LAMP

• US 20100295436A1
• Filed: 05/19/2009
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine, Ind. Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine, Ind. Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Horng, Alex, Chung, Chih-Hao, Li, Ming-Tsung, Hu, Heng-Yu
• Application Number:
  US12/468,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20100295436A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/46
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/232 specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/673 the fans being used for intake
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/677 the fans being used for discharging
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/74 with fins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/773 the planes containing the fins or blades having the direction of the light emitting axis
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/00 Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 61/52 Cooling arrangements; Heating arrangements; Means for circulating gas or vapour within the discharge space heating or cooling arrangements to promote ionisation for starting H01J61/54

Abstract

A lamp includes a housing, a heat sink, a light emitter, a fan and a blocking ring. The housing has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion formed in a wall of the housing. The heat sink includes a base plate and a plurality of fins surrounding the base plate to define a compartment. Each of the fins have a first end facing the air inlet portion of the housing and a second end connecting with the base plate. The light emitter is fixed to the base plate of the heat sink. The fan is fixed inside the compartment of the heat sink. The blocking ring is mounted between the air inlet portion and the heat sink. Accordingly, the blocking ring blocks part of the heated airflow from flowing back to the air inlet portion and turbulence is avoided effectively. Therefore, the airflow inside the housing can flow smoothly through the air outlet to transfer heat to the environment and heat dissipating efficiency is enhanced.

Claims

1. A lamp comprising:

a housing including an end forming a light-transparent portion and another end forming a base, with an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion formed in a wall of the housing;

a heat sink mounted inside the housing and including a base plate and a plurality of fins surrounding the base plate to define a compartment, with the fins being close to the air outlet portion of the housing, with each of the fins having a first end facing the air inlet portion of the housing and a second end connecting with the base plate;

a light emitter fixed to the base plate of the heat sink, facing the light-transparent portion of the housing and being electrically connected to the base of the housing;

a fan fixed inside the compartment of the heat sink;

a blocking ring mounted inside the housing and positioned between the air inlet portion and the heat sink, with a center hole of the blocking ring being aligned with the compartment of the heat sink.

2. The lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the blocking ring has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the heat sink.

3. The lamp as claimed in claim 2, wherein an inner side of the wall of the housing forms a plurality of positioning protrusions, the blocking ring has a plurality of first apertures around the center hole, and parts of the fins of the heat sink have a plurality of through holes, with each of the through holes extending through one of the fins from the first end to the second end thereof, with a plurality of first fixing members extending through the through holes and the first apertures, with each first fixing member having an end fixed to each positioning protrusion for the heat sink to be firmly mounted inside the housing.

4. The lamp as defined in claim 3, wherein parts of the fins of the heat sink have a plurality of positioning holes and the blocking ring has a plurality of second apertures around the center hole for a plurality of second fixing members to extend through, with each second fixing member having an end fixed in each positioning hole for the blocking ring to be fixed to the heat sink close to the first ends of the fins.

5. The lamp as defined in claim 1, wherein an outer edge of the blocking ring forms a flange extending in a direction from the first ends to the second ends of the fins for fitting on an outer periphery of the heat sink close to the first ends of the fins.

6. The lamp as defined in claim 5, wherein an inner side of the wall of the second shell forms a plurality of positioning protrusions, with the blocking ring having a plurality of apertures around the center hole, and parts of the fins of the heat sink having a plurality of through holes, each of which extending through one of the fins from the first end to the second end, with a plurality of first fixing members extending through the through holes and the apertures, with each first fixing member having an end fixed to each positioning protrusion for the heat sink to be firmly mounted inside the housing.

7. The lamp as defined in claim 1, wherein the blocking ring further has a side forming a protrusion ring extending to the light-transparent portion in an axial direction of the fan and partially covering an outer periphery of the heat sink.

8. The lamp as defined in claim 1, wherein the blocking ring integrally formed on the inner periphery of the housing.

9. The lamp as defined in claim 1, wherein the housing includes a first shell and a second shell assembled together.

10. The lamp as defined in claim 1, wherein there is a cushion mounted inside the compartment and the fan is fixed on the cushion.

11. A lamp, comprising:

a housing including a first shell and a second shell assembled together, with the first shell having an end forming a light-transparent portion and another end forming a first engaging portion, with an air outlet portion formed in a wall of the first shell, with the second shell having an end forming a second engaging portion and another end forming a base, with an air inlet portion formed in a wall of the second shell;

a heat sink mounted inside the housing and including a base plate and a plurality of fins surrounding the base plate to define a compartment, with the fins being close to the air outlet portion of the housing, with each of the fins having a first end facing the air inlet portion of the housing and a second end connecting with the base plate;

a light emitter fixed to the base plate of the heat sink, facing the light-transparent portion of the housing and being electrically connected to the base of the housing;

a fan fixed inside the compartment of the heat sink;

a blocking ring mounted inside the housing and positioned between the air inlet portion and the heat sink, with a center hole of the blocking ring being aligned with the compartment of the heat sink, with the blocking ring having two sides respectively forming a first flange and a second flange in an axial direction, with the first engaging portion of the first shell coupling to the first flange and the second engaging portion of the second shell coupling to the second flange.

12. The lamp as defined in claim 11, wherein an inner side of the wall of the second shell forms a plurality of positioning protrusions, with the blocking ring having a plurality of apertures around the center hole, and parts of the fins of the heat sink having a plurality of through holes, with each of the through holes extending through one of the fins from the first end to the second end thereof, with a plurality of first fixing members extending through the through holes and the apertures, with each first fixing member having an end fixed to each positioning protrusion for the heat sink to be firmly mounted inside the housing.

13. The lamp as defined in claim 11, wherein the blocking ring further has a side forming a protrusion ring extending to the light-transparent portion in an axial direction of the fan and partially covering an outer periphery of the heat sink.

14. The lamp as defined in claim 11, wherein the blocking ring integrally formed on the inner periphery of the housing.

15. The lamp as defined in claim 11, wherein there is a cushion mounted inside the compartment and the fan is fixed on the cushion.