US 11,028,995 B2Granted

Glazing with detachable light device

AssigneesPilkington Brasil Ltda, Pilkington Group Limited

InventorsTiago Serrano, Andrew Thomas Stanley

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Abstract

The invention relates to a glazing having a first anchoring support being configured to engage with an electrical connector that is part of an electrically actuated device comprising at least one electrically actuated component and first and second electrical connectors that are connectable with an electrical power supply. Upon electrically connecting the first and second electrical connectors to the power supply, the electrically actuated component has electrical power supplied thereto and is in an energized state. When the first electrical connector is engaged with the first anchoring support, the electrical device is releasably fixed to the glazing. Connecting the power supply to the first anchoring support and the second electrical connector causes the electrically actuated component to switch from an unenergized state to the energized state. Mounting arrangements and vehicle lights to be mounted to a component of the structure of a vehicle are also described.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A glazing comprising a sheet of glazing material having a first major surface and a second opposing major surface, there being a first anchoring support mounted on the sheet of glazing material, the first anchoring support being configured to engage with an electrical connector that is part of an electrically actuated device,

the electrically actuated device comprising:
a circuit board;
and
a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, and at least one (a first) electrically actuated component in electrical communication with the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector, the entire first electrical connector being directly affixed on a first face of the circuit board and not supported by a second face of the circuit board opposite the first face,
the first and second electrical connectors being connectable with an electrical power supply having first and second terminals such that upon electrically connecting the first electrical connector to the first terminal of the power supply and the second electrical connector to the second terminal of the power supply, the electrical device has electrical power supplied thereto and the electrically actuated component is in an energized state, the electrically actuated component having an unenergized state when no electrical power is supplied thereto;
wherein when the first electrical connector is directly engaged with the first anchoring support,
the electrical device is releasably fixed to the sheet of glazing material such that upon bringing the first terminal of the power supply into electrical communication with the first electrical connector via the first anchoring support, and bringing the second terminal of the power supply into electrical communication with the second electrical connector, the first electrically actuated component switches from the unenergized state to the energized state;
and
wherein the first anchoring support is disengageable from the first electrical connector by pulling the first electrical connector away from the first anchoring support.

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A vehicle light, in particular a brake light, to be mounted to a component of the structure of a vehicle and comprising a circuit board with its rear face provided with two electric conducts and having directly affixed thereto at least one LED electrically connected to the two electric conducts and to be powered, respectively, from the positive and negative poles of the electric circuit of the vehicle, characterised in that it comprises:

the at least one LED incorporating a respective lens having a light emission angle lower than 45°;
two connectors of an electrically conductive material, the entire two connectors directly affixed to the rear face of the circuit board and not supported by the front face of the circuit board, each of the two connectors being electrically connected to a respective electric conduct of the circuit board;
and two anchoring supports of an electrically conductive material, to be previously affixed against the component of the structure of the vehicle, each anchoring support being electrically connected to the positive and negative poles of the electric circuit of the vehicle and being configured to directly receive the fitting, with mechanical retention and electrical connection, of a respective connector of the circuit board for engagement therewith, and wherein the respective connector is disengageable from the respective anchoring support by pulling the electrical connector away from the respective anchoring support.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/741,024Filed 1 Jul 2016
Priority: BR BR0201501617193 Jul 2015
Published: US 2018/0187858 A15 Jul 2018
Granted: 8 Jun 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

F21S 43/26
Characterised by refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters: refractors, transparent cover plates, light guides or filters not…
B32B 17/10174
Functional features of the laminated safety glass or glazing: coatings of a metallic or dielectric material on a constituent layer of glass or polymer
B60Q 1/0088
Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor: details of electrical connections
B60Q 1/22
The devices being primarily intended to illuminate the way ahead or to illuminate other areas of way or environments: for reverse drive

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US 2018/0187858 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Jul 2018
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