Light releasing sphere structure

• US 9,776,048 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2015
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wei-Hung Lin
• Original Assignee: Wei-Hung Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Wei-Hung
• Primary Examiner(s): Garlen, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US14/716,778
• Publication Number:
  US 20160271458A1
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0004 specially adapted for particular training aspects
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/74 with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/06 with illuminating devices ; with reflective surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/008 Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/40 Lighting for industrial, commercial, recreational or military use
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0001 specially adapted for lighting devices or systems lighting or signalling on vehicles using light guides B60Q1/00; lighting devices for vehicle dashboards B60Q3/10; lighting devices for vehicle interior using light guides B60Q3/62; lighting devices mounted on the vehicle rear part using light guides F21S43/235; measuring arrangements having light conducting pointers G01D13/265; illumination of liquid crystal displays G02F1/1336; illuminated signs G09F13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0096 the lights guides being of the hollow type

Abstract

A modified sphere structure including: a sphere body with a groove formed on a surface of the sphere body along a distribution path; a light source module disposed in a containing space of the sphere body, wherein the groove is connected to the containing space to define a light releasing space and light emitted from the light source passes through the light releasing space; and a light guiding member filling to the light releasing space to allow the light emitted from the light source to be distributed on the light guiding member along the distribution path and transmitted to outside of the sphere body.

Claims

1. A light releasing sphere structure comprising:

a sphere body with a groove formed on a surface of the sphere body along a distribution path;

a light source module disposed in a containing space of the sphere body, wherein the groove is connected to the containing space to define a light releasing space and light emitted from the light source module passes through the light releasing space; and

a light guiding member filling to the light releasing space to allow the light emitted from the light source module to be distributed on the light guiding member along the distribution path and transmitted to outside of the sphere body;

wherein a cover layer is further included and the cover layer covers the sphere body, wherein a light transmissive region is distributed on a part of the cover layer along the distribution path;

wherein the distribution path is of a baseball seam path, the light transmissive region is defined from a baseball seam, the baseball seam is distributed along the baseball seam path and the baseball seam path is seamed with a baseball suture.

2. The light releasing modified sphere structure according to claim 1, wherein the sphere body is partitioned into a first spherical surface and a second spherical surface;

two end parts of the first spherical surface are respectively defined as a first expansion surface and a second expansion surface and a first narrow surface is defined between the first expansion surface and the second expansion surface, two terminals of the first narrow surface respectively connected to the first expansion surface and the second expansion surface; and

two end parts of the second spherical surface are respectively defined as a third expansion surface and a fourth expansion surface and a second narrow surface is defined between the third expansion surface and the fourth expansion surface, two terminals of the second narrow surface respectively connected to the third expansion surface and the fourth expansion surface.

3. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 2, wherein the light source module comprises:

a luminescence column having a diameter decreased from an upper end of the luminescence column to a lower end of the luminescence column;

an upper thread portion connecting to the upper end of the luminescence column, the upper thread portion having a diameter decreased from an upper end of the upper thread portion to a lower end of the upper thread portion;

a lower thread portion connecting to a lower end of the luminescence column, the lower thread portion having a diameter decreased from an upper end of the lower thread portion to a lower end of the lower thread portion;

wherein a largest diameter of the luminescence column is smaller than a smallest diameter of the upper thread portion, and a largest diameter of the luminescence column is not larger than a smallest diameter of the upper thread portion.

4. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 2, wherein the light source module comprises:

a cylinder having a diameter decreased from an upper end of the cylinder to a lower end of the cylinder;

an upper thread portion connecting to the upper end of the cylinder, the upper thread portion having a diameter decreased from the upper end of the upper thread portion to the lower end of the upper thread portion;

a lower thread portion connecting to the lower end of the cylinder, the lower thread portion having a diameter decreased from an upper end of the lower thread portion to a lower end of the lower thread portion; and

a flexible printed circuit board having a circuit with several light emitting diodes electrically connected to the circuit, the flexible printed circuit board being laterally disposed on a first portion of an outer wall of the cylinder and electrically connected with a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet on the first portion, a battery installation space is opened on a second portion of the outer wall of the cylinder for being installed with a battery, the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet passing through the outer wall of the cylinder to extend to the battery installation space for electrically connecting to the battery,

wherein a largest diameter of the cylinder with the flexible printed circuit board disposed thereon is smaller than a smallest diameter of the upper thread portion, and a smallest diameter of the cylinder with the flexible printed circuit board disposed thereon is smaller than a largest diameter of the lower thread portion, the largest diameter of the lower thread portion is not larger than the smallest diameter of the upper thread portion.

5. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 4, wherein a first screw hole and a second screw hole are formed on the outer wall of the cylinder, the first screw hole and the second screw hole respectively corresponding to the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet, the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet respectively corresponding to a first electrode and a second electrode of the flexible printed circuit board, the flexible printed circuit board being fixed on the outer wall of the cylinder by a first screw set through the first electrode, the first electrode sheet and the first screw hole, and a second screw set through the second electrode, the second electrode sheet and the second screw hole.

6. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 5, wherein the first screw and the second screw are respectively fixed by a first soldering portion and a second welding portion formed on an inner wall of the cylinder.

7. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 4, wherein the flexible printed circuit board comprises:

a screw hole portion, the first electrode and the second electrode being arranged apart at a distance from each other and assembled on the screw hole portion, wherein two light emitting diodes side by side being disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode are respectively defined as a first middle light emitting diode and a second middle light emitting diode;

an upper winding arm with several light emitting diodes, wherein the several light emitting diodes at least comprise a first upper light emitting diode, a second upper light emitting diode, and a third upper light emitting diode; and

a lower winding arm with several light emitting diodes, wherein the several light emitting diodes at least comprise a first lower light emitting diode, a second lower light emitting diode and a third lower light emitting diode.

8. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 7, wherein the light releasing space in the groove close to the first expansion surface aside from the second narrow surface is defined as a second upper sub-space, and the groove at two sides of the first expansion surface is defined as a first upper sub-space and a third upper sub-space, the second upper light emitting diode, the first upper light emitting diode and the third upper light emitting diode respectively corresponds to the second upper sub-space, the first upper sub-space and the third upper sub-space.

9. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 7, wherein the light releasing space at two sides of the first narrow surface are respectively defined as a first middle sub-space and a second middle sub-space, and the first middle sub-space and the second middle sub-space correspond to the first middle light emitting diode and the second middle light emitting diode.

10. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 7, wherein the light releasing space in the groove at a side of the second narrow surface that is away from the first expansion surface is defined as a second lower sub-space, the light releasing spaces in the groove at two sides of the second expansion surface are respectively defined as a first lower sub-space and a third lower sub-space, and the second lower light emitting diode, the first lower light emitting diode and the third lower light emitting diode respectively correspond to the second lower sub-space, the first lower sub-space and the third lower sub-space.

11. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 2, wherein the light source module comprises:

a cylinder;

an upper thread cap for blocking the upper end of the cylinder;

a flexible printed circuited board having a circuit with several light emitting diodes electrically connected to the circuit, the flexible printed circuit board being laterally disposed on a first portion of an outer wall of the cylinder, a battery installation space being opened on a second portion of the cylinder for being installed with a battery, wherein a first electrode sheet and a second electrode sheet passing through the outer wall of the cylinder to extend to the battery installation space, and the first electrode sheet and the second electrode sheet respectively connecting to a first electrode and a second electrode of the flexible printed circuit board, so as to allow the flexible printed circuit board to electrically connect to the battery,

wherein a largest diameter of the cylinder with the flexible printed circuit board disposed thereon is smaller than a smallest diameter of the upper thread cap.

12. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 11, wherein the first electrode sheet and the first electrode are fixed with a first soldering portion on the flexible printed circuit board;

the second electrode sheet and the second electrode are fixed by a second soldering portion on the flexible printed circuit board.

13. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 11, wherein the flexible printed circuit board comprises:

a main portion, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are arranged apart at a distance from each other to be assembled on the main portion, and at least a middle light emitting diode is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

an upper winding arm with several upper light emitting diodes, wherein the several upper light emitting diodes are intervally arranged.

14. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 13, wherein the light releasing space in the groove close to the first expansion surface aside from the second narrow surface is defined as a second upper sub-space, and the groove at two sides of the first expansion surface is defined as a first upper sub-space and a third upper sub-space, the second upper light emitting diode, the first upper light emitting diode and the third upper light emitting diode respectively correspond to the second upper sub-space, the first upper sub-space and the third upper sub-space.

15. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 13, wherein the light releasing space of the groove at two sides of the first narrow surface is defined as a first middle sub-space and a second middle sub-space, so as to allow the light emitted from the at least one middle light emitting diode to respectively pass through the first middle sub-space and the second middle sub-space to reach to the light guiding member.

16. The light releasing sphere structure according to claim 13, wherein the light releasing space of the groove at a side away from the first expansion surface is defined as a second lower sub-space, and the light releasing spaces of the groove at two sides of the second expansion surface are respectively defined as a first lower sub-space and a third lower sub-space, so as to allow the light emitted from the several lower light emitting diodes to respectively pass through the second lower sub-space, the first lower sub-space and the third lower sub-space to reach to the light guiding member.