Patent Grant
12203604
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202410872391.X, filed on Jul. 1, 2024, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to the technical field of lighting lamps, and more specifically to a filament light source assembly, a filament lamp string and a filament bulb.
LED lamps occupy a huge share in the lighting market, in which filament-type LED lamps are particularly favored by customers for retro, casual and romantic lighting effects and unique models thereof.
At present, the production process of LED filament lamps on the market is extremely complicated and costly, and has potential risks in reliability and quality. The reasons are as follows: first, an existing LED filament light source needs an iron wire bracket for support, and the filament light source needs to be connected to the iron wire bracket by butt soldering or spot soldering, to form a loop and support for the filament light source; second, after the existing filament light source is butt-soldered or spot-soldered to the iron wire bracket, the iron wire bracket needs to be butt-soldered or spot-soldered to a thinner iron wire, and the thin iron wire serves as a lead to be electrically connected to a lamp cap; third, the existing LED filament light source requires an external resistor, and by using a resistor provided with a lead pin, one end of the lead pin is butt-soldered to the iron wire bracket, and on the other end, a resistor lead is electrically connected to the lamp cap; fourth, after the iron wire bracket of the existing filament light source passes through a plastic fixing member, the plastic member further needs to be pressed, such that the plastic member tightly clamps the iron wire; fifth, the existing LED filament light source adopts a ceramic plate as a substrate, and the ceramic substrate is very easy to break, causing a light source of the ceramic substrate to be very easy to break during transportation and assembling application, resulting in low production yield; sixth, after the existing LED filament light source is butt-soldered or spot-soldered to the iron wire bracket, tension and stress of the iron wire bracket cause a connecting solder joint between the bracket and the light source to desolder; seventh, if pin positions of the existing LED filament light source and the iron wire bracket are contaminated or a coating is oxidized, loose soldering will be caused, which will easily cause desoldering and false soldering problems, thus, it can be seen that the assembling process of an existing LED filament bulb is complicated and cumbersome, has low production efficiency and low yield, and has great potential risks in product quality and reliability; and eighth, since the light source of the existing filament bulb needs to be supported by using the iron wire bracket, the iron wire bracket blocks light emitted from the light source, resulting in a dark region and a shadow region on all filament bulb products having colored shells.
In order to solve one or more of the above-mentioned technical problems, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a filament light source assembly, a filament lamp string and a filament bulb. The filament light source assembly, the filament lamp string and the filament bulb disclosed in the present invention all adopt a solder-free and iron-wire-bracket-free technique.
The technical solutions adopted by the present invention to solve the problem are:
A filament light source assembly comprises a glass fiber plate and a plastic fixing member.
A plurality of LED chips, a negative electrode pad and a positive electrode pad are provided on one face of the glass fiber plate. A phosphor dielectric layer is further provided on the glass fiber plate. The phosphor dielectric layer covers each of the LED chips. The positive electrode pad, the negative electrode pad and the plurality of LED chips form an energized loop. The positive electrode pad and the negative electrode pad are provided at a bottom end of the glass fiber plate.
The plastic fixing member is provided with a channel passing through an upper end face and a lower end face. One face of the glass fiber plate on which the positive electrode pad and the negative electrode pad are provided is defined as a functional face, and the other face of the glass fiber plate is defined as a non-functional face. The bottom end of the glass fiber plate is inserted into the channel of the plastic fixing member. Two sides of the glass fiber plate abut against an inner side of the channel of the plastic fixing member. A gap between the functional face of the glass fiber plate and the channel of the plastic fixing member is defined as a plug-in connection space. The plug-in connection space is used for plug-in connection and fixation of two external conductive terminals, such that the two conductive terminals are electrically connected to the positive electrode pad and the negative electrode pad in a one-to-one correspondence mode.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, the glass fiber plate is divided into a pad section and a chip section. The LED chips are provided on the chip section of the glass fiber plate. The positive electrode pad and the negative electrode pad are provided on the pad section of the glass fiber plate. The width of the pad section is greater than the width of the chip section. The pad section of the glass fiber plate is inserted into the channel of the plastic fixing member. A distance between the negative electrode pad and the positive electrode pad is 1 mm to 8 mm.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, the channel comprises a limiting portion and an abutting portion which are in communication with each other. The shape and size of the limiting portion of the channel are consistent with the shape and size of the chip section of the glass fiber plate. The width of the abutting portion of the channel is consistent with the width of the pad section of the glass fiber plate. Two sides of the pad section of the glass fiber plate are connected to an inner side of the abutting portion of the channel. A gap between the functional face of the glass fiber plate and the inner side of the abutting portion of the channel is the plug-in connection space.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, the LED chips are all flip-chip LED chips.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, the present technical solution further comprises a current limiting resistor. The current limiting resistor is provided on the functional face of the glass fiber plate, or is provided independently of the glass fiber plate. The energized loop is formed among the positive electrode pad, the negative electrode pad, the current limiting resistor and the plurality of the LED chips.
The present invention further discloses a filament lamp string, which comprises a plurality of lighting units. The plurality of lighting units are connected in series or in parallel to each other. The lighting units each comprise a lamp holder, a lamp cover and the filament light source assembly. The bottom of the lamp cover is fixedly connected to the lamp holder. Two conductive posts provided vertically and parallel to each other are mounted on the lamp holder. The conductive posts serve as the conductive terminals. The two conductive posts are placed in the plug-in connection space of the filament light source assembly, such that the two conductive posts are electrically connected to the positive electrode pad and the negative electrode pad in a one-to-one correspondence mode.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, the lamp holder and the plastic fixing member are integrated.
The present invention further discloses a filament bulb, which comprises a lamp cap, a bulb shell, two conductive filaments and the filament light source assembly. The conductive filaments serve as the conductive terminals. The plastic fixing member is mounted at a bottom position inside the bulb shell, such that the glass fiber plate is placed in the bulb shell. A top end of the lamp cap is fixed at a bottom position outside the bulb shell. One end of each of the two conductive filaments is placed in the plug-in connection space of the filament light source assembly and connected to the positive electrode pad and the negative electrode pad in a one-to-one correspondence mode, and the other end of each of the two conductive filaments is electrically connected to the lamp cap, respectively.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, the upper end face of the plastic fixing member is provided with two limiting slots. The conductive filaments each comprise a lapping section and a joining section. One end of the lapping section is connected to one end of the joining section, and the lapping section and the joining section are perpendicular to each other. The lapping section of each conductive filament is placed in the respective limiting slot of the plastic fixing member. The joining section of each conductive filament is placed in the plug-in connection space of the filament light source assembly.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, guide protrusions are symmetrically provided on an outer side of the plastic fixing member along an axial direction of the plastic fixing member. Outer sides of the guide protrusions are arc-shaped. A top end of each guide protrusion is provided with an inclined face.
A middle position of the channel of the plastic fixing member is divided into an upper half portion and a lower half portion by means of a partition. The upper half portion of the channel is in the shape of a flat cuboid. The lower half portion of the channel is cylindrical. The partition is provided with two through holes for communicating the upper half portion and the lower half portion of the channel. Cylindrical guide columns are provided on a lower end face of the partition at the positions of the through holes. A gap between the functional face of the glass fiber plate and the upper half portion of the channel is the plug-in connection space. The joining sections of the conductive filaments pass through the through holes of the channel and are electrically connected to the lamp cap.
As a further improvement of the above-mentioned technical solution, the plastic fixing member is entirely placed inside the bulb shell, and a distance between a bottom end of the plastic fixing member and a bottom end of the bulb shell is 0.5 mm to 2 mm.
The beneficial effects of the present invention are: in the present technical solution, the LED chips are provided on the glass fiber plate, and the glass fiber plate is fixed on the plastic fixing member, without the need for using an iron wire bracket as a supporting component. Moreover, after the assembling of the glass fiber plate and the plastic fixing member is completed, the plug-in connection space is formed, and is used for plug-in connection and fixation of the two external conductive terminals, such that the conductive terminals are electrically connected to the two pads. The above-mentioned design omits all steps related to the iron wire bracket, does not require spot-soldering operations related to the iron wire bracket, and eliminates the problems of desoldering and false soldering. In addition, since the use of the iron wire bracket as a supporting component is not required in the present solution, light emitted from a light source will not be blocked, thereby improving the light emission effect.
The present invention will be further explained below in conjunction with the description of the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
This section will describe the specific embodiments of the present invention in detail. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the accompanying drawings. The function of the accompanying drawings is to supplement the statement of the text part of the description with graphics, so that people can intuitively and vividly understand each technical feature and overall technical solution of the present invention. However, the accompanying drawings shall not be construed as a limitation to the protection scope of the present invention.
In the statement of the present invention, it should be understood that orientation statements, such as orientation or position relationships indicated by up, down, front, back, left, right, etc., are based on the orientation or position relationships shown in the accompanying drawings and are only to facilitate the statement of the present invention and simplify the statement, rather than indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operate in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation to the present invention.
In the statement of the present invention, “several” means one or more, “a plurality of” means two or more, “greater than”, “less than”, and “more than”, etc. are understood to exclude the original number, and above, below, within, etc. are understood to include the original number. If there is a statement of first and second, it is only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the order of indicated technical features.
In the statement of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified, words such as setting, installation, and connection should be understood in a broad sense. Those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in the present invention in combination with the specific content of the technical solution.
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A plurality of LED chips, a negative electrode pad 110 and a positive electrode pad 120 are provided on one face of the glass fiber plate 100. A phosphor dielectric layer 130 is further provided on the glass fiber plate 100. The phosphor dielectric layer 130 covers each of the LED chips. The positive electrode pad 120, the negative electrode pad 110 and the plurality of LED chips form an energized loop. The positive electrode pad 120 and the negative electrode pad 110 are provided at a bottom end of the glass fiber plate 100.
The plastic fixing member 200 is provided with a channel 210 passing through an upper end face and a lower end face. One face of the glass fiber plate 100 on which the positive electrode pad 120 and the negative electrode pad 110 are provided is defined as a functional face, and the other face of the glass fiber plate 100 is defined as a non-functional face. The bottom end of the glass fiber plate 100 is inserted into the channel 210 of the plastic fixing member 200. Two sides of the glass fiber plate 100 abut against an inner side of the channel 210 of the plastic fixing member 200. A gap between the functional face of the glass fiber plate 100 and the channel 210 of the plastic fixing member 200 is defined as a plug-in connection space. The plug-in connection space is used for plug-in connection and fixation of two external conductive terminals, such that the two conductive terminals are electrically connected to the positive electrode pad 120 and the negative electrode pad 110 in a one-to-one correspondence mode. In the present embodiment, the so-called conductive terminal is a strip-shaped conductive device having a certain diameter. Depending on actual circumstances, the conductive terminal may be configured to be rigid or flexible. In practical applications, the conductive terminal may be a columnar or linear device made of a variety of conductive materials.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the LED chips are provided on the glass fiber plate 100, and the glass fiber plate 100 is fixed on the plastic fixing member 200, without the need for using an iron wire bracket as a supporting component. Moreover, after the assembling of the glass fiber plate 100 and the plastic fixing member 200 is completed, the plug-in connection space is formed, and is used for plug-in connection and fixation of the two external conductive terminals, such that the conductive terminals are in close contact with the two pads to achieve electrical connection. The above-mentioned design omits all steps related to the iron wire bracket, does not require spot-soldering operations related to the iron wire bracket, and eliminates the problems of desoldering and false soldering. In addition, since the use of the iron wire bracket as a supporting component is not required in the present embodiment, light emitted from a light source will not be blocked, thereby improving the light emission effect.
As a further preferred embodiment, in the present embodiment, the glass fiber plate 100 is divided into a pad section 150 and a chip section 140. The LED chips are provided on the chip section 140 of the glass fiber plate 100. The positive electrode pad 120 and the negative electrode pad 110 are provided on the pad section 150 of the glass fiber plate 100. The width of the pad section 150 is greater than the width of the chip section 140. The pad section 150 of the glass fiber plate 100 is inserted into the channel 210 of the plastic fixing member 200. A distance between the negative electrode pad 110 and the positive electrode pad 120 is 1 mm to 8 mm. This design of the present embodiment effectively prevents the two conductive terminals connected to the positive electrode pad 120 and the negative electrode pad 110 from being too close to each other after the assembling of the bulb is completed, thereby effectively avoiding short circuits.
As a further preferred embodiment, in the present embodiment, the channel 210 comprises a limiting portion 211 and an abutting portion 212 which are in communication with each other. The shape and size of the limiting portion 211 of the channel 210 are consistent with the shape and size of the chip section 140 of the glass fiber plate 100. The width of the abutting portion 212 of the channel 210 is consistent with the width of the pad section 150 of the glass fiber plate 100. Two sides of the pad section 150 of the glass fiber plate 100 are connected to an inner side of the abutting portion 212 of the channel 210. A gap between the functional face of the glass fiber plate 100 and the inner side of the abutting portion 212 of the channel 210 is the plug-in connection space. In order to improve the assembling efficiency of the filament light source assembly, in the present embodiment, the channel 210 is designed as the limiting portion 211 and abutting portion 212 which are in communication with each other, and the shape and size of the limiting portion 211 of the channel 210 are consistent with the shape and size of the chip section 140 of the glass fiber plate 100. During assembling, the chip section 140 of the glass fiber plate 100 can be quickly inserted from below the plastic fixing member 200 through the limiting portion 211 of the channel 210, and the pad section 150 of the glass fiber plate 100 is connected to the abutting portion 212 of the channel 210 of the plastic fixing member 200, so as to achieve assembling between the glass fiber plate 100 and the plastic fixing member 200.
As a further preferred embodiment, in the present embodiment, the LED chips are all flip-chip LED chips. Each of the LED chips is provided in a straight line on the glass fiber plate 100. The phosphor dielectric layer 130 is provided on one face of the glass fiber plate 100 having the LED chips or on both faces of the glass fiber plate 100. In the present embodiment, a connection structure, such as all in series connection, all in parallel connection, first series connection and then parallel connection, or first parallel connection and then series connection, can be selected as a connection structure among the LED chips.
As a further preferred embodiment, the present embodiment further comprises a current limiting resistor 300. The current limiting resistor 300 is provided on the functional face of the glass fiber plate 100, or is provided independently of the glass fiber plate 100. The current limiting resistor 300 is provided on the pad section 150 of the glass fiber plate 100. The energized loop is formed among the positive electrode pad 120, the negative electrode pad 110, the current limiting resistor 300 and the plurality of LED chips.
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As a further preferred embodiment, in the present embodiment, the upper end face of the plastic fixing member 200 is provided with two limiting slots 220. The conductive filaments 900 each comprise a lapping section 910 and a joining section. One end of the lapping section 910 is connected to one end of the joining section, and the lapping section 910 and the joining section are perpendicular to each other. The lapping section 910 of each conductive filament 900 is placed in the respective limiting slot 220 of the plastic fixing member 200. The joining section of each conductive filament 900 is placed in the plug-in connection space of the filament light source assembly.
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As a further preferred embodiment, in the present embodiment, the plastic fixing member 200 is entirely placed inside the bulb shell 800. A distance between a bottom end of the plastic fixing member 200 and a bottom end of the bulb shell 800 is 0.5 mm to 2 mm. A region, located below the plastic fixing member 200, in the bulb shell 800 is coated with glue. This design is applicable to E12-type lamp caps and E17-type lamp caps. The main reason is that filament bulbs of the E12-type lamp caps and E17-type lamp caps have a poor waterproof effect. If the above-mentioned design is not performed, the filament bulbs are prone to absorbing water vapor in environments, which easily reduces the service life of the filament bulbs and affects the lighting effect of the filament bulbs. It should be noted that the above-mentioned design is not only applicable to the E12-type lamp caps and E17-type lamp caps, but can also be applied to other types of lamp caps (such as E27-type lamp caps). However, considering actual application requirements, the above-mentioned two scenarios more critically require a sunken structure design of the plastic fixing member 200. In addition, in the present embodiment, whether the region, located below the plastic fixing member 200, in the bulb shell 800 needs to be coated with glue may be selected according to actual applications. Coating the region, located below the plastic fixing member 200, in the bulb shell 800 with glue is more conducive to achieving waterproof and moisture-proof effects.
The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Under the inventive concept of the present invention, equivalent structural transformations made using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly used in other relevant technical fields are all included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 202410872391.X | Jul 2024 | CN | national |
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| 11473735 | Chen | Oct 2022 | B2 |
| 20190086037 | Cairns | Mar 2019 | A1 |
| 20200263838 | Pyshos | Aug 2020 | A1 |
