Abstract: A lighting device for mounting on a mounting surface may include: a planar solid state lighting module having a light emitting region and peripheral holes for fixing members to the mounting surface to extend therethrough, a peripheral gasket extending along the periphery of the lighting module; the gasket having, at the holes of the lighting module, ear-like extensions having a perforation therein, said ear-like extensions extending inwardly of the gasket to align the perforations therein with the holes in the lighting module, a housing which frames the lighting device with the gasket applied onto the lighting module. The housing has apertures aligned with the holes in the lighting module and the perforations in the ear-like extensions of the gasket, as well as a window to expose the light emitting region of the lighting module, with a light permeable screen which sealingly closes said window.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a method for producing a lighting apparatus is provided. The method may include providing a light strip with a strip-shaped carrier and a plurality of semiconductor light sources arranged in a row on the carrier; attaching at least one preshaped wall to the carrier, which wall, when attached to the carrier, consists of a curable but not yet completely cured material; filling regions above the carrier next to the at least one wall with at least one curable filler; and curing at least the filler.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp may include a bulb, which surrounds a discharge volume, wherein a fill which contains mercury and a noble gas from the group consisting of neon, argon, krypton, xenon on its own or in a mixture is accommodated in the discharge volume, wherein the fill contains Gd in halide form in order to produce a color temperature of at least 7500 K.

Abstract: The invention relates to an OLEEC component and to a production process therefor. This component has an active layer including a novel emitter complex. This complex is formed by the coordination of low molecular weight semiconductors around a central cation. The complexation allows wet-chemical processing of low molecular weight semiconductors. This also allows formation of emitter complexes from effective hole or electron transport materials.

Abstract: A lighting device may include: a rod-shaped carrier body with at least one first and one second mounting side and a main direction of extent, first semiconductor light-emitting elements on first mounting faces of the first mounting side, and second semiconductor light-emitting elements on second mounting faces of the second mounting side, wherein the first and the second mounting sides face away from one another, wherein the mounting faces are formed by depressions in the mounting sides, which depressions are arranged so as to be spaced apart along the main direction of extent, and wherein the first semiconductor light-emitting elements are identical to one another and the second semiconductor light-emitting elements are identical to one another.

Abstract: A modular heat sink for LED luminaire may include at least two modular heat sink units, which are joined together in thermal communication with each other for use in the LED luminaire, such that the illuminating angle of the LED luminaire can be adjusted within a range of 0° to 180°.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a device for the beam shaping of light is provided. The device may include: a solid body composed of a transmission material that is at least partly transmissive to the light, the solid body including: a coupling-in surface for coupling in the light, a first reflection surface for deflecting the light, and a coupling-out surface for coupling out the light, wherein the solid body is designed to reflect the coupled-in light in its interior at the first reflection surface; and wherein the first reflection surface is embodied in a parabolic fashion in a sectional plane including a propagation direction of the reflected light.

Abstract: A high-pressure discharge lamp with a starting aid, may includ a discharge vessel, wherein the discharge vessel has two ends with seals, in which electrodes are fastened, wherein the starting aid is fitted on the outside of the discharge vessel, wherein the starting aid has a local field amplifier having a configuration with at least one tip or edge or structure with a small radius of curvature, and wherein the starting aid produces a corona discharge which emits UV radiation into the discharge vessel.

Abstract: An electronic converter may include transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is coupled to an input for receiving a power signal, and wherein the secondary winding is coupled to an output including a positive terminal and a negative terminal for providing a power signal. The converter moreover may include an electronic switch arranged between the input and the primary winding, wherein the electronic switch is configured to control the current flow through the primary winding. Specifically, the converter may include a snubber circuit arranged between the secondary winding and the output.

Abstract: A lighting device may include at least one phosphor region which can be irradiated by a primary light source, and at least one optical filter region which can be disposed downstream of the at least one phosphor region, wherein the at least one phosphor region and the at least one filter region are arranged at a different level on a common support wheel.

Abstract: A signaling device may include a first signaling illuminant; a second signaling illuminant; and a control device having at least one information input for coupling to an information source, wherein the control device is configured to drive the first signaling illuminant and the second signaling illuminant in a manner dependent on the signal at the information input in order to set one of four states, wherein only the first signaling illuminant is switched on in the first state, only the second signaling illuminant is switched on in the second state, the first signaling illuminant and the second signaling illuminant are switched on in the third state, wherein the first signaling illuminant and the second signaling illuminant are switched off in the fourth state, wherein the control device is configured to operate the first signaling illuminant and the second signaling illuminant in a series circuit in the third state.

Abstract: A method for mounting planar lighting modules on a mounting surface may include: providing on opposite sides of the lighting module fixing indentations opening toward the aforesaid sides, superimposing on said opposite sides of the lighting module stiffening bars having lateral lobes extending into said indentations, and fixing to the mounting surface the stiffening bars superimposed on the opposite sides of the lighting module with the opposite sides of the lighting module sandwiched between the stiffening bars and the mounting surface, whereby the stiffening bars urge the lighting module toward the mounting surface.

Abstract: Lighting device, usable for example with LED light sources, comprises a bowl-shaped body having a base surface with a plurality of mounting studs projecting from the base surface, together with one or more boards for the mounting of light radiation sources, provided with holes for the passage of respective mounting studs. The board has pairs of mounting locations for light radiation sources, each pair being arranged on opposite sides of a respective hole so as to be located on opposite sides of the stud which extends through said respective hole. A plurality of reflectors is provided in order to project the light radiation from the device. The reflectors each have an inlet opening for the light radiation and are capable of being mounted on the mounting studs selectively in one of at least two opposite mounting positions in which the inlet opening is placed at one of said mounting locations.

Abstract: An electronic ballast may include: a rectifier; a first unit including a first cascade of LEDs and a first storage capacitor connected in parallel with the first cascade; a second unit including at least a second cascade of LEDs and a second storage capacitor connected in parallel with the second cascade; wherein the second unit includes a diode coupled in series with the parallel circuit including the second cascade; wherein the electronic ballast includes: a current controller with an actual value input and a setpoint value input, a setpoint value presetting apparatus for the current through the cascades, wherein the setpoint value presetting apparatus is designed to provide a setpoint value at the setpoint value input which is proportional to the voltage at the output of the rectifier; a first actuating element; wherein the controller includes a drive output coupled to the first actuating element and a second actuating element.

Abstract: A paneling apparatus for a ceiling or a wall of a room is provided, which may include: two electrically conductive conduction layers, arranged to overlap. First layers between which at least one insulation layer, which electrically insulates the conduction layers from one another, is arranged with, at least one contact-making device which, in a subregion, is accommodated in the layers and which has a first contact region. One of the conduction layers makes electrical contact, and has a second region, with which the other conduction layer makes electrical contact and is electrically insulated from the first region. The conduction layers may make electrical contact with at least one lighting element, holding the lighting element on the layers. The device is arranged on the layers and can move relative thereto.

Abstract: A multilayered LED printed circuit board with electrically insulating layers includes at least one electrically insulating material and electrically conductive layers consisting of an electrically conductive material, wherein at least one of the electrically conductive layers is structured with a conductor track structure, wherein the at least one structured electrically conductive layer is arranged on an upper side of the LED printed circuit board, and wherein a plurality of LEDs is arranged on the at least one structured electrically conductive layer on the upper side. The LED printed circuit board further includes: a thermally conducting element, and thermal paths comprising an electrically conductive material, which are arranged, in each case in contact-making fashion, between the LEDs and the thermally conducting element.

Abstract: The lighting device (100) comprises at least one semiconductor light source (103) potted with at least one first potting compound (107, 108), wherein at least one region of the lighting device comprises: at least one connection zone (104) which is electrically connected to the at least one semiconductor light source (103), and at least one electrical connection element (111) having at least one electrical line (113), wherein at least one electrical line (113) is connected to an associated connection zone (104) and faces out from the lighting device at one end and the at least one connection zone (104) and the at least one electrical connection element (111) are arranged in a cutout (109) of the first potting compound (107, 108) and are potted by means of a second potting compound (119).

Abstract: A lighting device may include: at least one semiconductor light source, at least one printed circuit board which is populated with at least one component for operating the at least one semiconductor light source, wherein at least one component is embedded into the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A lighting device (1, 1?) having a tube (2), at least sections of which are transparent, and a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (4), the LEDs being arranged within the tube next to one another and parallel to the tube longitudinal axis (L), wherein at least one separate optical means (5, 6; 5?, 6?) is arranged within the tube (2).

Abstract: A method for producing a striplight is disclosed. Said method utilizing at least the following steps: (a) providing a strip-shaped carrier, which is populated on at least one side with a plurality of semiconductor light sources; (b) arranging at least one electrical line on the carrier; and (c) casting the at least one electrical line on the carrier. A striplight which has: a strip-shaped carrier, populated on at least one side with a plurality of semiconductor light sources; at least one electrical line, which is arranged on the carrier; and joint casting of the carrier and the at least one electrical line, is likewise disclosed.