LED lamp

• US 4,727,289 A
• Filed: 07/17/1986
• Issued: 02/23/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Uchida, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): Boudreau, Leo H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Powell, Mark R.
• Application Number:
  US06/887,374
• Time in Patent Office: 586 Days
• Field of Search: 315/53, 315/51, 315/71, 315/185 R, 315/250, 315/291, 313/498, 313/499, 313/500, 313/512, 313/315, 362/800
• US Class Current: 315/71
• 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 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: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

The present invention provides a light-emitting diode lamp having a printed circuit board which is arranged inside a glass bulb having a base at an end thereof, via a stem and stays. A plurality of light-emitting diodes are mounted on the printed circuit board, a current being supplied to the light-emitting diodes through a series resistor. The series resistor has an annular shape and is fitted around the stem, so that a conventional lower-voltage LED lamp can be upgraded to a 100-V LED lamp.

Claims

1. In a high voltage light-emitting diode lamp, comprising:

a glass bulb having a base at an end thereof;

a stem extending from said base in said glass bulb;

a printed circuit board arranged inside said glass bult;

means in said glass bulb for mounting said printed circuit board to said stem;

a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on said printed circuit board; and

a series resistor in said glass bulb and electrically connected in series with said light-emitting diodes;

the improvement wherein said series resistor has an annular shape and comprises a resistance wire wound around a cylindrical bobbin and having a coating layer on said wound resistance wire, and said series resistor being fitted around said stem with said cylindrical bobbin extending around said stem, said cylindrical bobbin being interposed between said stem and said resistance wire wound around said bobbin.

3. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 1, wherein said coating layer comprises an enamel layer.

4. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 1, further comprising anchor means for coupling said annular series resistor to said stem.

5. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 4, wherein said anchor means comprises electrical conducting means.

6. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 5, wherien said means for mounting said printed circuit board to said stem comprises a pair of stays.

7. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 6, wherein said stays comprise elongated electrical conductors.

8. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 7, wherein said anchor means is electrically connected to one of said elongated electrically conducting stays.

9. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 1, wherein said means for mounting said printed circuit board to said stem comprises a pair of stays.

10. The light-emitting diode lamp of claim 9, wherein said stays comprise elongated electrical conductors.

2. The light-emitting diode lamp of clamp 1, wherein said resistance wire comprises at least one strand.