Heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder

• US 8,459,846 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2011
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Artled Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: Artled Technology Corp.
• Inventors: Tsao, Chia-Tsung
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F
• Assistant Examiner(s): CRANSON JR, JAMES W
• Application Number:
  US13/047,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20120236575A1
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 362/147, 362/294, 362/373
• US Class Current: 362/373
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/02 of recess-mounted type, e.g. downlighters specially adapted for vehicle exteriors F21S41/00-F21S45/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/77 with essentially identical diverging planar fins or blades, e.g. with fan-like or star-like cross-section
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes

Abstract

A heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder has a lamp holding unit, multiple fins and a bottom board. The fins are mounted on a periphery of the lamp holding unit to effectively dissipate heat of a light bulb mounted in the lamp holding unit out of the lamp holder. The bottom board located underneath the lamp holding unit has multiple air inlets formed through the bottom board to let cold air under the lamp holder enter the lamp holding unit through the air inlets. By convection, heat dissipated from the fins is carried away from the downlight, thereby effectively reducing heat accumulated by the light bulb and preventing the light bulb from being damaged by high heat.

Claims

1. A heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder comprising:

a bottom board having;

a light exit hole centrally formed through the bottom board; and

multiple air inlets formed through the bottom board and around the light exit hole;

a lamp holding unit mounted on the bottom board and having;

an inner tube being tubular, securely mounted on the bottom board, and having;

two openings respectively formed through a top and a bottom of the inner tube; and

a top edge formed around the opening in the top of the inner tube;

a bottom edge formed around the opening in the bottom of the inner tube, wherein the bottom edge of the inner tube is mounted between the light exit hole and the air inlets;

an inner top cover mounted on the top edge of the inner tube and having a top; and

an outer top cover mounted on the top edge of the inner top cover; and

a heat-dissipating unit mounted on the inner top cover and having multiple side fins securely mounted around a periphery of the inner tube.

2. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outer top cover has:

a top; and

multiple air outlets formed through the top of the outer top cover.

3. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein

the lamp holding unit further has an outer tube being tubular, securely mounted on the bottom board and around the inner tube, and having:

two openings respectively formed through a top and a bottom of the outer tube;

a top edge formed around the opening in the top of the outer tube; and

a bottom edge formed around the opening in the bottom of the outer tube and surrounding the air inlets; and

the outer top cover is securely mounted on the top edge of the outer tube.

4. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple top fins mounted around the top of the inner top cover, and each top fin has a top edge.

5. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple top fins mounted around the top of the inner top cover, and each top fin has a top edge.

6. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple top fins mounted around the top of the inner top cover, and each top fin has a top edge.

7. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple heat conduction tubes securely mounted on the top of the inner top cover and extending to the periphery of the inner tube, and one end of each heat conduction tube is mounted between adjacent two of the side fins.

8. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 2, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple heat conduction tubes securely mounted on the top of the inner top cover and extending to the periphery of the inner tube, and one end of each heat conduction tube is mounted between adjacent two of the side fins.

9. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 3, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple heat conduction tubes securely mounted on the top of the inner top cover and extending to the periphery of the inner tube, and one end of each heat conduction tube is mounted between adjacent two of the side fins.

10. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 4, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple heat conduction tubes securely mounted on the top of the inner top cover, extending to the periphery of the inner tube and mounted through the top fins, and one end of each heat conduction tube is mounted between adjacent two of the side fins.

11. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 5, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple heat conduction tubes securely mounted on the top of the inner top cover, extending to the periphery of the inner tube and mounted through the top fins, and one end of each heat conduction tube is mounted between adjacent two of the side fins.

12. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 6, wherein the heat-dissipating unit further has multiple heat conduction tubes securely mounted on the top of the inner top cover, extending to the periphery of the inner tube and mounted through the top fins, and one end of each heat conduction tube is mounted between adjacent two of the side fins.

13. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover.

14. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover.

15. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 3, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover.

16. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover and on the top edges of the top fins.

17. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover and on the top edges of the top fins.

18. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover and on the top edges of the top fins.

19. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover.

20. The heat-dissipating downlight lamp holder as claimed in claim 8, further comprising a fan assembly mounted on the top of the inner top cover.