LED LIGHT

• US 20120262906A1
• Filed: 04/12/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Flextronics International Limited
• Original Assignee: Flextronics International Limited
• Inventors: Wimbert, Frank, Hupfer, Philip
• Application Number:
  US13/445,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20120262906A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/92
• 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 17/005 with keying means, i.e. for enabling the assembling of component parts in distinctive positions, e.g. for preventing wrong mounting
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/001 the light sources being semiconductors devices, e.g. LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 19/003 Fastening of light source holders, e.g. of circuit boards or substrates holding light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/00 Refractors for light sources characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/504
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2131/305 for refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 27/00 Lighting arrangements in general F21

Abstract

An LED light (1), in particular a refrigerator light or the like, having at least one LED (2), having a lens (4) for the light that is emitted by the at least one LED (2), and having an opaque light housing (5) which encloses the lens (4), characterized in that the lens (4) has a transmissive design, and the opaque light housing (5) and the transmissive lens (4) are jointly formed by a two-component plastic injection-molded part (6).

Claims

1. An LED light (1) comprising:

at least one LED (2);

a lens (4) for the light that is emitted by the at least one LED (2); and

an opaque light housing (5) which encloses the lens (4),

characterized in that the lens (4) has a transmissive design, and the opaque light housing (5) and the transmissive lens (4) are jointly formed by a two-component plastic injection-molded part (6).

2. The LED light according to claim 1, characterized in that the transmissive lens (4) is designed as a collimator lens or an optical lens.

3. The LED light according to claim 2, characterized in that the transmissive lens (4) is designed as a Fresnel lens.

4. The LED light according to claim 2, characterized in that the exterior of the transmissive lens (4) is smooth.

5. The LED light according to claim 2, characterized in that the exterior of the transmissive lens (4) is provided with structures (7) for additional beam shaping.

6. The LED light according to claim 2, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is locked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

7. The LED light according to claim 2, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is hot-caulked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

8. The LED light according to claim 2, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is exactly positioned with respect to the at least one LED (2) via projections (8) which engage precisely with holes in a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

9. The LED light according to claim 8, characterized in that the projections (8) are hot-caulked for fastening to the printed circuit board (3).

10. The LED light according to claim 1, characterized in that the exterior of the transmissive lens (4) is smooth.

11. The LED light according to claim 10, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is locked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

12. The LED light according to claim 10, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is hot-caulked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

13. The LED light according to claim 10, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is exactly positioned with respect to the at least one LED (2) via projections (8) which engage precisely with holes in a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

14. The LED light according to claim 13, characterized in that the projections (8) are hot-caulked for fastening to the printed circuit board (3).

15. The LED light according to claim 1, characterized in that the exterior of the transmissive lens (4) is provided with structures (7) for additional beam shaping.

16. The LED light according to claim 15, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is locked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

17. The LED light according to claim 15, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is hot-caulked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

18. The LED light according to claim 15, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is exactly positioned with respect to the at least one LED (2) via projections (8) which engage precisely with holes in a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

19. The LED light according to claim 18, characterized in that the projections (8) are hot-caulked for fastening to the printed circuit board (3).

20. The LED light according to claim 1, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is locked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

21. The LED light according to claim 20, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is exactly positioned with respect to the at least one LED (2) via projections (8) which engage precisely with holes in a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

22. The LED light according to claim 21, characterized in that the projections (8) are hot-caulked for fastening to the printed circuit board (3).

23. The LED light according to claim 1, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is hot-caulked to a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

24. The LED light according to claim 23, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is exactly positioned with respect to the at least one LED (2) via projections (8) which engage precisely with holes in a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

25. The LED light according to claim 24, characterized in that the projections (8) are hot-caulked for fastening to the printed circuit board (3).

26. The LED light according to claim 1, characterized in that the two-component plastic injection-molded part (6) is exactly positioned with respect to the at least one LED (2) via projections (8) which engage precisely with holes in a printed circuit board (3) having the at least one LED (2).

27. The LED light according to claim 26, characterized in that the projections (8) are hot-caulked for fastening to the printed circuit board (3).

28. The LED light according to claim 1, characterized in that the LED light (1) is a refrigerator light.