Lighting device

• US 10,260,724 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2018
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Company Limited
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jang, Chul Ho, Kang, Bo Hee, Kim, Ki Hyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Alavi, Ali
• Application Number:
  US15/946,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20180238532A1
• Time in Patent Office: 376 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/23 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/232 specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/238 Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/006 the substrate being distinct from the light source holder
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/503 of light sources cooling arrangements structurally associated with gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps H01J61/52; cooling arrangements structurally associated with electric incandescent lamps H01K1/58; cooling arrangements structurally associated with light-emitting diodes H01L33/64
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/70 characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/77 with essentially identical diverging planar fins or blades, e.g. with fan-like or star-like cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/777 the planes containing the fins or blades having directions perpendicular to the light emitting axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/00 Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/0625 the material diffusing light, e.g. translucent plastics
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2101/00 Point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2107/30 on the outer surface of cylindrical surfaces, e.g. rod-shaped supports having a circular or a polygonal cross section
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2107/40 on the sides of polyhedrons, e.g. cubes or pyramids
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A lighting device may be provided that includes: a heat sink which includes a top surface and a member which has a side and is disposed on the top surface; a light source which includes a substrate disposed on the side of the member and light emitting devices disposed on the substrate, and has a reference point; and a cover which is coupled to the heat sink and includes an upper portion and a lower portion, which are divided by an imaginary plane passing through the reference point and being parallel with the top surface of the heat sink, wherein a distance from the reference point of the light source to the upper portion of the cover is larger than a distance from the reference point of the light source to the lower portion of the cover.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

a cover having an opening formed in a lower portion with an empty interior;

a heat sink including;

a base member coupled to the cover, the base member including a first surface that is a top surface proximate to the cover; and

a member protruding into the empty interior of the cover from the top surface of the base member in a first direction into the cover, the first direction being perpendicular to the top surface of the base member, the member including a top surface and at least one of a side surface,

wherein the at least one of the side surface of the member is perpendicular to the top surface of the base member,

wherein the at least one of the side surface of the member includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first region locates higher than a one-third point of a first distance, wherein the second region locates lower than the one-third point, wherein the first distance is a vertical height from the first surface of the base member to the top surface of the member,

wherein the heat sink comprises a plurality of heat radiating fins extended outwardly from a side of the base member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of heat radiating fins includes a first point disposed furthest from the side of the base member in the second direction; and

a light source which comprises a substrate disposed on the first region of the at least one of the side surface of the member, wherein the second region of the at least one of the side surface of the member excludes the light source, wherein the substrate has a center point, wherein the top surface of the member excludes the light source;

wherein a first angle between a vertical axis and a first imaginary line is greater than 0° and

equal to or less than 45°

, wherein the vertical axis passes through the center point of the light source and is perpendicular to the top surface of the base member, wherein the first imaginary line passes from the center point of the light source to the first point of the heat radiating fins,

wherein a first imaginary plane includes a top surface of the substrate of the light source, passes through the center point and is perpendicular to the top surface of the base member,

wherein a second angle between the vertical axis and a second imaginary line is greater than 0° and

equal to or less than 45°

, and

wherein the second imaginary line passes through the center point and contacts with the heat sink at the first imaginary plan.

2. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein a largest width of the cover in the second direction is larger than a largest width of the heat sink in the second direction.

3. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the light source comprises a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate.

4. The lighting device of claim 3, wherein the center point is disposed between the light emitting devices.

5. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the substrate includes a first edge and a second edge, the second edge of the substrate closer to the top surface of the base member than the first edge, and the first edge of the substrate being opposite to the second edge of the substrate.

wherein the member includes the one-third point and a two-thirds point of the first distance, and

wherein the second edge of the substrate is located higher than the one-third point of the first distance from the top surface of the base member.

6. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein a total number of the side surface of the member is equal to or greater than six.

7. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the cover is coupled to the first surface of the base member by an adhesive material.

8. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the cover includes an opaque material.

9. The lighting device of claim 1, further comprising:

a socket to supply electric power to the light source;

a circuitry disposed between the light source and the socket; and

a case comprising a portion between the base member and the circuitry,

wherein the portion of the case, the heat radiation fins and the circuitry are horizontally overlapped.

10. The lighting device of claim 9, wherein the case comprises a plastic or a resin material.

11. The lighting device of claim 9, wherein the case is received in a space of the base member.

12. The lighting device of claim 1,

wherein the center point of the light source is within a range of 28% to 59% of a second distance, and

wherein the second distance is a shortest distance in a first direction from the first surface of the base member to an uppermost surface of the cover.

13. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the first surface of the base member of the heat sink contacts an edge of the side surface of the member of the heat sink.

14. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the substrate is a printed circuit board.

15. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the center point of the light source is closer to the top surface of the member than to the first surface of the base member.

16. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the center point is closer to the top surface of the member than to the one-thirds point.

17. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the member is integrally formed with the base member of the heat sink.

18. A lighting device comprising:

a cover having an opening formed in a lower portion with an empty interior;

a heat sink including;

a base member coupled to the cover; and

a member protruding into the empty interior of the cover from a top surface of the base member in a first direction into the cover, the first direction being perpendicular to the top surface of the base member, the member including a top surface and at least one of a side surface,

wherein the at least one of the side surface of the member is perpendicular to the top surface of the base member,

wherein the at least one of the side surface of the member includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is located higher than a one-third point of a first distance, wherein the second region is located lower than the one-third point, wherein the first distance is a vertical height from the first surface of the base member to the top surface of the member,

wherein the heat sink comprises a plurality of heat radiating fins extended outwardly from a side of the base member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of heat radiating fins includes a first point disposed furthest from the side of the base member in the second direction; and

a light source that comprises a substrate disposed on the first region of the at least one of the side surface of the member, wherein the second region of the at least one of the side surface of the member excludes the light source, wherein the substrate has a center point;

wherein a first angle between a vertical axis and a first imaginary line is greater than 0° and

equal to or less than 45°

, wherein the vertical axis passes through the center point of the light source and is perpendicular to the top surface of the base member, wherein the first imaginary line passes from the center point of the light source to the first point of the heat radiating fins,

wherein a first imaginary plane includes a top surface of the substrate of the light source, passes through the center point and is perpendicular to the top surface of the base member,

wherein a second angle between the vertical axis and a second imaginary line is greater than 0° and

equal to or less than 45°

, and

wherein the second imaginary line passes through the center point and contacts with the heat sink at the first imaginary plan.

19. The lighting device of claim 18, further comprising:

a socket to supply electric power to the light source;

a circuitry disposed between the light source and the socket; and

a case comprising a portion between the base member and the circuitry,

wherein the portion of the case, the heat radiating fins and the circuitry are horizontally overlapped.

20. The lighting device of claim 18,

wherein the substrate includes a first edge and a second edge, the second edge of the substrate closer to the top surface of the base member than the first edge, and the first edge of the substrate being opposite to the second edge of the substrate,

wherein the member includes the one-third point and a two-thirds point of the first distance, and

wherein the second edge of the substrate is located higher than the one-third point of the first distance from the top surface of the base member.