc-shaped, and can slide along the second groove 14 after being inserted into the second groove 14.

The connection portion 22 is generally T-shaped, as shown in fig. 2, after the first socket 2202 is inserted into the first groove 13 and the second socket 2203 is inserted into the second groove 14, the supporting portion 2201 is disposed in the connection opening 15 between the outer groove wall 1301 of the first groove 13 and the outer groove wall 1402 of the second groove 14. The connection 22 of the "T" shaped structure cannot be directly inserted into the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 via the connection opening 15 to achieve connection. The lamp connector 1 further includes a cover 12 provided on one side of the end portion of the main body 11, and the cover 12 is detachably connected to the main body 11. In this embodiment, the second recess 14 is formed in the cover 12, the cover 1201 of the cover 12 forms the bottom of the second recess 14, and the outer side edge of the cover 1201 protrudes toward the main body 11 to form the outer side groove wall 1402 of the second recess 14. The middle portion of the cover 12 is protruded with a screw connection structure 1202 to screw-connect with the main body 11.

When the light bar 2 and the lamp connector 1 are assembled, the first inserting blocks 2202 of the plurality of light bars 2 are inserted into the first grooves 13, and then the cover 12 is covered, so that the second grooves 14 cover the second inserting blocks 2203, the electric connecting terminals 16 are attached to the conductive assemblies 16 after the cover is screwed, and the connection between the light bar 2 and the lamp connector 1 is completed. The connecting mode is simple and reliable, mechanical connection and electric connection can be simultaneously realized, and as the first groove 13 and the second groove 14 are annular, the connecting part 22 can be arranged at any annular position and can simultaneously accommodate a plurality of connecting parts 22, and flexible combination of a plurality of lamps can be realized. In other preferred embodiments, the first recess 13 may be provided on the cover 12 and the second recess 14 may be provided on the main body 11, as long as both the first recess 13 and the second recess 14 are provided on two detachably connected components, respectively. Other detachable connection modes such as a buckle, a screw and the like can be adopted for the connection mode, and the application is not limited to the detachable connection mode.

With the lamp connector 1 of the above embodiment, a plurality of lamp strips 2 may be connected to form a lighting system, and fig. 7 shows a schematic structural diagram of a connection node in the lighting system. Four lamp strips 2 are connected to the lamp connector 1, the end parts of the lamp strips 2 are connected to the outer peripheral side of the lamp connector 1, and two ends of a connecting part 22 of each lamp strip 2 are respectively inserted into the annular first groove 13 and the annular second groove 14, so that electric connection and mechanical connection are realized. After the light bar 2 is connected to the light bar connector 1, the connection portion 22 can be rotated in the first groove 13 and the second groove 14 along the outer peripheral surface of the main body 11, and the light bar 2 can be rotated in the first groove along the outer peripheral surface of the light fixture connector 1. For convenience of installation and positioning, in this embodiment, the surface of the end surface 1101 of the main body 11 is also provided with an angle scale, so that the angle between the adjacent light bars 2 can be conveniently set.

In order to keep each light bar 2 in a relatively fixed position after the light bar 2 and the light fixture connector 1 are assembled, a protruding block 2204 protruding toward the end cover 21 is further provided on the first socket 2202. When the light bar 2 is connected with the light fixture connector 1, the outer groove wall 1301 of the first groove 13 is clamped by the protruding block 2204 and the end portion of the light bar 2, and the friction force provided by clamping can enable the light bar 2 not to move easily, so that the position of the light bar 2 is always kept when the installation is completed.

In other preferred embodiments, the lamp may be various light source modules with one end as a connection end, each module may have different shapes, and the lamp connector 1 may be combined to form a structure similar to a pendant lamp, and each light source module is a lamp arm with different forms. In another preferred embodiment, the luminaire may also be a track light comprising a track and a lighting unit arranged on the track, the track end being provided with a connection structure like the structure of the end cap 21 of the light bar 2, thereby achieving a mechanical and electrical connection with the luminaire connector 1, the lighting unit being connected to the track by means of a connector. The plurality of rails and the lamp connector 1 can realize the erection of various rails.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present application is for the purpose of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the application to the precise form disclosed, and obviously many modifications and variations are possible which may be apparent to those skilled in the art and are intended to be included within the scope of the application as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a lamps and lanterns connector for realize electric connection and mechanical connection between lamps and lanterns, its characterized in that: the lamp connector comprises a columnar main body part, a first groove and a second groove are formed in the outer peripheral side of the main body part, the first groove and the second groove are arranged along the axis direction of the main body part, the grooves are opposite, a connecting opening is formed between the groove of the first groove and the groove of the second groove, a conductive component is arranged in the second groove, a connecting part is arranged at the end part of the lamp, the connecting part is inserted into the first groove to realize the mechanical connection of the lamp and the lamp connector, the lamp further comprises an electric connecting terminal, the electric connecting terminal is inserted into the second groove and the conductive component to form electric connection, the lamp connector further comprises a cover body arranged at one side of the end part of the main body part, and the first groove or the second groove is arranged in the cover body and is detachably connected with the main body part.

2. A light fixture connector as recited in claim 1, wherein: the first groove and the second groove are annular, the first groove and the second groove are arranged coaxially around the outer side of the main body part, and the connecting part and the electric connecting terminal can be arranged at any annular position of the first groove and the second groove to realize connection.

3. A light fixture connector as recited in claim 2, wherein: the conductive assembly comprises an insulating strip paved at the bottom of the second groove, at least two conductive electrodes are arranged on the insulating strip at intervals along the radial direction of the second groove, and the conductive electrodes are annular.

4. A light fixture connector as recited in claim 3, wherein: the cover body is in threaded connection with the main body.

5. A lamp, characterized in that: the lamp can be connected to the lamp connector according to any one of claims 1-4, the lamp comprises a connecting part and an electric connecting terminal, the connecting part is inserted into the first groove to realize the mechanical connection of the lamp and the lamp connector, and the electric connecting terminal is inserted into the second groove and the electric conducting component to form electric connection.

6. A light fixture as recited in claim 5, wherein: the connecting portion comprises a supporting portion extending outwards from the end portion of the lamp, and a first plug-in block extending towards one side on the supporting portion, when the lamp is connected with the lamp connector, the first plug-in block is inserted into the first groove, and the supporting portion is arranged in the connecting opening.

7. A light fixture as recited in claim 6, wherein: the lamp is characterized in that a second plug-in block is further arranged on the supporting portion, the second plug-in block extends from the supporting portion towards the direction deviating from the first plug-in block, when the lamp is connected with the lamp connector, the second plug-in block is inserted into the second groove, and the electric connection terminal is arranged at the end part of the second plug-in block and the electric conduction assembly form electric connection.

8. A light fixture as recited in claim 6, wherein: the first plug-in block is provided with a convex block protruding towards the lamp, and when the lamp is connected with the lamp connector, the outer groove wall of the first groove is clamped by the convex block and the end part of the lamp.

9. A lighting system, characterized by: comprising a lamp connector according to any one of claims 1-8 and at least two lamps, the ends of the lamps being connected to the outer peripheral side of the main body part, the electrical connection terminals of the lamps being electrically connected to the conductive assembly.

10. A lighting system as recited in claim 9, wherein: the lamp can be arranged at any position on the outer peripheral surface of the main body, and the lamp connector can rotate along the outer peripheral surface of the main body after being connected.