Electric light bulb type light source apparatus

• US 8,847,491 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2012
• Issued: 09/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miyata, Kouji, Yotsumoto, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Thienvu
• Assistant Examiner(s): LO, CHRISTOPHER KWOK YEUNG
• Application Number:
  US13/687,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20130175923A1
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: 315/70, 315312-318, 315/292, 315/294, 362 86- 88, 362/253, 362/800, 362/230, 362/234, 36224902-24906, 362/650, 362/651
• US Class Current: 315/70
• 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 23/026 Fastening of transformers or ballasts
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0056 Audio equipment, e.g. music instruments, radios or speakers
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 44/00 Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources for operating light emitting diodes H05B45/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/37 Converter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

An electric light bulb type light source apparatus includes a light source unit, a power source substrate, a drive substrate, a base, and a casing. On the power source substrate, a power source circuit is mounted, and the power source substrate has one of a through hole and a cutout. On the drive substrate, a drive circuit of at least the light source unit is mounted, and the drive substrate includes a part disposed in the one of the through hole and the cutout of the power source substrate. The base is used to supply power to the power source substrate. The casing is configured to contain the light source unit, the power source substrate, and the drive substrate, and the casing has a translucent cover.

Claims

1. An electric light bulb type light source apparatus, comprising:

a light source unit;

a power source substrate on which a power source circuit is mounted and which has one of a through hole and a cutout;

a drive substrate on which a drive circuit of at least the light source unit is mounted and which includes a part disposed in the one of the through hole and the cutout of the power source substrate;

a base used to supply power to the power source substrate;

a casing configured to contain the light source unit, the power source substrate, and the drive substrate, the casing having a translucent cover; and

a support unit configured to support the light source unit and the power source substrate so that the power source substrate is disposed between the light source unit and the base, the support unit including a part disposed in the one of the through hole and the cutout of the power source substrate.

2. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a speaker; and

a speaker drive substrate on which a drive circuit of the speaker is mounted and which is contained in the casing and includes a part disposed in the one of the through hole and the cutout of the power source substrate.

3. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the speaker drive substrate and the drive substrate are provided as a common substrate so that the drive circuit of the speaker is mounted on the drive substrate.

4. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a control substrate on which a control circuit that receives a radio signal from an outside of the electric light bulb type light source apparatus is mounted and which is contained in the casing and includes a part disposed in the one of the through hole and the cutout of the power source substrate.

5. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the control substrate and the drive substrate are provided as a common substrate so that the control circuit is mounted on the drive substrate.

6. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the power source substrate includes a first surface opposed to the base and a second surface which is provided on an opposite side to the first surface and opposed to the light source unit,

the power source circuit includes a transformer including a primary side coil and a secondary side coil and a primary side electronic component electrically connected to the primary side coil, and

the transformer and the primary side electronic component are mounted on the first surface of the power source substrate.

7. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a receiving unit configured to receive an infrared signal transmitted from a remote controller used by a user, the receiving unit being mounted on the drive substrate.

8. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the drive substrate is disposed to cross the power source substrate via the one of the through hole and the cut out of the power source substrate.

9. The electric light bulb type light source apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the light source unit includes one of an LED (light emitting diode) and an EL (electro luminescence) element as a light source element.