Patent Application
20100226138
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) lamp, and more particularly to an LED road lamp holder structure.
2. Description of Prior Art
Light emitting diode (LED) is used extensively as a light source for lamps, but LED is one of the electronic components with waterproof and dust-resisting issues when the LED is used as an outdoor lamp. Furthermore, it is necessary to take the heat dissipation into consideration.
At present, a conventional heat sink or heat dissipating device used in a computer system is mainly used as the heat dissipating structure in an LED road lamp holder, but none has a lamp holder with an enhanced heat dissipating effect. Unlike computer systems, the LED road lamp holder has an internal structure in contact with a heated portion, and thus it is an important subject for LED lamp manufacturers to improve the heat dissipating device in conformity with the internal structure of the LED road lamp holder, so as to enhance the heat dissipating effect of the LED lamps.
In view of the foregoing shortcomings of the prior art, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally developed an improved LED road lamp holder in accordance with the present invention to enhance the heat dissipating effect of the road lamps.
It is a primary objective of the present invention to provide an LED road lamp holder structure, wherein a heat source of the LED road lamp holder is generally situated at the bottom of a lamp guard structure for dissipating the produced heat to the top of the lamp guard which is situated at a position away from the heat source, and the lamp guard is used for discharging the heat to the outside to enhance the heat dissipating effect.
To achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention provides an LED road lamp holder structure, comprising a lamp guard, an LED unit, and a heat dissipating device, wherein the LED unit is installed at the bottom of the lamp guard, and the heat dissipating device is installed in the lamp guard and includes a base attached onto the LED unit, a vapor chamber and two heat dissipating elements, and the vapor chamber has a heated section attached to the base, two heat transmitting sections bent and extended upward to both sides of the heated section respectively, a cooling section bent and extended laterally and separately from the two heat transmitting sections, two heat dissipating elements, each having a heated base, and a plurality of heat dissipating fins disposed on the heated base, and the two heated bases attached onto external sides of the two heat transmitting sections of the vapor chamber respectively, and two cooling sections of the vapor chamber attached to the internal periphery of the top of the lamp guard.
The present invention can conduct a portion of the heat produced by the LED unit to the two heat dissipating elements through the vapor chamber of the heat dissipating device, and the remaining portion of the heat can be discharged from the lamp guard to the outside by the attaching the two cooling sections of the vapor chamber with the internal periphery of the top of the lamp guard, so as to enhance the heat dissipating effect.
The technical characteristics, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent in the following detailed description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the preferred embodiments are used for illustrating the present invention only, but not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
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The lamp guard 1 is comprised of a chassis 10 and an upper casing 11, and the LED unit 2 is installed at the bottom of the chassis 10, such that the light source of the LED unit 2 can be projected towards the bottom of the lamp guard 1. A cover plate 12 is formed and erected separately on both left and right sides of the chassis 10, and the slightly curved upper casing 11 is disposed between two cover plates 12, and a plurality of ventilation holes 120 are disposed on the cover plate 12. A stud 100 is erected in the chassis 10, and a screw hole 110 is disposed at a position corresponding to the upper casing 11 for passing a screw 111 and securing the screw 11 into the stud 100 to combine the chassis 10 and the upper casing 11. In addition, a wire tube 13 is installed in the lamp guard 1 and connected to one of the cover plates 12 for installing a power cable (not shown in the figure).
The heat dissipating device 3 is installed in the lamp guard and comprises a base 30, at least one curved vapor chamber 31, and a heat dissipating element 32 disposed separately on both left and right sides of the vapor chamber 31. The base 30 is in the form of a sheet attached on the backside of the LED unit 2 for dissipating heat. The base 30 has a groove 301 disposed at the bottom of the base 30 (as shown in
In summation of the description above, each of the two heat dissipating elements 32 has a slot 322 disposed on the heated base 320 and proximate to the bottom of the base 30 for abutting the corners on both sides of base 30, a plurality of through holes 300, 323 for passing the base 30 and the heated base 320, and a screw device 324 such as a bolt for securing the base 30 with the heated base 320. In the meantime, the heated base 320 of the two heat dissipating elements 32 has an embedding groove 325 disposed proximate to an external side of the vapor chamber 31, wherein the embedding groove 325 has a width corresponding to the vapor chamber 31 for installing the vapor chamber 31 between the embedding grooves 325 of the two heat dissipating elements 32.
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In summation of the description above, the invention can achieve the expected objectives and overcome the shortcomings of the prior art. The invention complies with the requirements of patent application and is thus duly filed for patent application. While the invention has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.
