LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME

• US 20120170288A1
• Filed: 09/25/2011
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Novalite Optronics Corp.
• Original Assignee: Novalite Optronics Corp.
• Inventors: Lai, Kou-Rueh, Tsou, Tung-Hsing, Chen, Ren-Zong
• Application Number:
  US13/244,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20120170288A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/373
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/232 specially adapted for generating an essentially omnidirectional light distribution, e.g. with a glass bulb
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/90 Methods of manufacture
• 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 2107/00 Light sources with three-dimensionally disposed light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A structure of a light emitting diode (LED) lamp and a method for fabricating the same are provided. In the structure of the LED lamp, LEDs are designed to approach an inner surface of a lampshade more closely, so that the LED lamp has high brightness and high light-utilization efficiency. The above-mentioned structure and method facilitate the mass-production of the LED lamp.

Claims

1. A light emitting diode (LED) lamp, comprising:

a lamp main body, comprising a socket and a lampshade, wherein the lamp main body defines an accommodating space;

a thermal conductive holder, disposed in the accommodating space and fixed on the socket;

a flexible LED light source, disposed in the accommodating space and assembled on the thermal conductive holder, the flexible LED light source comprising;

a single flexible circuit board comprising a single flexible carrier and a plurality of electrical conductive traces on the single flexible carrier, the single flexible carrier comprising a central portion fixed on a top of the thermal conductive holder and a plurality of extending portions extending outwardly from the central portion, and each of the extending portions being bent toward a bottom of the thermal conductive holder; and

a plurality of LED packages, mounted on the single flexible carrier and electrically connected to the electrical conductive traces.

2. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein a material of the thermal conductive holder comprises metal or nonmetal.

3. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thermal conductive holder comprises:

a pillar, comprising an upper fixing portion; and

a base, connected to a bottom of the pillar, the central portion of the single flexible carrier being fixed on the upper fixing portion of the pillar.

4. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 3, wherein the upper fixing portion is a spheroid, and each of the extending portions is bent along a surface of the spheroid.

5. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a fixing element, wherein the single flexible carrier has an assembly hole located at the central portion, the upper fixing portion is a spheroid having a fixing hole, each of the extending portions is bent along a surface of the spheroid, and the fixing element passes through the assembly hole and is fixed in the fixing hole.

6. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 5, wherein the fixing element is a screw and the fixing hole is a threaded hole.

7. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a thermal conductive coating coated on the thermal conductive holder.

8. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a confinement element, encircling the thermal conductive holder and binding the extending portions on the thermal conductive holder.

9. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein a maximum distance between any two extending portions is 1 to 3 times a minimum opening diameter of the lampshade.

10. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the single flexible circuit board further comprises a thermal conductive layer, the single flexible carrier has a front surface and a rear surface, the thermal conductive layer is disposed on the rear surface while the electrical conductive traces and the LED packages are disposed on the front surface.

11. A method for fabricating a light emitting diode (LED) lamp, comprising:

providing a thermal conductive holder;

providing a flexible LED light source, the flexible LED light source comprising;

a single flexible circuit board comprising a single flexible carrier and a plurality of electrical conductive traces on the single flexible carrier, the single flexible carrier comprising a central portion fixed on a top of the thermal conductive holder and a plurality of extending portions extending outwardly from the central portion, and each of the extending portions being bent toward a bottom of the thermal conductive holder; and

a plurality of LED packages, mounted on the single flexible carrier and electrically connected to the electrical conductive traces;

assembling the central portion on the thermal conductive holder and bending the extending portions to approach the thermal conductive holder;

inserting the flexible LED light source and the thermal conductive holder into the lampshade, wherein the extending portions are bent outward to approach an inner surface of the lampshade after the flexible LED light source and the thermal conductive holder are inserted into the lampshade; and

assembling the thermal conductive holder and the lampshade on a socket.

12. The method for fabricating the LED lamp as claimed in claim 11, wherein after the flexible LED light bar is bent outward to approach the inner surface of the lampshade, a maximum distance between any two flexible LED light bars is 1 to 3 times a minimum opening diameter of the lampshade.