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Connection of an electrical conducting element to a printed circuit board of a light fixture

US10741946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LEDVANCE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Anton Joerg · Großostheim, DE
Matthias Kellner · Eichstätt, DE
Thomas Klafta · Maxhütte-Haidhof, DE
Wolfgang Seitz · Leingarten, DE
Christoph Steidl · Eichstätt, DE
Marcel Vuc · Neubukow, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2018
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 11, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K2201/10333
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tube used for producing an electrically conductive connection between an electrical conducting element and a printed circuit board of a light fixture. The use of the tube in the printed circuit board makes it possible, due to a corresponding configuration and a region which widens in relation to the longitudinal direction, that the tube can be connected to the printed circuit board or is held thereby and can be soldered. Additionally, the configuration or widened portion prevents soldering agent from penetrating into the tube, so that a wire for voltage supply can then be introduced into the tube and can be connected thereto by deformation. As a result, an automatic and reliable method is made possible, so that a cost saving is produced.

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