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Granted Patent B2
US 10,151,461 · App. 15/425,849 · Granted Dec 11, 2018

Lighting device and lighting assembly

Inventor: Ulrich H. Petzold (Miami Beach, FL)
Assignee: Apure Holding LLC
F21V21/04F21S8/024F21S8/026F21V5/04F21V17/06F21V29/763G02B1/11G02B5/003
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Patent No.
US 10,151,461
App. No.
15/425,849
Granted
Dec 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting device is disclosed, in particular for installation behind a flat wall or ceiling element. Further provided is a lighting assembly wherein the wall or ceiling element comprises a first light passage opening, and the lighting device is arranged on a rear side of the wall or ceiling element such that the focal point is located in the first light passage opening and/or in the plane of a front side of the wall or ceiling element opposite the rear side, whereby the lighting device contacts the rear side of the wall or ceiling element in particular flatly.

Claims (20)

1. A lighting device comprising:

a housing defining a first light passage opening and an accommodation space, wherein the accommodation space comprises an accommodation opening and an installation surface disposed in front of the accommodation opening in a longitudinal direction,

a light source disposed in the accommodation space on the installation surface;

a holding device extending entirely over the accommodation opening and defining a second light passage opening;

a lens arrangement disposed in the accommodation space and mounted on the holding device, the lens arrangement comprising a light entry side facing the light source and a light exit side facing away from the light source, and which focuses light emitted from the light source in a longitudinal direction extending from the light entry side to the light exit side to a light cone whose focal point lies in the longitudinal direction behind the light exit side of the lens arrangement.

2. The lighting device of claim 1 wherein the holding device comprises an accommodation for the light exit side of the lens arrangement with a contact surface for the lens arrangement facing contrary to the longitudinal direction, wherein the lens arrangement comprises at least one protrusion and/or a surrounding edge lie in on the contact surface.

3. The lighting device of claim 1 including at least one elevation or protrusion for contact with the holding device on an edge of the accommodation space.

4. The lighting device of claim 1 wherein the holding device comprises at least one distancing element which determines the separation between the light source, the holding device and the lens arrangement.

5. The lighting device of claim 1 including a glare shield with a light exit channel extending in the longitudinal direction before the lens arrangement.

6. The lighting device of claim 5 wherein the glare shield comprises an anti-glare frame arranged in the longitudinal direction behind the lens arrangement.

7. The lighting device of claim 5 wherein the glare shield comprises a support element which is part of the holding device and in which the second light passage opening is defined, and the support element supports and/or carries the lens arrangement.

8. The lighting device of claim 7 wherein the holding device comprises a holding plate fixed on the housing and comprises a recess on which the support element is held or fixed.

9. The lighting device of claim 7 wherein the support element comprises at least one section with a constant cross section joining to the light exit opening in the longitudinal direction and a section with tapering cross section which joins to the section with constant cross section on the side facing away from the lens arrangement.

10. The lighting device of claim 5 wherein the focal point is arranged in the plane of the rear end of the glare shield in the longitudinal direction.

11. The lighting device of claim 6 wherein at least one optical element is arranged in the light exit channel.

12. The lighting device of claim 1 wherein the housing is a cooling body comprising cooling fins opposite the accommodation space.

13. The lighting device of claim 1 including a spacing plate protruding in the longitudinal direction on the side of the housing comprising the accommodation opening.

14. The lighting assembly of claim 1 having a flat wall or ceiling element, whereby the wall or ceiling element comprises a first light passage opening, and the lighting device is arranged on a rear side of the wall or ceiling element such that the focal point is located in the first light passage opening and/or in the plane of a front side of the wall or ceiling element opposite the rear side, wherein the lighting device contacts the rear side of the wall or ceiling element flatly.

15. The lighting assembly of claim 14 including a spacing plate between the housing and the wall or ceiling element having a thickness such that the focal point is located in the plane of the front side of the wall or ceiling element.

16. The lighting assembly of claim 14 wherein the wall or ceiling element comprises a weak zone surrounding the lighting device in a circumferential direction at least in sections and extends into the wall or ceiling element from the rear side facing the lighting device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2017
From: PETZOLD, ULRICH H.
To: APURE HOLDING LLC
Reel/Frame 041972/0467 →
Continuity (1)
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