US 10,502,398 B2 · Light fixture housing with integrated fastening element

Abstract

An attachment assembly integrated into the lamp housing and comprising an alcove formed in an outer surface of the housing shell, wherein the alcove is configured to accommodating a fastening unit, the fastening unit is configured to receive a mating member connected to a support structure and the mating member can be locked to the fastening unit, wherein the fastening unit is secured to the housing shell by a self-tapping screw configured drill itself into a part of said polymer housing shell. The invention relates also to an assembly unit where the alcove is formed as a stepped bottom where a mating recess forms the deepest bottom part, a support recess forms the middle bottom part and the alcove bottom forms an upper bottom part.

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Dependent claims

A light fixture comprising:

a light source arranged in a lamp housing;
the lamp housing comprising a housing shell forming a cavity wherein the light source is arranged and configured to emit light out of the lamp housing, the lamp housing comprises an attachment assembly comprising an alcove formed in an outer surface of the housing shell, wherein the alcove is configured to accommodate a fastening unit, the fastening unit is configured to receive a mating member connected to a support structure and the mating member can be locked to the fastening unit, and wherein the fastening unit comprises a locking plate and a top plate and where the locking plate is arranged below the top plate and includes a locking member configured to lock with the mating member.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Light fixture housing with integrated fastening element

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Light fixture housing with integrated fastening element

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Abstract

Claims18