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EP4542792A1 - Adaptateur pour un système d'éclairage de rail et système d'éclairage - Google Patents

Adaptateur pour un système d'éclairage de rail et système d'éclairage Download PDF

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EP4542792A1
EP4542792A1 EP24204057.4A EP24204057A EP4542792A1 EP 4542792 A1 EP4542792 A1 EP 4542792A1 EP 24204057 A EP24204057 A EP 24204057A EP 4542792 A1 EP4542792 A1 EP 4542792A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/34—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element
    • F21V21/35—Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element with direct electrical contact between the supporting element and electric conductors running along the guiding element
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V23/00—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices
    • F21V23/06—Arrangement of electric circuit elements in or on lighting devices the elements being coupling devices, e.g. connectors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/502—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces
    • H01R13/5025—Bases; Cases composed of different pieces one or more pieces being of resilient material
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/14—Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R25/00—Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
    • H01R25/14—Rails or bus-bars constructed so that the counterparts can be connected thereto at any point along their length
    • H01R25/142—Their counterparts

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  • the invention relates to an adapter for a rail lighting system with a support rail which is shaped to follow a path which is at least partially curved, and further to a lighting arrangement with at least one such adapter.
  • EP 3 876 365 A1 A luminaire adapter for a track lighting system is described.
  • the track lighting system comprises a support rail that is curved at least in sections along a longitudinal extension.
  • EP 3 876 365 A1 describes how to make an adapter body of the luminaire adapter flexible in order to be able to insert the luminaire adapter practically and easily into the curved support rail.
  • the present invention is based on the object of providing an adapter for a track lighting system that enables even more flexible use with curved support rails and that can preferably also be manufactured in a convenient and simple manner. Furthermore, a correspondingly improved lighting arrangement is to be provided.
  • this object is achieved by an adapter having the features of claim 1 and/or by a lighting arrangement having the features of claim 14.
  • an adapter for a track lighting system which comprises a support rail shaped to follow a path that is at least partially curved.
  • the support rail is provided with at least one mounting slot along a longitudinal extent thereof.
  • the adapter can be inserted into the mounting slot to electrically contact a conductor device of the mounting rail.
  • the adapter has an adapter body that is divided into two or more adapter segments along a longitudinal extent of the adapter body. Adjacent adapter segments are connected to one another in a connecting region, wherein the connecting region enables flexible bending of the adapter body about at least two bending axes. The two bending axes are non-parallel to one another and do not run parallel to the longitudinal extent of the adapter body.
  • the adapter body is more flexible in the connecting region than in the region of the adapter segments.
  • One idea underlying the invention is to equip the adapter with a bidirectional bendability, allowing the adapter to be used even more flexibly in mounting rails of various curved shapes. This particularly allows the adapter to be inserted into a mounting slot that can be arranged in a variety of ways on the curved mounting rail, with restrictions regarding the possible orientation of a Depth direction of the mounting slot and an insertion direction of the adapter in the cross section of the mounting rail must be avoided.
  • the adapter segments themselves can be designed to be more rigid and stiff, allowing additional components accommodated in the adapter segments to be well protected and held precisely. This design can also help simplify adapter manufacturing.
  • the two bending axes are essentially perpendicular to each other and/or run essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal extension of the adapter body. This enables a wide range of uses for the adapter with curved support rails.
  • the adapter body can have three adapter segments.
  • more than three adapter segments for example, four or five adapter segments, are conceivable. This allows the flexible adaptability of the adapter to the layout of the mounting rail and/or the possibility of accommodating additional components in the adapter body to be varied and improved.
  • the connecting region(s) is/are each formed with at least one wave structure with wave crests and wave troughs.
  • the directions of the crests of the wave crests and the bottoms of the wave troughs run non-parallel, in particular substantially perpendicular, to the longitudinal extension of the adapter body. The bendability in the connecting regions is thus achieved in a manner that is uncomplicated and cost-effective to manufacture.
  • the connecting region(s) is/are each formed with at least one elastic intermediate section.
  • the elastic intermediate section can be plate-like or wall-like. This embodiment also enables bendability in the connecting regions in a practical and cost-effective manner.
  • the adapter body has a box-like shape, with the adapter segments each being formed with a cover section, side walls, and an interior space.
  • the adapter segments allow for the accommodation of additional components, for example, electrical and/or electronic components, in particular for electrical contact and supply and/or for controlling a lighting device.
  • the adapter body can thus be designed, for example, as a housing component of the adapter, for example as a one-piece housing component.
  • the cover section and the side walls of the adapter segment can, in particular, each be formed integrally with one another. This can simplify manufacturing.
  • adjacent edge regions of the side walls of the adjacent adapter segments are connected in the connecting region by a wave structure with wave crests and wave troughs.
  • the wave structure can, in particular, be formed integrally with the side walls connected by it. This further simplifies production.
  • adjacent edge regions of the side walls of the adjacent adapter segments are connected in the connecting region by an elastic intermediate section, in particular a plate-like or wall-like elastic intermediate section.
  • the intermediate section can, for example, be formed integrally with the side walls connected by it.
  • the crests of the wave peaks and the bottoms of the wave troughs run essentially parallel to the side walls connected by the wave structure. This achieves good bendability around a bending axis parallel to the side walls.
  • the directions of the crests and bottoms run transversely, for example, approximately perpendicularly, to the longitudinal extension of the adapter body.
  • the plate-like or wall-like elastic intermediate section is formed as a substantially planar continuation of a main extension surface of one of the side walls toward an adjacent one of the side walls.
  • the wave structure can comprise at least two wavelengths, for example, essentially two full wavelengths. This contributes to good bendability both around a bending axis that is, for example, essentially parallel to the crests and troughs, and around another bending axis that runs transversely to the crests and troughs, for example, essentially perpendicular.
  • At least one planar support component is accommodated in the interior spaces of at least two adjacent adapter segments.
  • the planar support component carries electrical conductors, and in particular electronic components and/or electrical contacting devices.
  • the planar support components of the adjacent adapter segments are interconnected and electrically coupled via a flexible, strip-like or film-like connection. In this way, an arrangement of electrical and/or electronic components housed in the adapter body can easily and damage-free follow a bending of the adapter body.
  • the strip-like or film-like connection is simple and cost-effective to produce.
  • the flat carrier component is accommodated in the interior space essentially parallel to the cover section between the side walls. This can, for example, facilitate the arrangement of contact elements such that the contact elements can contact the conductor device of the mounting rail through recesses in both opposite side walls, as well as simplify the assembly of the carrier component.
  • a carrier component with single-sided assembly for example, a single-sided assembly of the printed circuit board, can be used.
  • the band-like or film-like flexible connection in the connection region is formed with a band-like or film-like, flexible material which carries conductor tracks and is arranged in the connection region in a bent U-shape.
  • a valley floor of the U-shape runs essentially parallel to the cover sections when the adapter is unbent. Due to the flexibility and band-like or film-like nature of the material as well as the U-shape, this embodiment enables the adjacent carrier components to be movable relative to one another in the connection region about more than one axis.
  • the valley floor of the U-shape can run in particular transversely to the longitudinal extent of the adapter body.
  • the U-shape is arranged in a transverse direction of the adapter between two of the wave structures of the connecting area.
  • the material arranged in a U-shape thus provides flexibility in the connecting area, in which the wave structure enables flexibility and bendability of the adapter body.
  • the U-shape is arranged in a transverse direction of the adapter between two of the elastic intermediate sections of the connecting area.
  • the material arranged in a U-shape thus provides flexibility in the connecting area, in which the elastic, for example, wall- or plate-like, intermediate section enables flexibility and bendability of the adapter body.
  • the adapter segments are each substantially closed on a side opposite the cover section by means of a base element, wherein the base element is particularly designed as a separate component.
  • the base element can, for example, be locked to the side walls of the adapter segment. Components inside the adapter body can thus be housed with even better protection.
  • a gap is provided between mutually facing narrow side edges of the cover sections of the adjacent adapter segments in an unbent state of the adapter body.
  • the narrow side edge of a first of the cover sections is formed with a convex contour as viewed in a main extension plane of the first cover section
  • the narrow side edge of a second of the cover sections is formed with a concave contour as viewed in a main extension plane of the second cover section.
  • the convex and concave contours interlock in such a way that the gap remains in the unbent state. This prevents the cover sections from colliding during bending or hindering the bending. At the same time, it is possible to ensure that successive cover sections form a largely closed surface.
  • the concave and convex contours in their interaction, particularly facilitate bending about a bending axis transverse to the main extension planes of the cover sections.
  • the narrow side edge of the second lid section is provided with a bevel within the concave contour. This further contributes to facilitating bending about a bending axis substantially parallel to the main extension planes of the lid sections.
  • the adapter body is made of at least one plastic material.
  • the use of at least one plastic material contributes to the cost-effective production of a weight-saving component.
  • a plastic material can provide electrically insulating properties if required.
  • the adjacent adapter segments are integrally connected in the connecting area. This eliminates the need for individual components to be assembled, further simplifying production.
  • the adapter body is formed in the adapter segments with a first material, in particular a first plastic material, and in the connecting regions with a second material different from the first material, in particular a second plastic material.
  • the second material can, for example, have greater elasticity than the first material. The choice of material can thus be well adapted to the respective function of the adapter segment and connecting region.
  • the second material can, for example, be formed as a rubber-like plastic in the solidified state, whereas the first material can, for example, be relatively rigid in the solidified state.
  • the wave structure(s) or the elastic intermediate section(s) can be formed from the second material.
  • the adapter body is manufactured using an injection molding process.
  • the adapter body can be manufactured using 3D printing.
  • the base elements can also be formed from the one plastic material or the first plastic material.
  • the base elements can be injection molded or 3D printed.
  • the first material and the second material can be processed together in the injection molding or 3D printing process.
  • injection molding or 3D printing of the regions formed with the first and second materials can be performed in one step, which is advantageous for efficient and cost-effective production.
  • the path followed by the support rail can be a planar curve, wherein at least in one section of the support rail, a depth direction of the mounting slot deviates from a normal to the plane of the curve, for example, lying in the plane or running obliquely to it.
  • the adapter according to the invention can be used advantageously, particularly with such a curved shape.
  • the adapter according to the invention is also useful when the depth direction of the mounting slot runs normal to the plane of the curve.
  • the path followed by the support rail can be a three-dimensional curve, wherein at least in one section of the support rail, a depth direction of the mounting slot deviates from a binormal of an accompanying tripod of the three-dimensional curve, for example, running along a principal normal or lying in the normal plane spanned by the binormal and the principal normal.
  • the adapter according to the invention can also be used and is equally useful if the depth direction of the mounting slot runs along or parallel to the binormal. The adapter is thus flexible and versatile.
  • the support rail has at least two mounting slots
  • the lighting arrangement comprises at least two of the adapters according to the invention, wherein the adapters are inserted into one of the mounting slots, at least partially opposite one another, within a section of the support rail within which the path is curved.
  • the same adapter type can be used in a flexible and versatile manner in several mounting slots of the support rail in the curved section and can be bent differently.
  • Fig. 1-4 show an adapter 1 for a track lighting system, which has an adapter body 2 which is divided into adapter segments 4, 5, 6 along a longitudinal extension 3 of the adapter body 2.
  • the adjacent adapter segments 4 and 5 are connected to one another in a connecting region 7, and the adapter segments 6 and 5 are connected to one another in a further connecting region 8.
  • the connecting regions 7 and 8 are constructed in the same way and each enable flexible bendability of the adapter body 2 at least about a first bending axis 9 and a second bending axis 10, wherein the first and second bending axes 9, 10 each run essentially at a right angle, thus normal, to the longitudinal extension 3.
  • the bending axes 9 and 10 are also essentially perpendicular to one another.
  • the second bending axis 10 extends along a transverse direction 23 of the adapter 1.
  • the adapter body 2 is in the Figures 1-15
  • the first exemplary embodiment shown in the drawing and its variants are formed with a one-piece component made of a plastic material and, for example, injection-molded or 3D-printed, forms a component of a housing of the adapter 1 and has an elongated box-like shape.
  • the adapter body 2 is formed with a plate-shaped cover section 14a, 15a, 16a, essentially flat side walls 14b, 15b, 16b and unspecified end walls, wherein the side walls 14b, 15b, 16b, the cover sections 14a, 15a, 16a and, in the case of the adapter segments 4 and 6, one of the end walls each delimit an interior space 14c, 15c or 16c of the adapter segment 4, 5, 6.
  • the cover sections 14a, 15a, 16a, side walls 14b, 15b, 16b and end walls are preferably formed integrally with one another in the adapter segment 4, 5 and 6, respectively.
  • adjacent edge regions of the side walls 14b, 15b and 15b, 16b of the adjacent adapter segments 4, 5 and 5, 6 are connected by a wave structure 11 with wave crests 12 and wave troughs 13, wherein the wave structure 11 is manufactured in one piece with the side walls 14b, 15b and 15b, 16b connected by the wave structure.
  • the cover sections 14a, 15a, 16a, the side walls 14b, 15b, 16b, together with the end walls, and the wave structures 11 can be formed from the same plastic material.
  • the wave structure 11 is particularly evident in Fig. 5-7 and, by way of example, essentially comprises two full wave lengths in order to enable high flexibility and bendability in the connecting regions 7, 8.
  • the number of wave peaks and troughs 12, 13 can be modified compared to the design shown in the figures.
  • crests of wave crests 12 and troughs of wave troughs 13 each extend transversely, in particular approximately perpendicularly, to the longitudinal extension 3 of the adapter body 2, and thus each run essentially parallel to the side walls 14b, 15b and 15b, 16b connected by the wave structure 11.
  • one or more of the crests and/or troughs can deviate in their orientation by a few degrees from a normal to the longitudinal extension 3, for example by up to 5 degrees.
  • the wave structures 11 enable the adapter body 2 to be bent about two axes in the connecting regions 7, 8, in particular both about the first bending axis 9 and about the second bending axis 10.
  • the directions of the crests of the wave peaks 12 and the troughs of the wave valleys 13 run essentially parallel to the first bending axis 9 and essentially normal to the second bending axis 10 in the figures.
  • the adapter body 2 is designed to be more flexible in the connecting areas 7 and 8 than in the area of the adapter segments 4, 5, 6.
  • good flexibility of the adapter 1 can be achieved, while at the same time, components housed within the interior spaces 14c, 15c, 16c of the relatively rigid and stiff adapter segments 4, 5, 6 outside the connecting areas 7, 8 are well protected. Components housed in this way are explained in more detail below.
  • a flat support component 17, 18, 19 is accommodated in each of the interior spaces 14c, 15c, 16c and can be held there reliably and precisely due to the relatively rigid design of the adapter segments 4, 5, 6, compared to the connecting areas 7 and 8.
  • the support components 17, 18, 19 are preferably designed as printed circuit boards and each carry electrical conductors.
  • Electronic components can be provided on at least one of the support components 17, 18, and 19, which serve to supply electricity to a lighting unit 150 that is or can be coupled to the adapter 1 and/or are used in controlling the lighting unit 150 by means of one or more control signals that can be received by the adapter 1.
  • the carrier component 17 carries, for example, two resilient contact elements 64 and the carrier component 19 carries two resilient contact elements 66.
  • the contact elements 64 each protrude through an associated recess in one of the opposing side walls 14b, while the contact elements 66 each protrude through an associated recess in one of the opposing side walls 16b.
  • the carrier components 17, 18, 19 can, for example, be mounted on one side, in Fig. 6-9 be equipped on the underside.
  • the carrier components 17 and 18, as well as 18 and 19, are each electrically coupled and connected in the connecting region 7 and 8, respectively, by a strip-like or film-like flexible connection 20 and 21, respectively.
  • the connection 20 and 21 is each formed with a strip-like or film-like, flexible material, for example, an insulating plastic strip or an insulating plastic film, wherein this material carries conductor tracks and is arranged in the connecting region 7, 8, bent in a U-shape, see in particular Fig. 6-9 .
  • the substantially flat, plate-like support components 17, 18, and 19 are accommodated in the interior space 14c, 15c, and 16c, respectively, substantially parallel to the cover portion 14a, 15a, and 16a between the opposing side walls 14b, 14b, 15b, 15b, and 16b, 16b, respectively.
  • a valley bottom 22 of the U-shape runs, in the unbent state of the adapter 1, substantially parallel to the cover portions 14a, 15a, 16a and substantially transverse to the longitudinal extension 3.
  • the strip- or foil-like connection 20 and 21 can be manufactured relatively easily and inexpensively.
  • the strip- or foil-like material of the connections 20, 21 can be connected to the carrier components 17, 18 and 18, 19, respectively, at their mutually facing edges or can continue into the carrier components 17, 18, 19.
  • the plate-like carrier components 17, 18, 19 and the connections 20, 21 can be formed together as a so-called rigid-flex PCB, where PCB stands for printed circuit board.
  • Figs. 6 and 7 further show that the band-like or film-like, flexible connections 20 and 21 are each arranged between two of the wave structures 11 in the transverse direction 23 of the adapter 1.
  • the flexible connections 20, 21, in cooperation with the wave structures 11, thus enable bendability, in particular around the bending axes 9, 10.
  • the adapter body 2 is closed on a side opposite the cover section 14a, 15a and 16a by a base element 44, 45 or 46, see in particular Fig. 1 , 4 , 7 , 8
  • the base elements 44, 45, 46 are separate components, for example, made of a plastic material, in particular injection-molded or 3D-printed.
  • the base elements 44, 45, and 46 are locked to the side walls 14b, 15b, and 16b, respectively, of the adapter segment 4, 5, 6, to which the base element 44, 45, 46 is assigned.
  • the middle adapter segment 5 has, for example, a coupling device 50 in the middle, which serves for an electrical coupling, or an electrical and mechanical coupling, of the adapter 1 with a lighting unit 150.
  • the lighting unit 150 is in Fig. 8 It is sketched purely by way of example and schematically and can be designed in a variety of ways.
  • the coupling by means of the coupling device 50 can be fixed or detachable.
  • a gap is provided between mutually facing narrow side edges 24a and 25a of the cover sections 14a and 15a, and between mutually facing narrow side edges 25b and 26a of the cover sections 15a and 16a in the unbent state of the adapter body 2 and thus of the adapter 1.
  • the narrow side edges 24a and 26a are each provided with a concave contour 29, as viewed in a main extension plane of the cover section 14a and 16a, respectively, and are additionally formed in the region of the concave contour 29 with a bevel 30 in the thickness direction of the cover section 14a and 16a.
  • the narrow side edges 25a and 25b are each provided with a convex contour 28, as viewed in a main extension plane of the cover section 15a.
  • the adapter 1 is part of a track lighting system and is used to construct a lighting arrangement, for example to construct a lighting arrangement 200 according to the variant in Fig. 10 , for constructing a lighting arrangement 300 according to the further variant in Fig. 12 , or for constructing a lighting arrangement 400 according to the further variant in Fig. 14 and 15 .
  • the track lighting system includes the Figs. 10, 11 at least one support rail 100, which follows a path 101 with a longitudinal extension 102 thereof.
  • the path 101 is curved at least in sections.
  • the support rail 100 has an elongated mounting slot 103 with a depth direction 104.
  • the adapter 1 can be inserted into the mounting slot 103, mechanically coupled to the support rail 100 and a conductor device 106 arranged within the mounting slot 103, see Fig. 11 , by means of the contact elements 64 and 66.
  • the conductor device 106 is provided, for example, in two parts on both sides of the inserted adapter 1 in the mounting slot 103 and provides an electrical supply voltage, in particular low voltage, as well as a control signal, for example a DALI signal.
  • the adapter 1 is held in a locking manner on the support rail 100 by means of locking elements 70, which are in particular formed integrally with the side walls 14b, 15b, 16b.
  • the exemplary lighting arrangement 200 constructed on the basis of the track lighting system comprises the support rail 100, the adapter 1 inserted into the mounting slot 103 and electrically contacting the conductor device 106, and the lighting unit 150.
  • the lighting unit 150 serves to generate light, is coupled to the adapter 1, for example, supported by the adapter 1, and is supplied by the adapter 1 with the electrical energy provided by the conductor device 106 for operating the lighting unit 150 and with the control signal provided by the conductor device 106, or is controlled based on the control signal.
  • the adapter 1 can be used in a flexible and versatile manner in mounting rails 100 that have different curvatures.
  • the mounting rail 100 can be mounted in one plane or be curved in space.
  • the mounting slot 103 can open outward at various locations in the cross-section of the curved support rail 100. Due to its bendability around at least two bending axes, such as the bending axes 9 and 10, which run non-parallel and, in particular, transversely to the longitudinal extension 3, the adapter 1 can be reliably used with such mounting slots 103.
  • the depth direction 104 of the mounting slot 103 may deviate from a normal to the plane of the curve in at least one section of the support rail 100, for example, it may lie in the plane of the curve or be inclined obliquely to it.
  • the adapter can also be used advantageously if the depth direction 104 is normal to the plane of the curve.
  • the depth direction 104 can deviate from a binormal of an accompanying tripod of the three-dimensional curve in at least one section of the support rail 100, for example, it can run along a principal normal or lie in the normal plane spanned by the binormal and the principal normal.
  • the adapter 1 can be used equally well if the depth direction 104 runs along the binormal or parallel to it.
  • the adapter 1 inserted into the mounting slot 103 is bent about the first bending axis 9 due to the curvature of the path 101.
  • Only a portion of the curved support rail 100 is shown as an example.
  • the support rail 100 or a portion thereof and thus the path 101 can instead be curved such that the inserted adapter 1 is bent in the connection regions 7, 8 about the second bending axis 10 or simultaneously about both the first bending axis 9 and the second bending axis 10.
  • a modified support rail 100' is provided, which has mounting slots 103 and 130 on opposite longitudinal sides.
  • the support rail 100' is thus provided with two mounting slots 103, 130 provided, wherein an adapter 1 can be inserted into each of the mounting slots 103, 130.
  • each of the two mounting slots 103, 130 is provided with a conductor device 106, for example analogous Fig. 11 , which can be electrically contacted by the contact elements 64, 66 of the respective adapter 1 used in order to tap off a supply voltage and in particular also a control signal.
  • FIG. 12 also shows a depth direction 104 of the mounting slot 103, which opens, for example, from an inner radius of the curved section of the support rail 100', and a depth direction 140 of the mounting slot 130, which opens, for example, from an outer radius of the curved section of the support rail 100'.
  • FIG. 12 An adapter 1 is inserted into the mounting slot 103.
  • the adapter 1 is bent around the second bending axis 10 in each of the connecting areas 7, 8.
  • the adapter 1 bent in this way is in Fig. 13 shown again separately.
  • Fig. 13 illustrates the lighting arrangement 400, in which two adapters 1 are arranged opposite each other in the curved section of the support rail 100'.
  • one of the adapters 1 is inserted into the mounting slot 103 and bent as in Fig. 12
  • the other adapter 1 is inserted into the mounting slot 130 and is thus bent around the second bending axis 10 in the connection areas 7 and 8 in the opposite direction to the adapter 1 inserted into the mounting slot 103.
  • Fig. 12 referred to.
  • Fig. 15 shows the adapter 1 still in unbent state.
  • FIG. 16 An adapter 1' according to a second embodiment is shown Fig. 16 .
  • the differences between the adapter and adapter 1 are explained below, whereby the above explanations regarding adapter 1 also apply to adapter 1'.
  • the adapter 1' can be used as described above as part of a track lighting system in a lighting arrangement, for example in a lighting arrangement 200, 300 or 400 as shown in Fig. 10 to 15 outlined, can be used.
  • the adapter 1' differs from the adapter 1 in that Fig. 16 an adapter body 2' is provided which is formed from a first plastic material and a second plastic material, wherein the first and second plastic materials are different.
  • the adapter body 2' is formed from a one-piece component that is injection-molded or 3D-printed from the first and second plastic materials in one go.
  • the second plastic material is more elastic than the first plastic material. While the first plastic material, which is relatively rigid after solidification, is used in the area of the adapter segments 4, 5 and 6, the second plastic material, which is elastic and, for example, rubber-like after solidification, is used in the connecting areas 7' and 8' to form the wave structures 11'.
  • the wave structures 11' are firmly connected in one piece to the adjacent side walls 14b', 15b' and 15b', 16b' of the adapter segments 4, 5 and 5, 6.
  • the more pliable, more flexible material of the wave structures 11' further improves the advantageous bendability of the adapter 1', especially around the bending axes 9 and 10.
  • the first, relatively rigid plastic material is also used for the base elements 44, 45, 46 not shown in the adapter 1'.
  • Fig. 17 shows an adapter 1" according to a third embodiment, which is again modified compared to the first embodiment.
  • the differences of the adapter 1" in comparison with the adapter 1 are explained below, wherein furthermore reference is again made to the above explanation of the adapter 1 according to the first embodiment.
  • the adapter 1" can be used as described above as part of a track lighting system in a lighting arrangement, for example in a lighting arrangement 200, 300 or 400 as in Fig. 10 to 15 shown, can be used.
  • the adapter 1" has an adapter body 2", which is divided into the adapter segments 4, 5, 6 along the longitudinal extent 3.
  • the adapter segments 4, 5, 6 are connected in connecting regions 7", 8", wherein the connecting regions 7", 8" in turn enable bendability about two mutually non-parallel bending axes, which run non-parallel and in particular transverse to the longitudinal extent 3, in particular about the first and second bending axes 9, 10.
  • the adapter body 2" is formed with a first plastic material and a second plastic material, wherein the first and second plastic materials are different and the second plastic material is more elastic than the first.
  • the first plastic material is thus relatively rigid, whereas the second plastic material is elastic and in particular rubber-like.
  • two essentially flat, wall- or plate-like elastic intermediate sections 11" are provided in each of the connecting regions 7", 8".
  • the intermediate sections 11" connect adjacent edge regions of the side walls 14b", 15b" and 15b", 16b" of the adjacent adapter segments 4, 5 and 5, 6 in an essentially straight continuation of the main extension planes of the side walls 14b", 15b" and 15b", 16b".
  • the intermediate sections 11" can, see Fig. 17 , be designed as essentially solid, elastic or rubber-like plate sections.
  • the first plastic material is used in the adapter body 2", while the second plastic material, which is elastic and, for example, rubber-like after solidification, is used to form the intermediate sections 11".
  • the adapter body 2" is formed with a one-piece component that is injection-molded or 3D-printed from the first and second plastic materials in one go.
  • base elements 44, 45, 46 are also preferably formed from the first plastic material.
  • the adapter 1, 1' or 1" each has three adapter segments 4, 5, 6, it is understood that in further, modified embodiments, two adapter segments or more than three adapter segments, for example four or five, can be provided.

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