Illuminating ribbon

• US 20100127636A1
• Filed: 02/11/2009
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shienq Huong Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Jen-Chi
• Granted Patent: US 7,967,470 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/294
• CPC Class Codes: D04D 9/04 built-up from several strips or elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/00 Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/00 Use or application of lighting devices or systems for decorative purposes, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An illuminating ribbon has a decoration ribbon and a flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices. The decoration ribbon has two long sides, in which one of the two long sides has a sewing line. The flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices is disposed on the decoration ribbon and fixed to one long side of the decoration ribbon via the sewing line. The flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices includes an insulator with flexible flat surface; first and second electrical wires; N light-emitting devices; and a power device. The first and second electrical wires are embedded in parallel into the insulator with flexible flat surface. The N light-emitting devices are connected to the first and second electrical wires. The power device is connected to the first and second electrical wires to supply power to the N light-emitting devices and thus to generate light on the decoration ribbon.

Claims

1. An illuminating ribbon, comprising:

a decoration ribbon, having two long sides, at least one of the two long sides having a sewing line; and

at least a flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices, being disposed on the decoration ribbon and fixed to the at least one of the two long sides of the decoration ribbon via the sewing line on the at least one of the two long sides, the at least a flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices including;

an insulator with flexible flat surface;

a first electrical wire and a second electrical wire, embedded in parallel into the insulator with flexible flat surface;

N light-emitting devices, connected to the first electrical wire and the second electrical wire; and

a power device, connected to the first electrical wire and the second electrical wire, for supplying power to the N light-emitting devices.

2. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 1, wherein the N light-emitting devices are N light-emitting diodes.

3. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 2, wherein the N light-emitting diodes are SMT (surface-mounted technology) light-emitting diodes.

4. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 3, wherein the insulator with flexible flat surface further has N sets of solder pads thereon and the N light-emitting diodes are respectively surface-mounted on the N sets of solder pads.

5. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 4, wherein a first solder pad of the first set of solder pads is connected to the first electrical wire, a first solder pad of the second set of solder pads is connected to a second solder pad of the first set of solder pads, a first solder pad of K-th set of solder pads is connected to a second solder pad of (K−

1)-th set of solder pads, and a second solder pad of N-th set of solder pads is connected to the second electrical wire, such that the N light-emitting diodes are connected in series.

6. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power device is a DC power device.

7. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least a flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices further includes:

a controller, connected to the power device, for controlling conduction of the N light-emitting devices.

8. An illuminating ribbon, comprising:

a decoration ribbon, having two long sides, at least one of the two long sides having a sewing line; and

at least a flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices, being disposed on the decoration ribbon and fixed to the at least one of the two long sides of the decoration ribbon via the sewing line on the at least one of the two long sides, the at least a flexible circuit board with light-emitting devices including;

an insulator with flexible flat surface;

a first electrical wire and a second electrical wire, embedded in parallel into the insulator with flexible flat surface;

K light-emitting sets, connected to the first and second electrical wires; and

a power device, connected to the first electrical wire and the second electrical wire, for supplying power to the K light-emitting sets.

9. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 8, wherein each light-emitting set has N SMT (surface-mounted technology) light-emitting diodes.

10. The illuminating ribbon as claimed in claim 9, wherein the insulator with flexible flat surface has N×

K sets of solder pads thereon, and the N light-emitting diodes of each light-emitting set are respectively surface-mounted on the N sets of solder pads to allow the K light-emitting sets to be formed in parallel and to allow the N light-emitting diodes of each light-emitting set to be formed in series.