| US 7,549,767 B2 | ||
| Luminaire having rotatable lampholder support | ||
| Serge Lavergne, La Machine (France) | ||
| Assigned to Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven (Netherlands) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/543,430 PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2004, PCT No. PCT/IB2004/000184 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 26, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/068030, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 03 00988 (FR), filed on Jan. 29, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0152934 A1, Jul. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. F21V 21/00 (2006.01); F21V 19/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 362—217.16 [362/220] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A mounting-plate for a luminaire of an elongated type, supporting internal functional components of the luminaire on a
first side of the mounting plate and fitting luminaire on a second side of the mounting plate opposite to the first side of
the mounting plate, the mounting-plate comprising:
a lampholder-supporting tongue integrally connected to the mounting-plate and cut out of the mounting-plate,
having a bending axis proximate to an end of the mounting-plate and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the mounting-plate,
having an initial position coplanar with and along the longitudinal axis of the mounting-plate, and
undergoing a bending rotation from the initial position to an in-use position around the bending axis in a direction towards
the end of the mounting-plate; and
a lampholder fixed to the lampholder-supporting tongue in the initial position of the lampholder-supporting tongue on the
first side of the mounting plate, and fitting the luminaire on the second side of the mounting-plate with the lampholder-supporting
tongue in the in-use position.
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