Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
  • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
  • H01R13/6205—Two-part coupling devices held in engagement by a magnet
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
  • A47F3/00—Show cases or show cabinets
  • A47F3/001—Devices for lighting, humidifying, heating, ventilation
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
  • F21S2/00—Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction
• • 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
  • F21V17/00—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages
  • F21V17/002—Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages with provision for interchangeability, i.e. component parts being especially adapted to be replaced by another part with the same or a different function
• • 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
  • F21V21/08—Devices for easy attachment to any desired place, e.g. clip, clamp, magnet
  • F21V21/096—Magnetic devices
• • 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
  • F21V21/34—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element
  • F21V21/35—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
  • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
  • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
  • H01R25/14—Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
  • H01R25/147—Low voltage devices, i.e. safe to touch live conductors
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
  • F21S2/00—Systems of lighting devices, not provided for in main groups F21S4/00 - F21S10/00 or F21S19/00, e.g. of modular construction
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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
  • F21V25/00—Safety devices structurally associated with lighting devices
  • F21V25/02—Safety devices structurally associated with lighting devices coming into action when lighting device is disturbed, dismounted, or broken
  • F21V25/04—Safety devices structurally associated with lighting devices coming into action when lighting device is disturbed, dismounted, or broken breaking the electric circuit
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
  • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
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• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F21—LIGHTING
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  • F21—LIGHTING
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Definitions

• the invention relates to a light source, a support for the light source and lighting systems of light sources and carriers and in particular lighting systems with manual and removable light modules, so that the quantity, direction and / or properties of the light emitted by the system can be easily varied.
• Wulfman et al. teaches a conventional rail lighting system, i. that is, a number of lamp holders are movably mounted on a linear rail.
• the light fixtures by Wulfman et al. are attached to a triangular bracket. Electrical power is transferred by electrical contacts from the bracket to the housing of the bracket, which are located on two sides of the triangular bracket and on two sides of the mating angular receptacle of the housing.
• the rail and the light fixtures by Wulfman et al. have a purely functional design, d. H. for providing and directing light.
• a further object of the present invention is to provide a possibility for simple and space-saving installation of lighting devices.
• Another object of the invention is to improve lighting systems and the control of lighting systems on the part of a user.
• Yet another object of the invention is to provide a lighting system that can use incandescent, halogen, LED and fluorescent light sources.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a lighting system capable of being used in a variety of three-dimensional spatial formations, e.g. As parallelepipes the balls, polyhedra, to be produced.
• a lamp is equipped in one aspect of the invention with at least one electrical An connection that is magnetically adhesive.
• the connection can be releasably secured to a corresponding magnetic or magnetizable electrical contact in a simple and space-saving manner.
• the illuminant is provided with at least two, preferential exactly two, magnetically adhering electrical connections is equipped.
• the at least one electrical connection is permanently magnetic, which means that the electrical connection comprises at least a permanent magnetic regions that produce a sufficient magnetic field strength to the adhesion of the light-emitting ⁇ means.
• a contact surface of the electrical connection is part of the magnet.
• an electrical connection, the foot, which provides the contact surface is made of an electrically conductive permanent magnetic material.
• the at least one electrical connection has a flat contact for reducing a contact resistance and for firm adhesion.
• the lighting means may comprise one or more Emzellichtánn, z. B. one or more spotlights and / or one or more surface radiators.
• At least one of the emzel light sources is a light emitting diode, special white light emitting diode, z. B. a conversion LED.
• the light-emitting means has at least two light-emitting diodes of different colors, especially if the at least two different-colored light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated.
• a white mixed light can be generated by means of the at least two differently colored LEDs.
• at least three light-emitting diodes in the primary colors red, green and blue are preferred.
• the lighting means may also comprise at least one halogen lamp as a single light source.
• the at least one electrical connection and the at least one light source is a soluble or insoluble adapter piece is used between, into ⁇ particular between the at least one electrical connector and a housing of the luminous means.
• the adapter piece can be set up in particular for the spacing and local orientation of the luminous means and, for example, flexible electrical connection lines, eg. B. a 'gooseneck', a hinge, a spacer, etc. include.
• a light-emitting means is particularly preferred for aligning the emission direction, in which a flexible intermediate piece is present between the connections and the at least one light source or the housing, so that a radiation direction of the at least one individual light source can be adjusted by bending.
• the flexible intermediate piece may preferably be part of an adapter piece.
• the flexible intermediate piece can for example have separately flexible connecting legs or wires, or even a gooseneck.
• rotating means can be used, for. B. using joints.
• the luminous means preferably has a reflector.
• At least one individual light source can be covered by means of a transparent or translucent element.
• the translucent element also increases the intensity and color homogeneity.
• a light source which is encapsulated to the terminals.
• the illuminant preferably then has small dimensions. on, for. B. a maximum extension between 1 mm and 1 cm.
• a luminous means which has a substantially spherical contour, preferably with a flat or concave partial surface, wherein a contact surface of the at least one electrical connection lies in the region of the flat or concave partial surface.
• the lighting means may further comprise a drive for driving the associated at least one Emzellichtán to control a radiation property of the lighting means.
• control can have a dimming function, the activation of which reduces the luminous intensity of at least one luminous means.
• control in particular, groups of light-emitting diodes of the same color, for.
• Clusters of the bulb be selectively controlled to change a luminous color of the bulb.
• the light source can then have in particular a variable Farbcharakte ⁇ stik.
• the lighting means may further comprise a receiving means for receiving control signals, which is communicatively coupled to the control. As a result, a remote control of the bulb is possible.
• the receiving means may in particular comprise a radio antenna and / or an IR sensor.
• the control can in particular be selectively addressable, so that a light source individually or a group of light sources, eg. B. in each case the same color, is individually controllable.
• the carrier has, in another aspect of the invention, at least a first group of electrical contacts and a second group of electrical contacts, wherein between at least one contact of the first group and at least one contact of the second group, an electric potential can be applied and each of the contacts as Aufsatzflache to Attachment of a magnetic or magnetizable connection element is designed.
• the carrier can be configured in particular as a base plate with a lateral dimensioning of not more than 1 m, z. B. as a rigid or flexible square plate measuring 40 cm x 40 cm.
• connection element can in particular correspond to an electrical connection of the above-described luminous means.
• a DC voltage can be applied between at least two groups or their associated contacts.
• an AC voltage can be applied between at least two groups or their associated contacts.
• the electrical contacts are grouped into two groups and arranged in a checkerboard pattern with an alternating arrangement of the contacts of the two groups.
• the electrical contacts are grouped into two groups and arranged in a ring pattern with an alternating arrangement of the contacts of the two groups.
• the electrical contacts are grouped into two groups and arranged in a stripe pattern with an alternating arrangement of the contacts of the two groups.
• the electrical contacts are grouped into two groups and arranged in a grid pattern in which the grid represents a contact of the first group and the areas of the second group enclosed by the grid.
• the carrier has a plurality of pairs of contacts, one contact of each pair belonging to the first group and one contact of each pair of the second group.
• the pairs are preferably distributed in a regular pattern on the carrier.
• the carrier has a plurality of pairs of contacts, wherein between the contacts of a pair, not necessarily the same, electric potential can be applied.
• the shape of the contacts differs at least between two pairs, which makes it easy to optically distinguish between contact pairs with different properties or for different light sources.
• the carrier can have at least three sets or types of respectively one or more pairs with contacts shaped differently between the sets.
• the sets are in particular independently controlled.
• Other sets are also available for other colors, such as white or amber, or for other illuminants, such as halo lamps.
• a carrier may have these or other contact patterns, namely a particular contact pattern or, for example, a plurality of contact patterns next to each other.
• a carrier in which the contacts are arranged on a common surface, for. B. a particular flexible, alternatively rigid, base plate. This can in particular arrange contacts on a flat surface.
• the contacts can also be designed in each case as electrically conductive strings or wires, in particular of a metal mesh.
• electrically conductive strings or wires in particular of a metal mesh.
• the strings can also be magnetic, even with differently designed magnetic polarity.
• the contacts of the carrier can be magnetizable. However, to avoid connection errors, it is preferred if the contacts are magnetic, and more preferably so, that the magnetic polarity correlates with a group membership, in particular with a connection to the supply connection.
• the contacts may be permanently magnetic or temporarily magnetizable, z. B. by means of an electromagnet.
• the carrier is preferably expandable in at least one direction, in particular by connecting to a further, in particular similar, carrier.
• the associated transmitter Beno ⁇ term preferably only a common power supply and / or control.
• the carrier can be equipped with a connecting means, in particular latching or plug-in means, which enables a mechanical and electrical connection with a suitable counter-connecting means of another carrier.
• the carrier preferably has on one side a connecting means and on an opposite side a Gegenverbmdungsstoff.
• the lighting system has, in yet another aspect of the invention, at least one lamp and at least one carrier, wherein at least one electrical connection of the lamp magnetically adheres to a contact of the carrier and another electrical connection of Leuchtmit ⁇ means with another contact of the carrier is connected, wherein between these two contacts of the wearer an electrical potential can be applied.
• the connection of the light source, the contact of the carrier or both can be magnetic.
• an electrical connection of the luminous means adheres magnetically to a contact of the carrier and a further electrical connection of the illuminant adheres magnetically to a further contact of the carrier, wherein an electrical potential can be applied between these two contacts of the carrier.
• the lighting system preferably has at least one luminous cell as described above and at least one support as described above.
• the lighting system can also be designed so that the contacts of the carrier of a set and the connections of a light provided therefor are shaped so that a contact of not provided for each other terminals and contacts is prevented.
• the carrier frame has a substantially flat surface and comprises a magnetic material and a first and a second electrically conductive channel.
• the removable light module includes a light source attached to a pedestal.
• the pedestal has a substantially flat surface and includes a magnetic material and first and second electrically conductive paths.
• the light source has a first and a second lead wire, which is connected to the first and the second electrically conductive path of the base.
• the light module is attached to the support with the substantially flat surface of the module base, facing the substantially flat surface of the carrier, so that the light module acts by means of a magnetic attraction acting between the magnetic material of the module and the magnetic material of the carrier , safe at Trager be is consolidating ⁇ so that the magnetic attraction force allows the light module manually removed from the transformer to the ⁇ .
• FIG. 1 shows a sectional view m side view of a detail of a lighting system of a light source and a carrier
• FIG. 2 shows a sectional side view of a wide section of the lighting system with a plurality of light sources
• FIG. 3 shows a sectional view m side view of a light source, which is now encapsulated
• FIG. 4 shows, in an oblique view, the luminous system from FIG. 1;
• FIG. 5 shows, in plan view, another carrier for illuminants
• FIG. 3 shows, in plan view, yet another carrier for illuminants
• FIG. 7 shows, in plan view, yet another carrier for illuminants
• FIG. 8 shows a plan view of yet another carrier for lighting means
• FIG. 9 shows, in plan view, yet another carrier for illuminants
• FIG. 10 is a pictorial view of a lighting system according to another embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the light system of FIG. 10 taken along line 2-2; FIG.
• FIG 12 is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 13 is a sectional view of an alternative embodiment of a lighting module
• FIG. 14 is a pictorial view of a support for a lighting system
• FIG. 15 is a view of a circular support for a lighting system
• FIG. 16A is a view of a spherical support for a lighting system
• 16B is a view of a spherical support for a lighting system, wherein a part of the spherical surface is cut out;
• FIGS. 17A and 18A are isometric views of three-dimensional supports for a lighting system in the shapes of an icosahedron and a dodecahedron, respectively;
• FIG. 17B is a view of a triangular area of FIGS. 17A and 18A.
• FIG. 17A and FIG. 18B is a view of a pentagonal face of FIG. 18A; 19 is a cross-sectional view of an alternative embodiment of a light system with a means for aligning the light module on the carrier;
• FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of another alternative embodiment of a light system having means for ensuring proper alignment and electrical polarity of the light module at the carrier;
• 21 is a pictorial view of an embodiment of the invention mounted in a display case.
• FIG. 1 shows a sectional view m side view of a lighting system 1 from an LED light source 2 and a partially shown carrier 3 in the form of a base plate.
• the LED light-emitting means 2 has a white-emitting LED 4 as a light source, which is mounted on a housing 5 and is laterally surrounded by a reflector 6 for beam guidance.
• a white-emitting LED 4 as a light source
• the foot 9 thus serve both the electrical contact of the LED bulb 2 and its releasable attachment.
• the unit comprising the housing 5 (with control 7), the LED 4 and the reflector 6 may also be referred to as LED module 2a.
• the planar support 3 has embedded in a carrier material 10 electrical contacts 11,12, the surface 13 is exposed and thus serves as an electrical contact surface and as an attachment surface for the foot 9.
• the contacts 11, 12 shown have a different electrical potential, so that an electric power for operating the LED 4 is tapped off from the lighting means 2.
• the contacts 13 are designed in their function as an attachment surface 13 so that the magnetic feet 9 can adhere to them flat.
• the contacts 11, 12 preferably have a permanent magnetic material; which has at the contact surface 13 has a magnetic polarity, which is opposite to a magnetic polarity of the associated foot 9.
• the contacts 11, 12 are oppositely magnetically polarized with respect to their contact surface 13 in order to align the LED illuminant 2 with one another.
• a positive electrical potential of the left contact 11 may be connected to a positive magnetic pole on its surface 13 and a lower electrical potential of the right contact 12 (eg, ground) with a negative magnetic polarity its surface 13 be connected.
• a foot 9 to be connected to a positive electrical potential has a magnetic polarity which is negative at its contact surface; and a foot 9, which is to be connected to a lower electrical potential, has a magnetic polarity which is positive at its contact surface.
• the contacts of the carrier 3 or the feet 9 comprise a ferromagnetic material, in particular a ferrous material such as steel.
• the LED light-emitting means 2 can be contacted in a particularly simple and space-saving manner.
• the reflector 6 can be covered to protect the light-emitting diode 4 by means of a transparent cover 14.
• the drive circuit 7 can be designed as a driver for the light-emitting diode 4, in particular in the AC operation of the contacts 11, 12.
• the drive circuit 7 can also have various other functions, for example, a dimming function, upon activation of which the luminous intensity of the LED 4 is purposefully reduced. Another possible function is the use of variable color bulbs a change in the color of the illuminant, z. B. when using an LED color cluster of different colored, individually controllable LEDs.
• the drive circuit 7 has to activate the various functions on a receiving means 15 with a radio antenna for receiving wirelessly transmitted radio control signals.
• the receiving means 15 is communicatively coupled to the drive circuit 7, so that the drive circuit 7 can implement the control signals.
• the driver 7 is also selectively addressable, i. that is, it implements instructions that have matching identity code and does not implement instructions that do not have a matching identifier code.
• LED lamps 2 or groups of LED lamps 2 can be selectively controlled with the same identity code.
• groups of the same color LEDs or bulbs can be selectively controlled to change, for example, the color impression of the system, z. B. by switching on and / or off bulbs of certain color.
• FIG 2 shows the carrier 3 in a comparison with the view of FIG 1 a wider section with six contacts 11,12.
• the six contacts 11, 12 are connected to a DC voltage source 16 in such a way that they form a first group of contacts 11, which are connected to a plus pole of the DC voltage source 16, and a second group of contacts 12, which are connected to a DC voltage source 16 Negative pole of the DC voltage source 16 are connected.
• Each LED bulb 2 has Magnetic with its terminals on a pair of Kontakren from the first group and the second group. The LED bulbs 2 are thus connected in parallel electrically.
• a dimming function can be provided via this drive circuit, which energises all contacts or a selected subset of contacts less.
• Em Provision of a dimming function on the carrier instead of the bulbs has the advantage that a dimming by means of only one drive circuit can be realized and thus particularly cost. It tends to be advantageous to reduce the cost of implementing as many functions as possible via a drive circuit of the carrier 3 instead of via drive circuits 7 of the lighting means.
• the drivers 7 can operate selectively by only converting control signals intended for the particular lamp.
• one of the lamps 2 shown may dim the luminous intensity to a data signal hm provided with a specific identity code, while another of the luminous means 2 does not respond to the dimming command.
• the control signals can z. B. be transmitted by a modulation of the carrier signal.
• the control then preferably has a corresponding data read-out function, for. B. a decoder.
• the contacts 11, 12 can also be connected differently.
• another type of power supply can be used, for. B. an AC voltage source.
• the carrier may be equipped with a suitable power supply unit, e.g. B. with a transformer for converting mains voltage into a supply voltage, optionally using a rectifier.
• FIG. 3 shows the LED luminous means 2 from FIG. 1, but which is now encapsulated by means of an encapsulation material 17, in particular specially shed.
• the encapsulation 17 has a substantially spherical contour with a flat underside.
• the contact surfaces 18 of the foot 9 of the LED illuminant 2 are exposed, ie, that the contact surface 18 of the respective electrical connection 9 is exposed in the region of the planar underside.
• Em thus encapsulated light-emitting means 2 has the advantage that it can be applied as a bulk material on a carrier, in particular, if the bulb has a small extent. Because of the round basic shape, the bulb 2 can roll on the carrier until it is seated on the flat bottom and then held by the magnetic adhesion to the carrier. This is particularly advantageous when the magnetic polarity of the contact surfaces 18 of the foot is different and correlates with an associated magnetic polarity of associated contacts of the wearer, such as described above. Because then it is ensured that the foot 9 put on only suitable contacts of the wearer, z. B. connected to different terminals of the (DC or AC) voltage source.
• the shape of the encapsulation is not limited and may be, for example, cuboid, disc-shaped or cylindrical, which can be achieved in particular by a corresponding casting.
• An encapsulation can also be achieved by using capsule shells, but their assembly is relatively expensive.
• the LED lighting means 2 as it adheres to a carrier 19, which has two groups of contacts 20,21, between which a potential can be applied.
• the shape of the single contact 20 of the first group is lattice-shaped, while the rectangular contacts 21 of the other group of the other potential are arranged in the interstices of the first contact 20.
• a rectangular shape is not mandatory; rather, contact 20 of the first group pe, for example, also be diamond-shaped, and so on.
• the electrical contacts 20, 21 are grouped into two groups and arranged in a grid pattern, in which the grid represents a contact 20 of the first group and the grid-enclosed flat contacts 21 of the second group, wherein between contacts 20, 21 different Groups an electrical potential can be applied.
• the LED illuminant 2 shows the contact beads 8 in the bent state, in which the emission direction of the illuminant 2 has been individually aligned by the bend.
• a gooseneck with a flexible thin tube can be used, which carries or receives the electrical leads.
• FIG. 5 shows a carrier 22 with concentric annular contacts 23, 24, which each belong to one of two groups with a potential difference between them, wherein contacts 23, 24 of different groups alternate, ie. h., d. h., That between two adjacent contacts an electrical potential can be applied.
• the electrical contacts 23,24 m are grouped into two groups and arranged in a ring pattern with an alternating arrangement of the contacts 23, 24 of the two groups, wherein an electrical potential can be applied between contacts 23, 24 of different groups.
• FIG. 6 shows a carrier 25 with adjacently arranged strip-shaped contacts 26, 27, which each belong to one of two groups with a potential difference between them, wherein contacts 26, 27 of different groups alternate, ie, an electrical potential can be applied between two adjacent contacts ,
• the electrical contacts 26,27 are grouped into two groups and arranged in a stripe pattern with an alternating arrangement of the contacts 26,27 of the two groups, wherein between Contacts 26,27 different groups an electrical potential can be applied.
• FIG. 7 shows a carrier 28 with square contacts 26, 27 arranged adjacent to one another in both directions, each of which belongs to one of two groups with a potential difference between them, wherein contacts 26, 27 of different groups alternate, ie. h., That between two broadly adjacent contacts 29,30 an electrical potential can be applied.
• the electrical contacts 29,30 m are grouped into two groups and arranged in a checkerboard pattern with a changing arrangement of the contacts 29,30 of the two groups.
• each pair has a contact 32 of a first group and a contact 33 of a second group, wherein an electrical potential can be applied between cross-group contacts.
• This arrangement has the advantage, with it a high degree of flexibility in the control of the contacts 32,33 is possible because each pair of contacts 32,33 well recognizable and can have an individual power connection in the extreme case, for. B. a constant current source. Then, an associated LED bulb z. B. manage without their own control.
• FIG. 9 shows a carrier 34 with a plurality of pairs of differently shaped contacts 35, 36; 37.38 and 39.40 respectively.
• three pairs of groups are arranged in a same basic pattern on the carrier 34, the contacts 35, 36; 37, 38 and 39, 40, respectively, of each pair group have the same shape, which differs between the groups.
• light sources of different types can be used, which can then be controlled and / or supplied in a group-specific manner in particular. So like the contacts of a first pair group, z. B. with the rectangular contacts 35,36, to another voltage source with a higher supply voltage than the second pair of groups with the triangular contacts 37,38.
• the third pair group with the round contacts 39, 40 may in turn be driven differently and / or supplied from another source.
• the contacts of a pair group may be matched to the terminals of lamps of the same radiation characteristic, for. B. on LED lamps of the same color. Then, by means of group-selective activation of the contacts 35 to 40, one luminous intensity of one color can be adjusted individually.
• the contact surfaces of the contacts and the associated terminals may be shaped so that they only match one another.
• a “detachable light module” means a light module that may be manually attached, removed, or repositioned to the carrier without the use of tools or the need for permanent, hand-laid electrical connections, such as a connection which is made by a screw, a splice, a screw-wire connector, etc.
• the term “magnetic material” means a material that is either a permanent magnet or a material that is strongly attracted to a permanent magnet.
• a formulation that states that an object is attached to a surface of an object includes an arrangement in which the object is mounted in the object such that a surface of the object has or coincides with a portion of the surface of the object.
• LED means light-emitting diode
• LED may include a current limiting resistor connected in series with the light-emitting diode.
• low voltage means about twenty-four volts or less; the term “high voltage” means anything except low voltage.
• electrical polarity or “polarity” "means the direction in which a direct current flows, and the term” opposite polarity “or” other polarity “means the opposite direction from that in which a direct current flows.
• FIG. 10 shows a lighting system 1010, which has a carrier 1012 and a detachable lighting module 1014.
• the carrier 1012 may be formed entirely of a magnetic material, such as iron, or of a non-magnetic material, such as plastic, in which one or more pieces of magnetic material are embedded.
• a dielectric coating 1016 (shown in more detail in FIG. 11) may be used to isolate the electrically conductive channels 1018 and 1020 from each other and from the body 1026 of the carrier.
• the electrically conductive channels 1018 and 1020 are thin electrically conductive strips, z. B. copper foil.
• the terminals 1022 and 1024 provide a means for connecting the lighting system 1010 to an external source of electrical power.
• the carrier may be used as one of the electrically conductive channels, e.g. As mass, serve, especially in low-voltage applications.
• the light module 1014 has a light source 1028 attached to the base 1030.
• the light source 1028 has lead wires 1036 and 1038 connected to electrically conductive paths 1032 and 1034 which make physical and electrical contact with the channels 1020 and 1018 of the carrier 1012, respectively.
• the light source 1028 is exchangeable on the disgusted, so that the light source, z.
• a dielectric coating 1031 may be used to isolate the electrically conductive paths 1032 and 1034 from one another and from the socket 1030.
• the electrically conductive paths 1032 and 1034 are made of thin electrically conductive material, for. B. copper foil formed.
• the pedestal 1030 may be formed entirely of a magnetic material, such as iron, or of a non-magnetic material, such as plastic, in which one or more pieces of magnetic material are embedded.
• the magnetic material of the carrier 1012 may be a permanent magnet that attracts the magnetic material of the pedestal 1030, or conversely, the magnetic material of the pedestal 1030 may be a permanent magnet that will attract the magnetic material of the carrier 1012. In both cases, the magnetic force of attraction between the light module 1014 and the carrier 1012 must be of sufficient strength to securely hold the module 1014 to the carrier 1012, while still allowing the module, attached to the carrier 1012, removed therefrom or to be repositioned manually without the use of tools or the need for permanent electrical connections.
• a flex circuit including channels 1018 and 1020 may serve as a carrier 1012.
• the flexible circuit with pressure sensitive thermally conductive adhesive may be applied to any magnetic substrate material without dielectric treatment.
• the dielectric strength is provided by the flexible circuit material. This type of support is particularly well suited for mounting under a shelf or cabinet made of sheet metal or the like, or on a flexible magnetic strip.
• FIG. 11 shows an enlarged sectional view of the lighting system 1010.
• FIG. 11 shows the electrical circuit of the lighting system.
• System 1010 As seen in FIG. 10, electrical power is supplied from an external source via electrically conductive channels 1018 and 1020. 11 shows a channel 1018 in electrical contact with the electrically conductive path 1034 and a channel 1020 in electrical contact with the electrically conductive path 1032.
• the paths 1032 and 1034 are connected to lead wires 1036 and 1038 of the light source 1028, respectively.
• a dielectric coating 1031 e.g. An e-mail of electronic good, electrically isolates the paths 1032 and 1034 from each other and from the socket 1030.
• any number of conventional dielectric or resistive coating materials such as enamel, glass, ceramic, organic electrical insulating materials, or glass / ceramic coatings used in conjunction with the present invention.
• a dielectric coating may occur when using high electrical resistance magnets, e.g. As ceramic magnets, not needed. However, such magnets must also have adequate thermal conductivity for their function as a heat sink, as discussed below.
• the width w shown in FIG. 11
• the carrier channels 1018 and 1020 should be wide enough to prevent either the path 1032 or the path 1034 from simultaneously touching both channels, even if the module 1014 is rotated on the carrier 1012.
• the surface 1060 of the carrier 1062 may include a dielectric coating 1016 outside of the grooves 1052 and 1054 to avoid electrical contact of the paths 1032 or 1034 with the carrier 1062.
• the dielectric material 1056 and 1058 may be formed of any suitable nonconductive material, which may be the same or different from the material of the dielectric coating 1016. As discussed above, the dielectric material 1056 and 1058 may not be necessary if the paths 1032 and 1034 are electrically isolated from each other due to the nonconductivity of the carrier material surrounding the grooves 1052 and 1054.
• the light source 1028 is preferably an LED.
• LED lighting modules are typically lightweight, compact, relatively robust and inexpensive. LED embodiments according to the invention are substantially suitable for a showcase in which the physical lighting systems are designed to be as compact and unobtrusive as possible.
• the carrier may be thin, z. As a thin piece of steel, with the dielectric coating is only below the electrical contacts. The lighting modules may have a low profile, so that the entire lighting system is ideal for applications in showcases.
• the carrier may be formed in or through a surface of a structure such as a shelf, a top of the Vito, a bottom of a cabinet, etc. In a case where a carrier has insufficient internal volume, some or all of the devices for powering and / or controlling it may be removed.
• the optimum voltage for operating a circuit having a plurality of LED light sources will depend on the number of light sources, their characteristics and arrangement in the circuit, and other circuit components.
• the current may be DC or AC depending on the application.
• the electrical power applied across terminals 1022 and 1024 of FIGS. 19 to 21 is approximately five volts DC, but as discussed below, alternating current may be desired in some LED applications.
• the voltage applied across terminals 1022 and 1024 is approximately twelve volts. In each of these low-tension There is no risk of electric shock through the exposed electrical channels 1018 and 1020.
• a step-down transformer may be used to reduce the voltage applied across terminals 1022 and 1024, if necessary, such as in a conventional Woofram / halogen track lamp.
• the lighting system may be mounted in a housing with a light-transmitting cover that prevents access to the exposed channels 1018 and 1020, preferably with an emergency stop switch that automatically shuts off power through the channels 1018 and 1020 when the door is turned off Cover is open.
• the socket 1030 and the carrier 1026 are sized to act as a heat sink that dissipates sufficient heat from the light module 1028 to meet the thermal operating conditions of the module.
• the magnet serves as a thermal path for heat transfer to the substrate portion of the carrier.
• the substrate is the effective heat sink.
• LEDs in all colors are available from Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc., 2650 San Tomas Expressway, Suite 200, Santa Clara, CA 95051. LEDs of the DRAGON family are particularly well suited.
• the light source 1080 of FIG. 13 may be used for the light source 1028 of FIG. 10 by electrically connecting the lead wires 1082 and 1084 to the channels 1018 and 1020, respectively.
• the light source 1080 includes a cylindrical sleeve 1086 having a central axis AA.
• the Re- The reflector 1088 also with a central axis AA, is mounted in the sleeve 1086.
• the reflector 1088 may be parabolic, as shown in FIG. 13, or may have any other shape to give a desired beam pattern.
• the reflector 1088 typically has a light-reflecting coating 1089 on the inner surface.
• the lens 1090 may be removably attached to the sleeve 1086 by any suitable means, e.g. B. by means of a thread 1092, so that the lens 1090 can be screwed into the sleeve 1086 in front of the light-emitting diode 1096, or by plugging on two locking lugs.
• the lens 1090 may be shaped, patterned, and / or coated to produce various characteristics of the light emitted by the light source 1080. Further, the lens 1090 may be colored to match or differ from the color of the light emitted from the light source 1080.
• the lens 1090 may be opaque or semi-opaque except for the outline of an alphanumeric character or other symbol, such that the light source 1080 will project the image of such a character or symbol when the light source is illuminated. Since the 1090 lens is interchangeable, the property or effect of the light emitted by the light source 1080 may be changed by replacing the lens 1090 with another lens.
• the light source 1080 uses the LED 1096 as the light generating device, but another light generating device may be used.
• the reflector 1088 may be removably attached to the light module so that the direction of the emitted beam can be adjusted without repositioning the light module on the support. See, for example, US 5,154,509, issued October 13, 1992 to Wulfman et al. (see above), and US 4,719,549, issued January 12, 1988 to Apel.
• FIG. 14 is a pictorial view of a carrier 1100 for use with one or more light modules according to different embodiments. These aspects of the invention.
• the carrier 1100 differs from the carrier 1012 of FIG. 10 in that there are a plurality of pairs of electrically conductive channels to which one or more lighting modules can be magnetically attached.
• channels 1102 and 1104 form a first channel pair
• channels 1106 and 1108 form a second pair
• channels 1110 and 1112 form a third pair.
• additional pairs of channels may be added to the carrier 1100.
• Each channel may be formed of a thin, electrically conductive material and attached to a body 1101 covered with a dielectric coating, as shown in FIG.
• each channel may be secured in an isolated groove in the body 1101 as shown m FIG 12.
• the terminals 1114 and 1116 may be connected to an external source of electrical power.
• the electrically conductive channels and / or channel pairs may be manufactured by means of board techniques.
• FIG. 14 there is the advantage that a plurality of lighting modules may be attached to the carrier, essentially in the form of an array, ie an arrangement of rows and columns in the x-axis. and the y-direction.
• the carrier 1100 may have a variety of embodiments and applications. In a vertical orientation as shown in FIG. 14, the carrier 1100 may be used as an attachment for signage. Illuminated modules with alphanumeric lenses may be attached to the carrier 1100 so as to display a message.
• the carrier accommodates a flexible array of lighting modules that are positive-polarizable in both the x and y directions to light to focus on a particular work area or areas, or to highlight certain goods, possibly with different light intensities, colors or aesthetic effects.
• 21 shows an embodiment of the invention, which is mounted in a showcase 1300.
• the showcase 1300 has a lighting system 1303 which is attached to the underside of an upper shelf board 1302.
• the objects 1310 located on the shelf 1312 are objects exposed behind a glass 1314.
• the light modules 1306 are mounted on a carrier 1304 to illuminate the objects 1310 advantageously.
• the positioning of the modules 1306 is very flexible.
• the modules may be mounted in different positions in both the x and y directions of the horizontal tray.
• reflectors 1308 are adjustably mounted on the modules 1306 so that light rays 1316 may be directed to illuminate objects 1310 at a desired angle, and various characteristics of the emitted light may be selected by the choice of lenses obtained at the reflectors 1308 (if any) are obtained.
• An additional lighting system 1303 may be mounted on the underside of the shelf 1312 if objects placed on the tray 1316 are to be illuminated.
• the carrier 1100 may be used as a light fixture with multiple rails mounted on a ceiling or wall.
• the carrier 1100 preferably with a diffused and protective cover, may be used as a ceiling light fixture.
• the 1100 rack may be designed to fit into the ceiling grid instead of a ceiling panel.
• different carriers 1100 of the same or different sizes may be used together as assemblies or components to form a two- or three-dimensional lighting system, e.g. B. a two-dimensional system in the form of the letter "E”, or a three-dimensional system in the form of a throwing ice or a parallelepiped or Combinations thereof, wherein the lighting modules are mounted on some or all surfaces.
• FIG. 15 shows a view of a circular support 1120 based on the same wiring and insulation features as the carrier 1100.
• each electrically conductive channel is represented by a single line rather than a double line as in FIG Circuit clearly show more.
• the drawing shows three pairs of channels 1122 and 1124, 1126 and 1128 and 1130 and 1132 arranged substantially in concentric circles on the dielectric surface 1134 of the carrier 1120.
• the terminals 1134 and 1136 are activated with appropriate electrical power, one or more lighting modules may be operatively attached to one or more channel pairs.
• a single pair of channels is mounted in a spiral rather than a pattern of concentric circles on the circular carrier. It is within the scope of the invention to modify the carrier 1120 and the channels on its surface by drawing its circular shapes into various other shapes such as oval, crescent, and the like.
• 16A shows a view of a spherical support 1140 based on the same wiring and isolation principles as in the carrier 1100 of FIG. 14.
• the electrically conductive channels in FIG. 16A are shown as individual lines.
• Channel pair 1142 includes channels 1142A and 1142B;
• the channel pairs 1144, 1146, 1148 and 1150 each consist of two channels.
• the electrical circuit is located wholly on the dielectric surface 1141 of the ball 1140.
• the channel pairs 1142, 1144, 1146, 1148 and 1150 are essentially parallelitudes of the ball 1141.
• the circuit may by connecting the terminals 1152 and 1154 with a suitable power source.
• the support surface must be substantially flat.
• substantially flat means that the carrier surface is either flat or has a sufficiently large radius of curvature to allow the light modules to be attached to the carrier surface by magnetic attraction without sliding or tilting.
• the distance between the channels of each channel pair should be small enough that reliable electrical and thermal contact between the channels and the corresponding paths of a mounted light module takes place.
• the surface of the light module may be curved to conform to the curvature of the carrier.
• substantially flat means that the module surface may be either flat or curved so that the module may be magnetically attracted to the carrier surface without sliding or tilting, although the curvatures of the carriers and module surfaces need not be identical.
• the carrier channels may be increased relative to the surface of the carrier, as shown in FIG. 11, and / or the module paths may be increased relative to the module body.
• the module may include spring contacts, typically formed of beryllium copper, which may be shaped to conform to the curvature of the carrier. The spring contacts will improve heat transfer away from the module and improve module reliability, especially where the path / channel contacts between the module and the carrier are narrow.
• FIG. 16A shows a spherical carrier
• the same principles apply to a cylindrical or conical carrier and other curved three-dimensional carriers.
• a wearer comprising a non-magnetic material such as plastic
• said pieces of magnetic materials in the exchangers are embedded in or adhere to the inside of the support.
• the bulk of the embedded magnetic material must be large enough to perform the heat sink function and, as is the case in all embodiments of the invention which utilize the heat sink capability of the magnetic material, the size of the contact surfaces must be large between the carrier and the module sufficient to allow adequate heat transfer from the module to the carrier.
• FIG. 16B shows the same spherical support 1140 except that the channel pairs 1142, 1144, 1146, 1148 and 1150 are full width circles on the dielectric surface 1141 of the sphere 1140.
• the terminals 1152 and 1154 m protrude into the interior of the carrier 1140.
• the terminal 1152 is electrically connected to the first channel of each channel pair, as shown by the terminal wires 1156, 1158, and 1160.
• the terminal 1154 is electrically connected to the second channel of each channel pair as shown by the terminal wires 1162, 1164 and 1166. Additional connecting wires to the remaining channels are omitted in FIG. 16B for the sake of clarity.
• a single pair of channels form a spiral over the surface of the ball 1141, which essentially runs from the North Pole to Sudpol.
• the embodiments of Figures 16A and 16B are typically used in lighting systems suspended from a ceiling or attached to a rod-shaped base. For a lighting system mounted directly on a horizontal or vertical surface, one half of the support 1140, ie, a hemisphere may be used, using the same principles as those shown in Figs. 16A and 16B.
• FIG. 16B shows the concept that electric power may be supplied from the interior of the carrier of the lighting system to the carrier channels.
• Various electrical control devices such as ballasts, dimmers, transformers, power supplies, inverters, drivers, controllers, etc., may also be located in the body of the carrier, such that the lighting system may be directly connected to a standard power source, such as 110 volts AC.
• control devices may each serve one or more light modules, such as a ballast that operates four or eight fluorescent light modules.
• This feature of the invention may be associated with three-dimensional wearers, e.g. A cube, a sphere or a polyhedron, and may also be used with two-dimensional carriers, such as those shown in FIGS. 10, 14 and 15, by the electrical channels to the inside of the carrier body instead of being extended directly to the external terminals as shown in the drawings.
• FIGS. 17A and 18A show additional examples of embodiments of three-dimensional carriers.
• FIG. 17A shows an icosahedron 1180 with twenty equal faces 1182, each of which is an equilateral triangle, as shown in FIG. 17B.
• the terminal 1181 which has double electrically insulated wires, extends in the body of the carrier 1180 and provides a means for supplying electrical power to the Illuminated modules from within the carrier 1180 ready.
• FIG. 18A shows a dodecahedral carrier 1190 having twelve equal surfaces 1192, each of which is an equilateral pentagon, as shown in FIG. 18B.
• the terminal 1191 which has double electrically insulated wires, extends in the body of the carrier 1190 and provides a means for supplying electrical power to the lighting modules from within the carrier 1190.
• the electrically conductive channels 1184 and 1186 may be located centrally on the dielectrically coated triangular area 1182, as well as the electrically conductive channels 1194 and 1196 on the dielectrically coated pentagonal area 1192, although the orientation of these channels is m triangular or pentagonal surfaces is not critical.
• the surfaces 1182 and 1192 comprise magnetic material, so that a light module can be attached to each surface.
• the channels 1184 and 1186 are electrically isolated from each other and from the surface 1182 and also the channels 1194 and 1196 from the surface 1192.
• the channels 1184 and 1186 pass through the surface 1182 and are connected to the terminal 1181 so that the electric power from the Inside the body of the icosome carrier 1180 can be supplied in the same manner as shown m FIG 16B, and the same applies to the channels 1194 and 1196 from the interior of the dodecahedron 1190th
• Additional solid shapes for carriers such as cylinders, cones, prisms, combinations and bluntes of various spatial shapes, etc., may be constructed by one skilled in the art using the same principles as described above. These additional embodiments are within the scope of the present invention.
• FIG. 19 shows the lighting system of FIG. 11 with additional elevations 1206, 1208 and 1210 and a receiving groove 1212. Assuming that the elevation 1210 and the groove 1212 are omitted, the elevations 1206 and 1208 ensure that the lighting module 1200 is electrically correct when mounted on the carrier 1204, possibly down to the electrical polarity.
• the elevation 1210 in the groove 1212 In a positioning of the elevation 1210 in the groove 1212 a correct polarity is ensured, since the elevation and the groove, which are both located to the right of the center line BB in the drawing, not centered on the carrier 1204. It should be noted that the bump 1210 and the groove 1212 may not always be necessary or desired, such as m, in the case where the light module 1200 is powered by alternating current.
• the light module may include two LEDs, each of which is lit with different polarity, so that one LED would be lit, no matter what polarity the module has.
• a light module with two LEDs of opposite polarity will work with alternating current.
• Another dual LED alternative is one in which each LED emits differently colored light, for example, the first LED emits white light and the second, of opposite polarity, emits red light.
• the emitted red light could signal to the user that the light module with the or it may be a design feature of the light module that it may emit differently colored light depending on its polarity position on the carrier or on the polarity provided for the light system.
• the latter case may be used in a signaling system because the color of the emitted light, e.g. B. red or green, can be changed by reversing the polarity supplied to the lighting system.
• Additional signaling options, such as flashing could be achieved by pulsing the power delivered to the lighting system.
• a single light module may consist of two groups of LEDs, with one group reacting to a first applied polarity and the second group reacting to the opposite applied polarity, or alternatively a lighting system may use two groups of light modules, with one group of modules being a first Polarity reacts and the second group of modules react to the opposite applied polarity.
• FIG. 20 shows the lighting system of FIG. 12 with an additional elevation 1222 on the carrier 1226 and a matching receiving groove 1224 in the lighting module 1228.
• the elevation 1222 is asymmetrical, having a vertical side (left side in the drawing) and a bevelled side (right side) The same applies to the mating groove 1224. Mounting the module 1228 to the support 1226 with the bump 1222 properly positioned in the groove 1224 ensures reliable electrical contacts and proper polarity, regardless whether or not the groove is centered with respect to the center line CC.
• a variable number of lighting modules may be electrically connected in parallel to a carrier connected to an external power supply or driver circuit. Since the light modules can be added or removed from the carrier at any time, the power supply must be able to regulate the operating current to provide a suitable current to each light module.
• regulated power supplies are known in the art. See, for example, US 6,577,512, issued June 10, 2003 to Tripathi et al., Which describes a power supply for a varying number of LEDs wired in series or in parallel.
• the driver circuit may need the ability to detect in real time the number of lighting modules mounted on the carrier.
• a resistor added in parallel to the LED on each module will facilitate the ability of the drive module to detect the number of attached LED lighting modules at any time. By periodically detecting the equivalent resistance of the attached LED modules, the driver circuit would regulate the operating current accordingly.
• the present invention may be used in low or high voltage applications with LED, incandescent, halogen or fluorescent sources, whereas Wulfman et al. only a low-voltage halogen system teaches.
• Em support of the present invention may be adapted to carry light modules of one, two or three dimensions, whereas the housing according to Wulfman et al. are confined to a linear rail.
• An advantage of the present invention not disclosed by Wulfman et al. is the feature that the magnetic materials in the carrier and in the light module the serve dual purpose of mounting and heat dissipation xn LED embodiments.
• the bracket and the postures of Wulfman et al. occupy significantly more space and be more conspicuous than a erfmdungsgelautes lighting system, especially in an embodiment that uses LED light sources.
• the present invention may be used in signage or signaling applications. Lighting systems according to the present invention may be used as components or assemblies in larger lighting systems. Illumination systems according to the present invention may be made with three-dimensional wearers that provide an aesthetic appearance even when the lighting system is not illuminated.
• the present invention has a much wider variety of applications than the light system of Wulfman et al. and provides the user with an improved way to control the quantity, direction, and characteristics of the emitted light.
• the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments shown.
• halogen lamps can also be used.
• Suitable light-emitting diodes are also OLEDs, in particular planar OLED lamps.
• the contact legs 8 can be added during manufacture or subsequently. at Subsequent Hmzufugung they can be pronounced as adapter stucco, which is at least attachable to the module and it comprises foot or is connected with these nachtraglich.
• the adapter pieces can thus be designed as re-purchased parts, while z. B. the feet are directly connected to the housing.

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