Connecting module, power supply module and connecting set for light strips

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9525233-B2
Application number	US-201314401154-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2013
Priority date	May 16, 2012
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

Various embodiments may relate to a connecting module for mechanically connecting two light strips each having at least one semiconductor light source and having at least two electrical contacts arranged in a housing, which electrical contacts each have two contact sections for making electrical contact with the light strips. The electrical contacts in each case pass through the housing with a further contact section for connection to a power supply.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power supply module for supplying power to at least one light strip, wherein the power supply module is configured in such a way that it is electrically connectable to a connecting module,
the connecting module for mechanically connecting two light strips each having at least one semiconductor light source and having at least two electrical contacts arranged in a housing, which electrical contacts each have two contact sections for making electrical contact with the light strips,
wherein the electrical contacts in each case pass through the housing with a further contact section for connection to a power supply,
wherein said power supply module has a connection side with at least two contacts for making contact with the contacts of the connecting module,
wherein a respective contact of the power supply module has a contact area for making electrical contact with the contact of the connecting module, wherein a respective contact area has at least two area sections in order to electrically connect the power supply module, in a plurality of orientations, to the connecting module,
wherein the area sections of a respective contact are arranged on a partial circle, wherein an area section of a respective contact, in a state in which the power supply module is connected to the connecting module, is arranged substantially on a transverse axis that extends transversely to the longitudinal direction, and a further area section is arranged on a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction.

2. The power supply module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said power supply module is configured in such a way that it is connectable, substantially flush, to the connecting module.

3. The power supply module as claimed in claim 1 , comprising an outer side pointing away from the connection side and peripheral sides formed between the connection side and the outer side, wherein the supply line for connecting the contacts of the power supply module opens out into one of the peripheral sides.

4. A power supply module for supplying power to at least one light strip, wherein the power supply module is configured in such a way that it is electrically connectable to a connecting module,
the connecting module for mechanically connecting two light strips each having at least one semiconductor light source and having at least two electrical contacts arranged in a housing, which electrical contacts each have two contact sections for making electrical contact with the light strips,
wherein the electrical contacts in each case pass through the housing with a further contact section for connection to a power supply,
wherein said power supply module has a connection side with at least two contacts for making contact with the contacts of the connecting module,

wherein a respective contact of the power supply module has a contact area for making electrical contact with the contact of the connecting module, wherein a respective contact area has at least two area sections in order to electrically connect the power supply module, in a plurality of orientations, to the connecting module, wherein two contacts are provided, whose area sections are each arranged on a common or on different partial circles, or wherein three contacts are provided, wherein the area sections of two contacts are arranged on a common partial circle, or wherein four contacts are provided, wherein the area sections of in each case two contacts are arranged on a common partial circle.

5. A connecting module comprising:
a housing,
a first and a second light strips each having at least one semiconductor light source, and
an electrical contact having a first, a second and a third contact sections,
wherein the first and the second contact sections are arranged in the housing, which make respective electrical contact with the first and the second light strips, and
wherein the third contact section passes through the housing, for connection to a power supply, in a direction opposite to the first and the second contact section,
wherein the third contact section pass through the housing from a common connection side, wherein the common connection side points approximately in the emission direction of the semiconductor light source.

6. The connecting module as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein two connecting sides pointing away from one another are provided on the housing for connecting the housing to in each case one light strip, and a connection side is formed between the connecting sides.

7. The connecting module as claimed in claim 5 ,
wherein the third contact section opens out into the connection side approximately centrally, when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the connecting module.

Assignees

• Osram Gmbh

Inventors

• Staeber Tobias
• Strauss Steffen

Classifications

• F21Y2103/10

  comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• H01R13/46 Primary

  Bases; Cases · CPC title

• F21V23/06 Primary

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

• F21Y2101/00

  Point-like light sources · CPC title