EP4345367A1 - Appareil d'éclairage - Google Patents

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EP4345367A1
EP4345367A1 EP22425044.9A EP22425044A EP4345367A1 EP 4345367 A1 EP4345367 A1 EP 4345367A1 EP 22425044 A EP22425044 A EP 22425044A EP 4345367 A1 EP4345367 A1 EP 4345367A1
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lighting apparatus
seating
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light source
housing
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Mauro Furlanetto
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Linea Light SRL
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Priority to PCT/EP2023/076962 priority patent/WO2024068876A1/fr
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S4/00—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources
    • F21S4/20—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources held by or within elongate supports
    • F21S4/22—Lighting devices or systems using a string or strip of light sources with light sources held by or within elongate supports flexible or deformable, e.g. into a curved shape
    • 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
    • F21V15/00—Protecting lighting devices from damage
    • F21V15/01—Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts
    • 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
    • F21V23/003—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • F21S8/03—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type
    • F21S8/032—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation of surface-mounted type the surface being a floor or like ground surface, e.g. pavement
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2103/00—Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
    • F21Y2103/10—Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

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  • the present invention concerns a lighting apparatus, in particular for outdoor use, possibly suitable to be walked over and driven over, and with linear LED lighting, preferably with indirect light emission.
  • one purpose of the present invention is to provide a lighting apparatus which is robust, therefore possibly suitable to be walked and driven over, adaptable to the various installation requirements, in particular outdoors, and which allows to create lines of light of any shape, therefore also curved two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional shapes, of regular or irregular shape or other.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a lighting apparatus which is efficient and which includes inside it the electronic systems for controlling and/or piloting the light source provided therein.
  • Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a lighting apparatus which is equipped with a flexible profile and which can be assembled directly on site by carrying out simple cutting and drilling operations of said profile, together with equally simple wiring operations.
  • the Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.
  • a lighting apparatus comprises a flexible profile, made of thermoplastic material and provided with a first seating for housing a light source and a second seating for housing an electronic device for piloting and/or controlling the light source.
  • the lighting apparatus thanks to the flexible profile of thermoplastic material, advantageously allows to create continuous lines of light, even curved and irregular, with a comfortable and non-glaring light emission, and it is also equipped with a control and/or piloting electronic device housed in the profile.
  • the assembly of the entire lighting apparatus can be performed directly on site by performing simple cutting and drilling operations of the flexible profile together with equally simple wiring operations.
  • the present lighting apparatus is also robust, therefore possibly suitable to be walked over, driven over and suitable for outdoor use.
  • thermoplastic material is a PVC compound, which can be recycled and easily painted.
  • the lighting apparatus comprises one or more systems for attachment to an installation surface.
  • the profile comprises a seating for housing the one or more attachment systems.
  • the seating comprises an impression for the correct positioning of the one or more attachment systems.
  • the light source is an LED strip, able to be inserted by interlocking or snap-in into the first seating.
  • the first seating is positioned under a covering element made in the profile and suitable to shield direct light.
  • the first seating is split into a first housing for the installation of a first type of light source and into a second housing for the installation of a second type of light source.
  • the profile comprises a lightening slot.
  • the invention also concerns a lighting assembly, comprising two or more lighting apparatuses joined by means of one or more connection devices.
  • a lighting apparatus 10 comprises a flexible profile 11, made of thermoplastic material and provided with a first seating 12 for housing a light source 13a, 13b and with a second seating 14 for housing an electronic device 15 for piloting and/or controlling the light source 13a, 13b.
  • the profile 11 can be for example curved in a two-dimensional plane and/or in a three-dimensional space, it can be shaped in such a way as to include rectilinear segments and curved segments, or other. Furthermore, the profile 11 can be cut to a desired length.
  • thermoplastic material with which the profile 11 is made can preferably be a recyclable and easily paintable PVC (polyvinyl chloride) compound, therefore made for example with a PVC resin to which other components are added, for example plasticizing components, which give the product elasticity and flexibility, stabilizing components, which prevent aging and thermal degradation of the product, or other.
  • PVC polyvinyl chloride
  • the profile 11 can be made for example by means of extrusion or other suitable process.
  • the profile 11 preferably has a rough external surface, so that it can be painted, preferably at the installation site.
  • the first seating 12 can be split into two housings 12a, 12b, each suitable to contain a type of light source 13a, 13b, in particular an LED strip configured to be inserted by interlocking or snap-in into the corresponding seating 12a, 12b.
  • the light source 13a can be a so-called "PU-C” LED strip with diffused optics.
  • the light source 13b can be a rubber LED strip with 27°/49° or diffused optics.
  • a first housing 12a is created at the bottom of the seating 12, while a second housing 12b is created adjacent to the first housing 12a and separated from it by means of reliefs 30.
  • the light source 13b can, for example, abut against the reliefs 30.
  • a seating 12 which is not split and suitable to house a type of light source 13a, 13b.
  • the first seating 12 is open toward the outside and can be shaped as a dovetail or in any other way that guarantees a stable and removable insertion, therefore by interlocking, snap-in or suchlike.
  • the first seating 12 is located in an upper zone of the profile 11 and is configured to allow the light source 13a, 13b to project a mostly indirect lighting, thus guaranteeing an excellent glare-free visual comfort.
  • the first seating 12 is positioned under a covering element 16 suitable to shield direct light.
  • the covering element 16 forms, with the profile 11, a channel 39 for the insertion of the light source 13a, 13b into the first seating 12.
  • the second seating 14 is closed and is created inside the profile 11 in such a way that, inside it, it is possible to house the electronic device 15, an electric cable 17 for connection to the power supply network, and electric cables 18 and 40 for connection to the light source 13a, 13b and the electronic device 15, please see fig. 4 .
  • the electric cables 17, 18, 40 can be reciprocally connected in a removable way by means of normal connectors 19, which can also be housed in the second seating 14.
  • the seatings 12 and 14 run the entire length of the profile 11.
  • the seatings 12 and 14 are therefore ultimately channels that pass through the entire profile 11 from one end to the other.
  • the present lighting apparatus 10 comprises a system 38 for attachment to an installation surface, for example a wall, a floor or other.
  • the attachment system 38 comprises a bracket 22 able to be associated with a quick coupling system 25, which is known per se and is able to be connected to said surface.
  • a quick coupling system 25 which is known per se and is able to be connected to said surface.
  • one or more attachment systems 38 will be provided, suitably positioned and spaced apart.
  • Fig. 6 shows the quick coupling system 25 applied to a peg 42 which allows the direct installation of the present lighting apparatus 11 to the ground.
  • the quick coupling system 25 can be removably connected to a plate 43 associated with the peg 42 by means of attachment elements 44, such as bolts or suchlike.
  • the profile 11 comprises a seating 21 for housing the attachment system 38, in particular the bracket 22.
  • the seating 21 is created in the rear part of the profile 11, that is, the part facing toward the installation surface.
  • the attachment of the bracket 22 to the seating 21 can be carried out for example by means of self-tapping screws 23 to be screwed along an impression 24 created in the seating 21.
  • the impression 24 is rectilinear and extends along the entire profile 11 so as to guarantee a precise and correct positioning of the attachment system 38, in particular of the bracket 22. If more attachment systems 38 are provided along a same profile 11, the impression 24 guarantees their reciprocal alignment.
  • the profile 11 comprises a lightening slot 31 which can also be used, if necessary, for the passage of the electric cables.
  • the slot 31 runs along the entire length of the profile 11.
  • Fig. 8 shows a lighting assembly 32 formed by a plurality of lighting apparatuses 10, for example two, but their number could of course be greater.
  • connection device 33 can be for example an intermediate cap provided with a central part 34 for closing the reciprocally facing ends of the lighting apparatuses 10, and with protruding lateral elements 35 configured to be inserted in the profiles 11 of the lighting apparatuses 10, for example in the seating 14 and in the slot 31.
  • the connection device 33 allows the passage of, for example, electric cables 41 for connection between the electronic devices 15 of the lighting apparatuses 10.
  • Fig. 8 shows, by way of example, examples of installation of lighting apparatuses 10 with corresponding luminous cones L on one or more surfaces 26.
  • the possible installation options are many and the present lighting apparatus 10 can be disposed in recessed or semi-recessed seatings 36 or 37, taking care to leave the light emission window open, or it can be positioned directly flush with the surfaces 26, or even on suitable supports, or other.
  • the installation of the present lighting apparatus 10 can be carried out on surfaces 26 created in a floor, on walls, on ceilings or on a combination thereof.
  • the components of the present lighting apparatus 10, such as for example the electric cables 17, 18, 40, 41, the light source 13a, 13b, the electronic devices 15 and the connectors 19 are defined with an IP (International Protection) rating suitable for the type of installation expected, for example:
  • the present lighting apparatus 10 is therefore ideal for creating continuous lines of light with an irregular and curved shape, thanks to the flexibility of the profile 11 of flexible thermoplastic material, all of which occurs directly during construction on site, in order to perfectly adapt the product to the location of installation.
  • the lighting apparatus 10 advantageously comprises the light source 13a, 13b and the electronic piloting and/or control device 15, and it can be easily attached to the surface 26 by means of one or more attachment systems 38, equipped for example with brackets 22 associated with corresponding quick coupling systems 25.

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EP22425044.9A 2022-09-29 2022-09-29 Appareil d'éclairage Pending EP4345367A1 (fr)

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EP4686870A1 (fr) * 2024-07-30 2026-02-04 LED Italy S.r.l. Appareil d'éclairage pouvant être installé dans l'eau

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CN212901033U (zh) * 2020-08-13 2021-04-06 深圳市国盈光电有限公司 一种一体式成型柔性led透镜灯带
CN213872315U (zh) * 2020-12-29 2021-08-03 深圳市华彩光电有限公司 灯具

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US20130094225A1 (en) * 2011-10-17 2013-04-18 Ecosense Lighting Inc. Linear led light housing
EP3604913A1 (fr) * 2018-07-31 2020-02-05 Teleco Automation S.R.L. Dispositif d'éclairage amélioré
DE202019107018U1 (de) * 2019-12-17 2021-03-18 Zumtobel Lighting Gmbh Beleuchtungssystem mit lichtdurchlässigem Abdeckelement
CN212901033U (zh) * 2020-08-13 2021-04-06 深圳市国盈光电有限公司 一种一体式成型柔性led透镜灯带
CN213872315U (zh) * 2020-12-29 2021-08-03 深圳市华彩光电有限公司 灯具

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EP4686870A1 (fr) * 2024-07-30 2026-02-04 LED Italy S.r.l. Appareil d'éclairage pouvant être installé dans l'eau

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