Lighting connector devices and uses thereof
AssigneeHuithan Light Engine Ltd.
InventorsPaul Chung Wai Lo, Teddy Yeung Man Lo, Eddie Ping Kuen Li, Sue-Anne Tean Leung
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Abstract
A lighting connector which includes (a) an upper housing having plural connector pins, and one or more interlocking grooves; and (b) a lower housing, the lower housing having a plurality of connector pin guide holes, and one or more interlocking tongue portions. The lower housing is connectable with the upper housing to form the lighting connector by coupling at least one of the one or more interlocking grooves with at least one of the one or more interlocking tongue portions, and by coupling at least one of the plural connector pins with at least one of the connector pin guide holes.
Claims14
A lighting connector, the lighting connector comprising:
- (a) an upper housing having:
- plural connector pins, and
- one or more interlocking grooves;
- and
- (b) a lower housing, the lower housing having a plurality of connector pin guide holes, and one or more interlocking tongue portions,
- the lower housing being connectable with the upper housing to form the lighting connector by coupling at least one of the one or more interlocking grooves with at least one of the one or more interlocking tongue portions, and by coupling at least one of the plural connector pins with at least one of the connector pin guide holes,
- wherein the upper housing and lower housing are shaped to facilitate interfacing of the lighting connector with at least two lengths of lighting apparatus in a right angle with one another, so as to mechanically and electrically connect the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus to one another upon coupling of the upper housing and the lower housing.
A method of electrically and mechanically connecting at least two lengths of lighting apparatus so that the end portions of the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus are at a right angle, each lighting apparatus having at least one conductive bus, using a connector having:
- an upper housing having one or more interlocking grooves, a lower housing having one or more interlocking tongue portions, connector pins embedded in the upper housing, and one or more openings and/or slots formed in the lower housing, the method comprising:
- coupling an end portion of a first one of the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus into at least one of the one or more openings and/or slots;
- coupling a second one of the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus into at least one of the one or more openings and/or slots;
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- pressing the upper housing and the lower housing so as to couple corresponding ones of the interlocking grooves of the upper housing with interlocking tongue portions of the lower housing, so as to penetrate the connector pins into the at least two lengths of lighting apparatus so as to contact the conductive buses of the respective lighting apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.