Lighting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11713854-B2
Application number	US-202217843564-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2022
Priority date	Jun 17, 2021
Publication date	Aug 1, 2023
Grant date	Aug 1, 2023

Abstract

In some embodiments, a lighting apparatus includes a light passing cover, two light bars, a base bracket, two terminal covers, a driver module and an internal cover. The light passing cover is made with a flexible material. The two light bars are disposed on the base plate for generating a light passing through the light passing cover. The base bracket has a base plate and two lateral walls. The base plate has a rectangular shape with two long sides and two short sides. The two lateral walls are disposed at the two long sides of the base plate. The light passing cover is fixed between the two lateral walls when the first external force is removed. The terminal cover has a wiring hole for passing a connecting wire. The connecting wire is connected between the driver module to an external lighting apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting apparatus, comprising:
a light passing cover made with a flexible material;
a base bracket with a base plate and two lateral walls, wherein the two lateral walls are disposed at two long sides of the base plate, wherein the light passing cover is elastically deformed by a first external force to enter a cover space between the two lateral walls and fixed between the two lateral walls when the first external force is removed;
two light bars disposed on the base bracket for generating a light passing through the light passing cover;
a driver module;
two terminal covers disposed at two short sides of the base plate, wherein at least one of the terminal covers has a wiring hole for passing a connecting wire, wherein the connecting wire is connected between the driver module to an external lighting apparatus;
and
an internal cover attached to the base plate, wherein the internal cover and the base plate together define a driver space for concealing the driver module, wherein the internal cover is disposed between the two light bars.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a length of the internal cover is larger than a length of the light bar.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a length of the internal cover is identical to a length of the light bar.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light bar has a lens cover with multiple lenses respectively covering multiple LED modules of the light bar, wherein the lens cover is detachable to be replaced with another lens cover.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver module has a driver box for containing a driver circuit.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the base plate and the internal cover are both made of metal material to prevent a fire accident of the driver module from extending outside the driver space.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the internal cover has a reflective layer facing to the two light bars for reflecting the light toward the light passing cover.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein two elongated platforms are protruding from the base plate for respectively supporting the two light bars to keep the light bar higher than the internal cover with respect to the base plate.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the internal cover is elastically deformed with a second external force to insert into an internal cover space between the two elongated platforms and fixed between the two elongated platforms when the second external force is removed.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein two end covers are disposed on two sides of the internal cover to conceal the driver if the lighting apparatus is not connected to another lighting apparatus via the wiring hole.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the end cover is detachable from the internal cover with a punching force.

12. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the terminal cover has a detachable wiring plate for selectively concealing the wiring hole or exposing the wiring hole.

13. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first height between a top of the internal cover to the base plate is smaller than a diameter of a wiring head placed inside the light passing cover but outside the internal cover.

14. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein two edges of the light passing covers are respectively engaged by top edges of the two terminal covers to fix the light passing cover to the base bracket.

15. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the internal cover has an external wiring groove for collecting a wire component.

16. The lighting apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the external groove is formed with an elongated reverse edge of the internal cover.

17. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver module has a manual switch for setting a configuration.

18. The lighting apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the configuration comprises a grouping identifier of the lighting apparatus, wherein the driver module determines whether to respond to an external control signal received via the connecting wire according to the grouping identifier.

19. The lighting apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the driver module generates an external command transmitted to another lighting apparatus connected to the lighting apparatus via the connecting wire to control said another lighting apparatus.

20. The lighting apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driver module shares a sensor signal with another lighting apparatus via the connecting wire.

Assignees

• Leedarson Lighting Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qin Qi
• Zhong Xiaohui
• Chen Chunteng
• Yan Ping

Classifications

• F21S4/28 Primary

  rigid, e.g. LED bars · CPC title

• F21V15/01

  Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts (F21V15/02 takes precedence {housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04}) · CPC title

• F21V23/009 Primary

  the casing being inside the housing of the lighting device · CPC title

• F21V23/04

  the elements being switches (safety devices F21V25/00) · CPC title

• F21V15/015

  Devices for covering joints between adjacent lighting devices; End coverings · CPC title