Patents Assigned to Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
  • Patent number: 10330288
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting-means carrier (5) for a strip-lighting luminaire, comprising: at least one lighting-means circuit board (30) having light-emitting diodes (33) that can be arranged thereon; and at least one heat sink (31) thermally connected to the lighting-means circuit board (30). In a central region, the lighting-means circuit board (30) is rigidly connected to the heat sink (31) in such a way that substantially no relative motion between the lighting-means circuit board (30) and the heat sink (31) is possible. In at least two further regions, the lighting-means circuit board (30) is connected to the heat sink (31) in a floating manner, the lighting-means circuit board (30) therefore being arranged on the heat sink (31) in such a way that the lighting-means circuit board can be moved in relation to the heat sink (31) outside of the central region. The invention further relates to a strip-lighting luminaire having at least one lighting-means carrier (5) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Bader, Wolfgang Bechter, Wolfgang Gadner
  • Patent number: 10309628
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting means support (10) for a strip light luminaire, comprising: at least one spring element (20) for detachably connecting the lighting means support (10) to a strip light rail (1) of a strip light luminaire; wherein the at least one spring element (20) comprises at least one latching element (22) which can be brought into engagement with a correspondingly formed latching element or a correspondingly formed wall section (2) of the strip light rail (1) in order to latch the lighting means support (10) to the strip light rail (1) in such a way that movement of the lighting means support (10) counter to an insertion direction of the lighting means support (10) into the strip light rail (1) is prevented. The invention further relates to a strip light luminaire having at least one lighting means support (10) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Bader, Wolfgang Bechter, Wolfgang Gadner
  • Patent number: 10314143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for improving lighting control In said method, lighting information relating to the light emitted by a lighting device (3) and bodily data of a person present in the lighting area or in a predefined area of the lighting device (3) are detected using a means (1) for detecting bodily data, the bodily data and lighting information that have been detected at a specific, simultaneous point in time are assigned to one another and transmitted to a data collection system (2). The invention also relates to a method and a system for controlling a lighting device (3), in which method bodily data of a person present in the lighting area or in a predefined area of the lighting device (3) are detected using a means (1) for detecting bodily data, the lighting device (3) being controlled in accordance with the detected bodily data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Rene Joppi, Gregor Mayr
  • Patent number: 10302288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device carrier (10) for a strip-lighting luminaire, comprising: first lines (14) for forming a first power supply circuit; second lines (14) for forming a second power supply circuit; and at least one converter unit (12) for electrically coupling the first to the second power supply circuit, said converter unit being mounted on the device carrier (10). The first lines (14) are arranged on a rear face of the device carrier (10) so that the first lines (14) are concealed by the device carrier (10) in the mounted state of the strip-lighting luminaire. The invention further relates to a strip-lighting luminaire comprising at least one device carrier (10) according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Bader, Wolfgang Bechter, Wolfgang Gadner, Gerald Ladstatter
  • Patent number: 10281121
    Abstract: A mounting system (1) for mounting a light fixture comprises two substantially L-shape designed receiving rails (4a, 4b). The receiving rails (4a, 4b) each have a first leg (5a, 5b) which is designed to be fastened to a front side of a suspended wall or an underside of a suspended ceiling (2) on a respective opposite edge of a recess (3) of the wall or ceiling (2). The receiving rails (4a, 4b) each further comprise a second leg (6a, 6b) which is designed to protrude into the recess (3) and to carry a light fixture housing (10) of the light fixture, but without connecting the light housing (1) rigidly to the first legs (5a, 5b) of the receiving rails (4a, 4b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Bader, Wolfgang Bechter, Wolfgang Gadner, Gerald Ladstatter
  • Patent number: 10234085
    Abstract: In a lighting strip system having an elongate support arrangement for holding lamp units and lines for electricity supply and/or signal transmission, the support arrangement has an I-shaped profile in cross section, with two receiving regions, which run in the longitudinal direction of the support arrangement and are separated by a preferably vertically aligned partition, wherein the lines for electricity supply and/or signal transmission are arranged in one of the receiving regions and operational devices of the lamp units are arranged in the other receiving region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Ladstaetter, Gerhard Galler, Thomas Rein
  • Patent number: 10222028
    Abstract: In the case of a lighting fixture (100) with lighting means having LEDs (5) arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction (I) of the lighting fixture (100) and a reflector (10) which is concave in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (I) of the lighting fixture (100), the lighting means are arranged in the upper region (11) of the reflector (10) such that they emit light onto the reflector (10) in essentially the opposite direction from a light emission direction (A) of the light fitting (100), wherein a diffuser (20) is arranged below the lighting means and extends as far as the reflector (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Peter Hesse
  • Patent number: 10215382
    Abstract: A lighting unit which has a lighting unit housing with a profiled element and which has a retaining element arranged on the profiled element for retaining another lighting unit component, for example a lighting unit top sleeve and/or an operating device. The lighting unit is designed such that the retaining element is held on the profiled element solely via a latching connection. The design allows the retaining element to be connected to the profiled element in a particularly simple manner. Additionally, no special fixing elements are required in order to attach the retaining element to the profiled element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Hesse, Eugen Hildebrandt
  • Publication number: 20190032871
    Abstract: The invention relates to a strip light system, having an elongated carrier rail (1), which extends along a longitudinal axis (L) and has a U shape in a cross section normal to the longitudinal axis (L) as viewed in a first approximation, so that a first U leg (2), a second U leg (3) and a connecting leg (4), which connects the two U legs (2, 3) to one another, are formed, wherein at least one pass-through opening (5, 5?) is formed in the connecting leg (4), and also having at least one luminaire, which is designed to be connected to the carrier rail (1), wherein at least one cover element (6), which is designed to be mounted on the carrier rail (1) so as to cover the at least one pass-through opening (5, 5?), is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bechter, Martin Bader, Wolfgang Gadner
  • Publication number: 20190017665
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover for covering a light outlet opening (4) limited by a support rail (1) of a lighting strip system, the support rail (1) being designed to receive a lamp (2) having a light source (3) for producing light, wherein the cover (5) has a holding device (6) for holding at least one optically active element (7) for influencing the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang BECHTER, Martin BADER, Wolfgang GADNER
  • Publication number: 20190017690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting arrangement comprising: a housing (1) extending along a longitudinal axis (L); an LED light source (2) for generating a light, arranged within the housing (1) and extending along the longitudinal axis (L), wherein a lighting outlet opening (3) for the light is delimited by the housing (1); a sensor (4), in particular for detecting a brightness and/or a movement in a vicinity of the lighting arrangement; and a support element (5) for the sensor (4), which is configured to be arranged in the housing (1) in different longitudinal positions relative to the LED light source (2) with respect to the longitudinal axis (L).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Martin BADER, Wolfgang BECHTER, Wolfgang GADNER
  • Patent number: 10168033
    Abstract: Disclosed is a downlight (100) comprising an annular mounting frame (50) to be mounted in the area of a ceiling mounting hole, and a light fixture (10) that is to be fastened to the mounting frame (50) and includes a luminaire head (30) thereon. The mounting frame (50) and the light fixture (10) are designed such that the light fixture (10) is fastened to the mounting frame (50) by twisting the former (10) relative to the latter (50), additional securing means being provided which prevent the light fixture (10) from being twisted in the unlocking direction in a mounted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Benjamin Hildebrand
  • Patent number: 10168034
    Abstract: Disclosed is a downlight (100) comprising a mounting frame (50) to be mounted in the area of a ceiling mounting hole, and a light fixture (10) that is to be fastened to the mounting frame (50) and includes a luminaire head (30). The light fixture (10) is formed by a substantially C-shaped element having a main surface (11) and two angled wings (20) on two opposite sides of the main surface (11); the wings (20) of the light fixture (10) are designed in a flexible manner and in such a way as to interlock with the mounting frame (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Benjamin Hildebrand
  • Patent number: 10162097
    Abstract: An optical system for influencing a light has a first optical element (1), by means of which a plane (E) is defined, wherein the first optical element (1) has a lateral edge region (11) designed for the entry of the light, and a second optical element (2), wherein the second optical element (2) is arranged parallel to the first optical element (1) and has a light outlet region (21) for the exiting of the light. The lateral edge region (11) of the first optical element (1) is designed to reduce the glare of or bundle the light in the plane (E), and the second optical element (2) has a elongate lens element (3), which extends along a longitudinal axis (L) and is designed to reduce the glare of or bundle the light in an additional plan (E?), which is oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to the plane (E) mentioned first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Andreas Machate
  • Patent number: 10161613
    Abstract: A support rail for holding and supplying power to illumination modules has a wiring unit with coupling elements for electrically connecting at least two illumination modules, wherein the wiring unit is divided into two sub-units which each have at least one coupling element, and wherein the sub-units can be adjusted relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the support rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Gerald Ladstaetter
  • Patent number: D833663
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Daniel Stromborg
  • Patent number: D838892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Christopher Redfern
  • Patent number: D841217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Rybol, Juergen Gaiser
  • Patent number: D842524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Rybol, Juergen Gaiser
  • Patent number: D843630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Rybol, Juergen Gaiser