CONTROLLABLE ON/OFF DEVICE FOR AN AUXILIARY LIGHT

• US 20140036520A1
• Filed: 08/02/2012
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chen, Chao-Ming
• Original Assignee: Chen, Chao-Ming
• Inventors: Chen, Chao-Ming
• Granted Patent: US 8,727,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/428
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0885 for portable lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0965 for portable lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0414 specially adapted to be used with portable lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A controllable on/off device for an auxiliary light contains: a lamp module having a body in which a driving unit connecting with an illuminating element, the body including a first conducting piece coupling with a cathode contact point of the driving unit and a second conducting piece coupling with a negative contact point of the driving unit; a base fixed under the lamp module and including a conduction element corresponding to the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece; a pivotal clutch mechanism defined between the lamp module and the base so that the lamp module is axially rotated and shifted between a first rotating range and a second rotating range and drives the lamp module to move vertically, such that the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece are driven to contact with or leave from the conduction element, thus turning on or off the illuminating element.

Claims

1. A controllable on/off device for an auxiliary light comprising:

a lamp module having a body in which a driving unit is disposed and connects with an illuminating element, the body including a first conducting piece for conducting electricity fixed on a bottom surface thereof and coupling with a cathode contact point of the driving unit, and a second conducting piece secured on the bottom surface thereof and coupling with a negative contact point of the driving unit;

a base fixed under the lamp module and including a conduction element corresponding to the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece and having an electric conductivity;

a pivotal clutch mechanism defined between the lamp module and the base so that the lamp module is axially rotated and shifted between a first rotating range and a second rotating range and drives the lamp module to move upwardly and downwardly, such that the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece of the lamp module are driven to contact with or leave from the conduction element, thus turning on or off the illuminating element.

2. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece of the lamp module have an electric conductivity, and the first conducting piece has a first conductive portion defined on a bottom end thereof, the second conducting piece has a second conducive portion defined on a bottom end thereof.

3. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conduction element of the base has magnetism, and the lamp module is attracted in the connecting portion of the axial rotating seat by means of a magnetic effect among the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece of the lamp module and the conduction element.

4. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pivotal clutch mechanism includes an axial rotating seat to receive the lamp module, the axial rotating seat has a pivoting portion defined thereon, the base also includes a first axial coupling portion mounted on a top surface thereof to connect with the pivoting portion of the connecting portion, the connecting portion of the axial rotating seat has a receiving groove defined thereon and communicate with the pivoting portion to receive the conduction element which is locked on the first axial coupling portion of the base by a screw bolt, the axial rotating seat also has two guiding protrusions arranged on two sides of a bottom surface thereof between which the pivoting portion is defined, and each guiding protrusion has two inclined faces defined on two ends thereof, the base further includes two slots defined on the top surface thereof and corresponding to the two guiding protrusions of the axial rotating seat, and each slot has two tilted pushing faces defined on two ends thereof, such that when the lamp module is axially rotated and shifted between the first rotating range and the second rotating range, four inclined faces of the two guiding protrusions of the axial rotating seat push four tilted pushing faces of the two slots of the base so that the lamp module is driven to move upwardly and downwardly to drive the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece of the lamp module to contact with or leave from the conduction element, thus turning on or off the illuminating element of the lamp module.

5. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 4, wherein the axial rotating seat has a connecting portion formed on a top surface thereof to receive the lamp module.

6. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 4, wherein between the axial rotating seat and the base is defined a limiting structure, the limiting structure includes a rib arranged on one side of the first axial coupling portion of the base and having two defining portions defined on two ends of the rib, and a shoulder formed on one side of the pivoting portion of the axial rotating seat, such that the two defining portions of the base stop the shoulder of the axial rotating seat so that the axial rotating seat and the lamp module are limited between the first rotating range and the second rotating range to axially rotate and shift.

7. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 4, wherein between the conduction element and the receiving groove of the axial rotating seat is defined a resilient element so that when the lamp module and the rotating seat are axially rotated to shift toward the first rotating range, the resilient element pushes the lamp module and the axial rotating seat to move downwardly so that the first conducting piece and the second conducting piece of the lamp module contact with the conduction element.

8. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 4, wherein the conduction element is locked on the first axial coupling portion of the base by a screw bolt.

9. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base also includes a connection structure to connect with a tool or an object, the connection structure includes two tabs formed on one end thereof and each tab having a stem, a clamping member with a retaining piece extending outwardly from one end of the clamping member to retain the base on the tool or the object and with a second axial coupling portion extending outwardly from another end of the clamping member and having an orifice so that the second axial coupling portion is axially connected between the two tabs of the base.

10. The controllable on/off device for the auxiliary light as claimed in claim 9, wherein between the two tabs of the base is defined a flexible locking portion, the second axial coupling portion of the clamping member has a plurality of engaging extensions arranged thereon, such that the locking portion of the base engages with the plurality of engaging extensions of the clamping member so that the light illumination angle of the lamp module is adjusted in a vertical direction.