Lighting device with louvers

• US 8,523,393 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2012
• Issued: 09/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Company Limited
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Dong Soo, Kim, Yun Ha, Kim
• Primary Examiner(s): MAY, ROBERT J
• Application Number:
  US13/344,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20120140470A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 362/219, 362221-224, 36221702-21705, 362/237, 362240-241, 362/243, 362/249.02, 362/235, 362/404, 362/342, 36221701-21717, 362/246
• US Class Current: 362/249.02
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/28 rigid, e.g. LED bars
• 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: F21S 8/04 intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures F21S8/02 takes precedence; details of ceiling bases F21V21/03
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/01 Housings, e.g. material or assembling of housing parts F21V15/02 takes precedence housings forming signs or letters G09F13/04
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/104 using feather joints, e.g. tongues and grooves, with or without friction
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/026 Fastening of transformers or ballasts
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/70 characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/005 with an elongated shape to cooperate with linear light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0058 adapted to cooperate with light sources of shapes different from point-like or linear, e.g. circular light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2105/10 comprising a two-dimensional array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2113/00 Combination of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A lighting device may be provided that includes a case including: a bottom plate; walls extending from ends of the bottom plate; and louvers coupled to and inclined from respective edges of the walls; a light emitter disposed on the bottom plate; and a diffuser plate spaced apart from the light emitter and disposed between the walls, wherein each of the louvers is oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the diffuser plate and wherein the light emitter includes an LED.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

a case including;

a bottom plate;

walls extending from ends of the bottom plate; and

louvers coupled to and inclined from respective ones of the walls;

a light emitter disposed over the bottom plate; and

a diffuser plate spaced apart from the light emitter and disposed between the walls, wherein the louvers are oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the diffuser plate, wherein the light emitter includes an LED, and wherein;

the louvers are located at positions which lie outside a first area, and

the first area is inside of the walls and overlaps the light emitter, and

wherein at least one of the walls comprises a coupling recess and the diffuser plate is coupled to the coupling recess.

2. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the louvers comprises a bracket coupler.

3. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the louvers comprises a ceiling fixed-type frame.

4. The lighting device of claim 1, further comprising a power circuit to power the light emitter, wherein the power circuit is disposed on an outer surface of the walls.

5. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the diffuser plate comprises convex surfaces.

6. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the louvers extend from respective ones of the walls at substantially a same obtuse angle.

7. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the louvers extend at an obtuse angle so as to not overlap the bottom plate of the case.

8. A lighting device, comprising

a case including:

a bottom plate;

walls extending from ends of the bottom plate; and

louvers coupled to and inclined from respective ones of the walls;

a light emitter disposed over the bottom plate;

a diffuser plate spaced apart from the light emitter and disposed between the walls; and

a reflector which is disposed on an inner surface of the case and reflects light emitted from the light emitter and directs the reflected light through the diffuser plate, wherein;

the light emitter includes an LED,

each of the louvers is oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the diffuser plate,

at least one of the walls comprises a coupling recess and wherein the diffuser plate is coupled to the coupling recess, and

the reflector includes a fixing protrusion which is inserted into the coupling recess.

9. A lighting device, comprising:

a case including;

a bottom plate;

walls extending from ends of the bottom plate; and

louvers coupled to and inclined from respective ones of the walls;

a light emitter disposed over the bottom plate; and

a diffuser plate spaced apart from the light emitter and disposed between the walls, wherein each of the louvers is oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the diffuser plate, wherein the light emitter includes an LED, wherein at least one of the walls has a coupling recess, wherein the diffuser plate is coupled to the coupling recess, and wherein the coupling recess is disposed between ends of said at least one of the walls.

10. A lighting device, comprising:

a case including;

a bottom plate;

walls extending from ends of the bottom plate; and

louvers coupled to and inclined from respective ones of the walls;

a light emitter disposed over the bottom plate; and

a diffuser plate spaced apart from the light emitter and disposed between the walls, wherein each of the louvers is oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the diffuser plate, wherein the light emitter includes an LED, and wherein the lighting device further comprises;

a reflector disposed on an inner surface of the case, wherein the reflector includes;

a bottom reflector which is disposed on the light emitter;

a side reflector which extends from edges of the bottom reflector and is disposed on the wall; and

a fixing protrusion which extends from edges of the side reflector and is coupled to the wall.

11. The lighting device of claim 10, wherein the wall comprises a recess which is inserted into the fixing protrusion.

12. The lighting device of claim 10, wherein the side reflector comprises a recess which is inserted into the diffuser plate.

13. The lighting device of claim 10, wherein the bottom reflector has a hole inserted into the LED.

14. The lighting device of claim 10, wherein the side reflector is inclined at an obtuse angle with respect to the bottom reflector.

15. A lighting device, comprising:

a case including;

a bottom plate;

walls extending from ends of the bottom plate; and

louvers coupled to and inclined from respective ones of the walls;

a light emitter disposed over the bottom plate; and

a diffuser plate spaced apart from the light emitter and disposed between the walls, wherein each of the louvers is oriented at an obtuse angle relative to the diffuser plate, wherein the light emitter includes an LED, and wherein the lighting device further comprises a member including one side coupled to one of the walls and another side coupled to one of the louvers, wherein the member, said one of the walls and said one of the louvers are formed in a closed space.

16. The lighting device of claim 15, wherein the member radiates heat transferred from the case.

17. The lighting device comprising:

a first lighting module including;

a first case including a first bottom plate, a first and a second walls which are coupled to the first bottom plate, a first louver which is coupled to the first wall, and a second louver which is coupled to the second wall;

a first diffuser plate which is coupled between the first wall and the second wall; and

a first lighting emitter which is disposed over the first bottom plate; and

a second lighting module including;

a second case including a second bottom plate, a third and a fourth walls which are coupled to the second bottom plate, a third louver which is coupled to the third wall and a fourth louver which is coupled to the fourth wall;

a second diffuser plate which is coupled between the third wall and the fourth wall; and

a second lighting emitter which is disposed over the second bottom plate, wherein the second louver and the third louver are coupled to each other, and wherein the first and the second lighting emitters include an LED.

18. The lighting device of claim 17, wherein the second and the third louvers comprise a first bracket coupler respectively, and wherein the lighting device further comprises a bracket coupling the first bracket couplers of the second and the third louvers.

19. The lighting device of claim 18, wherein the bracket is located in a space covered with the second and third louvers.

20. The lighting device of claim 18, wherein the bracket comprises:

a plate;

a coupling member which is disposed on the plate of the bracket and couples the first bracket couplers of the second and the third louvers; and

a safety ring which is disposed on the plate of the bracket, wherein the second and the third walls include a second bracket coupler to which the plate of the bracket is coupled.

21. The lighting device of claim 17, further comprising

a power circuit to power the first and second lighting module,

wherein the power circuit is located in a space covered with the second and the third louvers.

22. The lighting device of claim 21, wherein the power circuit comprises a projection, wherein the second and the third walls include a coupling recess which is inserted into the projection.

23. The lighting device of claim 17, wherein the first and the fourth louvers include a ceiling fixed-type frame.