US 11,747,002 B1
String light, connection cable and light cover
Xiaojun Xu, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to SHENZHEN LESHIDA LIGHTING CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Shenzhen Leshida Lighting Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,879.
Claims priority of application No. CN202210837729 (CN), filed on Jul. 15, 2022.
Int. Cl. F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 3/00 (2015.01); F21S 4/10 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 23/001 (2013.01) [F21S 4/10 (2016.01); F21V 3/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A string light comprising:
a plurality of light emitting units;
a plurality of connection cables, any two of the connection cables detachably connectable to each other, wherein each of the light emitting units is connected to two of the plurality of connection cables; and
a plurality of integrally-formed light covers, the light emitting units received in the light covers, respectively, each of the light covers defining two through holes that allow a corresponding one of the light emitting units and ends of two of the connection cables to pass therethrough, and the light covers connected to the connection cables;
wherein each of the connection cables comprises a cable for transmitting electrical power or electrical signals, an input component connected to a first end of the cable, and an output component connected to an opposite, second end of the cable, a first of the input component and the output component is a male connector, and a second of the input component and the output component is a female connector, and two adjacent ones of the connection cables are connected to each other by the male connector and the female connector thereof;
wherein each of the light emitting units comprises a light emitting element, an input end and an output end that are connected to two of the connection cables, the light emitting element is arranged between and electrically connected to the input end and the output end, a first of the input end and the output end is a plug connector, a second of the input end and the output end is a socket connector, the plug connector is connected to the female connector of a first of the connection cables, and the socket connector is connected to the male connector of a second of the connection cables; and
wherein the light emitting element comprises a first light emitting element connected to the input end, and a second light emitting element connected to the output end, and the first light emitting element is electrically connected to the second light emitting element by a wire, the first light emitting element is configured to emit light toward one of the through holes of a corresponding one of the light covers, and the second light emitting element is configured to emit light toward the other one of the through holes of the corresponding one of the light covers.