EP0429119A1 - Aus beliebig montierbaren Elementarmodulen aufgebaute Leuchte - Google Patents

Aus beliebig montierbaren Elementarmodulen aufgebaute Leuchte Download PDF

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EP0429119A1
EP0429119A1 EP90202970A EP90202970A EP0429119A1 EP 0429119 A1 EP0429119 A1 EP 0429119A1 EP 90202970 A EP90202970 A EP 90202970A EP 90202970 A EP90202970 A EP 90202970A EP 0429119 A1 EP0429119 A1 EP 0429119A1
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luminaire
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Jean-Marie Depond
Michel Auroux
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Compagnie Philips Eclairage
Koninklijke Philips NV
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Compagnie Philips Eclairage
Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken NV
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14—Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/26—Pivoted arms
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14—Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/30—Pivoted housings or frames
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/88—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts

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  • the present invention relates to a luminaire consisting of elementary modules provided with mechanical and electrical connection devices, modules which can be assembled at will, each elementary module comprising a body of insulating material traversed by electrical conductors with electrical connection means intended to cooperate with the electrical connection means combined with another elementary module.
  • a luminaire corresponding to the preamble above is known from documents DE-GM-73 04563 (Nagel KG) and CH-PS-520 895 (Salas-Anstalt).
  • the problem solved by the technique described in these documents is that of the production of luminaires with multiple light sources.
  • These luminaires are thus made of elementary modules each of which comprises one or more lamps, and male and female pins allow a large number of identical modules to be assembled together.
  • these luminaires are structures constructed from basic elements, each of which is already a kind of luminaire, which is manufactured in a conventional manner.
  • the object of the present invention is to simplify the manufacture of a basic luminaire, even if it has only one lamp.
  • the luminaire is made of an assembly of several different types of elementary modules each having a specific function.
  • Such a luminaire advantageously comprises elementary modules chosen from one of the following types: linear extension modules, angle transmission modules, modules provided with a hinge.
  • a luminaire can be manufactured by assembling a certain number of elementary modules which make both the mechanical skeleton of the luminaire and the electrical connections.
  • the basic luminaires are provided with an internal wiring made up of wires and insulators, and their manufacture involves specific operations aiming, inter alia, to strip, crimp and connect the conducting cables. These operations are all the more costly as they must be carried out independently of the mechanical assembly, hence a significant time of work and manpower.
  • the electrical conductors and the combined electrical connection means are advantageously made in one piece and are incorporated in the insulating material of the body.
  • the conductors are for example flat metal strips and the electrical connection means consist of pins of the so-called "fast-on” type with sockets produced by folding the aforementioned metal strip.
  • each elementary module is advantageously provided with at least one element having an attachment profile and at least one conjugate profile intended to be attached to the element having an attachment profile d 'another elementary module, so as to fix two modules to each other.
  • the body of the elementary modules comprises attachment means intended to receive accessory implementing members.
  • FIG. 1 shows, seen in four directions, an elementary module 10 for the constitution of a luminaire.
  • This elementary module comprises, on the one hand, a body 11 of insulating material crossed by electrical conductors 12, 13 which are here flat metal strips, and are provided with male pins 14, 15 at the end and female sockets of end 16, 17, constituting combined electrical connection means of the so-called "fast-on" type.
  • the male pins 14, 15 are formed by the end of the flat metal bands and the female sockets 16, 17 are made in one piece by folding the metal of the metal bands. The whole is incorporated into the insulating material of the body 11.
  • the connection means 14, 15, 16, 17 at the end are intended to cooperate with the connection means combined with other identical elementary modules or of similar structure.
  • the body 11 of the elementary module 10 of FIG. 1 comprises two fixing lugs 18, 19 each having an attachment profile 23, 24.
  • the body 11 of the module also comprises two grooves 20, 21 having a conjugate profile 25, 26 intended to hang on the fixing lugs 18, 19 of another elementary module, so as to fix two modules to each other.
  • the attachment of one module to another is made safe and positive because it involves the elasticity of the legs 18, 19 at the time of introduction. Releasing one module from another requires the use of an appropriate tool.
  • the elementary module of FIG. 1 is a linear extension module and FIG. 4 shows the result obtained by the stacking of three modules of this kind. It will be noted that during the production of the device of FIG. 4, the mechanical and electrical connections are made simultaneously and automatically. Of course, it is also possible to provide modules of the same structure as that of FIG. 1, but of different lengths, to be used depending on the case.
  • FIG. 2 Another example of an elementary module for a luminaire according to the invention is shown in FIG. 2. It is a module 30 for angle transmission, which here is 90 °.
  • the elements referenced 31 to 41 correspond respectively to those referenced 11 to 21 in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 represents yet another type of elementary module. It is a module 50 provided with a swivel contact articulation which allows variable angle transmission.
  • the elements referenced 51 to 59 correspond respectively to those referenced 11 to 19 in FIG. 1.
  • this module must be provided not only with the male part shown but also, at its end shown cut, with a tip. female identical to that visible in Figure 1d.
  • the rotary electrical contact can be produced in a known manner (not shown) by means of circular tracks carried by one of the parts and rubbing on contacts or on other possibly wavy circular tracks carried by the other part. The contacts or tracks can easily be made each in one piece with the corresponding pin or socket at the end of the module.
  • Such a device can be used inter alia at the end of a lighting device constructed from an assembly of various elementary modules of the type of those shown, without limitation, in Figures 1 and 2.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a possible combination of modules elementaries 10 and 50 of FIGS. 1 and 3 in association with an end device 70.
  • This figure illustrates the possibility of dressing the mechanical and electrical skeleton of accessory organs such as covering shells mounted in the form of half-shells, of which one is shown at 81, which can be fixed for example by insertion of an ad-hoc part of the half-shell in a space 22 between two fins carried by the body of the module, and which provide particular shapes and colors.
  • accessory organs such as covering shells mounted in the form of half-shells, of which one is shown at 81, which can be fixed for example by insertion of an ad-hoc part of the half-shell in a space 22 between two fins carried by the body of the module, and which provide particular shapes and colors.
  • the accessory members can also be, for example, fixing devices, reflectors, etc.

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  • Arrangement Of Elements, Cooling, Sealing, Or The Like Of Lighting Devices (AREA)
  • Fastening Of Light Sources Or Lamp Holders (AREA)
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FR8914901A FR2654560A1 (fr) 1989-11-14 1989-11-14 Systeme de connexion mecanique et electrique, simultanee et automatique.
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CN103904481A (zh) * 2014-03-04 2014-07-02 哈尔滨工程大学 单手按压式插排

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CH520895A (de) * 1970-03-02 1972-03-31 Salas Anstalt C O Confida Treu Elektrische Leuchtenanordnung
GB1368289A (en) * 1971-04-10 1974-09-25 Ismos Di Giorgio Sartoni Lamps
GB1398521A (en) * 1971-06-04 1975-06-25 Merchant Adventurers Ltd Lighting fittings
DE3346381A1 (de) * 1983-12-22 1985-07-04 Brown, Boveri & Cie Ag, 6800 Mannheim Installationsverteilersystem

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JPS6181170U (de) * 1984-10-31 1986-05-29

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CH520895A (de) * 1970-03-02 1972-03-31 Salas Anstalt C O Confida Treu Elektrische Leuchtenanordnung
GB1368289A (en) * 1971-04-10 1974-09-25 Ismos Di Giorgio Sartoni Lamps
GB1398521A (en) * 1971-06-04 1975-06-25 Merchant Adventurers Ltd Lighting fittings
DE3346381A1 (de) * 1983-12-22 1985-07-04 Brown, Boveri & Cie Ag, 6800 Mannheim Installationsverteilersystem

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CN103904481A (zh) * 2014-03-04 2014-07-02 哈尔滨工程大学 单手按压式插排
CN103904481B (zh) * 2014-03-04 2016-01-27 哈尔滨工程大学 单手按压式插排

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