Lighting system and cap for such lighting system
View Patent ↗A lighting system comprising an electrical lamp ( 6 ) having an electrical lamp connector ( 32 ), a holder ( 5 ) having a front electrical connector adapted to be back-connected to a power supply and a cap ( 7 ) to interface the electrical lamp and the holder, said cap extending along a mounting direction between a top side for receiving the lamp connector and an opposite bottom side for receiving the holder connector, and having axial holes extending between the bottom side and the top side for receiving within at least a part of an electrical cap connector able to electrically connect the lamp connector with the holder connector once the lighting assembly is assembled. The cap further comprises a cap guide and the holder further comprises a holder guide, said cap guide and holder guide being adapted to cooperate with one another by fitting in the mounting direction, such that any significant motion of the cap into directions perpendicular to the mounting direction is prevented by the holder guide, ensuring a positioning step of the cap with respect to the holder before an electrical contacting step of the cap connector with the holder connector.
1. A lighting system for mounting an electrical lamp having an electrical lamp connector onto a power supply, the system comprising:
a holder comprising
a holder body,
a holder guide comprising a first electrically insulating material, and
a front electrical holder connector configured to be back-connected to the power supply,
a cap interfacing with the electrical lamp and the holder and comprising
a cap body extending along a mounting direction between a top side for receiving the lamp connector and an opposite bottom side for receiving the holder connector and having axial holes extending between the bottom side and the top side for receiving at least a part of an electrical cap connector for electrically connecting the lamp connector with the holder connector once the lighting system is assembled; and
a cap guide comprising a second electrically insulating material, wherein both the cap guide and the holder guide have no mechanical contact with any of said connectors during and after assembly of the lighting system and wherein the cap guide and holder guide are configured to fit together and guide the cap in translation along said mounting direction while limiting movements of the cap into directions perpendicular to the mounting direction, thereby facilitating positioning of the cap with respect to the holder before electrically contacting the cap connector with the holder connector.
2. A lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein said cap guide includes one female or male guide member and the holder guide includes the complementary guide member.
3. A lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein said cap guide includes two guide members which are either two males, two females or one female and one male guide members, and the holder guide includes the complementary guide members.
4. A lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein said cap guide and holder guide define complementary reliefs for coding respectively a capped lamp-type and a holder-type for avoiding improper pairing of a capped lamp onto the holder.
5. A lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein the lamp is permanently received onto the cap and the cap is removably mounted onto the holder.
6. A lighting system according to claim 1 , wherein the cap and the holder comprises mounting means arranged for locking the cap onto the holder once the electrical contacting step occurs.