LED lighting device which has stable structure and is easily assembled and disassembled

• US 9,546,761 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2014
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suzhou Lekin Semiconductor Company Limited
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Han Gyoul, Kim, Hwa Young, Kang, Il Yeong, Kim, Jin Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Guharay, Karabi
• Application Number:
  US14/447,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20140340932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 901 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/20 Light sources comprising attachment means
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/61 using light guides
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/68 Details of reflectors forming part of the light source
• 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: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0031 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0035 provided on the surface of the light guide or in the bulk of it
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0036 2-D arrangement of prisms, protrusions, indentations or roughened surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0061 to provide homogeneous light output intensity
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0083 Details of electrical connections of light sources to drivers, circuit boards, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0091 of the light source relative to the light guide G02B6/0021 takes precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is an LED lighting device which is easily assembled and disassembled and has a stable assemblability without structural shaking. The LED lighting device is able to improve a heat radiating characteristic and optical efficiency.

The LED lighting device comprises a light guide plate comprising a top surface; an upper case comprising a base disposed on the top surface of the light guide plate, and an edge extending from the base, wherein the base is thicker than the edge; a lower case comprising a body coupled to the edge of the upper case; a reflective sheet disposed between the top surface of the light guide plate and the base of the upper case; and a light source unit disposed between the light guide plate and the body of the lower case.

Claims

1. An LED lighting device comprising:

a light guide plate comprising a top surface;

an upper case comprising a base disposed on the top surface of the light guide plate, and an edge extending from the base;

a lower case disposed on both ends of the light guide plate, and the lower case including a body coupled to the edge of the upper case and an extension part extending from the body, wherein the extension part supports the light guide plate;

a reflective sheet disposed between the top surface of the light guide plate and the base of the upper case; and

a light source unit disposed between the light guide plate and the body of the lower case,

wherein the light source unit includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the substrate,

wherein the substrate is disposed between the edge of the upper case and the extension part of the lower case,

wherein the edge of the upper case includes a portion on which a side of the substrate is disposed, and

wherein a thickness of the portion of the edge of the upper case is thinner than the base of the upper case.

2. The LED lighting device of claim 1, wherein the portion of the edge of the upper case has a locking recess, and

wherein the side of the substrate of the light source unit is inserted into the locking recess.

3. The LED lighting device of claim 1, wherein the lower case includes a guide disposed on the body of the lower case, and

wherein the guide guides the edge of the upper case in order to prevent the upper case from moving right and left.

4. The LED lighting device of claim 3, wherein a height of the guide is the same as a thickness of the edge of the upper case.

5. The LED lighting device of claim 1, wherein the lower case has a recess.

6. The LED lighting device of claim 1, wherein each of the base and the edge includes a top surface,

wherein the light guide plate includes a bottom surface,

wherein the body of the lower case includes a bottom surface, and

wherein a distance from the top surface of the base to the bottom surface of the light guide plate is equal to or greater than a distance from the top surface of the edge of the upper case to the bottom surface of the body.

7. An LED lighting device comprising:

a light guide plate comprising a top surface, a side surface, a bottom surface and a level difference surface disposed between the side surface and the bottom surface;

a lower case comprising;

a body disposed on the side surface of the light guide plate; and

an extension part extending from the body, disposed on the level difference surface and supporting the light guide plate,

an upper case disposed on the light guide plate and coupled to the body of the lower case; and

a light source unit disposed between the body of the lower case and the side surface of the light guide plate,

wherein the extension part of the lower case includes a bottom surface, and

wherein the bottom surface of the extension part and the bottom surface of the light guide plate are disposed on a same plane.

8. The LED lighting device of claim 7, wherein the top surface of the light guide plate comprises a pattern having a roughness.

9. The LED lighting device of claim 7, wherein the top surface of the light guide plate comprises locally or entirely a shape of a plurality of lenses.

10. The LED lighting device of claim 7, further comprising a coating film that has a roughness and is disposed on the top surface of the light guide plate,

wherein the light guide plate comprises an effective area (AD) which light is emitted and an ineffective area (NAD) disposed on the extension part of the lower case, and

wherein a roughness of the coating film formed in the effective area (AD) is greater than a roughness of the coating film formed in the ineffective area (NAD).

11. The LED lighting device of claim 7, wherein the top surface of the light guide plate comprises a pattern having a roughness,

wherein the light guide plate comprises an effective area (AD) which light is emitted and an ineffective area (NAD) disposed on the extension part of the lower case, and

wherein a roughness of the pattern formed in the effective area (AD) is greater than a roughness of the pattern formed in the ineffective area (NAD).

12. The LED lighting device of claim 7, wherein the top surface of the light guide plate comprises a plurality of lenses,

wherein the light guide plate comprises an effective area (AD) which light is emitted and an ineffective area (NAD) disposed on the extension part of the lower case, and

wherein a distance between the lenses formed in the effective area (AD) is less than a distance between the lenses formed in the ineffective area (NAD).

13. The LED lighting device of claim 7, wherein the lower case includes a guide disposed on the body of the lower case, and wherein the guide guides the upper case in order to prevent the upper case from moving right and left.

14. The LED lighting device of claim 7, wherein the upper case comprises a base disposed on the light guide plate and an edge extending from the base in parallel with the top surface of the light guide plate.

15. An LED lighting device comprising:

a light guide plate comprising a top surface, a side surface, a bottom surface and a level difference surface disposed between the side surface and the bottom surface;

a lower case comprising;

a body disposed on the side surface of the light guide plate; and

an extension part extending from the body, disposed on the level difference surface and supporting the light guide plate,

an upper case disposed on the light guide plate and coupled to the body of the lower case;

a light source unit disposed between the body of the lower case and the side surface of the light guide plate; and

a reflective sheet disposed between the extension part of the lower case and the level difference surface of the light guide plate.

16. An LED lighting device comprising:

a light guide plate comprising a top surface, a side surface, a bottom surface and a level difference surface disposed between the side surface and the bottom surface;

a lower case comprising;

a body disposed on the side surface of the light guide plate; and

an extension part extending from the body, disposed on the level difference surface and supporting the light guide plate,

an upper case disposed on the light guide plate and coupled to the body of the lower case; and

a light source unit disposed between the body of the lower case and the side surface of the light guide plate,

wherein the lower case includes a guide disposed on the body of the lower case, and

wherein the guide guides the upper case in order to prevent the upper case from moving right and left.

17. An LED lighting device comprising:

a light guide plate comprising a top surface, a side surface, a bottom surface and a level difference surface disposed between the side surface and the bottom surface;

a lower case comprising;

a body disposed on the side surface of the light guide plate; and

an extension part extending from the body, disposed on the level difference surface and supporting the light guide plate,

an upper case disposed on the light guide plate and coupled to the body of the lower case;

a light source unit disposed between the body of the lower case and the side surface of the light guide plate; and

a reflective sheet disposed between the light guide plate and the upper case.

18. An LED lighting device comprising:

a light guide plate;

a body comprising a first body supporting a first end of the light guide plate and a second body supporting a second end of the light guide plate, wherein each of the first body and the second body comprises an outer surface having a recess;

a light source unit disposed between the body and the light guide plate; and

a louver comprising;

a coupler coupled to the recesses of the first body and the second body;

a first portion disposed on a portion of the outer surface of the first body and a portion of the outer surface of the second body; and

a second portion extending downward from the first portion,

wherein the second portion of the louver comprises symmetrical or asymmetrical shape with respect to an opening between the first body and the second body.

19. The LED lighting device of claim 18, wherein the second portion of the louver comprises a curve, a flat plane or a structure comprising a curve and a flat shape.

20. The LED lighting device of claim 18, wherein the first portion is coupled to the coupler of the louver, and wherein the first portion has a shape corresponding to a shape of the portions of the first body and the second body.