US 11,815,247 B2
Luminaire system with improved fastening means
Paul Smets, Liege (BE); and Guy Pluimers, Awans (BE)
Assigned to Schreder S.A., Brussels (BE)
Appl. No. 17/414,081
Filed by Schreder S.A., Brussels (BE)
PCT Filed Dec. 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/087025
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/163205, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022300 (NL), filed on Dec. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0042674 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. F21V 17/12 (2006.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 17/12 (2013.01) [F21V 23/004 (2013.01); F21V 29/70 (2015.01); F21V 19/0055 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luminaire system comprising:
a first support provided with a recess;
a plurality of light sources arranged on said first support;
a second support arranged opposite said first support;
one or more optical elements provided to said second support, and associated with the plurality of light sources; and
a fastening element comprising a head portion and a rod portion;
wherein the second support is provided with a through-hole for receiving said head portion;
wherein said rod portion extends through said through-hole and said recess in order to be fixed in the first support and/or in a portion of the luminaire system;
wherein the second support is provided with a protruding portion protruding from an edge delimiting the through-hole underneath the head portion and in the recess;
wherein an overlap between the head portion and the first support is present when looking in a first direction perpendicular to the first support;
wherein a gap is present between the head portion and the protruding portion in said first direction when the second support is supported by the first support; and
wherein the head portion and the protruding portion are in contact when the first support is supported by the second support.