Universal submersible LED lamp fixture/luminaire

Abstract

A universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire adapted to be placed inside a tube embedded in walls or floors of swimming pools, tubs, jacuzzies, or other bodies of water includes a hermetically coupled tubular casing defining posterior and anterior ends. The posterior end includes a connector, configured with an arrangement of five round pins for four connection configurations. The anterior end comprises a waterproof sealed lens and internally houses a panel of LEDs. An LED lighting control electronic board is housed inside the casing and is connected to the connector and LEDs. The board integrates microchips programmed to execute a pattern and sequence automated switching on of the LEDs and that are activated depending on the connection position of a power supply cable in connector.

Claims

1. A universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire adapted to be placed inside a tube embedded in the walls or floor of a swimming pool, tubs, jacuzzi or other bodies of water, the lamp/luminaire comprising: a hermetically coupled tubular casing that defines a rear end and an front end, wherein the rear end comprises a waterproof power supply socket or female connector configured with an arrangement of five round pins for four connection configurations, and wherein the front end comprises a lens a panel of a plurality of LEDs housed inside the front end; and a LED lighting control electronic board housed inside said tubular casing and electrically connected to the waterproof power supply socket or female connector and to the plurality of LEDs, wherein the LED lighting control electronic board integrates a plurality of microchips, each microchip programmed and configured to execute and control a pattern and sequence of automated switching with respect to the plurality of LEDs that are activated depending on the connection position of a connector of a power supply cable in the waterproof power supply socket or female connector.

2. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said tubular casing has an outer cable at both ends, the rear end being adapted to threadedly receive a rear tubular cover at a joint of which is arranged a waterproof seal element, wherein the rear cover comprises a central hole with an interior cable configured to receive the waterproof power supply socket or female connector in a threaded manner with a waterproof seal, wherein the tubular casing has an internal annular edge close to its the front end configured to receive and support a heat sink housed in the front end and on which the panel with the plurality of LEDs is fixed with a fixing means, wherein the lens is arranged on a contour of the front end of the tubular casing and is held by a flange with waterproof sealing elements, wherein the flange includes an inner cable and is screwed onto the front end of said tubular casing in whose joint a sealing element is arranged as a waterproof seal.

3. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 2, wherein said flange comprises a protruding annular edge and presents an external cable configured to be screwed into another casing or other fixing means.

4. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said waterproof power supply socket or female connector comprises a perimeter surface in which there are four different indicators that refer to the different operation programs and lighting of the plurality of LEDs, wherein the connection of the power supply cable connector in one position or another executes and controls an automated lighting pattern and sequence of the plurality of LEDs.

5. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said waterproof power supply socket or female connector comprises an external cable configured to threadedly receive a waterproof hood mounted on the power cable connector power feed.

6. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 1, wherein a heat sink is in physical contact with an internal wall of said tubular casing to favor heat dissipation.

7. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the tubular casing has an internal annular edge close to the front end configured to receive and support a heat sink housed in the front end and on which the panel with the plurality of LEDs is fixed with a fixing means, wherein the lens is arranged on a contour of the front end of the tubular casing and is held by a flange with waterproof sealing elements, wherein the flange includes an inner cable and is screwed onto the front end of said tubular casing, and wherein a sealing element is arranged within a joint between the front end and the flange to provide a waterproof seal.

8. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 7, wherein the heat sink is in physical contact with an internal wall of said tubular casing to favor heat dissipation.

9. The universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire according to claim 1, wherein the rear end is adapted to threadedly receive a rear tubular cover at a joint of which is arranged a waterproof seal element, and wherein the rear cover comprises a central hole with an interior cable configured to receive the waterproof power supply socket or female connector in a threaded manner.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 shows a conventional perspective view of the universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire, in accordance with the present invention.

(2) FIG. 2 shows a side view of the universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire, in accordance with the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 shows a longitudinal section in the X-X axis shown in Figure #2, of the universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire, in accordance with the present invention.

(4) FIG. 4 shows a rear perspective view of the universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire, and the connector of a power supply cable, in accordance with the present invention.

(5) FIGS. 5a and 5b show conventional perspective views of the waterproof PX power supply socket or plug and the connector of a power supply cable, respectively.

(6) FIGS. 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d illustrate front views of the different connection positions of a connector of a power supply cable in the waterproof PX power supply socket or socket, in accordance with the present invention.

(7) For a better understanding of the invention, a detailed description of some of its modalities will be made, shown in the drawings that are attached to this description for illustrative but not limiting purposes.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(8) The characteristic details of the universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire are clearly shown in the following description and in the attached illustrative drawings, using the same reference signs to indicate the same parts.

(9) Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and paying special attention to FIG. 3, the universal submersible LED lamp/luminaire in accordance with the present invention consists of a tubular casing (1) comprising a rear end (2) and a front end (3) both ends have an outer cable (2a, 3a), the rear end (2) being adapted to threadedly receive a rear tubular cover (4) at the joint of which is a waterproof sealing element or O-ring (5); Said rear cover comprises a central hole (6) with an inner cable configured to receive a waterproof PX female connector or plug (8) in a threaded manner with waterproof sealing (7), configured with an arrangement of five round pins (9). for four connection configurations; Said tubular casing (1) internally has an annular edge (10) close to its front end (3), configured to receive and support a heat sink (11) that is housed in the front end of the tubular casing (1) and on which is fixed with fixing means (12) a panel of a plurality of LEDs (13) so that the heat produced by the LEDs in their on state is dissipated by means of said heat sink (11); a lens (14) is arranged on the contour of the front end (3) of the tubular casing (1) and is held by a flange (15) with waterproof sealing elements or O-ring (16), which includes an inner cable (17) and is screwed onto the front end (3) of said tubular casing (1), at the joint of which a waterproof sealing element or O-ring (18) is arranged; an electronic ignition control board (not shown) of the LEDs is housed inside said tubular casing (1) and is connected to the female connector or waterproof PX power supply plug (8) and to the plurality of LEDs, and integrates a plurality of microchips (not shown) and preferably four microchips, each one programmed and configured to execute and control a predetermined pattern and sequence of automated lighting of the plurality of LEDs that are activated depending on the connection position of a connector (19, see FIGS. 4 and 5a) of a power supply cable (19a) into the waterproof PX power supply socket or plug (8).

(10) Said flange (15) comprises a protruding annular edge (20) and externally in its tubular section it presents an external cable (21) to be screwed into another casing or other fixing means (not shown).

(11) Referring to FIGS. 4 to 6d, said waterproof PX power supply socket or female connector (8), at the rear end (2) of the lamp/luminaire, is configured with an arrangement of five round pins (9) for four configurations connection, it comprises a perimeter surface (8a) in which there are four different indicators (P, J, PA, H) that refer to the four different operation and lighting programs of the plurality of LEDs, so that the position Connecting the connector (19) of the power supply cable (19a) in one position or another will allow executing and controlling a predetermined pattern and sequence of automated lighting of the plurality of LEDs.

(12) Said waterproof PX power supply female connector or plug (8) comprises an external cable (22), so that, after connecting the connector (19) of the power supply cable (19a), a waterproof hood (23) that is mounted on the connector (19) of the power supply cable (19a), to keep the lamp and connections safe.

(13) The invention has been sufficiently described so that a person with average knowledge in the matter can reproduce and obtain the results that we mention in the present invention. However, any person skilled in the field of the technique that the present invention is competent may be able to make modifications not described in the present application, however, if for the application of these modifications in a determined structure or in the manufacturing process of this, the matter claimed in the following claims is required, said structures must be understood within the scope of the invention.