Illumination device
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorROMAIN HAMEAU
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Abstract
An illumination device comprising an optical plate extending over a plurality of LEDs arranged on a PCB main surface of a PCB. In a mounted configuration said PCB and optical plate are mutually connected by fasteners. Each fastener extends with play in a plane parallel to said PCB main surface through a through hole in the optical plate in a direction transverse to said PCB main surface. The through hole has a wide portion extending over a depth D from a first main surface of the optical plate facing away from the PCB towards a second main surface of the optical plate facing towards the PCB, and said through hole is narrowed to a neck portion at said depth D. Furthermore, each fastener rests on a resilient washer seated in the wide portion of said through hole.
Claims14
An illumination device comprising an optical plate extending over a plurality of LEDs arranged on a PCB main surface of a PCB, in a mounted configuration said PCB and optical plate are mutually connected by a plurality of fasteners,
- wherein each fastener extends through a respective, associated through hole in the optical plate in a direction transverse to said PCB main surface,
- wherein said associated through hole has a wide portion extending over a depth D from a first main surface of the optical plate facing away from the PCB towards a second main surface of the optical plate facing towards the PCB, which through hole is narrowed to a neck portion at said depth D, and
- wherein each fastener extends through said through hole with play S in a plane P parallel to said PCB main surface and rests on a respective, associated resilient washer seated in the wide portion of said associated through hole,
- wherein the wide portion comprises a tapered portion which gradually, preferably continually, tapers along depth D, and
- wherein the washer is a toothed washer, preferably with teeth extending outward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.