Patent Application
20100220480
1. Technical Field
The disclosure relates to LED (light emitting diode) lamp assemblies for illumination purpose and, more particularly, relates to an improved LED lamp assembly having a good heat dissipation capability and large illumination area.
2. Description of Related Art
An LED lamp is a type of solid-state lighting that utilizes LEDs as a source of illumination. An LED is a device for transferring electricity to light by using a theory that, if a current is made to flow in a forward direction through a junction region comprising two different semiconductors, electrons and holes are coupled at the junction region to generate a light beam. The LED has an advantage that it is resistant to shock, and has an almost eternal lifetime under a specific condition; thus, the LED lamp is intended to be a cost-effective yet high quality replacement for incandescent and fluorescent lamps.
Since LED lamps have many advantages; the LED lamps often act as street, lawn or home lamps for illumination purpose. Known implementations of LED modules in an LED lamp make use of a plurality of individual LEDs to generate light that is ample and of satisfactory spatial distribution. The large number of LEDs, however, increases price and power consumption of the module. Considerable heat is also generated, which, if not adequately addressed at additional expense, impacts LED lamp reliability.
Further, since the LEDs are generally arranged on a printed circuit board having a flattened surface, illumination is distributed at a wide variety of spatial angles with sharp differences in intensity and brightness, making it unsuitable for environments requiring even and broad illumination. Finally, the LEDs mounted on the flattened surface of the printed circuit board cannot have a large area of illumination.
What is needed, therefore, is an improved LED lamp assembly which can overcome the above problems.
Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
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The heat sink 12 is a circular and made of a metal with a good heat conductivity such as copper or aluminum. The heat sink 12 comprises a periphery portion 121, a central portion 123 and four bridges 125 equidistantly and radially extending at a periphery of the central portion 123. An outer portion of each bridge 125 interconnects the central portion 123 and the periphery portion 121, and an inner portion of each bridge 125 define a threaded hole 1250 therein. The periphery portion 121 has a top face extending a plurality of fins 122 upwardly and perpendicularly, and a bottom face defining an annular concaved receiving portion 120 therein. In this embodiment, the receiving portion 120 is an annular trough between a periphery edge of the periphery portion 121 and the central portion 123. The four bridges 125 evenly distributed between the periphery portion 121 and the central portion 123. The bridges 125 have first ends thereof extending into the receiving portion 120 and second ends thereof extending to the central portion 123. A circular recession is defined at a center of a top face of the central portion 123 for receiving a driving circuit module therein. The fins 122 radially surround the recession. A round back plate 18 is disposed on the top face of the heat sink 12 and correspondingly covers the recession. A hollow column-shaped first fixing portion 100 extends downwardly and perpendicularly from a center of a bottom face of the central portion 123.
The LED module 14 comprises an annular printed circuit board 140 and a plurality of LEDs 142 arranged evenly thereon. The printed circuit board 140 defines four cutouts 141 in an inner edge thereof, which are equidistantly spaced from each other. The LED module 14 is directly received in the receiving portion 120 of the heat sink 12 with the cutouts 141 thereof fitly receiving the first ends of the bridges 125 of the heat sink 12.
The envelope 16 is annular and correspondingly disposed on the receiving portion 120 of the heat sink 12, with four ears evenly extending from an outer edge thereof and overlapping four ears evenly extending from an outer edge of the periphery portion 121 of the heat sink 12, thereby cooperating with the receiving portion 120 to enclose the LED module 14 between the envelope 16 and the heat sink 12. Screws (not shown) are used to extend through four holes (not labeled) defined in the envelope 16 near an inner hole (not labeled) thereof and screw into the threaded holes 1250. Furthermore, screws (not shown) are used to extend through the ears 160 and screw into threaded holes 1210 defined in protrusions 1212 of the periphery portion 121. Thus, the envelope 16 is secured to the heat sink 12.
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The fixing holder 40 is a hollow tube with an opening (not labeled) defined at a bottom thereof. The opening is used to engagingly receive a top end of a supporting rod (not shown) in order to secure the LED lamp assembly at a required position. A hollow column-shaped third fixing portion 300 extends upwardly and perpendicularly from a center of a top face of the fixing holder 40.
The fixing rods 50 each are an elongated column. A first of the fixing rods 50 stands vertically between and connects the first and second LED lamp modules 10, 20, wherein a top end of the first fixing rod 50 is engagingly received in the first fixing portion 100 of the first LED lamp module 10 and a bottom end of the first fixing rod 50 is engagingly received in the second fixing portion 200 of the second LED lamp module 20. A second of the fixing rods 50 stands vertically between and connects the second and third LED lamp modules 20, 30, wherein a top end of the second fixing rod 50 is engagingly received in the first fixing portion 100 of the second LED lamp module 20 and a bottom end of the second fixing rod 50 is engagingly received in the second fixing portion 200 of the third LED lamp module 30. A third of the fixing rods 50 stands vertically between and connects the third LED lamp module 30 and the fixing holder 40, wherein a top end of the third fixing rod 50 is engagingly received in the first fixing portion 100 of the third LED lamp module 30 and a bottom end of the third fixing rod 50 is engagingly received in the third fixing portion 300 of the fixing holder 40.
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It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200910300645.6 | Mar 2009 | CN | national |
