ROTATABLE ILLUMINATION DEVICE

• US 20130100684A1
• Filed: 10/18/2012
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dongguan Masstop Liquid Crystal Display Company Limited (Wintek Corporation), Wintek Corporation
• Original Assignee: Dongguan Masstop Liquid Crystal Display Company Limited (Wintek Corporation), Wintek Corporation
• Inventors: Ye, Zhi-Ting, Chen, Chin-Liang, Lin, Ming-Chuan, Lin, Chien-Ku, Yang, Ju-Fen
• Granted Patent: US 8,777,464 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/382
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/23 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/27 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with two fittings for each light source, e.g. for substitution of fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/272 Details of end parts, i.e. the parts that connect the light source to a fitting; Arrangement of components within end parts F21K9/278 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/65 specially adapted for changing the characteristics or the distribution of the light, e.g. by adjustment of parts
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/02 with provision for adjustment F21V17/04 - F21V17/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/02 with provision for adjustment, e.g. for focusing
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A rotatable illumination device includes a first casing, a light emitting module, a first fixing member and a second fixing member. The first casing has a first rotating portion and a first protruding portion is formed on the first rotating portion. The light emitting module is disposed in the first casing. A first indentation is formed on the first fixing member and the first protruding portion can pass through the first indentation. A second indentation and a second protruding portion are formed on the second fixing member and the first protruding portion can pass through the second indentation. The first and second fixing members are fixed together, and the first and second protruding portions are coplanar. The first protruding portion cooperates with the second protruding portion to limit rotating angle of the first casing.

Claims

1. A rotatable illumination device comprising:

a first casing having a first rotating portion, a first protruding portion being formed on the first rotating portion;

a light emitting module disposed in the first casing;

a first fixing member, a first indentation being formed on the first fixing member, the first protruding portion being capable of passing through the first indentation such that the first fixing member is capable of being disposed on the first rotating portion; and

a second fixing member, a second indentation and a second protruding portion being formed on the second fixing member, the first protruding portion being capable of passing through the second indentation such that the second fixing member is capable of being disposed on the first rotating portion;

wherein after disposing the first and second fixing members on the first rotating portion sequentially, the first and second fixing members are fixed together, and the first and second protruding portions are coplanar;

when the first casing rotates with respect to the first and second fixing members, the first protruding portion cooperates with the second protruding portion to limit rotating angle of the first casing.

2. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, wherein a third protruding portion is formed on the first fixing member and corresponding to the first protruding portion, after disposing the first and second fixing members on the first rotating portion sequentially, the third protruding portion is located in the second indentation.

3. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, wherein a fourth protruding portion is formed on the first rotating portion, a third indentation is formed on the first fixing member, a fourth indentation is formed on the second fixing member, the fourth protruding portion is capable of passing through the third and fourth indentations such that the first and second fixing members are capable of being disposed on the first rotating portion sequentially, after disposing the first and second fixing members on the first rotating portion sequentially, the second protruding portion is located between the first and fourth protruding portions so as to limit rotating angle of the first casing.

4. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, further comprising a cover disposed on the first and second fixing members and fixed together with the first and second fixing members.

5. The rotatable illumination device of claim 4, further comprising a first lamp socket fixed on the cover.

6. The rotatable illumination device of claim 4, further comprising an adapter electrically connected to the first lamp socket, the adapter comprising a second lamp socket capable of being installed on a lamp holder.

7. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, wherein the first casing essentially consists of two half first casings.

8. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, further comprising a first lamp plug disposed on and fixed with the first and second fixing members.

9. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, wherein the first casing comprises a heat dissipating sleeve and a fixing sleeve, the heat dissipating sleeve has the first rotating portion, the fixing sleeve is fixed in the heat dissipating sleeve, the light emitting module comprises:

a light guide bar, one end of the light guide bar being fixed in the fixing sleeve; and

a light emitting device disposed between the heat dissipating sleeve and the fixing sleeve and used for emitting light to the light guide bar.

10. The rotatable illumination device of claim 9, wherein the light emitting device is a light emitting diode.

11. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, wherein the first casing is a fixing sleeve, the light emitting module comprises:

a light guide bar, one end of the light guide bar being fixed in the fixing sleeve; and

a light emitting device disposed in the end of the light guide bar, which is fixed in the fixing sleeve, and used for emitting light to the light guide bar.

12. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, wherein the first casing is a heat dissipating sleeve, the light emitting module comprises:

a light guide bar, one end of the light guide bar being fixed in the heat dissipating sleeve; and

a light emitting device disposed in the end of the light guide bar, which is fixed in the heat dissipating sleeve, and used for emitting light to the light guide bar.

13. The rotatable illumination device of claim 1, further comprising:

a second casing having a second rotating portion, a fourth protruding portion being formed on the second rotating portion;

a third fixing member, a third indentation being formed on the third fixing member, the fourth protruding portion being capable of passing through the third indentation such that the third fixing member is capable of being disposed on the second rotating portion; and

a fourth fixing member, a fourth indentation and a fifth protruding portion being formed on the fourth fixing member, the fourth protruding portion being capable of passing through the fourth indentation such that the fourth fixing member is capable of being disposed on the second rotating portion;

wherein after disposing the third and fourth fixing members on the second rotating portion sequentially, the third and fourth fixing members are fixed together, and the fourth and fifth protruding portions are coplanar;

when the second casing and the light emitting module rotate with respect to the third and fourth fixing members, the fourth protruding portion cooperates with the fifth protruding portion to limit rotating angle of the second casing and the light emitting module.

14. The rotatable illumination device of claim 13, wherein a sixth protruding portion is formed on the second fixing member and corresponding to the fourth protruding portion, after disposing the third and fourth fixing members on the second rotating portion sequentially, the sixth protruding portion is located in the fourth indentation.

15. The rotatable illumination device of claim 13, wherein the second casing comprises a heat dissipating sleeve and a fixing sleeve, the heat dissipating sleeve has the second rotating portion, the fixing sleeve is fixed in the heat dissipating sleeve, the light emitting module comprises:

a light guide bar, one end of the light guide bar being fixed in the fixing sleeve; and

a light emitting device disposed between the heat dissipating sleeve and the fixing sleeve and used for emitting light to the light guide bar.

16. The rotatable illumination device of claim 13, further comprising a second lamp plug disposed on and fixed with the third and fourth fixing members.

17. The rotatable illumination device of claim 13, wherein each of the first and second casings is a fixing sleeve, the light emitting module comprises:

a light guide bar, opposite ends of the light guide bar being fixed in the first and second casings, respectively; and

a light emitting device disposed in the opposite ends of the light guide bar, which are fixed in the first and second casings, and used for emitting light to the light guide bar.