US 7,556,398 B2
Lighting unit
Lucas Leo Desiree Van Der Poel, Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Appl. No. 10/597,748
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2005, PCT No. PCT/IB2005/050376
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 07, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/078335, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 04100487 (EP), filed on Feb. 10, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2008/0144311 A1, Jun. 19, 2008
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21V 21/00 (2006.01); F21V 21/26 (2006.01); F21V 17/06 (2006.01); H01R 33/00 (2006.01); H01R 31/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 362—227  [362/95; 362/184; 362/249.1; 362/269; 362/429; 362/435; 362/650; 439/642] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting unit, comprising:
a first light element formed as a conventional light source and including a second lamp cap; and
a second light element, comprising:
a housing;
a conventional lamp cap;
a plurality of protruding elements extending outwardly from the housing, the plurality of protruding elements bearing a plurality of LEDs, wherein each protruding element of the plurality of protruding elements comprises a hinge that enables the protruding element to rotate around at least one axis tangential to the housing, the hinge being located between ends of the protruding element; and
a fitting to fittingly receive the first light element, wherein the housing substantially surrounds the fitting, wherein:
the first and the second light elements are removably attached via the fitting and the second lamp cap, and
the fitting and the second lamp cap provide electrical and mechanical connection between the first and the second light elements, the lighting unit further comprising a rotational axis defined by the conventional lamp cap, the second lamp cap and the fitting of the LED module, wherein the plurality of protruding elements are rotatable around the rotational axis with respect to the housing.