EP2507808B1 - Leuchteinsatz und elektrischer installationsschalter - Google Patents

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EP2507808B1
EP2507808B1 EP11703836.4A EP11703836A EP2507808B1 EP 2507808 B1 EP2507808 B1 EP 2507808B1 EP 11703836 A EP11703836 A EP 11703836A EP 2507808 B1 EP2507808 B1 EP 2507808B1
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Richard Vicktorius
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/18Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
    • H01H9/182Illumination of the symbols or distinguishing marks
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H23/00Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking an operating member in the form of a rocker button
    • H01H23/02Details
    • H01H23/025Light-emitting indicators
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00Legends
    • H01H2219/002Legends replaceable; adaptable
    • H01H2219/014LED
    • H01H2219/016LED programmable
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01HELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00Legends
    • H01H2219/036Light emitting elements
    • H01H2219/039Selective or different modes of illumination

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  • the present invention relates to an electrical installation switch with light insert inserted therein.
  • light inserts which include a light source and can be used to provide illumination in a conventional electrical installation device.
  • the known lighting inserts can not be adapted to specific, the color of the lighting customer requirements, national safety regulations or technical requirements.
  • US 2004/0150984 A1 discloses an optically conductive wall outlet cover plate having an RGB LED in a socket and a slide mechanism on the outside of the cover plate for changing the color of the wall outlet using the RGB LED.
  • DE20019668 U1 discloses an installation switch according to the preamble of claim 1. It is the object of the present invention to provide a lighting for an electrical installation device that can be adapted by a user with little effort to specific, the color of the lighting customer requests, national safety regulations or technical requirements.
  • the lighting insert of the electrical installation switch according to the invention comprises a lighting device for illuminating a portion of the electrical installation switch, wherein the lighting device comprises at least one lamp and at least one electric selector switch and wherein via the selector switch between different colors of a light emitted by the lighting device can be selected.
  • the lighting insert according to the invention provides a selector switch, can be selected by the operation between different colors of a light emitted by the lighting device light, the color of the light provided by the lighting can be adjusted with little effort.
  • the lighting device of the light insert may comprise a plurality of monochromatic illuminants, for example at least one red, one green and one blue light-emitting diode (LED), which can be switched on and off by actuation of the switch.
  • the Lighting device may also have at least one multi-colored lamp, in particular at least one multi-colored LED.
  • the at least one multicolor LED may comprise a plurality, for example two or three, diodes which emit light of different wavelengths and are arranged in a common housing which is at least partially transparent.
  • the light insert may be designed so that it can be inserted into a switch socket of an electrical installation switch.
  • the selector of the lighting device may be arranged, for example, within a housing of the light insert and the housing having an opening through which the selector switch is operable from outside the housing of a user.
  • any electric switching device that can be changed over by a user between two or more switching states is considered a selector switch.
  • each switching state of the selector switch can be assigned a color of the light emitted by the lighting device.
  • the selector switch may include at least one electrical jumper provided by a user for color selection between different ones Contacts of the lighting device can be changed.
  • the selector switch may, for example, comprise a DIP switch, ie a switch arranged within a dual in-line package (DIP).
  • the electric selector switch is designed and connected to the at least one lighting means of the lighting device that can be selected by switching a user of the electric selector between different colors of a light emitted by the lighting device.
  • the selector switch can be arranged for this purpose, for example, within a circuit connecting the at least one light source to a current source such that the circuit can be closed or interrupted by switching over the selector switch. If the selector switch has a plurality of switching elements which are in each case interposed between a current source and a terminal of a luminous means of the luminous device, a respective current path between an associated terminal of a luminous means and a current source can be opened or closed by opening and closing a switching element. In this way, monochromatic LEDs can be switched on or off according to the desired color or the color of a light emitted by a multicolor LED light can be selected by appropriately energizing one of the respective color associated terminal of the multicolor LED.
  • the electric selector switch can also be connected to a pulse width modulation unit of the light insert that can be selected via the selector between different duty cycles of a voltage applied to a respective terminal of a light source voltage signal to dim the light source.
  • a pulse width modulation unit of the light insert that can be selected via the selector between different duty cycles of a voltage applied to a respective terminal of a light source voltage signal to dim the light source.
  • the lighting device may comprise an electrical circuit board which is equipped with the at least one light-emitting means and the electric selector switch. If the light source and the selector switch are arranged on opposite sides of the board, an improved space allocation and a more compact design of the light insert are made possible.
  • the light insert comprises a housing in which the lighting device can be fixed.
  • a housing can protect the electronics of the lighting device against environmental influences and electrically isolate.
  • the housing may for example comprise a hard plastic material.
  • the housing may at least partially be made translucent in order to transmit the light generated by the light emitting device arranged inside the housing.
  • the housing may have an opening passing through the housing opening whose cross section is adapted to the cross section of a rocker switch of the switch socket.
  • the light insert can then be used from a front side of the switch base forth in the switch socket, that the switching rocker of the switch base engages through the opening.
  • the rocker switch is thus accessible even after the insertion of the light insert from the front of the switch socket ago and can be coupled for example with an actuator plate which is designed for actuation by a user.
  • a housing of the luminous insert comprises a base part which can be fixed in the electrical installation switch and into which the luminous device can be inserted, as well as a cover part which can be connected to the base part and in particular clamped or latched.
  • a housing of the light insert may have at least one projection which is designed as a handling aid for simplified mounting and dismounting of the light insert into or out of an electrical installation device. If the projection projects outwards substantially perpendicular to an outer side of the housing and if the projection has a substantially sawtooth-like profile at least in regions, a particularly simple and safe handling of the lamp insert during assembly and disassembly of the lamp insert can be ensured.
  • the light insert may have a plurality of contact elements, which each contact a contact region of the lighting device electrically and protrude for electrical contacting of the installation switch from a housing of the lighting device.
  • contact elements contact areas of the lighting device and contact areas of the electrical installation device can be electrically connected to each other when inserting the light insert into the electrical installation device.
  • the luminaire insert used can be supplied with power via the electrical installation switch so that a power supply to which the electrical installation switch is connected can also be used for the luminaire insert and the luminaire insert does not need its own power source.
  • the contact elements may have a first portion which is resilient and bears against the respective contact region of the lighting device under resilient bias, so that there is a spring-loaded contact between the lighting device and the contact elements.
  • At least one actuating element of the selector switch for selecting the color from outside the electrical installation switch is accessible.
  • the installation switch for example, have a formed on a rear side of the installation switch opening.
  • Fig. 1 shows an exploded view of a light insert 10 according to the invention according to a first embodiment.
  • the light insert 10 is in a switch socket 11 ( Fig. 3 ) of an electrical installation switch can be used and comprises a lighting device 12 with two multicolor LEDs 14 and two DIP switches 16.
  • the lighting device 12 includes an electrical circuit board 18 which is equipped with the two LEDs 14 and the two DIP switches 16.
  • the DIP switches 16 are connected via the circuit board 18 so with the LEDs 14, that the color of each of the LEDs 14 emitted light from the switching position of at least one DIP switch 16 depends, so by pressing a DIP switch 16 between different colors of the light emitted by an LED 14 can be selected.
  • the LEDs 14 and the DIP switches 16 are arranged on opposite sides of the circuit board 12, wherein the LEDs 14 face a front side of the light insert 10 and the DIP switches 16 face a rear side of the light insert 10.
  • the rear side of the light insert 10 points in the direction of insertion 19 of the light insert 10.
  • the direction of insertion 19 is the direction in which the light insert 10 can be inserted into the switch base 11.
  • the front of the light insert 10 has in the direction of insertion 19 opposite direction.
  • the lighting device 12 is inserted into a housing 20 of the light insert 10.
  • the housing 20 comprises a base part 22 which can be inserted in the switch socket 11 and into which the lighting device 12 is inserted, as well as a cover part 24 which can be connected to the base part 22.
  • the base part 22 has two openings 26, via which in each case one of the DIP switches 16 is accessible from outside the housing 20.
  • the cover part 24 has two scattering lenses 28, which are arranged in the light propagation direction of the LEDs 14 and are designed to scatter light emitted by the LEDs 14.
  • the cover part 24 of the housing 20 further has a counter to the insertion direction 19 outwardly projecting lug 29 with a substantially double sawtooth-shaped, which is designed for easier handling of the light insert when inserting into an electrical installation switch or when removing the light insert from an electrical installation switch is.
  • the base part 22 has a plurality of latching lugs 30, by means of which the circuit board 18 in the base part 22 can be fixed.
  • the cover part 24 has a plurality of conical pins 32, which run into corresponding recesses 34 of the base part 22 during assembly of the light insert 10. The fully run into the recesses 34 pins 32 clamp lid part 24 and base member 22 together in an assembly position.
  • the base part 22 and the cover part 24 each have an opening 36, 38, which are formed so that the assembled light insert 10 (see FIGS. 2 and 3 ) has an opening 40 passing through the light insert 10, whose cross-section at the cross section of a rocker switch 42 of the switch base 11 (see Fig. 3 ) is adjusted.
  • the opening 36 of the base part 22 is bounded by a collar 44 of the base part 22.
  • the circuit board 18 also has an opening 41 whose cross-section is adapted so that the collar 44 of the base part 22 passes through the opening 41 of the circuit board 18 fixed in the base part 22.
  • the base member 22 further support struts 45 on which the fixed circuit board 18 rests.
  • the light insert 10 has a plurality of contact elements 46 made of an electrically conductive material.
  • the contact elements 46 each have a resilient portion 46a and a rigid portion 46b, wherein the rigid portion 46b has a reduced cross-sectional area with respect to the resilient portion 46a.
  • the contact elements 46 in the present embodiment are formed by a wound metal wire which is wound less tightly in one section 46a than in another section 46b to form the resilient section 46a and the rigid section 46b of the contact element.
  • the contact elements 46 come to corresponding contact areas of the circuit board 18 under resilient bias to the system, whereby a spring-loaded electrical contact is made.
  • the contact elements 46 are also available for electrical contacting of the switching socket 11 from the light insert 10 (see Fig. 2 ).
  • the contact elements 46 are each inserted into a guide channel of the base part 22, wherein a guide channel is bounded in each case by a substantially collar-shaped extension 47 of the base part 22.
  • the collar-shaped extensions 47 in this case each comprise an outwardly projecting portion 48 of the housing 20, which comes to rest on the switch base 11 when the light insert 10 is inserted into the switch socket 11. As a result, when the light insert 10 is inserted, a spacing of the area of the light insert 10 encompassing the openings 26 with respect to the switch base 11 is effected.
  • This spacing would make it possible in principle to provide the switch base 11 with a, not provided in the present embodiment, opening through which a DIP switch 16 even after the insertion of the light insert 10 in the switch socket 11 is still accessible to a user from the outside, without the light insert 10 has to be removed from the switch socket 11.
  • the collar-shaped extensions 47 are formed such that the cross section of the channels receiving the contact elements 46 tapers in the insertion direction 19 in such a way that the resilient sections 46a are defined between the regions of the collar-shaped extensions 47 forming the taper and the contact regions of the circuit board 16.
  • Fig. 3 shows a switch socket 11 of an electrical installation device, in which the light insert 10 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is used.
  • the switch base 11 has in a conventional manner a metallic support plate 49 and a rocker switch 42, which open at its front side channels 50 for insertion of connecting elements of an actuating plate to actuate the rocker switch 42 by a user.
  • a rocker 42 may be used, which has only one independently tiltable switching element, but it may also be a multi-part rocker 42 may be provided with a plurality of switching elements, which are mounted tiltable independently.
  • the light insert 10 is inserted from the front side facing the user of the switch base 11 ago in the switch socket 11, that the rocker switch 42 of the switch base 11, the opening 40 of the light insert 10 passes through so that the tiltability of the rocker switch 42 is not hindered by the light insert 10 and even after the onset of the light insert 10 easily an actuator plate can be plugged onto the rocker 42.
  • Fig. 4 and 5 show a luminaire insert 10 'according to the invention according to a second embodiment.
  • the light insert 10 ' substantially corresponds to the light insert 10 according to the first embodiment, so that in the following only the differences between the two embodiments will be explained and a further explanation of the common aspects will be omitted.
  • the luminous insert 10 'according to the second embodiment differs from the luminous insert of FIG Fig. 1 to 3 , as the lighting insert 10 'according to the second embodiment, no to the cross section of a rocker switch 42' ( Fig. 6 ) adapted opening through which the rocker switch 42 'can reach through, but the cross-section of the light insert 10' is instead adapted to be next to the rocker switch 42 'to be arranged.
  • the lighting device 12 'of the light insert 10' according to the second embodiment, only a multi-colored LED 14 ', only a dip switch 16' and only a scattering lens 28 ', but two approaches 29' with sawtooth Contour for simplified handling of the light insert 10 'by a user.
  • Fig. 6 shows a switch socket 11 'of an electrical installation switch, in which the light insert 10' of Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 is inserted from the front of the switch base 11 ago.
  • the light insert 10 ' is in this case below the switching rocker 42' between the switching rocker 42 'and the support plate 49' located portion of the switch base 11 'used.

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