Reflector and LED light-emitting unit using the same

• US 8,096,679 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2009
• Issued: 01/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2009
• 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: Chen, Chin-Chung, Zhang, Hai-Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cranson, Jr., James
• Application Number:
  US12/534,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20100271821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• Field of Search: 362/241, 362/247, 36229605-29608, 362/297, 362/298, 362/346
• US Class Current: 362/247
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0083 Array of reflectors for a cluster of light sources, e.g. arrangement of multiple light sources in one plane combination of two or more reflectors F21V7/0025
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/04 Optical design
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An LED light-emitting unit comprises an LED element having an optical axis and a reflector covering the LED element. The reflector comprises a light-reflecting unit recessed downwardly from a top surface of a top wall of the reflector and located corresponding to the LED element. The light-reflecting unit has a reflecting face comprising two curved faces intersecting with each other at two lines. The curved faces have axes intersecting with each other. A distance between two intersecting points of the two lines with a cross section of the reflector which is parallel to the top surface of the top wall of the reflector is larger than that between any other two intersecting points of the reflecting face intersecting with the cross section of the reflector.

Claims

1. A reflector for reflecting light emitted from at least a light emitting diode (LED) element which is received in the reflector, the reflector comprising:

a top wall having a top surface; and

at least a light-reflecting unit recessed downwardly from the top surface of the top wall, the at least a light-reflecting unit having a reflecting face for reflecting light generated by the at least an LED element upwardly through the top surface of the top wall, the reflecting face comprising two curved faces having axes intersecting with each other, the curved faces intersecting with each other at two lines, a distance between two intersecting points of the two lines with a cross section of the reflector which is parallel to the top surface of the top wall of the reflector being larger than that between any other two intersecting points of the reflecting face intersecting with the cross section of the reflector;

wherein each of the curved faces is one of a half-conical face and a half-parabolic face.

2. The reflector as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a circumferential wall extending downwards from a peripheral edge of the top wall, wherein the circumferential wall surrounds the at least an LED element to protect the at least an LED element.

3. The reflector as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least a groove is defined in the top wall, communicating with the at least a light-reflecting unit.

4. The reflector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the at least a groove has a V-shaped configuration and a center line at a bottom thereof, the lines formed by the intersected curved faces being coplanar with the center line at a plane perpendicular to the top surface of the top wall.

5. The reflector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least a light-reflecting unit includes a plurality of light-reflecting units, and two adjacent light-reflecting units are spaced from each other, a mounting pole being disposed between the two adjacent light-reflecting units.

6. An LED (light emitting diode) light-emitting unit comprising:

at least an LED light-emitting element having an optical axis;

a reflector having a top wall with a top surface, the reflector covering the at least a light-emitting element and comprising at least a light-reflecting unit recessed downwardly from the top surface of the top wall and located corresponding to the at least an LED light-emitting element so that light generated by the at least an LED light-emitting element is reflected by the at least a light-reflecting unit upwardly through the top surface of the top wall;

wherein the at least a light-reflecting unit has a reflecting face comprising two curved faces intersecting with each other at two lines, the curved faces having axes intersecting with each other, a distance between two intersecting points of the two lines with a cross section of the reflector which is parallel to the top surface of the top wall of the reflector being larger than that between any other two intersecting points of the reflecting face intersecting with the cross section of the reflector;

wherein the at least a light-reflecting unit includes a plurality of light-reflecting units, and two adjacent light-reflecting units are spaced from each other, a mounting pole being disposed between the two adjacent light-reflecting units.

7. The LED light-emitting unit as claimed in claim 6, wherein the axes of the curved faces are symmetric about the optical axis of the at least an LED light-emitting element.

8. The LED light-emitting unit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the axes of the curved faces are coplanar with the optical axis of the at least an LED light-emitting element.

9. The LED light-emitting unit as claimed in claim 8, wherein the axes of the curved faces intersect with the optical axis at a point which is located over the at least an LED light-emitting element.

10. The LED light-emitting unit as claimed in claim 6, wherein each of the curved faces is one of a half-conical face and a half-parabolic face.

11. The LED light-emitting unit as claimed in claim 6, wherein the reflector further comprises a circumferential wall extending downwards from a peripheral edge of the top wall and surrounding the at least an LED light-emitting element.

12. The LED light-emitting unit as claimed in claim 11, wherein at least a groove is defined in the top wall, communicating with the at least a light-reflecting unit.

13. The LED light-emitting unit as claimed in claim 12, wherein the at least a groove has a V-shaped configuration and a center line at a bottom thereof, the two lines formed by the two intersected curved faces being coplanar with the center line.

14. A reflector for reflecting light emitted from at least a light emitting diode (LED) element which is received in the reflector, the reflector comprising:

a top wall having a top surface;

at least a light-reflecting unit recessed downwardly from the top surface of the top wall, the at least a light-reflecting unit having a reflecting face for reflecting light generated by the at least an LED element upwardly through the top surface of the top wall, the reflecting face comprising two curved faces having axes intersecting with each other, the curved faces intersecting with each other at two lines, a distance between two intersecting points of the two lines with a cross section of the reflector which is parallel to the top surface of the top wall of the reflector being larger than that between any other two intersecting points of the reflecting face intersecting with the cross section of the reflector; and

a circumferential wall extending downwards from a peripheral edge of the top wall, wherein the circumferential wall surrounds the at least an LED element to protect the at least an LED element;

wherein at least a groove is defined in the top wall, communicating with the at least a light-reflecting unit.

15. The reflector as claimed in claim 14, wherein the at least a groove has a V-shaped configuration and a center line at a bottom thereof, the lines formed by the intersected curved faces being coplanar with the center line at a plane perpendicular to the top surface of the top wall.

16. The reflector as claimed in claim 14, wherein the at least a light-reflecting unit includes a plurality of light-reflecting units, and two adjacent light-reflecting units are spaced from each other, a mounting pole being disposed between the two adjacent light-reflecting units.