Emergency lamp tube and bulb

• US 10,020,675 B1
• Filed: 06/23/2017
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kanghong Zhang
• Original Assignee: Kanghong Zhang
• Inventors: Zhang, Kanghong
• Primary Examiner(s): Philogene, Haissa
• Application Number:
  US15/631,400
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/02 in which an auxiliary distribution system and its associated lamps are brought into service
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/37 Converter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/14 by determining electrical parameters of the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/29 Circuits providing for substitution of the light source in case of its failure
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

An emergency lamp has a first line contact configured for connection to a first line. A second line contact is configured for connection to a second line. The second line is not switched. A neutral line contact is configured for connection to a neutral line. The voltage checker changes a mode of a main driver enablement signal and an emergency driver enablement signal when the voltage checker does not sense voltage. The voltage checker is electrically connected to the second line. A main driver is powered by the first line and the neutral line. The main driver is controlled by the main driver enablement signal. An emergency driver is powered by a battery. The battery is maintained by a charge controller. The charge controller is powered by the second line and the neutral line. The emergency driver is controlled by an emergency driver enablement signal.

Claims

1. An emergency lamp comprising:

a. a first line contact configured for connection to a first line;

b. a second line contact configured for connection to a second line, wherein the second line is not switched;

c. a neutral line contact configured for connection to a neutral line;

d. a voltage checker, wherein the voltage checker changes a mode of a main driver enablement signal and an emergency driver enablement signal when the voltage checker does not sense voltage, wherein the voltage checker is electrically connected to the second line;

e. a main driver powered by the first line and the neutral line, wherein the main driver is controlled by the main driver enablement signal;

f. an emergency driver powered by a battery, wherein the battery is maintained by a charge controller, wherein the charge controller is powered by the second line and the neutral line, wherein the emergency driver is controlled by an emergency driver enablement signal; and

g. a lamp, wherein the lamp is powered by the main driver during a state of normal operation, and wherein the lamp is powered by the emergency driver during a state of emergency operation, wherein the lamp further includes a lamp housing retaining a circuit board, wherein the circuit board retains LED chips mounted to the circuit board, wherein the lamp housing is tubular, wherein a change of state of the main driver enablement signal and the emergency driver enablement signal activates the emergency driver.

2. The emergency lamp of claim 1, further including a primary driver rectifier powering the main driver, and further including a secondary driver rectifier powering the charge controller, wherein the driver produces a driver line out and a driver neutral out to power the lamps.

3. The emergency lamp of claim 1, wherein e voltage checker is an OR circuit.

4. The emergency lamp of claim 1, wherein the lamp housing is bulb shaped.

5. The emergency lamp of claim 1, wherein the lamp housing is tubular and has a first housing connector and a second housing connector, wherein the first housing connector is connected to the first line and the second line, and wherein the second housing connector is connected to the neutral line.

6. The emergency lamp of claim 1, wherein the lamp housing is tubular and has a first housing connector and a second housing connector, wherein the first housing connector is connected to the first line and the neutral line, and wherein the second housing connector is connected to the second line.