Emergency lighting with charging indicator circuitry

• US 9,048,685 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2012
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Heshan Pace Technology Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alex Huang, Qiusheng Chen
• Inventors: Huang, Alex, Chen, Qiusheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Barnie, Rexford
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ortiz, Elim
• Application Number:
  US13/355,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20130187470A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 307/66, 315/86, 315/87, 315/160
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/065 for lighting purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/395 Linear regulators
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

Emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry comprises a power source module, a lighting circuit, a battery circuit, and an emergency switch circuit. The battery circuit includes charging indicator circuitry and a battery module; the power source module is connected with the battery module via the charging indicator circuitry. When the utility power is interrupted or a test switch is pressed, the light of the charging indicator circuitry goes out to indicate that the emergency lighting is in discharging status. When the utility power is supplied normally, if a battery within the battery module is in disconnected state, the light of the indicating circuitry goes out to indicate that the emergency lighting is in disconnected state. The charging indicator circuitry may be a simple light-emitting indicating circuit, has no need for much modification to the original circuit during manufacture and design, and may be simple and quickly-responsive.

Claims

1. An emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry, comprising a power source module, a lighting circuit, a battery circuit for a battery, and an emergency switch circuit, wherein:

said battery circuit includes charging indicator circuitry for indicating the charging status of the battery, and a battery module for storing the electrical energy and discharging the electric energy when needed,

said power source module is connected with the battery module via the charging indicator circuitry, a power supply terminal of the battery module is connected with the lighting circuit, and the power source module is connected with the lighting circuit via the emergency switch circuit,

said power source module is connected with a negative electrode of a light-emitting unit via the emergency switch and provides a voltage which is same with or higher than a positive electrode to a negative electrode of the light-emitting unit, so that the charging indicator circuitry can perform normally in different conditions and the light-emitting unit will not be conductive and lighted when utility power is supplied normally,

and wherein;

said charging indicator circuitry includes a light-emitting indicator unit, and a voltage-drop circuit which lets the light-emitting indicator unit be lighted normally;

said light-emitting indicator unit is connected in parallel with the voltage-drop circuit, and is connected with the power source module and the battery module.

2. An emergency lighting with the charging indicator circuitry according to claim 1, wherein:

said light-emitting indicator unit is a light-emitting diode;

the positive electrode of said light-emitting diode is connected with the power source module, and the negative electrode of said light-emitting diode is connected with the battery module.

3. An emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry according to claim 2, wherein:

the forward voltage of said light-emitting diode is 1.8 Volts.

4. An emergency lighting with the charging indicator circuitry according to claim 1, wherein:

said voltage-drop circuit includes a first diode, a second diode, and a voltage-drop resistor;

the positive electrode of the first diode is connected with the power source module and the light-emitting indicator unit, the positive electrode of the second diode is connected with the negative electrode of the first diode, and the negative electrode of the second diode is connected with the positive electrode of the battery module via the voltage-drop resistor.

5. An emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry according to claim 4, wherein:

said forward voltage of the first diode and the second diode are all 0.7 Volts.

6. An emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry according to claim 1, wherein:

said lighting circuit includes a plurality of light-emitting units connected in parallel with each other;

the positive electrode of said light-emitting unit is connected with the positive electrode of the battery module, and the negative electrode of said light-emitting unit is connected with the emergency switch circuit.

7. An emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry according to claim 6, wherein:

said emergency switch circuit is connected with the ground, the power source module, and the negative electrode of the light-emitting unit respectively.

8. An emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry according to claim 1, wherein:

said power source module includes a rectifier module for rectifying the utility power, and a voltage-stabilizing module for stabilizing the output voltage.

9. An emergency lighting with a charging indicator circuitry according to claim 1, wherein:

said power source module includes a switch test circuit for simulating the interruption of the utility power;

said switch test circuit is connected with the power supply output of the power source module and the ground.