US 12,276,403 B2
Housing for a lighting device, and a lighting device having the housing
Liang Tian, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/572,961
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jun. 13, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/065972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/274698, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2021/103325 (WO), filed on Jun. 29, 2021; and application No. 21195272 (EP), filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0360984 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 15/015 (2006.01); F21V 17/02 (2006.01); F21V 17/16 (2006.01); F21V 31/00 (2006.01); F21Y 103/00 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21V 15/015 (2013.01) [F21V 17/02 (2013.01); F21V 17/164 (2013.01); F21V 31/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2103/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing of a lighting device comprising:
a tubular main body;
an end cap for fitting to an end of the main body, the end cap comprising a ring portion for surrounding the tubular main body and an end face; and
a connecting member for connecting the end cap to the main body,
wherein the main body comprises a set of tab receiving portions,
wherein the end cap comprises a set of tab receiving channels at an internal face of the ring portion, and
wherein the connecting member comprises a periphery having:
a first set of one or more projecting first tabs, each projecting towards the main body and each having an attachment portion for fitting to a respective tab receiving portion of the main body; and
a second set of projecting second tabs each projecting towards the end cap and each having an attachment portion for fitting into a respective tab receiving channel of the end cap,
wherein the tab receiving portions and the tab receiving channels are discrete units, wherein a width of each unit in a circumferential direction corresponds to a width in the circumferential direction of the corresponding attachment portion,
wherein the end cap has a first, assembled, position, in which the second tabs are fitted into their respective tab receiving channels, and a second, disassembly, position, in which the end cap is positioned closer to the main body along an elongate direction of the main body, and the second tabs are deformed and released from their respective tab receiving channels, and
wherein the end cap is rotatable when in the second position to bring the second tabs out of alignment with their respective tab receiving channels.