Portable electric lighting fixture

• US 7,400,095 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2005
• Issued: 07/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
• Original Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
• Inventors: Endner, Gerhard, Meckler, Peter, Weiss, Thomas Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thuy Vinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le; Tung X
• Application Number:
  US11/280,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20070109773A1
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 315/209.R, 315/224, 315/291, 315307-308, 315/312, 315/3, 315/51, 362/225, 362/227, 362/257, 362/382, 362/157
• US Class Current: 315/33
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/008 with a combination of direct and indirect lighting
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 39/044 continuously H05B39/042 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/00 Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps

Abstract

A portable electrical luminaire (1) having a supporting body (2) having an upper support end (2a) and having a lower support end (2b), having a lamp base (3) arranged on the upper support end (2a) for accommodating a luminous means (4), having a reflector (5) surrounding the lamp base (3) for indirect space illumination purposes, having a connection line (7) which is electrically connected to the lamp base (3) and having a connection plug (8) for connection to a power supply system (U_AC), and having an electronic control device (11), which is designed to automatically limit the electrical power (P(t)) drawn from the power supply system (U_AC) by the luminous means (4) to a predetermined value (P_max).

Claims

1. A portable electrical luminaire, comprising:

a supporting body having an upper support end and a lower support end;

a lamp base disposed on said upper support end and configured to accommodate a luminous device;

a reflector surrounding said lamp base for indirect space illumination;

an electrical connection between said lamp base and a connection plug for connecting to a power supply system; and

an electronic control device connected and configured to automatically limit an electrical power drawn by said luminous device from the power supply system to a predetermined power value, said electronic control device including first means for detecting an actual current and second means configured to use a comparison of a power value, derived from the actual current and from an actual voltage, with a reference value to limit the actual current such that the electrical power drawn is less than or equal to a maximum power value.

2. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, which further comprises an additional luminous device for direct space illumination purposes.

3. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control device is disposed in said supporting body, in said lamp base, in said electrical connection line, or in said connection plug.

4. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control device is disposed in an adapter configured to be placed onto said connection plug.

5. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control device is configured to regulate the electrical power down to a maximum power value of less than 200 W.

6. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control device is configured to regulate the electrical power down to a maximum power value of less than 190 W.

7. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control device is configured to limit the power by a phase-gating control process or a phase-chopping control process.

9. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said sensor is a current sensor for measuring an actual current.

10. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 1, wherein said electronic control device further comprises a voltage divider for measuring an actual voltage.

8. A portable electrical luminaire, comprising:

a supporting body having an upper support end and a lower support end;

a lamp base disposed on said upper support end and configured to accommodate a luminous device;

a reflector surrounding said lamp base for indirect space illumination;

an electrical connection between said lamp base and a connection plug for connecting to a power supply system; and

an electronic control device connected and configured to automatically limit an electrical power drawn by said luminous device from the power supply system to a predetermined power value, said electronic control device including;

a sensor for measuring a power parameter;

a comparator having a first comparator input connected to said sensor, a second comparator input for supplying a reference parameter, and a comparator output; and

a controllable switch connected to said comparator output.

11. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 8, wherein said electronic control device includes an electronic amplifier with an amplifier input connected to said sensor and an amplifier output connected to said first comparator input.

12. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 8, wherein said controllable switch has an output connected to a dimmer circuit for adjusting the electrical power supplied to said luminous means.

13. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 8, wherein said controllable switch includes a relay for turning off said luminous device when the predetermined power value is reached.

14. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 8, wherein said luminous device is one of a plurality of luminous devices, and said controllable switch includes a relay for turning off each of said luminous device when the predetermined power value is reached.

15. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 8, wherein said controllable switch is a power semiconductor.

16. The portable electrical luminaire according to claim 15, wherein said controllable switch is a thyristor or a triac.