Patent ID: 8322886
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: F21V,F21Y,G09F

Abstract:
1. A lighting tube fitting assembly for a non-linear lighting tube, the fitting assembly comprising: a clamp body comprising at least one side wall comprising openings at first and second ends, the at least one side wall comprising at least two apertures there through; at least one pressure arc comprising a concave inner surface and an outer surface opposing the concave inner surface, the outer surface comprising at least two protrusions each sized small enough to extend through one of the at least two apertures through the at least one side wall of the clamp body; a clamp ring comprising a side wall having an inner surface comprising an inner diameter large enough to receive therein at least one of the first end and the second end of the clamp body; wherein when assembled with a lighting tube, each of the at least one pressure arcs is pressed toward the lighting tube by the respective at least two protrusions each extending through one of the at least two apertures through the at least one side wall of the clamp body, the at least two protrusions exerting a force against the inner surface of the clamp ring.