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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Remco Christianus Wilhelmus Leermakers, Tilburg, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A lighting fixture for a Light Emitting Diode, LED, lighting device, said fixture comprising an LED driver arranged to receive an Alternating Current, AC, mains voltage as input and provide an LED current to drive said LED lighting device; at least one socket comprising receiving means, arranged to receive and hold an LED lamp arranged to emit light, said socket further comprising a biased Double Pole Double Throw, DPDT, switch, comprising one set of input terminals and two sets of output terminals, wherein the output of said LED driver is connected to said input terminals of said biased DPDT switch, wherein a first of said two output terminals of said biased DPDT switch are short circuited, and wherein said biased DPDT switch is arranged to toggle between a short circuit position wherein said input terminals of said biased DPDT switch are connected to said first set of output terminals, and a connected position wherein said input terminals of said biased DPDT switch are connected to a second of said two output terminals, thereby connecting said LED driver to said LED lighting device; wherein said biased DPDT switch is further arranged to toggle from said short circuit position to said connected position upon insertion of said LED lighting device into said receiving means of said socket. A corresponding method of toggling a switch is also presented herein.