LED tube lamp

• US 9,629,216 B2
• Filed: 03/10/2016
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Xu, Hong, Jiang, Tao, Xiong, Aiming, Hu, Hechen, Ye, Qifeng
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, ANH Q
• Application Number:
  US15/065,895
• Publication Number:
  US 20160255694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 1/0016 Brazing of electronic components
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 2101/42 Printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 3/047 electric
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 21/002 to perform ion-exchange between alkali ions C03C21/005 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 27/048 consisting of an adhesive specially adapted for that purpose
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/23 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/235 Details of bases or caps, i.e. the parts that connect the light source to a fitting; Arrangement of components within bases or caps F21K9/238 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/27 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with two fittings for each light source, e.g. for substitution of fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/272 Details of end parts, i.e. the parts that connect the light source to a fitting; Arrangement of components within end parts F21K9/278 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/275 Details of bases or housings, i.e. the parts between the light-generating element and the end caps; Arrangement of components within bases or housings F21K9/278 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/278 Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/68 Details of reflectors forming part of the light source
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/015 Devices for covering joints between adjacent lighting devices; End coverings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/101 permanently, e.g. welding, gluing or riveting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/009 the casing being inside the housing of the lighting device
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/02 the elements being transformers, impedances or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 25/02 coming into action when lighting device is disturbed, dismounted, or broken
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 25/04 breaking the electric circuit
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/70 characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/061 : the material being glass
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/10 : characterised by coatings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/22 : characterised by materials, surface treatments or coatings, e.g. dichroic reflectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/28 : characterised by coatings
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2101/00 : Point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/00 : Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 : comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 : Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/37 : Converter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/50 : responsive to malfunctions or undesirable behaviour of LEDs; responsive to LED life; Protective circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 6/105 : using a susceptor

Abstract

The disclosure provides an LED tube lamp, comprising a tube, a terminal adapter circuit, a first rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, an LED lighting module and an anti-flickering circuit. The tube has a first pin and a second pin for receiving an external driving signal. The terminal adapter circuit has two fuses respectively coupled to the first and second pins. The first rectifying circuit is coupled to the first and second pins for rectifying the external driving signal to generate a rectified signal. The filtering circuit is coupled to the first rectifying circuit for filtering the rectified signal to generate a filtered signal. The LED lighting module is coupled to the filtering circuit and the LED lighting module having a LED module, wherein the LED lighting module is configured to receive the filtered signal and generate a driving signal, and the LED module receives the driving signal and lights. The anti-flickering circuit is coupled between the filtering circuit and the LED lighting module, and is configured such that a current higher than a particular anti-flickering current flows through the anti-flickering circuit when a peak value of the filtered signal is higher than a minimum conduction voltage of the LED module.

Claims

1. An LED tube lamp, comprising:

a glass tube;

two end caps disposed at two ends of the glass tube, at least one of the end caps having a main body, an actuator configured to move toward and extend away from the glass tube, a micro switch and an electrically conductive pin, wherein the actuator includes a flange extending radially at an intermediary portion of the actuator and wherein the micro switch is configured to be triggered by the actuator being pressed when the electrically conductive pin receives an external driving signal;

a power supply module, disposed in at least one end cap and coupled to the electrically conductive pins of the two end caps; and

an LED light strip disposed inside the glass tube with at least one LED light source that is mounted on the LED light strip and electrically connected with the power supply module through the LED light strip;

wherein, the glass tube includes a diffusion film to allow the light emitted from the least one light source of the LED tube lamp to pass through the diffusion film and the glass tube surface in sequence; and

the micro switch when triggered completes a circuit between the electrically conductive pin and the power supply module.

2. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the diffusion film is in the form of a coating layer covering the inner surface of the glass tube.

3. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the diffusion film is in the form of a coating layer covering a surface of the least one light source inside the glass tube.

4. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the diffusion film is in the form of an optical diffusion coating, which is composed of any one of calcium carbonate, halogen calcium phosphate strontium phosphate, and aluminum oxide, or any combination thereof.

5. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the diffusion film is in the form of a sheet covering the least one light source without touching the light sources.

6. The LED tube lamp of claim 5, wherein the sheet is a composite made of mixing diffusion particles into polystyrene (PS), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), and/or polycarbonate (PC), or any combination thereof.

7. The LED tube lamp of claim 5, wherein the glass tube and the end caps are secured by a thermal conductive silicone gel, and the thermal conductivity of the thermal conductive silicone gel is higher than 0.7 w/mk.

8. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the glass tube is covered by a heat shrink sleeve.

9. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the heat shrink sleeve is an amount in the range of 20 μ

m to 200 μ

m.

10. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein a thickness of the diffusion film is an amount in the range of 20 μ

m to 30 μ

m.

11. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the diffusion film has a light transmittance of between 92% to 94% with a thickness between 200 μ

m and 300 μ

m.

12. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the glass tube further includes a reflective film disposed on part of the inner circumferential surface of the glass tube.

13. The LED tube lamp of claim 12, wherein a ratio of a length of the reflective film disposed on the inner surface of the glass tube extending along the circumferential direction of the glass tube to a circumferential length of the glass tube has a value between 0.3 and 0.5.

14. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the power supply module is packaged by a heat shrink sleeve.

15. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the power supply module further comprises:

a rectifying circuit, coupled to the electrically conductive pins of the two end caps for rectifying the external driving signal to generate a rectified signal; and

a filtering circuit, coupled to the rectifying circuit for filtering the rectified signal to generate a filtered signal.

16. The LED tube lamp of claim 15, wherein the power supply module further comprises an anti-flickering circuit, coupled to the filtering circuit, configured such that a current higher than a particular anti-flickering current flows through the anti-flickering circuit when a peak value of the filtered signal is higher than a minimum conduction voltage of the LED module.

17. The LED tube lamp of claim 16, wherein the anti-flickering circuit comprises at least one resistor.

18. The LED tube lamp of claim 15, wherein the rectifying circuit is a full-wave rectifying circuit.

19. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the power supply module further comprises an over voltage protection circuit, coupled to a first filtering output terminal and a second output terminal of the filtering circuit to detect the filtered signal for clamping a voltage level of the filtered signal when the voltage level of the filtered signal is higher than a particular over voltage value.

20. The LED tube lamp of claim 19, wherein the over voltage protection circuit comprises a voltage clamping diode.

21. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, wherein the actuator includes a shaft extending axially at a lower portion of the actuator and movably connected to a base mounted inside the main body.

22. The LED tube lamp of claim 21, further comprising a coil spring surrounding the shaft between the flange and the base, wherein the coil spring and the flange are configured to move the actuator to its rest position when the electrically conductive pin is not connected to receive the external driving signal.

23. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, further comprising a coil spring, wherein the actuator includes a spring retainer and a bulging part protruding from a bottom of the spring retainer, and wherein the coil spring is provided between the spring retainer and a base mounted inside the main body.

24. The LED tube lamp of claim 23, wherein the micro switch is configured to be actuated by the bulging part at a predetermined actuation point and when the electrically conductive pin receives the external driving signal, the actuator is configured to bring the bulging part to the predetermined actuation point and the micro switch is configured to complete the circuit between the electrically conductive pin and the power supply module.

25. The LED tube lamp of claim 1, further comprising:

a first coil spring provided between a spring retainer included in the actuator and a first end of the micro switch;

a second coil spring provided between a second end of the micro switch and a base mounted inside the main body,

wherein the first coil spring has a first stiffness and the second coil spring has a second stiffness different from the first stiffness.

26. The LED tube lamp of claim 25, wherein, the micro switch is configured to be triggered when the first coil spring is compressed to a predetermined actuation point, and the micro switch when triggered completes the circuit between the electrically conductive pin and the power supply module.

27. The LED tube lamp of claim 25, wherein the first coil spring, the second coil spring, and the flange are configured to move the actuator to its rest position when the conductive pin is not connected to receive the external driving signal.

28. An LED tube lamp, comprising:

a glass tube;

two end caps disposed at two ends of the glass tube, at least one of the end caps having a main body, an actuator configured to move toward and extend away from the glass tube, a first contact element, a second contact element, and an electrically conductive pin, wherein the actuator includes a flange extending radially at an intermediary portion of the actuator and wherein the first contact element and the second contact element are configured to be triggered by the actuator being pressed when the electrically conductive pin receives an external driving signal;

a power supply module, disposed in at least one end cap and coupled to the electrically conductive pins of the two end caps; and

an LED light strip disposed inside the glass tube with at least one LED light source that is mounted on the LED light strip and electrically connected with the power supply module through the LED light strip;

wherein, the glass tube includes a diffusion film to allow the light emitted from the least one light source of the LED tube lamp to pass through the diffusion film and the glass tube surface in sequence; and

the first contact element is configured to engage the second contact element to complete a circuit between the electrically conductive pin and the power supply module when the first contact element and the second contact element are triggered by the actuator.

29. The LED tube lamp of claim 28, wherein, the actuator includes a shaft extending axially at a lower portion of the actuator and the first contact element and the second contact element face each other through the shaft.

30. The LED tube lamp of claim 29, wherein the first contact element is configured to impart a spring-like bias on the shaft and to push the shaft against the second contact element.