Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100110680 | MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR LIGHTING MODULES AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A lighting module includes a base plate for fixing to a mounting surface, and a reflector body carrying a printed circuit board with one or more electrical light sources such as high power LEDs. The printed circuit board (includes electrical contact pins to the electrical light sources. The base plate and the reflector body are provided with complementary coupling formations for snap-like coupling the base plate and the reflector body with an electrical line interposed in between for feeding the light sources with the electrical contact pins electrically contacting the electrical line. The module may include force-generating formations to urge the printed circuit board against the base plate to promote heat transfer in between. | 05-06-2010 |
20100219763 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIMMING LIGHT SOURCES - In various embodiments, a device for dimming a light source is provided. The device may include a two-wire power supply line having interposed therein a switch for controlling transfer of said power supply towards said light source; a capacitance located downstream of said switch being traversed by a charge current as said switch is switched on; and a pre-charge stage interposed between said switch and said capacitance; said pre-charge stage being configured to limit to a given value said charge current. | 09-02-2010 |
20100219774 | METHOD FOR DIMMING LIGHT SOURCES, RELATED DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method of compensating the degradation of the luminous intensity due to aging in a light source by controlling a power supply signal of said light source. The method may include: detecting the temperature of said light source; determining a parameter representative of the aging of said light source as a function of said temperature; and varying said power supply signal as a function of said parameter representative of the aging of the light source. | 09-02-2010 |
20100259935 | HEAT SINK AND LIGHTING DEVICE COMPRISING A HEAT SINK - A heat sink is provided. The heat sink may include an open cavity formed by a cavity wall, a cavity bottom wall thereof including a light source region adapted to have a light source mounted thereon and a lateral cavity wall thereof including a reflection region adapted to reflect light emitted from the light source; a heat spreading and dissipation structure covering at least part of an exterior of the heat sink including a bottom region and a lateral region, the heat spreading and dissipation structure including a plurality of vertically aligned fins; an air guidance structure adapted to separate the heat sink from an air flow generator; and at least one mounting column for attaching the heat sink to a lighting device. | 10-14-2010 |
20110026231 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - A housing for electrical components is provided. The housing may include a mouth portion to cooperate with a circuit board in an assembled condition wherein said circuit board is applied against said mouth portion of the housing. The housing may include at least one spring formation located at said mouth portion to cooperate with said circuit board to elastically urge said circuit board away from said mouth portion, and at least one hook-like formation extending from said mouth portion distally of said housing, said hook-like formation adapted to cooperate with said circuit board to retain said circuit board assembled to said housing against the force exerted by said spring formation. | 02-03-2011 |
20110199773 | Mounting Arrangement for Lighting Devices, Corresponding Lighting Devices and Method - A mounting arrangement for a light source (L) having associated a Printed Circuit Board, wherein said mounting arrangement includes: a housing (H) with an exit opening for light from the source (L), a reflector (R) to reflect light from the source (L) towards the opening, an at least partly transparent cover ( | 08-18-2011 |
20120069568 | Lighting module and corresponding method - A lighting module may include a printed circuit board carrying at least one light source, a reflector body to direct light from said at least one light source towards a distal opening of said reflector body, said reflector body having a bottom portion with first snap-in coupling formations coupling said printed circuit board to the bottom portion of said reflector body, and an optical holder carrying at least one lens to focus light from said at least one light source, said optical holder having second snap-in coupling formations coupling said optical holder to the bottom portion of said reflector body. | 03-22-2012 |
20120235576 | LED Lighting Module with Co-Molded Light Sensor - An LED lighting module comprising: a printed circuit board ( | 09-20-2012 |
20130051022 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A LIGHTING DEVICE, AND A CORRESPONDING LIGHTING DEVICE - Provide a plurality of lighting modules. Connect together a plurality of the lighting modules for forming a series of lighting modules. Cut the series of lighting modules into lighting devices having a lighting module. Interconnection elements of the last lighting module of each lighting device are cut along their transverse axes. Each lighting module includes a first set of contacts placed at a first end of said lighting module and a second set of contacts placed in corresponding positions at a second end of said lighting module. Each lighting module is connected to the next lighting module by means of interconnection elements which connect the first set of contacts of each lighting module to the second set of contacts of the next lighting module. Interconnection elements include a base plate and a hollow portion in order to form female connectors when said interconnection elements are cut along their transverse axis. | 02-28-2013 |
20130094227 | Mounting device for lighting sources - A device for mounting planar lighting sources having a light emitting surface on a substrate includes a frame provided with fixing formations for fixing the frame on the substrate with the planar lighting source sandwiched between the frame and the substrate. The frame has an opening to surround the light emitting surface of said lighting source and is provided with elastic formations to elastically urge the lighting source toward the substrate. The fixing formations include at least one resilient formation to resiliently urge the frame toward the substrate. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094229 | Mounting device for lighting sources - A device for mounting lighting sources on a substrate includes a mounting frame provided with fixing formations for fixing on the substrate, the mounting frame defining a cavity for receiving the lighting source which rests on the substrate. A locking member may be provided which can be positioned in the cavity of the mounting frame to urge said lighting source toward the substrate. At least one of the mounting frame and the locking member may include at least one retaining formation for the lighting source, including one or more pins extending into corresponding openings in the lighting source, and/or one or more elastic fins extending from the mounting frame to elastically contact the lighting source. | 04-18-2013 |
20130176728 | Lighting Module - A lighting module ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130265779 | Lighting Assembly - A lighting assembly, comprising: a casing having a bowl-like structure with a bottom wall defining a window opening; a radiation source board with a light radiation source situated opposite said opening so as direct said light radiation outside of the casing; and a driving circuit board for said radiation source, said boards being stacked together without air gaps in between, with said circuit board directed towards said casing. | 10-10-2013 |
20140133163 | LIGHTING DEVICE, CORRESPONDING SUPPORT AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - In various embodiments, a lighting device for mounting on a mounting surface is provided. The device may include: a planar solid state lighting module having a light emitting region; a housing which frames the lighting module, the housing having a window therein to expose the light emitting region of the lighting module; wherein the housing is magnetically attractable towards the mounting surface to retain the lighting module applied onto the mounting surface by the lighting module being sandwiched between the mounting surface and the housing magnetically attracted towards the mounting surface. | 05-15-2014 |
20140177221 | Lighting Device and Associated Method - A lighting device comprising light radiation sources ( | 06-26-2014 |
20150029735 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF ASSEMBLY - A lighting device includes a lighting source, e.g. a LED lighting source, arranged between a first and a second component with a coupling structure interposed between the first and the second component to sealingly couple them together. | 01-29-2015 |
20150043207 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device may include a channel-shaped housing having two ends with a main axis of the housing extending between the ends, a pair of mounting fixtures for a pair of light radiation sources within the housing with the light radiation sources radiating light radiation in opposite directions along the main axis, and a pair of reflectors each facing a respective one of the mounting fixtures to receive light radiation along the main axis and reflect it to the outside of the housing. | 02-12-2015 |