Power track

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12095211-B2
Application number	US-202218577186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2022
Priority date	Jul 9, 2021
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power track ( 10 ) for mounting and powering an electronic product ( 12 ), the power track comprising: a mounting surface ( 14 ) comprising means ( 16 ) for surface-mounting the power track on an installation surface ( 18 ); a linear opening ( 20; 20 ′) extending along at least a portion of the length (L) of the power track, the linear opening being adapted to receive a connector ( 22 ) of the electronic product to be mounted to the power track, wherein the linear opening is facing in a direction ( 24; 24 ′) parallel to the mounting surface; and a linear light source ( 30; 30′; 46; 52 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising a power track and an electronic product, the power track being for mounting and powering the electronic product, and the electronic product being mountable or mounted to the power track,
wherein the power track comprises:
a mounting surface comprising means for surface-mounting the power track on an installation surface;
a linear opening extending along at least a portion of the length of the power track, the linear opening being adapted to receive a connector of the electronic product, and the linear opening facing in a direction parallel to the mounting surface; and
a linear light source having LED nodes arranged within the linear opening,
wherein the connector of the electronic product has a comb structure allowing the LED nodes to sit between teeth of the comb structure when the electronic product is mounted to the power track.

2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the power track comprises a planar linear front opposite said mounting surface, and wherein the linear light source is located at a backside of said planar linear front.

3. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the power track comprises a single planar linear element projecting from said mounting surface and forming a bottom of the linear opening.

4. A system according to claim 3 , wherein said planar linear element is reflective or translucent.

5. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the linear opening is a single linear opening of the power track facing in a direction parallel to the mounting surface, and wherein the single linear opening is formed by a U-shaped cross-section of the power track.

6. A system according to claim 1 , wherein said linear opening is a first linear opening facing in a first direction parallel to the mounting surface, wherein the power track further comprises a second linear opening facing in a second direction parallel to the mounting surface, which second direction is opposite the first direction, and wherein the first linear opening and the second linear opening are formed by an H-shaped cross-section of the power track.

7. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the power track further comprises power track electrodes arranged within the linear opening, and wherein the power track electrodes are recessed compared to the linear light source arranged within the linear opening and also positioned further from a bottom of the linear opening than the linear light source.

8. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic product is a lighting product.

Assignees

• Signify Holding Bv

Inventors

• Van De Sluis Bartel Marinus
• Krijn Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael
• Rozendaal Leendert Teunis
• Vissenberg Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie

Classifications

• H01R33/88

  adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts · CPC title

• H01R33/05

  Two-pole devices · CPC title

• H01R13/73

  Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall · CPC title

• F21Y2113/00

  Combination of light sources · CPC title

• F21V23/06

  the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} · CPC title