Patents Assigned to Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
  • Publication number: 20240117956
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical system (2) for lighting units (S), having: an optical support (3) which extends linearly along a longitudinal axis (A) between a light inlet opening (LE) and a light outlet opening (LA) and which delimits a receiving area (R) for receiving optical elements (4, 5) between the openings (LE, LE), wherein an inner wall (30) of the optical support (3) facing the receiving area (R) has at least two structural sections (31), which are axially offset to each other with respect to the longitudinal axis (A), for releasably mounting a respective optical element (4, 5) in the receiving area (R).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Benjamin Hildebrand
  • Patent number: 11935396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dynamic and/or adaptive signposting system (10), comprising at least one sensor (11a-e) that is designed to sense a physical variable relevant to the route guidance, at least one display device (13, 13a-c) that comprises a dynamic display (21), wherein the dynamic display (21) is designed to retain a displayed image in an unpowered state, a control unit (15) that is designed to ascertain a control signal on the basis of the physical variable relevant to the route guidance, wherein the control unit (15) is furthermore designed to actuate the at least one display device (13, 13a-c) by way of the control signal so as to display an image stored in full or in part beforehand on the dynamic display (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventor: Gregor Mayr
  • Publication number: 20240072501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier rail (1) for a carrier rail system, comprising: an elongate carrier profile (2); a busbar (4) having at least one electrical conductor (40) for electrically connecting electrical or electronic components (3), wherein the busbar (4) extends along the carrier profile (2); and an adapter element (5) having a first connection (6) and a connecting element (8) and also an adapter housing (9) for carrying the first connection (6) and/or the connecting element (8), wherein the first connection (6) can be coupled electrically and/or by means of signals to the busbar (4) via the connecting element (8), and wherein the first connection (6) is configured for connecting a corresponding second connection (70) of an electrical or electronic component (7) such that the electrical or electronic component (7) can be coupled electrically and/or by means of signals to the busbar (4) via the connecting element (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Ladstätter, Andreas Machate
  • Publication number: 20240027040
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting rail (1) for luminaires (100, 150) or electric units, having a mounting rail profile (2) with two lateral walls (4) and a connecting wall (5) which connects the lateral walls (4) to each other, said walls together enclosing an elongated receiving chamber (3), and having at least one busbar (10, 20) which is arranged on one of the two inner faces of the lateral walls (4) of the mounting rail profile (2) and which comprises contactable lines (15, 25). According to the invention, an additional busbar (30) with contactable lines (35) is arranged on the connecting wall (5) of the mounting rail profile (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Machate, Vamberszky Klaus
  • Publication number: 20240011610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting strip system (1) comprising a support rail system (10) and luminaires (200) and further components (300) connected thereto, wherein electrical lines (120) are arranged inside the support rail (100), and wherein the electrical lines (120) comprise both a main power supply line (130) and other lines (180). The support rail system furthermore comprises a data transceiver (20) for modulating further data signals D onto at least one of the other lines (180). A method for data communication within the lighting strip system (1) is also specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Lorenz, Gerald Ladstätter, Michail Angelov
  • Publication number: 20230400176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting rail system (100) comprising a mounting rail (1) with an elongate profiled mounting rail (2) which has a longitudinal extent (L), delimits an interior (I) and has an elongate coupling opening (20), and an elongate busbar (4), which extends longitudinally (L) in the interior (I) of the profiled mounting rail (2), wherein the busbar (4) has at least one electrical conductor (40) for electrically connecting electrical or electronic components (30) via the coupling opening (20). The mounting rail system (100) further has a tapping element (10), which is detachably inserted into the interior (I) via the coupling opening (20) and byway of a contact portion (5) is electrically coupled to the busbar (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Ladstätter, Gregor Mayr
  • Publication number: 20230400173
    Abstract: A luminaire system has a support rail comprising an elongated support profile and a current conducting profile arranged therein, as well as a component (electrical or electronic) with a coupling element for electrically and mechanically coupling the component to the support rail via an opening in the support profile. The luminaire system has a component with a coupling member that electrically couples and mechanically couples various components, said coupling member also having a blocking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Claudio Ender, Michael Spiegel, Wolfgang Bechter
  • Patent number: 11828445
    Abstract: A luminaire (30) or electrical unit for connection to a supporting rail (10) has a contacting element (40, 50, 60), which is introducible into the supporting rail profile (15) and has connection contacts (42, 52, 62) mounted adjustably in order to bear against lines (25) of the busbar (20) in a state in which the contacting element (40, 50, 60) has been inserted into the supporting rail profile (15). The contacting element (40, 50, 60) has at least one contact block (41, 42, 51, 52, 61, 62) with connection contacts (43, 53, 63), which is linearly laterally adjustable between an open position and a contacting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventor: Gerald Ladstätter
  • Patent number: 11821596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an elongate light (1) having: an elongate light carrier (2), which extends along a longitudinal axis (A), the light carrier (2) having a contact face (20) extending along the longitudinal axis (A); an elongate lighting means (3) with a main radiation direction (H), the lighting means (3) extending along the longitudinal axis (A) in order to bear against the contact face (20); an elongate light guide (4), with an end-face input region (40) facing the lighting means (3) for coupling in the light emitted by the lighting means (3), and also with an output region (41) for emitting the light coupled in via the input region (40); and a spring element (5), which is clamped in the light carrier (2) in such a way as to press the lighting means (3) against the contact face (20) and to orient the lighting means (3) in such a way that the end-face input region (40) is opposite the lighting means (3) as viewed in the main radiation direction (H), in order to couple light emitted in the main
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Cerv, Gerhard Galler, Yannick Krampl
  • Patent number: 11812534
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transceiver (1) for a local lighting system (L1), preferably a local lighting system based on the DALI-2 industry standard, comprising a bus (2) and a control unit (3) electrically connected to the bus (2) for controlling communication via the bus (2). The transceiver (1) comprises a transmitter (1a) configured to transmit wireless signals to a global lighting system (14) comprising one or more luminaires (L2 . . . LN), a receiver (1b) configured to receive wireless signals from the global lighting system (14), and a processing unit (1c) configured to process the received wireless signals from the global lighting system (14). The processing unit (1c) of the transceiver (1) is configured to convert the received wireless signals into bus signals such that the transceiver (1) behaves as an input device of the local lighting system (L1) when electrically connected to the bus (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Böhnel, Thomas Steffens
  • Patent number: 11761621
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for forming a luminaire (1), which has a trough-shaped luminaire housing (10, 110) having a region (25, 125) for accommodating illuminants, which is surrounded by a seal (40), a cover (70, 80) which spans the region (25, 125) and abuts the seal (40) in a peripherally closed manner, a frame-like holding element (50, 150), which presses the cover (70, 80) into abutment with the seal (40). For the luminaire housing (10 110), the cover (70, 80) and the holding element (50, 150), are each available in at least two different variants, which can be combined in any way, wherein in order to form the luminaire (1) according to desired output properties and/or properties with regard to heat dissipation or moisture resistance, a suitable luminaire housing (10, 110), a cover (70, 80) and a holding element (50, 150) are in each case selected and the selected components are assembled to form the luminaire (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bechter, Michael Spiegel, Claudio Ender
  • Publication number: 20230265990
    Abstract: A housing for a luminaire or an operating device for the luminaire, wherein the housing is configured to accommodate at least one electronic component and/or a light source, and comprising a conductive housing component (2). The housing includes at least one line (1, 1?, 1?, 1??, 1??) for transmitting electric high frequency signals or for transmitting and/or receiving radio waves. The transmission line is formed by arranging a dielectric layer (4, 4a, 4b, 9) and a conductor (3, 3 . . . 3c, 7) on the housing component (2) such that the conductive housing component (2) serves as a reference plane, and the conductive housing component (2) and the conductor (3, 3 . . . 3c, 7) sandwich the dielectric layer (4, 4a, 4b, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH, TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Marek Kuban, Stefan Lorenz, Markus Mayrhofer, Mario Pöhs, Thomas Zengerle, Patrik Yves Koch, Frank Lochmann, Patrick Schnell, Lukas Simma
  • Patent number: 11732854
    Abstract: A trough-shaped lamp housing (10) which is integrally produced in a deep-drawing process and has a housing bottom (11) and a housing wall (12) which laterally surrounds the housing bottom (11) and which, together with the housing bottom (11), delimits a lamp chamber, wherein the housing bottom (11) has a planar region (20, 25) for receiving at least one lamp component (120, 130) in a planar manner, wherein the planar region (20, 25) is circumferentially surrounded by a raised and/or recessed annular structure (35) which is integrally formed in a deep-drawing process, and wherein the housing wall (12) discontinues at the circumferential edge thereof that faces away from the housing bottom (11) in a circumferentially closed edge portion (16), which lies in a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Bechter, Michael Spiegel, Claudio Ender
  • Patent number: 11732873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an end cap (100) for a light strip lamp, having a flat main body (101) with two opposite flat sides (110, 140), the flat sides (110, 140) having a flat cover side (140) for covering a front face of a light strip lamp and a coupling side (110) for coupling to an identical end cap (100) of a laterally adjacent light strip lamp, the coupling side (110) having coupling structures (200), which are designed such that they can be releasably connected without the use of tools to the coupling structures (200) of a coupling side (110) of an identical end cap (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Zumtobel Lighting GmbH
    Inventors: Simon Cerv, Gerhard Galler
  • Patent number: D994155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Adolph, Wilfried Kramb
  • Patent number: D996680
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Ambrozus
  • Patent number: D998216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventor: Yorgo Lykouria
  • Patent number: D1006283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Gruendl, Gernot Bohmann, Martin Bergmann
  • Patent number: D1006286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Gruendl, Gernot Bohmann, Martin Bergmann
  • Patent number: D1013924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Gruendl, Gernot Bohmann, Martin Bergmann