IP Library Granted Patent US 12704240
Granted Patent B2
US 12704240 · App. 18/988,935 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Locking structure of Bowens mount

Inventors: Mitch Gross (Shenzhen, CN); Shuwei Li (Shenzhen, CN); Shaoqin Zheng (Shenzhen, CN); Peng Li (Shenzhen, CN); Daniel Chung (Shenzhen, CN); Anqing Liu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: APUTURE IMAGING INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
F21V17/14F21V17/06F21V17/104F21V17/12F21V17/16F21V17/18F21V17/20G03B15/02G03B15/0442G03B15/0484G03B15/06G03B15/07
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Patent No.
US 12704240
App. No.
18/988,935
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A locking structure of a Bowens mount, configured to lock a luminaire with an optical accessory having a Bowens mount, including a rotating member and a mount provided on a luminaire front housing, in which the mount is provided on a peripheral side of a light outlet aperture of the luminaire front housing, the rotating member is threaded to the mount, the mount includes three grooves fitted with protrusions of the Bowens mount, a height of each groove is lower than that of each protrusion of the Bowens mount, and the rotating member includes notch parts corresponding to at least three grooves.

Claims (9)

1 . A locking structure of a Bowens mount, configured to lock a luminaire with an optical accessory having a Bowens mount, comprising a rotating member and a mount provided on a luminaire front housing, wherein the mount is provided on a peripheral side of a light outlet aperture of the luminaire front housing, the rotating member is threaded to the mount, the mount comprises three grooves fitted with protrusions of the Bowens mount, a height of each groove is lower than that of each protrusion of the Bowens mount, and the rotating member comprises notch parts corresponding to the at least three grooves.

2 . The locking structure according to claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises an inner ring and an outer ring that are coaxial with and parallel to the light outlet aperture, and a connecting part that connects the inner ring and the outer ring, the inner ring is proximal to the light outlet aperture, the outer ring is distal to the light outlet aperture, and the connecting part is vertically connected to an inner end of the outer ring and an outer end of the inner ring, respectively.

3 . The locking structure according to claim 2 , wherein a side of the outer ring facing the light outlet aperture of the luminaire front housing is provided with an inner thread, and the grooves are provided on the connecting part.

4 . The locking structure according to claim 3 , wherein the rotating member comprises a rotating body in a shape of a ring, an outer periphery of the rotating body is provided with an outer thread fitted with the inner thread of the mount outer ring, and an inner periphery of the rotating member is provided with the notch parts.

5 . The locking structure according to claim 4 , wherein the rotating member is provided with a rotating handle configured to operate the rotating member to rotate.

6 . The locking structure according to claim 5 , wherein two rotating handles are provided on the rotating member, respectively.

7 . The locking structure according to claim 5 , further comprising a limit fixed starting point and a limit fixed ending point both provided on the luminaire front housing and located on a peripheral side of the mount, the rotating handle is provided between the limit fixed starting point and the limit fixed ending point, so as to limit a movement distance of the rotating handle by means of the limit fixed starting point and the limit fixed ending point, so that a vertical displacement of the rotating member is limited.

8 . The locking structure according to claim 7 , wherein the limit fixed starting point is provided corresponding to one of the grooves, and the rotating handle is provided corresponding to one of the notch parts.

9 . The locking structure according to claim 8 , wherein a distance between the limit fixed starting point and the limit fixed ending point is set according to a vertical displacement of the rotating member, wherein the vertical displacement allows the rotating member to press against the protrusions.