US 11,953,165 B2
Connection system for a luminaire, and a lighting system using the connection system
Xuelin Li, Shanghai (CN); Xia Wang, Shanghai (CN); Jisong Xu, Shanghai (NL); and Chienliang Yeh, Yilan (TW)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/773,094
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Oct. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/080114
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/089365, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2019/115326 (WO), filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373146 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F21S 4/28 (2016.01)
CPC F21S 4/28 (2016.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A linear lighting system comprising:
a set of at least two luminaires and a connection system coupling respective ends of housings of adjacent luminaires;
wherein each luminaire comprising:
a housing having an open front and a back, at least one end of the housing comprising:
an end face;
a tapered pillar projecting from the back, the tapered pillar having a top opening,
wherein the connection system comprises a coupling arrangement for coupling respective ends of the housings of two luminaires together butted against each other, the coupling arrangement comprising:
a bridge having a first and second tapered openings, each for fitting over a respective tapered pillar of one of the two adjacent housing ends; and
a sprung retaining clip projecting within each of the first and second tapered opening, for passing though the top opening of the respective tapered pillar and for gripping the pillar beneath the top opening.