LED light bulb with two sets of filaments

• US 10,690,293 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2019
• Issued: 06/23/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhejiang Super Lighting Electric Appliance Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Zhejiang Super Lighting Electric Appliance Company Limited
• Inventors: Jiang, Tao, Li, Liqin
• Primary Examiner(s): Guharay, Karabi
• Application Number:
  US16/262,798
• Publication Number:
  US 20190162370A1
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• 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 9/235 Details of bases or caps, i.e. the parts that connect the light source to a fitting; Arrangement of components within bases or caps F21K9/238 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/237 Details of housings or cases, i.e. the parts between the light-generating element and the bases; Arrangement of components within housings or cases F21K9/238 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/238 Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/90 Methods of manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/003 Fastening of light source holders, e.g. of circuit boards or substrates holding light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/70 characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/02 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/061 the material being glass
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/062 the material being plastics
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/30 Elements containing photoluminescent material distinct from or spaced from the light source shades F21V1/17; globes, bowls or cover glasses F21V3/08, F21V3/12; refractors F21V5/10; reflectors F21V7/26, F21V7/30; elements with provision for controlling the spectral properties or intensity F21V9/40
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/33 annular
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/37 U-shaped
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2107/00 Light sources with three-dimensionally disposed light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/05599 Material
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/45144 Gold (Au) as principal constituent
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/45147 Copper (Cu) as principal constituent
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48091 Arched
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48092 Helix
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2224/48137 : the bodies being arranged next to each other, e.g. on a common substrate
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 24/45 : of an individual wire connector
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 24/48 : of an individual wire connector
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 25/0753 : the devices being arranged next to each other
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00012 : Relevant to the scope of the group, the symbol of which is combined with the symbol of this group
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/00014 : the subject-matter covered by the group, the symbol of which is combined with the symbol of this group, being disclosed without further technical details
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/181 : Encapsulation
• CPC Class Codes: H01L 2924/19107 : off-chip wires

Abstract

An LED light bulb includes a bulb shell, a bulb base, a stem, conductive supports, an LED filament, and a supporting arm. The bulb base is connected to the bulb shell. The stem is connected to the bulb base. The conductive supports are connected to the stem. The LED filament includes a filament body and two conductive electrodes. The conductive electrodes are at two ends of the filament body and connected to the conductive supports. The filament body is around the stem. The supporting arm is connected to the stem and the filament body. In a height direction of the LED light bulb, H is a distance from a bottom to a top of the bulb shell. A first height difference is defined between the two conductive electrodes and is from 0 to 1/10H. The filament body is curved to form a highest point and a lowest point. A second height difference is defined between the highest point and the lowest point. The first height difference is less than the second height difference.

Claims

1. An LED light bulb comprising:

a light transmissive envelope, having a bulbous main chamber;

a base, connected with the light transmissive envelope by a neck of the light transmissive envelope;

a stem press located in the light transmissive envelope;

an upper LED filaments and a lower LED filament both housed in the light transmissive envelope;

a pair of lead wires,

a rectifier disposed within the base, having a circuit board in electrical communication with the pair of lead wires, and

two sets of support wires attached to the stem press at a first end and to the upper LED filaments and the lower LED filament at a second end, the two sets of support wires comprising an upper set of support wires configured to hold the upper LED filament in position, and a lower set of support wires configured to hold the lower LED filament in position;

wherein the upper LED filaments and the lower LED filament respectively defines a sinuous curve along an arc meandering substantially horizontally in the light transmissive envelope;

wherein the upper LED filament defines a higher sinuous curve oscillating in the range from H3+A3 to H3−

A3 on y-axis, where H3 represents the average height of the upper LED filament in the LED light bulb and A3 the amplitude of the upper sinuous curve the upper LED filament defines;

wherein the lower LED filament defines a lower sinuous curve oscillating in the range from H4+A3 to H4−

A3 on y-axis, where H4 represents the average height of the lower LED filament in the LED light bulb and A3 the amplitude of the lower sinuous curve the lower LED filament defines.

2. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 1, wherein H4 is less than H3 on the y-axis.

3. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two sets of support wires have a same length R, and a posture of the upper LED filament in the LED light bulb is defined by all points in the set (x, y, z+H3), where −

R=<

x=<

R;

−

R=<

y=<

R; and

−

A3=<

z=<

A3.

4. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 3, wherein a posture of the lower LED filament in the LED light bulb is defined by all points in the set (x, y, z+H4), where −

R=<

x=<

R;

−

R=<

y=<

R; and

−

A3=<

z=<

A3.

5. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 4, wherein the pair of lead wires are parallelly spaced apart from each other.

6. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 5, wherein an upper portion of the pair of lead wire is attached to the upper LED filament and the lower LED filament.

7. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 6, wherein an intermediate portion of the pair of lead wire is fixedly attached to a basal portion of the stem press by passing through the basal portion.

8. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 7, wherein the lower portion of the pair of lead wire is fixedly attached to the rectifier.

9. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 8, wherein the circuit board includes an L-shaped aperture cut into circumference of the circuit board.

10. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 9, wherein the pair of lead wires both include a hook configured to interlock the aperture for reliable soldering between the lead wire and the circuit board.

11. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 10, wherein the pair of lead wires has a length D (mm), D=A+√

(B−

3.2){circumflex over ( 

)}2+C{circumflex over ( 

)}2), where A is the aggregate of the thickness of the circuit board and the length of the pair of lead wire projecting downwards from the circuit board, B is the distance between the pair of lead wires, and C is distance from entry point of the pair of lead wires into the basal portion to the entry point of the pair of lead wires into the circuit board.

12. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 11, wherein the length of the pair of lead wires to reach the lower LED filament is from 0.5 D to 2D.

13. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 12, wherein the length of the pair of lead wires to reach the lower LED filament is from 0.75 D to 1.5 D.

14. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 13, wherein the length of the lead wire to reach the upper LED filament is L1+(H3−

H4).

15. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 14, wherein a layer of reflective materials is coated to the support wire, the stem press, the upper surface of the base in the light transmissive envelope or any combination thereof.

16. The LED light bulb as claimed in claim 15, wherein points of the LED filament in an xyz coordinates are defined as X, Y, and Z and satisfy a curve equation, an origin of xyz coordinates is at the stem top, an x-y plane of the xyz coordinates passes through the stem top and is perpendicular to the height direction, a z-axis of xyz coordinates is coaxial with stem, and the two conductive electrodes are symmetrically disposed at two sides of a y-axis of the xyz coordinates, the curve equation is:

X=m1*cos(t*360),

Y=m2*sin(t*360),

Z=n*cos(t*360*k),

Wherein, t is a variable between 0 and 1, the LED filament varies along an x-direction, a y-direction, and a z-direction according to t;

wherein, when X=0, a max value of |Y| is m2, and a max value of |Z| is n;

wherein, when Y=0, a max value of |X| is m1, and a max value of |Z| is n;

wherein, when Z=0, a max value of |X| is m1, and a max value of |Y| is m2;

wherein m1 is a length in the x-direction, m2 is a length in the y-direction, n is a height of the highest point from the x-y plane in the z-direction, and k is a number of the highest point.