This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 2021105774121, filed on May 26, 2021, and entitled “LED LIGHT STRING WITH SINGLE WIRE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE”, the contents of which are incorporated herein in entirety by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of illumination, and more particular to a LED light string with single wire and to an illumination device.
LED lights have been widely used due to their small size, low power consumption, long service life, high brightness, low heat, and environmental friendly. With the development of LED technology, the variety of LED lights is increasing. As a LED product, the LED light string is not only used for a scene decoration for various festivals such as Christmas Day, but also used for home decorations, urban lighting projects and various entertainment places. Compared with the conventional light, the LED light has advantages of being colorful, a diversified in color, and reduced energy consumption. In addition, the seven-color color-changing light, which are composed by the LED lights, can not only serve illumination, but also increase the festive atmosphere for different programs and different occasions due to its decorative effect.
The existing LED light string generally consists of more than two wires arranged in parallel, a plurality of patch LEDs mounted on the wires at certain intervals along the length direction of the wire, and encapsulation colloids for encapsulating the patch LEDs. The more than two wires are independent enameled wires or wires with rubber sheath connected by insulation rubber sheath. The LED light string is large in size, heavy in weight, low in flexibility, and not suitable for use in fine applications such as display panels, which are limited by the sizes of the wires and patch LEDs thereof. In order to solve this problem, the existing LED light string reduced the diameter of the wires and the size of the patch LEDs to reduce the volume of the LED light string, for example in the CN209926070U China Patent. However, in order to ensure the strength requirement of LED light string, the reduced diameter range of the wires must be limited, and therefore, the reduced volume of the LED light string is limited. In addition, the cost of the existing LED light string is high.
In view of prior art described above, a technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide an LED light string of with single wire having a small size and a light weight. Another technical problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to provide an illumination device using the LED light string with single wire.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides an LED light string with single wire. The LED light string includes one wire including a composite wire core, and a plurality of light bodies. The composite wire core is composed of at least one first conductor layer extending in an axial direction of the wire, at least one second conductor layer extending in the axial direction of the wire, and an insulation layer therebetween. The plurality of light bodies arranged spaced away at set intervals along the axial direction of the wire. Each of the light bodies includes at least one patch LED light-emitting part and an encapsulation colloid coated on a surface of the at least one patch LED light-emitting part. A positive electrode and a negative electrode of the at least one patch LED light-emitting part being electrically connected to the at least one first conductor layer and the at least one second conductor layer, respectively.
The LED light string with single wire of the present disclosure employs the composite wire instead of the traditional enameled wires or wires with rubber sheath. The conductor layers and the insulation layer of the composite wire are integrally composed together. Compared with the traditional enameled wires or wires with rubber sheath, the composite wire core has smaller cross-sectional area and lighter weight, which can greatly reduce the size and weight of the LED light string, improve the quality of the LED light string, and expand the application of the LED light string.
In an embodiment, the at least one first conductor layer and the at least one second conductor layer are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the wire
In an embodiment, the at least one patch LED light-emitting part of the light body are located on same side or on opposite sides of the composite wire core, respectively; the polarities of the positive electrodes of the patch LED light-emitting parts on the same side are identical or opposite, and the polarities of the negative electrodes of the patch LED light-emitting parts on the same side are identical or opposite.
In an embodiment, the at least one first conductor layer and the at least one second conductor layer are arranged in a circumferential direction centered on a central axis of the wire.
In an embodiment, each of the light bodies comprises two or more patch LED light-emitting parts; and the two or more patch LED light-emitting parts are arranged in the circumferential direction centered on the central axis of the wire.
In an embodiment, the at least one first conductor layer and the at least one second conductor layer are arranged coaxially from inside out and from a central axis of the wire.
In an embodiment, a portion, which locates on one or both sides of the central axis of the wire and corresponds to the position of the light body, of the composite wire core is profiled along the axial direction of the wire, to show the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer to form a first welding portion and a second welding portion, respectively; the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the patch LED light-emitting part are electrically connected to the first welding portion and the second welding portion, respectively.
In an embodiment, the cross-section of the composite wire core is circular, elliptical, polygonal, or rectangular.
In an embodiment, a surface of the patch LED light-emitting part facing the composite wire core is provided with a recess that matches the surface shape of the composite wire core.
In an embodiment, the materials of the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer are Cu, Al, Ag, or an alloy thereof, and the material of the insulation layer is a non-metal or a metal oxide.
In an embodiment, the wire further comprises an insulation sheath coated on part or all of a surface of the composite wire core.
In an embodiment, the material of the insulation sheath is insulation paint or insulation plastic.
In an embodiment, the patch LED light-emitting part is a LED, an ICLED, or a HVLED.
In an embodiment, the LED light string with single wire further includes a plurality of decorative parts. The plurality of decorative parts are partially or fully transparent or translucent, and are coated on the plurality of light bodies, respectively.
In another embodiment of the present disclosure, an illumination device is provided, which includes a control box and an LED light string with single wire described above. A positive electrode output and a negative electrode output of the control box are electrically connected to the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer of the LED light string, respectively.
In an embodiment, the control box comprises a connection circuit board provided with at least one first connection line, at least one second connection line, and a through hole. An inner wall of the through hole is provided with at least one first conductive portion conducting to the at least one first connection line and at least one second conductive portion conducting to the at least one second connection line. One end of the wire of the LED light string is inserted into the through hole, and the at least one first conductor layer and the at least one second conductor layer of the wire are welded to the at least one first conductive portion and the at least one second conductive portion, respectively.
The additional technical features and advantages therefrom of the present disclosure will be described in the embodiments of the specification.
10. wire; 11. composite wire core; 111. first conductor layer; 112. second conductor layer; 113. insulation layer; 114. first welding portion; 115. second welding portion; 12. insulation sheath; 20. light body; 21. patch LED light-emitting part; 211. positive electrode; 212. negative electrode; 213. recess; 22. encapsulation colloid; 30. control box; 31. connection circuit board; 311. through hole; 312. first conductive portion; 313. second conductive portion.
The present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and in connection with the embodiments. It should be noted that the following embodiments and features therein can be combined with each other without conflict.
In the specification, the locational words such as “front”, “back”, “upper” and “lower” are defined by the position of the parts in the drawing as well as the relative positions of the parts therebetween, and are merely used for explaining the technical solutions clearly and conveniently. It should be understood that the use of these locational words should not limit the scope protection of the present disclosure.
The wire 10 has a central axis X and includes a composite wire core 11. The composite wire core 11 includes at least one first conductor layer 111 extending along the central axis X, at least one second conductor layer 112 extending along the central axis X, and an insulation layer 113 between the first conductor layer 111 and the second conductor layer 112. The materials of the first conductor layer 111 and the second conductor layer 112 can be Cu, Al, Ag, or an alloy thereof. The material of the insulation layer 113 can be a non-metal or a metal oxide. The metal oxide can be an oxide of one or more metal elements of Ni, Nb, Cr, Fe, Al, Zr, Ti, V, W, Mo, Cu. Compared with traditional enameled wires or wires with rubber sheath, the composite wire core 11 has smaller cross-sectional area and lighter weight, which can greatly reduce the size and weight of the LED light string, improve the quality of the LED light string, and expand the application of the LED light string.
In the present embodiment, the at least one first conductor layer 111 and the at least one second conductor layer 112 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the central axis X (i.e., the direction indicated by arrow A in
Preferably, in order to prevent the current leakage caused by the first conductor layer 111 and the second conductor layer 112 contacting other conductive objects, in an embodiment, the wire 10 further includes an insulation sheath 12 coated on part or all of the surface of the composite wire core 11. The material of the insulation sheath 12 can be insulation paint or insulation plastic. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, since the two conductor layers have been separated from each other by the insulation layer 113, there is no short circuit between the two conductor layers, and therefore, the insulation sheath 12 can be omitted for some applications that do not have high requirement for current leakage.
A plurality of light bodies 20 (as an example, in an embodiment, the number of the light bodies 20 is seven) are arranged at intervals along the central axis X. Each light body 20 includes at least one patch LED light-emitting part 21 and an encapsulation colloid 22 coated on the surface of the at least one patch LED light-emitting part 21. A positive electrode 211 and a negative electrode 212 of the at least one patch LED light-emitting part 21 are electrically connected to the at least one first conductor layer 111 and the at least one second conductor layer 112, respectively. In the present embodiment, each light body 20 includes one or more patch LED light-emitting parts 21 located on one side of the composite wire core 11. The positive electrode 211 and the negative electrode 212 of the patch LED light-emitting part 21 are electrically connected to the first conductor layer 111 and the second conductor layer 112 by laser welding, respectively.
Preferably, a surface of the patch LED light-emitting part 21 facing the composite wire core 11 is provided with a recess 213 that matches the surface shape of the composite wire core 11, so that the patch LED light-emitting part 21 and the composite wire core 11 can be closely adhered together and the volume of the light body is smaller.
In the present embodiment, the patch LED light-emitting part 21 is an integrated-circuit LED (ICLED). By directly encapsulating the IC within a LED with standard size, the process difficulty is reduced in manufacturing, the additional space required for independently and externally disposing the IC is omitted in volume, and the control capability of the controllable single-point and full color is satisfied in color. The ICLED includes a built-in carrier signal processing module. There are two manners for transmitting the control signal of the ICLED. In one manner, a waveform is loaded on the first conductor layer 111 and the second conductor layer 112, and a signal is transmitted, and therefore, the power and the signal are transmitted on the same wire. In another manner, the insulation layer 113 employs a metal oxide insulation material and a waveform is loaded thereon, to transmit a signal. The patch LED light-emitting part 21 can also be a common monochrome LED, such as a white LED, a blue LED, a flash LED, or the like. In addition, the patch LED light-emitting part 21 can also be a high voltage LED (HVLED).
The encapsulation colloid 22 can be UV glue or common curing glue. The cross-sectional profile of the encapsulation colloid 22 can be circular, elliptical, square, or the like.
Preferably, the LED light string with single wire also includes a plurality of decorative parts (not shown), which are partially or fully transparent or translucent, and are coated on the plurality of light bodies. The decorative parts can increase the product aesthetic and protect the light bodies. The decorative parts can be integrated with the LED light string directly by injection molding. Alternatively, the LED light string can be manufactured in advance and then the decorative parts are assembled with the LED light string.
In another embodiment of the present disclosure, an illumination device is provided. As show in
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The above-described embodiments are only several implementations of the present disclosure, and the descriptions are relatively specific and detailed, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present disclosure. It should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present disclosure, and all fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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