US 12,404,994 B2
Directional lighting device
Jaap Huijgen, Rotterdam (NL); Odin Visser, Rotterdam (NL); Jeffrey Huyghe, Heule (BE); and Frederik Andre′ Martin Vanslambrouck, Oostrozebeke (BE)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/703,461
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/079568
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 22, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/072821, PCT Pub. Date May 4, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 21205255 (EP), filed on Oct. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0237372 A1, Jul. 24, 2025
Int. Cl. F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21S 8/00 (2006.01); F21V 15/01 (2006.01); F21V 21/30 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 23/002 (2013.01) [F21S 8/03 (2013.01); F21V 15/01 (2013.01); F21V 21/30 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A directional lighting device comprising:
a supporting structure;
a ball-joint structure mounted to the supporting structure;
a housing configured to accommodate a light emitting source;
electric wiring fed from the supporting structure through the ball-joint structure and electrically connecting the light emitting source;
the ball-joint structure configured to direct the housing relative to the supporting structure and the light emitting source,
wherein the light emitting source is mounted to a mounting plate, wherein the mounting plate has an outer dimension which is smaller than the inner dimension of the housing, and
wherein a cup-shaped tensioning element having an outer dimension which is smaller than the inner dimension of the housing is clamped between the ball-joint structure and the mounting plate.