ILLUMINATION DEVICE HAVING UNIDIRECTIONAL HEAT-DISSIPATING ROUTE

• US 20090040760A1
• Filed: 08/07/2008
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AMA Precision Inc. (Pegatron Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AMA Precision Inc. (Pegatron Corporation)
• Inventors: CHEN, Kuo-Hsin, Lin, Hsuan-Chih
• Application Number:
  US12/187,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20090040760A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/249.10
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/71 using a combination of separate elements interconnected by heat-conducting means, e.g. with heat pipes or thermally conductive bars between separate heat-sink elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/74 with fins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/763 the planes containing the fins or blades having the direction of the light emitting axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/89 Metals
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2105/10 comprising a two-dimensional array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An illumination device having an unidirectional heat-dissipating route, includes a heat sink and a LED light module. The heat sink includes a heat plate, a heat pipe and a heat-dissipating body. The heat pipe has a heat absorbing portion and a heat dissipating portion with a horizontal position different to that of the heat absorbing portion. The heat absorbing portion is connected to the heat plate, and a plurality of grooves is formed in the heat pipe to be communicated with the heat absorbing portion and the heat dissipating portion. The heat absorbing portion is lower than the heat dissipating portion. The heat-dissipating body is connected to the heat dissipating portion. The LED light module is connected to the heat plate. Thus the LEDs are protected and prevented from being destroyed by the heat, and the working life thereof is increased greatly.

Claims

1. An illumination device having an unidirectional heat-dissipating route, comprising:

a heat sink, the heat sink comprising;

a heat plate;

a heat pipe having a heat absorbing portion and a heat dissipating portion with a horizontal position different to that of the heat absorbing portion, the heat absorbing portion being connected to the heat plate, a plurality of grooves being formed in the heat pipe to be communicated with the heat absorbing portion and the heat dissipating portion, the heat absorbing portion being lower than the heat dissipating portion; and

a heat-dissipating body connected to the heat dissipating portion; and

a LED light module connected to the heat plate.

2. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grooves are parallel to an axis line of the heat pipe.

3. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat pipe has a top surface, a plurality of grooves are formed in the top surface of the heat pipe, and the heat absorbing portion is embedded in the grooves.

4. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat pipe is U-shaped.

5. The illumination device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the heat absorbing portion is parallel to the heat dissipating portion.

6. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat-dissipating body comprises a heat-dissipating substrate and a plurality of cooling fins.

7. The illumination device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the heat-dissipating substrate has a bottom surface, and a plurality of grooves are formed in the bottom surface thereof and are configured for receiving the heat dissipating portion.

8. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the LED light module comprises a base plate and a plurality of LEDs attached on the base plate, the base plate has a top surface and the heat plate further has a bottom surface opposite to the top surface of the heat plate, and the top surface is attached to the bottom surface of the heat plate.

9. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slightly-risen angle is defined between the heat dissipating portion and the heat absorbing portion.