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US 12,109,943 B2Granted
Attachment structure of lighting device
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasanori Suzuki, Yuichiro Hoshi, Noriyuki Yamato
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Abstract
An attachment structure for installing a lighting device on an attachment target, includes a hole formed in a bottom surface of the attachment structure for letting light from the lighting device pass through the hole, and a plurality of ribs formed around the hole. The plurality of ribs are substantially flush with each other in a lighting device placement area configured to receive a bottom surface of the lighting device, so that the lighting device is positioned with respect to the bottom surface of the attachment structure in a height direction of the lighting device.
Claims6
An attachment structure for installing a lighting device on an attachment target, the attachment structure comprising:
- a rest that is disposed on a surface of the attachment target and on which the lighting device is placed;
- and
- a mounting member that is disposed to surround the rest and configured to fix the lighting device placed on the rest,
- wherein
- the attachment structure is formed together with the attachment target,
- the lighting device includes
- a first ledge, and
- a second ledge that is formed on a second side surface across from a first side surface where the first ledge is formed,
- the mounting member includes
- a first wall raising from a surface of the attachment target,
- a second wall raising from the surface of the attachment target to surround the rest together with the first wall,
- a hole that is formed in the first wall to engage the first ledge in a state where the lighting device is placed on the rest, and
- a recess that is formed in the second wall and concave in a direction from the first side surface to the second side surface to accommodate the second ledge in the state where the lighting device is placed on the rest, and
- a part of the second wall is depressed in a direction from the first side surface to the second side surface to form the recess extending from one end to another end of the second wall in a direction in which the second wall raises,
- the lighting device includes
- a light source unit that includes a light source that emits illumination light, and
- a connector that is continuous with the light source unit, and
- the light source unit includes the first ledge,
- the attachment structure further comprises:
- a connector support that attaches the connector to the attachment structure and supports the connector, and
- a light source support that attaches the light source unit to the attachment target and supports the light source unit, and
- the light source support and the connector support face each other in an oblique direction.
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A method for installing a lighting device on an attachment target using an attachment structure, the attachment structure comprising:
- a rest that is disposed on a surface of the attachment target and on which the lighting device is placed;
- and
- a mounting member that is disposed to surround the rest and configured to fix the lighting device placed on the rest, wherein
- the attachment structure is formed together with the attachment target,
- the lighting device includes
- a first ledge, and
- a second ledge that is formed on a second side surface across from a first side surface where the first ledge is formed,
- the mounting member includes
- a first wall raising from a surface of the attachment target,
- a second wall raising from the surface of the attachment target to surround the rest together with the first wall,
- a hole that is formed in the first wall to engage the first ledge in a state where the lighting device is placed on the rest, and
- a recess that is formed in the second wall and concave in a direction from the first side surface to the second side surface to accommodate the second ledge in the first state where the lighting device is placed on the rest, and
- a part of the second wall is depressed in a direction from the first side surface to the second side surface to form the recess extending from one end to another end of the second wall in a direction in which the second wall raises,
- the lighting device includes
- a light source unit that includes a light source that emits illumination light, and
- a connector that is continuous with the light source unit, and
- the light source unit includes the first ledge,
- the attachment structure further comprises:
- a connector support that attaches the connector to the attachment structure and supports the connector, and
- a light source support that attaches the light source unit to the attachment target and supports the light source unit, and
- the light source support and the connector support face each other in an oblique direction,
- the method comprising, when placing the lightning device on the rest by moving the lightning device in a direction opposite to the direction in which the one or more walls raise while accommodating the second ledge in the recess, engaging the first ledge with the hole to fix the lighting device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.