# US 2014/0192541 A1 · Securing a support and covering a lighting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192541 A1 - Document ID: US20140192541A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/124,738 - Filed: 2012-05-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-09 - Assignees: OSRAM GmbH - Inventors: Guenter Hoetzl; Peter Sachsenweger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192541A1 ## CPC - F21V 17/10: characterised by specific fastening means or way of fastening (F21V17/02 - F21V17/08 take precedence) - F21K 9/20: Light sources comprising attachment means - F21V 17/164: {the parts being subjected to bending, e.g. snap joints} - F21V 23/005: {the substrate is supporting also the light source} - F21V 23/006: {the substrate being distinct from the light source holder} - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - Y10T 29/49002: Electrical device making - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21K: NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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 - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A lighting device may include: a mount, which is populated with at least one electronic component and with at least one semiconductor light source, a cover for covering at least one electronic component and at least one connecting element for fastening the cover to the mount, wherein the connecting element is connected to the mount by means of a non-latching connection and to the cover by means of a latching connection. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lighting device comprising a mount, which is populated with at least one electronic component and with at least one semiconductor light source, a cover for covering at least one electronic component and at least one connecting element for fastening the cover to the mount, wherein the connecting element is connected to the mount by means of a non-latching connection and to the cover by means of a latching connection. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting element is inserted into an associated cutout in the mount. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting element can be inserted into the mount from a side facing the cover. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting element can be inserted into the cover from a side facing the mount. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The lighting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting element is a press-fit/latching connecting element, which is held at least in a force-fitting manner in the associated cutout in the mount by means of a press-fit connection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The lighting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting element is a screw/latching connecting element, which can be screwed into the associated cutout in the mount. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The lighting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting element is an adhesive-bonding/latching connecting element, which can be adhesively bonded into the associated cutout in the mount. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The lighting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting element has at least one bearing face with which the connecting element hits the mount. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting element has at least one latching projection, at which at least one associated latching hook of the cover latches in. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The lighting device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the connecting element has an outer contour with at least two steps, wherein a very narrow riser step is inserted into the associated cutout in the mount, a first, inner step acts as the bearing face, and a second, outer step acts as a recess of the latching projection. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The lighting deviceas claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting element has a cylindrical basic shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting element has a tubular basic shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The lighting device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting element has, at its end inserted into the cutout in the mount, a bevel tapering the end. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover has at least one cutout, into which the connecting element is inserted with a matching fit, wherein, starting from a rim of the cutout, the at least one latching hook is directed inwards. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mount has a first region, which is populated with the at least one light source, and a second region which is populated with the at least one electronic component, and wherein the cover covers at least the second region. ### Claim 16 A connecting element, which is configured for use with a lighting device, the lighting device comprising, a mount, which is populated with at least one electronic component and with at least one semiconductor light source, a cover for covering at least one electronic component and at least one connecting element for fastening the cover to the mount, wherein the connecting element is connected to the mount by means of a non-latching connection and to the cover by means of a latching connection. ### Claim 17 A method for fastening a cover on a mount of a lighting device, the lighting device comprising: a mount, which is populated with at least one electronic component and with at least one semiconductor light source, a cover for covering at least one electronic component and at least one connecting element for fastening the cover to the mount, wherein the connecting element is connected to the mount by means of a non-latching connection and to the cover by means of a latching connection, wherein the method comprises: fixedly inserting the at least one connecting element into an associated cutout in the mount, and positioning the cover onto the mount and latching the cover in on the at least one connecting element. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The lighting device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the connecting element has an outer contour with at least two steps, wherein a very narrow riser step is inserted into the associated cutout in the mount, a first, inner step acts as the bearing face, and a second, outer step acts as a recess of the latching projection.