Patent Description:
Nowadays, smart appliances are becoming more and more popular. The use of wireless communication is also becoming more common. Therefore, in the lighting industry, some lighting power sources add wireless communication functionality. The wireless communication may be Bluetooth communication, near field communication (NFC), etc..

<FIG> is a diagram of a power supplier with wireless communication module in related art. As shown in <FIG>, a wireless communication module <NUM> and multiple terminal modules <NUM> are placed on a substrate <NUM>. The wireless communication module <NUM> is made into an independent component and placed on the edge of the substrate <NUM>.

Inventors of this disclosure found the following limitation in related art: the wireless communication module <NUM> is easily tilted to one side. When it tilts, it will affect the wireless communication function, and when it tilts outward, it will be easily hit by a shell of the power supplier.

The invention is defined by a power supplier in accordance with claim <NUM>. In general, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power supplier. In the embodiments, a wireless communication module is spliced with a terminal module. Therefore, the wireless communication module of the power supplier will be more solid and will not be easy to tilt.

In a first aspect, there is provided a power supplier, which includes: a substrate; at least one terminal module, configured to be placed on the substrate; and a wireless communication module, configured to be spliced with the terminal module when the terminal module and the wireless communication module are placed on the substrate. The terminal module comprises a connecting hole, which is configured to be connected to an electrical device and supply power to the electrical device.

In an embodiment, the wireless communication module has the same size as the terminal module.

In an embodiment, the terminal module and the wireless communication module are spliced together by using a first connecting structure.

In an embodiment, the first connecting structure includes: a first connecting part, configured to be placed on a first surface of the terminal module; a second connecting part, configured to be placed on a first surface of the wireless communication module, the first connecting part is any one of a first convex part and a first receiving hole, the second connecting part is the other one of the first convex part and the first receiving hole, the first convex part is received in the first receiving hole when the terminal module and the wireless communication module are spliced together.

In an embodiment, two adjacent terminal modules are spliced together by using a second connecting structure.

In an embodiment, the second connecting structure includes: a third connecting part, configured to be placed on a first surface of the terminal module; a fourth connecting part, configured to be placed on a second surface of the terminal module, the second surface is opposite the first surface, the third connecting part is any one of a second convex part and a second receiving hole, the fourth connecting part is the other one of the second convex part and the second receiving hole, the second convex part is received in the second receiving hole when two adjacent terminal modules are spliced together.

In an embodiment, the wireless communication module includes an antenna.

In an embodiment, the wireless communication module further includes a wireless communication controller which is integrated with the antenna.

In an embodiment, the terminal module includes a connecting pin,.

the terminal module is placed on the substrate via the connecting pin.

The terminal module includes a connecting hole, which is used to connect to an electrical device and supply power to the electrical device.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a wireless communication module is spliced with a terminal module. Therefore, the wireless communication module of the power supplier will be more solid and will not be easy to tilt.

The above and other aspects, features, and benefits of various embodiments of the disclosure will become more fully apparent, by way of example, from the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals or letters are used to designate like or equivalent elements.

The present disclosure will now be discussed with reference to several example embodiments.

As used herein, the terms "first" and "second" refer to different elements. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "has," "having," "includes" and/or "including" as used herein, specify the presence of stated features, elements, and/or components and the like, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, components and/or combinations thereof. The term "based on" is to be read as "based at least in part on. " The term "one embodiment" and "an embodiment" are to be read as "at least one embodiment. " The term "another embodiment" is to be read as "at least one other embodiment. " Other definitions, explicit and implicit, may be included below.

A power supplier is provided in a first embodiment.

<FIG> is a diagram of a power supplier in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in <FIG>, a power supplier <NUM> includes a substrate <NUM>, at least one terminal module <NUM>, and a wireless communication module <NUM>.

In the embodiment, the terminal module <NUM> is placed on the substrate. The wireless communication module <NUM> is spliced with the terminal module <NUM>. Therefore, the wireless communication module of the power supplier will be more solid and will not be easy to tilt.

As shown in <FIG>, the wireless communication module <NUM> has the same size as the terminal module <NUM>.

In the embodiment, the terminal module <NUM> and the wireless communication module <NUM> are spliced together by using a first connecting structure.

<FIG> is a diagram of the terminal module and the wireless communication module in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in <FIG>, the terminal module <NUM> includes a first surface S11. A first connecting part <NUM> is placed on the first surface S11. The wireless communication module <NUM> includes a first surface S21. A second connecting part <NUM> is placed on the first surface S21.

In the embodiment, the first connecting structure <NUM> includes the first connecting part <NUM> and the second connecting part <NUM>.

In the embodiment, the first connecting part <NUM> may be any one of a first convex part and a first receiving hole, and the second connecting part <NUM> is the other one of the first convex part and the first receiving hole. The first convex part may be received in the first receiving hole when the terminal module <NUM> and the wireless communication module <NUM> are spliced together.

In the embodiment, the number of first connecting part <NUM> may be at least one, and the number of the second connecting part <NUM> may be at least one.

In the embodiment, function of the first connecting structure <NUM> is realized by mechanical connection of the first connecting part <NUM> and the second connecting part <NUM>. However, the embodiment will not be limited thereto, for example, the first connecting structure <NUM> may include magnetic parts, thus function of the first connecting structure <NUM> may be realized by magnetic attraction between the magnetic parts.

In the embodiment, two adjacent terminal modules <NUM> may be spliced together by using a second connecting structure. Therefore, the terminal modules <NUM> of the power supplier will be more solid and will not be easy to tilt.

As shown in <FIG> a third connecting part <NUM> is placed on the first surface S11 the terminal module <NUM>. The terminal module <NUM> further includes a second surface S12. A fourth connecting part <NUM> is placed on the second surface S12.

In the embodiment, the second connecting structure <NUM> includes the third connecting part <NUM> and the fourth connecting part <NUM>.

In the embodiment, the third connecting part <NUM> may be any one of a second convex part and a second receiving hole, and the fourth connecting part <NUM> is the other one of the second convex part and the second receiving hole. The second convex part may be received in the second receiving hole when two adjacent terminal modules <NUM> are spliced together.

In the embodiment, the number of third connecting part <NUM> may be at least one, and the number of the fourth connecting part <NUM> may be at least one.

In one embodiment, the location and size of the third connecting part <NUM> may be different from the location and size of the first connecting part <NUM>.

In another embodiment, the location and size of the third connecting part <NUM> may be the same as the location and size of the first connecting part <NUM>, then, the first connecting part <NUM> may realize the function of the third connecting part <NUM> to connect with the fourth connecting part <NUM>.

In the embodiment, function of the second connecting structure <NUM> is realized by mechanical connection of the third connecting part <NUM> and the fourth connecting part <NUM>. However, the embodiment will not be limited thereto, for example, the second connecting structure <NUM> may include magnetic parts, thus function of the second connecting structure <NUM> may be realized by magnetic attraction between the magnetic parts.

As shown in <FIG>, the first surface S21 of the wireless communication module <NUM> may include a receiving part 131a which may receive the third connecting part <NUM> on the first surface S11 of the terminal module <NUM>.

The second surface S12 of the terminal module <NUM> may include a receiving part 123a which may receive the first connecting part <NUM> on the first surface S11 of the adjacent terminal module <NUM>.

In the embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, the terminal module <NUM> may further include a connecting pin <NUM>. The terminal module <NUM> may be placed on the substrate <NUM> via the connecting pin <NUM>. The connecting pin <NUM> may provide mechanical and electrical connection between the terminal module <NUM> and the substrate <NUM>.

In the embodiment, as shown in <FIG>, the terminal module <NUM> may further include a connecting hole <NUM>. The connecting hole <NUM> may be used to connect to an electrical device and supply power to the electrical device. The electrical device may be a lighting device, for example, a LED (Light Emitting Diode) device.

In the embodiment, the wireless communication module <NUM> may communicate with other devices via wireless signals. For example, the wireless communication module <NUM> may be near field communication (NFC) module.

In the embodiment, the wireless communication module <NUM> may include an antenna, which is used to receive and transmit wireless signals.

In the embodiment, the wireless communication module <NUM> may further include a wireless communication controller which is integrated with the antenna. The wireless communication controller may perform digital or analogue process on the received and/or to be transmitted wireless signals.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the wireless communication module <NUM> is spliced with the terminal module <NUM>. Therefore, the wireless communication module of the power supplier will be more solid and will not be easy to tilt. The use of the wireless communication module <NUM> will be more flexible, as the wireless communication module <NUM> can be easily assembled or not assembled ith the terminal module <NUM>. In some cases, the wireless communication module <NUM> may be spliced with the terminal module <NUM> which is located outside of an iron shell of the power supplier, thus the interference of other components and the iron shell on wireless communication function will be prevented.

Claim 1:
A power supplier (<NUM>), comprising:
a substrate (<NUM>);
at least one terminal module (<NUM>), configured to be placed on the substrate (<NUM>), wherein the at least one terminal module (<NUM>) comprises a connecting hole (<NUM>) configured to be connected to an electrical device to thereby supply power to the electrical device,
characterized in that the power supplier (<NUM>) further comprises:
a wireless communication module (<NUM>), configured to be spliced with the at least one terminal module (<NUM>) when the at least one terminal module (<NUM>) and the wireless communication module (<NUM>) are placed on the substrate (<NUM>).