LED LAMP

• US 20100053963A1
• Filed: 02/23/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YU, GUANG, YANG, RI-LANG
• Granted Patent: US 7,922,363 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/249.20
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/00 Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/713 in direct thermal and mechanical contact of each other to form a single system
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/75 with fins or blades having different shapes, thicknesses or spacing
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/76 with essentially identical parallel planar fins or blades, e.g. with comb-like cross-section
• 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 29/89 Metals
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An LED lamp includes a base, a heat sink placed on a top surface of the base and a plurality of LED modules mounted on the heat sink. The base has a base plate, an engaging flange extending upwards from an edge of the base plate and a plurality of projecting vanes formed on a bottom of the base plate. The heat sink surrounded by the engaging flange comprises a core, a plurality of branches extending outwards from an outer circumference of the core and a plurality of fins formed on two opposite sides of each branch. Each branch defines an inclined surface on a top thereof and has a height gradually decreased along a direction outwards from the core. Each LED module has a printed circuit board mounted on the inclined surface of a corresponding branch of the heat sink.

Claims

1. An LED lamp comprising:

a heat sink comprising a core, a plurality of branches extending outwards from an outer circumference of the core and a plurality of fins formed on two opposite sides of each branch, each branch defining an inclined surface on a top thereof, a distance between the inclined surface and the core gradually increasing from a first end of the core to a second end thereof which is opposite to the first end of the core; and

an LED module mounted on the inclined surface of the each branch of the heat sink.

2. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the core is prism-shaped and has a plurality of sidewalls on the outer circumference thereof, the branches respectively extending perpendicularly and outwardly from the sidewalls of the core.

3. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fins are decreased in height along a direction outwards from the core and have top surfaces thereof coplanar with the inclined surface.

4. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 3, wherein the fins are increased in length along the direction outwards from the core and have bottom surfaces coplanar with a bottom surface of the core and bottom surfaces of the branches.

5. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 4, wherein the fins are perpendicular to the each branch and symmetrical to each other relative to the each branch.

6. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inclined surface of the each branch is inclined to the core with a same angle.

7. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a base having a base plate, an engaging flange extending upwards from an outer edge of the base plate and a plurality of projecting vanes arranged on a bottom of the base plate, wherein the heat sink is disposed on a top surface of the base plate and surrounded by the engaging flange.

8. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 7, wherein the base further comprises a receiving cylinder, wherein the receiving cylinder defines a receiving room therein and extends downwardly from a central portion of the bottom surface of the base plate, the projecting vanes extending radially outwardly from an outer circumference of the receiving cylinder.

9. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a mounting member, wherein the mounting member has a mounting plate engaging with a lower end of the receiving cylinder and a sleeve extending downwardly from the mounting plate.

10. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 7 further comprising a cover, wherein the cover is a frustum in shape and has an annular fixing flange formed at a lower edge thereof, the fixing flange engaging with the engaging flange of the base, the cover enclosing the heat sink and the LED modules therein.

11. An LED lamp comprising:

a base having a base plate, an engaging flange extending upwards from an outer edge of the base plate and a plurality of projecting vanes formed on a bottom surface of the base plate;

a heat sink placed on a top surface of the base plate and surrounded by the engaging flange and comprising a core, a plurality of branches extending outwards from an outer circumference of the core and a plurality of fins formed on two opposite sides of each branch, each branch defining an inclined surface on a top thereof, a distance between the inclined surface and the core gradually increasing from a first end to a second end of the core, which is opposite to the first end of the core; and

an LED module having a printed circuit board mounted on the inclined surface of the each branch of the heat sink.

12. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 11, wherein the core is prism-shaped and has six sidewalls on the outer circumference thereof, the branches respectively extending perpendicularly from the sidewalls of the core.

13. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 11, wherein the each branch is a right-angled triangle in profile, and wherein the inclined surface is corresponding to a bevel edge of the triangle and inclined to the core with a same angle.

14. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 11, wherein the fins are decreased in height along a direction outwards from the core and have top surfaces coplanar with the inclined surface.

15. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 13, wherein the fins are increased in length along the direction outwards from the core and have bottom surfaces coplanar with a bottom surface of the core and bottom surfaces of the branches.

16. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 14, wherein the fins are perpendicular to the each branch and symmetrical to each other relative to the each branch.

17. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 11, wherein the base further comprises a receiving cylinder defining a receiving room therein and extending downwardly from a central portion of the bottom surface of the base plate, the projecting vanes extending radially outwardly from an outer circumference of the receiving cylinder.

18. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 17 further comprising a mounting member having a mounting plate engaging with a lower end of the receiving cylinder and a sleeve extending downwardly from the mounting plate.

19. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 17 further comprising a cover which is a frustum in shape and has an annular fixing flange formed at a lower edge thereof, the fixing flange engaging with the engaging flange of the base, the cover enclosing the heat sink and the LED modules therein.