IP Library Granted Patent US 12,031,700
Granted Patent B2
US 12,031,700 · App. 17/572,498 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Trim unit for lamp and lamp

Inventors: Yao Fu (Shanghai, CN); Yin Suo (Shanghai, CN); Huisheng Zhou (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
F21V17/002F21S9/02F21V5/00F21V9/08F21V9/40F21V17/02
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Patent No.
US 12,031,700
App. No.
17/572,498
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a trim unit for a lamp and the lamp. The trim unit for the lamp includes: one or more installation parts, through enabling the installation parts to be abutted with a corresponding fixture of a lamp main body of the lamp, the trim unit may be fixed to the lamp main body at a light-emitting end of the lamp main body in a removable manner, and the trim unit includes an adjusting part, the adjusting part adjusts light emitted by an illuminating unit installed in the lamp main body. Therefore, a problem in the related art that an appearance decoration effect of the lamp is monotonous is solved.

Claims (49)

1. Apparatus comprising:

a trim ring for a lamp, the trim ring including plural lug bosses arranged along a circumference of the trim ring and configured for attachment to a lamp main body of the lamp at a light-emitting end of the lamp main body in a removable manner, such that the lug bosses are configured to be initially inserted into and brought into contact with a plurality of corresponding surfaces defining grooves uniformly arranged and leading into an adjacent portion of a guide rail arranged circumferentially along a side of the lamp main body and later rotated and moved onto the adjacent portion of the guide rail, thereby fixing the trim ring to the lamp main body, wherein the adjacent portion of the guide rail has a graduated thickness; and

an adjusting part configured for adjusting light emitted by an illuminating unit installed in the lamp main body.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting part comprises at least one of the following: a grid structure, a surface roughening structure, and an anti-dazzle film, and

the adjusting part is configured to perform an anti-dazzle treatment on the light emitted by the illuminating unit.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the adjusting part is integrally formed with the trim ring, or the adjusting part as a separate component is combined with the trim ring.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting part comprises an extension wall longitudinally extended at an outer edge of the trim ring, and the extension wall is configured to perform the anti-dazzle treatment on the light emitted by the illuminating unit.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting part is a color filter, and the color filter is configured to adjust a color and/or a light intensity of the light emitted by the illuminating unit.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting part comprises the trim ring and a light-shielding plate, and the light-shielding plate comprises an inner light-shielding plate and an outer light-shielding plate, the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate being configured to be switched between states of being mutually superposed and unfolded.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein

the inner light-shielding plate is integrally formed with the trim ring, the inner light-shielding plate is provided with a shaft hole, the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate are connected in a pivot manner, and the outer light-shielding plate is configured to be rotated in the pivot manner; or

the trim ring is provided with a shaft hole, the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate are connected with the trim ring in the pivot manner, and in the case that the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate are switched between the states of being mutually superposed and unfolded, the inner light-shielding plate is kept fixed with respect to the trim ring, and the outer light-shielding plate is configured to be rotated in the pivot manner.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the adjusting part comprises a light-emitting unit, the light-emitting unit is configured to be operated independent of the illuminating unit in the lamp main body, or the light-emitting unit is configured to be cooperatively operated with the illuminating unit in the lamp main body.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

in the case that the light-emitting unit is configured to be operated independent of the illuminating unit in the lamp main body, a rechargeable battery is provided in the light-emitting unit, and the light-emitting unit is configured to be controlled to be operated in at least one of a human body induction control manner, a light sensing control manner or a remote control manner; and

in the case that the light-emitting unit is cooperatively operated with the illuminating unit in the lamp main body, the light-emitting unit is electrically connected with the illuminating unit in the lamp main body through a conductor terminal or a wireless charging manner.

10. A lamp, comprising:

a lamp main body having an illuminating unit installed in the lamp main body, and comprising one or more fixtures; and

a trim unit comprising:

a trim ring for a lamp, the trim ring including plural lug bosses arranged along a circumference of the trim ring and configured for attachment to the lamp main body at a light-emitting end of the lamp main body in a removable manner, such that the plural lug bosses are configured to be initially inserted into and brought into contact with a plurality of corresponding surfaces defining grooves uniformly arranged and leading into an adjacent portion of a guide rail arranged circumferentially along a side of the lamp main body and later rotated and moved onto the adjacent portion of the guide rail, thereby fixing the trim ring to the lamp main body, wherein the adjacent portion of the guide rail has a graduated thickness, and

an adjusting part, configured for adjusting light emitted by the illuminating unit.

11. The lamp as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the adjusting part is at least one of the following: a grid structure, a surface roughening structure, and an anti-dazzle film, and wherein the adjusting part is configured to perform anti-dazzle treatment on the light emitted by the illuminating unit.

12. The lamp as claimed in claim 11 ,

wherein the adjusting part is integrally formed with the trim ring, or the adjusting part is combined with the trim ring as a separate component.

13. The lamp as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

the adjusting part comprises an extension wall longitudinally extended at an outer edge of the trim unit, and the extension wall is configured to perform the anti-dazzle treatment on the light emitted by the illuminating unit.

14. The lamp as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

the adjusting part is a color filter, and the color filter adjusts a color and/or a light intensity of the light emitted by the illuminating unit.

15. The lamp as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

the adjusting part comprises the trim ring and a light-shielding plate the light-shielding plate comprises an inner light-shielding plate and an outer light-shielding plate, the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate being configured to be switched between states of being mutually superposed and unfolded.

16. The lamp as claimed in claim 15 , wherein

the inner light-shielding plate is integrally formed with the trim ring, and the inner light-shielding plate is provided with a shaft hole, the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate are connected in a pivot manner, and the outer light-shielding plate is configured to be rotated in the pivot manner; or

the trim ring is provided with a shaft hole, the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate are connected with the trim ring in the pivot manner, and in the case that the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate are switched between the states of being mutually superposed and unfolded, the inner light-shielding plate is kept fixed relative to the trim ring, and the outer light-shielding plate is configured to be rotated in the pivot manner.

17. The lamp as claimed in claim 10 , wherein

the adjusting part comprises a light-emitting unit, and the light-emitting unit is configured to be operated independent of the illuminating unit in the lamp main body, or the light-emitting unit is configured to be cooperatively operated with the illuminating unit in the lamp main body.

18. The lamp as claimed in claim 17 , wherein

in the case that the light-emitting unit is configured to be operated independent of the illuminating unit in the lamp main body, a rechargeable battery is provided in the light-emitting unit, and the light-emitting unit is configured to be operated in at least one of a human body induction control manner, a light sensing control manner or a remote control manner; and

in the case that the light-emitting unit is configured to be cooperatively operated with the illuminating unit in the lamp main body, the light-emitting unit is electrically connected with the illuminating unit in the lamp main body through a conductor terminal or a wireless charging manner.

19. A method for installing a trim ring of a lamp, the method comprising:

inserting plural lug bosses of the trim ring into a plurality of corresponding surfaces defining grooves uniformly arranged and leading into an adjacent portion of a guide rail arranged circumferentially along an inner side of a lamp main body of the lamp at a light-emitting end of the lamp;

after the inserting of the lug bosses, later rotating and moving the lug bosses onto the adjacent portion of the guide rail, thereby fixing the trim ring to the lamp main body, wherein the adjacent portion of the guide rail has a graduated thickness; and

adjusting light emitted by an illuminating unit installed in the lamp main body via an adjusting part of the trim ring.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein when the lug bosses are inserted into the surfaces defining the grooves, the trim ring of the adjusting part is fixed to the lamp main body at a light-emitting side of the lamp main body in a removable manner, the method further comprising providing a light-shielding plate including an inner light-shielding plate and an outer light-shielding plate, and switching the inner light-shielding plate and the outer light-shielding plate can be switched between states of being mutually superposed and unfolded.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2026
From: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 075090/0369 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2022
From: FU, YAO; SUO, YIN; ZHOU, HUISHENG
To: SAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Reel/Frame 058612/0336 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202120098252.8 · Jan 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220221134A1 · Jul 14, 2022