The invention relates to a street lamp, in particular to a replaceable LED street lamp module.
Street lamp, the essential road illumination equipment in people's daily life, has been widely used in streets and squares to lighten nearby area in dark night. Based on its wide and frequent use, the street lamp is required to afford sufficient illumination intensity and long service life. Most traditional street lamps are incandescent lamps and high voltage sodium lamps. However, LED, with advantages of high efficiency, energy saving, environmentally friendly and long service life, has become common use, and the trend of replacing the traditional street lamps with LED street lamps is ongoing. Yet, the amount of traditional street lamps is so large that to complete the replacement in a short time frame is hard to achieve. Besides, LED still has some problems with suitability and heat dissipation, so if most existing traditional street lamps are to be replaced by LED street lamps, there will be a great many structure components needing to be changed, thus increasing the replacement difficulty and wasting replaced street lamp housings and wires. Since LED produces relatively high heat energy, it is critical to ensure LED radiate heat energy effectively after the replacement. Moreover, if the replacement is to be carried out, LED street lamps are required to have intact integral structure, thus causing relatively high cost. It is thus clear that the problems aforementioned will hinder the popularization of LED street lamps, and necessary and targeted technical improvement shall be made during the popularization.
The technical problem to be solved in the invention is to provide a LED street lamp module, which can be used for replacing the internal subassemblies of the existing street lamps and can be matched with the present street lamp housings, which has sufficient radiation capability and which also can be replaced conveniently.
The invention employs the following technical solution to solve the technical problem:
a replaceable LED street lamp module, comprising at least one module portion and a clamping sheet set; and the module portion comprising:
an LED module, formed by encapsulating plural LED chips in an Aluminum Nitride (AlN) ceramic substrate;
a lens, serving as the secondary optics of an LED light source and protecting the LED module;
an inner radiator, mainly consisting of an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder that are concentric and are sleeved with each other, with plural fins being connected between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and an airflow channel that can produce a chimney effect by the received heat energy being formed between the adjacent fins;
an outer radiator, having a through hole, with plural radiating fins being formed on the periphery of the through hole in the axial direction, the outer radiator being sleeved outside the inner radiator via the through hole, a circle of notches pitching into the radiating fins being arranged on the periphery of the plural radiating fins;
a heat pipe set, consisting of plural U-shaped bent heat pipes, wherein the U-shaped middle sections of the plural heat pipes are spliced to form a flat face in order to support and fix the LED module, the U-shaped ends of the plural heat pipes are sleeved outside the inner radiator and matched with the outer wall of the outer cylinder of the inner radiator and the inner wall of the through hole of the outer radiator; wherein the total radiation power of the heat pipe set is larger than or equal to the power to be radiated by the LED module.
The heat conduction path is that, LED directly transfers heat to the AlN ceramic substrate, then directly to heat pipes and then to the inner radiator and the outer radiator, heat energy is finally emitted by the fin device in the radiators in aid of air convection and radiation, wherein the AlN ceramic substrate and the heat pipes are heat conduction media with low thermal resistance. The clamping sheet set includes at least two clamping sheets, the inner edges of the at least two clamping sheets are clamped in the notches of the radiating fins, thereby clamping and fixing at least one module portion, and the outer edges of the at least two clamping sheets serve as fixing portions used for locking and fixing the street lamp housing;
As further improvement of the above solution, a support plate is arranged between the flat face of the heat pipe set and the inner radiator, patterns for placing the U-shaped middle sections of the heat pipes are arranged on the front face of the support plate, and the back face of the support plate closely fits the end of the inner radiator.
Further, plural first grooves are arranged on the outer wall of the outer cylinder of the inner radiator in the axial direction, the U-shaped ends of the heat pipe set are matched and closely attached in the first grooves, wherein the first grooves are arc-shaped, the side of the first heat pipe set fitted to the first grooves is an arc-shaped face correspondingly.
Further, plural second grooves are arranged on the wall face of the through hole of the outer radiator in the axial direction, the U-shaped ends of the heat pipe set are matched and closely attached in the second grooves, wherein the second grooves are arc-shaped, the side of the heat pipe set fitted to the second grooves is an arc-shaped face correspondingly.
As improvement of the above solution, fins are arranged on the inner radiator as closer as possible to the plural first grooves.
As improvement of the above solution, radiating fins are arranged on the outer radiator as closer as possible to the plural second grooves.
As improvement of the above solution, the outer sides of the radiating fins of the outer radiator are in turn connected by a connecting fin to form plural outer airflow channels that can produce a chimney effect by the received heat energy.
As improvement of the above solution, the lens is fixed on the support plate or inner radiator or outer radiator.
Further, mounting holes are arranged at the outer edged of the clamping sheets, and the mounting holes can be locked by screws by coordinating with mounting holes at the lower part of the housing.
The invention has the following beneficial effects: with employment of an LED light source, the invention is more energy-saving and environmentally friendly; the invention is dedicatedly used to fit universal street lamp housings in the market, so that the traditionally internal light source subassemblies can be completely replaced without large change to the traditional street lamps, a lot of inconvenience is avoided, the cost of both product and manpower can be saved effectively, and the popularization and promotion of LED illumination are facilitated; in the invention, as the clamping sheet set is fixed with the housing, both mounting and dismounting are flexible, and convenient replacement can be realized; furthermore, compared with traditional street lamps which radiate heat by the housing, the inner radiator, outer radiator and coordinated heat pipe set equipped in the LED street lamp module can realize better radiation, so that the working stability and service life of the LED module can be guaranteed, and, as the module is located below the housing when in use, the accumulation of dust can be avoided, so that the radiation capability of the module is not easy to be influenced.
To describe the technical solution in the embodiments of the invention more clearly, drawings to be used in the description of the embodiments will be described below briefly. Obviously, the described drawings are only parts of the embodiments of the invention, not all embodiments. For persons skilled in the field, the invention may have other design solutions and drawings according to these drawings without any creative efforts.
The concepts, the specific structures and the produced technical effects of the invention will be described below clearly and completely with reference to embodiments and drawings, in order to fully understand the purposes, features and effects of the invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only parts of the embodiments of the invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the invention, any other embodiments obtained by persons skilled in the field without any creative efforts should be included in the protection scope of the invention.
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Wherein, as shown in
As a heat conduction component, the function of the heat pipe set 3 is to conduct heat energy transferred from the LED module 1 out quickly and effectively, with reference to
With reference to
After the foregoing heat pipe set 3 is assembled with the inner radiator 2, the flat face 30 formed by the heat pipe set 3 is located right at one end of the inner radiator 2, and the flat face 30 and the LED module 1 supported by the flat face 30 are ensured not to block the airflow channels 23 of the inner radiator 2 as much as possible. In this way, an excellent radiation path is formed in the inner radiator 2 via the inner cylinder 21, the outer cylinder 22, the airflow channels 23 and the fins 24, when the LED module 1 works to produce heat energy, heat energy is transferred to the flat face 30 and the U-shaped ends from the heat pipe set 3, then transferred to the outer wall of the outer cylinder 22 and the end of the fins 24, and then radiated to the entirety of the inner radiator 2 via the outer cylinder 22 and the fins 24, and finally quickly radiated out via the chimney effect produced by the channels 21. besides, the space between annular fences formed by the heat pipes 31 can be guaranteed to be as even as possible, simultaneously, channels 21 of the inner radiator 2 are guaranteed to be distributed evenly, so as to realize the rational distribution and radiation of heat energy.
In the finally assembled structure of the module portion, the lens 7 needs to be located outside completely in order to protect the LED module 1 and ensure that light from the LED module 1 can be emitted from the lens 7, in this way, water-proof and dust-proof protection effects to the LED module 1 can be achieved while illumination is met, the lens 7 may be selectively locked on the AlN ceramic substrate, the support plate 5 or inner radiator 2 or outer radiator 4.
Various fittings of the street lamp structure, for example, power module, can be arranged in the middle hole of the cylindrical inner radiator 2 for hidden mounting, while leads are educed from the end of the hole to be connected onto the pin of the LED module 1.
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As heat pipes in the heat pipe set 3 are basically round, excessive deformation to such super heat conduction subassembly is not good for its excellent heat conduction efficiency, therefore, in one preferred implementation solution, plural first grooves 221 are arranged on the outer wall of the outer cylinder 22 of the inner radiator 2, the first grooves 221 are used for coordinating the U-shaped end of each heat pipe 31 in the heat pipe set 3, so that the U-shaped ends can be respectively matched with and closely mounted in the corresponding first grooves 221, wherein the first grooves 221 can be designed into an arc shape, and the side of the U-shaped ends of the heat pipe set 3 fitted to the first grooves 221 is an arc-shaped face correspondingly, i.e., original shape, in this way, the U-shaped ends of the heat pipes 31 can perfectly fit the outer wall of the outer cylinder 22 of the inner radiator 2 without being processed by pressing, so as to achieve the purpose of tight coordination, furthermore, the solution is also helpful to provide a contact area between the U-shaped ends of the heat pipe set 3 and the outer wall of the outer cylinder 22 as large as possible, in order to make the heat conduction efficiency better. Simultaneously, in the preferred solution, fins 24 are arranged on the inner radiator 2 as close as possible to the first grooves 221, to make distance from the heat pipes 31 fitted to the first grooves 221 to the fins 24 shortest, in order to transfer heat energy in the shortest distance, further to optimize the radiation efficiency. Of course, not all fins 24 have to be arranged at the position closest to the first grooves 221.
Similarly, plural second grooves 401 are arranged on the inner wall of the through hole 40 of the outer radiator 4, the second grooves 401 are used for coordinating the U-shaped end of each heat pipe 31 in the heat pipe set 3, so that the U-shaped ends can be respectively matched with and closely mounted in the second grooves 401, wherein the second grooves 401 can be designed into an arc shape, and the side of the U-shaped end of each heat pipe 31 in the heat pipe set 3 is an arc-shaped face correspondingly, i.e., original shape, in this way, the U-shaped ends of the heat pipes 31 can perfectly fit the inner wall of the through hole 40 of the outer radiator 4 without being processed by pressing, so as to achieve the purpose of tight coordination, similarly, the solution is also helpful to provide a contact area between the U-shaped ends of the heat pipe set 3 and the inner wall of the through hole 40 of the outer radiator 4 in order to make the heat conduction efficiency better. Simultaneously, in the preferred solution, radiating fins 41 are arranged on the outer radiator 4 as close as possible to the second grooves 401, to make distance from the heat pipes 31 fitted to the second grooves 401 to the radiating fins 41 shortest, in order to transfer heat energy in the shortest distance, further to optimize the radiation efficiency. Of course, not all radiating fins 41 have to be arranged at the position closest to the second grooves 401.
Besides, in order to fix the heat pipe set 3 well, in the preferred implementation solution of the invention, a support plate 5 is particularly provided to place and fix the flat face 30 of the heat pipe set 3, in the overall coordination structure, the support plate 5 can be located between the heat pipe set 3 and the end of the inner radiator 2, and can be fixed with the flat face 30 of the heat pipe set 3 or the end of the inner radiator 2 by means of welding or non-welding, besides, in order to match with the heat pipe set 3 better, various patterns 51 for placing the U-shaped middle sections of the heat pipes 31 are arranged on the front face of the support plate 5, simultaneously, the back face of the support plate 5 closely fits the end of the inner radiator 2.
It can be seen that, by the coordination of the inner radiator 2 and the outer radiator 4, the module portion provided in the invention receives heat energy that is produced by the LED module 1 and transferred from the heat pipe set 3 and simultaneously radiates heat, as shown in
The module portion in the invention needs to be used in company with the street lamp housing. Traditional street lamp housings have various shapes and sizes, but in the basic structure, all the housings have an opening from which light is emitted by the internal light source, in the invention, the module portion is assembled by utilizing the coordination of the opening structure and the clamping sheet set.
As shown in
It can be seen that, the module portion is locked and fixed on the street lamp housing via the clamping sheet set, so that the module portion needs no change to its inside structure as an independent entirety no matter for mounting or dismounting, the operation is quite convenient and quick.
For street lamps in different shapes and sizes, the change at the opening of the housing will not be significant; therefore, module portions in a same size can be used for realizing installation and replacement as long as clamping sheet sets in the corresponding type are designed, so that the module portions can be uniformed in model to bring convenience to mass production. Of course, for street lamps with high brightness requirement and large size, as the size of the opening of housings thereof is also relatively large, a plurality of module portions can be received, as shown in
The shape of the invention assembled on the housing after the module portion is clamped by the clamping sheet set may refer to
Obviously, with employment of an LED light source, the module fits universal street lamp housings in the market while achieving effects of energy-saving and environmentally friendly, so that the traditionally internal light source subassemblies can be completely replaced without large change to the traditional street lamps, a lot of inconvenience is avoided, the cost of both product and manpower can be saved effectively, and the popularization and promotion of LED illumination are facilitated. Simultaneously, the structure of the module is convenient to mount/dismount and experience, and the invention is very flexible; besides, the inner radiator and the outer radiator are coordinated for heat radiation, so that the ideal heat radiation efficiency for LED is achieved, and also, as the module is located below the housing when in use, the accumulation of dust can be avoided, so that the radiation capability of the module is not easy to be influenced, and the module can be guaranteed to work in a long term.
Of course, the invention is not limited to the above implementation ways. For persons skilled in the field, the invention may have various equivalent deformations or replacements within the spirit of the invention, and these equivalent deformations or replacements should be included within the scope defined by the claims in the application.
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