ILLUMINATION DEVICE

• US 20100046224A1
• Filed: 11/05/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Maxzone Vehicle Lighting Corp. (Depo Auto Parts Industrial Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Maxzone Vehichle Lighting Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Geng-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US12/612,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20100046224A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/249.20
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/28 rigid, e.g. LED bars
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/003 Fastening of light source holders, e.g. of circuit boards or substrates holding light sources

Abstract

An illumination device includes a circuit board unit having positioning hole units corresponding respectively to LEDs mounted thereon. Each positioning hole unit includes a first positioning hole, and a second positioning hole having a diameter larger than that of the first positioning hole. A lamp seat has positioning post units corresponding respectively to the positioning hole units in the circuit board unit. Each positioning post unit includes a first positioning post, and a second positioning post having a width larger than that of the first positioning post. When the circuit board unit is mounted on the lamp seat, the first and second positioning posts of each positioning post unit respectively extend through and engage the first and second positioning holes of a corresponding positioning hole unit in the circuit board unit, thereby positioning the circuit board unit to the lamp seat.

Claims

1. An illumination device comprising:

a circuit board unit for mounting a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) thereon, said circuit board unit being formed with a plurality of positioning hole units corresponding respectively to the LEDs, each of said positioning hole units including a first positioning hole, and a second positioning hole having a diameter larger than that of said first positioning hole; and

a lamp seat for mounting said circuit board unit thereon, said lamp seat having a plurality of positioning post units corresponding respectively to said positioning hole units in said circuit board unit, each of said positioning post units including a first positioning post, and a second positioning post having a width larger than that of said first positioning post, said first and second positioning posts of each of said positioning post units respectively extending through and engaging said first and second positioning holes of a corresponding one of said positioning hole units in said circuit board unit when said circuit board unit is mounted on said lamp seat, thereby positioning said circuit board unit to said lamp seat.

2. The illumination device as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said circuit board unit includes a unitary circuit board formed with said positioning hole units.

3. The illumination device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said circuit board unit includes:

a plurality of circuit boards spaced apart from each other, each of said circuit boards being formed with a corresponding one of said positioning hole units; and

a plurality of conducting elements each interconnecting electrically a respective adjacent pair of said circuit boards.

4. The illumination device as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of said conducting elements is in the form of a resilient conductive plate.

5. The illumination device as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of said conducting elements is an electrical wire.

6. An illumination device comprising:

a circuit board for mounting a light emitting diode (LED) thereon, said circuit board being formed with a first positioning hole, and a second positioning hole having a diameter larger than that of said first positioning hole; and

a lamp seat for mounting said circuit board thereon, said lamp seat having first and second positioning posts corresponding respectively to said first and second positioning holes in said circuit board, said second positioning post having a width larger than that of said first positioning post, said first and second positioning posts respectively extending through and engaging said first and second positioning holes in said circuit board when said circuit board is mounted on said lamp seat, thereby positioning said circuit board to said lamp seat.