# US 11,906,145 B2 · Lamp connector and tandem structure of light strips > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,145 B2 - Document ID: US11906145B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/081,665 - Filed: 2022-12-14 - Published: 2023-04-20 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-29 - Assignees: Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.; Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.; Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yong Zhan; Xianglan Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906145B2 ## CPC - F21V 23/06: the elements being coupling devices {, e.g. connectors} - F21S 4/10: with light sources attached to loose electric cables, e.g. Christmas tree lights - F21S 4/24: of ribbon or tape form, e.g. LED tapes - F21V 15/015: Devices for covering joints between adjacent lighting devices; End coverings - F21V 17/107: {using hinge joints} - F21V 17/164: {the parts being subjected to bending, e.g. snap joints} - F21V 21/005: for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks - H01R 13/193: Means for increasing contact pressure at the end of engagement of coupling part {, e.g. zero insertion force or no friction} - H01R 31/06: Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94) - F21S 4/22: flexible or deformable, e.g. into a curved shape - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - H01R 13/22: Contacts for co-operating by abutting - H01R 31/02: Intermediate parts for distributing energy to two or more circuits in parallel, e.g. splitter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/92) - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A lamp connector includes an insulating connector body, a first pressing cover, and a second pressing cover. The insulating connector body includes a first electrical connection part, a second electrical connection part, and an electrical connection structure; the first electrical connection part includes a first base, and a first end of the first pressing cover is mounted on the first base through a first rotating shaft structure, a second end of the first pressing cover is fixed to the first base through a first fixing structure. The second electrical connection part includes a second base, and a third end of the second pressing cover is mounted on the second base through a second rotating shaft structure, a fourth end of the second pressing cover is fixed to the second base through a second fixing structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lamp connector, comprising: an insulating connector body, wherein the insulating connector body comprises a first electrical connection part and a second electrical connection part, and an electrical connection structure is provided between the first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part, the first electrical connection part comprises a first base, the second electrical connection part comprises a second base; a first pressing cover comprising a first end and a second end, that is mounted on the first base through a first rotating shaft structure, wherein the first pressing cover is rotated to switch between an open position and a closed position; in a case that the first pressing cover is in the closed position, the second end of the first pressing cover is fixed to the first base through a first fixing structure, the first base and the first pressing cover enclose a first electrical connection cavity, and a first insertion opening connecting the first electrical connection cavity and an external space is between the first base and the first pressing cover, wherein the first rotating shaft structure comprises a first shaft sleeve and a first shaft, the first shaft is fixed to the first end of the first pressing cover, the first shaft sleeve is fixed to the first base, the first shaft sleeve is sleeved on an outside of the first shaft and wherein the first shaft sleeve is provided with a first shaft installation opening, in the case where the first pressing cover is in the closed position, the first shaft installation opening faces a direction away from the first pressing cover; and a second pressing cover comprising a third end, wherein the third end of the second pressing cover is mounted on the second base through a second rotating shaft structure, wherein the second pressing cover is configured to switch between an open position and a closed position; in a case that the second pressing cover is in the closed position, a fourth end of the second pressing cover is fixed to the second base through a second fixing structure, the second base and the second pressing cover enclose a second electrical connection cavity, and a second insertion opening connecting the second electrical connection cavity and the external space is between the second base and the second pressing cover, wherein the second rotating shaft structure comprises a second shaft sleeve and a second shaft, the second shaft is fixed to the third end of the second pressing cover, the second shaft sleeve is fixed to the second base, the second shaft sleeve is sleeved on an outside of the second shaft, and wherein the second shaft sleeve is provided with a second shaft installation opening, in the case where the second pressing cover is in the closed position, the second shaft installation opening faces a direction away from the second pressing cover. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lamp connector according to claim 1, wherein: a first shaft anti-disengagement boss is provided at the first shaft installation opening, the first shaft anti-disengagement boss protrudes toward an inside of the first shaft sleeve; and/or a second shaft anti-disengagement boss is provided at the second shaft installation opening, the second shaft anti-disengagement boss protrudes toward an inside of the second shaft sleeve. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lamp connector according to claim 1, wherein: the first fixing structure comprises a first clamping protrusion and a first clamping groove, the first clamping protrusion is arranged on one of the first pressing cover and the first base, and the first clamping groove is arranged on the other of the first pressing cover and the first base; and the second fixing structure comprises a second clamping protrusion and a second clamping groove, the second clamping protrusion is arranged on one of the second pressing cover and the second base, and the second clamping groove is arranged on the other of the second pressing cover and the second base. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lamp connector according to claim 3, wherein: the first fixing structure comprises a first prying gap provided between the first base and the first pressing cover, the first prying gap is on a side of the first base away from the first electrical connection cavity; and the second fixing structure comprises a second prying gap provided between the second base and the second pressing cover, the second prying gap is on a side of the second base away from the second electrical connection cavity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The lamp connector according to claim 3, wherein: the first base is provided with a first base end face and a first base cavity, the first pressing cover is provided with a first pressing cover end face and a first pressing cover cavity, the first base cavity and the first pressing cover cavity constitute the first electrical connection cavity, a first avoidance gap is between the first base end face and the first pressing cover end face; and the second base is provided with a second base end face and a second base cavity, the second pressing cover is provided with a second pressing cover end face and a second pressing cover cavity, the second base cavity and the second pressing cover cavity constitute the second electrical connection cavity, a second avoidance gap is between the second base end face and the second pressing cover end face. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lamp connector according to claim 1, wherein: the first pressing cover comprises a first clamping boss, the first clamping boss protrudes toward the first electrical connection cavity, the second pressing cover comprises a second clamping boss, the second clamping boss protrudes toward the second electrical connection cavity; and/or the first base comprises a first clamping rib, and the first clamping rib protrudes toward the first electrical connection cavity, the second base comprises a second clamping rib, and the second clamping rib protrudes toward the second electrical connection cavity. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lamp connector according to claim 1, wherein the insulating connector body comprises a rotating connection part, the first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part are connected through the rotating connection part, the first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part rotate relative to each other around a central axis of the rotating connection part. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The lamp connector according to claim 7, wherein the rotating connection part comprises a first rotating shaft sleeve, a second rotating shaft sleeve and a rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft sleeve and the second rotating shaft sleeve are sleeved on an outside of the rotating shaft, the first rotating shaft sleeve is fixed on the first electrical connection part, the second rotating shaft sleeve is fixed on the second electrical connection part, the electrical connection structure comprises an insulating structure body and a conductive core, the insulating structure body wraps on an outside of the conductive core; the conductive core comprises a first electrical connection terminal, a second electrical connection terminal, and a flexible wire connecting the first electrical connection terminal and the second electrical connection terminal, the first electrical connection terminal is exposed in the first electrical connection cavity, the second electrical connection terminal is exposed in the second electrical connection cavity, wherein a wire channel is provided in the first rotating shaft sleeve and the second rotating shaft sleeve, the flexible wire extends through the wire channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The lamp connector according to claim 1, wherein the lamp connector comprises one or more additional pressing covers, the insulating connector body comprise one or more additional electrical connection parts, the additional electrical connection part comprises an additional base, the additional base and the additional pressing cover enclose an additional electrical connection cavity; an additional insertion opening connecting the additional electrical connection cavity and the external space is provided between the additional base and the additional pressing cover, the electrical connection structure is between the first electrical connection part, the second electrical connection part and the additional electrical connection part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The lamp connector according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connection structure comprises an insulating structure body and a conductive core, the insulating structure body wraps on an outside of the conductive core, the conductive core comprises a first electrical connection terminal and a second electrical connection terminal, the first electrical connection terminal is exposed in the first electrical connection cavity, the second electrical connection terminal is exposed in the second electrical connection cavity. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The lamp connector according to claim 10, wherein the insulating structure body comprises a first insertion piece extending into the first electrical connection cavity and a second insertion piece extending into the second electrical connection cavity, the first electrical connection terminal is on a side of the first insertion piece facing toward the first base, the second electrical connection terminal is on a side of the second insertion piece facing toward the second base, a first gap is between the first insertion piece and the first pressing cover, a second gap is between the first insertion piece and the first base, a third gap is between the second insertion piece and the second pressing cover, and a fourth gap is between the second insertion piece and the second base. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A tandem structure of light strips, comprising: a first light strip, a second light strip, and the lamp connector according to claim 11, wherein a first light strip electrical connection terminal of the first light strip is inserted into the first electrical connection cavity, a second light strip electrical connection terminal of the second light strip is inserted into the second electrical connection cavity, the first light strip electrical connection terminal and the second light strip electrical connection terminal are electrically connected through the electrical connection structure; wherein the first pressing cover cooperates with the first base to clamp the first light strip, the second pressing cover cooperates with the second base to clamp the second light strip; the first light strip comprises a first soft rubber sleeve, the first light strip electrical connection terminal is arranged in the first soft rubber sleeve, the first electrical connection terminal is inserted into the first soft rubber sleeve, and the first light strip electrical connection terminal and the first electrical connection terminal at least partially overlap with each other in a pressing direction of the first pressing cover; the second light strip comprises a second soft rubber sleeve, the second light strip electrical connection terminal is arranged in the second soft rubber sleeve, the second electrical connection terminal is inserted into the second soft rubber sleeve, and the second light strip electrical connection terminal and the second electrical connection terminal at least partially overlap with each other in a pressing direction of the second pressing cover. ### Claim 13 A tandem structure of light strips, comprising: a first light strip, a second light strip, and a lamp connector comprising: an insulating connector body, wherein the insulating connector body comprises a first electrical connection part and a second electrical connection part, and an electrical connection structure is provided between the first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part, the first electrical connection part comprises a first base, the second electrical connection part comprises a second base; a first pressing cover comprising a first end and a second end, that is mounted on the first base through a first rotating shaft structure, wherein the first pressing cover is rotated to switch between an open position and a closed position; in a case that the first pressing cover is in the closed position, the second end of the first pressing cover is fixed to the first base through a first fixing structure, the first base and the first pressing cover enclose a first electrical connection cavity, and a first insertion opening connecting the first electrical connection cavity and an external space is between the first base and the first pressing cover, wherein the first rotating shaft structure comprises a first shaft sleeve and a first shaft, the first shaft is fixed to the first end of the first pressing cover, the first shaft sleeve is fixed to the first base, the first shaft sleeve is sleeved on an outside of the first shaft, and wherein the first shaft sleeve is provided with a first shaft installation opening, in the case where the first pressing cover is in the closed position, the first shaft installation opening faces a direction away from the first pressing cover; and a second pressing cover comprising a third end, wherein the third end of the second pressing cover is mounted on the second base through a second rotating shaft structure, wherein a first light strip electrical connection terminal of the first light strip is inserted into the first electrical connection cavity, a second light strip electrical connection terminal of the second light strip is inserted into the second electrical connection cavity, the first light strip electrical connection terminal and the second light strip electrical connection terminal are electrically connected through the electrical connection structure, wherein the first pressing cover cooperates with the first base to clamp the first light strip, the second pressing cover cooperates with the second base to clamp the second light strip, wherein the second pressing cover is configured to switch between an open position and a closed position; in a case that the second pressing cover is in the closed position, a fourth end of the second pressing cover is fixed to the second base through a second fixing structure, the second base and the second pressing cover enclose a second electrical connection cavity, and a second insertion opening connecting the second electrical connection cavity and the external space is between the second base and the second pressing cover, wherein the second rotating shaft structure comprises a second shaft sleeve and a second shaft, the second shaft is fixed to the third end of the second pressing cover, the second shaft sleeve is fixed to the second base, the second shaft sleeve is sleeved on an outside of the second shaft, and wherein the second shaft sleeve is provided with a second shaft installation opening, in the case where the second pressing cover is in the closed position, the second shaft installation opening faces a direction away from the second pressing cover. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The tandem structure of light strips according to claim 13, wherein the first fixing structure comprises a first clamping protrusion and a first clamping groove, the first clamping protrusion is arranged on one of the first pressing cover and the first base, and the first clamping groove is arranged on the other of the first pressing cover and the first base; and wherein the second fixing structure comprises a second clamping protrusion and a second clamping groove, the second clamping protrusion is arranged on one of the second pressing cover and the second base, and the second clamping groove is arranged on the other of the second pressing cover and the second base. ### Claim 15 A lamp connector, comprising: an insulating connector body, wherein the insulating connector body comprises a first electrical connection part and a second electrical connection part, and an electrical connection structure is provided between the first electrical connection part and the second electrical connection part, the first electrical connection part comprises a first base, the second electrical connection part comprises a second base; a first pressing cover comprising a first end and a second end, that is mounted on the first base through a first rotating shaft structure, wherein the first pressing cover is rotated to switch between an open position and a closed position; in a case that the first pressing cover is in the closed position, the second end of the first pressing cover is fixed to the first base through a first fixing structure, the first base and the first pressing cover enclose a first electrical connection cavity, and a first insertion opening connecting the first electrical connection cavity and an external space is between the first base and the first pressing cover, wherein the first rotating shaft structure comprises a first shaft sleeve and a first shaft, the first shaft is fixed to the first end of the first pressing cover, the first shaft sleeve is fixed to the first base, and wherein the first shaft sleeve is provided with a first shaft installation opening, the first shaft installation opening facing a direction away from the first pressing cover; and a second pressing cover comprising a third end, wherein the third end of the second pressing cover is mounted on the second base through a second rotating shaft structure, wherein the second pressing cover is configured to switch between an open position and a closed position; in a case that the second pressing cover is in the closed position, a fourth end of the second pressing cover is fixed to the second base through a second fixing structure, the second base and the second pressing cover enclose a second electrical connection cavity, and a second insertion opening connecting the second electrical connection cavity and the external space is between the second base and the second pressing cover, wherein the second rotating shaft structure comprises a second shaft sleeve and a second shaft, the second shaft is fixed to the third end of the second pressing cover, the second shaft sleeve is fixed to the second base, and wherein the second shaft sleeve is provided with a second shaft installation opening.