LED lamp having a sealed structure

• US 7,744,251 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2008
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd., Fuzhun Precision Industry Company Limited (Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Tsung-Lung, Liu, You-Xue, He, Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Negron; Ismael
• Application Number:
  US12/101,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20090257226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• Field of Search: 362/235, 362/244, 362/249.02, 362/294, 362/311.01, 362/311.02, 362/311.14, 362/363, 362/373, 362/800
• US Class Current: 362/294
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/66 Details of globes or covers forming part of the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 31/005 Sealing arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2107/30 on the outer surface of cylindrical surfaces, e.g. rod-shaped supports having a circular or a polygonal cross section
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An LED lamp includes a lamp holder, a heat sink, a plurality of LED modules, a cover, an envelope and a sealing cushion. The lamp holder has a connecting portion at a bottom thereof adapted for engaging with a lamp socket to fix the LED lamp in position. The heat sink is disposed on the lamp holder. The LED modules are attached to a circumference of the heat sink. The cover is coupled to a top of the heat sink. The envelope encloses the heat sink and the LED modules therein and has a lower end engaging with the lamp holder and an upper end engaging with the cover. The sealing cushion is provided between at least one of the combinations of the lamp holder and the envelope, and of the cover and the envelope to prevent an entry of foreign matter.

Claims

1. An LED lamp, comprising:

a lamp holder having a connecting portion at a bottom thereof, adapted for engaging with a supporting rod to fix the LED lamp in position;

a heat sink disposed on the lamp holder;

a plurality of LED modules attached to a circumference of the heat sink;

a cover coupled to a top of the heat sink, in which heat absorbed by the heat sink from the LED modules is transferred to the cover to be dissipated to surrounding air;

an envelope enclosing the heat sink and the LED modules therein and having a lower end engaging with the lamp holder and an upper end engaging with the cover; and

at least a sealing cushion provided in at least one of the combinations of the lamp holder and the envelope, and of the cover and the envelope to prevent an entry of foreign matter into the LED lamp;

wherein the heat sink comprises a cylinder, a plurality of conducting arms extending outwardly from an outer sidewall of the cylinder, and a plurality of first fins are formed on two opposite lateral sides of each of the conducting arms.

2. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of connecting shafts extends through and connects the lamp holder and the cover.

3. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diameter of the envelope decreases gradually from a middle toward two opposite ends of the envelope.

4. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the envelope is made of a transparent or semitransparent material.

5. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the LED modules are mounted on the first fins of the heat sink, each of the LED modules comprising a printed circuit board and a plurality of LEDs mounted on the printed circuit board.

6. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of second fins are formed on a top surface of the cover, the second fins are parallel to each other and extend perpendicularly from the top surface of the cover.

7. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lamp holder defines a first groove in a top thereof, the at least a sealing cushion including a first sealing cushion received in the first groove.

8. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 7, wherein an annular inner flange and an annular outer flange extend upwardly from a top of the lamp holder to define the first groove.

9. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 8, wherein the inner flange have a height larger than that of the outer flange, and a plurality of cutouts is defined in the outer flange to facilitate an outflow of rainwater from the first groove.

10. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cover in a bottom thereof defines a second groove corresponding to the first groove, the at least a sealing cushion including a second sealing cushion received in the second groove.

11. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first and second sealing cushions define recesses facing lower and upper ends of the envelope, respectively, the lower and upper ends of the envelope respectively engaged into the recesses of the first and second sealing cushions.

12. The LED lamp as claimed in claim 10, wherein an annular inner protrusion and an annular outer protrusion concentric with the inner protrusion both extend downwardly from a bottom surface of the cover to define the second groove therebetween.

13. An LED lamp comprising:

a heat sink having a cylinder, a plurality of connecting arms extending outwardly from the cylinder and a plurality of fins extending from each of the arms;

a plurality LED modules each mounted on an outer surface of an outermost one of the plurality of fins;

a lamp holder secured to a bottom of the heat sink adapted for connecting with a supporting rod for fixing the LED lamp in position, the lamp holder having an annular inner flange and an annular outer flange and a groove between the inner and outer flanges, the outer flange defining a plurality of cutouts therein adapted for facilitating flowing out of water in the groove;

a waterproof cushion received in the groove;

an envelope surrounding the heat sink and the LED modules, having a bottom end fitted into the groove;

a cover mounted to top ends of the heat sink and the envelope, wherein the cover is thermally connected with the heat sink and heat absorbed by the heat sink from the LED modules is dissipated to surrounding air of the LED lamp through the cover.